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On This Day In 1494 The first written record of Scotch whiskey manufacture appeared in the Scottish Exchequer Rolls which list a one John Friar Cor as the distiller.
On This Day In 1779 British forces captured Stony and Verplanck Point, New York. American War
of Independence.
On This Day In 1792 Kentucky became the 15th State Of The Union. State Capital Frankfort. USA.
On This Day In 1796 Tennessee became the 16th State Of the Union. State Capital Nashville. USA.
On This Day In 1804 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer was born. Died: 24 May 1857.
On This Day In 1813 The USS "Chesapeake" was attacked and captured by the HMS "Shannon." The "Shannon," which was a 52-gun frigate, clearly outclassed the "Chesapeake"; but Captain Lawrence, the commander of the "Chesapeake," is goaded into going to battle with the "Shannon." Lawrence was killed in the fight. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1862 Confederate General Robert E Lee took over command of the Army of Northern Virginia, replacing the wounded Joseph E. Johnston. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1906 Sir Frank Whittle inventor of the jet engine was born.
On This Day In 1921 Nelson Riddle, American musical conductor was born.
On This Day In 1926 American movie legend Marilyn (Some Like It Hot) Monroe was born.
On This Day In 1930 English actor Edward (Callan) Woodward was born.
On This Day In 1934 American crooner Pat (I'll Be Home) Boone was born.
On This Day In 1937 American actor Morgan (A Time To Kill) Freeman was born.
On This Day In 1939 The first televised heavyweight boxing match was shown in the USA, Max Baer versus Lou Nova.
On This Day In 1942 Jews in France and the Netherlands were required to wear identifying stars. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 Leslie Howard, English actor was killed when the airliner he was travelling was shot down over the Bay of Biscay on a flight from Lisbon, Portugal to Ireland.
On This Day In 1946 Rocker and Rod Stewarts mate Ronnie Wood was born.
On This Day In 1957 Don Bowden became the first American athlete to break the 4 minute mile.
On This Day In 1970 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 9 was launched.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of
darkness."
Vladimir Nabokov
On This Day In 1621 Isack van Ostade, Dutch Baroque painter was born in Haarlem, Netherlands. Died: Haarlem, Netherlands, about 14th October 1649.
On This Day In 1740 The Marquis de Sade was born.
On This Day In 1835 Pope Pius X was born.
On This Day In 1857 Sir Edward Elgar, England's greatest composer was born in Crown East Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester. He died in Worcester on 23rd February 1934.
On This Day In 1858 The Donati Comet was first seen.
On This Day In 1890 American gossip queen Hedda Hopper was born.
On This Day In 1946 Italy became a Republic, women allowed to vote for the first time.
On This Day In 1953 Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.
On This Day In 1962 Britain's first legal casino of modern times opened at the Metropole, in Brighton.
On This Day In 1979 Pope John Paul became the first Roman Catholic Pontif to visit a communist country with a return to his native Poland.
On This Day In 1994 An RAF Chinook helicopter carrying senior Northern Ireland security government officials crashed into a hill on the Mull of Kintyre, killing all 29 aboard.
On This Day In 1998 America's 91st space shuttle mission Discovery (24) STS-91 (Mir-Docking/9) was launched. Landed June 12 1998 at 2:00:17 p.m. EDT, Kenndy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 1999 Japanese women finally won the right to use the birth control pill, more than three decades after it had been generally used in the West.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Prejudice is the reason of fools."
Voltaire
Republic Day Italy
On This Day In 1621 The Dutch West India Company was founded.
On This Day In 1808 Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America was born. ( Give A Rebel Yell ).
On This Day In 1863 Confederate General Robert E Lee began his second invasion of the Union. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Cold Harbor, Virginia. America Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 Ransom Eli Olds, American car manufacturer was born.
On This Day In 1865 George V, King of England was born at Marlborough House, London, England. Died: 20 January 1936. (Reign 1910-36).
On This Day In 1911 American actress Paulette Goddard was born.
On This Day In 1934 Canadian Dr. Frederick Banting, Co-discoverer Of Insulin Was Knighted.
On This Day In 1937 Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor married American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.
On This Day In 1942 The Battle of Midway, the turning point in the war in the Pacific began. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 Louis Réard engineer turned fashion designer first demonstrated the "Bikini", naming it after the atomic bomb test site Bikini Atoll, as he ment it to be 'highly exsposive'.
On This Day In 1950 Australian rocker Suzi Quatro was born.
On This Day In 1965 The America's Gemini-IV spacecraft was launched. Landed June 7 1965.
On This Day In 1965 American astronaut Edward White became the first American to ``walk'' in space, during the flight of Gemini IV.
On This Day In 1966 America's Gemini-IX-A spacecraft was launched. Landed June 6 1966.
On This Day In 1973 A Russian Tupolev 144 supersonic airliner, nicknamed Concordski because of it's resemblace to Concorde, broke up in flight at the Paris airshow and crashed.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 36 was launched.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth,
but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on."
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
On This Day In 1070 The World famous Roquefort blue cheese was first created by monks working in a cave near Roquefort, France.
On This Day In 1738 George III, King of England was born in
Norfolk-House, St. James Square, London, England. Died: 29 JAN 1820, Windsor
Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
(Reign: 1760-1820).
On This Day In 1798 Giovanni Casanova, Italian adventurer and spy died. His best known exploit involved him escaping from prison in the Doge's palace, Venice by hiding an iron bar under a plate of gnocchi.
On This Day In 1914 British suffragette Emily Davison, threw herself under the King's racehorse at Tattenham Corner, toppling both the horse and the horse's jockey. A riot ensued, and by the time Davison's body was recovered from the track and taken to a hospital, it was far too late; Davison became the movements first, and only, true martyr.
On This Day In 1922 Gene Barry, American actor was born. Best known for his role as Amos Burke in the American TV show Burke's Law.
On This Day In 1924 Dennis Weaver, American actor was born.
On This Day In 1940 The Dunkerque (Dunkirk) France evacuation was completed.
World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Kaiser (Bill) Wilhelm II of Germany died.
On This Day In 1942 The Pacific naval Battle of Midway ended with one American aircraft carrier (USS Yorktown) and four Japanese (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu) aircraft carriers sunk.
On This Day In 1944 The Fall of Rome - the allies take Rome (Italy). World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The first German U-Boat the U 505 was captured on the high seas. World War II.
On This Day In 1948 Bob (Red Rum) Champion, British Ex national hunt jockey was born.
