What’s Happening:
The Pistons staved off elimination last night in New York, beating the Knicks, 106-103. Little Caesars Arena hosts Game 6 at 7:30pm tomorrow.
The Astros rallied with three runs in both the 6th and 7th innings to defeat the Tigers 6-4 last night. Game three of the series kicks off at 2:10 in Houston.
In a rare bi-partisan effort, Selfridge Air National Guard Base will receive 21 F-15EX fighter jets. The replacement mission protects the base’s future, which had been in doubt with the phaseout of the A-10 aircraft. (Free Press)
Only 3 of Michigan’s 9 measles cases in 2025 had public alerts issued within 6 days—soon enough for exposed people to get protective treatment, per a Free Press review.
To Do:
Pickleball courts open in downtown Detroit. The courts are open now through June 15 at Beacon Park. Players can even join evening leagues Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., while … (themetrodetroitnews)
The Detroit Zoo just added two new penny press machines. For just $1.01, you can collect fun, animal-themed designs at Table 28 and the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery. Use cash, card, or coins and take home a pocket-sized memory from your zoo adventure!
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith has a one week engagement on big screens. See it at Emagine Theater in Novi, 44425 West 12 Mile Road, through tomorrow.
This May 2nd through 11th, Holland, Michigan bursts into bloom for the Tulip Time Festival! Experience millions of tulips, Dutch dancers in wooden shoes, parades, food, music, and small-town charm. More info at AwesomeMitten.com.
Today in History:
1492 – Christopher Columbus is given royal commission by Spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II to equip his fleet to the New World.
1789 – George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in NYC.
1803 – Chancellor Robert Livingston and James Monroe sign Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris at a cost of 15 million dollars, doubles the size of the USA.
1939 – FDR becomes 1st US President to appear on TV when NBC-RCA television broadcasts the opening of 1939 New York World’s Fair.
1939 – Lou Gehrig sets a MLB record playing his 2,130th consecutive and final game for the New York Yankees.
1945 – “Arthur Godfrey Time” debuted on CBS Radio—launching a legendary, freewheeling run that lasted nearly three decades.
1957 – Elvis Presley recorded the Leiber and Stoller song “Jailhouse Rock” as featured in his motion picture of the same name.
1965 – The Kinks kicked off their first headlining tour of the British Isles. The Yardbirds opened.
1966 – The Young Rascals went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Good Lovin’.”
1976 – The Who’s drummer Keith Moon paid nine cab drivers to block off both ends of a New York street so he could throw the contents of his hotel room out of the window.
1973 – Paul McCartney releases “Red Rose Speedway” album, includes the hit single “My Love”
1977 – Glen Campbell went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Southern Nights”, his second U.S. No. 1.
1983 – Michael Jackson started a three-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Beat It,” his fifth solo U.S. No. 1. The third single from the singer’s Thriller album featured Eddie Van Halen on the song’s distinctive overdriven guitar solo, but Van Halen was prevented by his record label from appearing in the music video.
1983 – One of the most influential of all Chicago bluesmen, Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield), died while asleep at home in Westmont, Ill., at age 68.
1988 – An unknown Canadian singer named Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland.
1989 – Chicago newspaper movie critics Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert film their 500th movie-review television show.
1989 – World Wide Web (WWW) is first launched in the public domain by CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee.
1997 – 42 million watch Ellen DeGeneres publicly declare she is gay.
2012 – The unfinished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State building to become the tallest building in New York.
2018 – Superhero film “Avengers: Infinity War” sets new record for an opening weekend earning $250 million in the US, $630 million worldwide.
Today’s Birthdays:
Country music and rockabilly singer Johnny Horton (“The Battle Of New Orleans”) was born today in 1925.
1926 Cloris Leachman, American Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actress (The Last Picture Show; The Mary Tyler Moore Show – “Phyllis”), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2021).
Drummer and record producer Bobby Gregg was born today in 1936. He drummed on Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” and Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence”, and was also temporarily a member of The Hawks, which later became known as The Band.
1940 – Burt Young [Gerald DeLouise or Richard Morea], American character actor (Rocky; Convoy; The Choirboys), screenwriter (Uncle Joe Shannon), and visual artist, born in Queens, NYC (d. 2023).
Bobby Vee, a pop-music icon of the 1960s, was born today in 1943.
1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough), born in New York City (d. 2010).
Wayne Stanley Kramer (Kambes), lead guitarist for the aggressive rock band MC5, was born in 1948 in Detroit. As a teenager, he cofounded MC5 with guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith in 1963. During their original run until 1972, they released two studio albums — Back In the USA and High Time — and the live album Kick Out the Jams. The hit single “Kick Out the Jams” was recorded live at Grande Ballroom in Detroit in October of 1968. Kramer was the lone original member of MC5 still performing with the group during several revivals over the years.
Merrill Osmond of The Osmonds is 72.
Wonder Mike (Michael Anthony Wright), rapper from The Sugarhill Gang, is 68.
Isiah Thomas is 64.
Kiersten Dunst is 42.
Gal Gadot is 40.
Number 1 today on Keener:
(1965) Wooly Bully, Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
(1966) Oh How Happy, Shades of Blue
(1967) Don’t You Care, Buckinghams
(1968) Mony Mony, Tommy James & The Shondells
(1969) Love, Mercy
(1970) Little Green Bag, George Baker Selection
(1971) Joy to the World, Three Dog Night
