~MarciaH
Sun, May 7, 2000 (02:21)
#201
On May 07 - 127th day of year with 238 days left (Numerology = 3)
Happy Birthday to:
In 1530, Louis I Cond�, French prince/leader of hugenots
In 1574, Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)
In 1700, Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist
In 1704, Carl Heinrich Graun, composer
In 1763, Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France
In 1769, Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
In 1776, D niel Berzsenyi, [Hungarian Horatius], Hungarian poet
In 1795, Gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)
In 1803, Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
In 1812, Robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)
In 1826, Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905
In 1827, Charles T H Coster, Belgian literary (L�gendes Flamandes) [or Aug 20]
In 1827, Francis Engle Patterson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
In 1832, Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions)
In 1833, Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby
In 1840, Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS]
In 1845, Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
In 1847, Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)
In 1866, Cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company)
In 1867, Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress (Hope of Blessing)
In 1873, Clarence Dickinson, composer
In 1882, Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer (Mend)
In 1883, Gino Roncaglia, composer
In 1883, Martin Albertz, German theologist (Church Jesus Christ)
In 1885, George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)
In 1887, Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
In 1890, Billy House, Minn, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I)
In 1892, Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)
In 1892, Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80)
In 1897, Kitty McKane, England, tennis (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24)
In 1898, Vera Chapman, writer
In 19--, Maria Laria, Havana Cuba, Spanish TV hostess (Cara Cara)
In 19--, Phil Campbell, rocker (Motorhead-No Remorse)
In 1900, Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur)
In 1900, Ralph Truman, London England, actor (Web of Evidence)
In 1901, Gary Cooper, Montana, actor (2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon)
In 1901, L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ US Secretary of HEW (1956-58)
In 1901, Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
In 1902, Sal Gliatto, baseball player
In 1903, Basil Nield, judge/politician
In 1907, Jef van Durme, composer
In 1908, Ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
In 1908, Wouter Paap, composer
In 1909, Edwin H Land, inventor (instant photography (Polaroid))
In 1912, Paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist
In 1917, Daniel Gill�s, Belgian writer
In 1917, David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter)
In 1917, William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert
In 1918, Argeliers Leon, composer
In 1919, Eva (Evita) Per�n-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress
In 1921, Gale Robbins, Chic, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex)
In 1922, Darren McGavin, Spokane Wash, actor (Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182)
In 1923, Anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actr (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)
In 1923, Pete V Domenici, (Sen-R-NM, 1973- )
In 1926, Val Bisoglio, NYC, actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME)
In 1927, Jim Lowe, Springfield Mass, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia"
In 1928, John Ingle, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)
In 1928, Marvin Mitchelson, attorney
In 1929, Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
In 1929, Sally L Smith, educator/founder (Lab School of Wash)
In 1930, Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut
In 1930, Horst Bienek, German poet
In 1931, Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete)
In 1931, Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education (VVD)
In 1931, Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In)
In 1932, Hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa)
In 1933, Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats
In 1934, Ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)
In 1934, Donald Russell Holler, composer
In 1934, Heinz Marti, composer
In 1934, Willard Scott, weatherman (Today)
In 1935, Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)
In 1936, Cornelius Cardew, composer
In 1938, Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956)
In 1939, Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)
In 1939, Johnny Maestro, NY rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge)
In 1939, Marco St John, New Orleans La, actor (Rayford-Ball Four)
In 1939, Rudolphus FM "Ruud" Lubbers, director Dutch/CDA-premier (1982-94)
In 1939, Volker Braun, writer
In 1940, Armando Krieger, composer
In 1940, John Irvin, actor (Moment in Time)
In 1941, Grahame Bilby, cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1966)
In 1943, Christopher Taylor White, rocker
In 1943, Peter Horak, jetboat jumper
In 1943, Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes)
In 1944, Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
In 1944, John Heard, actor (Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big)
In 1944, Sivi Aberg, actress (Batman TV show)
In 1945, Robin Strasser, NYC, actress (Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World)
In 1945, Wim A Mateman, Dutch MP (CDA)
In 1946, Bill Danoff, Springfield Mass, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
In 1946, Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead)
In 1946, Richard L Brodsky, US lawyer/NY State Assemblyman (D) (1983- )
In 1948, Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander)
In 1949, Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth England, playmate of the year (Jan, 1972)
In 1949, Stuart Marshall, director (Desire)
In 1950, Janis Ian, [Fink], NYC, rock vocalist (At 17, Society's Child)
In 1950, Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
In 1951, David Whitton, campaigner
In 1951, Robert Hegyes, NJ, actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter)
In 1952, Amy Heckerling, Bronx, dir (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless)
In 1952, Derek Taylor, rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology)
In 1953, Paul Thomas, [Tobias], XXX director/actor (Showgirls)
In 1955, Peter Reckell, Elkhart, actor (Days of our Lifes)
In 1957, Shauna McDonald Brown, TV producer
In 1957, [Christopher St John] "Sinjin" Smith, LA CA, volleyballer (Oly-96)
In 1959, Michael E Knight, Princeton NJ, actor (Date with Angel, All My Child)
In 1959, Robin L Freeman, St Charles MO, PGA golfer (1993 Northern Telecom-3rd)
In 1959, Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astro (STS 40, 52, 67, 80)
In 1960, Arnon Ohad, co-pilot (El Al) plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
In 1961, Linda Somers, Bitburg Germany, US marathoner (Olympics-31st-96)
In 1962, Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel (Chips Something Special)
In 1964, Leslie O'Neal, NFL defensive end (SD Chargers, St Louis Rams)
In 1964, Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan/Neth writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd)
In 1964, Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back (SD Chargers, Tennessee Oilers)
In 1965, Reuben Davis, NFL defensive tackle (SD Chargers)
In 1966, Anderson Cummins, cricketer (in Packer's Valley Barbados & WI quickie)
In 1968, Joe King, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
In 1968, Traci Lords, [Nora L Kuzma], Steubenville Oh, XXX actress (Cry Baby)
In 1969, Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984)
In 1969, Melanie Valerio, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
In 1970, Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
In 1970, Mark Smith, Pasadena CA, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
In 1970, Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater (1995 Canadian Champ)
In 1971, Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
In 1971, Dave Karpa, Regina, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
In 1971, Jos� Munoz, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
In 1971, Rondell Jones, NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
In 1972, Chris Hayes, safety (NY Jets)
In 1972, John Holecek, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
In 1972, Vince Stewart, WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
In 1973, Dameian Jeffries, NFL defensive end (NO Saints)
In 1973, Kristian Lundin, record producer
In 1974, Scott Whittaker, center/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
In 1975, Jason Tunks, London Ontario, discus thrower (Olympics-96)
In 1976, Nicholas Butcher, LA Ca, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
In 1977, Marko Milic, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
In 1987, Katie Danza, daughter of Tony & Tracy Danza
Sorry to see these people go:
In , Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies
In , Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
In 1166, Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)
In 1205, Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
In 1523, Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42
In 1617, David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
In 1667, Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
In 1671, Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
In 1671, Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
In 1673, Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
In 1736, John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
In 1792, Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
In 1793, Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
In 1793, Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71
In 1800, Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64
In 1800, Niccol� Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
In 1814, Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
In 1818, Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
In 1825, Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
In 1836, Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
In 1863, Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
In 1871, Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
In 1876, Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
In 1884, Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
In 1900, Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
In 1904, Peter Hille, writer, dies
In 1914, Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
In 1915, Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
In 1915, Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer, dies
In 1915, Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
In 1928, Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
In 1929, Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
In 1929, John Scalise, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
In 1929, Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
In 1932, Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies
In 1934, Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
In 1941, David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies
In 1942, Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
In 1946, Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
In 1946, Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for Engld 1907-08), dies
In 1951, Warner Baxter, dies at 62
In 1953, Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies
In 1958, Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
In 1962, Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77
In 1967, Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54
In 1968, Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
In 1970, Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
In 1971, Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
In 1977, Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
In 1981, Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
In 1982, Alfred Adam, dies at 72
In 1983, Peter Edel, writer, dies
In 1985, Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
In 1986, Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
In 1987, Colin Blakely, dies at 56
In 1988, Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42
In 1989, Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
In 1990, Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
In 1993, Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
In 1994, Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
In 1994, Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
In 1995, Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75
In 1995, Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
In 1995, Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73
In 1995, Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84
In 1996, Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76
In 1996, Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
In 1996, Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76
Events
In 1274, 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens
In 1355, 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
