Today in History.....Game

[George Broderick, Jr.]

This day in politics...

January 4, 1965 -- President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his ''Great Society'' in his State of the Union address.

January 4, 1974 -- President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

January 4, 1995 -- The 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era; Newt Gingrich was elected speaker of the House.

January 4, 1999 -- Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota.

January 4, 2007 -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the first female speaker of the House.

You win some, you lose some... you be the judge...

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January 4, 1643 - Sir Isaac Newton was born.

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January 4th 1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios

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Jan 5, 1933: Golden Gate Bridge is born

On January 5, 1933, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 5, 1914 -- Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day.

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January 5, 1896 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.

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Jan 6, 1838: Morse demonstrates telegraph

On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse's telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. The telegraph, a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 6, 1994 -- Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg in an assault planned by the ex-husband of her rival, Tonya Harding.

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January 6, 1912 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th US State.

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Jan 7, 1789: First U.S. presidential election

On this day in 1789, America's first presidential election is held. Voters cast ballots to choose state electors; only white men who owned property were allowed to vote. As expected, George Washington won the election and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 7, 1996 -- A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.

January 7, 2011 -- Orthodox Christmas

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Jan 8, 1790: President George Washington delivers first State of the Union


I wonder if it preempted I love Lucy.cheesy

[Christmas-A-Holic]

Elvis Presley's 76th birthday!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 8, 1964 -- President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.

I think we're losing...

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January 8, 1835 - The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.

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January 8th 1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 10, 1861 -- Florida seceded from the Union.

They were ACTUALLY just trying to cast a vote for Al Gore's great grandfather, but something went terribly wrong with the ballots...

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January 10, 1861 -- Florida seceded from the Union.

They were ACTUALLY just trying to cast a vote for Al Gore's great grandfather, but something went terribly wrong with the ballots...

:lol::lol::lol:

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Jan 10, 1901: Gusher signals start of U.S. oil industry

On this day in 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry.

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Jan 11, 1973: American League adopts designated hitter rule

On January 11, 1973, the owners of America's 24 major league baseball teams vote to allow teams in the American League (AL) to use a "designated pinch-hitter" that could bat for the pitcher, while still allowing the pitcher to stay in the game.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 11, 1964 -- U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health.

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January 11, 1878 - Milk is first delivered in bottles.

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Jan 12, 1904: Henry Ford sets speed record

On this day in 1904, Henry Ford sets a land-speed record of 91.37 mph on the frozen surface of Michigan's Lake St. Clair.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 12, 1773 -- The first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.

This one's for YOU, Shane..!

[RadioJonD]

January 12, 1967: Happy 44th Cryonically Frozen Birthday(?!?!) to Dr. James Bedford (http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/BedfordCondition.html)!

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January 12, 1737 - John Hancock was born.

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Jan 13, 1982: Plane crashes into Potomac

On this day in 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 727 plunges into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing 78 people. The crash, caused by bad weather, took place only two miles from the White House.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 13, 1868 -- Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.

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January 13, 1733 - James Oglethorpe and 130 colonist arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Jan 14, 1973: Undefeated Dolphins beat Redskins in Super Bowl VII

On January 14, 1973, the Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Super Bowl VII, becoming the first team in National Football League (NFL) history to finish with an undefeated season.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 14, 1954 -- Baseball player Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall.

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January 14, 1952 - NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with Dave Garroway hosting.

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Jan 15, 1967: Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl


In that historic first game--played before a non-sell-out crowd of 61,946 people--Green Bay scored three touchdowns in the second half to defeat Kansas City 35-10. Led by MVP quarterback Bart Starr, the Packers benefited from Max McGee's stellar receiving and a key interception by safety Willie Wood. For their win, each member of the Packers collected $15,000: the largest single-game share in the history of team sports.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 15, 1929 -- Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.

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January 15, 1559 - Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

[RadioJonD]

January 15, 1919: The Great Boston Molasses Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster) occured.

2.3 million gallons of molasses eruped from a ruptured tank. Waves as high as 30 feet left 21 people dead and 150 hurting. Current local residents say that on a hot Summer day the oder of molasses is still detected.

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Jan 16, 1919: Prohibition takes effect

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes," is ratified on this day in 1919 and becomes the law of the land.

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January 16, 1991 - The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.

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Jan 17, 1966: NBC Television greenlights The Monkees

The inspiration came from the Beatles, the financing came from Screen Gems, the music came from Don Kirshner and the stars came from an exhaustive audition process that began with this ad in Daily Variety in September 1965:
Madness!!
Auditions
Folk & Rock Musicians-Singers
For Acting Roles in New TV Series
Running Parts for 4 Insane Boys, Age 17-21

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 15, 1919: The Great Boston Molasses Flood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster) occured.

2.3 million gallons of molasses eruped from a ruptured tank. Waves as high as 30 feet left 21 people dead and 150 hurting. Current local residents say that on a hot Summer day the oder of molasses is still detected.

How slow do you have to be NOT to be able to outrun molasses in January..?

January 17, 1899 -- Gangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Jan 18, 1778: Cook discovers Hawaii

On January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands when he sails past the island of Oahu. Two days later, he landed at Waimea on the island of Kauai and named the island group the Sandwich Islands, in honor of John Montague, who was the earl of Sandwich and one his patrons

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 18, 1912 -- English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there first.

D'oh!

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January 18, 1967 - Albert DeSalvo - the "Boston Strangler" - is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.

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January 18th 1733 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)

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Jan 19, 2007: First McDonald's drive-through opens in Beijing


My apologies to the people of Beijing.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 19, 2006 -- An unmanned NASA spacecraft blasted off on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto.

Dang! It left before we found out Pluto isn't a "real" planet..!

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January 19, 1943 - Legendary Blues Singer Janis Joplin born

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Jan 20, 1981: Iran Hostage Crisis ends

Minutes after Ronald Reagan's inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.



I remember that. They knew Reagan wasn't gonna take any garbage from them, they were scared!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 20, 1942 -- Nazi officials arrived at a "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews, during a conference at Lake Wannsee in Berlin.

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January 20th 1965 Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)

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Jan 20, 1945: FDR inaugurated to fourth term


On January 20, 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only president to be elected to three terms in office, is inaugurated to his fourth term.

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January 20, 1885 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.

One of the best inventions ever, I think!

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jan 21, 1977: President Carter pardons draft dodgers



I guess he knew Clinton was gonna run for President.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 21, 1994 -- A jury in Manassas, Va., acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband, John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her.

I still wince over this one...

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January 21, 1940 - American golfer Jack Nicklaus born.

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Jan 22, 1998: Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to bombings

On this day in 1998, in a Sacramento, California, courtroom, Theodore J. Kaczynski pleads guilty to all federal charges against him, acknowledging his responsibility for a 17-year campaign of package bombings attributed to the "Unabomber."

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Jan 23, 1957: Toy company Wham-O produces first Frisbees

On this day in 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs--now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees.

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January 23, 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College in Geneva, NY, becoming the United States' first female doctor.

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Jan 24, 1935: First canned beer goes on sale

Canned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to further production.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 24, 1863 -- Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Emancipation Proclamation.

I think it featured Jefferson Davis Van Pelt pulling a football labled "statehood" away from good ol' Abe Lincoln Brown...

Or maybe Ziggy...

[vsuclaribnl]

January 24, 2003 - The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

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Jan 25, 1924: First Winter Olympics begin in Chamonix, France

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 25, 1995 -- The defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, saying Simpson was the victim of a "rush to judgment" by authorities.

Though they did acquit, he's still a piece of s**t...

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jan 26, 1788: Australia Day

On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship, the fledgling colony began to celebrate the anniversary of this date with great fanfare.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 26, 1802 -- Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.

Hmmm... a LIBRARY, established by CONGRESS... whatever shall we call it..?

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jan 27, 1888: National Geographic Society founded

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 27, 1967 -- Astronauts Virgil I. ''Gus'' Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo I spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.

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Jan 28, 1986: Challenger explodes

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 28, 1915 -- The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 29, 1979 -- President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Now we have all this kerfuffle with the Chinese visiting again... why do all the bad things that happen in America always seem tracable back to Jimmy Carter..?

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Jan 29, 1861:
Divided Kansas enters the Union

The territory of Kansas is admitted into the Union as the 34th state, or the 28th state if the secession of eight Southern states over the previous six weeks is taken into account. Kansas, deeply divided over the issue of slavery, was granted statehood as a free state in a gesture of support for Kansas' militant anti-slavery forces, which had been in armed conflict with pro-slavery groups since Kansas became a territory in 1854.

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Jan 30, 1781: Maryland finally ratifies Articles of Confederation

On this day in 1781, Maryland becomes the 13th and final state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, almost three years after the official deadline given by Congress of March 10, 1778.

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January 30, 1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 31, 1865 -- the House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery.

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Feb 1, 1861: Texas secedes

Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union when a state convention votes 166 to 8 in favor of the measure.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 1, 1884 -- the first portion, or fascicle, of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the English language, is published.

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February 1, 1790 - In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.

