According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Red Sox could be a team to watch for Eric Hosmer if the Royals shop him this summer. Hosmer, Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas are headed for free agency and the Royals could shop all three if the team falls out of contention by the trade deadline.
1950: Acclaimed author George Orwell dies The writer, George Orwell, has died after a three-year battle against tuberculosis. Until the last, news had been positive and it was hoped Mr Orwell was improving. On Friday morning he had a long talk with a friend about his plans for the future.
In the US Civil War, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was shot  by friendly fire during the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2,  1863, and although he survived the shoâ¦oting, he later died on May  10, 1863 due to complications from pneumonia after having to have  his left arm amputated after being shot.