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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens
Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2025. There are 218 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day). Also on this date: In 1896, 255 people were killed when a devastating F4 tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. In 1930, New York's Chrysler Building, at the time the world's tallest building, opened to the public. In 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France, killing over 2,000 German sailors. In 1942, Doris 'Dorie' Miller, a cook aboard the USS West Virginia, became the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross for displaying 'extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety' during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. O'Brien, upheld the conviction of David O'Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse, ruling that the act was not protected by freedom of speech. In 1993, a bomb set by the Sicilian mafia exploded outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy; 5 people were killed and 48 wounded, and dozens of centuries-old paintings were destroyed or damaged. In 1994, Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia to the emotional cheers of thousands after spending two decades in exile. In 1998, Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologizing for not warning anyone about the deadly plot. (Fortier was freed in January 2006.) In 2006, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta, killing more than 5,700 people. Today's Birthdays: Actor Lee Meriwether is 90. Actor Bruce Weitz is 82. Musician Bruce Cockburn is 80. Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 75. Football Hall of Famer Jackie Slater is 71. Actor Richard Schiff is 70. Singer Siouxsie Sioux is 68. Musician Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House) is 67. Actor Peri Gilpin is 64. Comedian Adam Carolla is 61. Actor Todd Bridges is 60. Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell is 57. Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas is 57. Actor Paul Bettany is 54. Actor Jack McBrayer is 52. Rapper-musician Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 50. Rapper Jadakiss is 50. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is 50. Actor Ben Feldman is 45. Actor-singer Chris Colfer is 35. Actor Lily-Rose Depp is 26. Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Jade Carey is 25.
Chicago Tribune
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Chrysler Building opens to the public
Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2025. There are 218 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 27, 1930, New York's Chrysler Building, at the time the world's tallest building, opened to the public. Also on this date: In 1896, 255 people were killed when a devastating F4 tornado struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. In 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day). In 1941, the British Royal Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France, killing over 2,000 German sailors. In 1942, Doris 'Dorie' Miller, a cook aboard the USS West Virginia, became the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross for displaying 'extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety' during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. O'Brien, upheld the conviction of David O'Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse, ruling that the act was not protected by freedom of speech. In 1993, a bomb set by the Sicilian mafia exploded outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy; 5 people were killed and 48 wounded, and dozens of centuries-old paintings were destroyed or damaged. In 1994, Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia to the emotional cheers of thousands after spending two decades in exile. In 1998, Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologizing for not warning anyone about the deadly plot. (Fortier was freed in January 2006.) In 2006, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta, killing more than 5,700 people. Today's Birthdays: Actor Lee Meriwether is 90. Actor Bruce Weitz is 82. Musician Bruce Cockburn is 80. Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 75. Football Hall of Famer Jackie Slater is 71. Actor Richard Schiff is 70. Singer Siouxsie Sioux is 68. Musician Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House) is 67. Actor Peri Gilpin is 64. Comedian Adam Carolla is 61. Actor Todd Bridges is 60. Baseball Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell is 57. Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas is 57. Actor Paul Bettany is 54. Actor Jack McBrayer is 52. Rapper-musician Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 50. Rapper Jadakiss is 50. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is 50. Actor Ben Feldman is 45. Actor-singer Chris Colfer is 35. Actor Lily-Rose Depp is 26. Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Jade Carey is 25.
