USS Portland CA-33 Heavy Cruiser passing under the
St Johns Bridge. The ship was named after the City of
Portland, Maine.

Multnomah County officials announced this years Portland Fleet
Week  kicks off Tuesday, and Portlanders can expect several
bridge lifts as ships arrive along the Willamette River.     

The Steel, Broadway, and Burnside bridges will be raising and
lowering to accommodate the vessels. The lifts will be longer
than normal, in some cases lasting up to 45 minutes.

• On Tuesday, three ships will be arriving with bridge lifts
  happening between 3 and 6 p.m.
• On Wednesday, four ships are arriving with bridge lifts
  between 4 and 8 p.m.

All of the ships will leave the following Monday, June 9.

“Expect frequent bridge lifts and traffic delays during ship
departures that morning.”

1954

On June 2, 1935, Babe (George Herman) Ruth, one of the greatest
players in the history of baseball, ended his Major League playing
career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs.

The following year, Ruth, a larger-than-life figure whose name
became synonymous with baseball, was one of the first five
players inducted into the sport’s hall of fame.

Babe Ruth on being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
in Cooperstown.

On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released their eighth album,
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a concept album
that marked a new creative peak for the Liverpudlian
superstars and that would become a critical favorite in
the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

Norma Jeane Mortenson—who will become better known
around the world as the glamorous actress and sex symbol
Marilyn Monroe—was born on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles,
California. She was later given her mother’s name, and
baptized Norma Jeane Baker.

On May 30, 1911, Ray Harroun drove his single-seater Marmon
Wasp to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500, now one of
the world’s most famous motor racing competitions.

The Indiana automobile dealer Carl Fisher first proposed building
a private auto testing facility in 1906, in order to address car manufacturers’ inability to test potential top speeds of new cars
due to the poorly developed state of the public roadways.

The result was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, built on 328
acres of farmland five miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis.

By the mid-1920s, the Indy 500 had become what it is today–a
high-paying event for the world’s most expensive cars.

Carl Graham Fisher
(January 12, 1874 – July 15, 1939)

Ray Harroun takes the checkered flag.

   Ray Harroun ( 1879 – 1968)