Historical Events
1347 – Rienzo calls Rome for people’s tribunal
1882 – Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” (Gengangere) premieres in Chicago
1939 – 1st regular transatlantic airmail (Pan Am: NY to Marsseille France)
1956 – Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane at Bikini Atoll
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1967 – 92nd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2
Famous Birthdays
1889 – Felix Arndt, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1918)
1899 – Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969)
1917 – Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
1926 – Vic Ames, singer (Ames Brothers), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
1927 – David Frederick Barlow, composer
1960 – Tony Goldwyn, actor (Ghost, Kuffs, Traces of Red), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1550 – Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
1947 – Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist (Nobel 1905), dies at 84
1969 – Royal Beal, American actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer at 69
1975 – Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62
1988 – René Defossez, Belgian composer, dies at 82
1989 – Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), dies at 42