Today is Wednesday, May 28, the 148th day of 2014. There are 217 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets – Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne – were born to Elzire
Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada. (Of the five, Annette and Cecile are still living.)
On this date:
In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII
to Anne Boleyn valid.
In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of freed blacks, left Boston to
fight for the Union in the Civil War.
In 1912, the Senate Commerce Committee issued its report on the Titanic disaster that cited a "state
of absolute unpreparedness," improperly tested safety equipment and an "indifference to
danger" as some of the causes of an "unnecessary tragedy."
In 1929, the first all-color talking picture, "On with the Show," opened in New York.
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed a button in Washington signaling that vehicular traffic
could begin crossing the just-opened Golden Gate Bridge in California. Neville Chamberlain became prime
minister of Britain.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan led a state funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for an unidentified
American soldier killed in the Vietnam War. (The remains were later identified through DNA as those of
Air Force 1st Lt. Michael J. Blassie, and were sent to St. Louis for hometown burial.)
Today’s Birthdays: Basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West is 76. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
is 70. Singer Gladys Knight is 70. Singer John Fogerty is 69. Country singer Phil Vassar is 50.