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On This Day In 1516 Mary I, Queen of England (Bloody Mary) was born at Greenwich Palace, London, England. Died: 17 NOV 1558, St. James Palace, England. (Reign 1553-1558)
On This Day In 1587 Elizabeth I, Queen of England signed Mary Stuart's death sentence.
On This Day In 1788 The first United States Steamboat patent was issued, by the State of Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet.
On This Day In 1793 France declared war on England & Netherlands.
On This Day In 1901 Clarke Gable, American actor was born in Cadiz, Ohio. Died: 16 November 1960(Heart failure). Best known for his role as Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind.
On This Day In 1931 Boris Yeltsin ex President of Russia was born.
On This Day In 1946 Norwegian Trygve Lie became the First Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Boswell: That, Sir, was great fortitude of mind.; Johnson: No, Sir, stark insensibility."
Dr. Samuel Johnson
On This Day In 1014 Haraldsson, Sveyn I Forkbeard, King of Denmark died in Gainsborough, Lincoln, England. Born 965 Denmark. King of England 1016-1014. King of Denmark 986-987 and 1000-1014.
On This Day In 1491 Martin Schongauer, French Renaissance painter died in Breisach, Baden [now Germany]. Born: Colmar, Alsace [now France]; about 1447.
On This Day In 1788 Sir Robert Peel, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 2 July 1850. Term of Office (1834-1835; 1841-1846) Tory.
On This Day In 1927 Stan Getz, American Jazz saxophone player
was born in Philadelphia.
Died: 6 June 1991.
On This Day In 1943 The German Forces surrender at Stalingrad, Russia World War II.
On This Day In 1979 Saint Lucia gained independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Boldness be my friend."
William Shakespeare - Coriolanus
Independence Day Saint Lucia
On This Day In 1679 Jan Steen, Dutch Baroque painter died in Leiden, the Netherlands. Born: Leiden, the Netherlands, about 1625.
On This Day In 1783 Spain recognized American Independence.
On This Day In 1865 A peace conference held in Hampton Roads, Virginia, between Abraham Lincoln and the Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens ended in failure. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1945 The Russian Army reached the River Oder, Poland. Germans of all types tried to leave Berlin fearing Russian revenge for the crimes committed by their fellow country men.
On This Day In 1959 Buddy Holly, American rock 'n' roll legend died in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa. The Big Bopper and Richie Valens also died.
On This Day In 1983 America's 10th space shuttle mission, Challenger (4) STS-41-B (WESTAR-VI - PALAPA-B2) was launched. Landed 11 February 7:15:55 a.m EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 1994 America's 60th space shuttle mission Discovery (18) STS-60 (Wake Shield, SPACEHAB-2) was launched. Landed February 11, at 2:18:41 EST Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 1995 America's 67th space shuttle mission Discovery (20) STS-63 (SPACEHAB-3) was launched. Landed February 11, 1995 at 6:51 a.m EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men."
Kin Hubbard
On This Day In 839 Ecbert III of Wessex, King Of Wessex the first King of all England died. Born circa 775. (Reign: 805-839).
On This Day In 1783 Great Britain declared an end to the hostilities in America. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1830 Robert Arthur Talbot Gasgoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 22 June 1903. Term of Office (1885-1886 and 1895-1903) Conservative.
On This Day In 1942 The naval Battle of Makassar Strait began. Java campaign. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Manilla in the Philippines was captured by the allies. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet in Jalta. World War II.
On This Day In 1947 Alice Cooper, American rock legend was born.
On This Day In 1943 British troops enter Tunisia from Libya. World War II
On This Day In 1948 Ceylon renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 gained independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill; laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass."
Rupert Brooke
Independence Day Sri Lanka
On This Day In 45 BC Cato, Roman patriot & philosopher committed suicide.
On This Day In 1589 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright/poet was born.
On This Day In 1631 Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, arrived in Boston from England.
On This Day In 1649 The Prince of Wales became King Charles II of England.
On This Day In 1662 Giuseppi Vignola, Italian composer was born.
On This Day In 1723 John Witherspoon, the clergyman who signed the Declaration of Independence was born.
On This Day In 1782 Spain took the island of Minorca from the English.