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Feb 2, 1887: First Groundhog Day

On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Feb 2, 1887: First Groundhog Day

On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.

Feb 2, 1887: First Groundhog Day

On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.

Feb 2, 1887: First Groundhog Day

On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.

Feb 2, 1887: First Groundhog Day

On this day in 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.

Now, cut that out!

[Christmasstar]

For the past 55 years, the Town of South Bruce Peninsula, or more specifically, Wiarton has been celebrating the Wiarton Willie Festival and is the home of Canada's most famous prognosticating groundhog, Wiarton Willie. Each February 2nd, dark and early, towns' folk and fans come out to hear Willie's prediction. Will it be an early spring or six more weeks of winter?
Many ask, "How did it all begin"? The answer is easy, Mac McKenzie, our most famous resident wanted to have a party for a hundred of his closest friends. He sent out a press release inviting them to Wiarton for Groundhog Day to break the winter doldrums and have a little fun. Well, somehow the media got a hold of the story and a lone reporter came out to see what was going on. After making inquiries all over town, he was directed to the local 'establishment', where sure enough, Mac and his buds were raising an elbow or two. When Mac was asked "where is the groundhog?" he threw a fur hat into the snow. The reporter took advantage of the photo op and the rest they say is history.

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Feb 2, 1847: First Donner Party member dies


On this day in 1847, the first woman of a group of pioneers commonly known as the Donner Party dies during the group's journey through a Sierra Nevada mountain pass. The disastrous trip west ended up killing 42 people and turned many of the survivors into cannibals.

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Feb 3, 1959: The day the music died

On this day in 1959, rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with "That'll Be the Day."

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 3, 1953 -- French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau publishes his most famous and lasting work, The Silent World.

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Feb 4, 1974: Patty Hearst kidnapped

On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California, by two black men and a white woman, all three of whom are armed. Her fiance, Stephen Weed, was beaten and tied up along with a neighbor who tried to help. Witnesses reported seeing a struggling Hearst being carried away blindfolded, and she was put in the trunk of a car. Neighbors who came out into the street were forced to take cover after the kidnappers fired their guns to cover their escape.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 4, 2004 -- The social networking website Facebook was launched.

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Feb 5, 1934: Hank Aaron is born

On this day in 1934, Henry Louis Aaron Jr., the baseball slugger who broke Babe Ruth's legendary record of 714 homers, is born in Mobile, Alabama.

[Christmasstar]

2006 (http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/2006/february_5_2006_396352.html) Super Bowl XL: Steelers defeat the Seahawks 21-10

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Feb 6, 1911: Ronald Reagan is born

On this day in 1911, President Ronald Wilson Reagan is born in Tampico, Illinois.

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Feb 7, 1964: Beatles arrive in New York

On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York's Kennedy Airport--and "Beatlemania" arrives. It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles, a British rock-and-roll quartet that had just scored its first No. 1 U.S. hit six days before with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." At Kennedy, the "Fab Four"--dressed in mod suits and sporting their trademark pudding bowl haircuts--were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans who caused a near riot when the boys stepped off their plane and onto American soil.


This one is for my wife.cheesy

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 7, 1812 -- Author Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England.

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February 7, 1935 - The classic board game Monopoly is invented.

[SW1Dennis]

:sparkle:


The Boy Scouts were founded on this date in 1910.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 8, 1915 -- D.W. Griffith's silent movie epic about the Civil War, "The Birth of a Nation," premiered in Los Angeles.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 10, 1962 -- the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.

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Feb 11, 1990: Nelson Mandela released from prison

Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, is released from prison after 27 years on February 11, 1990.

[SW1Dennis]

:sparkle:


February 12 1809 Abe Lincoln is born.

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The last first run Peanuts comic strip ran on this day in the year 2000. Not long after, Charles M. Shultz passed away. I know he is missed by many.

I just realized I posted this a day early, so consider this my tomorrow in history post.

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Feb 14, 0278: St. Valentine beheaded

On February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed.


So let's celebrate by giving flowers and chocolates.:?

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 14, 1929 -- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down.

In light of these last two entries, flowers and candy are a nice alternative...

[Snow-in-Texas]

Feb 15, 1998: Victory at last for Earnhardt at Daytona

On February 15, 1998, after 20 years of trying, racing great Dale Earnhardt Sr. finally wins his first Daytona 500, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) season opener and an event dubbed the "Super Bowl of stock car racing."

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 15, 1898 -- The U.S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the U.S. closer to war with Spain over the issue of Cuban independence.

I KNEW there was something besides The Alamo we were supposed to remember..!

[kgstyles]

Feb 15, 1903: First Teddy bear goes on sale


On this day in 1903, toy store owner and inventor Morris Michtom places two stuffed bears in his shop window, advertising them as Teddy bears. Michtom had earlier petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt for permission to use his nickname, Teddy. The president agreed and, before long, other toy manufacturers began turning out copies of Michtom's stuffed bears, which soon became a national childhood institution

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FEB 16TH 1985- The "Hizballah Program" was released describing the idealogy and goals of the shia Islamic political and paramilitary organization Hizballah.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 16, 1923 -- the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.

[RadioJonD]

February 18, 1930: During the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri a cow known as Elm Farm Ollie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Farm_Ollie) was milked in mid flight. Her milk was sealed in paper containers and dropped by parachute over St. Louis.

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Feb 18, 2001: Dale Earnhardt killed in crash

On this day in 2001, Dale Earnhardt Sr., considered one of the greatest drivers in National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) history, dies at the age of 49 in a last-lap crash at the 43rd Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Earnhardt was driving his famous black No. 3 Chevrolet and vying for third place when he collided with another car, then crashed into a wall. After being cut from his car, Earnhardt, whose tough, aggressive driving style earned him the nickname "The Intimidator," was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead of head injuries.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 18, 1885 -- "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain was published.

unedited... warts and all...

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Feb 19, 1878: Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph

The technology that made the modern music business possible came into existence in the New Jersey laboratory where Thomas Alva Edison created the first device to both record sound and play it back. He was awarded U.S. Patent No. 200,521 for his invention--the phonograph--on this day in 1878.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 19, 1945 -- Some 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima and began a month-long battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces during World War II.

February 19, 1973 -- my sister, Becky, was born.

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Happy Birthday to George's sister Becky!!cheesy

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Feb 20, 1962: An American orbits earth

From Cape Canaveral, Florida, John Hershel Glenn Jr. is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut.

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Feb 20, 1792: Postal Service Act regulates United States Post Office Department


On this day in 1792, President George Washington signs legislation renewing the United States Post Office as a cabinet department led by the postmaster general, guaranteeing inexpensive delivery of all newspapers, stipulating the right to privacy and granting Congress the ability to expand postal service to new areas of the nation.

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Feb 21, 1948: NASCAR founded

On this day in 1948, the National Association for Stock Car Racing--or NASCAR, as it will come to be widely known--is officially incorporated. NASCAR racing will go on to become one of America's most popular spectator sports, as well as a multi-billion-dollar industry.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 21, 1878 -- The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Conn.

The very next day, short people who could now reach the dinner table and police interrogators rejoiced..!

[trackrebel]

21. February 1945 - Worms, a South-Western city in Germany was bombarded by the allies on that day....it was the first two devastating bombings on my hometown....even tho more than half of the city was destroyed, I am thankfull that the Allies came to free the world and conquer Germany...the world would be horrible if Hitler would have succeeded.........but I am crying for all the children, teenagers and innocent people that had to go through this....on this day....66 years ago, my grandparents were sure they were going to die....either being blown up...or burning........Thank You Lord for protecting all of my grandparents in these needy hours.....And thank You Lord for Democracy

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Feb 21, 1848: John Quincy Adams suffers a stroke


On this day in 1848, just as he stands up from his desk in the House of Representatives to defend his no vote on a bill, former President John Quincy Adams suddenly collapses from a cerebral hemorrhage. House members carried him to a bed in the Speaker of the House's private chambers and immediately summoned his wife Louisa. By the time she arrived, he was not able to recognize her. His last words supposedly were, This is the end of earth, but I am content.

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February 21, 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.

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Feb 22, 1959: Lee Petty wins first Daytona 500

On this day in 1959, Lee Petty defeats Johnny Beauchamp in a photo finish at the just-opened Daytona International Speedway in Florida to win the first-ever Daytona 500

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February 22, 1855 - THE Pennsylvania State University was founded in State College, PA.

PROUD TO BE A NITTANY LION!!!!!! :)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 22, 1980 -- in a stunning upset, the United States Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets at Lake Placid, N.Y., 4-to-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.)

Miracle On Ice, baby!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 23, 1954 -- the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.

Woo Hoo! Hometown pride!

[Christmas-A-Holic]

February 25, 1943 - George Harrison's Birthday

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Feb 26, 1919: Two national parks preserved, 10 years apart

On this day in history, two national parks were established in the United States 10 years apart--the Grand Canyon in 1919 and the Grand Tetons in 1929.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 26, 1852 -- John Harvey Kellogg, the American physician who developed dry cereal, was born.

One of the GREATEST inventions of all time!

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February 27th 1946 4th "Road" film, "Road to Utopia" premieres (NYC

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Feb 28, 1983: Final episode of M*A*S*H airs

On this day in 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bows out after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time.


One of my favorite all time TV shows.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 1, 1932 -- the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Mar 2, 1904: Dr. Seuss born

On this day in 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such beloved children's books as "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham," is born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 2, 1933 -- The movie "King Kong" had its world premiere in New York.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 3, 1991 -- in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on amateur video.

[kgstyles]

Mar 4, 1888: Knute Rockne born


On this day in 1888, Knute Rockne is born in Voss, Norway. He would go on to become one of the most successful coaches in the history of college football, coaching Notre Dame during their golden era in the 1920s. Rockne won three undisputed national championships with the Fighting Irish, and helped to transform Notre Dame from an unknown program into the most popular college football team in the United States.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 5, 1963 -- Country music singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 30.

[kgstyles]

Mar 5, 1770: The Boston Massacre


On the cold, snowy night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent to Boston in 1768 to enforce unpopular taxation measures passed by a British parliament that lacked American representation.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 7, 1876 -- Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

March 7, 1926 -- The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.

A good day for Ma Bell..!

[vsuclaribnl]

March 10, 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.".

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 11, 1888 -- A blizzard struck the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

[RadioJonD]

Jesse James stole Corps payroll 130 years ago Today on March 11, 1881 (http://www.courierjournal.net/news/2011-03-09/Featured-_Online_Only%21/Jesse_James_stole_Corps_payroll_130_years_ago_Toda .html).

Jesse James robbed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers payroll being delivered by horseback just two-miles shy of reaching employees at Blue Water Camp in Alabama.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 12, 1912 -- The Girl Guides, which later became the Girl Scouts of America, was founded.

Yay, Thin Mints!

[kgstyles]

Mar 12, 1933: FDR gives first fireside chat


On this day in 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address or "fireside chat," broadcast directly from the White House.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Mar 13, 1781: William Hershel discovers Uranus


OK get your mind out of the gutter!!!cheesy

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 15, 1794 -- Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

Remember the days when we had to know this stuff in grade school..?

[Snow-in-Texas]

Mar 14, 1879: Albert Einstein born

On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein's theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man's view of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics and, ultimately, the atomic bomb.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Mar 15, 0045: The ides of March: Julius Caesar is murdered

[Snow-in-Texas]

Mar 16, 1802: U.S. Military Academy established

The United States Military Academy--the first military school in the United States--is founded by Congress for the purpose of educating and training young men in the theory and practice of military science. Located at West Point, New York, the U.S. Military Academy is often simply known as West Point.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 16, 1968 -- during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by United States troops under the command of Lt. William L. Calley Jr.

[vsuclaribnl]

March 16, 1751 - The 4th US President, James Madison, is born.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 17, 432 -- St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave.

[vsuclaribnl]

March 17, 1969 - Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 18, 1925 -- A tornado with a base nearly a mile wide tore a destructive path 219 miles from southeastern Missouri across Illinois and into southwestern Indiana. With 695 killed, it is the deadliest tornado in U.S. history.

[vsuclaribnl]

March 18, 1850 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 19, 1987 -- Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization amid a sex-and-money scandal involving a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn.

[vsuclaribnl]

March 19, 1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight savings time.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Mar 21, 1980: Famous Dallas cliffhanger airs

On this day in 1980, J.R. Ewing, the character millions love to hate on television’s popular prime-time drama Dallas, is shot by an unknown assailant. The shooting made the season-ending episode one of TV’s most famous cliffhangers, inspired widespread media coverage and left America wondering “Who shot J.R.?” for the next eight months.


And this is one person that didn't care at all.cheesy

[Snow-in-Texas]

Mar 22, 1894: First Stanley Cup championship played

On this day in 1894, the first championship series for Lord Stanley’s Cup is played in Montreal, Canada. The Stanley Cup has since become one of the most cherished and recognized trophies in sport.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 22, 1908 -- Louis L'Amour, the best-selling American author who wrote more than 100 books, was born.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 23, 1775 -- Patrick Henry called for America's independence from Britain, telling the Virginia Provincial Convention, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

[Kimothy]

March 23, 1985: Billy Joel marries his "Uptown Girl" Christie Brinkley

[RadioJonD]

On March 23, 2010 (http://mymerrychristmas.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13526&page=111) there were no posts in this thread.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 24, 1955 -- "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.

