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On This Day In 1738 The Jamaican Maroons were the first people to force the English to sign a treaty with their subjects. The lands conceded in this treaty formed a base for the Maroon's independent survival.
On This Day In 1781 The Articles Of The Confederation were adopted by the Continental
Congress.
On This Day In 1799 Alexei Verstovsky, Russian composer was born. Died: 17 September 1862.
On This Day In 1805 Ohio became the 17th State Of The Union. State Capital
Columbus. USA
On This Day In 1810 Frederic Chopin the legendary composer was born.
On This Day In 1848 Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor and designer of the 1907 $20 gold piece was born.
On This Day In 1859 The Present Seal of San Francisco USA was adopted.
On This Day In 1867 Nebraska became the 37th State Of The Union. State Capital
Lincoln. USA.
On This Day In 1927 The Bank Of Italy became a national bank.
On This Day In 1927 Harry Belafonte, Jamaican singer was born. Best known for his recording of Island in the sun.
On This Day In 1937 The first permanent automobile Licence plates were issued in Connecticut, New England, USA.
On This Day In 1932 The infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. USA.
On This Day In 1941 Bulgaria joined the axis powers. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 The naval Battle of Sunda Strait began. Java campaign. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Rodger Daltry, lead singer with The Who was born.
On This Day In 1947 The International Monetary Fund began operations.
On This Day In 1967 Operation Junction City, the largest US operation of the war, was launched. Four US divisions, as well as additional brigades, are involved in a massive search and destroy mission along the Cambodian Border. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1992 Bosnia and Hercegovina gained independence.
On This Day In 2002 America's 108th space shuttle mission Columbia (27) STS-109 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3) was Launched. Landed March 12 2002, (4:32 a.m. EST / 09:32 GMT), Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
The highway to hell only carries one way traffic.
Independence Day
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Saint David's Day * Patron Saint Of Wales
On This Day In 1861 The American Congress created the Territory Of Nevada.
On This Day In 1877 Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.
On This Day In 1901 The first telegraph company opened in Hawaii.
On This Day In 1917 Desi Arnez, American comedian was born. Best known for is role in the American TV Show I Love Lucy.
On This Day In 1931 Tom Wolfe, American author was born.
On This Day In 1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes first nonstop round-the-world flight at Fort Worth Texas, covering 23,452-miles in 94 hours.
On This Day In 1950 Karen Carpenter, American singer was born. Best known for the song It's Only Just Begun.
On This Day In 1958 At 1.47pm the first Antarctic Crossing was completed via the Pole. After a trek of 2158 miles lasting 99 days from Shackelton Base to Scott Base, the crossing party was led by Dr Sir Vivian Fuchs.
On This Day In 1965 The US launched Rolling Thunder, in which 100 US Air Force planes and 60 South Vietnamese planes bomb North Vietnam. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1969 The Bac/Aerospatiale Concorde made her first test flight.
On This Day In 1978 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 28 was launched.
On This Day In 1995 America's 68th space shuttle mission Endevour (8) STS-67 (ASTRO-2) was launched. Landed March 18, 1995 at 4:47 p.m. EST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 2002 The New England Patriots beat the St Louis Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"He who can does. He who cannot teaches."
George Bernard Shaw
On This Day In 1754 Henry Pelham, British Prime Minister died. Born: 1695 or 1696. Term of Office (1743-54) Whig.
On This Day In 1847 Florida became the 27th State Of The Union.
State Capital Tallahassee USA.
On This Day In 1847 Alexandra Graham Bell, Scottish inventor was
born at Edinburgh.
Died: 2 August 1922.
On This Day In 1859 Shalom Alekhem was born.
On This Day In 1863 The Conscription Act was passed by the US Congress.
On This Day In 1878 Bulgaria gained independence.
On This Day In 1911 Jean Harlow, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1923 Time Magazine was first published.
On This Day In 1931 The Star Spangled Banner was officially designated as the US national anthem..
On This Day In 1933 Princess Lee Radziwell was born.
On This Day In 1945 Finland declared war on Germany. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 General Cowans 17th division captured Meiktila and the Japanese fell back to Mandalay. World War II.
On This Day In 1956 Morocco gained independence.
On This Day In 1969 America's Apollo 9 (AS-504)spacecraft was launched. First crewed Lunar Module test Splashdown 13 March 1969. Crew: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, Russell L. Schweickart.
On This Day In 1972 The American spacecraft Pioneer 10 was launched.
On This Day In 2001 Three thousand Australian airline workers today found themselves unemployed after bankrupt carrier Ansett made its last flight.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."Independence Day
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On This Day In 1394 Prince Henry the Portuguese navigator, sponsored the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
On This Day In 1678 Antonio Vivaldi, the late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer was born in Venice Italy. Died: July 28, 1741 in Vienna, Austria.
On This Day In 1756 Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish Portrait painter was born in Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Died: Edinburgh, Scotland, 8 July 1823.
On This Day In 1789 The American Congress declared The Constitution to be in effect.
On This Day In 1791 Vermont became the 14th State Of The Union, Capital
Montpelier. USA
On This Day In 1792 The first oranges were introduced into Hawaii.
On This Day In 1826 The United States Of America's first railroad was chartered by The Granite Railway in Quincy - Mass.
On This Day In 1861 Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president of the USA.
On This Day In 1890, The Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland was opened by The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) who drove home the last rivet, which was gold-plated and inscribed to record the event.
On This Day In 1921 Joan Greenwood, English actress was born.
On This Day In 1933 United States President Franklin D Roosevelt was inaugurated.
On This Day In 1934 The Easter Cross was dedicated on Mount Davidson USA.
On This Day In 1954 The Black American Sub-Cabinet Member J E. Wilkins was appointed.
On This Day In 1984 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-11 (Salyut 7) Was Launched.
On This Day In 1994 America's 61st space shuttle mission Columbia (16) STS-62 (USMP-2) was launched. Landed March 18, at 8:10am EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Youth is a blunder - manhood a struggle - old age is a regret."
Benjamin Disraeli
On This Day In 1189 Henry II, King of England was born at Le Mans, Maine (Reigned 1154-1189) Died: 6th July 1189 at Chinon Castle, Anjou.
On This Day In 1770 The Boston Massacre, British Redcoats killed the black slave Crispus Attucks. thus beginning the American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1782 The British Parliament enacts legislation empowering the English Crown to negotiate peace with The United States. American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1870 Frank Norris, American novelist, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Died in San Francisco on the 25th of October 1902. Best knpwn as the author of A Deal in Wheat.
On This Day In 1908 Rex Harrison, English actor was born. Best known for his performance in the film Dr Dolittle.
On This Day In 1944 The 2nd Chindit Expedition began - World War II.
On This Day In 1946 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
On This Day In 1979 The American space probe Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Heaven is everywhere at home."
G K Chesterton
On This Day In 1475 Michelangelo was born at Caprese, in Tuscany, to Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni and Francesca Neri. The same day, his father noted down: "Today March 6, 1475, a child of the male sex has been born to me and I have named him Michelangelo. He was born on Monday between 4 and 5 in the morning, at Caprese, where I am the Podestà." Although born in the small village of Caprese, Michelangelo always considered himself a "son of Florence," as did his father, "a Citizen of Florence.
On This Day In 1521 Magellan discovered the island of Guam.
On This Day In 1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet was born at Durham,
England.
Died: 29 June 1861.
On This Day In 1836 Jim Bowie, American folk hero died at the Battle of the Alamo.
On This Day In 1865 American President Abraham Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Ball.
On This Day In 1899 "Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann ( No More Headaches ).
On This Day In 1945 Germany launched her offensive in Hungary. World War II.
On This Day In 1957 Ghana gained independence.
On This Day In 1961 London Minicabs were first introduced much to the anger of the Black Cabs.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness
and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously."
Nietzsche
Independence Day Ghana
On This Day In 189 AD The Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Geta was born.
On This Day In 1936 Adolf Hitler's army invaded the Rhineland.
On This Day In 1941 British troops arrived in Greece. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 British troops Invaded Abyssinia. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 The allies captured Cologne, Germany. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 The allies captured Remargen Bridge, Germany. World War II.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"To endure is greater than to dare, to tire out hostile fortune,
who can say
this is not greatness" ?
William Makepeace Thackery (1811 - 1863)
On This Day In 1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe who helped create modern plastic surgery was born.
On This Day In 1862 The Ironclad CSS Merrick was launched.
On This Day In 1862 The ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly CSS Merrimac) sunk the USS Congress and USS Cumberland. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1862 Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1879 Otto Hahn co-discoverer of nuclear fusion was born.
On This Day In 1892 Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer was born in Carroll County, Mississippi.
On This Day In 1921 Cyd Charisse, American actress-dancer was born.
On This Day In 1939 Charlie Pride, American rock "n" roll singer was born.
On This Day In 1942 Japanese troops captured Rangoon, Burma. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 Lyn Redgrave, English actress was born.
On This Day In 1959 Groucho, Chico And Harpo Marx made their final TV appearance together.
On This Day In 1965 US Marines land at Da Nang, a total of 3,500 troops. Their mission is to provide security for the Da Nang air base, thus freeing South Vietnamese troops for other tasks. Vietnam War.
On This Day In 2001 America's 103rd space shuttle mission Discovery (29) STS-102 (ISS-07/5A1 (MPLM-1) was launched. Landed March 21, 2001 at 2:33:06 am EST (7:33:06 GMT), Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world."
Thomas Shadwell
On This Day In 1451 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator was
born at Florence.
Died: Seville 22 February 1512.
On This Day In 1800 John Brown, American abolitionist was born at Torrington, Connecticut. Died: 2 December 1859 (Hanged).
On This Day In 1862 The ironclads CSS Monitor (formerly CSS Merrimac) and USS Virginia clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Va. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 General Ulysses Grant was made Commander
of all Union Forces.
American Civil War.
On This Day In 1941 Italian offensive in Greece began. It was halted within a week. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 The island of Java surrendered to the Japanese. World War II.
On This Day In 1934 Yuri Alekeyevich Gargarin, Russian cosmonaut was born. He was later to become the first man in space.
On This Day In 1966 Enemy troops wiped out the US Special forces camp at A Shau. US Marine Corps helicopters manage to rescue 12 of the 17 Green Berets and 172 ofthe 400 South Vietnamese. Vietnam War.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards
out of men."
Abraham Lincoln
On This Day In 1452 Ferdinand V, King of Spain was born in Sos, Aragon. Died: 23 January 1516.
On This Day In 1945 The Battle known as The Battle Of Reichswald was over. There were 70,000 German casualties and 17,000 prisoners taken, there were 16,000 British and Canadian casualties. World War II.
On This Day In 1957 Usama Bin Laden was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Usama Bin Laden is the leader of a terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda,
"The Base". To date Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United
States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks
killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist
attacks throughout the world. He is also America's prime suspect for the September
attacks on the World Trade Center's twin towers killing over 4,000 people, although it has to be
said that the United States and her allies have not shown one shred of
evidence that would stand up in a court of law to convict him.
On This Day In 1985 Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for just 13 months, died at age 73. His death was announced on March 11th. Politburo member Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed him.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space."
Diana Black
Commonwealth Day
On This Day In 222 AD The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, known as Heliogabalus or Elagabalus died. Born circa 203 AD.
On This Day In 1810 The Emperor Napoleon was married by proxy to the Archduchess Marie Louise.
On This Day In 1861 At the Confederate States Convention in Montgomery, Alabama they adopted The Constitution.
On This Day In 1865 Union forces captured Fayetteville, North Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1892 The first public game of basketball was played in Springfield MA. USA.
On This Day In 1916 Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister was born. Died:
24 May 1995.
Term of Office (1964-1970 and 1970-1976) Labour.
On This Day In 1926 Ralph Abernathy, American Civil Rights Leader was born.
On This Day In 1930 W H Taft became the first President Of The United States to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
On This Day In 1931 Rupert Murdoch, Australian newspaper tycoon was born in Melbourne, Australia.
On This Day In 1941 The Lease - Lend Agreement was signed in The United States. The United States agreed to supply munitions to any country the President deemed vital to it's own defence.
On This Day In 1947 American President Truman established what became known as the Truman Doctrine to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.
On This Day In 1952 Douglas Adams, English author was born in Cambridge, England. Died: 11 May 2001. Best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
On This Day In 1990 Lithuania gained independence.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic."
J.R. Lowell
Independence Day Lithuania
On This Day In 1849 The first gold prospectors arrive in Nicaragua en route to California. USA
On This Day In 1935 England establishes 30 mph speed limit for towns and villages.
On This Day In 1943 German troops evacuate Vjasma on the central front World War II.
On This Day In 1958 British Empire Day was renamed Commonwealth Day.
On This Day In 1968 Mauritius gained independence.
On This Day In 2002 The American space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven returned to Earth before dawn, ending their triumphant Hubble Space Telescope repair mission.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!"
Elizabeth Barret Browning
Independence Day Mauritius
On This Day In 0607 The twelfth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
On This Day In 1733 Joseph Priestly, English clergyman-scientist who discovered oxygen was born.
On This Day In 1764 Earl Grey, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 17 July 1845. Term of Office (1830-1834) Whig.
On This Day In 1781 Sir William Herschel said I thought I saw a comet but had actually discovered the Planet Uranus.
On This Day In 1865 The Confederate Congress authorized the use of slaves for soldiers.
American Civil War.
On This Day In 1868 The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the United States Senate.
On This Day In 1872 Sir Hugh Walpole, New Zealand novelist and dramatist was born.
On This Day In 1886 Frank Baker, legendary baseball hitter with the New York Yankees was born in Trappe, Maryland. Died: June 28, 1963, Trappe, Maryland.
On This Day In 1887 Chester Greenwood of Maine patented earmuffs.
On This Day In 1913 Oxford won the 70th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1938 Austria was annexed by Germany.
On This Day In 1940 Finland signed a peace treaty with the Soviet Union. World War II.
On This Day In 1987 John Gotti, Mafia Don was acquitted of racketeering. USA.
On This Day In 1989 America's 28th space ashuttle mission Discovery (8) STS-29 (TDRS-D) was launched. Landed March 18, 1989, 6:35:51 s.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity."
Robert Heinlein
On This Day In 1558 Ferdinand I was appointed Holy Roman Emperor.
On This Day In 1644 England granted patent for Providence Plantations. (Now Rhode Island).
On This Day In 1862 Confederate forces abandoned New Madrid, Missouri. Union forces captured New Berne, North Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1879 Albert Einstein (The creator of the theory of relativity) was born in Ulm, Germany. Died: 18 April 1955 (Heart Failure).
On This Day In 1918 The first concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) was launched in San Francisco. USA.
On This Day In 1923 United States President Warren G. Harding became the first President to fill in his Income Tax Report and to pay taxes.
On This Day In 2002 The Microsoft XBox game console went on sale in Great Britain.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run."
Elbert Hubbard - Epigrams
On This Day In 44BC Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated by conspirators led by Brutus and Cassius. This act came to be known as the Ides of March.
On This Day In 1767 Andrew Jackson 7th President Of The United States Of America was born. Term Of Office ( 1828 - 1836).
On This Day In 1769 William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of England was born. Died: 24 November 1848. Term of Office (1834; 1835-1841) Whig.
On This Day In 1781 The Battle Of Guilford Court House, NC. The British were forced
to leave North Carolina for Virginia. American War Of Independence.
On This Day In 1820 Maine became the 23rd State Of The Union. State Capital
Augusta. USA.
On This Day In 1845 Cambridge won the 7th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1856 Cambridge won the 13th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1883 Oxford won the 40th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1892 The Reno Inclined Elevator was patented by Jesse W. Reno of New York.
On This Day In 1913 Woodrow Wilson held the first American Presidential press conference.
On This Day In 1935 Judd Hirsh, American actor was born. Best know for his performance in the American TV show Taxi.
On This Day In 1937 The first American Blood Bank was established, Chicago Il. USA.
On This Day In 1937 The first central blood bank, to preserve blood for transfusion by refrigeration, was established at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, the USA.
On This Day In 1937 The first American contraceptive clinic opened in Raleigh North Carolina. USA.
On This Day In 1939 German troops invaded Czechoslovakia.
On This Day In 1943 German troops captured Kharkov. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Japan launched an offensive designed to reach India. World War II.
On This Day In 1960 Key Largo off the Florida Keys became the first United States Coral Reef Preserve (Underwater Park).
On This Day In 1965 Addressing a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for new legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote.
On This Day In 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev was elected first executive President of the Soviet Union.
On This Day In 1996 The pioneering aviation firm Fokker NV, once a byword for industrial expertise, collapses, ending 77 years of Dutch aircraft production and triggering the biggest mass redundancy in Dutch history.
On This Day In 1999 Pluto again became the outermost Planet in our Solar System.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand
On This Day In 1751 James Madison Fourth President Of The United States was born in Port Conway in King George County Virginia. Term Of Office 1809 - 1817. Founder of The Constitution of The United States.
On This Day In 1836 Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor of the Cable Car was born.
On This Day In 1907 Cambridge won the 64th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1912 Former American First Lady Pat Nixon was born.
On This Day In 1926 Jerry Lewis, American comedian/actor was born.
On This Day In 1926 Dr Robert Hutchins from Auburn Massachusetts in the USA launched the first liquid fuelled rocket.
On This Day In 1945 The island of Iwo Jima was captured. World War II.
On This Day In 1966 The America's 6th manned Gemini-VIII spacecraft was launched. Landed March 17 1966. Crew: Neil A. Armstrong, David R. Scott.
On This Day In 1968 During the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by United States troops under the command of Lt. William L. Calley Jr.
On This Day In 1978 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 26 returned safely to Earth.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."
William Shakespeare
On This Day In AD 0461 St. Patrick - The Patron Saint Of Ireland - Died in Saul.
On This Day In 1040 Harold I Harefoot, King of England died in Oxford, England. Born: circa 1015 Northamton, England. (Reign: 1035-1040).
On This Day In 1776 British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
On This Day In 1804 James Bridger, scout, fur trader, mountain man was born.
On This Day In 1834 Gottlieb Daimler, automobile pioneer was born.
On This Day In 1834 John Younger of the infamous Younger gang was killed in shoot-out with Pinkerton agents near Roscoe, Mo. Born in 1851.
On This Day In 1861 Italy gained independence.
On This Day In 1863 Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Kelly's Ford, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1869 Oxford won the 26th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1894 Oxford won the 51st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1919 Nat King Cole, American singer was born. Best known for his recording of Unforgettable.
On This Day In 1928 Roddy McDowall, English actor was born. Best known for his performance in Clock Work Orange.
On This Day In 1934 Cambridge won the 86th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1938 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet star was born.
On This Day In 1941 National Gallery of Art opened in Washington. USA.
On This Day In 1942 American Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
On This Day In 1950 The chemical element 98 - Californium was announced.
On This Day In 1951 Kurt Russell, American actor was born. Best known for his performance in Executive Decision.
On This Day In 1954 Leslie-Anne Down, English actress was born.
On This Day In 1958 The U.S. Navy launched the Vanguard 1 satellite.
On This Day In 1963 Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York was Beatified * Sainted in 1975.
On This Day In 1969 Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel.
On This Day In 1979 Oxford won the 125th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
Your Thought For Today Is:
The heart has it's reasons which reason knows nothing of.
Independence Day Italy
Saint Patrick's Day * Patron Saint Of Ireland ( 389 - 461 AD )
On This Day In 978 Edward (St.) the Martyr, King of England died in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. Born: 963. (Reign: 975-978).
On This Day In 1578 Adam Elsheimer, German Renaissance painter was born in Frankfurt am Main [now Germany]. Died: Rome [now Italy]; December 1610.
On This Day In 1766 Britain repealed the Stamp Act.
On This Day In 1782 John C. Calhoun, American statesman was born in in Abbeville district, South Carolina. Died: 31 March, 1850 in Washington, DC.
On This Day In 1837 Grover Cleveland 22nd President of The United States was born in Caldwell Essex County New Jersey. To date he is the only President to serve two nonconsecutive terms also making him the 24th President. Terms Of Office (1885 - 1889 and 1893 - 1897). Died: 1908.
On This Day In 1850 The charge card company American Express was founded.
On This Day In 1858 Rudolf Diesel inventor of the Diesel Engine was born.
On This Day In 1869 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 9 November 1940. Term of Office (1937-1940) Conservative.
On This Day In 1881 Barnum & Bailey's Three Ring Circus opened in Madison Square Garden New York City USA.
On This Day In 1931 Schick Inc, market the first electric razor.
On This Day In 1932 John Hoyer Updike, English poet and novelist was born.
On This Day In 1940 Italy joined the war with Germany. World War II.
On This Day In 1952 The first plastic lens for cataract patients was fitted.
On This Day In 1961 America's 14th unmanned space probe LJ-5A
was launched from Wallops Island.
Mercury
Project.
On This Day In 1965 Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut made the first Russian space walk, from the spacecraft Voskhod 2.
On This Day In 1965 Russia launched the second and final Voskhod crew.
On This Day In 1984 Oxford won the 130th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
Your Thought For Today Is:
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.
On This Day In 1593 Georges de La Tour, French Baroque painter was born in Vic-sur-Seille, France. Died: Lunéville, France, 30 January 1652.
On This Day In 1813 David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer was born in Blantyre, Scotland. Died: 1 May 1873 (Dysentery).
On This Day In 1859 Faust by Charles Gounod was premiered in Paris France.
On This Day In 1864 Oxford won the 21st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1895 The Los Angeles Railway began a streetcar service.
On This Day In 1916 Irving Wallace, American author was born in Chicago. USA. Bset known as the author of The Sins Of Philip Fleming 1959.
On This Day In 1918 The American Congress approved daylight saving time.
On This Day In 1920 The American Senate rejected The Treaty of Versailles for the second time.
On This Day In 1927 Richie Ashburn, legendary baseball hitter with the New York Mets was born in Tilden, Nebraska. Died: September 9, 1997, New York, New York.
On This Day In 1928 The legendary Amos and Andy debut on American radio.
On This Day In 1928 Patrick McGoohan, Irish actor was born. Best known for his role in the cult TV series The Prisoner.
On This Day In 1931 The American State of Nevada legalized gambling.
On This Day In 1932 Cambridge won the 84th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1944 German troops occupied Hungary. World War II.
On This Day In 1947 Glen Close, American actress was born. Best known for her role as Cruella DeVille in 102 Dalmatians.
On This Day In 1951 Herman Wouk's war novel The Caine Mutiny was published.
On This Day In 1954 The first rocket driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico USA.
On This Day In 1955 American actor Bruce Willis was born. Best know for his role as Detective John McClane in Die Hard.
On This Day In 1972 Watergate burglar James McCord gave a letter to the trial Judge, McCord which implicated important Republican Party figures had ordered the break-in and persuaded his co-defendants to stay silent about payments of hush money. Investigations began and uncovered trails leading to the White House.
On This Day In 1977 Oxford won the 123rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The greater the man the greater the courtesy."
Sir Alfred Tenneyson
On This Day In 1875 Oxford won the 32nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1933 The first Nazi concentration camp was opened at Dachau, Germany, for political opponents of the regime
On This Day In 1942 The first use of the gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
On This Day In 1945 British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma. World War II.
On This Day In 1956 Tunisia gained independence.
On This Day In 1976 Oxford won the 122nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Breast feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests,
since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind."
Mike Harding - The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac
Independence Day Tunisia
On This Day In 1546 Bartholomaeus van den Schilde Spranger, Dutch Renaissance painter was born in Antwerp, Hapsburg [now Netherlands]. Born: Prague [now Czech Republic] August 1611.
On This Day In 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer was born.
On This Day In 1791 Captain Hopley Yeaton of New Hampshire became the first Commissioned Officer in the United States Navy.
On This Day In 1839 Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer was born. Died: 28 March 1881.
On This Day In 1891 Oxford won the 48th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1902 Son House (Eddie James, Jr), American Delta blues singer was born in Riverton, Mississippi. He died in Detroit, Michigan, in 1988. Best known for his recording of Preachin The Blues.
On This Day In 1918 Germany launched Somme offensive. World War I.
On This Day In 1931 Cambridge won the 83rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1935 Persia was officially renamed Iran.
On This Day In 1952 Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball at the old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend the first rock 'n' roll concert ever.
On This Day In 1990 Namibia gained independence.
On This Day In 2002 The last Vauxhall Vectra rolled of the production line at the Vauxhall plant in Luton, England. The metallic silver Vectra will be the 7,415,045th car produced at the plant.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Independence Day Namibia
On This Day In 1599 Sir Anthony van Dyck, Flemish Baroque artist was born in Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands [now Belgium]. Died: London, England; 9 December 1641.
On This Day In 1880 Oxford won the 37th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1893 Oxford won the 50th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1902 Cambridge won the 59th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1941 Gypsy and African-German children were expelled from public schools in the Reich. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Field Marshal Montgomery sent his troops across the Rhine at Oppenheim between Mannheim and Mainz meeting no German opposition. World War II.
On This Day In 1982 America's 3rd space shuttle mission Columbia (3) STS-3 OSS-1 was launched. Landed MST, Runway 17, Northrup Strip, White Sands, N.M. March 30 1982 9:04:46 a.m. MST .
On This Day In 1996 America's 76th space shuttle mission Atlantis (16) STS-76 (S/MM-03) was launched. Landed March 31, 1996 at 8:28:57 a.m. EST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill; laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass."
Rupert Brooke
On This Day In 1861 Oxford won the 18th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1862 Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Kernstown, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1872 Cambridge won the 29th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1904 Joan Crawford, American actress was born in San Antonio, Texas. Died: 10 May 1977 (Cancer). Best known for her role in Whatever Happened To Baby Jane.
On This Day In 1910 Oxford won the 67th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1929 Roger Bannister, British athlete who ran the first timed sub-four minute mile in history was born.
On This Day In 1929 Cambridge won the 81st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1945 Field Marshall Montgomery crossed the Rhine. World War II.
On This Day In 1963 Oxford won the 109th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1965 America's first two-person space flight began as Gemini 3 blasted off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming."
Barbarella
On This Day In 1866 Oxford won the 23rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1874 Ehrich Weisz (Harry Houdini) the world's most famous magician was born in in Budapest, Hungary.
On This Day In 1877 Oxford and Cambridge dead heated the 34th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1877 Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, American acto/director was born in Smith Center, Kansas. Died: June 29 1933. Best known for his performance in Gasoline Gus.
On This Day In 1888 Cambridge won the 45th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1923 Oxford won the 75th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1937 Oxford won the 89th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1941 Germany invaded North Africa. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 General Wingate was killed in an air crash, Wingates Chindit's were taken over by General Lentaigne. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 There Was A Mass Crossing Of The Wesel River, Germany commanded by Field Marshall Montgomery. World War II.
On This Day In 1956 Cambridge won the 102nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1961 America's 15th unmanned space probe MR-BD (Mercury Redstone Booster) was launched 12:30am EST, Cape Canaveral. Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1965 The first anti-Vietnam War campus sit-in took place at the University of Michigan. Another such sit-in followed at Columbia University.
On This Day In 1989 The largest tanker oil spill in U.S. history began at 12:04 a.m. Alaskan time (5:04 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) March 24 when the Exxon Valdez, loaded with 1,260,000 barrels of crude oil, ran aground on a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, 25 miles (40 km) from Valdez, the southern terminal of the Alyeska pipeline.
On This Day In 2001 Cambridge won the 147th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 2002 Halle Berry and Denzil Washington became the first black actor and actress to win best actor and best actress in the 74 year history of the Oscar's.
On This Day In 2002 Halle Berry became the first African-American actress to win the Oscar for best actress for her role in Monster's Ball.
On This Day In 2002 Denzil Washington won the Oscar for best actor for his role in Training Day.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"There Never Was A Good War, Or A Bad Peace."
Benjamin Franklin
On This Day In 1 BC The Virgin Mary Conceived Jesus Christ?.
On This Day In 1802 The Treaty of Amiens was signed between the French Republic, his Majesty the King of Spain and the Indies, and the Batavian Republic (on the one Part); and his Majesty, the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
On This Day In 1812 Greece gained independence.
On This Day In 1865 Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Fort Stedman, Virginia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1897 John Laurie, Scottish actor was born in Dumfries, Scotland.
Died: 20 June 1980. Best known for his role as Private James Frazer in the BBC
TV production
Dads Army.
On This Day In 1899 Cambridge won the 56th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1941 Yugoslavia joined the axis powers. World War II.
On This Day In 1957 The first treaty which led to the creation of the European Economic Community EEC was signed in Rome . The European Economic Community had the objective of creating a common market for all European countries, where people, goods, services and money could circulate freely. From 1967, the term EEC included the three European communities: the ECSC the, and EURATOM.
On This Day In 1967 Oxford won the 113th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1978 Oxford won the 124th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1989 Oxford won the 135th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 2000 Cambridge won the 146th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
The Immaculate Conception
Annunciation { Lady Day }
Your Thought For Today Is:
"One religion is true as another."
Independence Greece
On This Day In 1371 King Robert II of Scotland founded The Royal House Of Stewart.
On This Day In 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven, Austrian composer died in Vienna.
On This Day In 1864 Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Paducah, Kentucky. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1869 Nikolai Sokolov, Russian composer was born. Died: 27 March 1922.
On This Day In 1874 Robert Frost, American poet was born.
On This Day In 1887 Cambridge won the 44th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1890 Oxford won the 47th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1892 Walt Whitman, American Poet died in Camden New Jersey, USA.
On This Day In 1898 Oxford won the 55th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1904 Cambridge won the 61st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1911 Tennessee Williams, American playwright was born.
On This Day In 1925 Pierre Boulez, French composer was born.
On This Day In 1931 Leonard Nimoy, American actor was born. Best known as Mr Spock in the American TV series Startrek.
On This Day In 1939 James Caan, American actor was born. Best known for his role as Sonny Corleone in the film The Godfather.
On This Day In 1943 The Pacific naval Battle of the Komandorski Islands began. A Japanese convoy of two transports was coming north, escorted by eight warships, including two heavy and two light cruisers. What followed was one of the more 'pure' long-range naval gunfire engagements of the war. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Diana Ross, American singer was born.
On This Day In 1949 Cambridge won the 95th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1951 Cambridge won the 97th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1955 Cambridge won the 101st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1953 Dr Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine against polio.
On This Day In 1966 Oxford won the 112th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1971 East Pakistan proclaimed independence. Became Bangladesh.
On This Day In 1979 The Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.
On This Day In 1994 Cambridge won the 140th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 2002 Kenneth Wolstenholme, English soccer commentator died. Best known for "They think it's all over, it is now" when Geoff Hurst scored England's fourth goal against the then West Germany in the 1966 World Cup.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the
disease."
Voltaire
Independence Day Bangladesh
On This Day In 1513 Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer sighted Florida. USA.
On This Day In 1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascended to throne.
On This Day In 1858 Cambridge won the 15th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1814 The forces of Andrew Jackson defeated the Creeks in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama. This decisive victory ended the Creek War. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1909 Ben Webster, American Jazz pianist was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Died: 20 September 1973 in Amsterdam, Holland.
On This Day In 1912 James Callaghan, British Prime Minister was born. Term of Office (1976-79). Labour.
On This Day In 1914 The first successful blood transfusion was performed in Brussels Belgium.
On This Day In 1920 Cambridge won the 72nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1926 Cambridge won the 78th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1941 The Pro-German regime in Yugoslavia was toppled. World War II.
On This Day In 1948 Cambridge won the 94th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1958 Nikita Khrushchev became the Soviet Premier and first secretary of the Communist Party.
On This Day In 1964 England's most notorious train robbers (The Great Train Robbery see August 8th) were sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars.
On This Day In 1971 Cambridge won the 117th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1982 Oxford won the 128th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1993 Cambridge won the 139th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 2002 Milton Berle, American comedian died of Colon cancer aged 93. Born 12 July 1908 in New York, New York. Best known as Mr. Television.
On This Day In 2002 Dudley Moore, British comedian died at his home in New Jersey of a rare brain disorder supranuclear palsy aged 66. Born in 28 April 1935 in London, England. Best known for his role in Arthur.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving."
Cyrano de Bergerac
On This Day In 1660 George I, King of England was born Leineschloss, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany. Died: 11 Jun 1727, Osnabruck. (Reign: 1714-27).
On This Day In 1862 Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Glorieta Pass, New Mexico. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1863 Oxford won the 20th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1874 Cambridge won the 31st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1885 Cambridge won the 42nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1896 Oxford won the 53rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1914 Cambridge won the 71st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1925 Cambridge won the 77th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1941 Off Cape Matapan North Africa the Italian Battleship Vittorio Veneto was spotted by Admiral Cunningham's Battle Fleet after a brisk engagement they sunk three large Italian Cruisers and two Destroyers the Battleship Vittorio Vento was badly damaged. World War II.
On This Day In 1953 Cambridge won the 99th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1959 Oxford won the 105th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1964 Cambridge won the 110th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1970 Cambridge won the 116th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1979 America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.
On This Day In 1987 Oxford won the 133rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1998 Cambridge won the 144th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing."
Albert Schweitzer
On This Day In 1461 The Battle of Towton was fought, more than 100,000 men took up arms in a conflict which marked the start of the Thirty Years War Of The Roses. Both Houses the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster were competing for the Throne Of England The Yorkist's led by Edward Duke of York against the Lancastrian Queen Margret. War ended in 1485 with the defeat of Richard III at the Battle of Boswoth Field. After which Henry Tudor was crowned King of England as King Henry VII.
