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This Day in History for 26th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Actor Peter Cushing (1913)                    Musician Lenny Kravitz (1964)          Actress Helena Bonham Carter (1966)


1264 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1326)
1478 - Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
1566 - Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (1595-1603)
1591 - Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer
1602 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (d. 1674)
1667 - Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1669 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
1689 - Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric
1700 - Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist
1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley
1764 - Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
1771 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author
1773 - Hans Georg Nageli, composer
1782 - Joseph Drechsler, composer
1799 - Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
1806 - Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
1822 - E de Goncourt, writer
1825 - Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer
1835 - Edward Porter Alexander, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1846 - Arthur Coquard, composer
1850 - Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853 - Monroe A Althouse, composer
1856 - George Templeton Strong, composer
1859 - Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)
1863 - Robert Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
1865 - Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator
1865 - Robert W. Chambers, American artist (d. 1933)
1866 - John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)
1867 - Mary of Teck, wife of George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
1871 - Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
1873 - Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)
1873 - Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist (d. 1958)
1874 - Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker)
1876 - Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
1877 - Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer
1877 - Jean Schlumberger, French writer (La Mort de Sparte)
1877 - Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34)
1883 - Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946)
1884 - Charles Winninger, Athens Wisc, actor (Charlie Farrell Show)
1886 - Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], jazz singer/silent actor (Mamie, Swanee)
1890 - Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits)
1893 - Eugene Goossens, London England, conductor/composer (Perseus)
1893 - Norma Talmadge, NY, actress (Sign on Door, Camille)
1895 - Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer
1895 - Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx)
1898 - Ernst Bacon, composer
1898 - Gerard Bertouille, composer
1899 - Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian
1899 - Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal
1899 - Antonio Barrette, French Canadian politician (d. 1968)
1903 - Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn)
1904 - Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
1905 - Hans Holewa, composer
1907 - Carleton Young, NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery)
1907 - John Wayne [Marion Mitchell Morrison], Winterset IA, actor (Green Berets, True Grit)
1907 - Jean Bernard, French physician (d. 2006)
1908 - Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen)
1908 - Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1909 - Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)
1909 - Richard Maibaum, NYC, screenwriter (Goldfinger)
1910 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico
1910 - Laurance S Rockefeller, NYC, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
1911 - Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off)
1911 - Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969)
1912 - Janos Kádár, premier Hungary (1956-58)
1913 - Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician
1913 - Peter Cushing, England, actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who)
1913 - Robert Shaw, town planner
1914 - Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
1915 - Sam Edwards, American actor (d. 2004)
1915 - Antonia Forest, British children's author (d. 2003)
1916 - Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999)
1916 - Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)
1917 - Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
1918 - Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (d. 1985)
1919 - Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger)
1919 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist
1920 - Jack Cheetham, cricketer (South African batsman, Test capt early 50's)
1920 - Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)
1921 - Frank Mooney, cricketer (dependable wicket-keeper for NZ in 13 Tests)
1923 - Horst Tapper, German director/actor (Derrick)
1923 - James Arness, Minneapolis MN, actor (Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing)
1923 - Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of National Farmers Organization (1955-79)
1923 - Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor (Wizard)
1924 - Cooper Evans, (Rep-R-IA, 1981-87)
1925 - Alec McCowen, Tunbridge Wells England, actor (Never Say Never Again)
1926 - Maria de Lourdes Martins, composer
1926 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor
1926 - Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author
1926 - Miles Davis, Alton, Illinois, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (d. 1991)
1927 - Jacques Bergerac, France, actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun)
1929 - Hugo Raes, Flemish writer (Horses Jump & Fresh Sea)
1932 - Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
1934 - Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader
1935 - Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress
1937 - Yehuda Yannay, composer
1938 - Jackie Liebesit, rocker (Can)
1938 - Teresa Stratas, [Anastasia Stratakis], Toronto, soprano (Salome)
1938 - William Elden Bolcom, Seattle Washington, composer (Oracles)
1938 - Pauline Parker, New-Zealandic murderess
1938 - Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
1939 - Brent Musburger, sportscaster (CBS-TV)
1939 - Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire
1939 - Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader
1940 - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
1940 - Levon Helm, Elaine Arkansas, American musician (The Band), (d. 2012)
1941 - Imants Kalnins, composer
1941 - Reg Bundy, British performer (d. 2003)
1941 - John Kaufman, sculptor
1942 - Ray Ennis, England, guitar (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
1943 - Erica G Terpstra, Oly swimmer/Dutch MP (VVD)
1944 - Verden "Phally" Allen, keyboardist (Mott the Hoople)
1944 - Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author
1945 - Garry Peterson, rocker (Guess Who)
1946 - Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach.
1946 - Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993)
1947 - Glenn Turner, cricketer (masterful NZ opening batsman)
1947 - Piers Gray, critic/writer
1947 - Sherry Bain, California, actress (Pipe Dreams)
1948 - Geoff Greenidge, cricketer (no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74)
1948 - Stevie Nicks, American rocker and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, Bella Donna)
1949 - Dan Pastorini, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Raiders) [or Dec 25]
1949 - Dayle Haddon, Montreal Quebec Canada, actress (Bedroom Eyes)
1949 - Hank Williams Jr, Shreveport La, country singer (Honky Tonk)
1949 - Pam Grier, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough)
1949 - Philip Michael Thomas, Columbus Ohio, actor (Miami Vice)
1949 - Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor
1951 - Muhammed Ahmad Faris, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3)
1951 - Sally Kristen Ride, LA California, 1st US woman astronaut (STS-7, STS 41G), (d. 2012)
1951 - Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
1952 - David Meece, Christian musician
1953 - Michael Portillo, British politician
1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
1954 - Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
1955 - Candace L Collins, Dupo Illinois, playmate (Dec, 1979)
1955 - Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
1955 - Wesley Walker, American football player
1956 - Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
1957 - Margaret Colin, actress (Independence Day, Three Men & a Baby)
1957 - François Legault, French Canadian politician
1957 - Kristina Olsen, American musician
1957 - Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
1959 - Beverly Lee, rocker
1959 - Brian Peaker, London Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1959 - Nancy White-Brophy, Montague PEI, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's-25th)
1959 - Wayne Hussey, rocker (Mission-Lover for Life)
1959 - Steve Hanley, English musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1959 - Ole Bornedal, Danish film director, actor and producer
1960 - Rob Murphy, American baseball player
1961 - Stephen Robert Pate, Ventura CA, PGA golfer (1987 Southwest Classic)
1961 - Tarsem Singh, Indian film director
1962 - Bob[cat] Goldthwait, Syracuse NY, comedian (Police Academy)
1962 - Colin Vearncombe, rocker (Black-Wonderful Like)
1962 - Genie Francis, Englewood NJ, actress (General Hospital, Bare Essence)
1963 - Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor (Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II)
1963 - Eddie Martin Jr, jockey
1964 - Kevin Kennedy, baseball manager (Texas Rangers)
1964 - Lenny Kravitz, American musician
1965 - Greg Lloyd, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1965 - Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt NZ, points race cyclist (Oly-96)
1965 - Hazel Irvine, British television presenter
1966 - Helena Bonham Carter, London, English actress (Fight Club, Howards End)
1966 - Anthony Edwards, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 - Billy Downes, Camden NJ, Nike golfer (1994 New England Classic)
1966 - Grant Bradburn, cricketer (son of Wynne NZ off-spinner 1990- )
1966 - Zola Budd Pieterse, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Oly-1988)
1967 - Igor Zemlyanoy, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1967 - Jean Bartholomew, Queens NY, LPGA golfer (1989 Duke U Champ)
1967 - Phil Doyle, Australian writer
1968 - Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark
1968 - Rachael Sporn, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
1968 - Pat Kenney, American professional wrestler
1968 - Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
1968 - Steve Sedgley, English footballer
1969 - John Baird, Canadian politician
1969 - Musetta Vander, South African actress
1970 - Sam Mack, NBA forward/guard (Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 - Sebastian Barrie, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
1971 - Darwin Ireland, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1971 - Lewis Capes, WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs)
1971 - Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1971 - Matt Stone, American television producer
1972 - Patsy Palmer, British actress
1974 - Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
1975 - Christopher Lindsey Donaldson, Dunedin NZ, 100m/200m runner (Oly-96)
1975 - Travis Lee, San Diego CA, baseball 1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Nicki Aycox, American actress
1976 - Benji Gregory, Encino California, actor (Brian Tanner-Alf)
1976 - Markus Wieland, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1976 - Scott Humphries, Greely Colo, tennis star (1995 doubles Binghampton)
1976 - Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
1977 - Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist
1977 - Luca Toni, Italian footballer
1977 - Mark Hunter, American musician (Chimaira)
1977 - Misaki Ito, Japanese actress
1978 - Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
1979 - Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
1979 - Mehmet Okur (Memo), Turkish basketball player
1979 - Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler
1981 - Eda-Ines Etti, Estonian singer
1981 - Irini Merkouri, Greek singer
1982 - Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
1982 - David Reed, British writer and comedian
1988 - Joel Selwood, Australian footballer
1990 - Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra
1991 - Julianna Rose Mauriello, American actress
1996 - Austin Michael Luciano, actor (Dante Carlino-Another World)