Newsweek
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
US Reveals Movements of Navy's Nuclear-Armed Submarines
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The United States has disclosed the movements of its submarines—armed with nuclear missiles—for the second time this month, demonstrating its deterrent capability. The Submarine Group Ten, which oversees operations of the Atlantic ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) fleet, told Newsweek that it could not discuss submarine schedules or deployments because of operational security concerns. The unit is assigned with six SSBNs. Why It Matters The U.S. Navy operates a fleet of 14 nuclear-powered Ohio-class SSBNs, each capable of carrying up to 20 ballistic missiles. Eight of these submarines are based at Bangor, Washington, while the remaining six are homeported at Kings Bay, Georgia. The SSBN fleet forms part of the U.S.'s "nuclear triad," alongside strategic bombers and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles to deter adversaries. The U.S. Navy rarely publicizes SSBN operations as the submarines are designed for deterrent patrols and launching missiles if necessary. One of the SSBNs, USS Kentucky, conducted an escort drill with helicopters in the Pacific, the Navy said on May 2. What To Know In a set of undated photos shared by the Submarine Group Ten on Facebook on May 15, USS West Virginia was seen making final preparations to depart its home port—Kings Bay—for "routine operations" in support of the country's strategic mission. The submarine was operated by its "Blue crew," one of two crew teams that alternate manning it. This two-crew system maximizes the SSBN's availability and reduces the number of submarines needed to meet strategic requirements, according to the U.S. Navy. This marked the second publicized departure of the West Virginia in more than two months. The submarine—manned by its "Gold crew"—was seen preparing to depart on March 12 for a strategic mission, according to photos released by the Submarine Group Ten. Meanwhile, USS Tennessee, another SSBN assigned to the Submarine Group Ten, was seen exiting a dry dock at Kings Bay following "months of hard work" of maintenance, according to an undated short video released on the unit's Facebook page on Monday. The Submarine Group Ten told Newsweek that its mission is to deliver "combat ready forces" by ensuring its submarines "are properly manned, trained, equipped and certified to conduct decisive combat operations around the world." On the West Coast, the Submarine Group Nine announced that USS Henry M. Jackson, one of eight SSBNs assigned to the unit, returned to its home port at Bangor on May 15 following a routine strategic deterrent patrol, according to photos released on Thursday. Strategic deterrence relies on a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent force, said the Pacific Northwest-based unit, which oversees submarine operations in the region. The United States Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington following a routine strategic deterrent patrol on May 15. The United States Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson arriving at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington following a routine strategic deterrent patrol on May 15. Lt. Zachary Anderson/U.S. Navy What People Are Saying The U.S. Submarine Group Ten wrote on Facebook: "This is a testament to [Team Kings Bay's] commitment to keeping our fleet ready and capable. This Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine [USS Tennessee] is one step closer to resuming its vital role in our nation's strategic deterrence mission." The U.S. Submarine Group Nine said on its webpage: "Ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) serve as an undetectable launch platform for intercontinental ballistic missiles. They are considered the survivable leg of the strategic deterrent triad, the others being long-range manned aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles." What Happens Next It remains to be seen whether the U.S. SSBN fleet will conduct any test launches of its submarine-launched ballistic missiles, which can deliver nuclear warheads to targets more than 7,400 miles away, according to the Federation of American Scientists.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack finally ID'd 84 years later, bringing closure to family
After nearly 84 years, U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye is finally home from Pearl Harbor and was laid to rest last week in North Carolina. Frye was only 20-years-old when he died on the USS West Virginia during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, but his family spent a lifetime searching for him since. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced in December that Frye had been accounted for on Sept. 27, 2024. The USS West Virginia took multiple torpedo hits that claimed the lives of 106 crewmen on the date which will live in infamy, when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Frye was one of the over 2,000 Americans killed in the strike that brought the U.S. into World War II. Out of his 9 siblings, only Frye's youngest sister, Mary Frye McCrimmon, is still alive. At 87-years-old, she represented her family while burying her brother, bringing closure to her family once and for all. Frye was laid to rest with full military honors at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, North Carolina, on April 3 — coincidentally his 104th birthday — according to NBC affiliate in Charlotte WCNC. Frye enlisted in the Navy in 1940, leaving when McCrimmon was only 3 years old, NBC affiliate in Raleigh WRAL reported. Although she was young, McCrimmon said she remembers her brother building a sled for her and giving her a tricycle. 