In 1416, Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay
In 1429, English siege of Orl�ans broken by Joan of Arc
In 1579, Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands
In 1624, Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
In 1638, Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)
In 1660, Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
In 1663, Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens
In 1700, William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation
In 1727, Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
In 1748, French troops conquer Maastricht
In 1765, Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
In 1771, Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
In 1775, Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
In 1789, 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC)
In 1792, Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)
In 1800, Indiana Territory organized
In 1824, Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna
In 1832, Greece becomes independent republic
In 1832, Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece
In 1840, Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317
In 1847, American Medical Association organizes (Phila)
In 1848, Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
In 1856, Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact
In 1861, Riot occurs between prosecessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville TN
In 1862, Battle of West Point, VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
In 1862, Much of Enschede Neth destroyed by fire
In 1864, Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)
In 1864, Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
In 1866, German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt
In 1867, Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
In 1873, US marines attack Panama
In 1875, German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
In 1877, Cin Enquirer, 1st uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
In 1885, John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti
In 1888, Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
In 1888, George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"
In 1891, Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
In 1902, L Carnera discovers asteroid #485 Genua
In 1902, Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000
In 1904, Flexible Flyer trademark registered
In 1904, R S Dugan discovers asteroid #535 Montague
In 1907, Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph)
In 1909, Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv)
In 1910, 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
In 1912, Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize
In 1912, in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer
In 1913, British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote
In 1914, US Congress establishes mother's day
In 1914, Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House
In 1915, Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost
In 1917, Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Wash Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0
In 1920, USSR recognizes Georgia's independence
In 1921, 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2
In 1922, Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2
In 1922, NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
In 1923, Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
In 1924, Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
In 1925, Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row
In 1925, Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
In 1927, SF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated
In 1928, England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
In 1928, Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)
In 1929, G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1146 Biarmia
In 1930, Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins
In 1932, 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2
In 1932, C Jackson discovers asteroids #1243 Pamela & #1321 Majuba
In 1934, Neth Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal
In 1934, Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region
In 1934, Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)
In 1934, World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines
In 1938, Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany
In 1938, "undesired strangers"
In 1938, 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8
In 1939, Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
In 1940, Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain
In 1941, British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)
In 1941, Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid
In 1941, Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
In 1942, Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
In 1942, Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
In 1943, British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia
In 1943, Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps
In 1943, Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched
In 1943, US 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia
In 1943, US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia
In 1944, German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia
In 1945, Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
In 1945, British troops pull into Utrecht Neth
In 1945, Formal undertaking of complete German surrender
In 1945, Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated
In 1945, Nazi generals Jodl & Von Friedenburg surrender
In 1945, Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Neth
In 1945, Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
In 1945, SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
In 1946, William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands
In 1947, "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
In 1947, General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
In 1947, Paraguayian govt unleashes contra revolt
In 1948, Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentence to death
In 1949, 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
In 1951, Intl Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
In 1951, Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)
In 1953, "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances
In 1953, Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile
In 1954, French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
In 1954, US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO
In 1955, 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8
In 1955, USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain
In 1955, West Europe Union established
In 1956, Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
In 1956, NY Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat
In 1956, Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
In 1957, Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald
In 1957, Maj Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K)
In 1958, Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m
In 1959, "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum)
In 1959, sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
In 1960, "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
In 1960, "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 perfs
In 1960, "From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances
In 1960, 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4
In 1960, Dodgers Larry & Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery
In 1960, LA Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th HR wins the game for brother Larry
In 1960, Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as pres of USSR
In 1960, Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12�-8� for world chess championship
In 1960, USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
In 1961, "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 27 perfs
In 1961, Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
In 1962, Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)
In 1962, US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
In 1963, Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ
In 1963, SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
In 1965, WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
In 1966, 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02
In 1966, Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
In 1966, Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene
In 1967, Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
In 1969, 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
In 1969, Lt General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA
In 1970, "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
In 1972, 26th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 1
In 1972, Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic
In 1973, Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter)
In 1974, Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)
In 1975, Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
In 1975, Pres Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
In 1975, Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays
In 1977, "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
In 1977, 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
In 1979, 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila
In 1979, Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
In 1980, Josip Tito, Yugoslav president, buried
In 1980, Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in NYC
In 1982, "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 perfs
In 1982, Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing
In 1982, IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
In 1982, Oakland Raiders to move to LA
In 1982, US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
In 1983, 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Sunny's Halo wins in 2:02.2
In 1983, August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
In 1983, Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conf Championship-Isles win series 4-2
In 1984, $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
In 1984, Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic
In 1986, Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I
In 1986, Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
In 1987, 105�F in Sacramento, CA
In 1987, Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers
In 1988, 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2
In 1988, T Seki discovers asteroid #4223 Shikoku
In 1988, USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
In 1989, Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
In 1989, Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet
In 1989, Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency
In 1991, E F Helin discovers asteroid #6249 Jennifer
In 1991, France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
In 1991, Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
In 1991, N Kawasato discovers asteroid #5336
In 1991, R H McNaught discovers asteroid #5380
In 1992, 5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine
In 1992, Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
In 1992, Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
In 1992, US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
In 1993, South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections
In 1994, 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6
In 1994, Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle)
In 1994, Edvard Munchs painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen
In 1994, Gary Hart's girlfriend Donna Rice (36) weds Jack Hughes (42)
In 1994, K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #6745
In 1994, Matlock actor Daniel Roebuck (30) weds Kelly Durst (24)
In 1995, "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 perfs
In 1995, Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election
In 1995, Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
In 1995, Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours & 36 minutes
In 1996, Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
In 1997, Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
In 1997, Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)
Holidays
[Dahomey] Anniversary of Presidential Council
[New Orleans] McDonogh Day (1850)
[Scotland] Spring Day
[Thailand] State Ploughing Ceremony Day
[Zambia] Labour Day
Observances
In 1079, [old RC] Feast of St Stanislaus, bishop, martyr, patron of Poland
In 1998, [Moslem] Ashura (Muharram 10, 1419 AH)
In 2003, [Jewish] Yom Haatzmaut (Iyyar 5, 5763)
In 2015, [Jewish] Lag B'Omer-Love for Holy Land Day (Iyyar 18, 5775)
In 2034, [Jewish] Lag B'Omer-Love for Holy Land Day (Iyyar 18, 5794)
In 2043, [Jewish] Yom Hashoah-Holocaust Memorial Day (Nis 27, 5803)
[Christian-Bruges Belgium] Holy Blood Procession
[Christian] May Fellowship Day (Church Woman United)
[RC] Domitanus, bishop of Tongeren/Maastricht
[RC] Flavia Domitilla, Roman saint
[RC] Stanislaus, bishop of Krak�w/patron of Poland
~sprin5
Sun, May 7, 2000 (12:04)
#202
How did Willem I get the nickname "the bad"?
~MarciaH
Sun, May 7, 2000 (13:12)
#203
Let me check and get back to you on that. It struck me as curious, too. In those days, bad did not imply super-good!
~MarciaH
Sun, May 7, 2000 (13:22)
#204
http://www.angelfire.com/ne/hendrikrody/gennl.html
HM Willem I Frederik King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc.2
(Born as: Willem Frederik Prince of Orange-Nassau) (Between April 9th, 1806 and December 2nd, 1813:) HH Willem Frederik Prince of
Orange and Prince of Nassau, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg
(Since his abdication:) HM King Willem Frederik Count of Nassau * Huis ten Bosch Palace near The Hague, August 24th, 1772
� Palace at 36 Unter den Linden (a.k.a. "Dutch Palace"), Berlin, December 12th, 1843 Governor of Breda 1790 (deprived of his commission when he went into exile following the French invasion of the Netherlands, January 18th, 1795); Reigning Prince of Fulda, Count of Corvey, Weingarten, Dortmund, Isny and Buchhorn 1802-1807; Reigning Prince of Nassau in Diez, Dillenburg, Siegen and Hadamar 1806-1807 and 1813-1815; Count of Spiegelberg 1806-1819 Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands (proclaimed: Amsterdam, December 2nd, 1813; inaugurated: New Church, Amsterdam, March 30th, 1814); King of the Netherlands (proclaimed: March 16th, 1815; inaugurated: Brussels,
September 21st, 1815; abdicated: The Loo Palace near Apeldoorn, October 7th, 1840); Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
June 9th, 1815 (abdicated: The Loo Palace near Apeldoorn, October 7th, 1840)
General of the Infantry of the Republic of the United Netherlands 1790 (deprived of his commission when he went into
exile following the French invasion of the Netherlands, January 18th, 1795); General in the Army of Prussia 1806-1807
*****
This is the guy, but nothing about his being "Bad" or why. Married lots and fooled around even more apparently from his list of children!
~sprin5
Sun, May 7, 2000 (17:15)
#205
Well he "went into exile".
~MarciaH
Sun, May 7, 2000 (17:21)
#206
...that bad?!
~MarciaH
Sun, May 7, 2000 (22:56)
#207
~MarciaH
Mon, May 8, 2000 (00:48)
#208
On May 08 - 128th day of year with 237 days left (Numerology = 4)
Happy Birthday to:
In 1078, Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
In 1492, Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
In 1521, Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
In 1527, Johann Walter, composer
In 1592, Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
In 1629, Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kj�gebocht)
In 1641, Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
In 1668, Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
In 1673, Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
In 1703, Gottlob Harrer, composer
In 1737, Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
In 1742, Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
In 1745, Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
In 1750, Elias Mann, composer
In 1753, Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of M�xican independence
In 1763, John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
In 1778, Johann Gansbacher, composer
In 1786, Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
In 1803, Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
In 1806, Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
In 1810, James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
In 1814, Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
In 1824, William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
In 1828, Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
In 1829, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
In 1833, Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
In 1836, Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
In 1839, Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer
In 1842, Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
In 1844, Hermann Gradener, composer
In 1846, Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
In 1853, Charles Lee Williams, composer
In 1857, Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein
In 1858, John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
In 1871, [�mile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary)
In 1873, Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official)
In 1882, Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
In 1884, Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)
In 1886, Jef van Hoof, composer
In 1891, Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
In 1892, Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
In 1893, Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
In 1895, Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
In 1895, Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
In 1895, Jos� G�mez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
In 1899, Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
In 1899, [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom)
In 19--, Mark Blankfield, Pasadena Tx, comedian (Fridays, Good & Evil)
In 19--, Reid Smith, Burbank Calif, actor (Chase, Chisholms)
In 19--, Tanya Storm, XXX actress (Prince of Lies)
In 1902, Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist
In 1902, Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ bat early 1930's, All Black half)
In 1903, Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)
In 1903, Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian (Grand Chef)
In 1904, John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
In 1904, John Snagge, commentator (BBC)
In 1905, Inglis Gundry, composer
In 1906, David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
In 1906, Roberto Rossellini, Rome Italy, director (Open City)
In 1908, Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny)
In 1910, Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
In 1910, Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit)
In 1911, Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer)
In 1911, Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
In 1912, George Woodcock, author
In 1912, Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
In 1913, Sidney James, [Cohen], Johannesburg, actor (Carry On)
In 1914, Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
In 1915, John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
In 1916, Gordon Scarrott, engineer
In 1919, Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
In 1920, Maurice Cranston, political scientist
In 1920, Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal
In 1921, Graham Leonard, bishop of London
In 1921, Saul Bass, designer
In 1922, Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
In 1922, Friedrich D�ppe, writer
In 1924, Tristan Jones, sailor
In 1925, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985- )
In 1925, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
In 1926, David Attenborough, naturalist
In 1926, David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist
In 1926, Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
In 1926, Erico Menczer, Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda)
In 1926, Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
In 1926, Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
In 1927, Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
In 1927, Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
In 1928, Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
In 1928, William Jay Sydeman, composer
In 1929, V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
In 1930, Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
In 1930, Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
In 1930, Heather Harper, soprano
In 1931, Charles M Wilson, composer
In 1933, Alistair Service, writer/publisher
In 1934, Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
In 1934, Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
In 1934, Sonny Liston, US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
In 1935, Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
In 1935, Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
In 1935, Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
In 1936, James Darren, actor (Time Tunnel)
In 1936, Neville Purvis, British vice admiral (Chief of Fleet Support)
In 1937, Dani�l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
In 1937, Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977- )
In 1937, Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
In 1937, Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V)
In 1938, Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
In 1938, Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran
In 1939, Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
In 1940, James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
In 1940, Peter Benchley, NYC, novelist (Jaws, The Deep)
In 1940, Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
In 1941, James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
In 1941, Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport CT, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6)
In 1941, John Fred, rocker
In 1942, Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
In 1942, Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
In 1942, Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
In 1942, Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
In 1942, Ruth Holland, journalist
In 1943, Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
In 1943, Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
In 1943, Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
In 1944, Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
In 1945, Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist (Holland's secret service)
In 1945, Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
In 1947, Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
In 1947, Phil Sawyer, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
In 1947, Rick Zehringer, Ohio, rocker (McCoys)
In 1948, John Reid, MP
In 1948, Maurizio Nichetti, actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)
In 1951, Chris Frantz, Ky, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
In 1951, Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us)
In 1951, Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
In 1952, Beth Henley, Jackson Miss, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker)
In 1952, Charles J Camarda, NYC, PhD/astronaut
In 1954, David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
In 1954, Pat Meyers, LPGA golfer
In 1955, Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen Neth, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
In 1955, Stephen Furst, Norfolk Va, actor (Animal House, Elliot-St Elsewhere)
In 1956, Gary Wilmot, British? entertainer
In 1956, Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek Calif, soling yachter (Olymp-bronze-96)
In 1957, Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
In 1957, Jeff Wincott, Toronto Canada, actor (Night Heat)
In 1959, Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er)
In 1961, Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
In 1962, Terry Baker, CFL kicker (Montreal Alouettes)
In 1963, Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
In 1964, Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
In 1964, Eric Brittingham, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
In 1964, Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
In 1964, Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8]
In 1966, Eddie Brown, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
In 1967, Jamie Summers, [Cindy Sterling], XXX actress (Army Brat, Brat)
In 1968, Franklin Langham, Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)
In 1968, John Johnson, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
In 1968, Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star
In 1969, Brad Culpepper, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
In 1969, Duane Forde, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
In 1969, Swift Burch, CFL defensive end (Montreal Alouettes)
In 1970, Christine Stark, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
In 1970, Marco Heering, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
In 1970, Michael Bevan, cricketer (dashing NSW & Australian lefty bat)
In 1971, Carlos Brooks, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
In 1971, Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
In 1971, Stephen Ingram, NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
In 1972, Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Tennessee/Houston Oilers)
In 1972, Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)
In 1973, Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
In 1974, Calvin Branch, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
In 1974, Colin Daynes, Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96)
In 1974, Korey Stringer, NFL tackle (Minn Vikings)
In 1976, Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
In 1978, Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
In 1978, Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN)
In 1979, Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997 Natl-13th)
Sorry to see these people go:
In , Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
In , John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
In 1319, Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
In 1577, Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
In 1684, Henri Dumont, composer, dies
In 1725, John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
In 1773, Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
In 1785, Pietro Longhi, painter, dies
In 1794, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
In 1809, Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
In 1818, Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
In 1829, Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
In 1844, Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
In 1846, Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
In 1853, Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
In 1861, L sel� Teleki, Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide
In 1864, James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
In 1873, John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
In 1876, Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
In 1880, Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammb�), dies
In 1885, Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
In 1887, Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
In 1891, Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
In 1894, Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
In 1903, Eug�ne-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
In 1904, Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
In 1909, Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
In 1915, Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
In 1924, Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
In 1930, Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61
In 1932, Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
In 1936, Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
In 1941, Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
In 1943, Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
In 1948, Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
In 1950, Franklin Dyall, dies at 76
