On May 9th, 1887, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opened in London.

A thought for the day: The efforts you make will surely be rewarded. If not, then you are simply not ready to call them efforts. -- Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh

On this date in history:

In 526, up to 300,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Syria and Antioch.

In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were granted a patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.<...Read More

Those born on this date include:

- William Thornton, architect of the Capitol in Washington, in 1759
- Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth U.S. president, James Madison, in 1768
- French novelist ...Read More