Today's Trivia and What Happened on May 28

A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he's bankrupt. Why? Hint: You or someone you know has probably done this.

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He is playing the game Monopoly.

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Quote: I never mind my wife having the last word. In fact, I'm delighted when she gets to it. - Walter Matthau

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Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler (1820) - Edwin Landseer Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler (1820) - Edwin Landseer

Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler (1820) - Edwin Landseer Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler (1820) - Edwin Landseer
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Feast Day of Saint Bernard of Menthon

Patron saint of mountain climbers. He established hostels along what is now known as St. Bernard Pass, which used their famous breed of dogs to rescue climbers.

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What Happened On

Killing of Harambe

May 28, 2016

When a three-year-old boy fell into the moat at the Cincinnati Zoo and was grabbed and dragged by Harambe, a zoo worker shot and killed Harambe. Harambe was a 17-year-old, 440-pound Western lowland gorilla. The incident was recorded on video and created outrage about the justification of the killing. The boy had climbed a three-foot fence, crawled through four feet of bushes, and fallen 15 feet into a shallow water-filled moat. Harambe then dragged him out of the moat. Although it was unclear if he intended to hurt the child, Harambe was shot and killed to protect the child from harm. A number of primatologists and conservationists wrote later that the zoo had no other choice under the circumstances.

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Phil Hartman Killed in Murder-Suicide

May 28, 1998

Comedian Phil Hartman is murdered by his wife. During a heated argument earlier that evening, he had threatened to leave her if she began using drugs again. After he went to bed, she shot him while he slept at about 3 am, killing herself later that morning as police were removing the children from the home.
Hartman was known for his extensive television and film work, such as: Saturday Night Live, Pee-wee's Playhouse (Captin' Carl. He and Paul Reubens co-created the Pee-wee Herman character), and The Simpsons (voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz). He also designed album covers for bands such as Poco.

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First Monkey to Survive Space Flight

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First Monkey to Survive Space Flight

May 28, 1959

The U.S. launches two monkeys, Able (female rhesus macaque) and Baker (female squirrel monkey), into space. They were both recovered alive; however, Able died four days later during surgery to remove a test probe from under her skin. Miss Baker was the first monkey to survive a space flight and the following procedures. They reached an altitude of over 300 miles and speeds over 10,000 mph on their 15-minute flight. They were featured on the cover of the June 1959 issue of Life magazine. Miss Baker went on to become a national celebrity, dying in 1984 at the age of 27 - she was the oldest living squirrel monkey.

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First Historical Event for Which the Exact Date is Known

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First Historical Event for Which the Exact Date is Known

May 28, 585 

Battle of the Eclipse - A battle between the Medes and the Lydians is called off when both armies are frightened by an eclipse of the Sun. They then negotiated a peace agreement, ending their six-year war.
The battle was fought in Anatolia (present-day Turkey).

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Coors CEO Arrested for DWI

May 28, 2006

Coors Brewing Company CEO and TV pitchman Peter Coors is arrested for DWI.

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West Point's First Female Graduates

May 28, 1980

First women to graduate from United States Military Academy, commonly known as West Point.

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Willie Mays' First Home Run

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Willie Mays' First Home Run

May 28, 1951

Baseball legend Willie Mays hits his first major-league home run.

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First Payments by the FDIC on a Closed Bank

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First Payments by the FDIC on a Closed Bank

May 28, 1934

Fond du Lac State Bank of East Peoria, Illinois closes. The FDIC paid off its depositors the following July, capping the coverage at $2500 per account holder.

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French and Indian War

May 28, 1754

The first fighting takes place when Gen. George Washington defeats the French near Great Meadows. He then built Fort Necessity on the site.

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Birthdays

Gladys Knight

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Gladys Knight

Born May 28, 1944

American Grammy-winning Hall of Fame singer, with the Pips. She is known as "Empress of Soul" and has won 10 Grammys.
Music: Midnight Train to Georgia (1973, #1).

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Emilie (d. 1954), Marie (d. 1970), Cecile, Annette, and Yvonne (d. 2001) Dionne

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First Known Surviving Quintuplets

Emilie (d. 1954), Marie (d. 1970), Cecile, Annette, and Yvonne (d. 2001) Dionne

Born May 28, 1934

Canadian quintuplets. They are the world's first known surviving quintuplets (five births). Their total weight at birth was 13 pounds, 6 ounces (6.07 kg) and they all survived to adulthood. They were all identical girls, meaning they were created from a single egg cell.
In 1935, the Ontario government passed the Dionne Quintuplets' Guardianship Act, which made them wards of the Crown until the age of 18.

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Ernst Stavro Blofeld

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Blofeld - Evil Genius

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Born May 28, 1908

Polish evil genius. James Bond's fictional foe and SPECTRE's #1 in the movies and books. He is known for his white Persian cat and is parodied as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films. He shares his birth date with his creator, Ian Fleming.

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Jim Thorpe

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Jim Thorpe (Bright Path)

Born May 28, 1888 d. 1953

American Hall of Fame athlete, He is considered the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century. He played professional football and baseball, and excelled in boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, swimming, hockey, basketball, and track.
Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation and in was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States, winning gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon. But, his gold medals were revoked after it was discovered he had been paid to play baseball, disqualifying him from the strictly amateur Olympics. There was speculation that the revocation was due to his Native American heritage, as it was known that other athletes had played professionally, although usually under aliases. His medals were restored in 1982.
Thorpe was also the first president of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) from 1920 to 1921, which became the NFL in 1922.

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Pierre G. T. Beauregard

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Led Attack on Ft. Sumter Starting the Civil War

Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Born May 28, 1818 d. 1893

American Confederate general. He led the attack on Fort Sumter starting the American Civil War (1861). The commander of Fort Sumter, whom he attacked, had been his instructor at West Point. Beauregard became the first Confederate general when he was appointed brigadier general (March 1, 1861).

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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

Born May 28, 1738 d. 1814

French physician. His campaign for the use of a machine to provide humane executions led to the invention of the guillotine by a German mechanic. The first execution by Guillotine was performed in 1792.

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Michael Oher (Michael Jerome Williams, Jr.)

Born May 28, 1986

American football player, offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. The movie The Blind Side (2009) was loosely based on his difficult childhood and adoption by an affluent white couple to becoming a successful NFL player.

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Sondra Locke

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Sondra Locke (Sondra Louise Smith)

Born May 28, 1944 d. 2018

American actress. She often teamed with Clint Eastwood. Film: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1975), The Gauntlet (1977), and Every Which Way But Loose (1978).

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Jerry West

Born May 28, 1938

American basketball player, coach, manager. He set the NBA record for most free throws made in a single season (840 in 1966).

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Carroll Baker

Born May 28, 1931

American actress. Film: Baby Doll (1956, the thumb-sucking wife).

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John Birch

Born May 28, 1918 d. 1945

American missionary and U.S. Army intelligence officer. The anti-communist John Birch Society is named for him. He was killed by Chinese communists. John Birch, along with Chinese guerrillas, helped the Doolittle Raiders to safety when they bailed out over China after completing the first U.S. bombing of the Japanese mainland during World War II. After the raid, Doolittle commissioned Birch as a second lieutenant to work as a field intelligence officer. Birch built an intelligence network of sympathetic Chinese informants, supplying information on Japanese troop movements and shipping.
Birch was killed a few days after the war ended in a confrontation with Chinese Communist soldiers. Birch refused to surrender his revolver to them and harsh words and insults were exchanged, resulting in Birch being shot and killed.

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T-Bone Walker (Aaron Walker)

Born May 28, 1910 d. 1975

American Hall of Fame blues singer. Known as the "Father of the Electric Blues", T-Bone Walker was an innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds.

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Creator of James Bond

Ian Fleming

Born May 28, 1908 d. 1964

British author. Creator of James Bond 007. He also wrote Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.

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Deaths

Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou (Marguerite Annie Johnson)

Died May 28, 2014 b. 1928

African-American poet, civil rights activist. When she was eight years old, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend. He was convicted and sentenced to a single day in jail. When he was released, he was murdered; some believe by her uncles. After the incident she refused to speak for almost five years, believing, "I thought, my voice killed him; I killed that man, because I told his name. And then I thought I would never speak again, because my voice would kill anyone." She was also the first black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco. Writings: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).

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Audie Murphy

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Audie Murphy

Died May 28, 1971 b. 1925

American war hero, actor. He was the most decorated American combat solider of World War II; he received the Medal of Honor along with numerous other decorations. He single-handedly held off advancing Germans for an hour by manning a burning tank while under direct fire. He was wounded in the attack, but continued until he ran out of ammunition.

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Bo Hopkins (William Hopkins)

Died May 28, 2022 b. 1938

American actor. TV: The Rockford Files (1978-79, disbarred lawyer John Cooper) and Dynasty (1981-87, Matthew Blaisdel).

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Gary Coleman

Died May 28, 2010 b. 1968

American actor, "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" His short 4 foot 8 inch (142.24 cm) stature was due to congenital kidney disease and its treatment. TV: Diff'rent Strokes (1978-86).

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Martha Scott

Died May 28, 2003 b. 1912

American actress. Film: Our Town (1940), The Ten Commandments (1956, Moses' mother), and Ben-Hur (1959, Ben-Hur's mother). TV: The Bob Newhart Show (Bob's mother), Dallas (Sue Ellen's mother), The Six Million Dollar Man (Steve Austin's mother).

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Phil Hartman (Phillip Edward Hartmann)

Died May 28, 1998 b. 1948

Canadian-born American actor. He was shot to death by his wife in a murder-suicide. During a heated argument earlier that evening, he had threatened to leave her if she began using drugs again. After he went to bed, she shot him while he slept at about 3 am, killing herself later that morning as police were removing the children from the home.
TV: Saturday Night Live, Pee-Wee's Playhouse (Captin' Carl. He and Paul Reubens co-created the Pee-wee Herman character), and The Simpsons (voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz). He also designed album covers for bands such as Poco.

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Edward VIII

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Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David)

Died May 28, 1972 b. 1894

King of England (1936). He gave up the Throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson, after which he became Duke of Windsor.

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Alfred Adler

Died May 28, 1937 b. 1870

Austrian psychiatrist. He was the chief proponent of the "inferiority complex" as the source of psychological problems.

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Noah Webster

Died May 28, 1843 b. 1758

American lexicographer, schoolmaster to America. Works: Blue-Backed Speller (1783) and An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).

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Richard Nicolls

Died May 28, 1672 b. 1624

first English colonial governor (1664-68) of New York. Introduced the first organized sport in American when he built (1664) a horse racing track on Long Island.

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