On This Day In 1778 The American Articles of Confederation were ratified by South Carolina.
On This Day In 1783 Sweden recognized American Independence.
On This Day In 1788 Sir Robert Peel British Prime Minister (1834-46), who founded the Tories was born in Bury, Lancashire.
On This Day In 1816 Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville" premiered in Rome.
On This Day In 1840 John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish developer of the pneumatic rubber tyre was born.
On This Day In 1861 The first moving picture peep show machine was patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.
On This Day In 1865 The Battle at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, ended with a draw. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1870 The first motion picture was shown to a theater audience in Philadelphia.
On This Day In 1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premiered at La Scala in Italy.
On This Day In 1894 The Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam was formed.
On This Day In 1901 The Loop-the-loop centrifugal roller coaster was patented by Ed Prescot.
On This day In 1914 Alan Hodgkin, British physicist, Nobel prize winner in 1963 was born.
On This Day In 1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Sole Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
On This Day In 1918 The separation of church and state began in the USSR.
On This Day In 1918 Stephen W Thompson became the first American pilot to down an enemy airplane. World War I.
On This Day In 1919 Andrea George Papandreou, Greek premier was born. Premier from (1981-89- 1993 ).
On This Day In 1919 Red Buttons, American actor was born in the Bronx New York NY. Best known for his role in the movie Poseidon Adventure.
On This Day In 1921 Sir John Pritchard, English conductor was born in London England.
On This Day In 1922 Reader's Digest magazine was first published.
On This Day In 1934 Hank "Hammerin Hank" Aaron, legendary baseball hitter for the Atlanta Braves was born in Mobile, Alabama.
On This Day In 1937 The first Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times", was released.
On This Day In 1945 American troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla. World War II
On This Day In 1946 Charlotte Rampling, English actress was born. Best known for her role in the movie Night Porter.
On This Day In 1948 Dick Button became America's first ever figure skating Olympic champion.
On This Day In 1958 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer died aged 84. Best known as the writer of the book Under red ensign.
On This Day In 1967 Anastasio Somoza was elected President of Nicaragua.
On This Day In 1971 America's Apollo 14 spacecraft the 3rd manned Moon expedition, landed near Fra Mauro. Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell walked on Moon for 4 hours.
On This Day In 1972 Bob Douglas became the first black to be elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
On This Day In 1973 The funeral for LC William Nolde the last American soldier killed in the Vietnam War took place.
On This Day In 1974 America's Mariner 10 returned the first close-up photographs of Venus cloud structure.
On This Day In 1982 Laker Airways collapsed owing £270 million.
On This Day In 1987 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-2 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Same Shit Different Day."
On This Day In 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English playwright was born.
On This Day In 1665 Anne, Queen of England was born at St. James Palace, London, England. Died: 1 August 1714, Kensington, Palace, London, England. (Reign: 1702-14).
On This Day In 1788
Massachusetts became the 6th State Of the Union, State Capital
Boston USA.
On This Day In 1862 The Union forces captured Fort Henry, Tennessee. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1911 Ronald Regan 40th President of the United States was born in Tampico Illinois. Term of office 1981 - 1988, re-elected for second term 1984, the oldest man ever to be elected President.
On This Day In 1918 The "Representation of the People Act" was passed by the British Government. Women became voters.
On This Day In 1918 Zsa Zsa Gabor, comical celebrity sex symbol was born in Budapest, Hungary.
On This Day In 1941 The allies captured Benghazi, Libya. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal. First Chindit Expedition In Burma. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Soviet troops began their large offensive in the Ukraine. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Kwajalein was captured by the allies. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Bob Marley, reggae singer was born in St Ann, Jamaica. Died: 11 May 1981.
On This Day In 1952 George VI, King of England died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.
On This Day In 1958 At 3:15pm The victorious Manchester United's plane crashed on the Munich Airport runway killing eight Manchester United players. Roger Byrne * Geff Bent * Eddie Colman * Duncan Edwards * Mark Jones * David Pegg Tommy Taylor * Liam Whelan.
On This Day In 1964 Five hundred Viet Cong troops crossed the border and seized three strategic hamlets. They were forced to withdraw after an 14 hour gun fight with ARVN (the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam). They lost 100 men, while ARVN lost 4. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 2002 Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret died peacefully in her sleep this morning at 6.30am in the King Edward VII Hospital.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"But that's what being an artist is -- feeling crummy before everyone else feels crummy."
The New Yorker
On This Day In 1584 It was the last day of the Julian Calendar in Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire.
On This Day In 1610 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer discovered first 3 of Jupiter's satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede.
On This Day In 1714 Henry Mill, Englishman patented the typewriter, but it wasn't built until years later.On This Day In 1800 Millard Fillmore 13th President was born in Locke New York. Term of office 1850-1853.
On This Day In 1914 The first steamboat passed through the Panama Canal.
On This Day In 1927 The Commercial Transatlantic Telephone Service was inaugurated between New York & London.
On This Day In 1949 Alan Lancaster, rock 'n' roll legend with the mighty Status Quo was born.
On This Day In 1965 Viet Cong troops attacked a helicopter base at Camp Halloway. The troops blew up the barracks of US military advisors at Pleiku, killing 8 Americans and wounding126. President Johnson orders immediate reprisals, as 49 US Navy jets attack North Vietnam. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1974 Grenada gained independence.
On This Day In 1984 American space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered space walk.
On This Day In 2001 America's 102nd space shuttle mission Atlantis (23) STS-98 (7th Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-07-5A) was launched. Landed February 20 2001 at 3:33 p.m EST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father
was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong."
Charles Wadsworth
Independence Day Grenada
On This Day In 1862 The Union forces captured Roanoke Island, North Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1925 Jack Lemmon, American actor was born in
Newton, Massachusetts.
Died: 27 June 2001 (Cancer). Best known for his role as Felix Ungar in The
Odd Couple.
On This Day In 1931 James Dean, American screen legend was born in Marion, Indiana.
Died: 30 September 1955 (Auto Crash). Best Known for his performance in Rebel
Without A Cause.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A city is a large community where people are lonesome together."
Herbert Prochnow
On This Day In 1773 William H Harrison 9th President of the United States was born in Berkeley in Charles County Virginia. Term of office 1841, inaugurated March 4th 1841, died April 4th 1841 of pneumonia. Vice President John Tyler 10th President of the United States born in Greenway in Charles City County Virginia. Term of office 1841 - 1845.
On This Day In 1861 The Confederate States of America (CSA) was formed by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas, with Jefferson Davis as President..
On This Day In 1943 Soviet troops recaptured Kursk. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 Joe Pesci, American actor was born. Best known for his role in the film Casino.
On This Day In 1969 The Mighty Boeing 747-100 jumbo jet made her first flight.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."
Mark Twain * American Writer (1835 - 1910)
On This Day In 1722 Bartholomew Roberts, nicknamed BLACK BARTY infamous pirate died at sea off the Guinea coast). His conquests are said to have included more than 400 vessels and, in terms of sheer numbers, are rivaled only by the feats of Sir Henry Morgan. Born 1682.
On This Day In 1728 Peter III (Peter Feodorovich), Emperor of all Russia was born. Emperor 1761-1762. On June 28, 1762, he was overthrown by a court coup led by his wife. After his deposition, he was imprisoned in Ropshinskii Castle, where on July 7, 1762, he was killed by Count Alexei Orlov, Catherine's favorite and one of the organizers of the coup.
On This Day In 1879 The First Electric Arc Light was used in a California theatre.
On This Day In 1894 Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 29 December 1986. Term of Office (1957-1963) Conservative.
On This Day In 1898 Judith Negrin, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1914 Larry Adler, American actor/harmonica player was born.
On This Day In 1930 Robert Wagner, American actor was born. Best known for his role as Jonathon Hart in the American TV series Hart 2 Hart.
On This Day In 1939 Roberta Flack, American singer was born in North Carolina.
On This Day In 1950 Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimming legend was born in Modesto, California. At the age of twenty-two, in 1972, he made Olympic swimming history. At the Munich Olympics, he won seven gold medals and broke another seven world records. He won the one-hundred meter butterfly, the two-hundred meter butterfly, the one-hundred meter free-style, the two-hundred free-style, the four-hundred meter free-style, the eight-hundred meter free-style, and the four-hundred meter medley relay.
On This Day In 1962 The former Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A clever man commits no minor blunders."
Goethe
On This Day In 1819 Abraham Le Blond was born in Wymondham, Norfolk. One of three children, he was descended from an old aristocratic Huguenot family which included Christopher Le Blon who was known as 'The Father of the Three - Colour Process'.
On This Day In 1847 Thomas Alva Edison the genius American inventor of the electrical age was born at Milan, Ohio. Died: 18 October 1931 (Natural causes) Best known as the man who invented the Light Bulb.
On This Day In 1909 Max Baer, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1934-1935). Died: November 21, 1959.
On This Day In 1926 Leslie Nielson, American actor was born. Best known for his role in the film Naked Gun.
On This Day In 1933 Dennis Skinner, Labour MP was born.
On This Day In 1935 Gene Vincent, American rock 'n' roll legend was born in Norfolk, Virginia. Died: October 12, 1971 in Los Angeles. Best known for his recording of Be Bop A Lula.
On This Day In 1936 Burt Reynolds, American actor was born. Best known for his role as Paul Crew in the original film Mean Machine.
On This Day In 1941 British forces invaded Italian Somaliland. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 American President Theodore Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II.
On This Day In 1997 America's 82nd space shuttle mission Discovery (22) STS-82 (Hubble Servicing Mission) was launched. Landed February 21, 1997, 3:32 am EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 2000 America's 97th space shuttle mission Endeavour (14) STS-99 (SRTM,EarthKAM) was launched. Landed February 22 2000 at 6:23 p.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes."
Oscar Wilde
On This Day In 1538 Albrect Altdorfer, German Renaisssance painter died in Regensberg [now Germany]. Born: about 1480
On This Day In 1551 Lady Jane Grey, the nine-day Queen of England was beheaded.
On This Day In 1809 Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States was born in Larue County Kentucky. Term of office 1861 - 1865. Inaugurated as President on March 4th 1861.
On This Day In 1809 Charles Darwin, English naturalist was born in Shewsbury, England. Died: 19 April (Heart Attack).
On This Day In 1912 China became a Republic.
On This Day In 1934 Annette Crosbie, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1941 Erwin Rommel was made commander of the German Afrika Korps.
World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Finland discussed peace terms with the soviet ambassador to Stockholm. World War II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."
Henrik Ibsen
Republic Day China
On This Day In 1130 Gregorio de' Papareschi was elected as Pope Innocent II.
On This Day In 1633 Galileo Galilei Italian astronomer arrived in Rome for his trial before the inquisition for professing his belief that the Earth revolved around the sun.
On This Day In 1689 The British Parliament adopts The Bill of Rights.
On This Day In 1832 Cholera first appeared in London.
On This Day In 1942 Harrison Ford, American actor was born in Chicago, Illinois.
On This Day In 1945 The German town of Dresden was destroyed by the allied fire bombing. World War II.
On This Day In 1988 The first Jamaican Bobsleigh team made history in the Calgary Winter Olympic Games. They warmed the hearts of many worldwide in their first attempt at Olympic glory and was even immortalized in the popular Walt Disney movie "Cool Runnings". Since then the team has been a mainstay in the Winter Olympics and now have their eyes focused on bringing back a medal to Jamaica. The team, Nelson Chris Stokes who with his brother Dudley, Devon Harris and Michael White were the first Jamaican bobsledders, is now the president of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Federation.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Farming looks easy when your plough is a pencil
and you're a thousand miles from a cornfield."
Dwight D Eisenhower
On This Day In 1813 Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer was born. Died: 17 January 1869.
On This Day In 1859 Oregon became the 33rd State Of The Union. State Capital
Salem USA.
On This Day In 1922 The earliest regular radio broadcast was made, it was made
from the Marconi transmitter 2MT at Wittle in Essex England.
On This Day In 1912 Arizona became the 48th State Of The Union. State Capital
Phoenix. USA.
On This Day In 1943 Soviet troops recaptured Rostov. World War II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything
Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity."
Robert Heinlein
Saint Valentine's Day * Patron Saint Of Lovers
On This Day In 1898 The USS Maine was blown up in the Cuban harbour of Havana with the loss of 260 officers and enlisted men, this was the prime cause of The Spanish - American War.
On This Day In 1942 Japanese troops captured Singapore. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Allied bombers reduced the abbey to rubble at Casino, Italy.
World War II.
On This Day In 1958 Tony Tubbs, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1985-1986).
On This Day In 2002 Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret funeral took place at 3pm in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time."
Alfred E. Wiggam
On This Day In 1841 Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, French impressionist was born in Paris, France. Died: Paris, France, 26 June 1927.
On This Day In 1865 Union forces captured Columbia, South Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1941 10.000 Jews were deported from Vienna, Austria. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Bulgaria and Turkey signed a non-aggression pact. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 Soviet troops recaptured Kharkov. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The American's destroyed Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands. These included Ponape and Truk in the Caroline Islands. World War II.
On This Day In 1965 America's Apollo-Saturn-SA9/Pegasus 1 was launched. Apollo boilerplate model and micrometeoroid satellite.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."
Saint Augustine (354-430)
On This Day In 1591 Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish Baroque artist was born in Játiva, Spain. Died: Naples, Kingdom of Naples [Now Italy]; 2 September 1652.
On This Day In 1934 Barry Humphries, Australian comic was born. Best known as Dame Edna Everage.
On This Day In 1940 The British destroyer HMS Cossack boarded the German Altmark in Norway and freed 400 British prisoners. World War II.
Your Thought For To Day Is !
"A city is a large community where people are lonesome together."
Herbert Prochnow
On This Day In 1860 Anders Leonard Zorn, Swedish post impressionist artist was born in Mora, Sweden. Died: Mora, Sweden, 1920.
On This Day In 1861 Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Atlanta.
On This Day In 1865 Union forces captured Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina.
American Civil War.
On This Day In 1920 Jack Palance, American screen legend was born.
On This Day In 1944 275 Japanese aircraft, two destroyers and a variety of merchant ships were destroyed by American bombers. World War II.
On This Day In 1965 Gambia gained independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss."
Goethe
Independence Day Gambia
On This Day In 1473 Nicolas Copernicuc, mathematician, astronomer was born in Torun, Poland. Died: 24 May 1543.
On This Day In 1939 Gwen Owen, English Actress was born.
On This Day In 1940 Smokey Robinson American singer was born. Best known as the lead singer the The Miracle's.
On This Day In 1942 Japanese troops captured the island of Bali. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 The naval Battle of Badung Strait began. Java campaign. Concluded 20 Februay World War II.
On This Day In 1945 The Battle for Iwo Jima commenced. The battle was unique in its setting. One hundred thousand men fighting on a tiny island one-third the size of Manhattan. for 36 days Iwo Jima was one of the most populated 7.5 miles on earth. Easy Company started with 310 men. We suffered 75% casualties. Only 50 men boarded the ship after the battle. "Seven officers went into the battle with me. Only one--me--walked off Iwo Jima." Captain Dave Severance, Easy Company Commander. World War II.
On This Day In 1982 The Boeing 757-200 jetliner made her first flight.
On This Day In 1986 Mir, the Russian space station was launched.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs."
German Proverb
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces defeated the Union
forces at Olustee, Florida.
American Civil War.
On This Day In 1870 Victor Kalinnikov, Russian coposer was born. Died: 23 February 1927.
On This Day In 1935 Mrs Karoline Mikkelsen became the first woman to set foot on Antarctica.
On This Day In 1942 Japanese troops captured the island of Timor. World War II
On This Day In 1945 The allies captured Saarbrücken. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Soviet troops captured Danzig, Poland. World War II.
On This Day In 1962 John H Glenn Jr, American astronaut became the first American to orbit Earth as he flew aboard MA-6 (Friendship 7). Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian Space station MIR was launched.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A critic is a legless man who teaches running."
Anonymous
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On This Day In 1173 Pope Alexander III canonize Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury.
On This Day In 1862 Texas Rangers won a confederate victory at The Battle Of Val Verde, New Mexico. USA.
On This Day In 1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, Americas first Brain Surgeon, performed his first Brain operation.
On This Day In 1934 Augusto Cesar Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot was assassinated by the National Guard.
On This Day In 1940 The Soviet Union bombed Pajala, Sweden. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Hideki Tojo became the military dictator in Japan. World War II.
On This Day In 1961 America's 13th unmanned space probe MA-2 (Mercury
Atlas 2) was launched.
Mercury
Project.
On Thus Day In 1965 Malcolm X, Black Muslim leader was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address a rally in New York City; he was 39.
On This Day In 2002 John Thaw, British actor died. Best known for his roles in the TV dramas as DI Reagan in The Sweeney and Inspector Morse in Morse.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
On This Day In 1732 George ( You know I can't tell a lie Pa ) Washington was born.
On This Day In 1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel musicologist and first biographer of Bach was born.
On This Day In 1865 Union forces captured Wilmington, North Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1900 Hawaii became a territory of the United States Of America.
On This Day In 1907 Robert Young, American actor was born.
On This Day In 1907 Sheldon Leonard, American actor and movie producer was born.
On This Day In 1928 Bruce Forsyth, English entertainer was born.
On This Day In 1932 Edward M Kennedy, American Senator for Massachusetts was born.
On This Day In 1933 Her Royal Highness The Duchess Of Kent was born.
On This Day In 1944 The Soviet Union bombed Stockholm, Sweden. World War II.
On This Day In 1996 America's 75th space shuttle mission Columbia (19) STS-75 (TSS-1R) was launched. Landed Saturday, March 9, 1996 at 8:58:38 a.m EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A love story is like a song, beautiful until it end's."
On This Day In 1633 Samuel Pepys, diarist was born in Salisbury Court off Fleet Street, London.
On This Day In 1685 George Friederic Handel, Baroque composer was born. Best known for his Water music.
On This Day In 1904 William L Shirer author of The Rise & Fall Of The Third Reich was born.
On This Day In 1936 The first rocket air mail flight was made, Greenwood Lake New York USA
On This Day In 1938 Peter Fonda, American actor was born.
On This Day In 1942 Air - Marshall Sir Arthur ( Bomber ) Harris took over Bomber Command, ( Royal Airforce ) his entire force consisted of 400 bombers at that time. World War II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The reward of a thing done well, is to have done it."
Emerson
On This Day In 1619 Charles Le Brun, French Baroque painter was born in Paris, France. Died: Paris, France, 12 February 1690.
On This Day In 1813 The USS "Hornet", under Captain James Lawrence, engaged and destroyed the British vessel HMS "Peacock." War of 1812.
On This Day In 1836 Winslow Homer, American landscape, marine, and genre painter was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Died: 29 September, 1910 in Prout's Neck, Maine.
On This Day In 1857 The Los Angels Vineyard Society was organized.
On This Day In 1885 Admiral Chester Nimitz, American naval war hero who was in charge of The American Pacific Fleet in World War II was born.
On This Day In 1918 Estonia gained independence.
On This Day In 1921 Abe Vigoda, American actor was born.
On This Day In 1932 Michel Legrand, American musician was born.
On This Day In 1940 Jimmy Ellis, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1968-1970).
On This Day In 1949 The first rocket to reach outer space was launched from White Sands, New Mexico, USA.
On This Day In 1955 Steven Jobs co-founder of Apple Mac computers was born.
On This Day In 1964 Mohamed Ali ( Cassius Clay ) became world heavyweight boxing champion beating the awesome Sonny Liston.
Your Thought For To Today Is:
"If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds
worth of distance run, yours
is the earth and everything that's in it, and - which is more - you'll be a man,
my son."
Rudyard Kipling
Independence Day Estonia
On This Day In 1841 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French impressionist painter was born in Limoges, France. Died: December 3 1919 Cagnes, France.
On This Day In 1870 Hiram R. Revels, R-Miss., became the first black member of the United States Senate as he was sworn in to serve out the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis.
On This Day In 1873 Enrico Caruso, the great Italian tenor was born.
On This Day In 1862 Confederate forces abandoned Nashville, Tennessee. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1883 Her Royal Highness The Princess Alice Of Albany was born.
On This Day In 1908 Frank Slaughter, American author was born.
On This Day In 1913 Jim Backus, American actor was born. Best known for his role as Mr Magoo.