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This Day in History for 26th May


Famous Deaths

604 - Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605)
735 - Bede (Beda Venerabilis), English historian and monk, (b. circa 672 or 673)
818 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766)
1055 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria
1421 - Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (1413-21). B. 1389.
1512 - Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481-1512) dies at 62
1595 - Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1609 - Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried
1648 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597)
1653 - Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
1679 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
1685 - Charles II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)
1703 - Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70
1742 - Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672)
1753 - Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies
1762 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714)
1799 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714)
1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789)
1818 - Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies
1824 - Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751)
1831 - Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies
1831 - Ciro Menotti, Italian patriot (b. 1798)
1832 - Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59
1840 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
1864 - Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71
1868 - Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution
1871 - Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54
1873 - August Conradi, composer, dies at 51
1876 - Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77
1880 - John Curwen, composer, dies at 63
1881 - Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824)
1883 - Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian leader, scholar and national hero (b.1808)
1883 - Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. 1788)
1891 - Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67
1902 - Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
1904 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857)
1905 - Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies
1907 - Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b. 1847)
1908 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69
1912 - Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
1924 - Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67
1924 - Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
1926 - S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35
1933 - Horatio Bottomley, British financier and politician (b. 1860)
1939 - Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74
1939 - Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies
1943 - Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49
1944 - C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for South Africa), dies
1946 - Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies
1948 - Theodore Morell, Hitler's personal physician (b. 1886)
1950 - Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies
1951 - Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71
1952 - Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55
1954 - Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74
1954 - Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete (b. 1900)
1956 - Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54
1959 - Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78
1959 - Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57
1963 - Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
1966 - Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
1966 - Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86
1967 - Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60
1967 - George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64
1968 - William E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)
1969 - Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77
1969 - Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
1969 - Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation; b. 1889)
1971 - John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70
1973 - Jacques Lipchitz, US cubist sculptor, dies at 81
1974 - Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96
1974 - Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. 1941)
1976 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86
1976 - Juan Maino, Chilean leader of MAPU, "disappeared"
1977 - Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63
1977 - William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
1978 - Cybele, Greek actress (b. 1887)
1979 - George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75
1989 - Don Revie, Former footballer and England and Leeds United Manager (b. 1927)
1991 - Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41
1991 - Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50
1993 - Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
1993 - Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1993 - Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90
1994 - George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1994 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, American jazz Guitarist, dies at 53
1995 - Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88
1995 - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
1995 - Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65
1996 - Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76
1996 - Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45
1997 - Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90
1999 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906)
1999 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (b. 1898)
2001 - Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
2001 - Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
2001 - Moven Enock Mahachi, Defence Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
2002 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
2003 - Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
2004 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
2004 - Dullah Omar, South African lawyer (b. 1934)
2005 - Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
2005 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 - Édouard Michelin, CEO of Michelin (b. 1963)
2006 - Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (b. 1919)
2007 - J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942)
2008 - Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2009 - Peter Zezel, Canadian professional hockey player (b. 1965)
2010 - Jean Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 1928)
2010 - Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television personality (b. 1912)
2010 - Christopher Moran, British Air Chief Marshal (b. 1956)
2010 - Kieran Phelan, Irish senator (b. 1949)
2010 - Jarvis Williams, American football player (b. 1965)
2011 - Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author and playwright (b. 1920)

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This Day in History for 27th May


Historical Events

                                   
Russian Tsar Peter the Great                    Writer Jean-Paul Sartre                          Comedian Jerry Lewis

                 
Pop Singer & Beatle                              Russian President Boris Yeltsin
Paul McCartney 


