TODAY IN HISTORY - May 7th:

1888 - George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"

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1952 - The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
1982 - IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
1996 - Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
2007 - The tomb of Herod the Great is discovered.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1933 - Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1934 - Willard Scott, weatherman (Today)
1944 - John Heard, actor (Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big)
1962 - Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel
2005 - Country music singer Billy Dean (43) weds Stephanie Paisley at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee

GOODBYE TO:

 

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