On This Day In 1963 John Profumo Conservertive Minister of War resigned after it was revealed the he was sharing the attentions of shapely Christine Keeler and a Russian naval attaché.
On This Day In 1970 Tonga gained independence.
On This Day In 1982 Argentina surrendered the Malvinas Islands.
On This Day In 1989 Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement; hundreds - possibly thousands - of people died.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Love cures people, both the ones who give it, and the ones who receive
it."
Dr Karl Menninger
Independence Day Tonga
On This Day In 1833 Ada Lovelace (The first computer programmer) met Charles Babbage. Now look at the mess were in.
On This Day In 1849 Denmark became a constitution. There was a major overhaul in 1953, allowing for a unicameral legislature and a female chief of state.
On This Day In 1874 Jack Chesbro, legendary baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. Died: November 6, 1931, Conway, Massachusetts.
On This Day In 1875 The Pacific stock exchange was formally opened.
On This Day In 1883 American economist John Maynard Keynes was born.
On This Day In 1985 William (Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd, American actor was born. Died September 12, 1972.
On This Day In 1900 Denis Gabor, inventor of Holography (3D laser photography) was born.
On This Day In 1901 Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer was born in in
Thomson,
GA. Died: 19 August 1959.
On This Day In 1920 The first rivet was driven in on the Bank of Italy headquarters.
On This Day In 1940 The first synthetic rubber tyre was exhibited, Akron, Ohio. USA.
On This Day In 1945 The allies split Germany and take over the government. World War II.
On This Day In 1965 The US State Department announced that American troops are engaged in combat. Vietnam War.
On This day In 1967 Israel launched a pre-emtive strike against the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, starting the Six Day War, from which Israel emerged victorious.
On This Day In 1968 American Senator. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded just after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested.
On This Day In 1972 The shipyard union-based Solidarity, was the first opposition party in the communist bloc to defeat the communists when it won the first free Polish elections since World War II.
On This Day In 1972 Elizabeth II, Queen of England after the funeral of her father the Duke of Windsor, allowed Wallis Simpson to stay one night only in Buckingham Palace before going back to Paris, France and obscurity.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-2 was launched.
On This Day In 1991 America's 41st space shuttle mission Columbia (11) STS-40 (SLS-01) was launched. Landed June 14, 1991, 8:39:11 a.m. PDT, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 2002 America's 110th space shuttle mission Endeavour (18) STS-111 (Internation Space Station Utilization Flight UF-2, MBS) was launched. Landed June 19 2002 at 1:57:41 pm EDT (9:57:41 GMT), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Men don't change. The only thing new in the world is the history you don't
know."
Harry S. Trueman (1884 -1972)
Saint Boniface Day (680 - 755)
Constitution Day In Denmark
On This Day In 1523 Sweden gained independence.
On This Day In 1599 Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez, Spanish Baroque painter was born in Seville, Spain. Died: Madrid, Spain, 6 August 1660.
On This Day In 1683 The world's first public museum, the Ashmolean was opened by Elias Ashmole in Oxford. Visitors were charged according to how long they stayed.
On This Day In 1862 The Union forces captured Memphis, Tennessee. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1903 Aram Khachaturian, Russian composer was born. Died: 1 May 1978.
On This Day In 1944 Allied forces mounted the Normandy landings. D-DAY thirty eight convoys of 745 ships, 4,066 landing craft, 185,000 men, 20,000 vehicles, 347 minesweepers, 18,000 paratroopers from 1,087 aircraft. World War II.
On This Day In 1956 Bjorn Borg Swedish tennis player was born.
Player of Year (1979-80);
won 6 French Opens and 5 straight Wimbledons (1976-80).
On This Day In 1984 More than 1,000 died fighting at the Sikh Golden Temple, Amristar, when Indian Army troops stormed the Temple to end an occupation by Sikh extremists.
Your Thought For Today Is:
A parent's life is like a child's copybook.
Corpus Cristi
Independence Day Sweden
On This Day In 1329 Robert Bruce leader of the Scots, died aged 53.
On This Day In 1494 Undre the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Pope divided the New World between Spain and Portugal; thus Brazil speaks Portuguese and the rest of Latin America speaks Spanish.
On This Day In 1502 Pope Gregory XIII introduced Gregorian Calendar in 1582 was born.
On This Day In 1770 Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 4 December 1828. Term of Office (1812-1827) Tory.
On This Day In 1843 American Susan Elizabeth Blow who pioneered Kindergarten education was born.
On This Day In 1848 Paul Gauguin, French post impressionist artist was born in Paris, France. Died: Marquesas Islands, 8 May 1903.
On This Day In 1906 James J, Braddock, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1935-1937). Died: November 29, 1974.
On This Day In 1929 Mrs Margret Bondfield became Britain's first woman cabinet minister as Minister of Labour in Ramsay MacDonald's Labour government.
On This Day In 1929 The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as
copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.
On This Day In 1958 American singer Prince Roger (Purple Rain) Nelson was born.
Your Thought For Today Is:
A happy family is but like an earlier heaven.
On This Day In 570 The Prophet Mohammed was born.
On This Day In 1042 Cnutsson, Hardicanute of Denmark, King of England Godwineson,
Harold II, King of England died in Lambeth, London. Born: 1018. (Reign: England
1040-1042. King of Demark 1035-1042).
On This Day In 1504 Michelangelo's David, the world most famous statue was set in place in Florence's Piazza della Signoria.
On This Day In 1625 The Italian astronomer Giovqanni Domenico Cassini was born.
On This Day In 1786 Ice Cream was first sold commercially - Made in New York. USA.
On This Day In 1861 The state of Tennessee seceded from the Union. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1862 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Cross Keys, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1889 The first cable cars began service in Los Angeles. USA.
On This Day In 1892 Robert Ford Short-term member of the younger gang. Killed Jesse James. Himself slain by Ed O'Kelly in Creede, Co.
On This Day In 1918 American actor Robert Preston was born.
On This Day In 1930 American actor Dana Winter was born in London England.
On This Day In 1932 Ex England cricket captain Ray Illingworth was born.
On This Day In 1933 American comedienne Joan Rivers was born.
On This Day In 1934 English singer Millicent Martin was born.
On This Day In 1940 The discovery of element 93, Neptunium was announced.
On This Day In 1940 American singer Nancy (These Boots) Sinatra was born.
On This Day In 1940 Allied forces are evacuated from Narvik, Norway. World War II.
On This Day In 1940 The British carrier HMS Glorious was sunk. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The allies invaded Vichy controlled Syria and Lebanon. World War II.
On This Day In 1967 The U.S.S. Liberty - while operating in
international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean - was the target of an attack
by Israel's war planes and torpedo boats. this attack killed 34 members of the
Liberty's crew and wounded 172 others, in addition to causing extensive damage
to the ship.
On This Day In 1968 The British authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Moderation is a fatal thing, nothing succeeds like excess."
Oscar Wilde
On This Day In 1549 The Church of England adopted the Book of Common Prayer compliled by Thomas Cranmer.
On This Day In 1597 Pieter Jansz Saenredam, Flemish Baroque artist was born in Assendelft, Netherlands. Died: Haarlem, Netherlands, 31 May 1666.
On This Day In 1781 George Stephenson inventor was born. Best known as the inventor of the railway engine Rocket.
On This Day In 1858 The first Railways Act was introduced in England.
On This Day In 1860 Lizzie A Borden was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. On August 12, 1892 Lizzie Borden was arrested for the murders of her parents. Lizzie's trial took place in Fall River from 05 June to 19 June, 1893. Twelve male citizens were her jurors and after a sometimes dramatic presentation of evidence, which included testimony that Lizzie had tried to purchase prussic acid, a poison, days before the murders. At one point, Lizzie seemingly fainted in the courtroom after seeing the skulls of her parents. On the afternoon of June 19, 1893, after one hour of deliberations, the jury returned its verdict -- not guilty on all counts.
On This Day In 1862 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Port Republic, Virginia. America Civil War.
On This Day In 1915 Les Paul, American guitar legend was born.
On This Day In 1934 Walt Disney's famous fowl Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphony cartoon "The Wise Little Hen".
On This Day In 1934 Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer was born.
On This Day In 1937 Sarah Ferguson's mum Susan Barrantes was born.
On This Day In 1941 Heavy metal icon Jon ( Deep Purple ) Lord was born.
On This Day In 1944 Soviet troops began a large offensive against Finland. World War II.
On This Day In 1959 The first ballistic missile submarine was launched in the United States of America, from the USS George Washington.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-2 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 2002 Lennox Lewis retained his world heavyweight title when he knocked out Mike Tyson in the eighth round in Memphis Tennessee.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Money is like an arm or a leg: use it or lose it."
Henry Ford
On This Day In 1692 The first of 20 victims of witchcraft hysteria was hanged in Salem Massachusetts. After trials led by Judge Jonathon Corwin, 14 women and five more men were hanged.
On This Day In 1772 The British revenue cutter the Gaspee was sunk by Rhode Islanders. American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1819 Gustave Courbet, French impressionist was born in Ornans, France. Died: Vevey, Switzerland; 31 December 1877.
On This Day In 1829 Oxford won the first ever Oxford and Cambridge University boat race along the two mile stretch of water between Hambleton Lock to Henley Lock.
On This Day In 1861 Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Big Bethel, Virginia.
American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1898 American Marines land in Cuba. Spanish-American War.
On This Day In 1916 Bill Waddington, English TV actor was born. Best known for his role in Coronation Street.
On This Day In 1921 His Royal Highness Prince Philip was born.
On This Day In 1922 Judy Garland, American singer/actress actress was born. Best know for her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of OZ.
On This Day In 1926 Lionel Jeffries, English actor was born.
On This Day In 1932 The first demonstration of artificial lightning was demonstrated Pittsfield, Mass, USA.
On This Day In 1934 Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the 2nd World Cup soccer competition in Rome.
On This Day In 1940 Norway surrendered to the Germans. World War II.
On This Day In 1940 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) declared war on England and France.
World War II.
On This Day In 1940 Italy invaded France and bombed Malta. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 German troops destroyed Lidicie in retaliation of the murder of Reinhard Heydrich. World War II
On This Day In 1942 Gordon Burns, English TV presenter was born.
On This Day In 1945 Australian troops landed on Borneo. World War II.
On This Day In 1955 The Apple Computer Corporation ships the first Apple II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom.
One helps you make a living, the other helps thou make a life".
Sandra Carey
'Time Observance Day In Japan'
National Day Portugal
On This Day In 1572 English playwright Ben Johnson was born.
On This Day In 1776 John Constable England's greatest landscape painter was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk. Died: 31 March 1837, London, England. Best Known for the Hay Wain.
On This Day In 1842 Oxford won the 6th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1847 Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, the leader of the English Woman's Movement was born.
On This Day In 1861 The state of West Virginia seceded from Virginia and joins
the Union.
American Civil War.
On This Day In 1867 Charles Fabry who discovered the Ozone Layer in the upper atmosphere was born.
On This Day In 1879 Roger "The Duke of Tralee" Bresnahan, legendary baseball catcher with the Chicago Cubs was born. Died: Died: December 4, 1944, Toledo, Ohio.
On This Day In 1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau undersea explorer, inventor of the aqua lung and under water environmentalist was born. Died: 25 June 1997.
On This Day In 1910 English actor Richard Todd was born.
On This Day In 1926 Zoo owner and friend of Lord ( Lucky Lucan ), John Aspinal was born.
On This Day In 1935 American actor Gene ( Willy Wonker ) Wilder was born.
On This Day In 1939 Jackie Stewart, Scottish Ex world motor racing champion was born.
On This Day In 1940 Britain's bomber squadron bombed Turin, Italy. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The island of Pantelleria surrendered. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Fitness guru Diana Moran was born.
On This Day In 1946 Race horse trainer and breeder Jenny Pitman was born.
On Thos Day In 1953 Sir Len Hutton becan the first professional cricketer to captain the England cricket team. He won five test series and defended the Ashes.
On This Day In 1955 The first magnesium jet aeroplane was flown.
On This Day In 1955 At the Le Mans race track in France three cars collieded at 150mph and ploughed into the crowd killing 80 and injuring more than 100 spectature's in the worst accident in motor racing history.
On This Day In 1963 Buddhist monk Quang Duc sets himself on fire in protest against the Diem government's policies. Buddhist protesst intensify daily. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1965 Paul McCarthy returned from holiday in Portugal to find that the Queen had awarded the BEATLES MBEs.
On This Day In 2002 John Gotti (The Teflon Don) the ruthlessly brutal but stylishly dressed New York Mafia chief with silver slicked-back hair who reveled in the public spotlight as the "Dapper Don" died of cancer at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield aged 61
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
On This day In 1365 Edward III, King of England anxious about the prowess of his armies in France banned Londoners from playing football and ordered them to pratice archery instead.
On This Day In 1667 Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physysian to Louis XIV of France peformed the first successful blood transfusion on a 15 year old boy using lamb's blood.
On This Day In 1812 The United States declared War on Great Britain. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1839 The first game of baseball was played in New York. United States of America.
On This Day In 1897 Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister was
born. Died: 14 January 1977.
Term of Office (1956-1956) Conservative.
On This Day In 1898 The Philippines gained independence from Spain.
On This Day In 1915 American banker David Rockerfella was born.
On This Day In 1921 American actress Vera Ralston was born.
On This Day In 1924 America's 41st President, George Bush, was born in Milton, Massachusetts, into a wealthy family as George Herbert Walker Bush. After graduating from Phillips Academy, Andover, MA in 1942 he served as the youngest U.S. naval carrier pilot in the Pacific till 1945, winning the 'Distinguished Flying Cross', and three Air Medals. On January 6, 1945 George married Barbara Pierce, of Rye, New York. Bush studied economics at Yale University. After graduating he moved to Texas where he started working in the oil-drilling business. He co-founded the Bush-Overbey Company, Zapata Petroleum Corporation and Zapata Off-Shore, of which he also became president in 1954.
On This Day In 1929 Anne Frank, diarist was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
On This Day In 1943 The Troggs singer Reg ( No Relation ) Presley was born.
On This Day In 1946 Welsh soccer boss Bobby Gould was born.
On This Day In 1967 Israel won the Six Day War.
On This day In 1987 Princess Anne was made Princess Royal, the title traditionally awarded to the monarch's eldest daughter.
On This Day In 1994 The mighty Boeing 777-200 jumbo jet made her first flight.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own
errors."
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Independence Day Philippines's
On This Day In 1774 Rhode Island became the first American colony to prohibit importation of slaves.
On This Day In 1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to New York City. USA
On This Day In 1940 Paris evacuated before the German advance. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 At 4.13 am the first German V1 flying bomb known as the
doodlebug, were unleashed over Britain. The first one hit a house in Southampton
killing three people.
World War II.
On This Day In 1956 Real Madrid won the first European Cup, beating Stade de Reims 4-3 in Paris, France.
On This Day In 1983 The American spacecraft Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave our Solar System.
On This Day In 1988 Mariya Kalinina became the first Russian women to win a beauty competition when she became Miss Moscow, her prize was a TV set.
On This Day In 2002 Geoffrey Marcy, astronomy professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and astronomer Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington announced the discovery of more than a dozen new planets orbiting distant stars. One of those planetary systems looks similar to our own.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader."
Harry S. Truman
On This Day In 1645 Oliver Cromwell and his New Model Army defeated Prince Rupert and Charles I in the Battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire.
On This Day In 1775 The United States Army was founded.
On This Day In 1777 The Continental Congress adopted Old Glory, the Stars and Stripes banner, as the official American Flag, replacing Grand Union flag.
On This Day In 1801 Benedict Arnold Revolutionary War general, died in London.
On This Day In 1841 The first Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario.
On This Day In 1856 Russian mathematician Andrey Markov Russia, (Markov Chain) was born.
On This Day In 1864 Alois Alzheimer Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease) was born.
On This Day In 1900 The Hawaiian Republic becomes the US
Territory of Hawaii.
On This Day In 1919 Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown,
in a modified Vimy IV made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. They took off
from Lester's Field, near St. Johns, Newfoundland . They landed June 15,1919 at
Clifden in Ireland. The time for the crossing was sixteen hours, and twenty
seven minutes.
On This Day In 1928 Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Latin American Marxist revolutionary was born in Rosario, Argentina. Died: 9 October 1967 (He was shot to death).
On This Day In 1935 The Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ended.
On This Day In 1940 German forces occupied Paris. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Walt Disney's "Bambi" was released.
On This Day In 1949 The State of Vietnam was formed.
On This Day In 1953 Elvis Presley graduated from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn.
On This Day In 1963 Russian cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbited the Earth 81 times in 5 days.
On This Day In 1967 The American spacecraft Mariner V was launched for a Venus fly-by.
On This Day In 1975 The Russian spacecraft Venera 10 was launched for a Venus landing.
On This Day In 1991 The American Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) landed safely back on Earth.
On This Day In 2002 Spider Man the movie went on general release in England.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Love Makes Hard Hearts Gentle
On This Day In 1215 King John of England signed the Magna Carta in which he conceded a number of legal rights to his barons and to the people, thus acknowledging that the law was a higher authority than the monarch. In order to finance his foreign wars, King John had taxed abusively.
On This Day In 1658 Aurangzeb, Mogul Emperor overthrew his father Shar Jahan and put him in a cell from which he could the wonderful Taj Mahal he'd built as a tomb for his wife.
On This Day In 1775 George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army.
On This Day In 1821 Nikolai Zaremba, Russian composer was born. Died: 08 April 1879.
On This Day In 1836 Arkansas became the 25th State Of The Union. State Capital Little Rock. USA.
On This Day In 1863 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Winchester, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1878 The first attempt at motion pictures was made, using 12 cameras, each taking one picture, it was done to see if four horses hoofs left the ground during a gallop. Lealand Stanford bet they didn't. He lost.
On This Day In 1883 Count Otto von Bismarck of Germany was the first political leader to institute general health insurance for all his people.
On This Day In 1921 Erroll Garner, American Jazz pianist was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Died: 2 January 1977. Best know as the man who wrote "Misty".
On This Day In 1940 France surrendered to Germany. World War II.
On This Day In 1951 The first commercial electronic computer was dedicated in Philadelphia Pa, USA.
On This Day In 1975 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 19 was launched.
On This Day In 1978 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 29 was launched.
On This Day In 1998 The £2 coin became legal tender in England.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Nothing needs reforming as other peoples habits."
Mark Twain
On This Day In 1657 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle in Scotland.
On This Day In 1779 Spain declared war on Great Britain.
On This Day In 1829 Geronimo the Apache leader and warrior was born. Following his death on February 17 1909 his obituary appeared in The London Times.
On This Day In 1862 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Secessionville. South Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1880 Salvation Army girls first wore their distinctive bonnets on a march in Hackney, London brewers paid hooligans a shilling each to steal them.
On This Day In 1927 Tom Graveny, English cricket legend was born.
On This Day In 1937 Erich Segal, Author was born. Best known as the author of Love Story.
On This Day In 1938 James Bolam, English actor was born.Best known for his role in the BBC TV production of The Likely Lads.
On This Day In 1946 Simon Ward , English actor was born. Best know for his role of the young Winston Churchill in Young Winston.
On This Day In 1948 Chinese bandits held up a Cathat Pacific flying boat in the world'sfirst hijack. After agun battle the plane crashed killing all but the bandit leader.
On This Day In 1961 Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet ballet dancer defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.
On This Day In 1963 Russian cosmonaught Valentina V. Tereshkova became the first woman in space aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6.
On This Day In 2002 Before one of the largest crowds ever to fill the Vatican area, Pope John Paul made a saint of Padre Pio, a 20th century mystic monk who is said to have borne the bleeding wounds of Christ.
On This Day In 2002 Elvis Presley notched up his eighteenth UK number 1 hit single with A Little Less Conversation. This achievmnet is remarkable as he has been dead for 25 years.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends. "
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
On This Day In 1239 King of England Edward I, Longshanks was
born, ( reign 1272-1207).
Died: 7 July 1307 at Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland
On This Day In 1775 The battle of Bunker Hill began. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1823Charles Mackintosh, Glaswegian chemist patented the waterproof cloth to make rain coats, after experimenting with waste products from Glasgow's gasworks.
On This Day In 1836 Cambridge won the 2nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1870 George Cormack, inventor of the Wheaties cereal was born.
On This Day In 1881 Tommy Burns, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1906-1908).
On This Day In 1882 Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer was born. Died: 06 April 1971.
On This Day In 1917 Dean Martin, American singer/entertainer was born in Stubenville Ohio. Died: 25 December 1915. Best known for his recording of Little Ole Wine Drinker Me.
On This Day In 1917 Lena Horne, American jazz singer was born.
On This Day In 1920 Beryl Reid , English actress was born.
On This Day In 1928 Aviator Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. She flew from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
On This Day In 1942 The first American expeditionary force landed in North Africa. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Iceland was proclaimed a Republic.
On This Day In 1946 Barry Manilow, American Singer, composer was born.
On This Day In 1958 Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the 7th World Cup soccer competition in Santiago, Chile.
On This Day In 1965 The first B-52 raids were launched against Viet Cong targets in South Vietnam. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1972 The Watergate scandal began, the Democratic Party Headquarters in the Watergate building Washington break in, the break in was so bungled that the perpetrators were arrested, leading to the worst scandal and outrage, it led to the worst constitutional crisis since the Civil War.
On This Day In 1982 Roberto Calvi, head of the Banco Ambrosiano was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge, London. The circumstances still remain a mysterious.
On This Day In 1985 America's 18th space shuttle mission Discovery (5) STS-51-G (MORE LOS-A) was launched. Landed June 24, 1985, 6:11:52 a.m. PDT, Runway 23, Edwards Airforce Base Calif.
Your Thought For Today Is:
A soft answer burns away wrath
but grievous words stir up anger
Republic Day Iceland
On This Day In 1178 Five monks from Canterbury, England recorded seeing a bright flash on the moon at a point since found to be a very large crater now named Gioudano Bruno.
On This Day In 1812 The War of 1812 began. United States of America and England.
On This Day In 1815 The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo ( Belgium ) thus ending The Napoleonic Wars. 1769 - 1815.
On This Day In 1864 The Union forces lay siege to Petersburg, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1877 James (I Want You) M, Flagg, American illustrator was born.
On This Day In 1901 Jeanette MacDonald, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1929 Eva Bartok, American actress was born in Budapest Hungary.
On This Day In 1939 Lou Brock, legendary baseball hitter was born in El Dorado, Arkansas.
On This Day in 1940 Soviet Union invaded the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia
and Lithuania.
World War II.
On This Day In 1940 Germany begins transporting troops through neutral Sweden with the permission of the Swedish government.
On This Day In 1940 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech in the House of Commons.
"Let us brace ourselves to our duty and so bear ourselves that if
the British Commonwealth
and Empire last for a thousand years men will still say, this was their finest
hour".
World War II
On This Day In 1942 Paul McCartney, English singer, composer and ex BEATLE was born in Liverpool.
On This Day In 1944 The Guards Chapel - Wellington barracks was hit by a German V1 bomb killing 119 people and injuring another 141. World War II.
On This Day In 1948 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.
On This Day In 1963 Henry Cooper, British heavyweight boxing champion was cheated out of beating the the Cassius Clay. Clay was floored in the fourth round but was saved by the bell, and by his trainer cutting his clove to give him more time. Clay stopped Cooper in round five.
On This Day In 1975 Britain's first North Sea oil came ashore from a Liberian tanker which berthed at BP's Isle of Grain refinery.
On This Day In 1983 America's 7th space shuttle mission, Challenger (2) STS-7 (PALAPA B1) was launched. Sally Ride became first American woman to fly in space. Landed June 24, 1983, 6:56:59 a.m. PDT, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."
Mark Twain
On This Day In 1566 James I, King of England was born at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Died: 27 MAR 1625, Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, Herts, England. (Reign: 1603-25).
On This Day In 1623 Mathematician Blaise Pascal was born.
On This Day In 1778 General George Washington's troops finally left Valley Forge. American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1816 Lord Byron, after telling ghost stories with his wife the poet Shelly had a vision of a woman with eyes for nipples, got hysterical and ran screaming from the room.
On This Day In 1829 Sir Robert Peel, British Prime Minister established the London Metropolitan Police Force By an Act of Parliament. They were affectionally known as Peelers.
On This Day In 1886 The Duchess of Windsor was born.
On This Day In 1931 The first photoelectric cell was installed commercially, in West Haven, Ct, USA.
On This Day In 1932 Pier Angeli, Italian actress was born.
On This Day In 1935 Parking Meters were installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. USA.
On This Day In 1938 Italy beat Hungary 4-2 in the 3rd World Cup soccer competition in Paris, France.
On This Day In 1943 Malcolm McDowell, English actor was born. Best known for his role in Clockwork Orange.
On This Day In 1944 The Pacific naval Battle of the Phillipine Sea began. Concluded 20 June. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 Joe Louis vs Billy Conn became the first heavyweight fight to be televised, viewed by a record 140,000 people.
On This Day In 1947 Albert Boyd became the first pilot to fly a plane faster than 600mph.
On This Day In 1953 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg went to the electric chair in Sing Sing prison at 8pm, guilty of spying for the USSR.
On This Day In 1970 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 9 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1970 Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in the 9th World Cup soccer competition, in the Aztec stadium, Mexico City, Mexico. This was the third time Brazil had won the competition so they retained the Jules Rimet Trophy.
On This Day In 1978 Garfield the cat was born. Meow.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Inflation is the buck that doesn't stop anywhere
On This Day In 1615 Salvador Rosa, Italian Baroque artist was born in Arenella, Sicily [domain of the Spannish Habsberg's] [and now Italy]. Died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 15 March 1673.
On This Day In 1756 The Newarb of Bengal imprisoned 146 defenders of Calcutta in the East India Company's lock up for petty offenders' known as the Black Hole. Only 23 survived.
On This Day In 1863 West Virginia became the 35th State Of The Union. State Capital Charleston. USA.
On This Day In 1887 Buffalo Bill Cody staged a Royal Command Wild West Show for Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee. Europwan Kings were driven in the original Deadwood stagecoach.
On This Day In 1924 Chet Atkins, American country guitarist was born in Luttrell, Tennessee. Died: 20 June 2001 (Cancer). Best know as the Creator of the Nashville Sound.
On This Day In 1944 Soviet troops captured Viborg, Finland. World War II.
On This Day In 1960 Mali and Senegal gained their independence.
On This Day In 1963 President Kennedy and Kruschev agree to set up a 'hot line' between the White House and the Kremlin following the alarms of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
On This Day In 1967 American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. The conviction was later overturned by the Supreme Court.
On This Day In 1996 America's 78th space shuttle mission Columbia (20) STS-78 (SPACELAB-LMS) was launched. Landed July 7, 1996 8:37.30 a.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Money will buy a pretty good dog
but it won't buy the wag of his tail
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On This Day In 1498 The Emperor Maximillian expelled the Jews from Nurenberg Bavaria.
On This Day In 1607 Jamestown became the site of the first Protestant Episcopal parish in America.
On This Day In 1633 Galileo Galilei was forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views.
On This day In 1661 Andrea Sacchi, Italian Baroque artist died in Rome, Papal States. Born: Nettuno [near Rome], Papal States [now Italy]; 1599.
On This Day In 1675Work began on Sir Christopher Wren's classical new St Paul's Cathederal to replace the old Gothic building destroyed in The Great Fire of London in 1666.
On This Day In 1732 Martha Washington, America's first lady was born.
On This Day In 1768 Dr John Archer gained the first United States bachelor of medicine degree.
On This Day In 1788 The United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the 9th State ratify.
On This Day In 1788 New Hampshire became the 9th State Of The Union. State Capital
Concorde. USA.
On This Day In 1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick, American farmer patented the reaping machine.
On This Day In 1851 Daniel Carter Beard ,organizer of the first United States boy scout troop was born.
On This Day In 1876 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Mexican general who took the Alamo died aged 82.
On This Day In 1879 F W Woolworth opened their first store and failed almost immediately.
On This Day In 1887 Victoria, Queen of England celebrated her golden jubilee.
On This Day In 1891 Hermann Scherchen Berlin, German conductor was born. Best known for his composition Nature of Music.
On Thus Day In 1892 Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian was born. Best known for his work Nature and Destiny of Man.
On This Day In 1892 Hilding Rosenberg Bosj”kloster, Swedish composer was born. Best known for Babels Torn.
On This Day In 1903 Dorothy Stickney, American actress was born. Best known for her role in And So They Were Married.
On This Day In 1905 Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher/writer was born.
On This Day In 1917 The Hawaiian branch of the Red Cross was founded.
On This Day In 1919 The Germans sailors unexpectedly scuttled 72 surrendered warships at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys: the greatest act of self-destruction in modern military history.
On This Day In 1921 Jane Russell, American actress was born. Best known for her role in The Outlaw.
On This Day In 1942 Rommel took Tobruk in North Africa. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Finland sued for peace. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Ray Davies, British rocker singer/guitarist with the The Kinks. Best known for his song Lola.
On This Day In 1945 The Japanese forces on Okinawa surrendered to the United States during World War II.
On This Day In 1948 Dr Peter Goldmark of the CBS demonstrated the long playing
record.
Columbia record's commits it's self to the 33 1/3 rpm record and plans to phase out 78's
On This Day In 1948 The first stored computer program was run on a Manchester Mark I.
On This Day In 1953 Benazir Bhutto, the first female leader of a Moslem nation Pakistan was born.
On This Day In 1963 In Rome, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was elected Pope Paul VI, the 261st pontiff of the Catholic Church.
On This Day In 1964 Three American civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss. Their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later. Eight members of the Ku Klux Klan went to prison on federal conspiracy charges; none served more than six years.
On This Day In 1970 Brazil won last Jules Rimet World Cup Trophy.
On This Day In 1975 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 19 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), became Israel's 6th Prime Minister.
On This Day In 1982 Prince William, was born to Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
On This Day In 1985 American, Brazilian & West German forensic pathologists confirm that the skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were that of the Nazi Dr Josef Mengele.
On This Day In 1989 The United States Supreme Court ruled it is ok to burn US flag as a political expression.
On This Day In 1990 Little Richard, American rock 'n' roll legend gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.
On This Day In 1993 America's 56th space shuttle mission Endeavour (4) STS-57 (SPACEHAB-01) was launched. Landed July 1 1993, 8:52 a.m. EDT. on Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Generosity to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humour
The longest day of the year
Islam : New Year's Day (Muharram 1, 1414 AH)
On This Day In 1814 The first cricket match played the new Lord's cricket ground in London was played between the MCC and Hertfordshire.
On This Day In 1847 The doughnut was invented.
On This Day In 1897 The service for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee at St Paul's Cathederal had to be held outside the building as Victoria was too infirmed to manage the steps.
On This Day In 1906 American film director Billy Wilder was born.
On This Day In 1921 George V, King of England pleaded for peace and reconciliation when opened the Northern Ireland Parliament.
On This Day In 1932 English actress Prunella Scales was worn.
On This Day In 1940 British TV presenter Esther Rantzen was born.
On This Day In 1940 France signs an armistice with Germany. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Germany invaded Soviet Union. The Einsatzgruppen, mobile killing squads, began the mass murders of Jews, Gypsies, and Communist leaders.World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Italy and Romania declared war on the Soviet Union. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Soviet Union demanded Finland's unconditional surrender.
World War II.
On This Day In 1949 American actress Meryl ( Out Of Africa ) Streep was born.
On This Day In 1973 Skylabs two Astronauts land safely.
On This Day In 1978 The planet Pluto's Partner Charon, was discovered.
On This Day In 1983 The first time a satellite was retrieved from orbit, by the Space Shuttle.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the
infernal constancy of women who love me."
George Bernard Shaw
On This Day In 69 AD Emperor Vespasian died - elected Emperor by the Roman Senate 1st July 69 AD.
On This Day In 1626 A large codfish opened up at Cambridge market was found to contain a copy of John Frith's book of religious treatises.
On This Day In 1848 Adolphe Sax was awarded the patent for the saxaphone.
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces began raids towards Washington DC. America Civil War.
On This Day In 1894 Edward VIII Windsor, Duke of Windsor was born at White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England. Died: 28 May 1972, Paris, France. (Reign: 1936).
On This Day In 1912 Alan Turing, American mathematician and pioneer in computer theory was born.
On This Day In 1916 Sir Len Hutton, English cricket legend was born in Fulneck, Pudsey, Yorkshire. Died: 6 September 1990, Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.
On This Day In 1938 The American Civil Aeronautics Authority was created.
On This Day In 1938 Marineland opened in Florida, USA, the first aquarium for monsters of the deep.
On This Day In 1940 English actor, singer Adam ( Budgie ) Faith was born.
On This Day In 1947 English actor Bryan Brown was born.
On This Day In 1953 British TV presenter Maggie Philben was born.
On This Day In 1985 Sikh terrorists planted a bomb in an Air India Boeing 747 from Canada which exploded over the sea 120 miles off Ireland, killing 325 passengers and crew.
On This Day In 2002 Count Alvaro de Marichalar of Spain became the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a Jet-Ski.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it."
Publilius Syrus
On This Day In 1314 Robert the Bruce of Scotland, help by the timely arrival of his followers, defeated the English troops under King Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn.
On This Day In 1540 Henry VIII, King of England divorced Anne of Cleeves saying he had been decieved about her looks. He was shown a flattering portrait but she turned out to be a 'great Flanders mare'.
On This Day In 1859 Henri Dunant, Swiss business man travalling through Italy saw the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino was inspired to found the Red Cross.
On This Day In 1859 The Battle of Solferino began. The War between Italy, Sardinia, France and Austria. ( 1848 - 1870 ) William Byrne fighting in the Italian Army became the only Englishman to receive the 1859 decorations of Napoleon III, Campaign of Italy, 1869 the Medal of King Victor Emmanuel II, King Umberto I, Unity of Italy, also a special medal for mounting the Guard of Honor over the tombs of Kings Victor Emmanuel II and Umberto I at the Parthenon in Rome, plus the Cross of the Veterans 1848 - 1870.
On This Day In 1895 Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1919-1926).
On This Day In 1930 Aeroplanes were first detected by RADA at Anacostia, D.C USA.
On This Day In 1940 France signs an armistice with Italy. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 German troops entered Egypt. World War II.
On This Day In 1982 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-6 (Salyut 7) was launched.
On This Day In 1983 The 7th American Space Shuttle mission - Challenger 2 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1985 The 18th American Space Shuttle mission - Discovery 5 returned safely to Earth.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Tell the truth and run
Yugoslav Proverb
Midsummer Day
On This Day In 1788 Virginia became the 10th State Of The Union. State Capital
Richmond USA.
On This Day In 1852 Antoni Placid Guillem Gaudi Cornet, Spanish
architect was born in Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona. Died: 7 June 1926
as a result of a tram accident.
Best Known for his unfinished La Sagrada Familia, the Cathedral in Barcelona.
On This Day In 1867 Lucien B. Smith ironmonger of Kent, Ohio inventor of barbed wire was granted a patent.
On This Day In 1876 American Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana.
On This Day In 1940 France surrendered to Adolf Hitler. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The Soviet Union bombed Finland. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Roy Marsden, English actor was born.
On This Day In 1942 Eddie Large, English Comedian was born.
On This Day In 1945 Carly Simon , American singer Carly was born. Best known for her song Your so Vain.
On This Day In 1950 The Korean War began when North Korean troops launched an invasion across the 38th parallel into South Korea. The United Nations ordered an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal. Needless to say they didn't.
On This Day In 1963 John F. Kennedy expressed solidarity with wall-divided Berliners, but his 'ich bin ein Berliner' translates as 'I am a liver and bacon sausage'. He should have said 'ich bin Berliner'.
On This Day In 1975 Mozambique gained independence.
On This Day In 1978 Argentina beat the Netherlands 3-1 in the 11th World Cup soccer competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On This Day In 1991 Slovenia gained independence.
On This Day In 1992 America's 48th space shuttle mission Columbia (12) STS-50 (USML-01) was launched. Landed July 9, 1992, 7:43 a.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."
Oscar Wilde
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On This Day In 1492 Thes the sport of mountaineering was born when seven of the most distinguished men in France scaled the near vertical Alpine peak Moguille on King Charles VIII's orders.
On This Day In 1819 Abner Doubleday, American credited with inventing the baseball was born.
On This Day In 1857 Victoria, Queen of England awarded 62 servicemen the Victoria Cross.
On This Day In 1862 The Seven Days Battles began. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1865 Brigadier General Stand Watie surrendered with his troops at Doaksville as the last Confederate general. American Civil War. So ended the most bloody period in American History.
On This Day In 1892 American authoress Pearl ( The Good Earth ) Buck was born.
On This day In 1898 Willy Messerschmitt, German designer and manufacturer of aircraft was born Frankfurt, Germany. Died: 15 September 1978.
On This Day In 1913 Maurice Wilkes, inventor of the stored program concept for computers was born.
On This Day In 1934 John Tunney, former world heavyweight boxing champion was born.
On This Day In 1941 Finland and Hungary declared war on the Soviet Union. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 English singer Georgie ( Yeah Yeah ) Fame was born.
On This Day In 1945 The United Nations Charter was Signed in San Francisco. USA.
On This Day In 1951 American actress Pamela Bellwood was born.
On This Day In 1960 Madagascar and Somalia gained their independence.
On This Day In 1983 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-9 (Salyut 7) was launched.
Your Thought For Today Is:
In America there are two types of travel - first class, and with children
Robert Benchley
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On This Day In 1743 George II, King of England became the last monarch to lead his troops into battle. His British, Hanoverian and Hessian men beat the French army at the Battle of Dettingen.
On This Day In 1778 The Battle of Monmouth, General's Washington and Clinton fight to a stand off. American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1864 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1940 The Soviet Union invaded Romania. Romania ceded Bessarabia and northern Bucovina to the Soviet Union. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The Americans forces commanded by Lieutenant-General J Lawton Colins captured Cherbourg, France. World War II.
On This Day In 1977 Djibouti gained independence.
On This Day In 1968 Maggie Wright, English actress performing in Dr Faustus became the the first woman to appear nude on the mainstream stage.
On This day In 1982 America's 4th space shuttle mission, Columbia (4) STS-4 (DOD) was launched at 11:00:00a.m. EDT. Landed Edwards Air Force Base, Calif July 4 1982 9:09:31a.m. PDT.
On This Day In 1995 America's 69th space shuttle mission Atlantis (14) STS-71 (SPACELAB/MIR) was launched. Landed July 7, 1995 at 10:54:34, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 2002 John Entwistle, the quiet, efficient bass player who co-founded The Who and helped it become one of the most dynamic and successful rock bands in history, was found dead of an apparent heart attack Thursday in his Las Vegas hotel room. He was 57. Born 9 October 1944.
Your Thought For Today Is:
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on
John F. Kennedy
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On This Day In 1491 Henry VIII King of England (1509-47) was born at Greenwich Palace, London, England. Died 28 JAN 1547, Whitehall Palace, London, England. (Reign 1509-47).
On This day In 1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque artist was born in Siegen, Westphalia [now Germany]. Died: Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands [now Belgium]; 30 May 1640.
On This Day In 1836 James Madison 4th United States President died in Montpelier, Va. USA
On This Day In 1839 La Amistad (Friendship) set sail from Havana, beginning an adventure of far-reaching historical consequences. On board the little schooner were 53 Africans who had been abducted from West Africa and sold in violation of international law. Their intended fate was enslavement on plantations down coast from Havana. On the third day out, led by one Cinque, the Africans revolted and ordered that the ship be guided toward the rising sun, back to Africa, but each night the Cubans reversed direction. Zigzagging for two months, the ship eventually was brought by northerly winds and currents to Long Island. The Africans were jailed and charged with piracy and murder. In New York City, a group of Christian abolitionists, headed by Lewis Tappan, formed a defense committee. Attorney Roger Sherman Baldwin, with help from former President John Quincy Adams, took the case to the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that the Africans were free.
On This Day In 1863 Union General George G Meade named Commander of the Army of the Potomac. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1863 The Confederate forces captured York, Pennsylvania. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1914 Archduke Ferdinand heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne & his wife Sofia were assassinated by student Gavrilo Princep. (Cause World War War I).
On This Day In 1940 Britain recognized General Charles de Gaulle as the Free French leader. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 German troops captured Minsk. World War II.
On This Day In 1949 Don Baylor Texas baseball player (1979 AL RBI leader) was born.
On This Day In 1965 America's Early Bird I, the world's first commercial communications satellite, launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida became operational.
On This Day In 1965 The first major US offensive action of the war is taken by 3000 troops of the 173rd Airborne Division and 800 Australian troops. The troops are to sweep Zone D, north of Saigon. The sweep fails to make any contact with the Viet Cong. Vietnam War.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished."
Zsa Zsa Gabor
On This Day In 1613 A performance of Henry VIII at the Globe Theater culminated in a cannon being fired to mark the King's entrance. The roof caught fire and the theater was destroyed.
On This Day In 1858 George Washington Goethals the engineer who built the Panama Canal was born.
On This Day In 1929 The first high speed jet wind tunnel was completed at Langley Field Ca, USA.
On This Day In 1941 Finland began her offensive against the Soviet Union. World War II.
On This Day In 1952 The American aircraft carrier the USS Oriskany became the first aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn.
On This Day In 1956 Charles Dumas, American athlete became the first high jumper to clear seven feet.
On This Day In 1956 Arthur Miller, American playwright married Marilyn Monroe in White Plains, New York, and the couple honeymooned in London. They divorced in 1961.
On This Day In 1957 Jane Mansfield , American movie legend died at the age of 34.
On This Day In 1958 Brazil beat Sweden 5-2 in the 6th World Cup soccer competition in Stockholm, Sweden.
On This Day In 1966 US planes attack fuel storage facilities around Hanoi and Haiphong, marking the first time that facilities around Hanoi are hit. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1979 Seychelles gained independence.
On This Day In 1986 Argentina beat the then West Germany 3-2 in the 13th World Cup soccer competition in the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico.
On This Day In 1995 The American space shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"People who never get carried away should be."
Malcolm S. Forbes * American Publisher
Saint Peter's Day first Bishop Of The Church Of Rome
Saint Paul's Day ( Died 67 AD )
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On This Day In 1859 Blondin made the first tightrope crossing of Niagra Falls, several of the spectators fainted as he stopped halfway to set up and use a camera.
On This Day In 1898 In South Africa the Excelsior Blue and White diamond, 995 carrats was discovered.
On This Day In 1908 A giant fireball known as the Tunguska Event impacted in central Siberia, Russia.
On This Day In 1917 Lena Horne, American jazz singer was born.
On This Day In 1918 Susan Hayward , American actress was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
On This Day In 1930 The first round the world radio broadcast took place.
On This Day In 1937 The 999 emergency telephone service was made available to London subscribers.
On This Day In 1934 Adolph Hitler stage his Night of the Long Knives eliminating all of his political critics, including Brown Shirts leader Ernst Röhm, formerly a close friend.
On This Day In 1940 Germany invaded the Channel Islands. World War II.
On This Day In 1960 Zaire Gained Her Independence.
On This Day In 1960 Blood ran in the shower for the first time to a paying audience with the premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's Phsyco in New York.
On This Day In 1966 Mike Tyson, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1986-1990).
On This Day In 1971 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1997 In Hong Kong, the Union Jack was lowered for the last time over Government House as Britain prepared to hand the colony back to China after ruling it for 156 years.
On This Day In 2002 Brazil beat Germany 2-0 in the 17th World Cup soccer competition in Yokohama, Japan. Ronaldo won the golden boot scoring eight goals in the competition, also equalling the great Pele's record of 12 World Cup goals.
Your Thought For Today Is:
The years teach much that the days never know.
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