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On This Day In 1560 Annibale Carracci, Italian Baroque artist was born in Bologna, Italy. Died: Rome, 15 July 1609.
On This Day In 1596 Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, Italian Baroque artist was born in Cortona, Tuscany [now Italy]. Died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy]; 16 May 1669.
On This Day In 1762 Spencer Perceval, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 11 May 1812. Term of Office (1809-1812) Tory.
On This Day In 1861 George B. McClellan replaced Winfield Scott as commander of the Union armed forces. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1887 L S Lowry, English industrial painter was born in Stretford, Manchester. Died: 23 February 1976.
On This Day In 1914 The Battle of Coronel, Chile Began. World War I.
On This Day In 1920 Ted Lowe, English Snooker commentator was born.
On This Day In 1935 Gary Player, South African golfing legend was born.
On This Day In 1939 The German pocket Battleship the Admiral Scheer sailed From Wilemshaven. To become the most successfully commerce raider of World War II.
On This Day In 1940 Italy bombed Athens and Salonika, Greece. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 The Nuremberg War Trials began, of the twenty four major defendants committed three were acquitted, Goering Von Rippentrop Keitel were sentenced to death by hanging. Goering escaped the hangman by poisoning himself. Doenitz Hitlers successor and Speer were sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Rudolf Hess was sentenced to life in Spandau Prison where he died in 1987.
On This Day In 1952 The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb, in a test at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.
On This Day In 1961 America's 19th unmanned space probe MS-1 ( Mercury Scout 1)
was launched.
Mercury
Project.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Words wound, but as a veteran of twelve years in the United States Senate I
happily attest that they do not kill."
Ex United States President Lyndon B Johnson.
All Saints Day
On This Day In 1734 Daniel Boon , American frontiersman and folk hero was born.
On This Day In 1755 Marie ( Let Them Eat Cake ) Antoinette was born.
On This Day In 1795 James K. Polk 11th President of The United States was born in Mecklenburg County North Carolina. Term of Office 1845 - 1849.
On This Day In 1865 Warren G Harding 29th President of The United States was born
in Blooming Grove Morrow County Ohio. Term of Office 1921 - 1923.
On This Day In 1889 North Dakota became the 39th State Of The Union. State Capital Bismark. USA.
On This Day In 1889 South Dakota became the 40th State Of The Union. State Capital Pierre. USA.
On This Day In 1913 Burt Lancaster, American actor was born in New York, New York.
Died: 20 October 1994. Best known for his performance in From Here To Eternity.
On This Day In 1928 The first full length sound feature film produced in Technicolor was MGM's The Viking.
On This Day In 1936 The first National Television Service in the world was inaugurated by the BBC from Alexandra Palace.
On This Day In 1943 The Pacific naval Battle of Empress Augusta Bay took place. World War II.
On This Day In 1963 South Vietnam's President Diem is overthrown in a military coup. The coup takes place with the tacit approval of the United States. Diem was killed during the coup, despite assurances that he would not be. The United States had hoped that by overthrowing the unpopular Diem it could strengthen the opposition to the communist Viet Cong. Vietnam War.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Some painter's transform the sun into a yellow spot,
other's transform a yellow spot into the sun."
Pablo Picasso
On This Day In 1764 William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire British Prime Minister
died.
Born: 1720 Term of Office (1756-1757) Whig.
On This Day In 1900 The first national automobile show opened at Madison Square Garden. (NYC) USA.
On This Day In 1903 Panama gained independence.
On This Day In 1908 William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States of America.
On This Day In 1918 Poland proclaimed independence from Russia.
On This Day In 1921Charles Bronson, American actor was born in Ehrenfeld,
Pennsylvania.
Best know for his role in Death Wish.
On This Day In 1941 German troops captured Kursk, Russia. World War II.
On This Day In 1949 Larry Holmes, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1978-1983).
On This Day In 1957 The U.S.S.R. stunned the world with a space sensation -- the launch of Sputnik 2 with a live dog named Laika on-board.
On This Day In 1978 Dominica gained independence.
On This Day In 1986 Micronesia gained independence.
On This Day In 1994 America's 66th space shuttle mission Atlantis (13) STS-66 (ATLAS-03) was launched. Landed November 14, at 10:33:45am EST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 2002 Lonnie Donigan, Britains first pop superstar died aged 71. Best known for his recording of Rock Island Line.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."
John.W.Gardner
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On This Day In 1470 Edward V, King of England was born at the Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey, England. Died: 22 JUN 1483, Tower of London, London, England. (reign 1483).
On This Day In 1575 Guido Reni, Italian Baroque artist was born in Bologna, Papal States [now Italy]. Died: Bologna, Papal States [now Italy]; 18 August 1642.
On This Day In 1842 Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.
On This Day In 1880 The first cash register was patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio.
On This Day In 1922 Howard Carter, archaeologist discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun
On This Day In 1939 Michael Meacher, ex Labour MP was born.
On This Day In 1944 The axis troops in Greece surrendered. World War II
On This Day In 1956 Israeli troops reach the Suez Canal ( Egypt ).
On This Day In 1959 America's 4th unmanned space probe LJ-1A (Little Joe 1A) was launched from Wallops Island, Va. Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 8 min, 11 seconds. Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1970 Concorde, the British supersonic airliner exceeded the speed
of
mach 2.
On This In 1979 The U.S. Embassy in Tehran ( Iran ) was seized by revolutionary students, 63 Americans who were taken hostage were released on January 8th 1980 for 8 billion dollars of frozen assets.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The flush toilet is the basis of Western civilization."
Alan Colt
On This Day In 1605 Guy Fawkes a Catholic convert tried to blow up the British Houses of Parliament during the opening session by King James 1st.
On This Day In 1781 John Hanson was elected the first President of the United States in Congress assembled 8 years before George Washington was elected.
On This Day In 1811 El Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence began.
On This Day In 1911 Calbraith Rodgers arrived in Pasadena after completing the first ever transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17).
On This Day In 1911 Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers), All American hero was born in Cincinnati USA.
On This Day In 1913 1913 Ludwig III, King of Bavaria was crowned.
On This Day In 1913 Vivien Leigh, English actress was born in Darjeeling, India. Died: 7 July 1967 (Tuberculosis). Best known for her role as Scarlet O'Hara Gone With The Wind.
On This Day In 1914 Great Britain annexed Cyprus.
On This Day In 1917 General Pershing and his American troops see action on the Western Front for the first time. World War I.
On This Day In 1917 In Moscow, following the abdication of Russian Czar Nicholas II, the historic Orthodox Church Council of 1917-1918 restored the office of patriarch, suppressed by Peter the Great in 1700.
On This Day In 1935 Lester Piggot, ex English champion flat racing jockey was born.
On This Day In 1935 The Parker Brothers launch the property game Monopoly.
On This Day In 1931 Ike Turner, American singer was born. Best known for his
recording of
A Fool in Love.
On This Day In 1940 Franklin D Roosevelt was re-elected President of the USA for an unprecedented third term beating Republican Wendell Willkie.
On This Day In 1942 Art Garfunkel, American singer/actor was born in New York City. Best known for his and Paul Simond's recording of Mrs Robinson.
On This Day In 1942 Elke Sommer, German actress was born in Berlin Germany. Best known for her role in 10 Little Indians.
On This Day In 1943 Sam Shepard, American actor/playwright was born.
On This Day In 1946 John F Kennedy was elected to the American House of Representatives.
On This Day In 1950 Billy Graham's "Hour of Decision" program was first broadcast on television.
On This Day In 1955 The New Vienna Opera house opened in Austria.
On This Day In 1956 Art Tatum, American jazz pianist, died in Los Angeles aged 46.
On This Day In 1959 Bryan Adams, Canadian rocker was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Best known for his recording of The Summer of Sixty Nine.
On This Day In 1960 Ward Bond, American actor died aged 55. Best known for his role as wagon master in the TV series of Wagon Train.
On This Day In 1963 Tatum O'Neal, American actress was born in Los Angeles CA. Best known for her role in Paper Moon.
On This Day In 1964 America's spacecraft Mariner 3 was launched towards Mars.
On This Day In 1967 America's spacecraft ATS-3 was launched to take the first pictures of full Earth disk.
On This Day In 1974 Stafford Repp, American actor died aged 56. Best known for his role as Chief O'Hara in Batman.
On This Day In 1979 Al Capp, American cartoonist died aged 70. Best known for
his cartoon
Lil' Abner.
On This Day In 1991 Fred MacMurray, American actor died aged 84. Best known for his performance in My Three Sons.
On This Day In 1991 Robert Maxwel, English newspaper publisher died aged 68.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The first condition of immortality is death."
Stanislaw Lee
On This Day In 1814 Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone was born.
On This Day In 1860 Abraham Lincoln, Illinois congressman defeated three other candidates for the United States presidency.
On This Day In 1861 James A Naismith, inventor of basketball was born.
On This Day In 1926 Frank (It's The Way I Tell Em) Carson British comedian man was born.
On This Day In 1943 Soviet troops recaptured Kiev. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 Sally Field American actress was born in Pasadena, California. Best known as the Flying Nun.
On This Day In 1985 Challenger 9 successfully returned to Earth , 22nd United States Shuttle space mission.
On This Day In 1996 United States President Bill Clinton was returned for second term.
On This Day In 1996 England soccer legend Tommy Lawton died aged 77, clubs played for Burnley, Everton, Chelsea, Notts County, Brentford, Arsenal. 390 league appearances 231, league goals 23, England Caps 32, international goals (1938 - 1949).
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The good Lord set limits on man's definite wisdom,
but set no limit's on his stupidity - and that's just not fair."
Konrad Adenauer
On This Day In 1598 Francisco de Zurbaran, Spanish Baroque painter was born in Fuente de Cantos, Spain. Died: Madrid, Spain, 27 August 1664.
On This Day In 1805 Lewis and Clarke first sighted the Pacific Ocean.
On This Day In 1811 The Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a Presidential slogan.
On This Day In 1861 The Confederate forces defeated the Union forces at Belmont, Missouri. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1861 The Union forces captured Port Royal, South Carolina. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1862 The Union General Ambrose E. Burnside named Commander of the Army of the Potomac. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1867 Marie Sklodowska Curie was born in Warsaw, Poland. She is best known as the discoverer of the radioactive elements polonium and radium and as the first person to win two Nobel prizes.
On This Day In 1875 Verney Cameron became the first European to cross Equatorial Africa from sea to sea.
On This Day In 1918 Billy Graham, American evangelist was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On This Day In 1917 Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.
On This Day In 1926 English Opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland was born.
On This Day In 1972 Hasim Rahman, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (2001 WBC/IBF).
On This Day In 2001 Air France and British Airways have re-started their Concorde
service to New York. at 9:44 GMT Air France Concorde departed Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport as AF002. It arrived at New
York's JFK Airport a little over 3 and a half hours later at 13:20GMT. The Cockpit crew for the Air France flight was commanded by Captain
Edgard Chillaud (AF chief Concorde Pilot), pilot Robert Vacchiani and Flight Engineer Roger Beral.
An hour after the Air France departure the first British
Airways Concorde service to New York for nearly 16 months took off as
Speedbird 001 at 10:44GMT, an American Airlines pilot waiting to take
off was heard to call out "Go Concorde Go!" as she sped down
the runway.
Concorde G-BOAE Alpha Echo, was greeted by New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, when she landed at 14:10 GMT (9:10 EST). Mayor Giuliani was then shown the cockpit of Concorde and posed for the photographers while hanging of the co-pilots window. The BA flight was flown by and piloted by Captain Mike Bannister, BA's Chief Concorde pilot, with Andy Barnwell as First officer, who both toured the cabin during the supersonic cruise. It took-off from Heathrow's south runway - 27L.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
William James
On This Day In 30 AD The Roman Emperor Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born.
On This Day In 1656 Edmond ( Hallyes Comet ) Halley, astronomer was born.
On This Day In 1793 The Louvre Gallery Paris ( France ) was opened to the public.
On This Day In 1861 Charles Wilkes Captain of the U.S. Warship San Jacinto overhauled the British mail packet Trent, removing two confederate commissioners on their way to Britain to represent President Jefferson Davis. This action became known as The Trent Affair although Britain never recognized the Confederacy. And despite the affair maintained peaceful relations with the Union. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 Abraham Lincoln defeated George B. McClellan and was re-elected as president of the United States..
On This Day In 1889 Montana became the 41st State Of The Union. State Capital
Helena. USA.
On This Day In 1922 Dr Christian Barnard, South African heart surgeon was born.
On This Day In 1927 In Knotty Ash England funny man and ( Tax Evader ) Ken Dodd was born.
On This Day In 1939 The Failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in Bürgerbräukeller, Munich. The carpenter George Elser was later arrested. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Anglo - American torch landings in North Africa. World War II.
On This Day In 1960 America's 9th unmanned space probe LJ-5 (Little Joe 5) was launched. Duration: 0 Days, 0 hours, 2 min, 22 seconds. Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1984 America's 14th space mission Discovery STS-51-A (TELESAT-H) was launched. Landed 16 November 1984 6:59:56 a.m. EST.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The ladder of life is full of splinters,
but they always prick hardest when you are sliding down."
William Brownell
On This Day In 1841 Edward II Wettin, King of England was born at Buckingham Palace, London, England. Died: 6 May 1910. (Reign: 1901-10).
On This Day In 1888 Mary Jane Kelly died. She was the last victim of Jack The Ripper in the gruesome Whitechapel Murders.
On This Day In 1938 The Nazis burned synagogues and looted Jewish homes and businesses in nationwide pogroms called Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass"). Nearly 30,000 German and Austrian Jewish men are deported to concentration camps. Many Jewish women are jailed.
On This Day In 1989 East and West German Unification Day.
On This Day In 1953 Cambodia gained independence.
On This Day In 1967 America's 4th unmanned Apollo (AS-501) spacecraft was launched at 07:00:01 a.m. EST, Cape Canaveral FL. First all-up launch of the Saturn V.
On This Day In 1996 Iron Mike Tyson lost his World Heavy Weight Boxing Title to Evander Holyfield 100 million dollar purse.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today,
would have wished to lived had he waited a week."
Voltaire
Independence Day Cambodia
On This Day In 1782 The last battle in the American War of Independence, George Rodger's Clarked attacked the Shawnee village of Chillicothe in Ohio Territory in retaliation for the Blue Licks attack.
On This Day In 1944 Japanese troops captured Guilin, China. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Japanese troops captured Liuzhou, China. World War II.
On This Day In 1982 The newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C. USA.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Some people want to achieve immortality through their works or their descendents,
I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying."
Woody Allen
On This Day In 1620 The Pilgrim Fathers land at Plymouth ( Cape Cod ) America.
On This Day In 1813 At the Battle of Crysler's Farm, American forces were defeated by smaller numbers of British forces; 100 miles from Montreal. War of 1812.
On This Day In 1863 Paul Signac, French post impressionist artist was born in Paris, France. Died: Paris, France, 15 August 1935.
On This Day In 1868 Jean-Édouard Vuillard, French post impressionist artist was born in Cuiseaux, France. Died: La Baule, France, 21 June 1940.
On This Day In 1889 Washington became the 42nd State Of The Union. Capital Olympia USA.
On This Day In 1897 Salvatore Lucania (“Lucky") Luciano, notorious American mobster was born in Lecara Friddi, Sicily, Italy..
On This Day In 1911 Eugene B Ely became the first American Pilot to take off from a moving ship, he flew a Curtiss D Golden from the US Navy Cruiser USS Birmingham.
On This Day In 1918 Germany surrendered to the allied forces and thus bringing World War I to an end.
On This Day In 1920 Lord Roy Jenkins, Ex Labour Politician was born.
On This Day In 1927 June Whitfield, English actress was born. Best known for performance in the BBC TV sitcom Terry and June.
On This Day In 1940 The British Navy attacked the Italian fleet at Taranto, the Fleet Air Arm lost 2 aircraft the Italians lost half their fleet. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 The allies occupied Casablanca, North Africa . World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Admiral Darlan surrendered and the Vichy forces invited the French Fleet to join them, Admiral Darlan was made Governor of French North Africa. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 The naval Battle of Ormoc Bay began. Leyte campaign. World War II.
On This Day In 1966 America's Gemini-XII spacecraft was launched. Landed November 15 1966.
On This Day In 1969 Lois Jones, Eileen McScaveney, Jean Pearson, Terry Lee Tickhill, Kay Lindsay and Pam Young were the first women to land at the South Pole.
On This Day In 1975 Angola gained independence.
On This Day In 1982 America's 5th Space Shuttle mission, Columbia (5) STS-5 (SBFC) made it's first commercial flight. Landed Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. 06:33:26a.m PST 16 November 1982. This operational mission deployed two commercial communications satellites, ANIK C-3 for TELESAT Canada and SBS-C for Satellite Business Systems.
Your Thought For Today Is:
When You Go Home Tell Them Of Us And Say
For Your Tomorrow We Gave our Today
Independence Day Angola
On This Day In 1035 Sveynsson, Canute II the Great, King of England and Denmark died in Shaftsbury, Dorset, England. Born circa 995, Denmark. (Reign: 1016-1035, also King of Denmark and Norway).
On This Day In 1815 American Elizabeth Cady Stanton an early women's rights campaigner was born.
On This Day In 1833 Alexander Borodin, Russian composer was born. Died: 27 February 1887.
On This Day In 1840 Auguste Rodin, French impressionist was born in Paris,
France. Died: Meudon, France, 17 November 1917. Best known as the sculptor of The
Kiss.
On This Day In 1913 Burt Lancaster, American actor was born in New York, New
York.
Died: 20 October 1994. Best known for his performance in From Here To
Eternity.
On This Day In 1929 Grace Kelly, American actress was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: 14 September 1982 (Car accident).
On This Day In 1933 The first known photograph of the Loch Ness Monster ( Scotland ) was taken.
On This Day In 1942 The naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans eventually won a major victory over the Japanese. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 American singer Neil (Heart of Gold) Young was born.
On This Day In 1967 Michael Moorer, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1994 WBF/IBF).
On This Day In 1981 America's 2nd space shuttle mission, Columbia (2) STS-2 (OSTA-1) was launched. Landed Edwards Air Force Base 14 November 1981 1:23:11 p.m. PST.
On This Day In 1982 The Columbia space shuttle became the first spacecraft to be launched twice.
On This Day In 1995 America's 73rd space shuttle mission Atlantis (15) STS-74 (S/MM-02) was launched. Landed November 20, 1995 at 12:01:27 pm EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 1996 The worst mid air crash in aviation history happened, when a
Saudi Arabian
Airlines Boeing 747 carrying 312 people on board and a Russian built Kazakh Airlines Ilyushin Il76
cargo plane carrying 38 people collided over Jhalhar ( India ) at 14,000 feet killing
all 350 passengers.
On This Day In 2001 American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, went down at 9:17 a.m. EST in the Rockaway section of the New York City borough of Queens about five miles from Kennedy airport. The plane was en route to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. American Airlines said the plane was carrying 246 passengers and nine crew members.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Smart is when you believe only half of what you hear
brilliant is when you know which half to believe.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day * United States Of America
On This Day In 1002 Ethelred II King of England launched the massacre of Danish settlers.
On This Day In 1312 Edward III King of England (Reigned 1327-77) was born at Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Died: 21 June 1377 at Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey.
On This Day In 1942 The first naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. World War II.
On This Day In 1971 The American spacecraft Mariner 9, became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet ( Mars ).
Your Thought For Today Is:
"There was never a good war or a bad peace."
Benjamin Franklin (US Statesman)
On This Day In 1494 The Battle of La Laguna Tenerife ( Canary Islands ) began.
On This Day In 1650 William III, of Orange King of England was born in the Hague, Netherlands. Died: 19 March 1702, Kensington Palace, England. (Reign: 1689-1702).
On This Day In 1712 George Grenville, British Prime Minister was born. Died 13 November 1770. Term of Office (1763-1765) Whig.
On This Day In 1765 American Robert Fulton who built the first commercial steam boat was born.
On This Day In 1840 Claude Monet French impressionist artist was born in Paris
France.
Died: 5 December 1926 Giverny, France.
On This Day In 1910 The first take off of an Airplane from the deck of a ship.
On This Day In 1935 King Hussein of Jordan was born.
On This Day In 1940 The English town of Coventry was bombed by German bombers destroying the cathedral, hitting 2 hospitals. 554 civilians were Killed 865 seriously injured. World War II.On This Day In 1940 The Greek army repelled the Italian invasion and enter
Albania.
World War II.
On This Day In 1941 The British carrier HMS Ark Royal sunk. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 The second naval Battle of Guadacanal began. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 HRH Prince Charles Prince of Wales was born.
On This Day In 1946 Spanish composer Manuel De Falla died. Born 1876 Cadiz Spain.
On This Day In 1969 America's Apollo 12 (AS-507) spacecraft was launched. Landed on Moon 19 November 1969 Ocean of Storms. Returned to Earth 24 November 1969. Crew: Charles Conrad, Jr., Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Alan L. Bean.
On This Day In 1981 America's 2nd Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 2 returned safely home.
On This Day In 1982 At 0845 The American Veterans of the Vietnam War finally get their parade, 10 years after the war's end.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get."
George Bernard Shaw
On This Day In 1280 Albertus Magnus, German scholar died aged 87.
On This Day In 1630 Johann Kepler, German astronomer died aged 58.
On This Day In 1397 Nicholas V Holy Roman Pope (Reign 1447-55) who ended schism and was the founder Vatican Library was born.
On This Day In 1492 Christopher Columbus, Portuguese explorer notes first recorded reference to tobacco.
On This Day In 1708 Earl of Chatham, William Pitt, 'The Elder' British Prime Minister was born. Died: 11 May 1778. Term of Office (1766-1768) Whig.
On This Day In 1715 Austria cedes area to the Netherlands, the Barrier Treaty was signed.
On This Day In 1738 Sir William Herschel, English astronomer who discovered Uranus was born.
On This Day In 1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania & Maryland.
On This Day In 1777 Articles of the Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress.
On This Day In 1791 The first Catholic college in the United States opened in Georgetown.
On This Day In 1864 General Sherman burned Atlanta. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1886 Pedro Sanjuan San Sebastian, Spanish, composer was born in Castilla.
On This Day In 1889 Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil was deposed and the republic was proclaimed.
On This Day In 1897 Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet/writer was born. Best know for his work People's Palace.
On This Day In 1891 Erwin (Johannes Eugen) Rommel, German Field Marshall was born in Heidenhein an der Brentz near Ulm in the state of Wurttemberg. Died: 14 October 1944 Rommel committed suicide by taking poison.
On This Day In 1905 Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader was born in Venice Italy.
On This Day In 1920 The League of Nations held it's first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
On This Day In 1922 Francesco Rosi, Italian film director was born in Naples. Best known for the film Lucky Luciano.
On This Day In 1929 Ed Asner American actor was born.
On This Day In 1932 The Walt Disney Art School was created.
On This Day In 1932 Petula Clarke, English singer was born. Best known for hit Downtown.
On This Day In 1938 All Jewish children were expelled from public schools. Segregated Jewish schools were created.
On This Day In 1941 The Germans launched their offensive on Moscow ( Russia ) this offensive ground to a halt on 06-12-1941. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Umpa Creator of this website was born.
On This Day In 1956 The Hungarian revolution ended.
On This Day In 1958 Tyrone Power, American actor died of a heart attack aged 44.
On This Day In 1966 The American spacecraft Gemini XII returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1969 A quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C., against the Vietnam War.
On This Day In 1977 Captain Peter Mark Andrew Phillips was born.
On This Day In 1982 The funeral services was held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev.
On his Day In 1983 John LeMesurier, English actor died aged 71. Best known for his role as Sergeant Arthur K. Wilson in the BBC TV production Dads Army.
On This Day In 1988 The Russian space shuttle made it's unmanned maiden flight making two orbits of the Earth.
On This Day In 1990 America's 37th space shuttle mission Atlantis (7) STS-38 (DoD7) was launched. Landed November 20, 1990, 4:42:42 p.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone went on general in England.
On This Day In 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets went on general in England.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Take from me the hope that I can change the future and you will send me mad."
Israel Zangwill
Republic Proclamation Day Brazil
On This Day In 42 BC Augustus Emperor of Rome ( Imperator Caesar Augustus ) was born - died 16th March AD 37. Voted Emperor by the Senate of Rome on September 17th AD 14.
On This Day In 1777 British Redcoats captured Fort Miffin and Fort Mercer gaining complete control of the Delaware river region. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1856 Alexander Kastalsky, Russian composer was born. Died: 17 December 1926.
On This Day In 1862 The Union forces captured Corpus Christi, Texas. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1873 William Christopher Handy, American blues singer was born in Florence, Alabama. Best known as The Father of the Blues. Died: March 28, 1958, in New York City.
On This Day In 1907 Oklahoma became the 46th State Of The Union. State Capital Oklahoma City. USA.
On This Day In 1922 Salvotore (The Sicilian ) Giuliano was born in Montelepre Sicliy.
On This Day In 1928 Clu Gulager, American actor was born in Holdenville, OK. Best known for his role as Emmett Ryker in the TV western series The Virginian.
On This Day In 1961 Franck Bruno, world heavyweight boxing champion was born. Champion: (1995-1996 WBA).
On This Day In 1973 America's Skylab-4 (SL-4) was launched. Landed February 8, 1974. Crew: Gerald P. Carr, William R. Pogue, Edward G. Gibson. The last of the Skylab missions; included observation of the Comet Kohoutek
On This Day In 2001 The long awaited opening of the film Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone went on general release across Great Britain.
On This Day In 2002 Myra Hindley Moors murderer died at aged 60. Hindley, who had previously suffered from angina and osteoporosis, died at approximately 5.00 PM GMT having received the last rites from a Catholic priest.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Tanta Stuulttitia Mortalium Est."
Seneca (8 BC - AD 65)
On This Day In 9 AD The Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus was born.He died of natural causes in June of 79 AD.
On This Day In 1558 Elizabeth I became Queen of England upon the death of Queen Mary.
On This Day In 1612 Pierre Mignard, French Baroque painter was born in Troyes, France. Died: Paris, France, 13 May 1695.
On This Day In 1796 The Battle of Arcole began, Napoleon's French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
On This Day In 1800 The American Congress held it's first session in Washington DC. USA.
On This Day In 1869 The Suez Canal was opened ( Egypt ).
On This Day In 1913 The Panama Canal was opened.
On This Day In 1970 Russia landed Lunokhod 1 an unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on the Moon.
On This Day In 1973 American President Richard Nixon said "The people have got to
know whether or not their President is a crook". quote "well, I'm not
a crook". unquote.
The rest as we say is history....!
On This Day In 1989 The Velvet Revolution took place, it brought about the bloodless overthrow of the Czechoslovak communist regime. Ended 29 December 1989.
On This Day In 2001 World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis regained his World heavyweight titles from Hasim Rahman. The 36-year-old Briton avenged his defeat to Rahman last April by knocking out the American in Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Las Vegas Nevada in the fourth round.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose."
Dan McKinnon
On This Day In 1820 Antartica was discovered by United States Navy Captain Nat B Palmer.
On This Day In 1836 English playwright Sir W S Gilbert (Of Gilbert & Sullivan) was born.
On This Day In 1923 Alan Sheppard who became the first American astronaut into space was born.
On This Day In 1928 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse made his debut's in New York in the animated cartoon Steamboat Willie.
On This Day In 1942 American actress Linda Evans was born.
On This Day In 1942 Auchinleck launched his offensive against Gen. Erwin Rommel. World War II.
On This Day In 1976 The Spanish parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
On This Day In 1991 Latvia gained independence.
On This Day In 2002 United Nations arms inspectors entered Iraq to start searching for weapons of mass destruction.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Man kind is divisible into two classes, host's and guest's."
Sir Max Beerbohn
Independence Day Latvia
On This Day In 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico.
On This Day In 1600 Charles I, King of England was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. Died: 30 JAN 1649, Whitehall Palace, England. (Reign: 1625-49).
On This Day In 1665 Nicolas Poussin, French Baroque painter died in Rome, Papal States [now Italy]. Born: Villers near Paris, France, 1594.
On This Day In 1795 The pencil was invented By N. J. Conte, who successfully produced pencils, after the later famed Faber family of Nuremberg, Germany, failed to do so, by using a pulverized graphite base to create a substandard, crude prototype of a pencil. Conte's method, the basic recipe used by all pencil manufacturers today, differed from the failed Faber fiasco, as he ground graphite, mixed it with certain types of clay, pressed the "dough" into sticks, and finished them in a kiln. The Faber family followed suit, and achieved the fame and fortune that previously eluded it.
On This Day In 1819 George Eliot was born born at Warwickshire, England. George Eliot was the masculine pen name of the writer Mary Ann Evans, one of Victorian England's leading novelists. Died: 22 December 1880 (Natural causes). Best known as the author of Middlemarch.
On This Day In 1831 James Garfield 20th President of the United States was born In Cuyahoga County Ohio. Term of Office 1881, shot by Charles J Guiteau in Washington only five months after his inauguration.
On This Day In 1863 American President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the American Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania..
On This Day In 1905 American big band leader Tommy Dorsey was born.
On This Day In 1914 The First Battle for Ypres and the Battle of The Yser
( France ) began.
World War I.
On This Day In 1931 Roy Campanella, legendary baseball catcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers was born. Died: June 26, 1993, Woodland Hills, California.
On This Day In 1933 American Cable Network News host Larry King was born.
On This Day In 1942 Perfume and fashion guru Calvin Kline was born.
On This Day In 1942 Soviet troops began their counter-offensive at
Stalingrad.
World War II.
On This Day In 1942 a young Frenchwoman living in Somerset with her three
little girls answered a broadcast appeal for holiday photographs to be sent to
the War Office. She was invited to London for an interview, and a startling
proposition was put to her. Reluctantly she accepted it. In a few months she had
been trained as a British agent and, under the name "Céline",
infiltrated into Southern France. Her run there was short but lively. She worked
with the Resistance Movement, organizing sabotage and the reception of
parachuted agents and supplies. After six months the Germans arrested her with
her Commanding Officer, known as "Raoul". So began her long ordeal in
prison and concentration-camp. The Gestapo put certain questions to her; she had
nothing to say, even after they had pulled out all her toenails. But her replies
on other matters were such as to draw suspicion from her Commanding Officer to
herself. The Gestapo condemned her to death, but did not kill her. After a year
in a Parisian prison she was moved to the infamous concentration-camp for women
at Ravensbrück. There she was buried for three months in total darkness, and
witnessed the mass execution of her fellow-prisoners in the spring of 1945. To
save his skin, the Camp Commandant took her with him to meet the advancing
Americans. So Odette Sanson lived to receive the George Cross, the highest
British decoration for gallantry that can be awarded to a woman. She also holds
the M.B.E. and the French Légion d'Honneur. In 1947 she became the wife of her
'chief', Captain Peter Churchill, D.S.O., M.C.
Jerrard Tickell - the distinguished author of such widely popular novels as Appointment
with Venus, Soldier from the Wars Returning and The Hero of
Saint Roger - has told Odette's story with practised skill. His description
of her last two years is particularly impressive for its attempt to suggest how
a woman who had no hope to escape death could yet preserve her mind in peace. Odette
has been filmed with Anna Neagle in the title-role.
On This Day In 1946 ODETTE ( Mrs Odette Sanson ) Received The George Cross For Bravery, Presented To Her By King George VI.
On This Day In 1949 Raymond Blane, world renowned chef was born.
On This Day In 1996 America's 80th space shuttle mission Columbia (21) STS-80 (ORFEUS-SPAS) was launched. Landed December 7, 1996 6:49:05 a.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 1997 America's 88th space shuttle mission Columbia (24) STS-87 (USMP-4) was launched. Landed December 5 1997 at 7:20 am EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On
This Day In 2002 Two super massive black holes, each with the mass of at least a
million suns, were found circling each other in a single butterfly-shaped galaxy.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
Albert Einstein
On This Day In 1888 William Bundy invented the Timecard Clock.
On This Day In 1908 Alistair Cooke ( Raconteur ) was born.
On This Day In 1920 American actress Gene Tierney was born.
On This Day In 1920 British actress Dulcie Gray was born.
On This Day In 1940 Hungary, led by Miklos Horthy, joined the axis powers. World War II.
On This Day In 1945 The Nuremberg war crimes trials began.
On This Day In 1947 HRH Elizabeth II Queen of England married HRH Prince Philip.
On This Day In 1953 The first aircraft to exceed 1300 MPH was piloted by American pilot Scott Crossfield.
On This Day In 1956 American actress Bo Derek was born. Long Beach California USA.
On This Day In 1975 General Francisco Franco of Spain of a heart attack, after more than a year of ill health, and Juan Carlos was proclaimed king seven days later.
On This Day In 1998 Russia launched the first stage of the Russo - American space station.
On This Day In 2002 The oil tanker Prestige sank 150 miles off the coast of Spain, Casing the biggest environmental since the sinking of the Exon Valdez.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learner's soul.
they will trust the written character's and not remember themselves."
Socrates
On This Day In 1694 Frenchman Voltaire the great thinker was born.
On This Day In 1787 Englishman Sir Samuel Cunnard founded the first regular Atlantic Steamship Line.
On This Day In 1789 North Carolina became the 12th State Of The Union. State Capital Raleigh. USA.
On This Day In 1877 Inventor Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of the phonograph.
On This Day In 1904 Coleman Hawkins, American tenor Jazz saxophonist was born in St Joseph Missouri. Died: 19 May 1969.
On This Day In 1914 Roy Boulting, British movie maker was born.
On This Day In 1931 Sir Stanley Kalms ( Dixons Boss ) was born.
On This Day In 1934 Beryl Bainbridge, British author was born.
On This Day In 1941 Juliet Mills, British actress was born.
On This Day In 1945 Goldie Hawn, American actress was born.
On This Day In 1952 Eamonn Coghlan, Irish athlete was born.
On This Day In 1959 American comedian Jack Benny ( Violin ) and Richard Nixon ( Piano ) played a duet together.
On This Day In 1960 America's 10th unmanned space probe MR-1 (Mercury Redstone 1) was launched. Mercury Project.
On This Day In 1963 Robert Stroud, The "Birdman of Alcatraz," died.
On This Day In 1964 New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge was opened.
On This Day In 1989 The proceedings of Britain's House of Commons were televised live for the first time.
On This Day In 1995 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 5,000 mark for the first time.
On This Day In 2000 The Florida Supreme Court granted Democrat Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going.
On This Day In 2001 Ottilie Lundgren, a 94-year-old resident of
Oxford, Conn., died of inhalation anthrax.
Your Thought For Today Is:
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains because
the average man can see better than he thinks.
Anonymous
On This Day In 1718 Edward Teach (Blackbeard), infamous pirate died during an engagement with a force sent from Virginia.in Ocracoke Island, North Carolina).
On This Day In 1864 The Union forces captured Milledgeville, Georgia. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1890 Charles De Gaulle, President of France was born in Lille,
France.
Died 9 November 1970 (Natural causes).
On This Day In 1899 American composer Hoagy Carmichael composed his most classic
tune
Star Dust.
On This Day In 1906 The international radio telegraphic convention adopts Save Our Souls as the new radio distress signal.
On This Day In 1909 Gerhard Gentzen, German mathematician was born in Greifswald, Germany. Died: August 4 1945 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
On This Day In 1932 American actor Robert (The Man From UNCLE) Vaughn was born.
On This Day In 1936 English actor John Bird Was born.
On This Day In 1943 American tennis ace Billie Jean King was born.
On This Day In 1941 English actor Tom (Shirley Valentine) Conti was born.
On This Day In 1941 German troops captured Rostov, Russia. World War II.
On This Day In 1941 Britain orders Finland to cease all offensive operations against the Soviet Union within two weeks or face war. World War II.
On This Day In 1958 American actress Jamie Lee ( True Lies ) Curtis was born.
On This Day In 1963 United States President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald?
On This Day In 1967 Ex Wimbledon men's singles champion Boris Becker was born.
On This Day In 1967 The UN Security Council past resolution 242 stating that Israel must give back land taken from Palestine.
On This Day In 1989 America's 32nd space shuttle mission Discovery (9) STS-33 (DoD-5) was launched. Landed November 27,1989,4:30:16 p.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base Calif.
On This Day In 2002 The James Bond movie Die anther Day went on general release in England.
On This Day * Year unknown founder of the Sikh Religion Guru Nanak was born.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., Or A PHD.,
unfortunately I don't have a J.O.B."
Fats (Blue Berry Hill) Domino
St Cecilia AD 230 Patron Saint Of Church Music
On This Day In 955 Eadred, King of England died. Born: circa 924. (Reign: 946-955).
On This Day In 912 Otto I, German King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor was born.
On This Day In 1616 John Wallis, English mathematician was born. Died: September 20 1703.
On This Day In 1682 Claude Lorrain, French Baroque painter died in Rome, Papal States [now Italy]. Born: Champagne, France, 1600.
On This Day In 1765 Frederick County, Md., repudiated the British Stamp Act.
On This Day In 1804 Franklin Pierce 14th President of The United States was born at Hillsboro New Hampshire. Term of Office 1853 - 1857.
On This Day In 1859 American William Bonney, Billy the Kid famous outlaw-gunfighter of the frontier Southwest was born.
On This Day In 1889 The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. The contraption consisted of an Edison tinfoil phonograph with four listening tubes and a coin slot for each tube.
On This Day In 1903 Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in the opera "Rigoletto."
On This Day In 1936 Life magazine, created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.
On This Day In 1940 Romania, led by Marshall Ion Antonescu, joins the axis powers. World War II.
On This Day In 1940 Slovakia, led by Premier Tuka, joins the axis powers. World War II.
On This Day In 1940 The converted liner Rawalpindi was sunk by the German Battle Cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 United States forces seized control of the Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese. World War II.
On This Day In 1971 The People's Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.
On This Day In 1980 4,800 people died in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
On This Day In 2001 Broadcasting standards campaigner Mary Whitehouse died at the age of 91. For more than 30 years Mrs. Whitehouse fought to raise standards in the media, making her a national figure. A spokesman for the BBC said Mrs. Whitehouse had "kept broadcasters on their toes" with her feisty and dedicated campaigning style.
On This Day In 2001 The UN war crimes tribunal said it would try former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for genocide in Bosnia, linking him for the first time in court to the murders of thousands of non-Serbs and the displacement of a quarter million people.
On This Day In 2001 An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at a van in the West Bank, killing Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, a leading member of the Islamic militant Hamas group.
On This Day In 2002 America's 112th space shuttle mission Endeavour (19) STS-112
(International Space Station Flight 11A). Landed 3 days late on December 7 and
low on life-support, Kennedy Space
Center. Fl. The shuttle landed at 2:37 p.m. EST after a three-day delay, the
longest in the 21-year history of the space shuttle program.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"The brain is a wonderful organ.
it starts working the moment you get up in the morning
and does not stop until you get to the office."
Robert Frost
On This Day In 496 AD Pope Anastasius II a native of Rome was elected. Died 498 AD.
On This Day In 1632 Benedict Spinoza, Dutch philosopher was born. Died: 21 February 1677.
On This Day In 1713 Lawrence Sterne, English novelist was born in Ireland. Died: March 18 1768.
On This Day In 1713 Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary was born. Died: August 28 1784.
On This Day In 1784 Zachary Taylor 12th President of The United States was born in Orange County Virginia. Term Of Office 1849 - 1850. Died July 9th 1850.
On This Day In 1838 Scott Joplin, American entertainer/ragtime composer was born. Died: March 1 1917.
On This Day In 1859 Charles Darwin, British naturalist published On the Origin of Species which explained his theory of evolution.
On This Day In 1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French post impressionist artist was born in Albi, France. Died: Gironde, France, 9 September 1901.
On This Day In 1871 The National Rifle Association was incorporated, and its first president named: Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
On This Day In 1874 The patent was granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire.
On This Day In 1884 Itzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel's second Prime Minister was born. Died: March 23 1963. Prime Minister form (1952-1963).
