Bandit(billed as the world’s heaviest raccoon, died. He lived with his owner in Palmerton, PA. Bandit tipped the scales at nearly 75 pounds, three times the average for his breed. Bandit was born with a bad thyroid gland. When he hit 52.5 pounds in 1999, his girth garnered him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records)β
Dom DiMaggio(baseball player; holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in Boston Red Sox history)β
Maurice Sendak(children’s books author and illustrator)β
Jeanne Cooper(actress)β
Events
Coca-Cola went on saleβ
Bill Miner robbed train near Kamloops, British Columbiaβ
First Catholic mass in an airship (Hindenburg) over oceanβ
The German High Command surrendered unconditionally to the Allies (WW II - VE Day)β
The Beatlesβ album Let It Be, was released in the U.K.β
Nancy Mace became the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military collegeβ
Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns was named MVP for the 2004-05 basketball season. He was the first Canadian to receive the honorβ
Weather
Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, saw hailstones as big as grapefruitsβ
Midland, Texas, saw a temperature of 103 degrees Fβ
Asheville, North Carolina, saw a temperature of 26 degrees Fβ
A large water spout twisted the waters on Barnegat Bay between Toms River and Seaside Heights, New Jersey, at about 2:30 pm.β