TODAY IN HISTORY - May 1st:

1947 - Radar for commercial & private planes 1st demonstrated
1950 - WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
2010 - 136th Kentucky Derby: Calvin Borel aboard Super Saver wins in 2:04.45

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1967 - Tim McGraw
1967 - King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley (32) weds actress Priscilla Beaulieu (21) at Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada

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