Today in History

› Today is Sunday, May 28, the 148th day of 2023. There are 217 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› On May 28, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made up of freed Blacks, left Boston to fight for the Union in the Civil War.

ON THIS DATE

› In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.

› In 1918, American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the German-held French village of Cantigny (kahn-tee-NYEE’); the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.

› In 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.

› In 1937, Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.

› In 1940, during World War II, the Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces.

› In 1959, the U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.

› In 1964, the charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization was issued at the start of a meeting of the Palestine National Congress in Jerusalem.

› In 1972, Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the English throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, died in Paris at age 77.

› In 1987, to the embarrassment of Soviet officials, Mathias Rust (mahTEE’-uhs rust), a young West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow’s Red Square without authorization. (Rust was freed by the Soviets the following year.)

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Carroll Baker is 92. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 92. Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West is 85. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is 79. Singer Gladys Knight is

79. Singer John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 78. Country musician Jerry Douglas is

67. Actor Louis Mustillo is 65. Former governor and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., is 63. Actor Brandon Cruz (TV: “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) is 61. Country singer Phil Vassar is 59. Actor Christa Miller is

59. Singer-musician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the USA) is 58. Rapper Chubb Rock is 55. Singer Kylie Minogue (KY’-lee mihn-OHG’) is 55. Actor Justin Kirk is 54. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is

52. Olympic gold medal figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva is 52. R&B singer Jaheim is 46. tor Jesse Bradford is 44. Actor Monica Keena is

44. Actor Alexa Davalos is 41. Actor Megalyn Echikunwoke (eh-cheekuh-WALK’-ay) is 41. Pop singer Colbie Caillat (kalLAY’) is 38. Actor Carey Mulligan is 38. Actor Joseph Cross is 37. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Craig Kimbrel is 35.