Norway ~ "Mothers's Day" (What's wrong with a WARM time of year?


1587 ~ Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded.


1693 ~ College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., received its charter, becoming the second institution of higher learning in the United States.


1904 ~ The Russo-Japanese war began when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in northeast China.


1924 ~ The gas chamber was used for the first time as a method of execution in the United States. Gangster Gee Jon was put to death at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City.


1985 ~ Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returned to South Korea.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind