Alex Palou (28) made a late pass around Marcus Ericsson to move
into first place and held off the rest of the leaders to win the
Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
It’s the first time Palou has ever won the Indy 500.
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25
May
FIRST SPANYARD WINS THE INDY 500
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25
May
F-15 FLYOVERS TO HONOR MEMORIAL DAY
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The 142nd Wing of the Portland Air
National Guard Base is set to conduct Memorial Day flyovers
across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.
The flyovers, featuring F-15 Eagle fighter jets, will take place at
various community locations on Monday, May 26.
Maj. Graham Johnson, one of the two pilots participating in the
flyovers, expressed his pride in the mission. "It’s an incredible
honor to fly for the Air National Guard on Memorial Day, paying
tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom."
The flyovers are scheduled to begin at 9:14 a.m. at Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Gresham and will continue at several other sites,
including Veterans Memorial in Springfield, Willamette National
Cemetery in Portland, and Fort Vancouver in Vancouver,
Washington.
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25
May
HE TOOK HIS BELOVED CAR TO THE GRAVE
On May 25, 1994, the ashes of 71-year-old George Swanson are
buried (according to Swanson’s request) in the driver’s seat of
his 1984 white Corvette in Irwin, Pennsylvania.
Swanson, a beer distributor and former U.S. Army sergeant during
World War II, died the previous March 31 at the age of 71.
He had reportedly been planning his automobile burial for some
time, buying 12 burial plots at Brush Creek Cemetery, located 25
miles east of Pittsburgh, in order to ensure that his beloved
Corvette would fit in his grave with him.
After his death, however, the cemetery balked, amid concerns
of vandalism and worries that other clients would be offended
by the outlandish nature of the burial.
They finally relented after weeks of negotiations, but insisted
that the burial be private, and that the car be drained of fluids
to protect the environment.
24
May
THE BISMARCK AND THE HMS HOOD IN 1941
On May 24, 1941, Germany’s largest battleship, the Bismarck,
sunk the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood.
The Bismarck was the most modern of Germany’s battleships,
a prize coveted by other nation’s navies, even while still in the
blueprint stage (Hitler handed over a copy of its blueprints to
Joseph Stalin as a concession during the days of the Hitler-
Stalin neutrality pact).
The HMS Hood, originally launched in 1918, was Britain’s largest
battle cruiser (41,200 tons)-but also capable of achieving the
relatively fast speed of 31 knots. The two met in the North
Atlantic, northeast of Iceland, where two British cruisers had
tracked down the Bismarck.
Commanded by Admiral Gunther Lutjens, commander in chief
of the German Fleet, the Bismarck sunk the Hood, resulting in
the death of 1,500 of its crew; only three Brits survived.
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24
May
TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRATED ON THIS DAY
The question, taken from the Bible (Numbers 23:23), had been
suggested to Morse by Annie Ellworth, the daughter of the
commissioner of patents.
Annie G. Ellsworth
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