In 1951, Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
In 1957, Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
In 1958, Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
In 1959, Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
In 1960, Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
In 1961, James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
In 1965, H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
In 1967, Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39
In 1967, Elmer Rice, NY playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74
In 1967, Laverne Andrews, singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51
In 1973, Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
In 1974, Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
In 1975, Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
In 1976, Alan Baxter, dies at 67
In 1976, Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
In 1979, Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
In 1981, Daniel Gill�s, Belgian writer, dies at 64
In 1981, Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
In 1981, Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng), dies
In 1982, Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies), dies of cancer at 36
In 1982, Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
In 1985, Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
In 1985, Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
In 1985, Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
In 1987, Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
In 1988, Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
In 1990, Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
In 1991, Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84
In 1991, Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
In 1991, Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72
In 1992, Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80
In 1992, Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
In 1992, Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies
In 1992, Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies
In 1992, Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
In 1993, Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
In 1994, Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88
In 1994, George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
In 1994, Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36
In 1994, Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
In 1995, Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63
In 1995, Jerry Zipkin, socialite, dies at 80
In 1995, Prem Bhatia, journalist, dies at 83
In 1995, Teresa Teng, singer, dies at 41
In 1996, Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at 80
In 1996, Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
In 1996, Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at 95
In 1997, Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German Pres of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies
In 1999, Dana Plato, actor (Diff'rent Strokes), dies at 34.
Events
In , John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
In , St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
In , St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
In 1360, Treaty of Br�tigny signed by English & French
In 1429, French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orl�ans
In 1450, Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
In 1521, Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
In 1541, Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
In 1624, Hung king Bethlen G bor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
In 1639, William Coddington founds Newport RI
In 1660, English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
In 1721, Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
In 1741, France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
In 1784, Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
In 1792, British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
In 1792, US establishes military draft
In 1794, US Post Office established
In 1823, "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
In 1834, Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
In 1834, Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
In 1840, Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
In 1842, Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
In 1846, 1st major battle of M�xican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
In 1847, Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
In 1858, John Brown holds antislavery convention
In 1861, Richmond Va, is named the capital of the Confederacy
In 1862, Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
In 1863, Confederaci�n Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
In 1864, Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
In 1864, Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
In 1864, Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
In 1866, Australian Rules Football is created
In 1871, English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
In 1877, 1st Westminster Dog Show held
In 1878, 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
In 1879, George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
In 1881, Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
In 1882, David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
In 1885, Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
In 1886, Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
In 1895, China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
In 1896, Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
In 1897, 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51�
In 1900, 250 grave robbers shot to death
In 1900, Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
In 1900, John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
In 1901, In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4
In 1902, Mt Pel�e erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
In 1906, Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
In 1907, Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
In 1907, Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
In 1909, Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
In 1909, Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
In 1915, 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
In 1916, German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
In 1919, 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
In 1919, Appingedam soccer team forms
In 1920, 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
In 1921, Sweden abolished capital punishment
In 1923, Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath
In 1924, Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
In 1924, Memel territories given to Lithuania
In 1924, Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
In 1925, 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
In 1925, French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
In 1926, 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
In 1926, A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
In 1926, Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
In 1929, Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
In 1929, NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
In 1931, Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
In 1935, Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
In 1936, Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead
In 1936, after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
