May 29, 2018

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Cathy Brown!

425 years ago
1593

Died on this date
John Penry, 34 (?). Welsh-born English Protestant martyr. Mr. Penry printed tracts that were distributed in Wales, but earned the enmity of Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift for not printing enough Bibles to supply the demand in Wales, and he was hanged eight days after being convicted of sedition.

180 years ago
1838

Terrorism
Pirate Bill Johnston and a band of rebels attacked and burned the Canadian steamer Sir Robert Peel off Wellesley Island near French Creek in the Thousand Islands in Upper Canada. Rewards were offered for Mr. Johnston, as well as for Daniel McLeod, Samuel Frey and Robert Smith from Upper Canada, regarded more as pirates than patriots.

Politics and government
John George Lambton, Lord Durham, landed at Quebec. He had been appointed Governor by British Prime Minister Lord Melbourne to investigate Canadian colonial grievances after the rebellions of 1837.

170 years ago
1848

Americana
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as the 30th state.

130 years ago
1888

Politics and government
George E. Foster took office as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald.

110 years ago
1908

Baseball
The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Superbas 1-0 before 3,000 fans at Washington Park in Brooklyn, as Christy Mathewson gave up 4 hits and struck out 8 to win the pitchers' duel over Nap Rucker, who allowed just 3 hits.

The St. Louis Cardinals scored a run in the bottom of the 11th inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 before 4,500 fans at Robison Field in St. Louis.

The Washington Nationals scored 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning to break a 5-5 tie as they defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-5 to complete a sweep of their doubleheader before 6,690 fans at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston. The Nationals won the first game 6-1, with Gavy Cravath's first major league home run accounting for the Boston run. Pat Donahue made his major league debut as a substitute catcher with the Red Sox in the first game, making 1 putout, but not coming to bat.

Biff Schlitzer pitched a 3-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Joe Lake, who pitched a 4-hitter, as the Philadelphia Athletics edged the New York Highlanders 1-0 to gain a split of their doubleheader before 10,000 fans at Hilltop Park in New York. The Highlanders scored 2 runs in the 1st inning and 4 in the 4th as they won the first game 6-5.

Jack Powell pitched a 3-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Charlie Chech, who allowed 5 hits, as the St. Louis Browns edged the Cleveland Naps 1-0 before 3,174 fans at League Park in Cleveland.

100 years ago
1918

Born on this date
Jim Trimble. U.S. football coach. Mr. Trimble played tackle at Indiana University from 1939-1941 before serving in World War II. He was an assistant coach at Wichita State University in 1946-1947 and head coach from 1948-1950, compiling a record of 13-14-3. Mr. Trimble was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1951, and was head coach from 1952-1955, compiling a 25-20-3 record. After being fired in Philadelphia, Mr. Trimble served as head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1956-1962, leading them to five Eastern Canadian championships and the Grey Cup championship in 1957. In 1961, Mr. Trimble became the first winner of the Annis Stukus Trophy as the Coach of the Year in the Canadian Football League. He was head coach of the Montreal Alouettes from 1963-1965, but posted three losing seasons, all of them ending in semi-final defeats, and he was fired during Grey Cup week. When Montreal Star sportswriter Ian MacDonald kidded him about his firing, Mr. Trimble responded by giving Mr. MacDonald a severe beating; Mr. MacDonald refused to press charges, and Mr. Trimble apologized, but the incident ended his CFL career, after compiling a regular season, playoff, and Grey Cup record of 87-72-2. In 1966, while not coaching, Mr. Trimble and a friend marketed "goose neck" or "slingshot" goalposts; they were first used in the second game of the CFL's Eastern Finals in 1966, and were soon used throughout the Canadian, National, and American Football Leagues. Mr. Trimble was an assistant coach with the New York Giants from 1967 through the 1969 pre-season, after which he was moved to the scouting department, where he remained for 20 years. He died of emphysema on May 23, 2006, six days before his 88th birthday.

War
Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, not only stopping the Turkish invasion, but also preventing the complete destruction of the Armenian nation.

Environment
Point Pelee National Park, a major migratory bird refuge, was established on the southernmost point of mainland Ontario.

90 years ago
1928

Died on this date
Alma S. Olmstead, 81. U.S. woman. Mrs. Olmstead, a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, was born in Erie County, New York. Her father, who was 95 when she was born, fought in the Revolutionary War.

A.G. Cooper. U.K. aviator. Mr. Cooper was piloting a stunting machine at Weymouth, England in front of a crowd of 20,000 who were waiting to see if a prophesied tidal wave would occur. The plane fell into the sea 20 minutes before the predicted time of the save, and Mr. Cooper drowned in the cockpit before he could be reached.

H.C. Smith. U.S. mining executive. Mr. Smith, superintendent of the Don Carlos mine in Pachuca, Mexico, was assassinated.

Dorothy Sielagowski, 7. U.S. crime victim. Miss Sielagowski, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, was kidnapped, attacked, strangled, and left on a relative’s porch.

Politics and government
The first session of the 70th Congress of the United States adjourned, having been in action since December 5, 1927. Of the 19,770 bills introduced, 923 became laws.

Religion
In Weymouth, England, 20,000 gathered at the sands to see whether the "Great Pyramid" prophecy of destruction by a tidal wave would come true; it didn’t.

Business
Chrysler Corporation announced their acquisition of control of Dodge Brothers, Inc., a rival automobile manufacturing concern.

Baseball
Bill Terry hit for the cycle, scoring 2 runs and driving in 6, to lead the New York Giants to a 12-5 win over the Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

The New York Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Washington Nationals 3-2 and 12-3 before 25,000 fans at Yankee Stadium. Leo Durocher's bases-loaded triple in the opener gave George Pipgras (8-1) the win. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth both slugged a pair of home runs in the nightcap: Mr. Gehrig hit his 9th of the season in the 3rd inning off Washington starter Milt Gaston‚ then Messrs. Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back homers in the 4th off Lloyd Brown. Mr. Ruth added his 18th off Mr. Brown in the 7th. Earl Combs also homered for the Yankees.

75 years ago
1943

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): That Old Black Magic--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Skip Nelson and the Modernaires

War
The largest U.S. air strike of World War II was made on three German bases in France: St. Nazaire, Renne, and La Pallice. Nearly 100 U.S. Flying Fortresses bombed the Italian port and oil refining centre of Livorno, 160 miles northwest of Rome, without a loss. Chinese troops recaptured Yuyangkwan--35 miles southwest of Ichang--and inflicted more than 2,000 casualties on the Japanese.

Science
The Spanish government reported that German scientists in Potsdam had discovered that North America was moving away from Europe at the rate of about one foot per year.

70 years ago
1948

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard) (Best Seller): Nature Boy--King Cole (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Nature Boy--King Cole
--Frank Sinatra
2 Little White Lies--Dick Haymes
--Dinah Shore
3 Sabre Dance--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
4 You Can't Be True, Dear--Ken Griffin
--Vera Lynn
--Dick Haymes with the Song Spinners
--The Sportsmen
5 Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)--Bing Crosby
--Gracie Fields
--Margaret Whiting
--Eddy Howard and his Orchestra
--Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra
6 Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)--The Andrews Sisters
--Vaughn Horton and the Polka Debs
--The Sportsmen
7 Because--Perry Como
8 Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)--Peggy Lee
9 Baby Face--Art Mooney and his Orchestra
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Jack Smith and the Clark Sisters
10 The Dickey-Bird Song--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra

Singles entering the chart were Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em with a Ribbon (And Throw ’Em in the Deep Blue Sea) (#25)/It's the Sentimental Thing to Do (#35) by the King Cole Trio; Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em with a Ribbon (And Throw ’Em in the Deep Blue Sea) by Doris Day (#25, charting with the version by the King Cole Trio); My Happiness, with versions by Jon and Sondra Steele; the Pied Pipers; and Ella Fitzgerald (#27); Run, Run, Run, with versions by the Charioteers; and Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band (#39); and At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade by Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (#40). Doris Day's version of Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em with a Ribbon (And Throw ’Em in the Deep Blue Sea) was the original version from the movie Romance on the High Seas (1948).

Theatre
The musical Oklahoma! closed at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in New York after a record 2,246 performances since March 31, 1943.

Died on this date
May Whitty, 82. U.K. actress. After many years on English stages, Dame May went to Hollywood. She made her mark as a character actor in such movies as Night Must Fall (1937); The Lady Vanishes (1938); Suspicion (1941); Mrs. Miniver (1942); Gaslight (1944); and The Sign of the Ram (1948).

War
Arab and Jewish forces clashed near Latrun on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway in the heaviest battle of the Palestine war, with indecisive results.

Defense
Bulgaria and Poland signed a 20-year mutual assistance pact in Warsaw.

Baseball
Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies hit his first major league home run‚ a leadoff inside-the-park homer‚ off Thornton Lee's third pitch. The homer extended Mr. Ashburn's hitting streak to 18 games, but it was the Phillies’ only run as the New York Giants won 7-1 before 18,843 fans at the Polo Grounds in New York. Bill Rigney led off the 1st‚ 3rd‚ and 5th innings with hits‚ while Sid Gordon added a 3-run homer in the 5th. Mr. Lee was a complete-game winner over Walt Dubiel.

Sam Chapman scored all the way from first base on a single by Buddy Rosar with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 5-5 tie as the Philadelphia Athletics edged the New York Yankees 6-5 before 15,123 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.

The Washington Nationals scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader before 14,052 fans at Griffith Stadium in Washington, and withstood a 5-run 9th inning rally to win the second game 7-6. The Red Sox drew consecutive bases-loaded walks with 2 out in the 9th inning of the second game to draw within a run, but Stan Spence flied out to center field to end the game.

Bob Lemon pitched a 4-hitter and singled in the game's final run in the 9th inning as the Cleveland Indians shut out the Chicago White Sox 4-0 before 4,694 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

60 years ago
1958

At the movies
No Time for Sergeants, directed and co-produced by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Andy Griffith, opened in theatres.

Died on this date
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón, 76. Spanish poet. Mr. Jiménez was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity."

Defense
The French Army agreed to withdraw 5,000 men from eastern Morocco.

Politics and government
Following talks with French President Rene Coty, Charles de Gaulle indicated that he would assume the prime ministership on condition that the government receive full powers for a fixed time, with a mandate "to prepare and to submit to the country through a referendum...changes that must be made" in the constitution.

Louisiana Governor Earl Long (Democrat) signed election law changes despite complaints that the law disenfranchised Jews with a provision for holding primaries on Saturday.

Republican Party leaders in Harlem endorsed U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (Democrat--New York) for the Republican congressional nomination.

50 years ago
1968

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Young Girl--The Union Gap (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Honey--Bobby Goldsboro (3rd week at #1)
2 Young Girl--The Union Gap
3 The Unicorn--The Irish Rovers
4 Lady Madonna/The Inner Light--The Beatles
5 Congratulations--Cliff Richard
6 If I Only Had Time--John Rowles
7 Valleri/Tapioca Tundra--The Monkees
8 The Legend of Xanadu--Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
9 Delilah--Tom Jones
10 The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp--O.C. Smith

Singles entering the chart were This Guy's in Love with You by Herb Alpert (#35); Cry Like a Baby by the Box Tops (#38); Lazy Sunday by Small Faces (#39); and Gee I'm Gonna Miss You by Graham Chapman (#40).

At the movies
Wild in the Streets, directed by Barry Shear and starring Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook, and Richard Pryor, opened in theatres.

Personal
The Shrine Circus was in Edmonton, and this blogger went with his dad to see it at the Edmonton Gardens after school.

World events
Some 200,000 marchers, led by Communists, chanted "Adieu, de Gaulle" when French President Charles de Gaulle suddenly left Paris for his country home amid speculation that he was resigning. Former Prime Minister Pierre Mendes-France declared that he was ready to form a "popular government."

Diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution calling on all members to impose a total embargo on all trade with or travel to Rhodesia.

War
A spokesman for the North Vietnamese government berated U.S. President Lyndon Johnson for accusing North Vietnam of obstructing the Paris peace talks.

Abominations
The Presbyterian Church in Canada ordained its first female minister, Shirley Jeffery, in Appin, Ontario. The church's general assembly had approved the ordination of women two years before.

Disasters
The U.S. nuclear submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was reported missing. It was two days overdue at Norfolk, Virginia after a three-month training exercise with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.

A gas explosion at a nursery school in Hapeville, Georgia killed seven children and two adults.

Soccer
European Cup
Final @ Wembley Stadium, London
Manchester United 4 Benfica 1 (ET)

Manchester United beat the Portuguese side Benfica to become the first English club to win the European Cup.

40 years ago
1978

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Wuthering Heights--Kate Bush (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Southpaw--Pink Lady (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Stayin' Alive--Bee Gees (3rd week at #1)

Died on this date
Carl Reynolds, 75. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Reynolds, an outfielder, played for five major league teams from 1927-1939, batting .302 with 80 home runs and 695 runs batted in in 1,222 games. Mr. Reynolds’ best season was 1930, when he hit .359 with 202 hits, 22 home runs, 100 runs batted in, and 103 runs scored with the Chicago White Sox. He hit .302 with the Chicago Cubs in 1938 when they won the National League pennant, but went 0 for 12 in the World Series.

Ali Soilih, 41. President of the Comoro Islands, 1976-1978. Mr. Soilih, whose full name was Ali Soilih M'tsashiwa, led a coup that deposed President Said Mohamed Jaffar in August 1975 and imposed a Maoist dictatorship, but was deposed himself in a coup on May 13, 1978, and was killed in a reported attempt to escape house arrest.

Diplomacy
Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua hinted to the United Nations General Assembly that China might join the special session on disarmament in Geneva if those talks were not controlled by the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. He also called the Soviet Union the "most dangerous source of a new world war" and warned the United States against a policy of appeasement. The Soviet delegate walked out during Mr. Huang’s speech.

Terrorism
The West German government disclosed that Yugoslavia had arrested four of West Germany’s most-wanted terrorists. Their extradition to West Germany was being held up while Yugoslavia tried to extradite Croatian nationalists held in West Germany.

Golf
Nancy Lopez won her third straight tournament and fourth of the year, winning the LPGA Tournament in New Rochelle, New York with a score of 277. First prize money was $15,000.

30 years ago
1988

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Breakaway--Big Pig (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Heart--Pet Shop Boys (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Salem bin Laden, 42. Saudi Arabian businessman. Mr. bin Laden, a half-brother of terrorist Osama bin Laden, succeeded his father Mohammed as patriarch of the Saudi Binladin Group. He was flying an ultralight aircraft in Texas when it hit power lines and dropped 115 feet; he wasn't wearing a helmet, and was killed.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan arrived in Moscow for a summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. At their first conversation, President Reagan reportedly pressed Mr. Gorbachev on human rights issues, while Soviet human rights activists demonstrated in the streets of Moscow and Leningrad. That evening, President and Mrs. Reagan strolled near Spasso House, the U.S. ambassador’s residence where they were staying, and were mobbed by Soviet citizens. U.S. and Soviet working groups met to discuss human rights, arms control, and regional conflicts.

Auto racing
Rick Mears won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time, with an average speed of 144.809 miles per hour. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second in the first Indianapolis 500 to have a $5 million purse. Mr. Mears’ previous wins were in 1979 and 1984. He went on to win it again in 1991. Roger Penske's team dominated the month, qualifying all three teammates Rick Mears, Danny Sullivan and Al Unser on the front row. Their cars had unique solid wheels instead of the conventional spoke designs used on most of the other cars. On race day the three teammates combined to lead 192 laps. Mr. Sullivan dominated the first half, but hit the south short-chute wall on lap 102 after his front wing adjusters slipped, robbing the car of steering capability. Mr. Mears, at one point more than a lap down, took the lead nine laps later, and outlasted Mr. Unser and Emerson Fittipaldi to take the checkered flag.



Basketball
NBA
Western Conference
Finals
Los Angeles Lakers 104 @ Dallas 118 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

25 years ago
1993

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson

#1 single in Italy: Sei un Mito--883 (9th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): All that She Wants--Ace of Base (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Flanders (VRT): Informer--Snow

#1 single in France (SNEP): Your Latest Trick--Dire Straits

#1 single in the Netherlands (De Nederlandse Top 40): What is Love?--Haddaway (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): All that She Wants--Ace of Base (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (2nd week at #1)
2 Looking Through Patient Eyes--PM Dawn
3 Love Is--Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight
4 Freak Me--Silk
5 Who is It--Michael Jackson
6 I'm So Into You--SWV
7 Knockin' Da Boots--H-Town
8 I Have Nothing--Whitney Houston
9 Livin' on the Edge--Aerosmith
10 Weak--SWV

Singles entering the chart were I Don't Wanna Fight by Tina Turner (#63); Fields of Gold by Sting (#66); Little Miracles (Happen Every Day) by Luther Vandross (#72); Love No Limit by Mary J. Blige (#75); and The Floor by Johnny Gill (#78).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Looking Through Patient Eyes--PM Dawn
2 The Crying Game--Boy George
3 That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson
4 Come Undone--Duran Duran
5 I Have Nothing--Whitney Houston
6 Who is It--Michael Jackson
7 Love Is--Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight
8 Lost in Your Eyes--The Jeff Healey Band
9 Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)--Chris Isaak
10 Are You Gonna Go My Way--Lenny Kravitz

Singles entering the chart were Almost Unreal by Roxette (#70); (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You by UB40 (#73); The Truth by Banned in the U.K. (#75); By the Time this Night is Over by Kenny G with Peabo Bryson (#83); Break it Down by Tears for Fears (#84); Everybody Lay Down by Pat Benatar (#85); No Apologies by Alanis (#89); Shake My Tree by Coverdale-Page (#90); One Tongue by Hothouse Flowers (#91); and Down with the King by Run DMC (#93). Almost Unreal was from the movie Super Mario Bros. (1993); (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You was from the movie Sliver (1993).

Died on this date
Billy Conn, 75. U.S. boxer. Mr. Conn was world light heavyweight champion from 1939-1940, but is best remembered for relinquishing his belt in order to fight Joe Louis for the world heavyweight title on June 18, 1941. After 12 rounds, Mr. Conn was outboxing Mr. Louis and appeared to be on the way to winning the title, but he decided to go for a knockout in round 13, and was instead knocked out himself. Both men interrupted their boxing careers to serve in the U.S. Army in World War II, and fought a rematch on June 19, 1946. Mr. Louis won by knockout in the 8th round. Mr. Conn retired from the ring in 1948 with a record of 64-11-1.

Politics and government
The governments of Canada and Yukon Territory and Yukon's 14 First Nations signed the Umbrella Final Agreement in Whitehorse. 41,400 square kilometres of land and $280 million was to be divided among the 8,000 beneficiaries, and a joint-management board shared by the natives and the territorial government was established to oversee wildlife and land use. The agreement also paved the way for native self-government and the handing over of jurisdiction over such federal and territorial matters as education, justice, and environmental protection.

U.S. President Bill Clinton named veteran journalist David Gergen, a former adviser to President Ronald Reagan, to improve the White House communications operation.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Clarence S. Campbell Conference
Finals
Los Angeles 5 @ Toronto 4 (Los Angeles won best-of-seven series 4-3)

Mike Donnelly broke a 3-3 tie with 3:51 remaining in regulation time, and Wayne Gretzky scored his third goal of the game 37 seconds later as the Kings eliminated the Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens, advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their 26-year history. Wendel Clark scored 2 goals for Toronto, and Dave Ellett scored with 1:07 remaining in regulation time to narrow the deficit to 5-4.

Basketball
NBA
Eastern Conference
Finals
New York 83 @ Chicago 103 (New York led best-of-seven series 2-1)

20 years ago
1998

Died on this date
Barry Goldwater, 89. U.S. politician. Mr. Goldwater, a Republican, represented Arizona in the United States Senate from 1953-1965 and 1969-1987. He was the Republican Party’s presidential candidate in 1964, but lost in a landslide to incumbent Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Goldwater was known for many years as "Mr. Conservative," but he was really a libertarian, and spent the last 17 years of his life ranting against Christians.

Politics and government
The Supreme Court of Canada struck down a ban on pre-election opinion polls, calling the ban an "insult to the intelligence of voters."

Economics and finance
U.S. President Bill Clinton imposed economic penalties on Pakistan for conducting five underground nuclear tests.

Hockey
NHL
Stanley Cup
Western Conference
Finals
Dallas 3 @ Detroit 5 (Detroit led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Basketball
NBA
Eastern Conference
Finals
Chicago 89 @ Indiana 92 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

10 years ago
2008

Died on this date
Harvey Korman, 81. U.S. actor. Mr. Korman was a comic actor best known as part of the supporting cast of The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978), for which he won four Emmy Awards. He died of the effects of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Luc Bourdon, 21. Canadian hockey player. Mr. Bourdon, a native of Shippagan, New Brunswick, overcame juvenile arthritis to become a defenceman with the Val-d'Or Foreurs and Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and was a member of the Canadian team that won consecutive World Junior Championships in 2006 and 2007. He was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2005 National Hockey League entry draft in the first round as the 10th overall selection, and spent the 2006-08 seasons among the QMJHL, the Canucks, and the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League. Mr. Bourdon scored 2 goals and no assists in 36 NHL games, but his promising career ended when he was killed in a motorcycle accident near his hometown.

Disasters
A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, struck Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.

Basketball
NBA
Western Conference
Finals
San Antonio 92 @ Los Angeles Lakers 100 (Los Angeles won best-of-seven series 4-2)