On this day in 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were born near Callender, Ontario, to Olivia and Elzire Dionne. The babies were the first quint’s to survive infancy. Mother Elzire Dionne with her quintuplets (above).
Annette and Cecile Dionne are 84 today and are the two surviving members of the Dionne Quintuplets.
Ian Lancaster Fleming(May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964)
Horace Stoneham, left, owner of the New York Giants congratulates Walter O’Malley owner of the Dodgers.
On this day in 1957, National League club owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and that the New York Giants could move to San Francisco.
Edward VIII(Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David)
On this day in 1972, The Duke of Windsor, who gave up the British throne in 1936 to marry an American divorcee, died at 77 in his home near Paris. He was a smoker from an early age, was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent cobalt therapy.
Philip Edward Hartmann(September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998)
Canadian born actor/comedian Phil Hartman garnered fame in 1986 when he joined the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President Bill Clinton, and he stayed on the show for eight seasons. Given the moniker "The Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989.
In California on this day in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic. The bridge connected San Francisco and Marin County.
In The Hague, Netherlands on this day in 1999, a war crimes tribunal indicted Slobodan Milosevic along with four others for atrocities in Kosovo. It was the first time that a sitting head of state had been charged with such a crime. He was found dead at age 64 from an apparent heart attack in his prison cell on March 11, 2006.
The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by British naval and air forces on this day in 1941. A total of 2,300 people were killed.
It was on this day in 1936.
In Charlottesville, VA, on this day in 1995, actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed after being thrown from his horse during a jumping event.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A buyer with a penchant for vintage denim has plunked down nearly $100,000 for a pair of truly vintage jeans that come from the American Old West.
The 125-year-old Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans, which failed to sell at auction in 2016, now have a new owner somewhere in Southeast Asia.
The price puts it near record territory for old Levi’s. But the private sale agreement prevents the disclosure of the exact price or the buyer’s location. The buyer sent a representative to Maine to inspect the jeans before buying them on May 15.