May 22, 1955: Jack Benny did his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years. He then devoted his time fully to TV.
May 23, 1934: In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers were riding in a stolen Ford Deluxe.
May 24, 1986: Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork reunited as the Monkees. They kicked off their reunion tour at the Concord Hotel, in New York’s Catskills Mountains. “Oh, yeah . . . .”
May 25, 1844: The gasoline engine was patented by Stuart Perry. I wonder what kind of mpg he got.
May 26, 1946: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a military pact with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Stalin promised a “close collaboration after the war.” That did not sound cold.
May 27, 1968: After 48 years as coach of the Chicago Bears, George Halas retired. It took several tries before an eventual Superbowl winner became coach.
May 28, 1937: U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pushed a button in Washington, DC, signaling that vehicular traffic could cross the newly opened Golden Gate Bridge in California.
— Abstracted from www.on-this-day.com/
