Wednesday
May 1, 1996
Today's Reading: "Song: On May Morning" by John Milton. A children's folk song by an anonymous author from AND THE GREEN GRASS GROWS ALL AROUND, published by Harper Collins
Today is the first day of May, also celebrated as a labor holiday in Europe.
In 1886 strikes and violence broke out in cities around the country when the American Federation of Labor announced the new eight-hour work day.
It's the birthday of American labor organizer Mother Jones, born in Cork, Ireland in 1830.
The Smithsonian Institution opened on this day in 1847.
Novelist Joseph Heller, author of CATCH-22, was born in 1923 in Coney Island.
The Empire State Building opened on this day in 1931.
It's the birthday of Judy Collins, born in Seattle in 1939.
The comic book hero Batman first appeared on this day in 1939.
Writer Bobbie Ann Mason, author of IN COUNTRY, was born in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1940.
Orson Welles' film CITIZEN KANE premiered in New York City in 1941.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®