927 - Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Simeon I of Bulgaria is defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia.
1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death.
1281 - Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge
1328 - French king Philip VI Valois crowned
1529 - 30 Jews of Posing Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake
1660 - Denmark & Sweden sign ceasefire
1679 - Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK
1689 - Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland
1703 - St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
1738 - Turkish troops occupy Orsova & Ochakov
1796 - James S McLean patents his piano
1798 - The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland.
1813 - Americans capture Ft George, Canada
1849 - The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
1850 - Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
1854 - Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed
1856 - Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
1862 - Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
1863 - CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die
1863 - Siege of Port Hudson LA
1864 - Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia
1878 - 6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75
1878 - Australians Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19
1881 - 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5
1882 - 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5
1883 - Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow
1893 - Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland
1895 - British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
1896 - Bay District Race Track closes
1896 - Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255 & leaving thousands homeless
1898 - Arthur Pinero's "Trelawney of the 'Wells'," premieres in London
1900 - Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa
1902 - 27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8
1903 - 37th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75
1903 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam
1904 - NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
1905 - 30th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8
1905 - Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima
1906 - 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen
1907 - Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF
1908 - Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din iss elected the first Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
1916 - Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx
1917 - Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
1918 - Battle of Aisne
1919 - 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days
1920 - Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1921 - Afghanistan gains sovereignty
1921 - After 84 years of British control, Afghanistan achieves sovereignty
1927 - Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war
1927 - Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president
1929 - 2nd Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England
1930 - Richard Drew invents masking tape
1930 - The 1,046-foot (319-meter) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made
           structure at the time, opens to the public.
1931 - 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va
1931 - Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon
1933 - Austrian communist party banned
1933 - Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago
1933 - Federal Securities Act signed
1933 - Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11
1933 - Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released
1935 - Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional
1936 - RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage
1937 - Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936)
1937 - Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated
1938 - Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
1940 - British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
1940 - World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 97 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are
           shot after surrendering to German troops.
1941 - Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta
1941 - FDR declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
1941 - German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
1942 - Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor
1942 - Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered
1942 - Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim
1942 - Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague
1943 - French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris
1943 - US forbid racial discrimination in war industry
1944 - Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)
1944 - Japanese advance in Hangkhou China
1944 - Jean-Paul Sartres "Huis Clos," premieres in Paris
1948 - Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid
1948 - Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians
1949 - Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"
1949 - Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane
1949 - Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
1950 - "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances
1950 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
1951 - Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing
1951 - Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens
1952 - European Defense Community forms
1953 - Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections
1955 - Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0
1955 - Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1956 - French raid in Algiers
1956 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1957 - Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top
           40 Rock n' Roll music format.
1958 - Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
1958 - Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 - The F-4 Phantom II first flight.
1960 - 1st use of oversized catching mitt (Balt Oriole Clint Courtney)
1960 - Balt manager Paul Richards devises oversized catcher's mitt
1960 - Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
1961 - 1st black light is sold
1961 - Fiorentina wins 1st Europe Cup II in Florence
1961 - Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach Moon
1961 - Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½"
1962 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1963 - 3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval to move them to NJ
           Meadowlands (Devils)
1963 - Jomo Kenyatta elected 1st prime minister of Kenya
1964 - "From Russia With Love" premieres in US
1964 - Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna
1965 - Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan
1966 - 55th German F-104 Starfighter crashes
1966 - 6 French fighters crash above Spain
1967 - "Sherry!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 65 performances
1967 - Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government
           the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national
           census.
1968 - 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3
1968 - NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
1968 - Nuclear submarine USS Scorpion is lost
1968 - The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students
           of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
1969 - Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
1969 - Walt Disney World construction begins
1970 - British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I
1970 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1971 - 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
1971 - UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
1972 - "Applause" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 900 performances
1972 - "Jimmy Castor Bunch's Troglodyte" (Cave Man) hits #6
1973 - Rick Wohlhuter runs record 880 yards in 1:44.6
1974 - Pirates Ken Brett no-hits Padres until 9th inning
1975 - Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
1975 - Stanley Cup: Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2
1975 - Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge
           Yorkshire, killing 38
1976 - "Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 61 performances
1977 - 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582
1977 - New York City fines George Willig 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed
1979 - Penny Pulz wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1979 - Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop
1980 - South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
1980 - The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju
           from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
1981 - John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol
1981 - Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but ump says no
1981 - Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris
1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin NYC for 5 perfs
1982 - John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies & gets approval to move to NJ
1983 - Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress
1984 - Beth Henley's "Miss Firecracker contest," premieres in NYC
1984 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1984 - Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day
1985 - Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1985 - Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan
1986 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 - Norway Showcase groundbreaking
1986 - Prest Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled
1987 - Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal
1987 - Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna
1987 - Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young & Sutton)
1988 - Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles
1990 - 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
1990 - Caesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia
1990 - Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game
1990 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1990 - Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow
1991 - Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
1993 - Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 HRs
1993 - Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6
1994 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile
1994 - Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show
1994 - Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters
1994 - Larry King ended his radio show
1995 - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling
           from his horse in a riding competition.
1997 - 1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole
1997 - Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indianapolis 500
1997 - Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract
1997 - Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yanks pay out most $28M
1997 - Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexual assault
1997 - Russian Pres Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
1998 - Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000
           for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
1999 - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts
           Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in
           Kosovo.
2006 - The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26)
           devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.
2012 - A NATO airstrike kills a family of eight, including six children, in Afghanistan

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This Day in History for 27th May


Famous Weddings

1994 - Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald
1995 - "Friends" actress Lisa Kudrow (31) weds French advertising executive Michel Stern (37) in
           Malibu
1996 - "Crosby, Stills & Nash" Rock and Roll Hall of Famer guitarist Stephen Stills (51) weds
           recording-studio manager Kristen Hathaway (30) at the Ritz-Carlton in Palm Beach, Florida
2005 - "Amazing Race 6" winner Kendra Bentley (25) weds Freddy Holliday (34) in Bal Harbour,
           Florida
2006 - "The Lineup" anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle (37) weds "Idesign" host Eric Villency at the 5-star
           Sandy Lane Resort in St. James, Barbados

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This Day in History for 27th May


Famous Divorces

2003 - Actress Angelina Jolie (26) divorces actor Billy Bob Thornton (47) due to irreconcilable
           differences

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This Day in History for 27th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Folk Hero of the American Old                Actor Christopher Lee (1922)                    Actor Joseph Fiennes (1970)
West Wild Bill Hickok (1837)