'My sister Judy, she used to tell me he could build or make anything,' McCrimmon told WRAL. McCrimmon recalls turning 4-years-old when her parents told her and her siblings about the loss of their big brother, according to WRAL. But since his body was never recovered, the family thought there could be a possibility he never really died, public broadcaster WHRO reported. 'My mom used to say she loved to people watch,' McCrimmon told WHRO. 'She would go anywhere she could get a chance to go to a little town and just watch all the men go by to see if she could see Neil.' But Neil was still lying in Honolulu, interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, with the other unknown remains of deceased crewmen from the USS West Virginia. McCrimmon and her family began working with DPAA in 2014 to find her brother, according to WHRO. They traveled across North Carolina and to surrounding states attending regional meetings, as fewer and fewer of the siblings remained. In 2017, the 35 unknown servicemen from the Punchbowl were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory in Hawaii for analysis. Scientists used dental and anthropological analysis with circumstantial evidence to identify the remains. Mitochondrial DNA analysis was also conducted by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System. A match to Frye was made years later in 2024. 'I was more happy than sad because I knew that they had found him,' McCrimmon told WHRO. 'I knew where he was. We didn't have to wonder.' Frye's name is among others from WWII on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, but a rosette will now be added next to his name to mark that he has been found. He was also posthumously awarded a Purple Heart Medal and Combat Action Ribbon among other honors, WCNC reported. Although their parents did not live to see their son come home, McCrimmon believes they would be relieved by her brother's return as well. 'I know my mom and dad, there's any kind of way they know about this, I know they're some kind of happy,' she told WHRO. This article was originally published on
NBC News
07-04-2025
- General
- NBC News
Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack finally ID'd 84 years later, bringing closure to family
After nearly 84 years, U.S. Navy Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil D. Frye is finally home from Pearl Harbor and was laid to rest last week in North Carolina. Frye was only 20-years-old when he died on the USS West Virginia during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, but his family spent a lifetime searching for him since. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced in December that Frye had been accounted for on Sept. 27, 2024. The USS West Virginia took multiple torpedo hits that claimed the lives of 106 crewmen on the date which will live in infamy, when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Frye was one of the over 2,000 Americans killed in the strike that brought the U.S. into World War II. Out of his 9 siblings, only Frye's youngest sister, Mary Frye McCrimmon, is still alive. At 87-years-old, she represented her family while burying her brother, bringing closure to her family once and for all. Frye was laid to rest with full military honors at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, North Carolina, on April 3 — coincidentally his 104th birthday — according to NBC affiliate in Charlotte WCNC. Frye enlisted in the Navy in 1940, leaving when McCrimmon was only 3 years old, NBC affiliate in Raleigh WRAL reported. Although she was young, McCrimmon said she remembers her brother building a sled for her and giving her a tricycle. 'My sister Judy, she used to tell me he could build or make anything,' McCrimmon told WRAL. McCrimmon recalls turning 4-years-old when her parents told her and her siblings about the loss of their big brother, according to WRAL. But since his body was never recovered, the family thought there could be a possibility he never really died, public broadcaster WHRO reported. 'My mom used to say she loved to people watch,' McCrimmon told WHRO. 'She would go anywhere she could get a chance to go to a little town and just watch all the men go by to see if she could see Neil.' But Neil was still lying in Honolulu, interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, with the other unknown remains of deceased crewmen from the USS West Virginia. McCrimmon and her family began working with DPAA in 2014 to find her brother, according to WHRO. They traveled across North Carolina and to surrounding states attending regional meetings, as fewer and fewer of the siblings remained. In 2017, the 35 unknown servicemen from the Punchbowl were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory in Hawaii for analysis. Scientists used dental and anthropological analysis with circumstantial evidence to identify the remains. Mitochondrial DNA analysis was also conducted by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System. A match to Frye was made years later in 2024. 'I was more happy than sad because I knew that they had found him,' McCrimmon told WHRO. 'I knew where he was. We didn't have to wonder.' Frye's name is among others from WWII on the Walls of the Missing at the Punchbowl, but a rosette will now be added next to his name to mark that he has been found. He was also posthumously awarded a Purple Heart Medal and Compact Action Ribbon among other honors, WCNC reported. Although their parents did not live to see their son come home, McCrimmon believes they would be relieved by her brother's return as well. 'I know my mom and dad, there's any kind of way they know about this, I know they're some kind of happy,' she told WHRO.