On This Day In 1933 The first American Aircraft Carrier ( USS Ranger ) was launched.
On This Day In 1941 The allies captured Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 George Harrison, Ex Beatles lead guitarist was born.
On This Day In 1977 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 24 returned safely to earth.
On This Day In 1979 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 32 was launched.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"It is better to be beautiful than to be good,
but it is better to good than to be ugly."
Oscar Wilde
Kuwait National Day
On This Day In 1606 Laurent de La Hire, French Baroque painter was born in Paris, France. Died: Paris, France, 28 December 1656.
On This Day In 1815 The Emperor Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France.
On This Day In 1845 Alexander III (Alexander Alexandrovitch), Emperor of all Russia was born. Emperor 1881-1894. Died: October 20, 1894.
On This Day In 1846 William ( Buffalo Bill ) Cody famous American buffalo hunter was born.
On This Day In 1852 John Harvey Kellog, American inventor of Kellog's Corn Flakes was born.
On This Day In 1866 Herbert Dow pioneer in The US chemical industry was born.
On This Day In 1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander, legendary pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals was born in Elba, Nebraska. Died: November 4, 1950, St. Paul, Nebraska.
On This Day In 1919 The American Congress established the Grand Canyon National Park.
On This Day In 1928 Fats Domino, American rock 'n' roll legend was born. Best known for his recording of Blueberry Hill.
On This Day In 1932 Johnny Cash, American country 'n' western legend was born Kingsland, Arkansas. Best known for his recording of San Quentin.
On This Day In 1944 the Soviet Union performed massive bombing raids on
Helsinki.
World War II.
On This Day In 1952 Winston Churchill announced that Britain had it's own Atomic Bomb.
On This Day In 1955 G F. Smith, American Pilot became the first pilot to bail out of an aeroplane at super sonic speed.
On This Day In 1966 America's 1st unmanned Apollo (AS-201) spacecraft was launched at 11:12:01 a.m EST, Cape Canaveral FL.
On This Day In 1986 President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines fled to France in defeat.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Art...is a transmission of feeling the artist has experienced."
Leo Tolstoy
On This Day In 271, 272 or 273 AD The Roman Emperor Flavius Valerius Constantinus was born.
On This Day In 1782 The British House of Commons voted against continuing the war
in
America. American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1801 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet was born in Portland Maine. USA. Died 24 March 1882.
On This Day In 1844 The Dominican Republic gained independence.
On This Day In 1883 The first practical cigar rolling machine was patented.
On This Day In 1922 The American Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 19th amendment for women's right to vote.
On This Day In 1942 The naval Battle of the Java Sea began. Concluded 1 March. World War II.
On This Day In 1932 Elizabeth Taylor, English actress was born. Best known as Cleopatra in the epic movie Cleopatra.
On This Day In 1949 Chaim Weizmann became the first Israeli president.
On This Day In 2002 Spike Milligan, British comedian/actor/writer died of kidney failure aged 83 years.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith
let us do to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."
Abraham Lincoln
Independence Day Dominican Republic
On This Day In 1933 The German government takes away freedom of speech, assembly, press, and freedom from invasion of privacy (mail, telephone, telegraph) and from house search without warrant.
On This Day In 1941 British Forces in Italian Somaliland. World War II.
On This Day In 1990 America's 34th space shuttle mission Atlantis (6) STS-36 (DoD6) was launched. Landed March 4, 1990, 10:08:44 a.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 1993 A gun battle erupted near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A fly is as untamable as a hyena."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
On This Day in 1468 Paul III The last renaissance Pope was born ( 1534-49 ).
On This Day in 1784 The Marquis de Sade was transferred from the Vincennes fortress to the Bastille in France.
On This Day In 1792 Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Italian composer was born in Pesaro, Papal States. Died: Passy, France (near Paris), 13 Nov. 1868. Rossini wrote many comic operas including the Barber of Seville and the famous William Tell Overture.
On This Day in 1880 The Gotthard Railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy was opened.
On This Day in 1940 The classic story of Southern Belle Scarlet O'Hara, Gone with the Wind starring Clarke Gable - Vivien Leigh - Leslie Howard - Olivia de Haviland won 8 Oscars.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
Winston Churchill