Today in history- 05/01
-1939 Batman first appears in Detective Comics #27
-1920 Legendary slugger Babe Ruth records his first HR for the New York Yankees in 6-0 win over his former club, the Boston Red Sox
-1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast
-1926 Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige (19) debuts in the Negro Southern League for Chattanooga
-1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City
-1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
-1962 JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act
-1999 Animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants", created by Stephen Hillenburg, debuts on Nickelodeon
-2019 Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching his bail conditions in London
-2020 Tweets by Elon Musk saying Tesla's share price is too high wipe $14 billion off the carmaker's value
-1967 King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley (32) weds actress Priscilla Beaulieu (21) at Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada