be hit by a pitch twice in the same inning in a game against the Milwaukee Braves, once by Lew Burdette and once by Bob Rush. Later, he was struck by a line drive hit by Johnny Logan. Only two other major leaguers have repeated the result, Frank Thomas of the Mets in 1962, and Brady Anderson in 1999. Born: John Corabi, heavy metal guitarist for Mötley Crüe; in Philadelphia Pedro Pierluisi, American politician who served as Puerto Rico's non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017, and who was sworn in temporarily as Governor of Puerto Rico in August 2019 before his appointment as to the position was annulled five days later; in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 27, 1959 (Monday) Liu Shao-chi was named as the new President of the People's Republic of China, as Mao Zedong gave up the ceremonial post to concentrate on the job of First Secretary of the Communist Party. Philibert Tsiranana was elected the first president of the Malagasy Republic on the island of Madagascar. At 7:00 a.m. Eastern time, NBC's national broadcasts were shut down by a walkout of engineering personnel. The dispute arose over the planned airing of a Today show segment that had been recorded without union personnel. Programming resumed three hours later. The radio program One Man's Family was broadcast for the last time, after 27 years on NBC radio. Project Mercury was accorded the DX priority procurement rating. The seven Project Mercury astronauts reported for duty and their training program was undertaken immediately. A tentative schedule of astronaut activities for the first months of training was issued. Actual training began the next day. Within 3 months the astronauts were acquainted with the various facets of the Mercury program. The first training week was as follows: Monday, April 27, check in; April 28, general briefing; April 29, spacecraft configuration and escape methods; April 30, support and restraint; May 1, operational concepts and procedures. These lectures were presented by specialists in the particular field of study. Besides the above, unscheduled activities involved 3 hours flying time and 4 hours of athletics. On April 27 and 28, the Department of Defense working group on Mercury search and recovery operations met at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, to establish service responsibilities and support for the first two Mercury-Atlas ballistic flights. Born: Sheena Easton, Scottish-born pop singer; as