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A page from the past - May
May 3, 1952U.S. Air Force Lt. Cols. Joseph Fletcher and William Benedict land their C-47 at the North Pole. Fletcher is likely the first person to ever step on the exact location of the pole. Others claimed to have reached it earlier but studies indicate previous explorers never made it closer than 30 miles from the correct point. Source: www.history.com |
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May 6, 1937The Hindenburg, a hydrogen-filled German blimp, explodes while landing in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 people. Source: www.history.com Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation |
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May 9, 1950Rocky Graziano wins the first boxing match held at the Milwaukee Arena in downtown Milwaukee. It was the first sporting event held at the arena which opened just a month earlier. Source: www.wisconsinhistory.org |
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May 11, 1985A soccer stadium fire kills 50 in Bradford, England. A fire broke out at the edge of the main stands and quickly spread to the stadium's wooden roof which was scheduled to be replaced later that very same week. Source: www.history.com |
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May 13, 1864The lawns of Arlington House, Robert E. Lee's one-time home, become the burial grounds for a Confederate prisoner of war. The property was later renamed Arlington National Cemetery. There are now more than 320,000 people buried there including soldiers from every war in U.S. history. Source: http://memory.loc.gov Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation |
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May 14, 1804At the request of President Thomas Jefferson, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark leave St. Louis, Mo., to begin their famous expedition across the land of the Louisiana Purchase, which is now the western United States. Source: www.history.com Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation |
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May 14, 1973The world's second space station, Skylab, successfully launches into space. It was the first U.S. space lab and followed the Soviet Union's launch of Salynut. Source: www.history.com Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation |
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May 19, 1884The Ringling Brothers perform their first circus in Baraboo. Source: www.wishistory.com Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation |
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May 23, 1854Thousands attend a picnic on the grounds of the state Capitol in Madison to celebrate the arrival of the first train from Milwaukee. The first railroad trip between the cities took seven hours. Source: www.wisconsinhistory.org |
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May 24, 1844The first telegraph is sent from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, Md. by its inventor, Samuel F.B. Morse. Source: http://memory.loc.gov Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation |
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May 24, 1883The Brooklyn Bridge across the East River, connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn, opens in New York. The bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, was, at that time, the largest suspension bridge ever built. Source: www.history.com Photo courtesy of the Wikimedia Foundation |
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May 30, 1860The "River & Lake Shore Street Railway" makes its first trip over the newly laid rails in downtown Milwaukee drawn by four horses. Source: www.wisconsinhistory.org |