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Historical Events
1946 - First night game at Yankee Stadium (Senators 2, Yankees 1)
1968 - MLB: NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
1975 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is established by the Treaty of Lagos
1990 - David Robilliard achieves the longest bicycle wheelie at with 5 hours, 12 minutes, and 33 seconds
2002 - NHL Eastern Conference Final: Carolina Hurricanes beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2
Famous Birthdays
1760 - Alexandre de Beauharnais, French politician, general of the revolution and first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, born in Fort-Royal, Martinique, France (d. 1794)
1883 - Luigi Perrachio, Italian pianist, composer (Nove Poemetti; 25 Preludi), and pedagogue (Liceo Musicale Torino), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1966)
1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone (Doktor Faust), born in Zehlendorf, Germany (d. 2012)
1946 - K. Satchidanandan, Indian bilingual poet, writer, editor, and translator (While I Write, Words Matter), born in Pulloot, India
1967 - Glen Rice, American basketball guard and forward (3-time NBA All Star; NBA C'ship 2000; Charlotte Hornets, NY Knicks), born in Jacksonville, Arkansas
Famous Deaths
1891 - Winfield Scott Featherston "Old Swet", American politician and Army Brigadier General (Confederate), dies at 70
1983 - Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, longest serving mayor of a major American city as Mayor of Albany (1941-83), dies at 73
2007 - Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
2008 - Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)
2014 - Maya Angelou [Marguerite Johnson], American author ("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"), poet and actress (Nyo-Roots), dies at 86
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1896 - Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255, leaving thousands homeless
1950 - Morton Gould and Dorothy Field's colonial-era musical "Arms and the Girl", starring Nanette Fabray and Pearl Bailey, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 134 performances
1984 - Indianapolis 500: 1979 champion Rick Mears wins second Indy 500 two laps ahead of the field after contenders Tom Sneva and Mario Andretti drop out in second half of the race
1984 - Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria wins three singles tennis matches in one day at the Italian Open, defeating Virginia Ruzici, Carling Bassett, and Chris Evert in the final, 6-3, 6-3; she becomes only the seventh player to defeat Evert on clay
1985 - Bands from across the US parade for President Reagan during his inauguration, filling the route with music, precision, and patriotic pageantry
1985 - Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1997 - Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yankees pay out most $28M
2006 - Super Rugby Final, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders retain the title with a 19-12 win over the Wellington Hurricanes; Dan Carter kicks four penalties and a conversion for the winners
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Historical Events
1930 - Richard Drew invents masking tape
1949 - MLB Cleveland Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"
1956 - US performs nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll (atmospheric tests)
1984 - Beth Henley's "Miss Firecracker contest" premieres in NYC
2001 - Indianapolis 500: race rookie Hélio Castroneves of Brazil leads for the final 52 laps to win first of 4 Indy 500s; Penske Racing sweeps 1st-2nd with Gil de Ferran the runner-up
Famous Birthdays
1863 - Arthur Mold, English cricket fast bowler (England 3 Tests; 1,673 1st class wickets), born in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire (d. 1921)
1867 - Arnold Bennett, English novelist (Anna of the Five Towns), born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England (d. 1931)
1909 - Isador Goodman, South African-Australian pianist and composer (New Guinea Fantasy), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1982)
1926 - Kees Rijvers, Dutch soccer midfielder (33 caps; NAC Breda, Saint-Étienne, Feyenoord) and manager (FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 2024)
1962 - Ray Borner, Australian basketball center (Olympics 1984, 88, 92, 96)
Famous Deaths
366 - Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
1770 - Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (1730-46), dies at 69
1975 - Ezzard Charles, American world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies of ALS at 53
2017 - Gregg Allman, American Hammond organist, guitarist and vocalist (The Allman Brothers Band - "Whipping Post"), dies of cancer at 69
2018 - Connie Kurtz, American Gay Rights advocate, dies at 81
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1898 - 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
1946 - NY Yankee Mel Ott retires from playing to become a manager only after going 2-for-42 and hitting .048
1959 - Wreck of WWII bomber 'Lady Be Good' in the Libyan Desert is reached by a recovery team from US Air Force's Wheelus Air Base in Tripoli; plane had crashed returning from initial mission on 1943
1972 - Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1974 - During a David Cassidy concert at London's White City, a 14-year-old is trampled, and dies four days later
2000 - NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3
2021 - A super blood moon, the first total lunar eclipse in two years, is visible across the Pacific
2024 - Indianapolis 500: Defending champion Josef Newgarden of Team Penske passes Pato O'Ward in turn three on the final lap for back-to-back Indy victories
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Historical Events
1896 - James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California
1943 - British PM Winston Churchill and US General George C. Marshall fly from the US to North Africa
1977 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of NYC's World Trade Center, famously fined 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed
1982 - 26th European Cup: Aston Villa beats Bayern Munich 1-0 at Rotterdam
2004 - 12th UEFA Champions League Final: Porto beats AS Monaco 3-0 at Gelsenkirchen
Famous Birthdays
1893 - Eugene Goossens, British conductor and composer (Perseus), born in London, England (d. 1962)
1895 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1971)
1895 - Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 1965)
1913 - Peter Cushing, English actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who), born in Kenley, Surrey, England (d. 1994)
1946 - Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast (World C'ship 3 x silver, 1 x bronze 1969) and coach (World, European and Olympic competition, 294 medals), born in Rousse, Bulgaria
Famous Deaths
1944 - Cyril Francois, South African cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 252 runs, 6 wickets), dies in a motor accident at 46
1947 - Nellie Neilson, PhD, American historian, first woman published in the American Historical Review, and the first female president of the American Historical Association, dies at 74
2002 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian marathoner (Olympic gold 1968), dies at 69
2017 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American national security advisor to President Carter (1977-1981), dies at 89
2020 - Richard Herd, American actor (V: The Final Battle), dies of cancer at 87
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1876 - 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
1965 - Dave Davies of The Kinks knocked unconscious in an on stage scuffle with drummer Mick Avory at Cardiff’s Capital Theatre
1975 - 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Wash Bullets in 4 games
1981 - Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski (41) is 4th to play 3,000 MLB baseball games (Cobb, Musial and Aaron)
1989 - Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
1991 - Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
2003 - Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first elected President since the economic crisis.
2021 - Coup in Mali as military Colonel Assimi Goïta ousts country's civilian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane arresting and detaining them
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Historical Events
1936 - The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins
1941 - Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941
1965 - Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston at 2:12 of round 1 at Central Maine Civic Center, Lewiston to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing title
2013 - 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
2018 - Barbados elects its first female Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who leads the Barbados Labour Party to victory
Famous Birthdays
1917 - Theodore Hesburgh, American Catholic priest and president of the University of Notre Dame (1952-87), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2015)
1931 - John Gabriel [Jack Monkarsh], American stage and screen actor (Ryan's Hope), singer, lyricist, and producer, born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 2021)
1938 - Lyudmila Buldakova, Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1968, 72), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2006)
1946 - David A. Hargrave, American game designer and writer known as The Dream Weaver (Arduin), born in United States (d. 1988)
1978 - Adam Gontier, Canadian rock singer-songwriter (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1555 - Henry II of Navarre (1517-55), dies at 52
1667 - Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman and regent for Charles XI, dies at 47
2000 - Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 53
2004 - Roger W. Straus Jr., American publisher and co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, dies at 87
2020 - Balbir Singh Sr., Indian field hockey centre forward (Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56) and coach (World Cup gold 1975), dies at 96
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1830 - First regular passenger rail service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line features horse-drawn railcars connecting Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills
1956 - 1st Eurovision Song Contest: Lys Assia for Switzerland wins singing "Refrain" in Lugano
1959 - First house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania)
1962 - The Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Swanee" in Hamburg, Germany to close out their contract with producer Bert Kaempfert; Tony Sheridan later dubs vocal over tracks
1974 - 27th Cannes Film Festival: "The Conversation" directed by Francis Ford Coppola wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1986 - Reginald Huffstetler treads water for 985 hrs
1998 - 51st Cannes Film Festival: "Mia aioniotita kai mia mera / Eternity and a Day" by Theo Angelopoulos wins the Palme d'Or
2018 - US President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea
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Historical Events
1954 - German airline Lufthansa forms
1964 - The Beatles' 4th appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show", features an interview and pre-recorded performance of "You Can't Do That"
1968 - American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title x 14)
1981 - Hostage situation ends at the Central Bank in Barcelona, Spain
2004 - North Korea bans mobile phones
Famous Birthdays
1881 - Mikuláš S chneider-Trnavský, Slovak composer (Missa pastoralis), born in Trnava, Slovakia (d. 1958)
1925 - Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), born in Aguilares, Texas (d. 2006)
1932 - Graham Arnold, British artist (Brotherhood of Ruralists), born in Sydenham, London (d. 2019)
1950 - Jo Ann Washam, American golfer (3 LPGA Tour titles), born in Auburn, Washington
1978 - Brian Ching, American footballer (U.S. National Team), born in Hale'iwa, Hawaii
Famous Deaths
1918 - Evan Williams, American oratorio tenor, dies at 50
1972 - Ismail Yasseen, Egyptian comedian and actor (Isamil Yassine as Tarzan, Ibn Hamidu), dies of a heart attack at 59
1987 - Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, British actress (Gigi; The Music Man), dies at 89
1991 - Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
2025 - Susan Brownmiller, American activist and feminist author (Against Our Wills), dies at 90 due to complications after a fall
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1945 - German island of Helgoland in the North Sea surrenders to British
1962 - Joe Pepitone 2nd NY Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1969 - 22nd Cannes Film Festival: "If..." directed by Lindsay Anderson wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1977 - Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in the Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1992 - NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 0
2000 - Eminem releases his third studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP," the fastest-selling studio album ever (Grammy - Best Rap Album, 2001)
2010 - 63rd Cannes Film Festival: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or
2017 - Michael Bay is honored with a hand-and-footprint ceremony at The TCL Chinese Theatre
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Historical Events
1943 - -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund
1944 - Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front
1970 - A fire breaks out in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and causing approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage
1974 - Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
2019 - Fifty children rescued from an international paedophile ring on the dark web in Thailand, Australia and the US by Interpol under Operation Blackwrist, main organizer sentenced to 146 years
Famous Birthdays
1734 - Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), born in Iznang, Germany (d. 1815)
1933 - Joan Collins, British actress (Dynasty - "Alexix"; The Bitch), and writer, born in Paddington, London
1951 - Don Warrington [Donald Williams], Trinidadian-born British actor (Rising Damp), born in Trinidad
1958 - François Feldman, French pop singer and songwriter (Petit Frank), born in Paris, France
1964 - Staci Greason, American actress (Isabella Toscando in "Days of Our Lives"), born in Denver, Colorado
Famous Deaths
1498 - Girolamo Savonarola, Italian Dominican friar who helped expel Medici from Florence, becoming the city's de facto ruler (1494-98), and preached against papal corruption, hanged at 45
1857 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and physicist, dies at 67
1926 - Hans Koessler, German composer, conductor and music teacher, dies at 73
1947 - Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (Le Petit Village), dies at 68
2025 - Barbara Ferris, British stage and screen actress (Nice Girl Like Me, Having a Wild Weekend), dies at 85
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Historical Events
1872 - Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500)
1905 - Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School
1970 - Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus
1981 - Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
1985 - MLB Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose scores his 2,108th run to pass Hank Aaron as the National League career runs leader
Famous Birthdays
1804 - John William Livingston, American Commander (Union Navy), born in New York City (d. 1885)
1821 - Alfred Sully, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)
1933 - Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in Crumpsall, Lancashire (d. 2003)
1962 - Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1997)
1979 - Maggie Q [Margaret Quigley], American actress (Mission Impossible III, Nikita), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Deaths
337 - Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome (306-37) who adopted Christianity, dies at 47
1928 - William Henry Temple Gairdner, British Christian missionary in Cairo, Egypt (Church Missionary Society). dies at 54
1967 - Langston Hughes, American poet (Weary Blues), playwright (Mulatto), and librettist (Troubled Island), dies at 65
1977 - Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80
2022 - Dervla Murphy, Irish bicyclist and travel author (Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle; In Ethiopia with a Mule), dies at 90
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1842 - Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns in New York state when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground
1897 - Blackwall Tunnel officially opens beneath the River Thames in London
1939 - Germany's Adolf Hitler and Italy's Benito Mussolini sign the "Pact of Steel" formalizing the 1936 alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
1945 - 6th US Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
1962 - New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris walks five times, including a record four intentional walks, in a nine-inning game
1974 - Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later
2015 - Pakistan begin the first test-playing nation cricket tour of Zimbabwe since 2009
2022 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Southern Hills CC: 2017 champion Justin Thomas beats Will Zalatoris by 1 stroke in a 3-hole playoff after 54-hole leader Mito Pereira double bogeys the 72nd hole
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Historical Events
1942 - Mexico declares war on Nazi-Germany and Japan
1987 - 30 killed in a Texas tornado
1994 - Musical sequel "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, after 16 performances
1996 - "Tartuffe: Born Again" opens at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 29 performances
1998 - Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton
Famous Birthdays
1914 - Vance Packard, American journalist and author (The Hidden Persuaders), born in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
1939 - Árni Egilsson, Icelandic classical and jazz bassist and composer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1955 - Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist (Eddie Money; The Greg Kihn Band), born in Tampa, Florida
1959 - Olin Browne, American golfer (US Senior Open 2011), born in Washington, D.C.
1971 - Corey Croom, NFL running back (NE Patriots)
Famous Deaths
1801 - Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, German composer, and translator, dies at 58
1842 - Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Native American poet, dies at 42
1972 - Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet (British Poet Laureate 1968-72) and detective writer (Nicholas Blake), dies of cancer at 68
1999 - Alfred Kubel, German politician, dies at 89
2001 - Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-"Sanford and Son"), dies at 70
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1910 - Louis Botha becomes the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
1927 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St. Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic
1961 - Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery, Alabama
1966 - American Muhammad Ali TKOs Great Britain's Henry Cooper in 6th round for heavyweight boxing title
2003 - 38th Academy of Country Music Awards: Toby Keith, Martina McBride and Kenny Chesney win
2012 - 13 people are killed and 22 people injured after a bus falls 80 metres off a cliff in Albania
2017 - Barnum and Bailey Circus performs for the last time at the Nassau Coliseum in NYC after 146 years
2023 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Brooks Koepka claims his third career PGA C'ship and fifth major title by 2 shots over Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler
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Historical Events
1260 - Hao Jing, envoy of Mongol leader Kublai Khan imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao at the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong while attempting to negotiate with the Song
1966 - James Goldman's stage drama "The Lion in Winter", starring Robert Preston, Rosemary Harris, and Christopher Walken, closes at the Ambassador Theatre, NYC, after 92 performances, and a Tony Award win for Harris
1968 - WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1983 - 108th Preakness: Donald Miller Jr on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4
2017 - IPL Cricket Final, Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad: Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiant by 1 run; Krunal Pandya 47 (38)
Famous Birthdays
1835 - Newton Martin Curtis, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in De Peyster, New York (d. 1910)
1844 - Henri Rousseau, French post-impressionist painter (The Dream, The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope), born in Laval, France (d. 1910)
1921 - Reece "Goose" Tatum, American baseball and basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters; Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame), co-founder of the Harlem Magicians, born in El Dorado, Arkansas (d. 1967)
1947 - Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer "Czar of Indian cuisine", born in Punjab region, India (d. 2019)
1974 - Fairuza Balk, American actress (The Craft, Gas Food Lodging), born in Point Reyes, California
Famous Deaths
1886 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist, writer, and individualist anarchist, dies at 74
1980 - Ida Kamińska, Polish stage and screen actress, director, and writer (The Shop on Main Street; Mother Courage and Her Children), dies at 80
1993 - John Holland, American actor (My Fair Lady, Chinatown), dies at 85
1996 - Bobby Tulloch, Scottish ornithologist, and writer (Bobby Tulloch's Shetland: An islander, his islands and their wildlife), dies at 67
2022 - Marco Cornez, Chilean soccer goalkeeper, (20 caps; FC Deportivo Palestino, Universidad Católica, Everton de Viña del Mar), dies from stomach cancer at 64
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1867 - Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences foundation laid by Queen Victoria in London
1882 - Gotthard rail tunnel between Switzerland and Italy opens
1920 - Mexican President Venustiano Carranza, under attack by American petroleum companies, faces an armed rebellion by right-wing Sonoro triumvirate after nationalizing subsoil rights
1926 - Railway Labor Act became law in USA
1943 - French, British and US victory parade in Tunis, Tunisia
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll (atmospheric tests)
1992 - India launches its 1st satellite independently
1996 - UN and Iraq agree to Resolution 986, which provides Iraq with the opportunity to sell $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period; proceeds from the sale would be used for humanitarian purposes
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Historical Events
1942 - US Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve
1969 - US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill in Vietnam
1972 - "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 6 performances
1984 - Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
1988 - Howard Stern fans disrupt rival radio station WMMR's morning DJ John DeBella's "Louie Louie" parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays
1843 - Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, Spanish violinist and composer, born in Palma, Majorca, Spain (d. 1918)
1902 - Hans Sahl, German American anti-Nazi Jewish writer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1993)
1937 - Maria Teresa Horta, Portuguese writer and poet (New Portuguese Letters, My Lady of Me), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2025)
1942 - Lynn Davies, Welsh athlete (Olympic gold long jump 1964), born in Nantymoel, Wales
1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
Famous Deaths
1597 - Dutch commander Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle
1782 - Carlo Giovanni Testori, Italian violinist, composer, pedagogue, and musicologist (La musica raggionata), dies at 68
1996 - Jack Wyngaard, South African dancer (London City Ballet, 1986-96), dies of a heart attack at 37
2020 - Stephen A. DiMauro, American thoroughbred racing jockey, trainer, breeder and owner (Eclipse Award 1975; Lady Pitt, Dearly Precious, Nassipour, Wajima), dies from cancer at 87
2025 - Barry Fantoni, British novelist, artist and illustrator for Private Eye magazine, dies of a heart attack at 85
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1793 - Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)
1992 - Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the face in an altercation over an affair with her husband, in Massapequa, New York
1993 - Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellín, Colombia, kills 132
1993 - Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03)
1995 - World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates from Mount Sinai
2012 - UEFA Champions League Final, Munich: Chelsea beats Bayern Munich, 4-3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time; Blues' first title
2013 - Sweden defeats Switzerland to win the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship
2021 - New York City begins re-opening after 423 days (March 2020) with the COVID-19 death toll at 33,000
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Historical Events
1941 - New Nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland
1962 - Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
1974 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
1995 - Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time
2018 - Queen Elizabeth II grants the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle upon their marriage
Famous Birthdays
1795 - Johns Hopkins, American financier and philanthropist (founded Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University), born in Gambrills, Maryland (d. 1873)
1812 - Felix Zollicoffer, American journalist and Confederate Brigadier General who was killed in the Battle of Mill Springs, born in Maury County, Tennessee (d. 1862)
1864 - Carl Akeley, American taxidermist and naturalist who developed the animal mount process and other techniques for museums, born in Clarendon, New York (d. 1926)
1926 - Paul Cooper, American classical music composer, and educator, born in Victoria, Illinois (d. 1996)
1934 - Ruskin Bond, Indian novelist (Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra), born in Kasauli, British India
Famous Deaths
1928 - Max Scheler, German philosopher, dies at 53
1994 - Henry Morgan, American comedian and TV panelist (I've Got a Secret; Arena), dies of lung cancer at 79
2001 - Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
2021 - Lee Evans, American athlete (Olympic gold men's 400m, 4x400m relay 1968), dies from stroke complications at 74
2025 - Alice Notley, American poet (Mysteries of Small Houses, Disobedience), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 79
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1909 - In his first title defense Jack Johnson fights Philadelphia Jack O'Brien to a no decision in 6 rounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to retain his world heavyweight crown
1934 - Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature"; males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
1942 - Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson and Wagner)
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - "Smith" opens at Eden Theater, NYC: runs for 17 performances
1974 - Stanley Cup Final, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA: Goaltender Bernie Parent and the Flyers shut out the Boston Bruins, 1-0, to win series 4-2, become 1st "expansion" team to win Stanley Cup; Parent named playoff MVP
1990 - "Elvis" TV drama series about early life of Elvis Presley last airs on ABC
1995 - World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates from Mount Sinai
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Historical Events
1911 - Maurice Ravel's opera "L'heure espagnole" premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
1923 - KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
1929 - Chinese warlord Feng Yuxiang declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist government
1940 - Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
