What Happened on May 31, 1949

Historical Events

31st PGA Championship

31st PGA Championship Men's Golf, Hermitage CC: Sam Snead beats fellow American Johnny Palmer, 3 & 2; first time reigning Masters champion wins PGA Championship in the same calendar year.

Charley Lupica begins stay on 4 foot square platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, & stays 117 days)

Events in 1949

Famous Birthdays

Steven Kampmann, American actor (Newhart, 1982-85 - "Kirk"), and screenwriter (WKRP in Cincinnati), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tom Berenger, American actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me), born in Chicago, Illinois

Born in 1949