1332 - Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)
1519 - Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)
1576 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)
1595 - Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer
1601 - Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)
1623 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
1626 - William II, prince of Orange/stadholder
1651 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
1652 - Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts, German/French duchess of Orleans
1738 - Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer
1738 - Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (d. 1796)
1756 - Maximilian I Jozef, King of Bavaria
1774 - Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)
1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad)
1799 - Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer
1806 - Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer
1815 - Henry Parkes, British journalist/premier of Australia
1818 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons
1819 - Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
1820 - Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
1822 - Henry Wylde, composer
1822 - Josef Joachim Raff, composer
1823 - John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1827 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892)
1836 - Edwin Gray Lee, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
1836 - Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier
1837 - "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
1837 - Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1912
1837 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. 1887)
1839 - Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (Roccaverdina)
1849 - "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer
1850 - Thomas Neill Cream, Glasgow, Scotland, serial killer (Lambeth poisoner), (d. 1892)
1852 - Billy Barnes, cricketer (England all-rounder 1880-90)
1854 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)
1860 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
1861 - Victoria E Matthews, educator
1864 - Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (d. 1938)
1867 - Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)
1870 - Lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)
1871 - Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)
1874 - Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870]
1874 - Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos)
1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)
1879 - Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)
1879 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
1881 - Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer
1884 - Bax Brod, composer
1887 - Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)
1887 - Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwarts)
1887 - Frank Woolley, cricketer (long-running England left-arm all-rounder)
1888 - Louis Durey, composer
1891 - Claude Adonai Champagne, composer
1892 - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan)
1893 - Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentarian (d. 2005)
1894 - Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, detective novelist (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)
1894 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
1895 - Marij Kogoj, composer
1897 - John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist (Radar, Nobel 1951)
1900 - Uładzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933)
1902 - Celius Dougherty, composer
1904 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
1906 - Robert Shone, director-general (NEDC)
1907 - Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader
1907 - Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring)
1908 - Alex Brown, snooker player
1908 - Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles)
1908 - Melle J Oldeboerrigter, [Melle], Dutch painter/cartoonist
1909 - Isador Goodman, composer
1910 - Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons)
1911 - Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate
1911 - Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati)
1911 - Vincent Price, St Louis MO, actor (House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura)
1911 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. 2007)
1912 - John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle)
1912 - Sam Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73)
1912 - Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1913 - Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop (Southwark England)
1913 - Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German cartoonist/painter
1914 - Hugh Le Caine, composer
1914 - Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister
1914 - Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways)
1915 - Herman Wouk, NYC, novelist (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War)
1915 - Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini)
1915 - Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, painter and film-maker (At the Museum),
          (d. 2012)
1916 - Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association)
1918 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87)
1919 - Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0)
1920 - Michael Webster, CEO (DRG)
1920 - William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent
1921 - Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty (1960)
1921 - Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)
1922 - Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles)
1922 - Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel)
1922 - Christopher Lee, English actor
1923 - Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
1923 - Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff
1923 - Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
1925 - John Moberly, diplomat
1925 - Tony Hillerman, American writer
1926 - Gordon Leggat, cricketer (open batsman for NZ in 9 Tests 1953-56)
1927 - Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group)
1927 - Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist (VPRO, People's Newspaper)
1928 - Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots)
1929 - Donald Howard Keats, composer
1930 - Eino Tamberg, composer
1930 - John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor)
1930 - Simon Barrington-Ward
1930 - William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
1931 - Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
1931 - John Chapple, British chief of General Staff
1931 - Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw)
1931 - Veroslav Neumann, composer
1931 - James Wilson, Boston, Massachusetts, criminologist ('Zero Tolerance' policing), (d. 2012)
1932 - [Herman] Junior Parker, Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train)
1932 - Jeffrey Bernard, singer
1933 - Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur
1934 - Harlan [Jay] Ellison, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman, Babylon 5)
1935 - Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
1935 - Lee Meriwether, LA California, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)
1935 - Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
1936 - Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
1936 - Eric Anderson, headmaster (Eton)
1936 - Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party
1936 - Louis Gossett Jr, Bkln NY, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep)
1936 - Marcel Masse, Canadian politician
1939 - Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You)
1939 - Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co)
1939 - Jerry Mercer, rock drummer (April Wine Montreal Montreal)
1939 - Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
1940 - Rene Koering, composer
1941 - Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/author (Mussert)
1941 - Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire)
1941 - Davina Phillips, actress
1942 - Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1942 - Priscilla Anne McLean, composer
1942 - Roger Freeman, British minister of transport
1942 - Lee Baca, American law enforcement official
1943 - Bruce Weitz, Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold)
1943 - Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World)
1944 - Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981- )
1945 - Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa Canada, folk rock vocalist (Waterwalker)
1946 - Lewis Collins, English actor
1946 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005)
1947 - Liana Alexandra, composer
1947 - Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon)
1947 - Robert Reinacher Jr, horse trainer
1947 - Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer
1948 - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-8, T-14, TM-7)
1948 - Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress (Sweet Chairty)
1948 - Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship)
1951 - John Conteh, boxer
1951 - Norma Jean Almodovar, Binghampton, auto-biographer (Cop to Call Girl)
1954 - Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972)
1954 - Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
1954 - Jackie Slater, American football player
1955 - Bill Malley, Oakland CA, Nike golfer (1991 El Paso Open-30th)
1955 - Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer (beefy NZ lefty batsman late 70's)
1955 - Richard Schiff, American actor
1955 - Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter
1956 - Lisa Niemi, Houston Tx, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies)
1956 - Nick Lowery, NFL kicker (NY Jets)
1956 - Steve Pagano, horse trainer
1956 - Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor
1957 - Bruce Furniss, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1976)
1957 - Duncan Goodhew, swimmer
1957 - Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees)
1958 - Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons, Virgin High)
1958 - Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
1960 - Ray Armsetad, Kirksville Mo, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1960 - Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler (Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84)
1961 - Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square)
1961 - Jill Sterkel, US swimmer (Olympics-bronze-1976, 84, 88)
1961 - John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92)
1961 - Peri Gilpin, Waco Tx, actor (Roz Doyle-Frasier)
1962 - Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Naples Italy, TV actress (Passioni)
1962 - Meg Parsont, personality (David Letterman Show)
1962 - Ravi Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92)
1962 - Ray Borner, Australian basketball center (Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96)
1962 - Steven Brill, American film writer and director
1964 - Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
1965 - Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa LA, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1965 - Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon 1987)
1965 - Todd Bridges, SF CA, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish)
1966 - Eric Leckner, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
1966 - John Jaha, Portland OR, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1966 - Ray Sheppard, Pembroke, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1966 - Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young)
1967 - Chin Yang, jockey
1967 - Doug West, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
1967 - George McCloud, NBA forward/guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns)
1967 - Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
1967 - Ruthie Bolton Holifield, WNBA guard (Sac Monarchs/Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Cedric Smith, NFL running back (Wash Redskins, Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman (Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP)
1968 - Jeff Bagwell, Boston Mass, infielder (Houston Astros)
1968 - John Connelly, Toledo OH, Nike golfer (1991 NH Open)
1969 - Chip Beake, WLAF administrative assistant (Barcelona Dragons)
1969 - Francois Letourneau, St Jerome Quebec, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1969 - Lesley Tashlin, Toronto Ontario, 100m hurdler (Olympics-96)
1969 - Todd Hundley, Martinsville VA, catcher (NY Mets)
1969 - Travis Williams, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1969 - Dondre Whitfield, American actor
1970 - Liz Earley, St Catharines Ontario, LPGA golfer (1995 Thailand Open)
1970 - Michael Blackburn, Australian laser yachter (Olympics-96)
1970 - Todd Collins, linebacker (New England Patriots)
1970 - Tim Farron, British politician
1970 - Joseph Fiennes, Salisbury, Wiltshire, English actor (Enemy at the Gates, Shakespeare in Love)
1970 - Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
1971 - Corey Beck, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
1971 - Ferdino Hernandez, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1971 - Monika Schnarre, US actress (Bold & Beautiful)
1971 - Scott Szeredy, NFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Chiefs, Barcelona Dragons)
1971 - Paul Bettany, English actor
1971 - Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
1971 - Kaur Kender, Estonian author
1971 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)
1971 - Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
1972 - Antonio Freeman, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Karen Hecox, US 1500m runner
1972 - Troy Sienkiewicz, NFL tackle/guard (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
1972 - Todd Demsey, American golfer
1973 - Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
1974 - Danny Wuerffel, NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints)
1975 - André 3000, American musician (OutKast)
1975 - Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
1975 - Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox)
1975 - Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
1976 - Richard Park, Seoul Kor, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
1976 - RJD2, American hip-hop producer
1977 - Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
1977 - Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 - Adin Brown, American soccer player
1979 - Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
1980 - Jessica Deglau, Vancouver BC, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)
1981 - Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
1981 - Miloy, Angolan footballer
1981 - Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
1981 - Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
1983 - Bobby Convey, American soccer player
1984 - Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
1984 - Blake Ahearn, NBA basketball player
1985 - Chien-Ming Chiang, Taiwanese baseball player
1990 - Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure-skater