1997 - "The Lost World: Jurassic Park", directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore, premieres in the US
Famous Birthdays
1857 - John Jacob Abel, American pharmacologist (endocrine glands), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1938)
1860 - Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Prime Minister of Italy (1917-19) who represented Italy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, born in Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1952)
1929 - Mavis Rivers, Samoan-New Zealand jazz singer, born in Apia, Samoa (d. 1992)
1940 - (Milton) "Mickey" Newbury, American outlaw-country singer-songwriter, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2002)
1947 - Jerry Hyman, American rock trombonist (Blood Sweat and Tears, 1968-70), and chiropractor, born in Brooklyn, New York City
Famous Deaths
1935 - Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer, dies at 74
1991 - Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74
1993 - Richard Murphy, director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81
2006 - Freddie Garrity, English pop singer (Freddie and the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now"), dies at 69
2009 - Carol Cole, American actress (Grady) and music producer, dies of cancer at 64
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1649 - England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament, making England a republic for the next 11 years
1921 - US Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
1926 - French air force bombs Damascus, Syria
1959 - The USS Triton, the first submarine with two nuclear reactors, is completed
1981 - MLB Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Atlanta Braves Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters
2006 - Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, and Lenny Kravitz
2019 - 64th Eurovision Song Contest won by Duncan Laurence of the Netherlands
2024 - Sean "Diddy" Combs issues an apology after a video is released by CNN of him assaulting his ex-girlfriend in 2016, after previously denying it happened
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Historical Events
1943 - Churchill pledges Britain's full support to US against Japan
1959 - Jan de Quay becomes premier of the Netherlands
1983 - 36th Cannes Film Festival: "Narayama Bushiko" (The Ballad of Narayama ) directed by Japanese director Shohei Imamura wins the Palme d'Or
2007 - In an all South African final the Bulls (Pretoria) edge the home team Sharks, 20-19 in Durban for their first Super 14 Rugby title; Bulls flyhalf Derick Hougaard boots 2 penalties and 2 conversions
2007 - Coen brothers film "No Country for Old Men", based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin premieres at the Cannes Film Festival (Best Picture 2008)
Famous Birthdays
1864 - Carl Akeley, American taxidermist and naturalist who developed the animal mount process and other techniques for museums, born in Clarendon, New York (d. 1926)
1929 - John Stroger American politician (Cook County (Illinois) Board of Commissioners, 1970-2006), born in Helena, Arkansas (d. 2008)
1961 - Ronan Hardiman, Irish composer (Michael Flatley soundtracks), born in Dublin, Ireland
1969 - Richard Dumas, NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers)
1974 - Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league halfback (26 Tests, 23 games NSW; Newcastle RLFC, Warrington; RL "Immortal") and broadcaster (9 Network), born in Cessnock, Australia
Famous Deaths
1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (1533-36), second wife of Henry VIII, beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason, at between age 28 to 35
1946 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist (The Magnificent Ambersons) and playwright, dies at 76
1984 - John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), dies at 77
1998 - Dorothy Donegan, American boogie-woogie, swing jazz, and classical pianist, and vocalist, dies of cancer at 76
2016 - Morley Safer, Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 84
Historical Events for 28th May 2026
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1731 - All Hebrew books in the Vatican Papal States are confiscated
1892 - Sierra Club formed by John Muir and others in San Francisco, for conservation of nature
1906 - Julian Edwards, Alfred E. Aarons, Ren Shields, and Will D. Cobb's musical "His Honor, the Mayor" opens at New York Theatre and runs for 104 performances
1926 - Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Delhi
1995 - White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
2019 - Johnson and Johnson go on trial in Oklahoma accused of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying risks of addiction helping create "opioid epidemic"; first of 2,000 cases against US pharmaceutical firms
2023 - Surgeons complete the world's first whole eyeball transplant with a partial facial transplant for a US veteran lineman injured in an accident at NYU Langone Health
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