Today is the 128th day of 2015 and the 50th day of spring.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1877, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was held in New York City.
In 1886, pharmacist John Pemberton sold the first Coca-Cola soft drink.
In 1945, Victory in Europe Day (or V-E Day) was celebrated as the Allies accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender, ending World War II in Europe.
In 1973, a 10-week standoff in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, between federal authorities and American Indian Movement activists ended.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd U.S. president; David Attenborough (1926- ), TV personality/environmentalist; Don Rickles (1926- ), comedian/actor; Thomas Pynchon (1937- ), author; Ricky Nelson (1940-1985), singer-songwriter; Toni Tennille (1940- ), singer-songwriter; Mike D'Antoni (1951- ), basketball coach; Bill Cowher (1957- ), football coach/analyst; Lovie Smith (1958- ), football coach; Enrique Iglesias (1975- ), singer-songwriter; Adrian Gonzalez (1982- ), baseball player.
TODAY'S FACT: In 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler became the first climbers to ascend Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1984, the Soviet Union announced that it would boycott that year's Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "The general public has long been divided into two parts: those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will. " -- Thomas Pynchon, "Mason and Dixon"
TODAY'S NUMBER: 1.9 billion -- average number of servings of Coca-Cola products sold daily in 2014.
TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (May 3) and last quarter moon (May 11).