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This Day in History for 27th May


Famous Deaths

Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza (1508)


366 - Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
866 - Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies
927 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865)
1039 - Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
1178 - Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1444 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)
1508 - Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1525 - Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
1541 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473) beheaded for treason in Tower of London
           by Henry VIII
1549 - Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
1564 - Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54
1569 - Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
1576 - Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
1580 - Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies
1596 - Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
1610 - François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)
1615 - Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1627 - Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
1638 - Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
1652 - Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
1661 - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
1675 - Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)
1690 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
1702 - Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
1707 - Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
1708 - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
1768 - Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
1781 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)
1790 - Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed & stayed
           there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89
1797 - Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36
1831 - Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
1840 - Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
1855 - Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
1863 - Edward Payson Chapin, Union Brigadier General, dies at 31
1876 - Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
1878 - Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49
1887 - Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
1896 - Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies
1896 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
1902 - Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies
1910 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies
1914 - Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
1916 - Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies
1918 - Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80
1919 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848)
1925 - Ed McKeever, pres (Bkln Dodgers), dies of pneumonia
1926 - Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
1934 - Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies
1939 - Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44
1941 - AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
1947 - Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1949 - Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
1951 - Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies
1953 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (b. 1868)
1954 - Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
1958 - Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
1958 - Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
1960 - Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
1960 - George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
1960 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877)
1963 - Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
1964 - Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
1967 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
1968 - Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
1969 - Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
1970 - Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
1971 - Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62
1975 - Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
1976 - Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
1983 - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
1985 - Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
1986 - Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
1986 - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921)
1987 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1891)
1988 - Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79
1988 - Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1988 - Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
1989 - Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
1989 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907)
1990 - Robert B. Meyner, American politician (b. 1908)
1991 - Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
1991 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
1992 - Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
1992 - Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42
1992 - John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
1992 - Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86
1992 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
1993 - Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
1993 - Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85
1994 - Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87
1994 - Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66
1994 - Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95
1995 - C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64
1995 - Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78
1996 - Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79
1996 - Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82
1996 - Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at 85
2000 - Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917)
2000 - Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
2000 - Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b.
           1912)
2001 - Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929)
2003 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925)
2006 - Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)
2006 - Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
2006 - Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928)
2006 - Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949)
2006 - Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
2007 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
2007 - Ed Yost, American inventor (b. 1919)
2007 - Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932)
2008 - Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)
2010 - Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator (b. 1929)
2011 - Jeff Conaway, American actor (b. 1950)
2011 - Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974)
2011 - Gil Scott-Heron, American poet, musician and author (b. 1949)

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This Day in History for 28th May


Historical Events

                                   
First US President                                    British Prime Minister                               Pop Singer & Beatle
George Washington                                 Neville Chamberlain                                   Paul McCartney

                                   
Actress Mary Tyler Moore                       Parody Singer and Comedian                  42nd US President Bill Clinton
                                                                       Weird Al Yankovic


585 BC - A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while
              Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of     
              the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
640 - Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
1037 - German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"
1156 - Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet
1349 - 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia
1358 - Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
1521 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
1539 - Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
1588 - Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England
1608 - Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua
1635 - Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid
1644 - Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby.
1664 - 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston)
1674 - German Parliament declares war on France
1731 - All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated
1741 - Spain & Bavaria sign treaty
1742 - 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
1754 - George Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)
1774 - 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
1818 - 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
1830 - Congress authorizes native Indian removal from all states to western prairie
1845 - Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed
1849 - Princess WFLC Marianne & Albrecht of Prussia separate
1858 - Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play," premieres in London
1863 - 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
1866 - Dutch government of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms
1871 - Paris communards revolt put down
1875 - 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43.5
1880 - 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40.5
1892 - Sierra Club forms by John Muir in SF, for conservation of nature
1900 - Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand
1900 - Solar eclipse occurs
1901 - 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2
1901 - Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
1904 - 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2
1906 - Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in NYC
1907 - Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
1912 - Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust v South Africa
1915 - John B Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll
1918 - Azerbaijan gains independence and declares itself a Democratic Republic
1919 - Armenia declares it's Independence
1923 - Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
1923 - US unemployment has nearly ended
1926 - Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
1926 - US Customs Court created by congress
1927 - Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
1928 - Dodge Brothers Inc & Chrysler Corp merged
1929 - 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (NYC)
1930 - Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ
1930 - The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
1932 - Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas)
1934 - Bradman gets 160 Aust v Middlesex, 124 mins, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5
1934 - Hobbs scores his 197th & last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days
1934 - Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Olivia and Elzire Dionne, later
           becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1934 - The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated.
1936 - Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
1937 - Golden Gate Bridge in SF opens to vehicular traffic
1937 - Neville Chamberlain becomes PM of England
1938 - Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid
1938 - Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zurich
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1940 - British-French troops capture Narvik Norway
1940 - Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in NYC
1941 - 1st night game at Wash DC, Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5)
1941 - British army begins evacuation of Kreta
1941 - NY Yankees nip Wash Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium
1942 - 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich
1943 - British militia reaches Tito
1946 - 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
1948 - Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement
1951 - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st major league home run
1951 - Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht
1951 - Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV
1952 - Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio. The park's Little Dipper roller coaster would
           become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
1952 - The women of Greece are given the right to vote.
1953 - Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
1955 - 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6
1955 - Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500
1955 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
1955 - Henry Bolte becomes Premier of the state of Victoria.
1956 - Dale Long becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
1956 - Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus
1957 - NL approves Bkln Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to west coast
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 - French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
1958 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
1959 - Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts
1959 - Johnson & Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London
1959 - Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st
           animals retrieved from a space mission
1960 - "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances
1961 - Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
1961 - Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)
1961 - Record 27 HRs hit in 7 AL games
1962 - Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY
1962 - US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day
1962 - Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
1963 - Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed
1963 - Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)
1963 - Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st PM of Kenya
1964 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet
1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
1964 - Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
1964 - Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1965 - Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
1966 - "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34
1966 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1967 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert
1967 - Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
1968 - NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
1968 - Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon
1969 - AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
1970 - The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the
           French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit
           Brussel.
1971 - Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
1971 - USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1972 - White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Natl HQ at Watergate
1973 - Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26)
1974 - "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 1859 performances
1974 - 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win
1974 - Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation
1974 - Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
1974 - Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in NYC
1975 - Bayern Munchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris
1975 - Soyuz 18 launches
1977 - 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
1978 - Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
1978 - Second round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. The election is won by incumbent
           Sangoulé Lamizana.
1979 - European Market accepts Greece as member
1980 - 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
1980 - Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
1980 - Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
1982 - Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
1982 - Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain
1983 - "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
1983 - Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens
1985 - David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon
1985 - Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
1986 - Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
1986 - White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces
1987 - 60th Natl Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci
1987 - Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
1987 - Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot
1987 - Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta
1987 - Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn
1987 - Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed
1989 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1989 - Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
1990 - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia
1990 - Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV
1990 - Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica
1990 - Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands)
1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
1992 - 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum
1993 - 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
1993 - Polish government of Suchocka falls
1994 - "Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV
1994 - Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)
1995 - "Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 454 performances
1995 - Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1995 - Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
1995 - Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people
1995 - Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941
1995 - White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James
           McDougal and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of
           fraud.
1997 - Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis
1997 - Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
1997 - Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28
1997 - Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time
1998 - Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own,
           prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
1999 - In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last
           Supper" is put back on display.
1999 - Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie
           Arklöv and Tony Olsson after a dramatic car chase.
2002 - NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
2003 - Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a
           result of criticism of his conduct.
2004 - The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to
           become prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
2008 - The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic,
           ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.

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Famous Weddings

1894 - Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
1954 - "The Bad and the Beautiful" actor Kirk Douglas (37) weds producer Ann Buydens (24) at
           Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas
1988 - Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)
1989 - Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad)
1998 - "Xena: The Warrior Princess" Lucy Lawless (30) weds executive producer Rob Tapert (43) at
           Saint Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California
2006 - "Average Joe" actor Adam Mesh (30) weds Jessica Malca in Miami, Florida
2010 - "Beverly Hills 90210" actor Ian Ziering (46) weds Erin Kristine Ludwig at the Resort at Pelican
           Hill in Newport Coast, California
2011 - Former American beauty queen Candice Crawford (24) weds Dallas Cowboys football
           quarterback Tony Romo (31) at Arlington Hall in Dallas, Texas
2011 - Actress and former "Clean House" host Niecy Nash (41) weds electrical engineer Jay Tucker at
           the Church Estate Vineyard in Malibu

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This Day in History for 28th May


Famous Divorces

1533 - England's archbishop voids the marriage of King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn

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This Day in History for 28th May


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Ottoman Sultan Selim II (1524)          Versatile Athlete Jim Thorpe (1888)             Singer Kylie Minogue (1968)


1140 - Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
1371 - John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
1524 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)
1577 - Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician
1582 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)
1588 - Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
1641 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)
1660 - George I, King of England (1714-27)
1676 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
1692 - Joseph Butler, English philosopher (d. 1752)
1738 - Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor (guillotine)
1759 - William Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)
1765 - Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer
1777 - Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer
1778 - Friedrich Westenholz, composer
1779 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)
1780 - Joseph Frohlich, composer
1782 - Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter
1789 - Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange)
1798 - Josef Dessauer, composer
1807 - Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra
1807 - Louis Agassiz, Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/teacher
1810 - Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer
1818 - Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter)
1819 - William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
1820 - Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic
1828 - Alpheus Baker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1828 - Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder
1830 - George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1830 - Karoly Filtsch, composer
1831 - Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
1836 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
1837 - George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. 1921)
1837 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (d. 1908)
1838 - Basil Wilson Duke, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1916
1841 - Giovanni Sgambati, composer
1844 - Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer
1851 - Dick Barlow, cricketer (immortal England all-rounder of 1880's)
1853 - Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)
1858 - Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)
1862 - Henry W Slocum Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1888)
1863 - Georg Adler, German state economist
1865 - Gerrit Grijns, Dutch physiologist (Vitamin E)
1868 - Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue)
1872 - Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. 1917)
1874 - G K Chesterton, writer
1878 - Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)
1879 - Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist
1883 - George Dyson, composer
1883 - Luigi Perrachio, composer
1883 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966)
1883 - Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (d. 1978)
1884 - Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48)
1884 - Theo(door) van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer
1886 - Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph)
1886 - Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (d. 1954)
1887 - Hank Mann, NYC, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road)
1888 - James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912)
1888 - Jim Thorpe, Prague, Oklahoma, versatile American athlete (Olympics-gold-1912) (d. 1953)
1889 - Jose Padilla, composer
1892 - Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister)
1894 - Sammy White, RI, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)
1896 - Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer
1896 - Warren Giles, baseball's National League president
1897 - Henry Kendall, London, actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange)
1898 - Andy Kirk, jazz musician
1900 - Owen Aisher, president (Marley)
1900 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (d. 1939)
1903 - Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Golden Sail)
1904 - Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer
1906 - Mary Ralton, director (British WRAC)
1906 - Phil Regan, singer (My Wild Irish Rose)
1907 - Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian
1907 - Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer (Ritz Brothers)
1907 - Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal
1908 - Ian Lancaster Fleming, London England, author (James Bond)
1909 - John Schepens, [Jean Baudoux], Flemish journalist/writer (Polyfoto)
1909 - Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (d. 2005)
1910 - Rachel Kempson, actress (Captive Heart)
1910 - Stuart Piggott, archaeologist
1910 - T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
1911 - Bob Crisp, cricketer (South African pace bowler of 30's)
1911 - Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader
1911 - Thora Hird, British actress (d. 2003)
1912 - Leslie Monson, diplomat
1912 - Patrick White, Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel 1973)
1912 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (d. 1992)
1913 - Gordon Wolstenholme, physician
1914 - W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot
1915 - Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor (Stage Door)
1915 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
1915 - Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. 2001)
1916 - C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite) [or Aug 28]
1916 - Gerald McArthur, detective
1916 - Thora Hird, actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving)
1916 - Walker Percy, Birmingham Ala, writer (Adventures of a Bad Catholic)
1917 - "Papa" John Creach, violinist
1917 - Barry Commoner, Brooklyn NY, biologist (Science & Survival)
1917 - Gerald Cash, Gov-Gen (Bahamas)
1917 - Marshall Reed, Englewood California, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup)
1917 - Pape John Creech, rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
1919 - Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire
1919 - Frank Middlemass, actor (Island, Oliver Twist)
1919 - John Eldridge, CEO (Matthews Wrightmson)
1921 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. 1999)
1922 - John Alderson, chief constable (Devon & Cornwall UK)
1922 - Lou Duva, American boxing trainer
1922 - Barney Rosset, Chicago, Illinois, publisher and free speech advocate (publisher of Tropic for
           Cancer), (d. 2012)
1923 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi)
1923 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
1924 - Edward du Cann, CEO (Lonrho)
1924 - Lord Rippon, British MP
1924 - Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP
1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust), (d. 2012)
1925 - Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor MI, actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless)
1927 - Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer
1927 - Francois Nourissier, French writer (Un petit bourgeois)
1927 - Gyorgy Ligeti, composer
1927 - Norman Ireland, CEO (Bowater)
1927 - Robert Evans, CEO (British Gas)
1928 - Albert Booth, British government minister
1928 - Jacob R Druckman, composer
1929 - Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
1929 - Patrick McNair-Wilson, MP
1930 - Edward Seaga, PM (Jamaica)
1930 - Julian Penkivil Slade, composer
1931 - Carroll Baker, Penn, actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow)
1931 - Ervin Junger, composer
1931 - Peter Talbot Westergaard, composer
1931 - Raymond Miquel, chairman (Scottish Sports Council)
1931 - Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich)
1932 - Henning Christiansen, composer
1932 - Lord Renton, MP (Conservative)
1932 - Timothy Renton, MP
1933 - John Karlen, Bkln NY, actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey)
1933 - Philip Otton, high court judge
1934 - Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile, Alive Emelie, Dead 1954
           Marie, Dead 1970 Yvonne, Alive, First known set of surviving quintuplets, these girls were
           treated as
1934 - Julian Slade, composer
1934 - Rob du Bois, composer
1935 - Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire
1936 - Maki Ishii, composer
1936 - Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician
1938 - Jerry West, W Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
1938 - Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness)
1940 - Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow (Malcolm X)
1940 - Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso)
1940 - Thomas E Petri, (Rep-R-WI, 1979- )
1940 - Maeve Binchy [Snell], Dalkey,Ireland, novelist (Light a Penny Candle), (d. 2012)
1941 - Beth Howland, Boston Mass, actress (Vera-Alice, Company)
1941 - Guntram Vesper, writer
1942 - Stanley B. Prusiner, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1943 - Dennis Riley, composer
1943 - Liz Edgar, horse show jumper
1943 - Ray Mitchell, governor (Albany Prison, England)
1943 - Tony Mansfield, [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer (Billy J Kramer)
1943 - Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004)
1944 - Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent, poet/critic (On the Droge)
1944 - Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
1944 - Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train)
1944 - Rudy Giuliani, (Mayor-R/L-NYC, 1994- )
1944 - Faith Brown, British actress
1945 - Gary Stewart, Latcher County Ky, country singer (She's Actin' Single)
1945 - John Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival
1945 - Hunter "Patch" Adams, American doctor
1945 - John N. Bambacus, American politician
1946 - Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress (Cry Uncle)
1946 - Satchidanandan, Indian poet
1946 - Skip Jutze, American baseball player
1947 - Faith Brown, impressionist
1947 - Patti Reynolds, Chicago Ill, playmate (Sept, 1965)
1947 - Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tenn, actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
1947 - Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist
1947 - Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist
1948 - Bob Shearer, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1948 - Ray Laidlaw, British rock drummer (Jack the Lad)
1949 - Shelley Hamlin, San Mateo CA, LPGA golfer (1978 Patty Berg Classic)
1949 - Sue Holderness, actress (Marlene-Only Fools & Horses, Sandbaggers)
1949 - Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (d. 1998)
1950 - Ian Bradley, British writer and academic
1950 - Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
1952 - Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
1953 - Arto Lindsay, rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan)
1954 - George E Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mt Palomar/Mt Wilson CA (1974-78)
1954 - John Tory, Canadian politician
1954 - Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (d.1988)
1955 - Mark Howe, American ice hockey player
1956 - Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1956 - Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1981-91, their most successful)
1956 - Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach
1956 - Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988)
1956 - Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1980)
1957 - Kirk Gibson, Mich, outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP)
1957 - Walter R Tucker, (Rep-D-California)
1957 - Ben Howland, American college basketball coach
1958 - Yvet Anna, painter
1959 - Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red)
1959 - John Morgan, British etiquette expert (d. 2000)
1960 - Allan Green, cricketeer
1961 - Roland Gift, UK, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
1962 - Brandon Cruz, actor (Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1963 - Eugene Robinson, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawk, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
1963 - Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist
1963 - Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree)
1964 - Armon Gilliam, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets)
1964 - Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star
1964 - Leisa Sheridan, Omaha NE, playmate (Jul, 1993)
1964 - Mark MacKay, Brandon GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1964 - Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
1964 - Phil Vassar, American country music singer
1965 - Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star
1965 - Chantal Bailey, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1965 - Christa Miller, NYC, actress (Kate-Drew Carey Show)
1965 - Michael Charles Brisky, Brownsville TX, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)
1965 - Chris Ballew, American musician
1966 - Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder (Aust ODI-Pak 1994)
1967 - Glen Rice, NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1967 - Kari Wuhrer, Brookfield Ct, MTV/actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1967 - Tory Epps, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
1968 - Char Thompson, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
1968 - Kylie Minogue, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
1968 - Sandra Bacher, Long Island NY, half-heavyweight judoka (Oly-92, 96)
1968 - Tomas P Pukstys, Chicago Ill, javelin thrower (Olympics-8th-96)
1969 - Bob Meeks, WLAF corner (Barcelona Dragons)
1969 - Damian Rhodes, St Paul, NHL goalie (Ottawa Senators)
1969 - Frank McCormack, Leicester Mass, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1970 - Ben Williams, WLAF defensive end (London Monarchs)
1970 - David Roberts, Alameda California, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Jason Belser, NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 - Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate (Dec, 1990)
1970 - Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator
1970 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1971 - Jeff Gove, Seattle WA, Nike golfer (1991 Ralphs Senior Classic)
1971 - Nick Bravin, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1971 - Isabelle Carré, French actress
1972 - Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse NY, dance skater (& Gregory Maddalone)
1972 - Denise Booker, Liverpool, golfer (S Australian Jr champ 1990)
1972 - Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
1972 - Guidoni Junior Doriva, Brazilian footballer
1973 - Pat Peake, Rochester, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1973 - Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids Mich, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1974 - Alicia Minshew, American actress
1975 - Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA (1996)
1975 - Mike Fisher, Naperville Ill, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1976 - Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
1976 - Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
1976 - Glenn Morrison, Rugby League Player
1977 - Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1977 - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View)
1977 - Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer
1979 - Joeri Jansen, Belgian athlete
1979 - Jesse Bradford, American actor
1979 - Ronald Curry, American football player
1979 - Monica Keena, American actress
1980 - Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
1980 - Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)
1981 - Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
1981 - Adam Green, American singer and songwriter
1982 - Alexa Davalos, American actress
1982 - Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player
1983 - Steve Cronin, American soccer goalkeeper
1983 - Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player
1984 - Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
1985 - Colbie Caillat, American folk singer-songwriter
1986 - Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
1986 - Berrick Barnes, Australian Rugby player
1986 - Joseph Cross, American actor
1986 - Michael Oher, American football player at Ole Miss
1988 - David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player
2010 - Prince Louis of Bourbon, elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou

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This Day in History for 28th May


Famous Deaths

                   
Lexicographer                                    King of Great Britain Edward VIII (1972)
Noah Webster (1843)


