Almanac for May 29th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 29th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-29-Sing-Blue-Silver-M4M51G1FJT

Artist birthdays: Melissa Etheridge and Melanie Brown

Melissa Etheridge at Dorothy Surrenders: https://dorothysurrenders.blogspot.com/search/label/Melissa%20Etheridge

Bummer May 29th

May 29, 1985: A riot at the football (soccer) match in Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium leads to the deaths of 39 people, some of them crushed when a wall is partially knocked down. 

May 29, 1997: 30-year-old musician Jeff Buckley drowns in the Wolf River in Tennessee.

May 29, 2021: Registered dietician and pastor Gwen Shamblin Lara, who founded the Remnant Fellowship Church in Franklin, Tennessee, to marry her religious and weight loss beliefs, dies in the crash of a Cessna 501 Citation I/SP into Tennessee’s Percy Priest Lake. All seven people on board are killed, including Shamblin’s husband Joe Lara and the pilot. Shamblin’s congregation later learned that although the preacher was a multi-millionaire, she left none of her fortune to the church. 

Mel B at Dorothy Surrenders

Almanac for May 28th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 28th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-28-What-a-Feeling-B0B71G1FK1

Bummer May 28th

May 28, 1977: A fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky kills 165 people and injures an additional 200 people out to dinner during the Memorial Day weekend. Fire code allowed for 1,500 patrons to be seated in the club at a time; on this night, more than 3,000 people were packed inside. The building had no fire walls, no sprinkler system, and numerous problems with the electrical wiring. 

May 28, 2010: A Jnaneshwari Express train derails in West Bengal, India, killing 148 passengers. The cause of the derailment is thought to have been either a terrorist bombing or sabotage. 

May 28, 2016: Harambe the gorilla is shot and killed at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden after the animal grabbed a 3-year-old child through the bars of the gorilla enclosure. 

Almanac for May 27th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 27th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-27-Happy-Birthday-Tit-Elingtin-J3J01G1FAY

Today's Observance: Tit Elingtin's birthday

Beatles Trivia
May 27, 1967: Tit Elingtin is born in Pontiac, Michigan, one day after the Beatles had released their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (in the U.K.; its U.S. release date was June 2nd).

Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: Cilla Black 

Singer Cilla Black in Amsterdam, Feb. 16, 1970. Public domain via Dutch National Archives

Bummer May 27th

May 27, 1792: Two large earthquakes cause the Mayuyama dome of Mount Unzen to collapse. A landslide hit the city of Shimabara. When the mass of debris reached Ariake Bay, it triggered a tsunami that swept across the bay and hit Higo Province before rebounding and striking Shimabara again. The earthquakes, landslide, and tsunami are thought to have killed 15,000 people.

May 27, 1907: As San Francisco is still recovering from the great earthquake of the previous year, health officials identify patients suffering from bubonic plague. The outbreak, which also includes patients in nearby Oakland, will eventually kill 78 people.

Almanac for May 26th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 26th: https://ko-fi.com/Post/May-26-Sporty-Thievz-P5P71G1F2A

Bummer May 26th

May 26, 1822: The church of Grue, Norway, catches fire during a Pentecost service. Constructed entirely out of wood, the church had three doors, one of which was quickly blocked by the fire. Between 113 and 116 people are killed. 

May 26, 1903: Marcel Renault, one of the three Renault brothers who founded the car company, dies of injuries he sustained two days before racing in the Paris-Madrid race sponsored by French and Spanish automobile clubs. He’s one of five drivers killed during the race, along with three spectators.

May 26, 1914: St. John’s College (Annapolis, Maryland) student William Bowlus dies of a gunshot wound fired at him by a first-year student. Bowlus, a third-year student, attempted to enter a dorm room occupied by five first-years to engage them in a class hazing ritual. The first-years refuse to reveal which of them fired the shot, so local law enforcement declines to prosecute.

May 26, 1991: Lauda Air Flight 004, flying from Bangkok to Vienna, breaks apart mid-flight and crashes into a national park in Thailand. All 223 people on board are killed. The bodies of victims who could be recovered were taken to a hospital in Bangkok, where they were stored without refrigeration; as a result of decomposition, 27 victims were never able to be identified. 

Lauda Air belonged to Austrian Formula One driver Andreas “Niki” Lauda, who himself had suffered severe burn injuries and almost died in a racing accident on August 1, 1976, at the German Grand Prix. 

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Almanac for May 25th: Memorial Day

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 25th: https://ko-fi.com/Post/May-25-Pabst-Mansion-U6U01G1EYH

Today's Observance: Memorial Day

Bummer May 25th

May 25, 1812: An explosion at Felling Colliery in England kills 92 men and boys.

May 25, 1895: Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and taken to Newgate Prison for processing. He is later transferred to Pentonville Prison, where he is sentenced to hard labor, is malnourished, and is only allowed to read either the Bible or The Pilgrim’s Progress. 

May 25, 1979: American Airlines Flight 191, bound from Chicago to Los Angeles, loses an engine shortly after takeoff due to improper maintenance. It crashes less than a mile from the end of the runway. All 271 people on board are killed, as are two people on the ground. 

My mother’s first cousin, James Zielinski, was one of the passengers killed in this accident.  

May 25, 1985: Tropical Storm One, formed over the Bay of Bengal on May 22nd, reaches Bangladesh. The storm surge, torrential rains, and floods kill more than 11,000 people. 

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Almanac for May 24th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 24th: https://ko-fi.com/Post/May-24-Brady-Street-K3K61G1EV2

Bummer May 24th

May 24, 1964: During a football (soccer) match between the Peruvian and Argentinian national teams in the Estadio Nacional in Lima, a Uruguayan referee makes a controversial call against Peru. Fans throw trash onto the field. One man who attempts to invade the pitch is brutally beaten by the Peruvian National Police. A riot and a crowd crush ensue, since the exit doors have been sealed with corrugated steel shutters. The 328 people who die mostly die of crush asphyxia or of internal injuries.

May 24, 1971: Duke Ellington dies of lung cancer.

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Almanac for May 23rd

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 23rd: https://ko-fi.com/Post/May-23-Milwaukee-N4N11G1ES2

Artist birthday: Jewel Kilcher

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Bummer May 23rd

May 23, 1926: Playwright Henrik Ibsen dies after his third stroke.

May 23, 1934: Murderous bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are driving a 1934 Ford Deluxe V-8, with Barrow at the wheel, when they notice Henry Methvin, a member of their “gang,” parked at the side of the road. Unknown to them, Methvin is working with law enforcement, who are hiding in the nearby bushes. As Barrow slows down the Ford to talk to Methvin, police open fire, firing 160 rounds into the Ford. Barrow, struck in the head, dies almost instantly. Parker is also killed at the scene; witnesses describe hearing her scream as bullets strike her.

May 23, 1990: While Scottish psychedelic/electronic band The Shamen is in the Canary Islands filming a music video for its song “Move Any Mountain,” band member Will Sinnott, who performed under the name Will Sinn, drowns off the coast of La Gomera island. Unconfirmed reports implicate psychedelic drugs in his drowning accident.

May 23, 1999: Canadian wrestler Owen Hart dies during a match in Kansas City, Missouri. As Hart is being lowered into the ring, his harness fails. Hart falls 78 feet onto the top rope, severing his aorta. Hart’s lungs fill with blood; he dies from blunt force trauma and internal bleeding at the hospital.