| Vol 8, No 147 | May 27, 1942 | Wednesday Evening |
(1988) 
On this date in 1988, the San Antonio Spurs were purchased by Red McCombs for $47 million from their original majority owner, Angelo Drossos.
(1942)
On this date in 1942, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander in Charge of the Pacific Fleet, pins the Navy Cross on Doris "Dorie" Miller, at a ceremony on board the USS Enterprise in Pearl Harbor. Miller, a cook on the USS Navy took charge of a Browning anti-aircraft machine gun and fired at the invading planes until he ran out of ammunition 15 minutes later, shooting down at least two enemy aircraft and saving countless American lives. Miller had received no prior training on the big gun.