1089 - Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1259 - Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
1317 - Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
1357 - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
1521 - Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62
1534 - Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
1556 - Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)
1650 - Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
1672 - John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
1685 - Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
1747 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
1750 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1787 - Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67
1791 - Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
1805 - Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
1808 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
1811 - Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)
1816 - Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
1828 - Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)
1833 - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
1836 - Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
1838 - Thomas Busby, composer, dies
1843 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
1849 - Anne Bronte, English novelist (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), dies
1862 - Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]
1863 - Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23
1864 - Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle
1864 - Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and liberal politician (b. 1808)
1878 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1883 - August Freyer, composer, dies at 79
1889 - Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37
1890 - Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
1898 - Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies
1911 - Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies
1913 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
1914 - Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
1916 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856)
1921 - Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
1922 - Carl Teike, composer, dies at 58
1927 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
1927 - Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)
1937 - Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67
1940 - Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70
1940 - Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65
1940 - Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53
1940 - Friedrich Karl von Hessen (b. 1868)
1944 - Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
1947 - August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1907)
1948 - Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914)
1953 - Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
1954 - Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
1958 - Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
1959 - Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies
1963 - Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
1964 - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
1968 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (b. 1908)
1969 - Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
1971 - Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
1971 - Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912)
1972 - Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies at 77
1973 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
1973 - Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81
1975 - Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
1975 - Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
1976 - Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
1977 - Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
1978 - Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
1980 - Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
1981 - Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
1981 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
1982 - Lt Col 'H'. Jones VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
1983 - Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (b. 1909)
1984 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
1986 - Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
1987 - Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
1990 - Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
1990 - Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies
1990 - Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
1991 - Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies
1991 - Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chic Defender), dies at 79
1993 - Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
1994 - Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
1994 - Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65
1995 - Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
1995 - Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60
1995 - Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66
1995 - Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66
1996 - John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70
1996 - Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66
1998 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (b. 1948)
2001 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
2001 - Joe Moakley, American politician (b. 1927)
2002 - Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909)
2003 - Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
2003 - Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
2003 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
           (b. 1917)
2004 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (b. 1934)
2006 - Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. 1920)
2007 - Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
2007 - Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
2008 - David Mitton, Scottish-born director (b. 1938)
2008 - Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)
2010 - Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)

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This Day in History for 29th May


Historical Events

                                   
Mount Everest Conquerer                     Singer & Actress Barbra Streisand              Country Singer Johnny Cash
Edmund Hillary

                                   
NBA Legend Larry Bird                           Russian President Boris Yeltsin              Indy Car Driver Al Unser Jr


363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of
         the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
757 - St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1138 - Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II
1167 - Battle of Monte Porzio - A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian
           of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
1176 - Battle at Legnano: Lombard League beats Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire
1414 - Council of Constance deposes Pope John XXIII
1453 - Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1453 - French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
1576 - Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea
1592 - At the Battle of Sacheon, the Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin, repels a Japanese army
           that outnumbers it nearly 3 to 1.
1630 - Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
1652 - English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
1660 - Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local
           Indians.
1692 - Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France
1692 - Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
1721 - South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1727 - Peter II (11) becomes Tsar of Russia
1733 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
1753 - Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres
1765 - Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If
           this be treason, make the most of it!"
1780 - Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals
           allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
1787 - "Virginia Plan" proposed
1790 - Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
1848 - Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
1848 - Wisconsin becomes 30th state
1849 - Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of
           the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
1851 - Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
1861 - Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
1864 - Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
1868 - The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
1874 - Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
1884 - 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
1889 - August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen
1897 - 31st Belmont: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23.25
1900 - 25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4
1900 - Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1902 - Dutch State Mine law forms
1903 - May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in
           Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1905 - Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania
1909 - Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run
1910 - Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
1911 - 1st running of Indianapolis 500
1912 - 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot.
1914 - Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die
1916 - NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game
1916 - Official flag of president of US adopted
1916 - US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1919 - Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster
1919 - Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
1919 - The Republic of Prekmurje founded
1922 - Ecuador becomes independent
1922 - US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport & not a business & thus not subject to
           antitrust laws
1924 - AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
1928 - Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1932 - World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request
           cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1935 - Hague local museum opens
1940 - Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
1940 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague Neth
1940 - In WW II, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France
1942 - Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date
1943 - Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)
1943 - Meat & cheese rationed in US
1944 - British troops occupy Aprilia Italy
1945 - US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
1946 - KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands
1949 - Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
1951 - 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
1952 - 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
1953 - Edmund Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
1954 - Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
1954 - First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
1955 - Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
1956 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres
1956 - WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 - Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
1957 - Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
1957 - NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the
           proposed move to the west coast
1958 - Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels
1959 - Charles de Gaulle forms French government
1960 - Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
1962 - Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"
1965 - Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium
1966 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 - Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19
1967 - Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who
           later became Pope John Paul II
1968 - Manchester United wins 13rd Europe Cup 1 in London
1968 - Truth in Lending Act signed into law
1968 - UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
1969 - Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
1969 - General strike in Cordoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
1970 - USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
1971 - Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61
1972 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1973 - Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles Calif
1973 - Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis
           will start Arista records
1974 - Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
1976 - "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
1976 - Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
1977 - A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
1977 - NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio
1977 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
1977 - Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
1978 - 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)
1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM
1979 - Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres
1980 - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 perfs
1980 - 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
1980 - Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League pres
1980 - J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
1980 - Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62
1982 - 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
1982 - Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war
1983 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1983 - Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
1984 - Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
1985 - Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot
1985 - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after
          14 months.
1986 - 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia
1987 - "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor
1987 - Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
1987 - Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
1988 - Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
1988 - President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
1988 - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1989 - Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires
1989 - Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
1990 - An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
1990 - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49
1990 - Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson
1990 - NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
1990 - Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
1991 - "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland NZ
1991 - Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I
1992 - NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games
1992 - White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base
1993 - Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
1993 - Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs
           on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm
1994 - "Joseph & the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 223 perfs
1994 - "Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1994 - Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)
1994 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1994 - Great comet-iceball seen above North sea
1994 - Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election
1994 - Patty Sheehan wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
1996 - Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands
1997 - 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym
1997 - Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
1997 - Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil
1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of
           state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999 - Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in
           tournaments.
2001 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated.
2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2004 - The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22.
2005 - France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution.
2012 - Thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting
           The Spear
2012 - Facebook's problematic public listing could cost those involved $115 million from technical
           glitches
2012 - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills 24 people near Bologna, northern Italy
2012 - Indonesian police make the biggest drug bust in ten years after seizing over a million ecstasy
           pills valued at $45 million

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 29th May


Famous Weddings

1506 - Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
1884 - Irish writer Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London
2004 - "Party of Five" actor Scott Wolf (35) weds "Real World" cast member Kelley Limp at St. Paul's
           Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas
2006 - "America's Next Top Model" first winner Adrianne Curry (23) weds "The Brady Bunch" actor
           Christopher Knight (48) in Joliet, Illinois
2006 - Award-winning English actress Tamzin Outhwaite (35) weds former "EastEnders" actor Tom
           Ellis (26) at All Saints Church in Lullington, Somerset
2010 - "Survivor: Fiji" winner Earl Cole (39) weds pharmacist Shelley Lee at the St. Regis Princeville
           Resort on Kauai

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This Day in History for 29th May


Famous Divorces

2010 - Five-time Grammy Award singer Shania Twain (42) divorces music producer Robert John Lange
           (59) after 14 years of marriage