On This Day In 1790 John Tyler 10th President of The United States was born.
On This Day In 1799 The Earl of Derby, British Prime Minister was born. Died 23 October 1869. Term of Office ( 1852; 1858-1859; 1866-1868) Conservative.
On This Day In 1849 Cambridge won the 9th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1873 Cambridge won the 30th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1886 Coca Cola was created (With Cocaine).
On This Day In 1891 Edwin Drake drilled the first productive oil well in the USA.
On This Day In 1918 Pearl Bailey, American jazz Singer was born.
On This Day In 1941 John Major, British Prime Minister was born. Term of Office (1990-97).
On This Day In 1947 Cambridge won the 93rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1952 Oxford won the 98th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1973 The last American troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1975 Cambridge won the 121st Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1986 Cambridge won the 132nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1997 Cambridge won the 143rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 2002 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the 20th Anniversary opened in England.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"He that would thrive must rise at seven he that has thriven must lie at
seven."
John Clarke
On This Day In 1719 Sir John Hawkins who wrote the first History of Music in English was born.
On This Day In 1746 Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter was born in Fuendentodos,
Spain.
Died: 16 April 1828 Bordeaux, France.
On This Day In 1822 Florida Became A United States Territory.
On This Day In 1853 Hyman Lipman patented a pencil with an eraser.
On This Day In 1853 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch master was born in Groot-Zundert,
Holland. Died: Auvers-sur-Oise, France, 29 July 1890.
On This Day In 1870 The American Congress passed the 15th Amendment guaranteeing
the right to vote regardless of race.
On This Day In 1870 The American State of Texas was readmitted to the Union.
On This Day In 1889 Cambridge won the 46th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1895 Oxford won the 52nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1901 Cambridge won the 58th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1913 Frankie Laine, American singing legend was born. Best known for his recording of Jezabel.
On This Day In 1921 Cambridge won the 73rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1930 Rolf Harris, Australian singer was born. Best known for his recording of Two Little Boys.
On This Day In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman pilot to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic.
On This Day In 1937 Warren Beatty, American actor was born. Best known for his role as Clyde Barrrows in the film Bonnie and Clyde.
On This Day In 1941 German troops began their offensive in North Africa. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 Eric ( Slow Hand ) Clapton, guitar legend was born.
On This Day In 1945 The Soviet Union invaded Austria. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 Oxford won the 92nd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1950 Murry Hill, American inventor of New Jersey, announced the Invention of the Phototransistor.
On This Day In 1968 Cambridge won the 114th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1981 Ronald Reagan, American President was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded were White House news secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer.
On This Day In 1982 Columbia 3, The 3rd American Space Shuttle Mission returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1991 Oxford won the 137th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 2002 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother died aged 101 years. She lived longer than any other King or Queen in British history. The Queen Mother was born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, on 4 August 1900.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Always do right. this will gratify some people and astonish the rest
On This Day In 1596 Rene Descartes the farther of modern science was born Le Haye, France. Died: 11 February 1650.
On This Day In 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer was born in Rohrau,
Austria.
Died: Vienna, 31 May 1809.
On This Day In 1809 Edward FitzGerald, American author was born. Best known as the writer of Omar Khayyam.
On This Day In 1831 Quebec and Montreal ( Canada ) were incorporated as cities.
On This Day In 1854 Sir Dugald Clerk, English inventor of the two stroke engine was born.
On This Day In 1860 Cambridge won the 17th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1870 Thomas P Mundy became the first Black American to vote in the USA.
On This Day In 1878 Jack Johnson, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1908-1915).
On This Day In 1880 Warbash Indiana became the first town in the USA to be completely illuminated by electric light.
On This Day In 1889 The Eiffel Tower in Paris France was officially opened.
On This Day In 1900 Cambridge won the 57th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1928 Cambridge won the 80th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1932 The Ford Motor Company publicly unveiled it's V - 8 engine.
On This Day In 1935 Richard Chamberlain, American actor was born.Best known for his role as Dr Kildare.
On This Day In 1935 Herb Alpert, American band leader was born. ( Tijuana Brass )
On This Day In 1943 Christopher Walken, American Actor was born. Best known for his performance in the movie The Dead Zone.
On This Day In 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma opened on Broadway.
On This Day In 1948 Al Gore, American Vice President was born.
On This Day In 1949 Newfoundland entered the Confederation as Canada's 10th province.
On This Day In 1957 Cambridge won the 103rd Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 1958 The United States Navy formed it's Atomic Submarine Division.
On This Day In 1968 American President Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not run for another term of office.
On This Day In 1980 Jesse Owens 1936 Olympic sprint champion died aged 66.
On This Day In 1990 Oxford won the 136th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
On This Day In 2002 Oxford won the 148th Oxford and Cambridge University boat race.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who,
however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
