Today is Saturday, May 5, the 126th day of 2012. There are 240 days left in the year.

1834 ― Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz

1863 ― Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for U.S. boxing title in 63rd round

1891 ― Carnegie Hall opens in NYC with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor

1893 ― Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange

1900 ― ``The Billboard" began weekly publication

1920 ― U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal

1927 ― Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin

1944 ― Gandhi freed from prison

1955 ― West Germany granted full sovereignty by three occupying powers

2000 ― Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon