| Vol MMXIII, No 149 | May 29, 1865 | Monday Evening |
(1966)
On this date in 1966, Chicago Cubs pitcher, James "Hippo" Vaughn died in Chicago. During the 1910s and 20s, Vaughn pitch five 20 win seasons. But he is best remembered for dueling it out with Fred Toney in May of 1917, in the only 9-inning "double no-hitter" in major league history. In 1991, major league rules redefined a no-hitter to include extra innings, and so the game was reduced from a "double no-hitter" to "no hits in 9-innings".
(1865)
On this date in 1865, following the Union's victory over the Confederacy ending the Civil War, U.S.President Andrew Johnson appointed Andrew J Hamilton to be the provisional Governor of Texas. Texas will be run by a provisional government until they official readmitted the Union in March 1870.
(2002)
On this date in 2002, the famed Cadillac Ranch, the brain child of helium millionare, Stanley Marsh 3, was restored to it's original colors of turquoise, banana yellow, gold, and sky blue among others. The Cadillac Ranch is located in an open field near the old Route 66 west of Amarillo. Built in 1974, it depicts 10 half buried cadillacs from year models 1948 to 1963. Marsh hired San Franciso art collective The Ant Farm to erect the legendary landmark. In 2003, the Cadillacs were painted black in memorium to the death of the founding member of the Ant Farm, Doug Michels.
