May 28, 2020

270 years ago
1750

Died on this date
Sakuramachi, 30. Emperor of Japan, 1735-1747. Sakuramachi, born Teruhito, acceded to the throne upon the abdication of his father Nakamikado, but shoguns actually controlled the country. Emperor Sakuramachi abdicated in favour of his son Momozono.

210 years ago
1810

Died on this date
Carl August, 41. Crown Prince of Sweden, 1809-1810; Governor General of Norway, 1809-1810. Carl August, the son of Friedrich Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Princess Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, fought against the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte in the Napoleonic Wars. He became Governor General of Norway in July 1809, and was soon thereafter adopted by King Carl XIII of Sweden in order to secure the succession to the throne. Carl August resigned as Governor General of Norway in order to go to Sweden; several months later, he fell off his horse and died during a military practice. The Crown Prince's death was attributed to a stroke, but supporters of the house of deposed King Gustav IV were accused of poisoning Carl August, and Marshal of the Realm Count Axel von Fersen was lynched at the Crown Prince's funeral procession on June 20, 1810.

190 years ago
1830

Law
U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which denied Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocated them.

175 years ago
1845

Disasters
Fire destroyed two-thirds of Quebec City plus the suburbs of St-Roch and St-Jean, with 1,500 houses destroyed.

125 years ago
1895

Art
Owens Art Gallery, oldest university art gallery in Canada, re-opened on the Mount Allison University campus in Sackville, New Brunswick after being relocated from Saint John, New Brunswick two years previously.

120 years ago
1900

Born on this date
Tommy Ladnier. U.S. musician. Mr. Ladnier was a jazz trumpeter in the 1920s and '30s who performed with such artists as Lovie Austin, King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson, and Noble Sissle. He died of a heart attack on June 4, 1939, a week after his 39th birthday.

Died on this date
George Grove, 79. U.K. musicologist and historian. Sir George, a civil engineer by trade, was amusic enthusiast who was the first director of the Royal College of Music (1883-1894). He wrote program notes for concerts at the Crystal Palace in London, which served as the basis for Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which was published in four volumes from 1879-1889. Sir George also had a scholarly knowledge of the Bible, producing a concordance in 1854 and about 1,000 pages of Sir William Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863).

War
A proclamation was issued annexing the Orange Free State to the British dominions under the title of Orange River Colony. Bloemfontein had been occupied by British troops under Field Marshal Lord Frederick Roberts since March 13, 1900.

110 years ago
1910

Born on this date
T-Bone Walker. U.S. musician. Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was a prominent blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter in a career that lasted more than 40 years. His most famous song was Call it Stormy Monday (But Tuesday is Just as Bad) (1947). Mr. Walker died on March 16, 1975 at the age of 64.

Rachel Kempson. U.K. actress. Miss Kempson, the wife of Michael Redgrave, was best known as a stage actress, but appeared in such movies as The Captive Heart (1946); Tom Jones (1963); Georgy Girl (1966); and Out of Africa (1985). She died on May 24, 2013, four days before her 93rd birthday.

Transportation
A streetcar service was inaugurated in Longueuil, Quebec.

Auto racing
AAA
Championship Car Series
Ray Harroun won the 200-mile Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the second race there in as many days. Leigh Lynch finished second and Johnny Aitken third in the 19-car field.

90 years ago
1930

Died on this date
Hal Carlson, 38. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Carlson played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1917-1923); Philadelphia Phillies (1924-1927); and Chicago Cubs (1927-1930), compiling a record of 114-120 with an earned run average of 3.97 in 377 games, batting .223 with 5 home runs and 72 runs batted in in 385 games. He tied for the National League lead in shutouts in 1925 (4), and helped the Cubs win the NL pennant in 1929, going 11-5 with a 5.16 ERA, and 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA in 2 World Series games. Mr. Carlson was 4-2 with a 5.05 ERA in 8 games and was batting .250 with 3 RBIs in 1930 when he complained of stomach cramps at 3 P.M. on May 28, 11 days after his 38th birthday. He died of a stomach ulcer hemorrhage 35 minutes after the team's doctor was called.

Politics and government
Sir John Ward resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand; he was succeeded by George Forbes, who also took the post of Minister of Finance. As leader of the United Party, Sir John had been Prime Minister since 1928, but had suffered several heart attacks, and was under pressure from his family and colleagues to resign. Sir John had been a member of the Liberal Party before 1928, and served as Prime Minister from 1906-1912.

Baseball
Socks Seibold (7-2) pitched a 6-hitter for the Boston Braves as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 at Braves Field. Randy Moore drove in 3 runs for Braves. Phil Collins (2-1) allowed 6 hits and 3 runs--all earned in 6 innings to take the loss, while Grover Cleveland Alexander, in his 20th season in the major leagues, pitched his 696th and final major league game, giving up 2 hits and 2 runs--both unearned--in relief of Mr. Collins. Including other appearance, it was his 703rd career major league game. Mr. Alexander, who had pitched with the Phillies from 1911-1917, had returned to the team in 1930, but had compiled a 0-3 record with an earned run average of 9.14, giving up 40 hits in 21 2/3 innings. He pitched for the Chicago Cubs from 1918-1926 and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1926-1929. Mr. Alexander’s 373 wins (he lost 208) are tied for third on the career major league list; he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.

80 years ago
1940

War
A Gallup Poll revealed that Americans opposed entry into the European war by a 13-1 margin. Belgian King Leopold III unconditionally surrendered his troops to Germany at 3 A.M., ending the Battle of Belgium. The Belgian government-in-exile in Paris, led by Prime Minister Habort Pierlot, declared the King's surrender illegal and unconstitutional, and resolved to continue the war. Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recaptured Narvik, Norway for the first allied infantry victory of the war. Japanese bombers again inflicted heavy damage on Chungking.

Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt named a seven-member National Defense Advisory Commission headed by William Knudsen and Edward Stettinius.

The U.S. administration of President Roosevelt and congressional leaders were reportedly in agreement on a $700-million defense tax measure.

Politics and government
New Jersey delegates to the Republican National Convention were reportedly split in their support for New York City District Attorney Thomas Dewey as the Republican Party's candidate for President of the United States in the November 1940 election.

Law
The United States Senate passed and sent to the House of Representatives a bill authorizing the U.S. attorney general to appoint a five-member commission to prepare a new code of law for the District of Columbia.

Economics and finance
The sale of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange fell to the lowest price since 1915: $38,000.

75 years ago
1945

Hit parade
U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time--Les Brown and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Doris Day) (8th week at #1)
--Johnny Long and his Orchestra and Dick Robertson
--Phil Moore Four
2 Candy--Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
--Dinah Shore
--Johnny Long and his Orchestra and Dick Robertson
3 There! I've Said it Again--Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra (vocal refrain by Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters)
--Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
4 Laura--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
--Johnnie Johnston
5 Dream--The Pied Pipers
--Frank Sinatra
--Freddy Martin and his Orchestra
6 Sentimental Journey--Les Brown and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Doris Day)
--Hal McIntyre and his Orchestra
7 I'm Beginning to See the Light--Harry James and his Orchestra
--Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
--Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots
8 Just a Prayer Away--Bing Crosby
--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
9 Caldonia--Woody Herman and his Orchestra
--Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra
--Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five
10 All of My Life--Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra
--Bing Crosby

Singles entering the chart were the version of There! I've Said it Again by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra; I Wish I Knew by Dick Haymes (#18); There Must Be a Way (#24)/You Belong to My Heart (#29) by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra; There Must Be a Way by Johnnie Johnston (also #24, charting with the version by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra); You Belong to My Heart by Bing Crosby and Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra (also #29, charting with the version by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra); There's No You by Jo Stafford (#31); and Good, Good, Good (That’s You – That’s You) by Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra (#32).

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: Dance of Death

This was the last episode of the season.

War
U.S. Superfortresses made their first raid on Yokohama, dropping 3,200 tons of incendiary bombs; Japan reported 60,000 homes destroyed in the attack. U.S. troops in the Philippines captured the remaining fortifications of the Shimbu Line east of Manila.

World events
Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun and his wife were arrested in Grimstad, Norway on allegations of having made pro-Nazi statements during the German occupation of Norway.

Diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius outlined the major aims of U.S. policy, which included preventing Germany and Japan from being able to wage another war, and helping to remove the economic and social causes of war.

U.S. presidential envoy Harry Hopkins and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin met alone in Moscow, each expressing concerns over the other country's policies: Soviet actions in Poland and U.S. termination of Lend-Lease.

The U.S. State Department removed Albania, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Yugoslavia from the category of "enemy territory," permitting resumption of commercial relations.

Politics and government
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas set general elections for December 12, 1945.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy said that his country supported the independence movements in Syria and Lebanon.

The United States Senate rejected an annual $2,500 expense account for its members, but voted to let the House of Representatives do as it would in the matter.

Protest
Street fighting between French and Syrians broke out in Hama and spread to Homs, 30 miles to the south.

Defense
A U.S. Senate committee postponed until six months after Japan's defeat courts-martial on the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

70 years ago
1950

Diplomacy
Israel formally rejected the United Nations plan for the internationalization of Jerusalem, proposing instead that the UN control all religious shrines and other religious matters of universal concern in the city.

U.S.S.R. General Kuzma Derevyanko and 48 top members of the Soviet mission in Japan left for Moscow in a surprise move.

Defense
U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Republican--Ohio) expressed his opposition to U.S. military aid to anti-Communist governments, claiming that it put the U.S. in the position of an aggressor.

Protest
500,000 members of Free German Youth paraded through East Berlin to climax a week-long rally of the East German youth organization. A Communist attempt to "invade" West Berlin, feared by Western authorities, did not happen.

Economics and finance
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Subcommittee on Economic Development proposed the creation of an international fund to make grants and loans to developing (i.e., backward) countries for economic projects.

60 years ago
1960

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): My Old Man's a Dustman--Lonnie Donegan and his Group

#1 single in Italy: Scandalo al sole (The Theme from "A Summer Place")--Percy Faith and his Orchestra (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehn--Heidi Brühl (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers (2nd week at #1)
2 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
3 Night--Jackie Wilson
4 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
5 He'll Have to Stay--Jeanne Black
6 Stairway to Heaven--Neil Sedaka
7 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston
8 Paper Roses--Anita Bryant
9 Greenfields--The Brothers Four
10 Burning Bridges--Jack Scott

Singles entering the chart were Train of Love by Annette with the Afterbeats (#82); Alley-Oop by the Hollywood Argyles (#83); River, Stay 'Way from My Door by Frank Sinatra (#87); Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey by Bobby Darin (#89); Strollin' in the Springtime by Fabian (#90); La Montana (If She Should Come To You), with versions by Frank DeVol and his Rainbow Strings; and Roger Williams (#97); Exclusively Yours by Carl Dobkins, Jr. (#98); Three Steps to Heaven by Eddie Cochran (#99); Something Happened by Paul Anka (#100); and Ain't Gonna Be that Way by Marv Johnson with the Rayber Voices (also #100). Something Happened was the B-side of My Home Town, charting at #36.

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Cathy's Clown--The Everly Brothers
2 Stuck on You--Elvis Presley
3 Happy-Go-Lucky-Me--Paul Evans
4 Good Timin'--Jimmy Jones
5 Jump Over--Freddy Cannon
6 Got a Girl--The Four Preps
7 Because They're Young--Duane Eddy and the Rebels
8 Swingin' School--Bobby Rydell
9 Young Emotions--Ricky Nelson
10 Cradle of Love--Johnny Preston

Singles entering the chart were Counting Sheep Over You by Linda Glover (#41); That's All You Gotta Do (#46)/I'm Sorry (#53) by Brenda Lee; No If's--No And's by Lloyd Price and his Orchestra (#48, charting with its other side, For Love); Ruby Baby by Ronnie Hawkins (#49); Big Boy by Bill Doggett (#51); Mission Bell by Donnie Brooks (#52); Down Yonder by Johnny and the Hurricanes (#55); One Last Kiss by Bobby Vee (#56); The Breeze and I by Santo & Johnny (#57); Wonderful World by Sam Cooke (#59); and City Lights by Debbie Reynolds (#60).

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates, trailing the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th inning before 9,476 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, scored the tying run on a bonehead play by Phillies’ pitcher Jim Owens and won the game 4-2 in the 13th on a 2-run home run by third baseman Don Hoak. Bill Mazeroski of the Pirates swung and missed at a third strike that bounced in front of home plate and hit umpire Al Barlick with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th while Roberto Clemente was on third base and Hal Smith at first. Mr. Mazeroski stood at the plate, Mr. Smith jogged to second, and Mr. Clemente ran in from third and stopped short of home. Mr. Owens fielded the ball, and instead of throwing to first to retire Mr. Mazeroski for the third out, trapped Mr. Clemente in a rundown. Mr. Clemente kicked the ball out of the glove of Phillies’ catcher Jim Coker and scored to tie the game 2-2.

Ed Bouchee walked to lead off the bottom of the 14th inning and eventually scored on a 1-out single by Don Zimmer to give the Chicago Cubs a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers before 13,605 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Don Elston (3-3) pitched 4 scoreless innings of relief to get the win over Sandy Koufax (1-5), who allowed 3 hits and 4 runs--3 earned--in 13+ innings, striking out 15 batters and walking 9.

Mickey Mantle and and Roger Maris led off the 6th and 7th innings, respectively, with home runs to help the New York Yankees beat the Washington Senators 5-1 before 27,508 fans at Yankee Stadium. Jim Coates (5-0) pitched an 8-hitter to win over Jim Kaat (1-4). It was the first time that Mr. Mantle and Mr. Maris had hit home runs in the same game.

Charlie Maxwell led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians before 12,399 fans at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.

50 years ago
1970

War
Two U.S. Army officers were charged with attempted murder for allegedly ordering their troops in Vietnam in 1969 to fire at some huts for "target practice." A woman inside one of the huts was killed and her nephew was wounded, according to Pentagon sources.

Diplomacy
Indonesian President Suharto had his second and last meeting with U.S. President Richard Nixon in Washington during his six-day visit to the United States. Cambodia was the main subject of discussion.

Protest
South Vietnamese Buddhists and students held demonstrations in Saigon protesting the Vietnam War and repression by the South Vietnamese government.

Several hundred young people were arrested in Paris as student riots swept the Latin Quarter and police invaded a university science building. Students and other young people were protesting the banning of a Maoist splinter group and the prison terms given two of its leaders.

Scandal
A special grand jury in Baltimore investigating government corruption strongly criticized U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell for refusing to authorize more indictments based on the jury’s findings.

Business
Proprietors and directors of the Hudson's Bay Company (the oldest continuing incorporated company in the world), meeting in London, voted to transfer the head office to Winnipeg. The company had celebrated the 300th anniversary of its charter on May 2.

40 years ago
1980

Canadiana
The new provincial flag of Newfoundland was adopted by the House of Assembly; it was given royal assent June 6, and flown for the first time on June 24 (Discovery Day).

Scandal
Special prosecutor Arthur Christy announced that a special grand jury had concluded that there was "insufficient evidence" to indict White House chief of staff Hamilton Jordan for possession of cocaine. Mr. Jordan had been accused of cocaine use during a 1978 visit to Studio 54 discotheque in New York City. Steve Rubell, co-owner of Studio 54, said that he had seen Mr. Jordan use cocaine at the club. Mr. Christy’s report noted that Mr. Rubell’s accusations against Mr. Jordan were made after Mr. Rubell and another Studio 54 owner were indicted for tax evasion. Mr. Christy also said that there was " no evidence whatsoever" that Mr. Jordan had used cocaine on a 1977 visit to Los Angeles.

Baseball
Joe Charboneau led off the 5th inning with a home run and drove in a run later in the inning with a bases-loaded walk as the Cleveland Indians scored 8 runs en route to a 10-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 12,178 fans at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

Dwayne Murphy and Rickey Henderson both stole home plate in the first inning to spark the Oakland Athletics to a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals before 4,094 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Athletics stole 7 bases in the game. Rick Langford (4-3) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory.

Elliott Maddox's 3-run double was the big hit of a 6-run 8th inning as the New York Mets came back from a 5-0 deficit to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 before 12,161 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

Jose Cruz singled to lead off the bottom of the 2nd inning, stole second base, advanced to third on a ground out, and scored on a single by Enos Cabell for the game's only run as the Houston Astros edged the San Diego Padres 1-0 before 19,697 fans at the Astrodome. Nolan Ryan (3-4) pitched a 2-hitter, striking out 7 batters, to win the pitchers' duel over Rick Wise (2-3), who allowed 6 hits in 7 innings and doubled in the 3rd for the first San Diego hit.

30 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Japan (Oricon Singles Chart): Jealousy o nemura sete (ＪＥＡＬＯＵＳＹを眠らせて)--Kyosuke Himuro

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Verdammt, Ich Lieb' Dich--Matthias Reim (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Julius Eastman, 49. U.S. musician. Mr. Eastman was a minimalist classical and jazz pianist, composer, and singer whose works included Stay On It (1973) and Evil Nigger (1979). He was a sodomite and drug addict who died of cardiac arrest.

Diplomacy
United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, on a visit to Ottawa, thanked Canada for her support of the United Nations. He discussed security issues with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

25 years ago
1995

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: I'll Be Around--Rappin' 4-Tay

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)--Sin with Sebastian (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)--Scatman John (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Irfan Ljubijankić, 42. Bosnian politician. Mr. Ljubijankić, Bosnia's Foreign Minister since 1993, was killed along with five others when their helicopter was downed by Serb forces.

Disasters
The 7.0 Mw  Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.

Auto racing
Jacques Villeneuve became the first Canadian driver to win the Indianapolis 500. Fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear was leading late in the race when he was penalized for driving too fast while preparing for a return to a green flag while still under a caution. Mr. Goodyear ignored the penalty, and race officials stopped counting him with 5 laps remaining. Mr. Villeneuve was 2 laps behind the rest of the field at one point before coming back to win. This was the last Indianapolis 500 before the political dispute in open-wheel racing that resulted in the creation of the Indy Racing League in 1996.



20 years ago
2000

War
Remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier, who died at Vimy Ridge in France during World War I, were brought back to Canada and buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beside the National War Memorial. The bodies of 28,000 Canadian soldiers who died in battle have never been found

Politics and government
Alberto Fujimori was re-elected President of Peru, six days after his main challenger, Alejandro Toledo, had withdrawn while charging that the vote would be rigged. The official results showed Mr. Fujimori with 51% of the vote; Mr. Toledo had 18%, and the rest of the ballots were blank or defaced. 80,000 people in Lima took to the streets to protest Mr. Fujimori’s re-election.

Venezuela’s Supreme Court suspended the country’s national elections scheduled for that day, citing problems with the voting machine software, and calling for rescheduled elections for late June.

Terrorism
Rebels in Sierra Leone released the last of the United Nations peacekeepers they had been holding hostage since May 5.

Popular culture
The comic strip Bringing Up Father, created by George McManus and first published on January 12, 1913, was published for the last time.

Business
Forbes magazine reported that the New York Yankees were worth $540 million, making them the most valuable team in baseball for the third straight year.

Auto racing
Juan Montoya of Colombia won the Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 167.207 miles per hour and became the first rookie to win the race since Graham Hill in 1966. It was the first Indianapolis 500 in which drivers and teams from Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) had participated since the Indy Racing League, which retained control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500, had split from CART in 1996. Chip Ganassi was the only CART owner to enter the race; his drivers were Mr. Montoya and Jimmy Vasser, who finished 7th. This was also the first Indianapolis 500 to include two female drivers: Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher, who crashed into each other on the 71st lap.



Baseball
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays scored 11 runs in the 8th inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners 14-4 before 16,194 fans at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

With 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the 9th inning, Jeff Frye singled and Trot Nixon followed with a home run to provide the only scoring as the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 2-0 before 55,339 fans at Yankee Stadium. Pedro Martinez (8-2) pitched a 4-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Roger Clemens (4-5), who pitched a 5-hitter. New York shortstop Derek Jeter batted 3 for 4 with a double. There were only 10 baserunners in the entire game, but it still took 2 hours 59 minutes to play.

Carlos Delgado drove in 5 runs with a pair of home runs to help the Toronto Blue Jays come back from a 4-0 1st-inning deficit and defeat the Detroit Tigers 12-7 before 29,105 fans at Comerica Park in Detroit.

The Anaheim Angels hit 4 home runs in a 6-run 5th inning to defeat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 before 23,645 fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Darin Erstad hit the first home run of the 5th for the Angels; after 1 out, Mo Vaughn, Tim Salmon, and Garret Anderson followed with consecutive homers.

10 years ago
2010

Died on this date
Gary Coleman, 42. U.S. actor. Mr. Coleman appeared in several movies and television programs, but was best known for playing Arnold Jackson in the television comedy series Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986). He experienced serious financial problems in later years, and successfully sued his parents and advisers for misappropriating his earnings. Mr. Coleman stood only 4'8" because of kidney disease, and was plagued by poor health all his life. He died two days after falling at his home and hitting his head, suffering an epidural hematoma.

Abominations
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper bestowed honorary Canadian citizenship on the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims, and philanthropist.

Disasters
In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision killed 148 passengers.