Milestones

DIED

Bob Welch, 65, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974, who helped steer the band toward its successful pop sound.

NAMED

Natasha Trethewey, as the 19th U.S. poet laureate; a Pulitzer Prize winner, she is the first laureate from the South since Robert Penn Warren in 1986.

WON

The Stanley Cup, by the Los Angeles Kings; with a 6-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils in Game 6, the Kings scored their first title, becoming the first No. 8--seeded team to clinch the Cup.

DIED

Henry Hill, 69, former New York mobster turned FBI informant, whose...

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