THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Today is Sunday, May 27, the 147th day of 2018. There are 218 days left in the year.

IN THE NATION 1937: The newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day). 1942: Doris “Dorie” Miller, a cook aboard the USS West Virginia, became the first African-american to receive the Navy Cross for displaying "extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety" during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

IN THE WORLD

1941: The British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France with a loss of some 2,000 lives, three days after the Bismarck sank the HMS Hood with the loss of more than 1,400 lives.

1977: The punk rock single “God Save the Queen,” the Sex Pistols’ sardonic salute to Queen Elizabeth II, was released by Virgin Records.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk is 103. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 95. Actress Lee Meriwether is 83. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is

82. Singer Siouxsie Sioux (The Creatures, Siouxsie and the Banshees) is

61. Comedian Adam Carolla is 54. Actor Paul Bettany is 47. Musician Jace Everett is 46. Actor Jack Mcbrayer is 45. Rapper Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 43. Rapper Jadakiss is 43. TV chef Jamie Oliver is 43.