CoM Moderators Posted May 25, 2024 Posted May 25, 2024 Historical Events 1948 - 30th PGA Championship Men's Golf, Norwood Hills CC: Ben Hogan scores a convincing 7 and 6 win over Mike Turnesa in the Tuesday final for his 2nd PGA crown 1956 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas 1981 - Daniel Goodwin scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours 1991 - Stanley Cup Final, Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MN: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota North Stars, 8-0 for a 4-2 series win; Penguins' first Final series appearance 2000 - 53rd Cannes Film Festival: "Dancer in the Dark" directed by Lars von Trier and starring Björk (Best Actress) wins the Palme d'Or 2011 - 46th Academy of Country Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1865 - Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony (1904-18), born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1932) 1883 - Elsa Maxwell, American writer (Jack Paar Show), born in Keokuk, Iowa (d. 1963) 1932 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (Up Close and Personal, True Confessions), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2003) 1937 - Mark Shields, American political journalist and commentator (PBS NewsHour, 1988-2020; CNN Capitol Gang, 1998-2005), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts (d. 2022) 1937 - (Trevor) Tom Phillips, English visual artist, printmaker and collagist, born in Clapham, England (d. 2022) 1959 - Cathryn Harrison, English actress (Old Woman in Black Moon), born in London, England More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1914 - Paolo Giorza, Italian-Australian composer, dies at 81 1981 - Roy Brown, American RandB singer, songwriter ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), dies of a heart attack at 55 1981 - Fredric Warburg, British publisher (Animal Farm) and author, dies at 82 1996 - Bernard Sendall, British deputy director general of British Independent Television Authority and author (Independent Television in Britain), dies at 83 2003 - Sloan Wilson, American novelist ("The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"; "A Summer Place"), dies at 83 2011 - Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican Surrealist artist, dies aged 94 More Famous Deaths »
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