1349 – 60 Jews murdered in Breslau, Silesia
1953 – Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-“Melody”
1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
1964 – Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
1973 – Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
1975 – Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is established by the Treaty of Lagos
1977 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky kills 168
1979 – European Market accepts Greece as member
1985 – Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
1996 – Pavlo Lazarenko becomes Prime Minister of Ukraine
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Today in History for 28th May 2020
Historical Events
1900 – In China, rioters provoked by Boxers burn the Fengtai Railway Station, where many Belgians work
1938 – Hindemiths opera “Mathis der Maler” premieres in Zurich
1971 – USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1979 – European Market accepts Greece as member
1997 – 5th UEFA Champions League Final: Borussia Dortmund beats Juventus 3-1 at Munich
2017 – Indianapolis 500: Takuma Sato wins in 3:13:03.3584
Famous Birthdays
1764 – Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman, born in Columbia County, New York (d. 1836)
1818 – P. G. T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (Hero of Sumter), born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana (d. 1893)
1841 – Giovanni Sgambati, Italian pianist and composer, born in Rome (d. 1914)
1883 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian independence activist and writer (The Indian War of Independence), born in Bhagur, India ( (d. 1966)
1947 – Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist
1979 – Monica Keena, American actress
Famous Deaths
1864 – Henry H Giesy, US Union-brigadier general, dies in battle
1878 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1846-52 and 1865-66), dies at 85
1973 – Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer and conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
1994 – Rita Gillespie, British pioneering TV Director, dies at 65
2004 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (Fiat), dies at 69
2007 – Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
Famous Deaths for 27th May 2020
1508 – Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1564 – John Calvin [Jehan Cauvin], Protestant religious reformer and theologian (Calvinism), dies at 54 (b. 1509)
1580 – Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies
1596 – Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
1896 – Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (b. 1839)
1958 – Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
1991 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (b. 1904)
2006 – Craig Heyward, American NFL fullback (Pro Bowl 1995; New Orleans Saints), dies from brain cancer at 39
2007 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
2011 – Gill Scott-Heron, American writer, poet and singer (Whitey on the Moon), dies at 62
Historical Events for 27th May 2020
1898 – Arthur Pinero’s “Trelawney of the Wells” premieres in London
1933 – Austrian communist party banned
1958 – Maiden flight of the F-4 Phantom II
1961 – 1st black light is sold
1964 – European Cup Final, Praterstadion, Vienna: Internazionale beats Real Madrid, 3-1 for their first title
1968 – NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises
1972 – Jimmy Castor Bunch’s “Troglodyte (Cave Man)” hits #6
1990 – 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
2007 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course: Denis Watson of Zimbabwe wins his lone major title by a 2 stroke margin from Eduardo Romero of Argentina
2011 – NHL Eastern Conference Finals: Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 games to 3
Today in History for 27th May 2020
Historical Events
1937 – Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians
1948 – Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid
1957 – Toronto’s CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada’s first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n’ Roll music format
1985 – Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan
1987 – 31st European Cup: Porto beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Vienna
2007 – 60th Cannes Film Festival: “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” directed by Cristian Mungiu wins the Palme d’Or
Famous Birthdays
1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricket fast bowler (England 3 Tests; 1,673 1st class wickets), born in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire (d. 1921)
1925 – John Moberly, British diplomat, dies at 79
1942 – Lee Baca, American law enforcement official
1947 – Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach, born in Ljubljan, FPR Yugoslavia
1960 – Ray Armsetad, 4X400 runner (Olympic gold 1984), born in Kirksville, Missouri
1965 – Pat Cash, Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1987), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Famous Deaths
1508 – Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1970 – Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
1988 – Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
1988 – Melvin J “Cy” Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1994 – Robert Chudnick [Red Rodney], American jazz trumpeter, dies from lung cancer at 66
2017 – Gregg Allman, American musician and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band), dies of cancer at 69
Famous Deaths for 26th May 2020
1871 – Aimé Maillart, French opera composer (Les Dragons de Villars), dies at 54
1904 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist and namesake of Tourette’s syndrome, dies from Syphilis at 46
1926 – S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
1966 – Don Castle, American actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol), dies of a medication overdose at 47
1976 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Being and Time), dies at 86
1995 – Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
1996 – Mike Sharperson, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1992; World Series 1988, 95), dies in a car crash at 34
2001 – Anne Haney, American actress (Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire, Greta the secretary in Liar Liar), dies at 67
2010 – Kieran Phelan, Irish senator (b. 1949)
2011 – Ben Roberts, British industrial relations expert (London School of Economics), dies at 93
Historical Events for 26th May 2020
451 – The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity.
1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy
1864 – Territory of Montana formed
1905 – A pogrom against Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1918 – Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
1941 – American Flag House (Betsy Ross’ Home) given to city of Philadelphia
1963 – French Championships Women’s Tennis: Australian Lesley Turner wins the first of 2 French titles; beats England’s Ann Jones 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
1973 – Beatles’ “Beatles 1967-1970” album goes #1
2002 – Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia
2012 – A gunman in the Finnish town of Hyvinkaa kills 2, wounds 7
Today in History for 26th May 2020
Historical Events
1896 – Last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1919 – The Supreme Council of Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks
1923 – Inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for cars starts through public roads around Le Mans, France; inaugural winners: André Lagache and René Léonard (France) for Chenard and Walcker
1942 – Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: Afrika Korps vs British army
1946 – Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
2013 – The Mumbai Indians defeat the Chennai Super Kings to win the Indian 20/20 Premier League
Famous Birthdays
1886 – Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson], American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent actor (Mamie, Swanee), born in Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1950)
1898 – Gérard Bertouille, Belgian composer, born in Tournai, Belgium (d. 1981)
1915 – Antonia Forest [Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein], British children’s author (The Marlows), born in Hampstead, London (d. 2003)
1926 – Miles Davis, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer, born in Alton, Illinois (d. 1991)
1937 – Yehuda Yannay, Romanian composer, born in Timișoara, Romania
1970 – Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese manga artist (Rurouni Kenshin), born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Deaths
1055 – Margrave Adalbert of Austria
1907 – Ida McKinley, US First Lady (1897-1901) and wife of the 25th US President William McKinley, dies at 59
1944 – Cyril Francois, South African cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 252 runs, 6 wickets), dies in a motor accident at 46
1951 – Lincoln Ellsworth, Arctic explorer, dies at 71
2003 – Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
2018 – Ted [Samuel Frederick] Dabney, American electrical engineer and founder of Atari (Pong), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 25th May 2020
992 – Mieszko I, Grand Duke and ruler of Poland (960-992), dies at around 61
1452 – John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
1510 – Georges d’Amboise, French Roman Catholic cardinal, minister of state and viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1797 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal, dies at 78
1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, cellist (Chicago Symph Orchestra), dies at 39
1946 – Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter (Happy Birthday to You), dies at 78
1990 – Victor “Vic” Tayback, American actor (Mel Sharples-“Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore “), dies of a heart attack at 60
2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
2012 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer, dies at 93
Historical Events for 25th May 2020
1914 – British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill
1923 – Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
1939 – Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
1944 – Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1955 – Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla
1973 – 26th Cannes Film Festival: “The Hireling” directed by Alan Bridges and “Scarecrow” directed by Jerry Schatzberg jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1981 – Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to play 3,000 baseball games (Cobb, Musial and Aaron)
1982 – Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1983 – Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1996 – 1st Super Rugby Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Blues win inaugural title with a 45-21 victory over the Natal Sharks; fullback Adrian Cashmore lands 3 penalties and 3 conversions for the home team