TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

May 28, 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.”

ON THIS DATE

1937

President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed a button in Washington signaling that vehicular traffic could begin crossing the justopened Golden Gate Bridge in California.

1957

National League owners gave permission for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco.