1901 – British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Scotsman James Braid wins first of five Open titles by 3 strokes over Harry Vardon of Jersey.
1913 – Rabbit Maranville is thrown out trying to steal home three times.
1918 – Battle of Belleau Wood is first United States victory in World War I.
1925 – Walter Chrysler founded automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation.
1931 – “There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time” by Guy Lombardo hits #1.
1941 – First United States Navy vessel constructed as a mine layer (CM-5) launched from the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
1944 – World War II: All Major League Baseball games are cancelled in honor of the D-Day landings in northern France.
1958 – Ozzie Virgil is first black to play for baseball’s Detroit Tigers.
1965 – The Rolling Stones release music single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
1968 – Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night.
1971 – Air West flight 706 collides with a US Marine Corps F-4B Phantom jet over Los Angeles killing all 49 aboard the DC-6 and the pilot of the F-4B.
1972 – Thousands of people are killed when the United States bombs Haiphong, North Vietnam.
1979 – Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors.
1986 – “Storms of Life” debut album by Randy Travis is released. It’s the Billboard Album of the Year in 1987.
1991 – NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson as host on “The Tonight Show” on May 25, 1992.
1998 – TV sitcom “Sex and the City” premieres on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.
2005 – The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.
2015 – Convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat break out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.
2023 – The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League agree to unify to create its own for-profit entity to be run by the PGA Tour and funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
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