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On This Day In 1200 Sunglasses made of rock crystal are supposed to have been first demonstrated in China.
On This Day In 1566 Nostradamus prophet and soothsayer died.
On This Day In 1857 Roger Connor, legendary baseball hitter with the Philadelphia Phillies was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Died: January 4 1931, Waterbury, Connecticut.
On This Day In 1861 John Clarkson, legendary baseball pitcher with the Worcester Ruby Legs was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Died: February 4, 1909, Belmont, Massachusetts.
On This Day In 1862 The Seven Days' Battles ended with a draw. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1867 The Dominion of Canada was formed.
On This Day In 1916 Olivia de Haviland, English actress was in born Tokyo, Japan. Best known for her role as Melanie Wilkes in Gone With The Wind.
On This Day In 1931 Leslie Caron, French actress was born.
On This Day In 1942 The German forces captured Sebastapol ( Russia ). World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Erwin Rommel ( The Desert Fox ) having captured Tobruk was stopped by Auchinleck at Alamein (1st Battle of Alamein ). World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Victorious British, American and French troops enter the German Berlin. World War II
On This Day In 1946 Sarawak officially became a British Crown colony.
On This Day In 1961 Diana Princess of Wales was born.
On This Day In 1962 Rwanda gained independence.
On This Day In 1977 Virginia Wade, 31 year old vicar's daughter gave Queen Elizabeth II a Silver Jubilee present, winning the Wimbledon Women's singles tennis title at her 16th attempt.
On This Day In 1997 Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
On This Day In 1997 America's 85th space shuttle mission Columbia (23) STS-94 (MSL,SAREX) was launched. Landed 17 July 1997, 6:47am EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.
Dominion Day * Canada
Independence Day Rwanda
On This Day In 1819 The first Factory Act, passed in Britain prohibited the employment of children under the age of nine working in textile factories. Children under 16 were allowed to work only 12 hours a day.
On This Day In 1886 Grover Cleveland became the only American President to marry in the White House. He married Frances Folsum.
On This Day In 1900 The first flight of the airship Zeppelin ( LZ-1 ) took place.
On This Day In 1903 Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 5 October 1995. Term of Office (1963--19674). Conservative.
On This Day In 1922 Dan Rowan, American comedian was born. Best known for American TV's production Rowan and Martin's Laugh In.
On This Day In 1937 Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
On This Day In 1951 Cheryl Ladd, American actress was born. Best known for her role in American TV's prodution of Charlie's Angels.
On This Day In 1957 The American submarine the USS Grayback, the first submarine designed to fire guided missiles was launched.
On This Day In 1957 The American submarine The USS Seawolf, the first submarine to be powered by a liquid cool reactor was launched.
On This Day In 1961 Ernest Hemmingway, American author shot and killed himself.
On This Day In 1964 American President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
On This Day In 1967 The US 9th Marine Division was heavily attacked near Con Thien, a small outpost that overlooks Communist supply lines. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1982 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-6 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1990 Failure of a ventilation system in a pedestrian tunnel linking the holy ciyt of Mecca and a tent city caused a stampede wich left 1,400 pilgrims dead.
Your Thought For Today Is:
People will sleep better not knowing how there sausage and politics are made.
On This Day In 1608 Quebec in Canada was founded.
On This Day In 1728 Robert Adam, English fireplace maker was born.
On This Day In 1738 John Singleton Copely, American Portrait painter was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Died: London, England, 9 September 1815.
On This Day In 1775 General George Washington took command of the continental army at Cambridge, Mass. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1806 Michael Keens, British market gardener exhibited the world's first cultivated strawberry
On This Day In 1861 The first Pony Express rider arrived in San Francisco with the overland mail from New York, USA.
On This Day In 1863 The American Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended after three days in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
On This Day In 1890 Idaho became the 43rd State Of The Union. State
Capital Boise. USA.
On This Day In 1898 Capt Joshua Slocum ( A Non Swimmer ) 51 (US) in his Gaff Yawl the 36ft Spray became the first solo circumnavigation of the globe from Newport RI via the Straights of Magellan. 46,000 miles.
On This Day In 1936 A stuffed sparrow, still preserved in the British Museum, was the sad victim of Jahangir Khan's bowling in a Cambridge University v MCC cricket match.
On This Day In 1938 The LNER's Gresley Class A4 locomotive Mallard set a world speed record for steam engines, reaching 126mph over Stoke Summit on the York-London line.
On This Day In 1940 The British destroy the French Naval Squadron at Oran, Algeria. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Japanese troops landed at Guadalcanal. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 German troops captured Sevastopol. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The Russians re-captured Minsk. World War II.
On This Day In 1962 Algeria gained independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
What does not destroy me makes me stronger
Nietzsche
Independence Day Algeria
On This Day In 1653 Oliver Cromwell's second attempt at a maleable Paliament met. It came to be called the 'Barebones Parliament' after its first member, Praise-God Barebones.
On This Day In 1724 The Daily Courant was the first newspaper to be published in England.
On This Day In 1776 The United States of America gained independence.
On This Day In 1845 Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist and founder of the famous Dr Barnardo's homes for destitute children was born in Dublin, Ireland.
On This Day In 1861 Abraham Lincoln, in a speech to Congress, states the war is..."a People's contest... a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men..." The Congress authorizes a call for 500,000 men. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1863 The Union forces captured Vicksburg, Mississippi. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1872 Calvin Coolidge 30th President of the United States was born in Plymouth Vermont. Term of Office 1923 - 1929.
On This Day In 1939 German air blitz on Britain began. World War II.
On This Day In 1954 The then West Germany beat Hungary 3-2 in the 5th final of the World Cup soccer competion in Bern, Switzerland.
On This Day In 1976 The United States celebrated its Bicentennial. In 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue.
Independence Day * The United States of America
On This Day In 1580 Fear of fire, plague and unruly mobs gave rise to a Royal Proclomation fobbiding all new buildings in London to be built whitin three miles of the city's gates. Few builders took any notice.
On This Day In 1814 The Battle of Chippewa takes place near Ft. Erie. American forces and Gen. Winfield Scott decisively defeated the British forces.
On This Day In 1853 Cecil John Rhodes (Hero or Thief) was born.
On This Day In 1862 Lewis Carroll, English author told Alice Liddell and her sisters the story of Alice Underground. On the same day three years later Alice's Adventures In Wonderland were published.
On This Day In 1943 The German offensive at Kurks began. It was to be the last large German offensive on the Eastern front. World War II.
On This Day In 1948 Jean Murray was born in Ashton-in-Markerfield near Wigan, she was the first baby born under the new National Health Service in England, which began on the stroke of midnight.
On This Day In 1966 America's 2nd unmanned Apollo (AS-203) spacecraft was launched at 10:53:17 a.m. EDT, Cape Canaveral, FL. First S-IVB stage orbital mission.
On This Day In 1975 Cape Verde gained independence.
On This Day In 1975 American Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors.
On This Day In 1998 American tennis ace Pete Sampras won his 5th Wimbledon men's title. Winning his 11th Grand Slam title, equaling, Bjion Borge and Rod Laver one away from equaling Roy Emerson's record 12 Grand Slam titles.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Independence Day Cape Verde
On This Day In 1685 The Battle of Sedgemoor, Somerset took place, The forces of King James II defeated the Supporters of the Duke of Monmouth.
On This Day In 1747 John Paul Jones, American folk hero was born.
On This Day In 1885 The first inoculation on a human being for rabies took place, given by Louis Pasteur.
On This Day In 1923 Nancy Regan, Ex First Lady ( 1980 - 1988 ) was born.
On This Day In 1927 Janet Leigh, American actress was born in Merced, California. Best Known for her role in Hitchcock's Pyscho.
On This Day In 1928 The first all-talking motion picture was shown in New York. USA.
On This Day In 1935 Dalai Lhama Thondrup or Lhama Dhondrub was born in Taktser, China. Spiritual and political leader of Tibet.
On This Day In 1938 Representatives from thirty-two countries meet at Evian, France, to discuss refugee policies. Most of the countries refuse to let in more Jewish refugees.
On This Day In 1943 The Pacific naval Battle of Kula Gulf began. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 George 'Dubya' Bush was born in Houston, Texas. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102 pilot for the Texas Air National Guard before beginning his career in the oil and gas business in Midland in 1975, working in the energy industry until 1986. After working on his father's successful 1988 presidential campaign, he assembled the group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989. George 'Dubya' Bush is the 43rd President of the United States.
On This Day In 1946 Sylvester Enzio Stallone, American actor was born. Best know for his role as Rocky Balboa in Rocky.
On This Day In 1957 American Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbledon Womens singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
On This Day In 1964 Malawi gained independence.
On This Day In 1975 Comoros gained independence.
On This Day In 1976 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 21 was launched.
On This Day In 1978 The Solomon Islands gained independence.
On This Day In 1998 My baby found her family.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Perfection, then, is finally achieved,
not when there is nothing left to add
but when there is nothing left to take away."
Antoine de St. Exupiry
Independence Day
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On This Day In 1752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard inventor of the programmable loom was born.
On This Day In 1776 Irishman David Bushnell put his submarine The American Turtle to work in New York harbor against British Admiral Howe's flagship, HMS Eagle. David's brother Ezra, who had knew how to use the Turtle almost better than David, died. David went and recruited some men and showed them how to use the Turtle. Bushnell picked the strongest, however, not brightest, of the men, Ezra Lee. Sergeant Ezra Lee manned the Turtle. It was armed with one gunpowder torpedo, which could be attached to the hull of a ship using a drill. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1891 In America a patent was granted for traveller's cheques.
On This Day In 1898 Hawaii was annexed to the United States of America.
On This Day In 1907 American sci-fi writer Robert A. Heinlein was born.
On This Day In 1911 Italian opera composer Gian-Carlo Menotti was born.
On This Day In 1921 Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1949-1951). Died: May 27, 1975.
On This Day In 1930 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle author and creator of Sherlock Holmes died.
On This Day In 1944 The Japanese troops on the island of Saipan surrender. World War II.
On This Day In 1952 Mike Weaver, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1980-1982).
On This Day In 1967 American actress Vivian Leigh died aged 53.
On This Day In 1973 American actress Veronica Lake died aged 58.
On This Day In 1974 The then West Germany beat Holland 2-1 in the 10th World Cup soccer competition in Munich, Germany.
Your Thought For To Day Is !
Peace may cost as much as war, but it's a better buy
On This Day In 975 Edgar the Peaceful, King of England died at Winchester, England.
Born: 944. (Reign: 959-975).
On This Day In 1796 The first American passport was issued by the US State Department.
On This Day In 1839 American tycoon J D. Rockefeller was born.
On This Day In 1889 Volume 1, No 1, of the Wall Street Journal was first published.
On This Day In 1950 American Leroy Deans was awarded the First Order of The Purple Heart in the Korean War.
On This Day In 1950 American Generaal Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.
On This Day In 1990 The then West Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the 14th World Cup soccer competition in the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy.
On This Day In 1994 America's 63rd space shuttle mission Columbia (16) STS-65 (IML-2) was launched. Landed July 23 at 6:38:01 am EDT, Kenndey Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"It's hard for an empty bag to stand upright."
Benjamin Franklin
On This Day In 1778 A British Naval force raided and burnt Fairfield, Connecticut American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1802 American inventor Thomas Davenport, who invented the first commercially successful electric motor engine was born.
On This Day In 1816 Argentina Gained Her Independence.
On This Day In 1863 The Union forces captured Port Hudson, Louisiana. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1887 The inaugural Lawn Tennis Championship was played on top of the croquet lawns at Wimbledon, Spencer W Gore taking the men's singles title.
On This Day In 1916 Edward Heath, British Prime Minister was born. Term of Office (1970-74). Conservative.
On This Day In 1940 Vichy is made the capital of France. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The allies landed on the island of Sicily, code named Operation Husky. World War II
On This Day In 1944 The British forces took Caen, France a month behind time. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The Battle for Saipan ( Pacific Ocean ) was over. World War II.
On This Day In 1953 The first passenger helicopter service in New York City USA began.
On This Day In 1956 Tom Hanks, American actor was born in Concord, California. Best known for his role in Saving Private Ryan.
On This Day In 1957 The announcement of the discovery of element 102 - Nobelium.
On This Day In 1979 The American spacecraft Voyager II flew past Jupiter.
On This Day In 2002 Rod Steiger, American movie legend died in a Los Angeles hospital of pneumonia age 77. Best Known for his role as the red neck Southern police chief in In The Heat of the Night for which he won the Oscar for best actor in 1967.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Really, we create nothing. we merely plagiarize nature."
Jean Baitaillon
Independence Day * Argentina
On This Day In 1509 John Calvin, French theologian was born. Died: 27 May 1564.
On This Day In 1723 Sir William Blackstone, English jurist and author was born. Died: 14 February 1780.
On This Day In 1778 France declared War on Great Britain.
On This Day In 1830 Camille Pissaro, French impressionist was born in St Thomas, West Indies. Died: 13 November Paris France.
On This Day In 1834 James ( Mummy's Boy ) Whistler Was Born.
On This Day In 1890 Wyoming became the 44th State Of the Union. State capital Cheyenne. USA.
On This Day In 1907 Blind Boy Fuller, American blues singer was born in Wadesboro, NC. Died: 13 February 1941.
On This Day In 1919 America's President Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification.
On This Day In 1925 The official news agency of the Soviet Union, TASS, was established.
On This Day In 1940 The 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The allied invasion of Sicily commenced. Field Marshall Montgomery invaded south east Sicily and General Patton invaded from the south. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 American tennis player Arthur Ashe who became the first black to win the Wimbledon men's singles title was born.
On This Day In 1951 Armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean conflict began at Kaesong.
On This Day In 1962 The American satellite Telstar, the first geosynchonous communications satellite was launched.
On This Day In 1973 The Bahamas gained independence.
On This Day In 1979 Conductor Arthur Fiedler, who had led the Boston Pops orchestra for a half-century, died in Brookline, Mass., at age 84.
On This Day In 1989 Mel Blanc, the ''man of a thousand voices,'' including cartoon characters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles at age 81.
On This Day In 1991 Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Rem tene; verba sequenta
Grasp the subject; the words will come later."
Marcus Porcius Cato ( The Elder, 234 - 149 B C )
Independence Day The Bahamas
On This Day In 1274 Robert the Bruce King Scotland was born.(1328-1329).
On This Day In 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII.
On This Day In 1767 John Quincy Adams 6th President of The United States was born, in Braintree Massachusetts. Term Of Office 1825 - 1829.
On This Day In 1862 Henry W. Halleck was made commander of the Union forces. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1897 Blind Lemon Jefferson, American bluse singer was born in Couchman, Texas.
On This Day In 1915 Yul Bryner, American actor was born in Sakhalin Island Japan. Best known for his role as the King of Siam in The King And I.
On This Day In 1921 Mongolia gained independence.
On This Day In 1940 Philippe Pétain was made leader of Vichy France. World War II.
On This Day In 1979 The abandoned United States space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
On This Day In 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in the world record time 30:13.74.
On This Day In 1953 Leon Spinks, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1978).
On This Day In 1982 Italy beat the The West Germany 3-1 in the 12th World Cup soccer competition in the Estadio Bernabeu, Madrid Spain.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world."
George Santayana
Independence Day Mongolia
On This Day In 100 BC Julius Caesar was born. Died March 15, 44 BC.
On This Day In 1812 Forces under General Hull crossed into Canada at Sandwich. The invasion is quickly stopped, and American forces are forced to withdraw. By August 16, Hull surrendered Detroit. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1861 Anton Arensky, Russian composer was born. Died: 25 February 1906.
On This Day In 1936 The first German Gypsies were arrested and deported to Dachau concentration camp.
On This Day In 1965 US Marine Corps Lieutenant Frank Reasoner of Kellog, Idaho became the first marine in Vietnam to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. The medal was awarded posthumously, since Reasoner was killed in an ambush. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1975 Sao Tome and Principe gained independence.
On This Day In 1979 Kiribati gained independence.
On This Day In 1998 France won the 16th World Cup for the first time, beating Brazil 3 - 0. France made soccer history by becoming the first country to host the tournament and beat the reigning champions in the final. The goal scorers Zinadan Zadine 2 and Marcell Petit 1.
On This Day In 2001 Amrica's 105th space shuttle mission Atlantis (24) STS-104 (Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-7A) was launched. Landed July 24 2001 at 11:38 p.m EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For To Day Is !
"A nuclear power plant is infinitely safer than eating,
because 300 people choke to death on food every year."
Dixy Lee Ray
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On This Day In 1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the Klu Klux Klan was born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. Died: 29 October, 1877, Memphis, Tennessee.
On This Day In 1860 Private John Dalliger of the Royal Marines was hung from the yard arm of HMS Leven in Victoria Bay near Lu-Ta China, Dalliger had been found guilty of two murders. This was the last execution from the yard arm of any naval vessel.
On This Day In 1863 The three day anti-draft riots began in New York City. 120 people were killed before soldiers restored order. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces advancing on Washington DC were forced to withdraw. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1889 Stan Coveleski, legendary baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Died: March 20 1984, South Bend, Indiana.
On This Day In 1942 Harrison Ford, American actor was born. Best known for his role as Indiana Jones.
On This Day In 1944 The Russian forces re-took Vilna ( Russia ). World War II.
On This Day In 1955 At Holloway Prison Ruth Ellis was executed for shooting her boyfriend. She was the last woman to be hung, and was partly responsible for the abolition of the death penalty in Great Britain.On This Day In 1956 Michael Spinks, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1985-1987).
On This Day In 1995 America's 70th space shuttle mission Discovery (21) STS-70 (TDRS) was launched. Landed July 22,1995 at 8:02 a.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For To Day Is !
"The deed is everything, the glory is nothing."
Goethe
On This Day In 1789 The French Revolution began with the fall of Bastille.
On This Day In 1854 James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American landscape painter was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Died: London, England, 17 July 1903.
On This Day In 1850 The first public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration.
On This Day In 1858 British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst née Goulden was born at Manchester, England.
On This Day In 1864 Gustav Klimpt, Austrian post impressionist painter was born in Baumgarten, Austria. Died: Vienna, Austria, 6 February 1918.
On This Day In 1864 Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Tupelo, Mississippi. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1865 The first ascent of the Matterhorn was made by M. Croz and E. Whymper.
On This Day In 1881 American William Bonney alias Billy the Kid was shot down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the dark bedroom of Pete Maxwell, at Old Fort Sumner. He is buried in the old military cemetery at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
On This Day In 1913 Gerald Ford 38th President Of The United States was born , in Omaha Nebraska. Term Of Office ( 1974 - 1977 ).
On This Day In 1918 American Jay Wright Forrester inventor of the random-access magnetic core memory was born.
On This Day In 1933 A law was passed in Germany permitting the forced sterilization of Gypsies, the mentally and physically disabled, African-Germans, and others considered "inferior" or "unfit."
On This Day In 1950 English Pilot R E Wayne was awarded the first Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea.
On This Day In 1951 American race horse Citation became the first race horse to win $1,000,000 in races.
On This Day In 1959 The first atomic powered cruiser the USS Long Beach was launched.
On This Day In 1962 Russian Cosmonaut Micolaev set the then record for the longest space flight - 4 days.
On This Day In 1965 The American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.
On This Day In 1986 Titanic was found in the North Atlantic by Ralph Hollis, Dr. Robert Ballard and Martin Bowen, all from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Cognito ergo sum - I think therefore I am."
Rene Descartes ( 1596 - 1642 ) French Philosopher And The Inventor Of Roulette
Bastille Day Celebrated In France
St Bonaventua ( 1221 - 1274 )
On This Day In 1573 Inigo Jones English architect, painter and designer was born. Died 6/21/1652.
On This Day In 1606 Rembrandt van Rijn, Flemish Baroque artish was born in Leiden, Netherlands. Died: 4 October 1669 Amsterdam, Netherlands.
On This Day In 1779 American General Anthony Wayne recaptures Stony Point, New York. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1808 Sir Henry Cole creator of the modern day Christmas card was born.
On Thus Day In 1811 Venezuela gained independence.
On This Day In 1916 The Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products, was founded in Seattle by William Boeing.
On This Day In 1918 The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
On This Day In 1929 The first airport hotel opened in Oakland California. U.S.A.
On This Day In 1936 American comedienne Joan Rivers was born. ( Brooklyn New York ).
On This Day In 1941 The Russian opposition was stiffening at Smolenck. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 American rock singer Linda Ronstadt was born.
On This Day In 1946 The worlds second richest man the Sultan of Brunei was born.
On This Day In 1952 The first transatlantic helicopter flights began.
On This Day In 1966 A force of 8,500 Marines and 2,500 South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Hasting. The operation's goal was to thwart the North Vietnamese 324 B Division's efforts to take control of Quang Tri Province. This operation ended 3 August. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1975 The first Anglo American-Russian
space mission, Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 launched: Meeting in space: July 17,
1975. Soyuz 19 landed: July 21, 1975. Apollo 18 splashed down: July 24, 1975.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"An aim in life is the only fortune in life worth saving."
Robert Louis Stevenson
Independence Day In Venezuela
On This Day In 1723 Sir Joshua Reynolds, English Portrait painter was born in Plympton, England. Died: London, England, 23 February 1792.
On This Day In 1821 Mary Baker Eddy American writer and founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist was born at Bow, New Hampshire. Died: 3 December 1910.
On This Day In 1861 The Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War took place.
On This Day In 1907 American actress Barbara Stanwyck was born.
On This Day In 1911 American actress and dance sensation Ginger Rodgers was born.
On This Day In 1918 Russia's Czar Nicholas II, his empress and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks.
On This Day In 1935 The first automatic parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. USA.
On This Day In 1942 Ex Wimbledon ladies singles tennis champion Margaret Court was born.
On This Day In 1945 the "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. In this, the last of the World War II heads of state conferences, President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Ministers Churchill and Atlee discussed post-war arrangements in Europe, frequently without agreement. Future moves in the war against Japan were also covered. The meeting concluded early in the morning of 2 August. World War II
On This Day In 1945 The first explosive atomic device was successfully tested in Alamogordo New Mexico. The explosion was the equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT.
On This Day In 1948 Violin virtuoso Pinchas Zukerman was born.
On This Day In 1950 Uruguay won the 4th World Cup soccer competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the first after World War II. This was a peculiar competition as it was decided on a league position.
On This Day In 1952 English actor Stewart Copeland was born.
On This Day In 1958 Michael (Lord Of The Dance) Flatley was born.
On This Day In 1967 A 130-man company of the 173rd US Airborne Brigade is nearly wiped out in an ambush near Dak To, Kontum Province. By the end, 80 Americans arekilled and 34 are wounded. This operation was known as Operation Kingfisher. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1969 America's Apollo 11 (AS-506) spacecraft was launched. Landed on Moon 20 July 1969 Sea of Tranquility. Returned to Earth 24 July 1969. Crew: Neil A. Armstrong (2), Commander, Edwin E. Aldrin (2), Jr., Lunar Module Pilot, Michael Collins (2), Command Module Pilot.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath."
Solon
National Blueberry Festival * The United States Of America * Where Else !!
On This Day In 924 Edward the Elder, King of England died. Born 869. Acceded to the throne 31 May 900 at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. (Reign: (899-924).
On This Day In 1744 The father of the Gerrymandrer Elbridge Gerry was born.
On This Day In 1900 James (You Dirty Rat) Cagney, American movie legend was born.
On This Day In 1917 Lou Boudreau, legendary baseball player with the Cleveland Indians was born in Harvey, Illinois. Died: August 10, 2001, Frankfort, Illinois.
On This Day In 1917 American comedienne Phyllis Diller was born. Lima, Ohio, USA.
On This Day In 1930 Uruguay won the first ever World Cup in in the new Centenario Stadium in Montevideo. Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2.
On This Day In 1935 American actress Diahann Carroll was born. Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
On This Day In 1942 British BBC TV News reader Peter Sissons was born.
On This Day In 1945 The Potsdam Conference took place, Churchill, Truman and Stalin had to decide on a policy towards the defeated countries when World War II was finally over.
On This Day In 1947 Prince Charles friend Camilla Parker Bowles was born.
On This Day In 1948 English dancer Wayne Sleep, (he danced with Princess Diana) was born.
On This Day In 1952 American actor David (Bay Watch) Hasselhoff was born.
On This Day In 1954 Construction began on Disneyland Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
On This Day In 1955 Disneyland opened it's doors to the public in Orlando, Florida, USA.
On This Day In 1975 An American Apollo spaceship docked with a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower linkup of its kind.
On This Day In 1984 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-12 (Salyut 7) Was Launched.
On This Day In 1994 Brazil beat Italy 3-2 on penalties in the 15th World Cup soccer competition in the Los Angeles Rose Bowl, America.
On This Day In 1998 The Russian Zsar Nicholas his wife Catherine, 3 children plus 5 servants were finally buried 80 years after they were murdered by Russian Bolsheviks.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not the mineral rights."
John Paul Getty
Constitution Day Celebrated In South Korea
On This Day In 64 AD Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle).
On This Day In 1536 The Pope's authority was declared void in England.
On This Day In 1811 William Makepeace Thackeray English, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) was born.
On This Day In 1863 The black soldiers of the Unions 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment under Col. Robert G. Shaw assault Fort Wagner, South Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1918 Nelson Mandella, South African President was born.
On This Day In 1944 The allies took St Lo (France). World War II.
On This Day In 1966 America's Apollo-X was launched. Landed July 21 1966.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
On This Day In 1814 Samuel Colt American inventor of the Colt revolver was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Died: 10 January 1862.
On This Day In 1834
Edgar Degas, (Hilaire-Germain-) French impressionist painter was born in Paris, France.
Died: 27 September, 1917 acknowledged as the master of drawing
the human figure in motion. Degas worked in many mediums, preferring pastel to
all others. He is perhaps best known for his paintings, drawings, and bronzes of
ballerinas and of race horses.
On This Day In 1936 The Franco - Spanish Civil War began.
On This Day In 1940 Adolf Hitler broadcasts his peace offer to Britain, but it is rejected. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister launched his ``V for Victory'' campaign in Europe. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The Battle of the Philippine sea began. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 General Kuniaka Koiso became the new Prime Minister of
Japan.
World War II.
On This Day In 1949 Laos gained independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
A pessimist is someone who has had to listen to too many optimists
Independence Day Laos
On This Day In 1804 Sir Richard Owen, the brilliant Victorian anatomist and palaeontologist was born. He coined the term dinosaur in a report on "British Fossil Reptiles" presented at the annual meeting of the British Association. Died : December 18 1892 London.
On This Day In 1810 Colombia gained independence from Spain.
On This Day In 1868 The Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Peachtree Creek, Georgia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1878 The first telephone was introduced in Hawaii.
On This Day In 1924 Lola Albright, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1938 Dame Diana Rigg, English actress was born.
On This Day In 1938 Natalie Wood, American actress was born. Best known for role in the film Splendour in the Park.
On This Day In 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg planted a bomb in Hitler's Wolf Lair in an attempt to assassinate the Füher. Four officers died but Hitler suffererd only minor injuries. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 English actress Wendy Richard was born.
On This Day In 1947 Carlos Santana, Brazilian legendary rock guitarist was born.
On This Day In 1949 Israel's 19 Month War of independence ended.
On This Day In 1960 The USS George Washington became the first submerged submarine to fire a Polaris Missile.
On This Day In 1960 Mrs Sirima Bandaranaike became the world's first female prime minister when she was elected leader of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) after the assassination of her husband.
On This Day In 1961 Kuwait gained independence.
On This Day In 1969 Apollo X1 landed on the Moon at 16:17:15 PM EDT, 3:56:00am BST. Six hours later Commander Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the lunar surface. Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin followed right behind him.
On This Day In 1976 The first ever pictures of Mars were received courtesy of the American spacecraft Viking 2.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"This is one small step for
man, one giant leap for mankind."
Neil Armstrong * Commander Of Apollo XI
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On This Day In 1693 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 17 November 1768. Term of Office (1754-1756 and 1757-1762) Whig.
On This Day In 1831 Belgium gained independence.
On This Day In 1861 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Bull
Run, Virginia.
American Civil War.
On This Day In 1873 Jesse James, the infamous American outlaw committed the worlds first train robbery.
On This Day In 1897 London's new, modern art Tate Gallery was opended by the Prince of Wales on the site of the old Millbank Prison.
On This Day In 1899 Ernest Hemingway, American author was born.
On This Day In 1941 Germany bombed Moscow. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The Vichy Government of France was coerced by Japan into allowing them to occupy Indo - China ( American President Theodore Roosevelt was well pissed). World War II.
On This Day In 1944 American troops landed on Guam. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Australian forces capture Borneo. World War II.
On This Day In 1952 American actor Robin ( Mork ) Williams was born.
On This Day In 1955 The first submarine powered by a liquid cooled reactor the USS Seawolf was launched.
On This Day In 1961 America's 2nd manned space craft MR-4 (Liberty Bell 7) spacecraft was launched at 7:20 a.m. EST. Crew Virgil I "Gus" Grissom. Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1966 The American spacecraft Gemini X returned safely to Earth.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Rainbows apologize for angry skies."
Sylvia A. Viorol
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On This Day In 1844 Rev. William Archibald Spooner the inventor of spoonerisms was born.
On This Day In 1849 American poet Emma Lazarus was born, her poem which I can't remember is inscribed on the bottom of The Statue Of Liberty.
On This Day In 1890 Rose Kennedy ( Mother of J F K ) was born.
On This Day In 1903 Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France cycle race, having covered 1,500 miles in six stages.
On This Day In 1913 Italian diva Lucia Albanese was born.
On This Day In 1928 Ex Fulham soccer star turned TV soccer pundit Jimmy Hill was born.
On This Day In 1933 The first solo flight around the world returned to America.
On This Day In 1934 Public Enemy No 1 and Chicago's most notorious gangster John Dillinger was shot dead by Melvin Purvis and his Federal Agents.
On This Day In 1942 The deportation of Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka began.
World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The allies captured Palermo on the island of Sicily. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 American troops capture Okinawa. World War II
On This Day In 1947 Don Henley, Eagles lead singer was born. Best known for the classic Hotel California.
On This Day In 1947 American actor Danny (Lethal Weapon) Glover was born.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Real love stories never have endings."
Richard Bach
On This Day In 596 AD Poe Gregory sent St Augustine to 'reconvert' the Anglo-Saxon tribes of England to Christianity.
On This Day In 1603 James I of England dubbed 432 Knights in the royal garden in Whitehall, on the 25-07-1603 the day of his Coronation he created 62 Knights Of The Garter.
On This Day In 1814 The Battle of Lundy's Lane, near Niagara Falls, took place. In the course of the battle, 2,000 men, commanded by General Gaines for the Americans and General Drummond for the British, exchanged in intense fire. Eight hundred and fifty men on both sides were casualties. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1829 In The USA a patent for the typewriter was granted.
On This Day In 1892 Tafari Makonnen (Haile Selassie ("Might of the Trinity"), was born in Ejarsagoro, Harar, Ethiopia. Died: 27 August 1975. Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930-74.
On This Day In 1904 The first ice ( Just one Cornetto ) cream cone was invented.
On This Day In 1937 The isolation of the Pituitary hormone was announced.
On This Day In 1940 Hitler gave the order for full scale bombing and the invasion of England, the planned invasion was to take place between Ramsgate and the Isle of Wight. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 German forces captured Rostov ( Russia ) World War II.
On This Day In 1942 The first US Navy Air Squadron of jet fighters was formed, at Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
On This Day In 1942 Myra Hindley, notorious moor's murderer was born in Gorton, Manchester.
On This Day In 1944 Soviet troops arrived at Majdanek concentration camp. World War II.
On This Day In 1962 Telstar, the communications satellite, sent the first live TV broadcast from America to Europe.
On This Day In 1962 U.S. Helicopters were ordered to shoot first when encountering hostile forces after two helicopters are shot down while ferrying South Vietnamese troops. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1968 The PLO's first hijacking of an EL AL Airliner took place.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 37 was launched.
On This Day In 1999 America's 94th space shuttle mission Columbia (26) STS-93 (AXAF) was Launched. Landed July 27 1999 at 11:20 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 2002 Leo McKern, English actor died aged 82. Best known for his role as Rumpole in the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
Confucius
On This Day In 1704 In the War Of the Spanish Succession, British Admiral's Sir George Rooke and Sir Cloudesley Shovel Captured Gibralter from the Spanish.
On This Day In 1783 Simon Bolivar the man who freed six Latin American Republics from Spanish Rule was born. ( Luv His Cigars ).
On This Day In 1802 Alexandre Dumas author of The Three Musketeers was born Villers-Cotterets, France. Died: 5 December (Natural causes).
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Kernstown, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1869 The Disestablishment Act, which dissovled the Church of Ireland was passed.
On This Day In 1884 Boris Asafiev, Russian composer was born. Died: 27 January 1949.
On This Day In 1885 Robert Graves, English poet, professor, and author was born in Wimbledon, England. Died: 7 December 1985. Best known as the author of I, Claudius.
On This Day In 1898 Amelia Earhart American lone aviator was born.
On This Day In 1936 Miss Ethel Cain became the first personification of the GPO's new speaking clock. It was her voice the the public heard saying "On the third stroke it will be".
On This Day In 1941 Japanese troops occupied French Indo-China. World War II.
On This Day In 1965 Ground to air missiles were fired at four US Phantoms over Vietnam, shooting down one and damaging three. This marked the first time that US planes were attacked by surface to air missiles (SAM). Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1969 The American spacecraft Apollo 11 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1975 The American spacecraft Apollo 18 returned safely to Earth.
Your Thought For To Day Is !
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
Confucius
On This Day In 1603 James I was crowned King of England.
On This Day In 1848 Arthur James Balfour, British Prime Minister was born. Died 13 March 1930. Term of Office (1902-1905) Conservative.
On This Day In 1909 Louis Blériot, French aviator flew his 25-horsepower monoplane across the English Channel from Les Baraques France to Northfall Meadow Dover Kent in 43 minutes.
On This Day In 1943 Benito Mussolini ( Il Duce ) was deposed by who he thought were his closest supporters, King Victor King Emmanuel III appointed Marshal Badoglio in his place.
On This Day In 1944 The breakout from Normandy began. World War II.
On This Day In 1965 President Johnson announced an increase in US military forces in Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 2000 The very first fatal accident involving Concorde occurred. Concorde 203, F-BTSC out bound from Paris to New York. She crashed 60 seconds after take off after suffering a tyre blow out that caused a fuel tank to rupture. This started a sequence of events that caused a fire which eventually led to two engines failing and the aircraft crashing. All 109 people (100 passengers and 9 crew) on board were killed. Four people in a local hotel on the ground were also killed.
Your Thought For To Day Is !
"A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep."
Anonymous
St James The Great * Patron Saint Of Spain
Brother Of St John The Evangelist ( Died 44 A.D )
On This Day In 1579 Netherlands gained independence.
On This Day In 1743 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, British Prime Minister died. Born: 1673. Term of Office (1742-1743) Whig.
On This Day In 1788 New York became the 11th State Of The Union. State Capital Albany. USA.
On This Day In 1824 Haiti gained independence.
On This Day In 1832 Ballet tutus were first worn in Britain in a production of La Sylphide at Covent Garden.
On This Day In 1847 Liberia gained independence.
On This Day In 1945 Winston Churchill was replaced by Clement Atlee as the British Prime Minister.
On This Day In 1965 The Maldives gained independence.
On This Day In 1970 Oh! Calcutta!, the 'scandalous' nude revue opened in London. It ran for more than ten years, clocking up 3,918 performances.
On This Day In 1971 America's Apollo 15 (AS-510) spacecraft was launched. Landed on Moon 30 July 1971. Landing sight Hadley-Apennine region near Apennine Mountains. Returned to Earth 7 August 1971. Crew: David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, Alfred M. Worden.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. "
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
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On This Day In 1768 Charlotte Corday assassin of Jean-Paul Marat was born.
On This Day In 1942 German troops captured Rostov. World War II
On This Day In 1944 Bobbie Gentry, American country singer was born in Mississippi. USA.
On This Day In 1945 Chinese troops captured Guilin. World War II.
On This Day In 1964 The US government announces that 5,000 additional troops are being sent to Vietnam. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1974 American blues singer Lightning died aged 61.
On This Day In 1990 American rocker Bobby Day ( Rockin' Robin ) died of cancer aged 60.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A progeny of learning."
R. B. Sheridan
On This Day In 1864 The Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Ezra Church, Georgia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1935 The Boeing B17 Flying Fortress made her first flight.
On This Day In 1936 Garfield St. Aubrun Sobers, West Indian cricket legend was born in Chelsea Road, Bay Land, St Michael, Barbados.
On This Day In 1944 The Russian army re-took Brest-Litovsk ( Poland ) this was the scene where the Germans imposed on Russia in World War I. World War II.
On This Day In 1973 America's Skylab-3 (SL-3) was launched. Landed. September 25, 1973. Crew: Alan L. Bean, Jack R. Lousma, Owen K. Garriott.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, An intellectual all-in-all!"
William Wordsworth
On This Day In 1588 The attacking Spanish Armada was defeated and scattered by English defenders.
On This Day In 1871 Gregory Efimovich Rasputin the mad Russian monk was born.
On This Day In 1960 America's 8th unmanned space probe MA-1 (Mercury-Atlas
1) was launched.
Mercury
Project.
On This Day In 1969 The American spacecraft Mariner 6 began transmitting photographs of Mars back to Earth..
On This Day In 1981 HRH Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral.
On This day In 1985 America's 19th space shuttle mission Challenger (8) STS-51-F (SPACE LAB-2) was launched. Landed August 6, 1985, 12:45:26 p.m. PDT, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Your Thought For To Day Is !
"A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself
and then says them about other people."
Peter McArthur
On This Day In 1751 Dmitry Bortnyansky, Russian composer was born. Died: 28 September 1825.
On This Day In 1818 English authoress Emily Bronte was born at Yorkshire. Best known work Wuthering Heights.
On This Day In 1863 Henry Ford creator of the Ford Motor Company was born in Greenfield Township, Michigan. Died: 7 April 1947.
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Petersburg, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1945 The USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.
On This Day In 1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, American actor was
born in Graz, Austria.
Best known as the T1000 in The Terminator.
On This Day In 1965 America's Apollo-Saturn-SA10/Pegasus 3 was launched. Apollo boilerplate model and micrometeoroid satellite.
On This Day In 1966 England won the World Cup, beating there old rivals the then West Germany 4 - 2 after extra time.
On This Day In 1980 Vanuatu gained independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation
can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation."
Max Gluckman
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On This Day In 432 St Sixtus III began his reign as the Catholic Pope.
On This Day In 1498 Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Trinidad.
On This Day In 1941 Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring ordered the SchutzStaffel (SS) to prepare for the "total solution of the Jewish question".
On This Day In 1942 The German SS gassed 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia World War II.
On This Day In 1964 American space probe Ranger 7 transmitted pictures of the moon's surface.
On This Day In 1965 Joanne Kathleen Rowling, English authoress and creator of Harry Potter was born. Best known as the creator of Harry Potter.
On This Day In 1992 America's 49th space shuttle mission Alantis (12) STS-46 (TSS-1) was launched. Landed August 8, 1992, 9:11:50 a.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name."
Evan Esar
