Today's Highlight in History:
On May 15, 1972, George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland, for the Democratic presidential nomination¹.
On this date:
In 1602, Cape² Cod³ was discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.

In 1886, poet Emily Dickinson died in Amherst, Massachusetts.

In 1911, the Supreme⁴ Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation⁵ of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

In 1918, US airmail began service between Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

In 1930, Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess⁶, went on duty aboard a United Airlines flight between San Francisco and Cheyenne, Wyoming.

In 1940, nylon stockings went on general sale for the first time in the United States.

In 1942, gasoline rationing⁷ went into effect in 17 states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles.

In 1963, US astronaut L. Gordon Cooper blasted off aboard "Faith Seven" on the final mission of the Project Mercury space program.

In 1969, Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned amid a controversy⁸ over his past legal fees.

In 1970, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Jackson State University in Mississippi, were killed when police opened fire during student protests.

Ten years ago: Congressional leaders and Bush administration officials began a bipartisan summit on the fiscal⁹ 1991 budget and its deficit¹⁰.

Five years ago: Dow Corning Corporation filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy¹¹ protection, citing potentially astronomical¹² expenses from liability lawsuits¹³.

One year ago: Russian President Boris Yeltsin triumphed over his Communist foes¹⁴, surviving an impeachment¹⁵ vote in the Russian parliament. "Charismatic" won the Preakness, finishing one and a-half lengths ahead of "Menifee."