On This Day In 1934 Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer was born. Died: 03 August 1998.
On This Day In 1942 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian was born.
On This Day In 1944 The Capture of Peleieu. World War II.
On This Day In 1944 Strasbourg was captured by the allies. World War II
On This Day In 1945 Ex English cricketer Ian Botham was born.
On This Day In 1955 The first United States Presidential Aeroplane was christened.
On This Day In 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald was gunned down outside a Texas Court House by Jack Ruby. It was the first murder seen on American TV.
On This Day In 1969 The American spacecraft Apollo 12 returned safely to Earth.
On This Day In 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacker parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom. His fate still remains unknown.
On This Day In 1985 The hijacking of an Egyptair jetliner parked on the ground in Malta ended with 60 deaths when Egyptian commandos stormed the plane; two of the dead were shot by the hijackers.
On This Day In 1991 America's 44th space shuttle mission Atlantis (10) STS-44 (DSP) was launched. Landed December 1, 1991, 2:34:12 p.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
On This Day In 1991 Freddie Mercury, rock singer with the band Queen died in London at age 45 of pneumonia brought on by AIDS.
On This Day In 1998 America Online confirmed it was buying Netscape
Communications in a deal ultimately worth $10 billion.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."
Henry David Thoreau
On This Day In 1609 Maria Henrietta, French wife of Charles I
King of England was born. Died:
9 September 1699.
On This Day In 1783 The British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.
On This Day In 1835 American Andrew Carnegie ( Steelman And Librarian ) was born in Dunfermline, Scotland.
On This Day In 1856 Sergei Taneyev, Russian composer was born. Died: 19 June 1915.
On This Day In 1863 The Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Chattanooga, Tennessee. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1864 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, French impressionist was born in Albi, France. Died: September 9, 1901 Château de Malromé, age 36.
On This Day In 1881 Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Roncalli near Bergamo, Italy.
On This Day In 1914 Joe "Joltin' Joe," Di Maggio, American baseball legend was born at Martinez, California. Died: 8 March 1999 (Cancer).
On This Day In 1941 American singer Tina ( River Deep ) Turner was born.
On This Day In 1941 German troops began their attack on Moscow, Russia. World War II.
On This Day In 1952 Imram Khan, Pakistan cricket legend was born.
On This Day In 1953 Brian Little, ex Aston Villa soccer Manager was born.
On This Day In 1960 John F Kennedy Jr son of American President John F Kennedy was born.
On This Day In 1963 President Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
On This Day In 1974 Former U.N. Secretary-General U Thant died in New York at age 65.
On This Day In 1975 Suriname gained independence.
On This Day In 1983 Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-9 returned safely to Earth after 149 days after she was launched.
On This Day In 1987 Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, died aged 65 after suffering a heart attack in his City Hall office.
On This Day In 1998 President Jiang Zemin arrived in Tokyo for the first visit to Japan by a Chinese head of state since World War II.
On This Day In 1998 Flip Wilson, American comedian died in Malibu, Calif, aged 64.
On This Day In 2001 American CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann was killed during a prison uprising in Mazar-e-Sharif, becoming America's first combat casualty of the conflict in Afghanistan.
On This Day In 2002 David McCrae 56, from eastern Scotland, who contracted rabies after being bitten by a bat has died in hospital. He was infected with European Bat Lyssa virus, a rare and deadly strain of rabies. Prior to his death, the last case of human rabies infection in Britain was in 1902.
On This Day In 2002 Agatha Christie legendary whodunit play The Mouse Trap celebrated 50 years making it the longest running play ever.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Good judgment comes from experience.
And experience well, that comes from bad judgment.
Independence Day Suriname
On This Day In 1731 William Cowper, English poet was born. Died: April 25 1800.
On This Day In 1778 Captain Cook, English explorer discovered the Hawaiian Island of Maui.
On This Day In 1789 A day of thanksgiving was set aside by President Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
On This Day In 1792 Sarah Grimke, American abolitionist and early feminist was born. Died: December 23 1873.
On This Day In 1832 New York City's public streetcar service began.
On This Day In 1832 Louisa May Alcott, American author was born. Best known as the author of Little Women.
On This Day In 1876 Willis Haviland Carrier inventor and developer of air conditioning was born Angola, New York. Died: July 7 1950.
On This Day In 1895 The Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association was formed.
On This Day In 1905 Emlyn Williams, Welsh conductor was born.
On This Day In 1922 American Charles Schulz creator of Peanuts, Charlie Brown was born.
On This Day In 1938 Rich Little, American comedian and impressionist was born.
On This Day In 1939 Tina Turner, American singer was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. Best known for her recording of River Deep Mountain High.
On This Day In 1940 The half-million Jews of Warsaw, Poland, were forced by the Nazis to live within a walled ghetto.
On This Day In 1941 Lebanon gained independence.
On This Day In 1942 The movie classic "Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York.
On This Day In 1942 President Roosevelt ordered nationwide petrol rationing, beginning December 1.
On This Day In 1943 The Pacific naval Battle of Cape St. George took place. World War II.
On This Day In 1943 The HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying U.S. soldiers, was hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 American troops.
On This Day In 1949 India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.
On This Day In 1950 China entered the Korean conflict, launching a counter-offensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the United States and South Korea.
On This Day In 1965 France launched its first satellite, sending a 92-pound capsule into orbit.
On This Day In 1985 America's 23rd space shuttle mission Atlantis (2) STS-61-B (MORELOS-B) was launched. Landed December 3, 1985, 1:33:49 p.m. PST, Edwards AirForce Base, Calif.
On This Day In 1992 The British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
On This Day In 1996 Croatia gained independence.
On This Day In 1998 In the first speech ever by a British prime minister to an Irish parliament, Tony Blair predicted that Northern Ireland's troubled peace accord would ultimately work because of a strengthened cooperative spirit uniting Britain and Ireland.
On This Day In 2000 Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore in the state's presidential balloting by a 537-vote margin.
On This Day In 2001 Hundreds of US Marines took over Kandahar airport near
Kandahar marking the entry of conventional ground forces into Afghan conflict
for the first time.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
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On This Day In 1701 Anders Celsius was born. Best known as the inventor of the Thermometer.
On This Day In 1801 Alexander Varlamov, Russian composer was born. Died: 27 October 1848.
On This Day In 1917 Tiny Rowland, British Tycoon was born.
On This Day In 1925 Ernie Wise, British comedian was born.
On This Day In 1935 Verity Lambert, British TV writer was born. Best known as the writer of the TV series Minder.
On This Day In 1938 Rodney Bewes, English actor was born. Best known for his performance in the Tv series The Likely Lads.
On This Day In 1940 The City London was set alight by German bombers, ( Blitz ) the Luftwaffe destroyed the Guildhall, and eight of Sir Christopher Wren's churches were set alight. Air Vice Marshall ( Bomber ) Harris vowed to repay the German's one hundred fold.
On This Day In 1940 John Alderton, English actor was born. Best know for his performance in the TV series Please Sir.
On This Day In 1940 Bruce Lee one of the most influential martial artists of the modern era, was born. Died: March 31, 1993 in Wilmington, North Carolina USA.
On This Day In 1942 The French fleet in Toulon was sunk. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Jimi Hendrix, American rock legend was born. Best known for his recording of All Along The Watch Tower.
On This Day In 1947 The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
On This Day In 1951 The first rocket to intercept an aeroplane was launched from White Sands New Mexico. USA.
On This Day In 1980 The Russian spacecraft Soyuz T - 3 was launched.
On This Day In 2001 The leaders of the Afghan factions met amid tight security to
discuss post-Taliban Afghanistan, with the United Nations urging
"speedy" action towards an interim government.
Your Thought For Today Is:
Happy is he who knows the country of the gods.
On This Day In 1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
On This Day In 1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer was born. Died: March 22 1687.
On This Day In 1757 William Blake, English poet and painter was born.
On This Day In 1810 William Froude, English naval architect was born. Died: April 5 1879.
On This Day In 1820 Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx collaborator and editor was born at Barmen, Germany. Died: 5 August (Cancer).
On This Day In 1829 Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer was born. Died: 20 November 1894.
On This Day In 1858 William Stanley, American inventor of the Induction Coil / Transformer Alternating Current was born in Brooklyn, New York. Died: May 14 1916.
On This Day In 1859 Sergei Liapunov, Russian composer was born. Died: 08 November 1924.
On This Day In 1866 Henry Bacon, American architect and designer of the Lincoln Memorial was born. Died: February 2 1924.
On This Day In 1904 Nancy Mitford British satiric novelist and essayist was born. Died June 30 1973.
On This Day In 1912 Albania gained independence.
On This Day In 1919 American-born Lady Astor became the first woman elected to the British Parliament.
On This Day In 1929 Englishman Admiral Byrd made the first South Pole flight.
On This Day In 1943 Winston Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in Teheran, Iran. The Big Three, as they were called, set the British-American invasion of France for the following spring, agreed in principle to a post war United Nations, and discussed post war-goals and aims of all three countries. World War II.
On This Day In 1946 Mick Channon, ex England and Southampton soccer star, now race horse trainer was born.
On This Day In 1953 British Treasury Chief Secretary Alistair Darling was born.
On This Day In 1958 The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
On This Day In 1960 Mauritania gained independence.
On This Day In 1983 America's 9th space shuttle mission, Columbia (6) STS-9 Columbia - Spacelab1 was launched. Landed December 8, 1983, 3:47:24 p.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. This flight carried first Spacelab mission and first astronaut to represent European Space Agency (ESA), Ulf Merbold of Germany.
On This Day In 1990 Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who conferred the premiership on John Major.
On This Day In 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, notorious serial killer was murdered in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.
On This Day In 2000 George W. Bush's lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bring ''legal finality'' to the presidential election by ending any further ballot recounts; Al Gore's team countered that the nation's highest court should not interfere in Florida's recount dispute.
On This Day In 2001 Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.
On his Day In 2002 Islamic terrorists launched a double attack on Israelis in
Kenya, killing 12 in a suicide bombing at a hotel moments after firing two
missiles at an El Al airliner at Mombassa airport.
Just moments earlier, two missiles streaked past a Boeing 757 Israeli charter
aircraft owned by Arkia Airlines as it left the Mombasa airport bound for Tel
Aviv, Israel, carrying another group of tourists who had just checked out of the
hotel.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
Confucius
American Thanksgiving Day Commemorates The First Harvest
Of Plymouth By The Pilgrim Fathers And The Neighbouring Indians.
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On This Day In 1803 Christian Doppler discovered the Doppler Effect.( Colour Shift )was born at Salzburg, Austria. Died: 17 March 1853.
On This Day In 1849 Sir Ambrose Fleming, Englishman Inventor of the Diode was born.
On This Day In 1859 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer was born. Died: 1935.
On This Day In 1887 The United States received the rights to Pearl Harbour. Hawaii.
On his Day In 1918 Madeleine L'Engle, American writer of children's book was born in New York, New York. Best known as the authoress of A Wrinkle In Time.
On This Day In 1939 Russia sent Finland an ultimatum. World War II
On This Day In 1940 Chuck Mangeone, American jazz musician was born.
On This Day In 1944 Albania was captured by the allies. World War II.
On This Day In 1947 The UN General Assembly allows for a Jewish State in Palestine.
On This Day In 1951 The first underground atomic explosion took place at Frencham Flat, Nevada, United States.
On This Day In 1961 America's 20th unmanned space probe MA-5 (Mercury Atlas 5) was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL. Mercury Project.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"He who hurries cannot walk with dignity."
Fortune Cookie
On This Day In 1016 The English King Edmund II, known as "the Ironside" died.
On This Day In 1667 Jonathan Swift author of Gullivers Travels was born.
On This Day In 1782 Paris, Franklin, Jay, Adams, Laurens and the British Negotiator Oswald sign Preliminary Peace pact with Britain. American War of Independence.
On This Day In 1810 American Oliver Fisher Winchester (Rifle Maker) was born.
On This Day In 1835 American author Samuel Clements, aka Mark Twain was born.
On This Day In 1864 The Union forces defeated the Confederate forces at Franklin, Tennessee. American Civil War.
On This Day In 1874 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British Prime Minister was born. Died: 8 October 1965. Term of Office (1940-1945 and 1950-1951) Conservative.
On This Day In 1900 Oscar Wilde, Irish author died in Paris at aged 46.
On This Day In 1939 The Soviet Union invades Finland. World War II.
On This Day In 1942 Fierce German resistance halted the allied offensive in
North Africa.
World War II.
On This Day In 1942 The naval Battle of Tassafaronga began. Guadalcanal campaign. World War II.
On This Day In 1947 The day after the UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements were attacked.
On This Day In 1958 The USS Dewey, the first United States guided Missile Destroyer was launched.
On This Day In 1966 Barbados gained independence.
On This Day In 1981 The United States and the Soviet Union opened negotiations in Geneva aimed at reducing nuclear weapons in Europe.
On This Day In 1995 President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. chief executive to visit Northern Ireland.
On This Day In 2000 America's 101st space shuttle mission Endeavour (15) STS-97 (Space Station Flight ISS-04-4A) was launched. Landed December 11 2000 at 6:04 p.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
On This Day In 2001 George Harrison lead guitarist with the rock band the BEATLES died today from cancer.
Your Thought For Today Is:
"He whose face gives no light shall never become a star."
William Blake. English Poet And Artist (1757 - 1827)
Independence Day Barbados
Saint Andrews Day * Patron Saint Of Scotland