Goodbye, Liz..!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 25, 1913 -- The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in your pants..!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 28, 1979 -- America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

[vsuclaribnl]

March 28, 1979 -- America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

I live right near that! Luckily I wasn't born when that happened so it's all good. =D

March 28, 1970 - American actor Vince Vaughn born.
March 28, 1986 - Singer Lady Gaga born.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

March 29, 1867 -- Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young was born in Gilmore, Ohio.

He passed away far too early because, after all, only the good Cy Young...

[kgstyles]

Mar 30, 1981: President Reagan shot


On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr.

[vsuclaribnl]

March 30, 1909 - The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens, NY.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 1, 2011 -- the world comes to an end..!

HA! April Fool!

[Meceka]

April 1, 1931 - Pitcher Jackie Mitchell was signed by the Chattanooga Baseball Club - she was the first woman in organized baseball

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 2, 1805 -- Author Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark.

[vsuclaribnl]

April 3, 1882 - American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.

[RadioJonD]

April 3, 1882 - American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford."That dirty little coward!"

_En7kqxKiCs

[RadioJonD]

April 4, 1850 - El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula was incorporated as a city in California USA.

[kgstyles]

Apr 4, 1913: Muddy Waters is born


When Bob Dylan picked up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, he permanently alienated a portion of his passionate fan base. When Muddy Waters went electric roughly 20 years earlier, he didn't have a fan base to be concerned about, and those who did go to his shows probably had no quarrel with his motivation for plugging in, which was simply to play loud enough to be heard inside a raucous nightclub. Little could those lucky Chicagoans have known that they were hearing the birth of a style of blues that would become a fundamental part of their city's cultural identity. Out of all the bluesmen plying their trade in the clubs of the Windy City in the late 40s and early 50s, none did more than Muddy Waters to create the Chicago Blues—the hard-driving, amplified, distinctly urban sound with roots in the rural Mississippi Delta, where Waters was born on this day in 1913.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 5, 1951 -- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.

April 5, 1964 -- Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur died at age 84.

April 5, 1975 -- Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek died at age 87.

April 5, 1976 -- Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died at age 72.

April 5, 1992 -- Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton died at age 74.

April 5, 1997 -- Beat poet Allen Ginsberg died at age 70.

April 5, 2008 -- Actor Charlton Heston died at age 84.

And the beat goes on...

[caninemom3]

April 5th 1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 7, 1862 -- Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 8, 1513 -- Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.

They're STILL recounting that decision...

[Snow-in-Texas]

Apr 9, 1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders

At Appomattox, Virginia (http://www.history.com/topics/virginia), Confederate General Robert E. Lee (http://www.history.com/topics/robert-e-lee) surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant (http://www.history.com/topics/ulysses-s-grant), effectively ending the American Civil War (http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war). Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina (http://www.history.com/topics/north-carolina), and harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 9, 1959 -- NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton.

Ah! That's the right stuff..!

[Kimothy]

April 9, 1912: Fenway Park opens for the first time and also today, the Boston Red Sox defeated Harvard (don't ask) 2-0.

(side note: so far the Sox have had 1 W and 6 L....ewwwww :-?)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 11, 1898 -- President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain.

April 11, 1899 -- The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.

Now, THAT's an "exit strategy"..! WINNING!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 13, 1970 -- Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst.

Unlucky 13, indeed..!

[Billy Battles]

On April 13 James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

[Meceka]

April 14, 1865: John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 14, 1939 -- "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck was published.

[vsuclaribnl]

April 18, 1906 - An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 19, 1995 -- a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring 500. (Timothy McVeigh was later convicted of federal murder charges and executed.)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 20, 1999 -- Two students went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 students and one teacher before taking their own lives.

[kgstyles]

Apr 22, 1945: Hitler admits defeat


On this day in 1945, Adolf Hitler (http://www.history.com/topics/adolf-hitler), learning from one of his generals that no German defense was offered to the Russian assault at Eberswalde, admits to all in his underground bunker that the war is lost and that suicide is his only recourse. Almost as confirmation of Hitler's assessment, a Soviet mechanized corps reaches Treuenbrietzen, 40 miles southwest of Berlin, liberates a POW camp and releases, among others, Norwegian Commander in Chief Otto Ruge.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 23, 1985 -- The Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing its secret formula for Coke. (Negative public reaction forced the company to revert to the original version.)

"Forced", my Aunt Fannie! That was one of the biggest marketing/branding coups in history..!

[vsuclaribnl]

April 24, 1704 - The first regular newspaper in the United States, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 25, 1792 -- Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by guillotine.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

April 26, 1986 -- the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately.

[sgrover]

May 6, 1937 - Hindenburg explodes

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 7, 1977 -- Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby on his way to horse racing's Triple Crown.

