GhostDancer

If I ever got into an escape room, I'd want to do it by myself.
 
I'd find a couch or a comfy chair and take a nap until they came in to drag me out.

46 years ago, Edgar Winter Group’s “Frankenstein” came to life on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 1 for a week. It’s one of only 25 instrumental singles to top the pop charts. 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8f-Qb-bwlU

June 3rd
1888 - The first publication of Ernest L. Thayer’s poem Casey at the Bat appears in the San Francisco Examiner. The work is originally published under the pen name ‘Phin’, because the poet feels embarrassed by what he considers to be bad verse and decides to keep his identity a secret, until others come forward to claim the work to be their own.
 
1953 - Congress cites the research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving that Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday. His 1947 book Bat, Ball and Bishop documents Cartwright’s contributions to the origins of the game of baseball.

46 years ago, Edgar Winter Group’s “Frankenstein” came to life on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 1 for a week. It’s one of only 25 instrumental singles to top the pop charts. 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8f-Qb-bwlU

Heads up: on Thursday, antifa protestors from England, Canada, and the U.S. will go to the beach in France 75 years ago.

35 years ago - 

Should have posted this yesterday. The first Le Mans 24 hour race started on the 26th May and ended 27th May 1923 and was won by two Frenchmen Andre Lagache and Rene Leonard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans

Joan of Arc was burned to death for heresy in Rouen France May 30th 1431. She was really killed for beating the English in battle
 
The Lod Airport Massacre took place May 30th 1972. The anniversary is commemorated in Puerto Rico as 17 of the 26 dead were Christian pilgrims from the territory. 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lod_Airport_massacre

1931, Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession. 

MAY 25, 1972, OCTAVIA LENORA SPENCER, Academy Award winning actress, was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Spencer earned her Bachelor of Science degree in liberal arts from Auburn University in 1994. She made her film debut in 1996 in “A Time to Kill.” Other films in which she has appeared include “Spiderman” (2002), “Coach Carter” (2005), and “Fruitvale Station” (2013). She has also made guest appearances on a number of television shows, including “NYPD Blue,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Ugly Betty,” and “The Big Bang Theory.” In 2003, Spencer made her first and only stage appearance in “The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife.” In 2011, she appeared in “The Help” for which she won the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress-Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

MAY 25, 1943, LESLIE UGGAMS, actress and singer, was born in New York City. Uggams started in show business in 1950 on the television series “Beulah” and at nine was opening for such legends as LOUIS ARMSTRONG, ELLA FITZGERALD, and DINAH WASHINGTON at the APOLLO THEATRE. At 15, she appeared on the television quiz show “Name That Tune” and won $12,500 toward her college education. From 1961 to 1963, she attended the Julliard School of Music. During that same period, Uggams was a regular on “Sing Along With Mitch,” the FIRST African American performer to be regularly featured on a weekly national prime time television series. In 1968, she won the Tony Award for BEST ACTRESS in a Musical for her performance in “Hallelujah, Baby!.” In 1969, Uggams hosted “The Leslie Uggams Show,” the second television variety show to be hosted by an African American. Uggams was recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. In 1975, she starred in the film “Poor Pretty Eddy.” Other Broadway appearances include “King Hedley II” (2001), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (2002), and “On Golden Pond” (2005).

In 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was born! Over 125 years after his creation, Sherlock Holmes remains the most popular fictional detective in history. Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for the 60 stories he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. His body of work includes nearly 200 novels, short stories, poems, historical books and pamphlets. Happy Birthday Arthur!

Operation Dynamo began 26th May 1940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation

It is also the starts of the Crawford expedition in 1782. May 25th.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_expedition

Forty years ago today:  the day the Chicago Cubs scored 22 runs...and lost.
 
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2019/5/17/18629215/today-cubs-history-phillies-cubs-20-runs
 
"There were 11 home runs hit in this game: three by Kingman, one each by Buckner, Martin and Steve Ontiveros for the Cubs, and two by Schmidt, and one each by Maddox, Bob Boone and pitcher Randy Lerch for the Phillies. To this day this remains the National League record for home runs by both teams in a game. It’s been done four times, three at Wrigley Field, but this was the last such occurrence."
 

35 years ago - 

1931, Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession. 

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1918...World War I: German fighter Ace-of-Aces Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", was shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.

February 16th 1923 the burial chamber of Tutankhamun was unsealed.
February 16th 1862. The end of the Battle of Fort Donelson results in the nickname of Unconditional Surrender for U S Grant

Today in 1959 is the day that the music died
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died