TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY 28, the 148th day of 2018. There are 217 days left in the year. This is the Memorial Day observance. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1918, American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the Germanheld French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.
In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.
In 1912, the Senate Commerce Committee issued its report on the Titanic disaster that cited a “state of absolute unpreparedness,” improperly tested safety equipment and an “indifference to danger” as some of the causes of an “unnecessary tragedy.”
In 1929, the first all-color talking picture, “On with the Show!” produced by Warner Bros., opened in New York.
In 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed a button in Washington signaling that vehicular traffic could begin crossing the just-opened Golden Gate Bridge in California. In Nazi Germany, Volkswagen was founded by the German Labour Front.
In 1940, during World War II, the Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces.
In 1957, National League owners gave permission for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In 1968, “Creedence Clearwater Revival,” the band’s debut album, was released by Fantasy Records.
In 1977, 165 people were killed when fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky.
In 1987, to the embarrassment of Soviet officials, Mathias Rust, a young West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow’s Red Square without authorization. Rust was freed by the Soviets the following year.
In 1998, comic actor Phil Hartman, 49, of “Saturday Night Live” and “NewsRadio” fame was shot to death at his home in Encino, Calif., by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actress Carroll Baker and producer-director Irwin Winkler are 87. Actor John Karlen is 85. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West is 80. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, singers Gladys Knight and Billy Vera, and actressdirector Sondra Locke are 74. Singer John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 73. U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., is 58. Actor Brandon Cruz (TV: “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) is 56. Country singer Phil Vassar and actress Christa Miller are 54. Singermusician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the USA) is 53. Actor Justin Kirk is 49. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Olympic gold medal figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva are 47. Television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 41. Actor Jake Johnson is 40. Actor Jesse Bradford and actress Monica Keena are 39. Pop singer Colbie Caillat and actress Carey Mulligan are 33.