Happy Derby Day..!

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 10, 1869:
Transcontinental railroad completed

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 10, 1774 -- Louis XVI ascended the throne of France.

[vsuclaribnl]

May 10, 1863 - Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies 8 days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 11, 1858 -- Minnesota became the 32nd state.

May 11, 19** -- My wonderful wife was born (year witheld because a gentleman doesn't discuss a lady's age)

[caninemom3]

May 11, 1858 -- Minnesota became the 32nd state.

May 11, 19** -- My wonderful wife was born (year witheld because a gentleman doesn't discuss a lady's age)


Awww.......That's nice George !!! And Happy Birthday to Mrs. B !!



May 11th 1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 12, 1820 -- Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was born in Florence, Italy.

The day AFTER my wife, who is also a nurse...

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 15, 1973:
Nolan Ryan pitches first no-hitter

On May 15, 1973, California (http://www.history.com/topics/california) Angel Nolan Ryan strikes out 12 Kansas City Royals and walks three to pitch the first no-hitter of his career. The game was played under protest, as Royals Manager Jack McKeon complained that Ryan wasn’t maintaining contact with the pitching rubber while throwing.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 16, 1920 -- Joan of Arc was canonized.

First, the poor woman was burned at the stake, then they shot her out of a cannon..? How can... huh? Ohhhh...

Nevermind.

[Christmasstar]

1977Boston Massachusetts - Montreal Canadians win their 20th Stanley Cup, downing Boston 2-1, to sweep the series 4-0.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 16, 1920 -- Joan of Arc was canonized.

First, the poor woman was burned at the stake, then they shot her out of a cannon..? How can... huh? Ohhhh...

Nevermind.

You never cease to crack me up!!!:lol:

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 16, 1929:
First Academy Awards ceremony

On this day in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250 people held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood (http://www.history.com/topics/hollywood), California (http://www.history.com/topics/california).

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 17, 1965:
The FBI Laboratory weighs in on the "dirty" lyrics of "Louie Louie"

Based on outcry from parents who bought into what may have started as an idle rumor, the FBI launched a formal investigation in 1964 into the supposedly pornographic lyrics of the song "Louie, Louie." That investigation finally neared its conclusion on this day in 1965, when the FBI Laboratory declared the lyrics of "Louie Louie" to be officially unintelligible.

No one will ever know who started the rumor that "Louie Louie" was dirty. As written by Richard Berry in 1955, the lyrics revolve around a sailor from the Caribbean lamenting to a bartender named Louie about missing his far-away love. As recorded in crummy conditions and in a single take by the Kingsmen in 1963, lyrics like "A fine little girl, she wait for me..." came out sounding like "A phlg mlmrl hlurl, duh vvvr me"

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 17, 1846 -- President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 18, 1980:
Mount St. Helens erupts


Mount St. Helens in Washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. Ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as Minnesota

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 18, 1642 -- The Canadian city of Montreal was founded.

After that, the Great White North really started to take off, eh?

[Christmasstar]

May 18, 1642 -- The Canadian city of Montreal was founded.

After that, the Great White North really started to take off, eh?
and there is no stopping us now!!! cheesy

[vsuclaribnl]

May 18, 1912 - Singer Perry Como was born.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 19, 1992 -- Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, N.Y., by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.

Thereby ensuring jobs for SNL comedy writers for the entire next season...

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 20, 1873:
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 20, 1927 -- Charles Lindbergh took off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

In a bizarre coincidence, May 20, 1908 -- James Stewart, the American movie actor (who starred in Spirit Of Saint Louis), was born.

May 20, 1932 -- Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

May 20, 1939 -- Regular trans-Atlantic air service began as a Pan American Airways plane took off from Port Washington, N.Y., bound for Europe.

Victory through air power!

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 21, 1932:
Earhart completes transatlantic flight


You got her started George, I got her landed.cheesy

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 21, 2011 (6 PM) -- The world comes to an end... or so I've heard...

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 22, 1969:
"Winning" released, stars Paul Newman as a race car driver



At first I thought it was about Charlie Sheen. WINNING!!! NOT!!!

[Christmasstar]

May 22, 1867 - Queen Victoria decrees that the Dominion of Canada should come into being on July 1, 1867. London, England
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0a302yXLpSt4ll2UW7Zy_ymHlcviqb HZUOIHoBx659CmrQdqP

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 23, 2011 -- World still here.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 23, 2011 -- World still here.

