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On This Day In 1135 Henry I Beauclerc, King of England died St Denis-le-Fermont, Near Gisors France. Born circa September 1068, Selby, Yorkshire, England. (Reign: 1100-1135).
On This Day In 1716 Marie Tussaud, founder of Madame Tussauds waxworks was born. Died: April 16 1850.
On This Day In 1779 Peter Turchaninov, Russian composer was born. Died: 28 March 1856.
On This Day In 1824 The presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed among John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Adams ended up the winner
On This Day In 1872 Gerard
On This Day In 1913 The first drive-in automobile service station was opened, in Pittsburgh
On This Day In 1919 Lady Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament.
On This Day In 1922 The first skywriting was performed over the United States, "Hello USA" by RAF pilot Captain Turner.
On This Day In 1934 Sergei M. Kirov, a collaborator of Soviet leader Josef Stalin, was assassinated in Leningrad, resulting in a massive purge.
On This Day In 1935 Woody Allen, American comedian, actor, film producer was born.
On This Day In 1936 Lou Rawls, American singer was born.
On This Day In 1939 Lee Trevino, American golfer was born.
On This Day In 1939 Stalin forms a soviet puppet-regime in occupied Terijoki, Finland, led by Otto-Wille Kuusinen.
On This Day In 1940 American comedian Richard (Love The Suit) Pryor was born.
On This Day In 1945 American singer, actress Bette (Long Legs And Great Big Knockers) Midler was born.
On This Day In 1946 English singer Gilbert (Naturally) O'Sullivan was born.
On This Day In 1959 Representatives of 12 countries, including the United States, signed a treaty in Washington setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity.
On This Day In 1959 The first colour photograph of the Earth was taken from outer space.
On This Day In 1959 The representatives of 12 countries, including the United States, signed a treaty in Washington setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity.
On This Day In 1971 The United Arab Emirates gained independence.
On This Day In 1973 David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, died in Tel Aviv at aged 87.
On This Day In 1974 I had my first date with my darling Lana.
On This Day In 1990 British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel between their countries finally met after knocking out a passage in a service tunnel.
On This Day In 2001 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in back-to-back explosions at a downtown Jerusalem pedestrian mall, killing 11 bystanders.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."
Jane Austen
Independence Day United Arab Emirates
On This Day In 201 AD King Lucius of Great Britain who brought Christianity to Great Britain was buried at St Mary le Lode in Gloucester.
On This Day In 407 AD The Roman Emperor Arcadius died in Italy of natural causes. Born Spain circa 346.
On This Day In 537 AD Sylvester Italian Pope (536-37), died.
On This Day In 1463 Albrecht VI archduke of Habsburg, died.
On This Day In 1620 The English language newspaper "Namloos" began publishing in Amsterdam.
On This Day In 1697 St Paul's Cathedral opened in London.
On This Day In 1734 Daniel Boone, American frontiers man was born.
On This Day In 1755 Marie Antoinette Queen of France was born. Executed 1795.
On This Day In 1802 The English sold Suriname to Dutch.
On This Day In 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned first emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII.
On This Day In 1805 Napoleon defeated the Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz.
On This Day In 1812 James Madison was re-elected President of the United States.
On This Day In 1814 The Marquis de Sade writer, died aged 74.
On This Day In 1816 The first savings bank in the United States opened (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society).
On This Day In 1823 The Monroe Doctrine was proclaimed (United States).
On This Day In 1825 Pedro II van Alcantara Emperor of Brazil (1831-89) was born.
On This Day In 1938 All Gypsies in the Reich are required to register with the German police.
On This Day In 1840 William H Harrison was elected President of the United States.
On This Day In 1848 Franz Josef I became emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.
On This Day In 1852 The 2nd French empire was established and Louis Napoleon becam emperor.
On This Day In 1859 Georges Seurat, French impressionist artist was born in Paris, France. Died: Paris, France, 29 March 1891.
On This Day In 1868 The first British government of Disraeli resigned.
On This Day In 1887 Charles Dickens, British author, made his first public reading in the United States (New York NY).
On This Day In 1901 King Camp Gillette began selling safety razor blades.
On This Day In 1905 Semi Joseph Begun inventor of the Electromagnetic Talking Device; Electromagnetic Talking Machine was born in Danzig Germany Died January 5th 1995.
On This Day In 1906 Peter Carl Goldmark developer of colour TV and LP records was born.
On This Day In 1907 The English Professional Football Player's Association formed.
On This Day In 1923 Maria Callas, world famous soprano was born in New York, NY. Best known for her performance in Biset's Carmen.
On This Day In 1924 Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, Four-star general and U. S. Secretary of State, 1981-82 was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On This Day In 1929 The first skull of Peking man was found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien.
On This Day In 1933 Fred Astaire, American actor/dancer's first film, "Dancing Lady" was released.
On This Day In 1939 British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC.
On This Day In 1939 New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight.
On This Day In 1939 The Soviet Union forces occupied Petsamo, Finland. World War II.
On This Day In 1952 The first human birth was televised to the public on (KOA-TV Denver, Colorado).
On This Day In 1958 The Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg.
On This Day In 1961 Fidel Castro declared he is a Marxist, and he will lead Cuba to Communism.
On This Day In 1963 The Dutch launched their first rocket which reached a height of 10 km.
On This Day In 1966 Fuel dumps and truck parks are hit around Hanoi. A record eight US planes are downed, bringing US aircraft losses over North Vietnam to a total of 435 planes. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1968 American President Richard Nixon named Henry Kissinger as his security advisor.
On This Day In 1969 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet had her first public preview (Seattle WA to New York, NY).
On This Day In 1971 The Russian spacecraft Mars 3 became the first spacecraft to soft land on Mars.
On This Day In 1974 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 16 (Salyut 7) was launched.
On This Day In 1975 Laos fell to the communist forces, King Sisavang Vatthana resigned and the Lao People's Democratic Republic was proclaimed.
On This Day In 1980 Four American Maryknoll nuns were killed by death squads in El Salvador.
On This Day In 1981 The Spanish government requested membership into NATO.
On This Day In 1982 The first permanent artificial heart was successfully implanted at the University of Utah into retired dentist Barney Clark, Barney lived for 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart.
On This Day In 1988 The five gunmen who hijacked a Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrendered in Israel.
On This Day In 1988 America's 27th space shuttle mission Atlantis (3) STS-27 ( DoD-3) was launched. Landed December 6 1988, 3:36:11 p.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 1990 The first parliamentary election in the newly reunified Germany took place.
On This Day In 1990 America's 38th space shuttle mission Columbia (11) STS-35 (ASTRO-1) was launched. Landed December 10, 1990, 9:54:08 p.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 1991 The Muslim Shites released their American held hostage in Lebanon (Joseph Cicippio).
On This Day In 1992 America's 52nd space shuttle mission Discovery (15) STS-53 (DoD9) was launched. Landed December 9, 1992, 3:43.17 p.m. EST, Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 1993 America's 59th space shuttle mission Endeavour (5) STS-61 (HST repair, IMAX) was launched. landed December 13 at 12:26.25 am EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 2002 A jury handed a life prison sentence to a Texas man who shot and killed a longtime friend he accused of drinking the last beer in his refrigerator. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours before passing the sentence on Steven Brasher, 42, for the murder of Willie Lawson, 39, on Nov. 5 last year.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A large brain, like a large government, may not be able to do simple
things in a simple way."
Donald O Hebb
On This Day In 316 AD The Roman Emperor Diocletian was born.
On This Day In 1621 Italian astronomer Galileo invented the telescope.
On This Day In 1729 Antonio Soler 18th century Spanish composer was born.
On This Day In 1753 Inventor Samuel Crompton was born at Firwood, near Bolton. His family lived on a small farm and his
father added a domestic yarn spinner and handloom-weaving for the Bolton Market. It was these machines that introduced Samuel to
spinning early in life. His father died when he was only five years old and when the family lived in some rooms of an ancient mansion
near Firwood. This mansion was called the Hall of Wood and it is now a museum in Samuel's honor. Samuel's mother was a stern lady who sent
him to a good day school in the neighborhood. His mother was always complaining about the harshness of the Spinning Jenny, which is the
machine Samuel was using to produce yarn. This annoyance became so bad he decided to try to create a better machine and from the age of
22 to 27 he was occupied with building the machine.
On This Day In 1818 Illinois became the 21st State of the Union, State Capital
Springfield USA.
On This Day In 1923 Maria Callas, opera diva was born in Manhattan, New York.
On This Day In 1930 Andy (May Each Day) Williams, American crooner was born.
On This Day In 1945 English singer Paul Nicholas was born.
On This Day In 1948 Ozzie (Bark At The Moon) Osbourne, Heavy Metal rocker was born.
On This Day In 1952 Mel Smith, English actor and comedian was born.
On This Day In 1967 Doctor Christian Barnard performed the world's first human heart transplant in Capetown South Africa. The patient 53 year old dentist Louis Washkansky was given the heart of a 25 year-old auto crash victim named Denise Darvall.
On This Day In 1984 In India more than 4,000 people died after a cloud of gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal.
On This Day In 1985 The 23rd American Space Shuttle mission Atlantis 2 returned safely to Earth.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Mercy is the mightiest of the mightiest."
William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616 From The Merchant Of Venice
On This Day In 1154 Adrian IV - Nicholas Breakspear was elected the last English Roman Catholic Pope.
On This Day In 1783 General George Washington bid his officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York City. American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1866 Wassily Kandinsky, Russian artist was born in Moscow, Russia. Died: Neuilly, France December 13 1944.
On This Day In 1868 Jesse Burkett, legendary baseball hitter with the New York Giants was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. Died: May 27, 1953, Worcester, Massachusetts.
On This Day In 1922 Deanna Durbin, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1930 Ronnie Corbett, English comedian was born.
On This Day In 1931 Ken Bates, Chelsea FC Supremo was born.
On This Day In 1944 Civil war broke out in Greece.
On This Day In 1949 Jeff Bridges, American actor was born. Best Known for his role in the film Blown Away.
On This Day In 1950 Pamela Stephenson, English comedienne was born.
On This Day In 1959 America's 5th unmanned space probe LJ-2 (Little Joe 2) was launched from Wallops Island, Va. Crew: Sam (a monkey). Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1965 America's Gemini-VII spacecraft was launched.
Landed: December 18
1965.
Crew: Frank Borman (1), Commander James A. Lovell (1), Pilot.
On This Day In 1998 America's 93rd space shuttle mission Endeavour (13) STS-88 (Space Station Assembly Flight 2A) was launched. Landed December 15 1998 at 10:53 pm EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
A wise person hates nobody.
On This Day In 1443 Pope Julius II Holy Roman Catholic Pope was born. Died February 21 1513.
On This Day In 1776 Phi Beta Kappa, The first American scholastic fraternity was founded at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
On This Day In 1782 Martin Van Buren 8th President of the United States was born at Kinderhook New York. Term Of Office 1837 - 1841.
On This Day In 1791 Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, aged 35 years.
On This Day In 1792 George Washington was re-elected president of the United States and John Adams was re-elected vice president.
On This Day In 1830 Christina Georgina Rossetti, Poet was born at London, England. Died: December 28, 1894.
On This Day In 1839 American General George A (The Little Big Horn) Custer was born.
On This Day In 1848 President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
On This Day In 1901 Walter Elias Disney, the father of Mickey Mouse was born at Chicago, Illinois. Died: 15 December 1966 (lung cancer).
On This Day In 1905 Lord Longford, English prison reformer was born.
On This Day In 1906 American movie director Otto Preminger was born.
On This Day In 1932 Little Richard, American rock 'n' roll legend was born in Macon, Georgia. Best known for his recording of Good Golly Miss Molly.
On This Day In 1933 In America Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.
On This Day In 1938 J.J Cale, American Cajun singer was born in Oklahoma City, OK. Best known as the writer of After Midnight.
On This Day In 1941 The German attack on Moscow, Russia was abandoned. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Five Avenger bombers of the US Navy's Flight 19 radioed their base our compasses have failed, we are hopelessly lost. They were flying 150 Miles east of Florida in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle. They were never heard of again.
On This Day In 1946 Jose Carreras, one of the 3 great opera tenors was born in Barcelona, Spain.
On This Day In 1951 was the worst London smog of all time, killing 2,850 people between 05-12-1951 and 13-12-1951.
On This Day In 1982 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-5 (Salyut 7) was launched.
On This Day In 2001 America's 107th space shuttle mission Endeavour (17) STS 108 (Space Station Utilization Fight (UF-1)was launched on mission STS-108 at 5:19 p.m. EST. NASA is honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by sending nearly 6,000 flags into orbit as part of the "Flags for Heroes and Families" campaign. The flags were launched on Space Shuttle Endeavour. After the completion of STS-108, the flags will be mounted on specially designed memorial certificates and presented to the survivors and families of the victims in New York and the Pentagon and to the families of the heroes killed aboard United Airlines flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. Landed: December 17, 2001 12:55 p.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 2001 Afghan leaders signed a pact in Koenigswinter, Germany, to create an interim government.
On This Day In 2001 Three Green Berets and six Afghan allies were killed by an errant U.S. bomb in Afghanistan.
On This Day In 2002 A Royal Navy pilot was killed and another pilot was injured after a fighter jet crashed during a training exercise. The pilots, who were not identified, ejected from their T8 Sea Harrier when it crashed as it was taking off from a military base in eastern England. The plane crashed on the base.
On This Day In 2002 British Airways has launched an inquiry after part of the rudder of a Concorde fell into the Atlantic during a flight from London to New York.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Write it down. The worst ink survives the best memory.
On This Day In 326 AD Saint Nicholas Patron Saint of sailors and children died.
On This Day In 1421 Henry VI King of England was born. (reign 1422-61, 1470-71). Died: 21 MAY 1471, Tower of London, London, England.
On This Day In 1562 Jan van Scorel, Dutch Renaissance painter died in Utrecht [now The Netherlands]. Born: Schoorel, near Alkmaar, Habsburg [now The Netherlands], August 1495.
On This Day In 1776 The first submarine attack, by David Bushnell's Turtle. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1841 Jean-Frédéric Bazille, French impressionist was born in Montpellier, France.Died: Burgundy, France; 28 November 1870 (in action: Franco-Prussian War).
On This Day In 1917 Finland gained independence.
On This Day In 1941 Britain and Canada declared war on Finland. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Russia began Zhukov's counter-offensive, Germans began their
retreat.
World War II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth."
Will Rogers
Independence Day Finland
On This Day In 1598 Gianlorenzo Bernini, Italian Baroque artist was born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples [now Italy]. Died Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 28 September 1680.
On This Day In 1787 Delaware became the first State of the Union, State Capital
Dover USA.
On This Day In 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbour without warning at dawn. Japanese carrier-bourne Aircraft attacked the US Pacific Fleet while at anchor, at the same time they bombed Wheeler and Hickman Airfields. The US lost 3 Battleships capsized another damaged 3 Cruisers 188 United States Aircraft were destroyed and the total casualties were 3,389. The United States brought down 29 Japanese Aircraft and sunk 3 Midget Subs. It was all over in 15 minutes. And at the same time launched herself against the British and Dutch Colonies of Siam and Malaysia in South East Asia.
On This Day In 1947 Johnny Lee Bench, legendary baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds was born Oklahoma City.
On This Day In 1972 America's Apollo 17 (AS-512) spacecraft was launched. Landed on Moon 11 December 1972. Landing site Taurus-Littrow highlands and valley area. Returned to Earth 19 December 1972. Crew: Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Ronald E. Evans Command Module Pilot, Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot. Apollo 17 (AS-512) was the last Apollo mission.
On This Day In 2002 Iraq submits arms dossier to UN, denies it has weapons of mass destruction.
On This Day In 2002 In Bangladesh 16 people were killed and 50 injured in a string of explosions that hit four packed movie halls packed with people home for the weekend celebrations of Id ul-Fitr.
On This Day In 2002 Three people died in a explosion outside McDonalds restaurant in the Indonesian city of Makassar. the attack was widely blamed on the Jemaah Islamiah regional terror group.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Belladonna: In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison."
Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary
On This Day In 1681 Gerard Terborch, Dutch, Baroque painter died in Deventer, Netherlands. Born: Zwolle, Netherlands, 1617.
On This Day In 1861 American William Durant founded the General Motors Corporation.
On This Day In 1865 Jean Sibelius, the famous Scandinavian composer was born.
On This Day In 1919 Moisei Vainberg, Russian composer was born. Died: 26 February 1996.
On This Day In 1925 Sammy Davis Jr, American singer/entertainer was born in New York, New York. Died: 16 May 1990.
On This Day In 1931 The Coaxial Cable was patented.
On This Day In 1937 James MacArthur, American actor was born. Best known for his performance in the American TV series Hawaii 50.
On This Day In 1941 David Carradine, American actor was born.
On This Day In 1941 San Francisco, USA had her first ever power put.
On This Day In 1941 The gassing operations began at Chelmno "extermination" camp in occupied Poland. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Japanese forces landed in Malaya. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The allies (not Soviet Union) declared war on Japan. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Japan invaded the Philippines. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The first gassing of Jews (in Chelmno, Poland). World War II
On This Day In 1941 Geoff Hurst, West Ham and England World Cup soccer hero was born.
On This Day In 1953 Kim Basinger, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1965 In one of the heaviest raids of the war, US aircraft raid 115 points in North Vietnam to interdict supply lines. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1983 The American spacecraft Columbia 6 returned safely to Earth. The ninth Space Shuttle Mission.
On This Day In 2002 A pair of thieves equipped with just a ladder, a large piece of cloth and a rope managed to break into Amsterdam's famous Van Gogh museum yesterday and make off with two multi-million-pound canvases by the artist. The stolen pictures were among the most carefully guarded and valuable works of art in the world. The two missing oil paintings - Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen (1884) and View of the Sea at Scheveningen (1882) - are among Vincent Van Gogh's earliest works.
Your Thought For Today Is:
The last taste of things gives them the name of sweet and sour.
On This Day In 1840 America author of the Uncle Remus stories Joel Chandler was born.
On This Day In 1886 Frozen vegetable king Clarence Birdseye was born.
On This Day In 1897 English actress Hermione Gingold was born.
On This Day In 1907 The first Christmas stamps in America were sold, in a Wilmington Post Office.
On This Day In 1916 American actor Kirk Douglas was born Amsterdam, New York. Best known for his role as Spartacus.
On This Day In 1911 Lee J Cobb, American actor was born in New York City. Best known for his performance in On The Waterfront. Died: February 11 1976 in Woodland Hills, CA.
On This Day In 1928 American actor Dick Van Patten was born.
On This Day In 1934 English actress Dame Judi Dench was born.
On This Day In 1940 Britain took the offensive in Libya. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Egypt, Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic etc declared war on Japan. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 Joanna Trollope, English authoress was born.
On This Day In 1950 Joan Armatrading, American singer was born.
On This Day In 1961 Tanzania gained independence.
On This Day In 1992 Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation.
Your Thought For Today Is:
If a man does not know to what port he is steering,
no wind is favourable to
him.
Independence Day Tanzania
On This Day In 1610 Adriaen van Ostade, Flemish Baroque artist was born in Haarlem, Netherlands. Died: Haarlem, Netherlands; about 1st of May 1685.
On This Day In 1817 Mississippi became the 20th State Of The
Union. State Capital Jackson. USA.
On This Day In 1830 American poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Died:
15 May 1886.
On This Day In 1851 American Melvil Dewey creator of the Dewey Decimal system for libraries was born. Died: 15 May 1886.
On This Day In 1901 The first ever Nobel Peace Prizes were distributed.
On This Day In 1914 American actress Dorothy Lamour was born.
On This Day In 1941 The British Battleship The Prince of Wales and the Battlecruiser Repulse were sunk by Japanese aircraft. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Japan attacked Luzon ( Philippines ). World War II.
On This Day In 1941 New Zealand, South Africa, India, Bolivia etc declare war on Japan.
On This Day In The United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
On This Day In 1950 American R J Bunche became the first Negro to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
On this Day In 1963 Tanzania gained independence.
On This Day In 1977 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 26 was launched.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-3 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-5 returned safely to Earth 211 days after lift off.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Hustle does not necessarily mean efficiency.
Independence Day Tanzania
On This Day In 1709 Elizaveta Petrovna, Empress of all Russia was born. Empress 1741-1761. Died December 25, 1761.
On This Day In 1816 Indiana became the 19th State Of The Union. State
Capital Indianapolis. USA.
On This Day In 1905 American actor Gilbert Roland was born.
On This Day In 1913 Italian film director Carlo Ponti was born.
On This Day In 1918 Russian author Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn was born.
On This Day In 1931 Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno was born.
On This Day In 1937 American actress Anne Heywood was born.
On This Day In 1941 Royal Adviser Sir Robert Fellowes was born.
On This Day In 1941 Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Guatemala, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic declared war on Germany. World War II.
On This Day In 1950 Christine Onassis was born, daughter of Greek shipping
magnate
Aristotle Onassis.
On This Day In 1961 The USNS Core arrives in Saigon with the first US helicopterunits, 33 Vertol H-21 C Shawnee and 400 crewmen. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 2002 The Two Towers the second part of the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings premiered in London.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A conservation area is a place where you can't build a garage but you can
build a motorway."
James Gladstone
On This Day In 1526 Alvaro de Bazan Santa Cruz, Spanish naval Commander was born.
On This Day In 1787 Pennsylvania became the 2nd State Of The
Union. State Capital Harrisburg. USA.
On This Day In 1777 Alexander I (Alexander Pavlovitch), Emperor of all Russia was born. Emperor 1801-1825. Died: November 19, 1825.
On This Day In 1805 American Henry Wells, founder of the Wells Fargo and American Express Company was born.
On This Day In 1805 William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist was born.
On This Day In 1863 Edvard Munch, Norweigian post impressionist artist was born
in Loten, Norway. Died: near Oslo, Norway, 23 January 1944. Best known for his
painting of
The Scream.
On This Day In 1870 Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina took his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first black congressman.
On This Day In 1893 Edward G Robinson, American movie legend was born in Romania. Died: January 26th 1973 in Hollywood, California. Best known for his performance of Rico Bandello in Little Caesar.
On This Day In 1901 Marconi sent the first Transatlantic Radio Signal. That signal was transmitted across the Atlantic from Poldhu, Cornwall England to St John's, Newfoundland. His antenna dangled from a kite in the sky, and through that hanging wire, he heard the anticipated signal from across the ocean, "dit dit dit". The letter, "S", in Morse code.
On This Day In 1915 Frank Sinatra, American singing legend was born in Hoboken, N.J. Died: May 15, 1998, 1:15 AM. Best known for his recording of My Way.
On This Day In 1918 Joe Williams, American jazz singer was born.
On This Day In 1929 John Osbourne, British playwright and film producer was born. Best known for his as producer of the movie Look Back in Anger.
On This Day In 1932 Lionel Blair, English dancer was born.
On This Day In 1938 Connie Francis, American singer
was born. best known for her recording of
Lipstick On Your Collar.
On This Day In 1940 Dionne Warwick, American singer was born. Best known for her
recording of
Walk On By.
On This Day In 1963 Kenya Gained Independence.
On This Day In 1967 The United States. ended the airlift of 6,500 men in Vietnam.
On This Day In 1979 In response to the Iran hostage crisis, the Carter administration ordered the removal of most Iranian diplomats in the United States.
On This Day In 1997 Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the international terrorist known as ''Carlos the Jackal,'' went on trial in Paris on charges of killing two French investigators and a Lebanese national.
On This Day In 2001 Roy Whiting, 42, was found guilty of kidnapping and
murdering Sarah Payne, aged eight. The schoolgirl was snatched on July 1
2000 from a country lane near her grandparents' home in Kingston Gorse, West
Sussex. Her body was found 16 days later in a shallow grave off the A29 road in
Pulborough. Roy Whiting was jailed for life for the abduction and murder of
Sarah Payne.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Glory is a poison, and should be only be taken in small doses."
Balzac
Independence Day Kenya
On This Day In 1577 Sir Francis Drake began his circumnavigation of the Globe, starting from Plymouth England and sailing in the ship The Golden Hind ( Ex Pelican ).
On This Day In 1862 The Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 The Union forces captured Fort McAllister, Georgia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1939 The German pocket Battleship Graf Spee was Scuttled in the Brazilian Port of Montevideo. After an engagement with the British Cruisers Ajax, Achilles and the Exeter. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia and Romania declare war on USA. World War II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote."
George Jean Nathan
St Lucy's Day * Patron Saint Of The Blind ( 3rd Century AD )
On This Day In 1782 British troops leave Charleston, SC. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1815 Alabama became the 22nd State Of The Union. State Capital Montgomery USA.
On This Day In 1895 George V, King of England was born at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England. Died: 6 February Sandringham, Norfolk. (Reign: 1936-52).
On This Day In 1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen arrived at the South Pole.
On This Day In 1981 Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967.
On This Day In 1989 Andrei Sakharov Father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, human rights activist and later a member of the Soviet parliament died of a heart attack.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Bad taste makes the day go by faster."
Andy Warhol
On This Day In 37 AD The Emperor Nero (Imperator Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Domitius Aheno Barbarus) was born. Elected by the Roman Senate as Emperor of Rome in October 54 AD. Died 9th June 68 AD.
On This Day In 1734 George Romney, English portrait painter was born. Died 1802.
On This Day In 1791 The American Bill of Rights was ratified in Virginia. USA.
On This Day In 1832 Frenchman Alexandra-Gustave Eiffel was born.
On This Day In 1849 Oxford won the 9th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1877 Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Phonograph.
On This Day In 1890 The great Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe
members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a fracas with Indian police.
On This Day In 1892 J Paul Getty, American business tycoon was born. Died June
6th 1976.
On This Day In 1916 The French defeated the Germans in the Battle of Verdun. World War I.
On This Day In 1939 The first commercial manufacture of nylon yarn. Delaware USA.
On This Day In 1939 The motion picture ''Gone With the Wind'' had its world premiere in Atlanta.
On This Day In 1940 British troops began their offensive in North Africa. World War II
On This Day In 1941 The American USS Swordfish became the first US sub to sink a Japanese ship. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The Germans troops discover the agony of the Russian winter. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a U.S. Army major, disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris.
On This Day In 1948 Barbara Mandrell, American singer was born.
On This Day In 1949 Don Johnson, American actor was born. Best known for his performance in the American TV series Miami Vice.
On This Day In 1965 America's Gemini-VI-A spacecraft was launched. Landed December 16 1965. Gemini VI-A and Gemini-VII became the first spacecrafts to link up in space.
On This Day In 1965 The American spacecraft Gemini VI was launched.
On This Day In 1966 Walt Disney, American movie producer died in Los Angeles.
On This Day In 2001 Tottenham Hotspur striker Les Ferdinand scored the 10,000 goal in the English Premiership soccer league.
On This Day In 2002 The Japanese warship Kirishima a 7,250-ton destroyer left its home base at Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo equipped with a high-tech Aegis missile detection system left for the Indian Ocean to replace one of three Japanese naval vessels currently deployed in the area.
On This Day In 2002 Norwegian carrier ship the Tricolor. The 55,000-ton vessel sank in the English Channel after colliding with a 20,000-ton container vessel. The Tricolor's cargo was nearly 3,000 new luxury cars including BMWs, Volvos and Saabs.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough.
On This Day In 1421 Henry VI of England was crowned King of France at Westminster Abbey, London.
On This Day In 1485 Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England was born in Alcala de Henares, Spain. Catherine was the first of the six wives of Henry VIII. Died: 7 January 1536 (Natural Causes).
On This Day In 1653 Oliver Cromwell became of lord protector" of England, Scotland and Ireland. He served as dictator of England to 1658.
On This Day In 1770 Ludwig von Beethoven, the great deaf German composer was born in Bonn. Best known for his 9th Symphony. Died: March 26, 1827 aged 56.
On This Day In 1773 The Boston Tea Party began. Indians welcome.
On This Day In 1755 Francois Boieldieu, French composer was born. Died: August 10 1834.
On This Day In 1775 Jane Austen, English novelist, was born in Steventon Hampshire, England. Best know as the writer of "Pride and Prejudice". Died: July 18th 1817, aged 41.
On This Day In 1809 Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
On This Day In 1843 Josephine Shaw Lowell, American social reformer was born. Died: December 10 1905.
On Thos Day In 1863 Confederate General Joseph Johnston took command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing Lt. General William Hardee. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 The Union forces under General George H. Thomas defeated the Confederate forces won the battle at Nashville, Tennessee. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1899 Sir Noel Coward, the great English playwright/actor was born in Teddington, England. Died: March 26 1973. Best known for his play Private Lives.
On This Day In 1905 Variety, the entertainment trade publication came out with its first weekly issue.
On This Day In 1911 Captain Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.
On This Day In 1916 Gregory Rasputin, the Russian monk and confidant to Czarina Alexandra, was assassinated by Prince Yussoupov.
On This Day In 1917 Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer was born. Best known as the author of "2001: A Space Odyssey".
On This Day In 1932 Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer was born.
On This Day In 1940 The Royal Air Force carried out an air raid on Italian Somalia. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The Japanese Battleship the Yamoto was built. weighing 72,809 tons, overall length of 863 feet, beam 127 feet, each gun weighed 162 tons and was 75 feet long, firing 3,200 pound shells, she was sunk by United States planes on the 7th April 1945 in the Philippine Sea. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The German battleship Scharnhorst sank off Norway following an Allied attack led by the British battleship Duke of York. Only 36 of the 1,900 crew survived. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The German offensive, The Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes, France
began.
World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The German SS Panzer army launched a ferocious attack on the US 5th Army headed for Liege ( France ). World War II.
On This Day In 1949 Mao Tse-tung, the Chinese Communist leader was received at the Kremlin in Moscow.
On This Day In 1960 134 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City.
On This Day In 1965 The American spacecraft Gemini VI returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1980 Harland Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, died in Shelbyville, Kentucky, at age 90.
On This Day In 1981 Riot police in Poland opened fire on protesting miners in Katowice. Nine were killed 25 wounded. A 4 year trial acquitted 22 riot police in 1997.
On This Day In 1985 Paul Castellano, reputed organized-crime chief was shot to death outside a New York City restaurant.
On This Day In 1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a left-leaning former Catholic priest, was elected president of Haiti in the country's first democratic elections. He was overthrown in a military coup in 1991, but was later restored to power.
On This Day In 1991 The UN General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a vote of 111-25.
On This Day In 1991 Kazakhstan gained independence.
On This Day In 1992 Yugoslavia was kicked out of the International Monetary Fund.
On This Day In 1997 America's spacecraft Galileo flew to within 124 miles of the surface and recorded images of Europa.
On This Day In 1998 American President Bill Clinton ordered a sustained series of missile strikes against Iraq forces in response to Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of UN weapons inspectors.
On This Day In 1998 Federal prosecutors in NYC charged 5 men in the Aug 7 bombing of the American Embassy in Tanzania. Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil of Egypt, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed and Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani of Tanzania, and Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam and Sheik Ahmed Salim Swedan of Kenya. A 6th man, "Ahmed the German," detonated the explosive device and was killed.
On This Day In 1998 William Gaddis, American writer, died aged
75. Best known as the author of
"A Frolic of His Own".
On This Day In 1998 Researchers in South Korea claimed to have cloned a human embryo, but destroyed it early in its development.
On This Day In 1999 In the Lebanon shelling by the Israeli allied South Lebanon Army hit an elementary school and 20 children were wounded.
On This Day In 2000 President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African-American secretary of state.
On This Day In 2002 Anthony John Allen, 68, from Poole, Dorset was found guilty and jailed for life for murdering his wife and two children 27 years ago.
On This Day In 2002 Edinburgh's director of education has defended a ban on photographic or video recordings of nativity plays and concerts without the unanimous agreement of all parents. The measure has been introduced to stop still pictures and films falling into the hands of paedophiles.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Common sense is instinct, enough of it is genius.
Independence Day Kazakhstan
On This Day In 1399 Tamerlane's Mongols destroyed the army of Mahmud Tughluk, Sultan of Delhi, at Panipat.
On This Day In 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicated English King Henry VIII who had declared himself head of the English Church..
On This Day In 1777 France recognized American independence.
On This Day In 1778 Sir Humphrey Davey, English inventor of the Miners Lamp was born.
On This Day In 1807 John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet, was born. He was an abolitionist, reformer and founder of the Liberal Party.
On This Day In 1830 Simon Bolivar died in Colombia. He was the Venezuelan leader for national independence.
On This Day In 1843 Charles Dickens, the English author's classic a Christmas Carol was first published.
On This Day In 1860 The Anaheim Township was created in Los Angeles County USA.
On This Day In 1984 Arthur Fiedler, American conductor of the Boston Pops, known for the performance of his signature piece "Stars and Stripes Forever" was born. Died: October 7 1989.
On This Day In 1900 Ellis Island immigration center was re-opened following a fire in 1897.
On This Day In 1903 At 10.35am for 12 seconds the first sustained motorized aircraft flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright, 36 meters in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina USA took place.
On This Day In 1908 Willard Frank Libby, American chemist who won a Nobel Prize for his part in creating the carbon-14 method in dating ancient findings, was born.
On This Day In 1938 Italy declared the 1935 pact with France invalid, because ratification's had not been exchanged. France denied the argument.
On This Day In 1939 The German battleship Graf Spee was scuttled of Montevideo, Uruguay, following the Battle of the River Plate. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Des Lynam, British TV Host was born.
On This Day In 1943 American forces invaded New Britain Island in New Guinea.
On This Day In 1944 German forces renewed their attack on the Belgian town of Losheimergraben against the American Army during the Battle of the Bulge.
On This Day In 1944 The Anglo American invasion of Arnhem Netherlands began. Three divisions - 34,000 men - 2,800 Aircraft - 1,600 Gliders. World War II.
On This Day In 1947 The Boeing B47 Stratojet made her first flight.
On This Day In 1948 The Smithsonian Institution accepted the Wright brothers' plane, the Kitty Hawk.
On This Day In 1957 America successfully test-fired her Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
On This Day In 1965 Ferdinand Marcos was elected president of the Philippines.
On This Day In 1969 In America an estimated 50 million TV viewers watched singer Tiny Tim marry his fiancée, Miss Vicky, on NBC's "Tonight Show."
On This Day In 1975 Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Ford.
On This Day In 1981 Red Brigade terrorists kidnapped Brigadier General James Dozier, the highest-ranking U.S. NATO officer in Italy.
On This Day In 1989 More than 100,000 Soviet citizens turned out to honor the late human rights advocate Andrei D. Sakharov, a day before he was buried in Moscow.
On This Day In 1994 North Korea shot down a U.S. Army helicopter which had strayed north of the demilitarized zone. The co-pilot, Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon, was killed; the pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Hall, was captured and held for nearly two weeks.
On This Day In 1995 This year's British Booker Prize in
literature was awarded to Pat Barker for
"The Ghost Road," the third novel of a trilogy set during
World War I.
On This Day In 1996 Kofi Annan of Ghana was elected by acclamation as the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
On This Day In 1996 Six Red Cross workers were slain in their sleep and a 7th was wounded by as many as 15 attackers in Chechnya.
On This Day In 1996 A Russian AN-12 military transport crashed and killed all 17 people onboard shortly after takeoff from St. Petersburg. Colonel General Sergei Seleznyov, commander of the Leningrad military district, was among the dead.
On This Day In 1997 In the American state of New Jersey a settlement was reached that allows gay and unmarried couples to adopt children.
On This Day In 1998 American and British forces launched more missiles on the 2nd day of attacks against Iraq.
On This Day In 1999 Grover Washington Jr., American jazz saxophonist, died at age 56 during a TV taping session in NYC.
On This Day In 2000 In Chechnya a rebel attack killed 3 Russian soldiers. A shootout with rebels in Grozny left 2 police officers and 2 rebels dead.
On This Day In 2000 Colombian gunmen killed 11 people in the village of Chipaque.
On This Day In 2000 Cuba and Russia agreed to abandon the nuclear power plant at Juragua. Pres. Putin pushed Castro to recognize a small portion of the Soviet-era debt, estimated at $20 billion.
On This Day In 2001 America's space shuttle Endeavour returned to Cape Canaveral following a 12-day mission for a crew change at the International Space Station.
On This Day In 2001 United States Delta forces pursued some 300 al Qaeda fighters in the White Mountains. Mullah Omar was reported to have retreated to the mountains near Baghran. Afghanistan.
On This Day In 2002 President George W Bush has ordered the American military to begin deploying a limited system to defend the United States against ballistic missiles. The plan calls for 10 interceptor missiles to be ready by 2004 - a "modest" capability that would serve as a starting point towards better defence, Mr Bush said in a written statement.
On This Day In 2002 Fifty British police officers have been arrested as part of an investigation into internet paedophiles. They were among 7,000 British suspects identified by a US inquiry into users of child pornography sites.
On This Day In 2002 Julie Paterson, an woman nicknamed "the cocaine queen of the Caribbean" was yesterday jailed for 24 years for her part in helping to smuggle a record £100m consignment of the drug into Britain.
On This Day In 2002 President Bush announced plans to deploy the first phase of a limited system designed to protect the United States against a ballistic missile attack within two years, a system that is still in development that the administration refers to as a "starting point". This is known as Star Wars 2.
On This Day In 2002 Mujahideen hurled a grenade into an unmarked jeep carrying two American soldiers and an Afghan interpreter in the heart of Kabul wounding all three, the US military spokesman said
Your Thought For Today Is:
Paying cash for what one wants is a good way to break the habit of wanting so much.
On This Day In 1118 Afonso the Battler, the Christian King ofAragon captured Saragossa, Spain, a major blow to Muslim Spain.
On This Day In 1352 Etienne Aubert was elected as Pope Innocentius VI.
On This Day In 1378 Charles V, King of England denounced the treachery of John IV of Brittany and confiscated his duchy.
On This Day In 1661 The English parliament accepted unanimously Protestation.
On This Day In 1737 Antonio Stradivari, the most renowned violin maker in history, died in Cremona, Italy.
On This Day In 1774 Jews were expelled from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa.
On This Day In 1783 George III, King of England fired the government of Portland.
On This Day In 1787 New Jersey became the 3rd State Of The
Union. State Capital Trenton. USA.
On This Day In 1799 George Washington's body was interred at Mount Vernon.
On This Day In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Paris after his disastrous campaign in Russia.
On This Day In 1813 British take Fort Niagara. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1813 The British captured American Fort Niagara. They went on to captured Buffalo. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1865 The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, was adopted by the US Congress.
On This Day In 1879 Paul Klee, Swiss abstract painter was born.
Best known his painting of
The Mocker Mocked.
On This Day In 1886 Ty Cobb, legendary baseball hitter with the Detroit Tigers was born in Narrows, Georgia. Died: July 17, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia. Cobb was the first to be elected to the baseball Hall of Fame.
On This Day In 1890 Edwin Armstrong radio pioneer and inventor of the FM Wave Band was born.
On This Day In 1892 Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" publicly premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the Maryinsky Theater.
On This Day In 1910 Abe Burrows, American impresario was born.
On This Day In 1911 Jules Dassin, French film director was born. Best known as the director of the movie ''Rififi''.
On This Day In 1913 Willy Brandt, ex Mayor of Berlin and Chancellor of West Germany, was born.
On This Day In 1915 In a single night, about 20,000 Australian and New Zealand troops slipped away from Gallipoli, undetected by the Turks defending the peninsula. World War I.
On This Day In 1916 The Battle of Verdun ended with the French and Germans each having suffered more than 330,000 killed and wounded in 10 months.
On This Day In 1916 Betty Grable, American actress was born St. Louis, Missouri. Died 2 July 1973 (Cancer). Best known as the Pin up Queen of the 1940s.
On This Day In 1942 The allies declare that the crimes against Jews will be avenged.
On This Day In 1943 Keith Richards, lead guitarist with the Rolling Stones was born.
On This Day In 1944 The Japanese were repelled from northern Burma, by British troops. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Uruguay joined the United Nations.
On This Day In 1944 Steven Spielberg, American film producer was born. Best known as the producer of the movie "ET the extra terrestrial".
On This Day In 1946 Steven Bantu (Steve) Biko, Founder and martyr of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa was born. Died: 12 September 1977, in a Pretoria prison cell, South Africa.
On This Day In 1956 Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
On This Day In 1957 The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online.
On This Day In 1960 A right wing government was installed under Prince Boun Oum in Laos as U.S. resumed arms shipments.
On This Day In 1960 A General Meeting of the United Nations condemned apartheid.
On This Day In 1961 Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles. Oops.
On This Day In 1962 The USSR performed a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR.
On This Day In 1965 The American spacecraft Gemini VII returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1969 The British Parliament voted to abolish the Death Penalty.
On This Day In 1971 Diana Lynn, American actress died. Aged 45 years.
On This Day In 1972 US Pres. Nixon ordered the heaviest bombing of North Vietnam that began on this day over Hanoi. "Operation Linebacker II" lasted 11 days and killed over 1600 civilians with 70 US airmen killed or captured. (The bombardment ended 12 days later.) President Nixon declared that the bombing of North Vietnam would continue until an accord was reached. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1973 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 13 was launched.
On This Day In 1991 General Motors announced it would close 21 North American plants over the next four years and slash tens of thousands of jobs in a sweeping restructuring of the world's largest company.
On This Day In 1992 The United Nations Security Council unanimously denounced Israel's deportation of more than 400 Palestinians and demanded their immediate return.
On This Day In 1996 Earl Edwin Pitts, a senior US FBI agent, was arrested on espionage charges. He was most active as a Russian spy from 1987-1992. Pitts was sentenced in June 1997 to 27 years in prison after admitting that he'd conspired and attempted to commit espionage.
On This Day In 1998 American and British struck Iraq for a 3rd day with little resistance. The US B-1 bomber was used to drop bombs. General. Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said more cruise missiles were launched in the first 2 days than the 289 in the 1991 Gulf War.
On This Day In 1998 The ICO Challenger balloon with Richard Branson, Steve Fossett and Per Lindstrand left Marrakesh, Morocco, in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
Your Thought For Today Is:
If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
On This Day In 1154 Henry II was crowned king of England.
On This Day In 1562 The French Wars of Religion between the Huguenots and the Catholics began with the Battle of Dreux.
On This Day In 1741 Dutch navigator and explorer Vitus Bering died.
On This Day In 1777 General George Washington settled his troops at Valley Forge for the winter. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1790 Sir William Parry, British Arctic explorer and Rear Admiral was born. In 1827 he made an attempt to reach the North Pole by sledge from Spitsbergen, attaining lat. 82°45´N, but was forced to turn back mainly by the fatigue of his exploring party.
On This Day In 1842 The United States recognized Hawaiian independence.
On This Day In 1843 Charles Dickens, British author published A Christmas Carol.
On This Day In 1900 The British Parliament voted amnesty for all involved in the army treason trial known as the Dreyfus Affair.
On This Day In 1906 Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet General Secretary of the Communist party and President of the Supreme Soviet from 1964 until 1982, was born in the Ukraine.
On This Day In 1909 U.S. socialist women denounced suffrage as a movement of the middle class.
On This Day In 1915 Edith Piat, French singer was born. Best known for her recording of "Non, je ne regrette rein.".
On This Day In 1932 The British Broadcasting Corp. began transmitting overseas with its "Empire Service" to Australia.
On This Day In 1941 Adolf Hitler took complete personal command of the German
Army.
World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Japanese landed on Hong Kong and clashed with British troops. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Syd Little, British Comedian half of the duo Little and Large was born.
On This Day In 1942 The British advanced 40 miles into Burma in a drive to oust the Japanese from the colony. World War II
On This Day In 1944 During the Battle of the Bulge, American troops began pulling back from the twin Belgian cities of Krinkelt and Rocherath in front of the advancing German Army.
On This Day In 1946 War broke out in Indo-China when Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.
On This Day In 1946 Rosemary Conley, self styled Fitness Guru was born.
On This Day In 1950 The North Atlantic Council named General Eisenhower supreme commander of Western European defense forces of NATO.
On This Day In 1957 The musical play "The Music Man," starring Robert Preston, with book and songs by Meredith Wilson, opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theater for 1,375 performances.
On This Day In 1959 Reputed to be the last civil war veteran, Walter Williams, died at 117 in Houston, Tx.
On This Day In 1960 America's 11th unmanned space probe MR-1A (Mercury Redstone 1A) was launched. Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1972 The American spacecraft Apollo 17 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1974 Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States after a House vote.
On This Day In 1974 Former Pres. Nixon's presidential papers were seized by an act of Congress. A court later ruled that much of the material belonged to Nixon and that he deserved compensation. In 1998 there was still no settlement on value.
On This Day In 1984 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang of China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
On This Day In 1986 The Soviet Union announced it had freed dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile, and pardoned his wife, Yelena Bonner.
On This Day In 1989 The United States invaded Panama and captured Manuel Noriega. Convicted on eight counts of racketeering, drug trafficking and money laundering, 1992; Sentenced to 40 years in prison, 1992; Incarcerated in federal prison in Miami.
On This Day In 1995 Yigal Amir, the confessed assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, went on trial.
On This Day In 1996 Benazir Bhutto's husband, the former investment minister, was released from jail, and shortly after charged with the murder of Bhutto's brother.
On This Day In 1997 Titanic the movie premiered in New York City. It .has become the biggest box office movie of all time.
On This Day In 1998 President Clinton was impeached on 2 counts, Articles 1 and 3, by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice.
On This Day In 1998 The United States and Britain ended their attack on Iraq after 4 days of air and missile strikes in Operation Desert Fox.
On This Day In 1999 Desmond Llewelyn, British actor who'd starred as the eccentric gadget expert Q in a string of James Bond films, was killed in a car crash in East Sussex, England; he was 85.
On This Day In 1999 America's 96th space shuttle mission Discovery (27) STS-103 (Hubble Servicing Mission 3) was launched. Landed December 27 1999 at 7:01:34 pm EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 1999 Macao spent its last day under Portuguese control before being handed back to China, ending 442 years of colonial rule.
On This Day In 2001 Al Qaeda prisoners in Pakistan revolted and 14 were killed. Another 18 escaped.
Your Thought For Today Is:
They that want money, means and content are without three good friends.
Hawaiian Independence Day
On This Day In 860 AEthelbald, King of England died. Born circa 834. Acceded to the throne in Kingston-upon-Thames, 13 January 858. (Reign 855-860).
On This Day In 860 AEthelbert of England acceded to the throne in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. Born: circa 836. Died: 866. (Reign:(860-6).
On This Day In 1780 Great Britain declared war on the Netherlands.
On This Day In 1914 The First Battle of Champagne ( France ) began. World War I.
On This Day In 2002 Stuart Campbell, 44, of Grays, Essex, to a concurrent 10 years for kidnapping the schoolgirl and described him as a dangerous man unable to control his fixation with teenagers. Danielle vanished on her way to school from her home in East Tilbury on June 18 last year. Despite the huge publicity surrounding the case and a £1.7m police investigation, the biggest in the county's history, her body has never been found.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
On This Day In 1118 Thomas a Becket was born, made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162. He was murdered by Richard le Breton, Hugh de Moreville, Reginald Fitzurse and William De Tracy on 12-29-1170.
On This Day In 1804 Benjamin Diraeli, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 19 April 1881. Term of Office (1868; 1874-1880) Conservative.
On This Day In 1864 The Union forces captured Savannah, Georgia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1968 America's Apollo 8
(AS-503) spacecraft was launched. Lunar Orbit and Return
Returned to Earth 27 December 1968. Crew: Frank Borman, Commander, James A.
Lovell, Jr. William A. Anders.
On this Day In 1988 A terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pan Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Before God we are equally wise, and equally foolish."
Albert Einstein
On This Day In 1858 The great Italian composer Giacomo Puccini was born.
On This Day In 1864 During the American Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln from Georgia, saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
On This Day In 1933 Ex BBC TV news reader Richard Whitmore was born.
On This Day In 1944 Steve Carlton, legendary baseball hitter with the Philadelphia Phillies was born in Miami, Florida.
On This Day In 1944 Mary Archer, wife of Lord Archer was born.
On This Day In 1944 At Bastonge ( France ) the Germans. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The Germans asked the United States Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe to surrender. Not being a talkative man his reply was ( Nuts ). World War II.
On This Day In 1948 British TV and House Party host Noel ( Gottcha ) Edmunds was born.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Deep malice makes too deep incision; forget, forgive.
On This Day In 1569 St Philip of Moscow was martyred by Ivan The Terrible.
On This Day In 1783 General George Washington resigned as the US Army Commander in Chief.
On This Day In 1790 Frenchman Jean-Francois Chapollion who discovered how to decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphics was born.
On This Day In 1924 American actress Ruth Roman was born.
On This Day In 1927 The Great Santa Claus Bank Robbery. In the town of Cisco
in the State of Texas five men contrived to rob the First National Bank, they
were Marshall Ratliff, Robert Hill,
Louis Davis, Henry Helms.
On This Day In 1945 The British Football Association boss Graham Kelly was born.
On This Day In 1946 Englishman John Sullivan writer of BBC TV's Only Fools And Horse's was born.
On This Day In 1947 In the Bell Labs the Transistor was invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley.
On This Day In 1955 Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden's bass player Dave (The Trooper) Murray was born.
On This Day In 1981 Sir Reginald Ansett, chairman of New Zealand's Ansett airlines died aged 72.
On This Day In 1986 The experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling as it landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Antiquity is not a voucher for efficiency.
On This Day 3 BC The Roman Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba was born. Died at Rome on January 15 69 AD at age 72 from assassination.
On This Day In 1167 John, Lackland was born at Beaumont Palace, (Reigned 1199-1216) Oxford Died: 18 October 1216 at Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire.
On This Day In 1782 French troops leave Boston for France American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1809 American Indian scout Kit Carson was born.
On This Day In 1814 The Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending the American War of 1812. This news did not arrive until after the Battle of New Orleans.
On This Day In 1865 Nathan Bedford Forrest, founded the Ku Klux Klan in at Pulaski, Tennessee.
On This Day In 1905 American Tycoon Howard (Spruce Goose) Hughes was born.
On This Day In 1906 The first advertised radio broadcast was made by Canadian Prof Reginald Aubrey Fessenden from a mast at Brant Rock Massachusetts, the transmission included Handels Largo.
On This Day In 1922 Ava Gardner, American actress was born in Grabton, North
Carolina.
Died: 25 January 1990 (pneumonia).
On This Day In 1951 Libya became a Federated Arab Kingdom, after the Military Coup led by Corenel Khaddaffi in 1969.
On This Day In 1965 The United States halts the bombing of North Vietnam. During the halt, the US engages in a massive peace offensive aimed at finding a diplomatic settlement to the war. The North Vietnamese do not recipricate and, after37 days, President Johnson announces that the bombing will resume. Vietnam War.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men."
Kin Hubbard
Tis The Season To Be Jolly
It's Christmas Eve * A Night Of Pure Wonder For All Small And Big Children
On This Day In 1066 William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.
On This Day In 1643 Christmas Day was named by Captain William Mynors of The East India Company.
On This Day In 1776 General. Washington crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack on the British Hession Garrison at Trenton NJ. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1818 The Christmas Carol "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.
On This Day In 1899 American screen legend Humphrey (Casablanca) Bogart was born.
On This Day In 1901 HRH Princess Alice was born.
On This Day In 1918 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was born.
On This Day In 1926 Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito.
On This Day In 1941 Japanese troops captured Hong Kong. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 British troops captured Benghazi, North Africa. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 American comedian W.C. Fields died in Pasadena, Calif., at age 66.
On This Day In 1949 American actress Sissy (Coalminers Daughter) Spacek was born.
On This Day In 1957 Elizabeth I, Queen of England gave her first televised Christmas message to the nation.
On This Day In 1968 American astronaut Frank Borman read his Christmas message while orbiting the Moon.
On This Day In 1991 Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation.
On This Day In 1995 American crooner Dean Martin died at his Beverly Hills home at age 78.
Christmas Day (The Birth Of Jesus Christ)
Your Thought For Today Is:
Merry Christmas Everybody * Peace On Earth And Goodwill To All Men
On This First Of Christmas Day My True Love Sent To Me, A Partridge In A Pear Tree
On This Day In 1776 General Washington's forces inflict a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton New Jersey. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1941 The surrender of Hong Kong took place. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Winston Churchill became the first British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress.
On This Day In 1944 American troops hold Bastogne and the German
offensive failed.
World War II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Antiquity is not a voucher for efficiency.
Boxing Day * Massive Hangover.
St Stephen's Day (Died 35 AD). The First Christian Martyr
On The Second Day Of Christmas My True Love Bought For Me, Two Turtle Doves
On This Day In 1822 Louis Pasteur, Bacteriologist ( Pasteurization ) was born in Dole France.
On This Day In 1901 Marlene Dietrich, German singer/actress was born. Best known for her role in the film Blue Angel.
On This Day In 1931 Scotty Moore, lead guitarist with the Jordanaire's Elvis Presley's backing band was born.
On This Day In 1944 Soviet troops besieged Budapest, Hungary. World War II.
On This Day In 1979 Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.
On This Day In 1957 Tim Witherspoon, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1983-1984).
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose."
Dan McKinnon
Saint John's Day
On The Third Day Of Christmas My True Love Bought For Me, Three French Hens.
On This Day In 1617 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish Baroque painter was born in Seville, Spain. Died: Seville, Spain, 3 April 1682.
On This Day In 1846 Iowa became the 21st State of The Union. State Capital
Des Moines. USA.
On This Day In 1856 Woodrow Wilson 28th President of The United States was born in Staunton Virginia. Term Of Office 1913 - 1921.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything."
Aesop
On The Forth Day Of Christmas My True Love Bought For Me, Four Calling Birds
On This Day In 1170 Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas A Becket was murdered by the supporters of King Henry II.
On This Day In 1778 British forces capture Savannah, GA. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1800 Charles Goodyear inventor of the Vulcanization Process for rubber was born.
On This Day In 1808 Andrew Johnson 17th President of the United States was born. In Raleigh North Carolina. Term of Office 1865 - 1869.
On This Day In 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 19 May 1898. Term of office (1868-1874, 1886; 892-1894) Tory.
On This Day In 1845 Texas became the 28th State of The Union. State Capital Austin. USA.
On This Day In 1876 The world famous cellist Pablo Casals was born.
On This Day In 1881 Jess Willard, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1915-1919).
On This Day In 1931 The identification of heavy water was announced by H C Urey.
On This Day In 1938 John Voight, American actor was born. Best known for his
role in the movie
The Deer Hunter.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Many people are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
On The fifth Day Of Christmas My True Love Sent To Me Five Golden Rings
On This Day In 39 AD Emperor Titus was born - Elected Emperor by the Roman Senate
June 79 AD - Died 13th September 81 AD.
On This Day In 1928 Ella (Bo Diddley) Bates, early American rock 'n' roll inventor, nickname "The Originator" was born in McComb, Mississippi.
On This Day In 1931 American actor Skeeter Davis was born.
On This Day In 1935 Italian bombers destroyed a Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia.
On This Day In 1935 American baseball legend Sandy Koufax was born.
On This Day In 1938 The Electronic TV System Was Patented By V.K. Zworykin.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.
On The Sixth Day Of Christmas My True Love Sent To Me, Six Geese Are Laying
On This Day In 192 AD The Roman Emperor Marcus Aureiuc Commodus Antoninus died.
On This Day In 1384 John Wycliffe, English Religious reformer died.
On This Day In 1600 The British East India Company was Chartered.
On This Day In 1719 John Flamstead the father of modern day astronomy died.
On This Day In 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the new capital of Canada.
On This Day In 1879 Thomas Edison gave the first demonstration of his incandescent lamp.
On This Day In 1941 Sarah Miles, English actress was born.
On This Day In 1948 Donna Summer, American singer was born.
On This Day In 1951 The first battery to convert radioactive energy into electrical energy was announced USA.
On This Day In 1958 Willy Shoemaker, American jockey became the first jockey to win the American National Riding Championship four times.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Be not a slave of words."
Thomas Carlyle
On The Seventh Day Of Christmas My True Love Sent To Me, Seven Swans Are Swimming