May 5

May 5

St. Avertine, (invoked against dizziness), St Judith, (Prussia)

Cinco de Mayo, National  Hoagie Day, Oyster Day

1494- Columbus discovered Jamaica

1865-1st US train robbery –near North Bend, OH

1961-Alan B. Shepard made 1^st US suborbital manned space flight

      

Birthdays:

Geradus Mercator -1512

John Stetson- 1830

Michael Palin - 1943

“I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay

I sleep all night and I work all day…”  Monty Python