It's been revised to October 21. And when it doesn't happen then, it will be revised again.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 24, 1883:
Brooklyn Bridge opens



After 14 years and 27 deaths while being constructed, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River is opened, connecting the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 24, 1935 -- The first major league baseball game played at night took place at Cincinnati's Crosley Field. The Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 25, 1977:
Star Wars opens



On this day in 1977, Memorial Day weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas' blockbuster Star Wars movies hits American theaters

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 25, 1925 -- John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

In less than 100 years, that is COMPLETELY reversed... you can (and are EXPECTED to) teach Darwinism in schools, but Creationism is STRICTLY forbidden... is there NO middle ground..? :?

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 26, 1864:
Montana Territory created



Anxious to create new free territories during the Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs an act establishing the Montana Territory. However, as Montana was on the unstable frontier, it did little to add to the integrity of the Union, and Sidney Edgerton, the territory's first governor, fled after suffering through several months of Indian raids.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 27, 1941:
Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 27, 1941:
Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy

I LOVE that song! I even had it played at my wedding..! Go, Johnny Horton!

May 27, 1647 -- Alse Young became the first person executed as a witch in America when she was hanged in Hartford, Conn.

[vsuclaribnl]

May 28, 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 29, 1848:
Wisconsin enters the Union


Following approval of statehood by the territory's citizens, Wisconsin enters the Union as the 30th state.

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 30, 1911:
First Indianapolis 500 held

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 30, 1431 -- Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

Then they shot the poor woman out of a cannon... oh, wait... we've been over that...

May 30, 2011 -- Happy Memorial Day, America!

[Snow-in-Texas]

May 31, 1859:
Big Ben goes into operation in London

The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high St. Stephen's Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on this day in 1859.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

May 31, 1889 -- more than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa.

[Christmasstar]

May 31, 1793 - Upper Canada Assembly passes Act making it possible for public servants to perform marriages. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jun 1, 1967:
The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Bob Dylan's instant reaction to the recently completed album Paul McCartney brought by his London hotel room for a quick listen in the spring of 1967 may not sound like the most thoughtful analysis ever offered, but it still to hit the nail on the head. "Oh I get it," Dylan said to Paul on hearing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time, "you don't want to be cute anymore."


I know I posted this same thing last year, but I love the quote by Bob Dylan in it.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

June 1, 1792 -- Kentucky became the 15th state.

June 1, 1796 -- Tennessee became the 16th state.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jun 2, 1865:
American Civil War ends

[Kimothy]

June 2, 1953~the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the first major international event televised.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jun 3, 1965:
An American walks in space

One hundred and 20 miles above the earth, Major Edward H. White II opens the hatch of the Gemini 4 and steps out of the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space.

[kgstyles]

Jun 3, 1916: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs National Defense Act


On June 3, 1916, United States (http://www.history.com/topics/states) President Woodrow Wilson (http://www.history.com/topics/woodrow-wilson) signs into law the National Defense Act, which expanded the size and scope of the National Guard—the network of states' militias that had been developing steadily since colonial times—and guaranteed its status as the nation's permanent reserve force.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jun 4, 1942:
Battle of Midway begins

On this day in 1942, the Battle of Midway (http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-midway)--one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan (http://www.history.com/topics/japan) during World War II (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii)--begins. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy.

[kgstyles]

Jun 4, 1919: Congress passes the 19th Amendment


The 19th Amendment (http://www.history.com/topics/19th-amendment) to the U.S. Constitution (http://www.history.com/topics/constitution), guaranteeing women the right to vote, is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification.

[Kimothy]

June 4, 1989~the Tiananmen Square Protests end in violence. :-(

[George Broderick, Jr.]

June 4, 1896 -- Henry Ford made a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a quadricycle, through the streets of Detroit.

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jun 5, 1944:
Allies prepare for D-Day

On this day in 1944, more than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries placed at the Normandy assault area, while 3,000 Allied ships cross the English Channel in preparation for the invasion of Normandy—D-Day.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

June 6, 1944 -- the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

and, in a related story...

June 6, 1985 -- Authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as that of Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who conducted medical experiments on inmates at Auschwitz during World War II.

[kgstyles]

Jun 6, 1933: First drive-in movie theater opens


On this day in 1933, eager motorists park their automobiles (http://www.history.com/topics/automobiles) on the grounds of Park-In Theaters, the first-ever drive-in movie theater, located on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey (http://www.history.com/topics/new-jersey).

[Snow-in-Texas]

Jun 7, 1942:
Battle of Midway ends

On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway (http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-midway)--one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan (http://www.history.com/topics/japan)--comes to an end. In the four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the loss of only one of its own, the Yorktown, thus reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

June 7, 1776 -- Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.

[RadioJonD]

June 9, 1822 -Charles Graham received the first patent for false teeth.