In 1937, 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
In 1938, Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
In 1941, German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
In 1942, $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
In 1942, 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising
In 1942, Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
In 1942, German summer offensive opens in Crimea
In 1943, 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
In 1943, Adm Cunningham of Brit fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
In 1944, 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
In 1944, 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
In 1944, U-575 sinks Asphodel
In 1945, Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
In 1945, Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
In 1945, Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
In 1945, V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
In 1946, Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
In 1947, A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie
In 1947, Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
In 1948, Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours
In 1949, West German constitution approved
In 1950, Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
In 1951, Dacron men's suits introduced
In 1951, US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
In 1952, "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
In 1952, "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
In 1952, Mad Magazine debuts
In 1953, WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
In 1954, 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
In 1956, John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
In 1958, Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
In 1958, VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
In 1959, 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers
In 1959, who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
In 1960, USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
In 1960, Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open
In 1961, 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
In 1961, Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
In 1962, "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 perfs
In 1962, 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
In 1962, London trolley buses go out of service
In 1963, "Dr No" premieres in US
In 1963, JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
In 1965, 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
In 1966, Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
In 1966, Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
In 1966, Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
In 1967, Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
In 1968, Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
In 1968, Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
In 1969, Cambodia recognizes German DR
In 1969, Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
In 1970, Beatles release "Let it Be" album
In 1970, Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
In 1970, NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
In 1971, "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
In 1971, Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
In 1972, Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
In 1973, Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during
In 1973, Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
In 1973, the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
In 1974, 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
In 1974, Canada govt of Trudeau falls
In 1974, FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
In 1976, "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
In 1977, David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
In 1977, Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
In 1978, ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
In 1978, Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
In 1979, Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
In 1980, Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
In 1980, World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
In 1981, L Brozek discovers asteroid #3419
In 1981, Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
In 1982, Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
In 1983, Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
In 1984, Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
In 1984, France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
In 1984, Minn Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
In 1984, Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
In 1984, USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
In 1985, 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
In 1985, France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
In 1987, Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
In 1988, "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
In 1988, Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL
In 1988, Fran�ois Mitterrand elected president of France
In 1988, Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
In 1988, Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
In 1988, referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
In 1989, Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
In 1989, US space shuttle STS-30 lands
In 1990, Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
In 1991, CIA director William H Webster resigns
In 1991, E F Helin discovers asteroid #5916 van der Woude & #8026
In 1991, R H McNaught discovers asteroid #5382 & #5441
In 1993, 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes
In 1993, ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
In 1993, Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
In 1993, NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
In 1994, "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
In 1994, 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
In 1994, Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
In 1994, Ernesto P�rez Balladares elected president of Panama
In 1994, Jos� Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
In 1994, Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
In 1994, Pres Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
In 1996, NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
In 1996, R H McNaught discovers asteroid #8218
In 1996, S Afr's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
In 1997, Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
Holidays
[Czechoslovakia] Anniversary of Liberation (1945)
[Helston, England] Furry Day
[Ireland] Feis Ceoil music festival (1897)
[Missouri] Harry S Truman's Birthday (1884)
[M�xico] Higaldo Day
[Norway] Liberation Day
[Ribe, Denmark] Stork Day
[US] Mother's Day, give her a call today
[US] Native American/Indian Day
[World] V-E Day, Victory in Europe (1945)
Observances
In 1417, [Ang/COE/ECUSA] Commemoration Julian of Norwich, mystic (1342-c1417)
In 1417, [COE/ECUSA] Julian of Norwich 1342-c 1417
In 2008, [Jewish] Yom Haatzmaut (Iyyar 3, 5768)
In 2030, [Jewish] Yom Haatzmaut (Iyyar 5, 5790)
In 2042, [Jewish] Lag B'Omer-Love for Holy Land Day (Iyyar 18, 5802)
[Christian-Bruges Belgium] Holy Blood Procession
[Orthodox] Latest possible Orthodox Easter (4/25 OS)
[RC] Commemoration of Apparition of St Michael the Archangel
[RC] Desideratus, archbishop of Bourges
~MarciaH
Mon, May 8, 2000 (13:31)
#209
Today in Rotten History
TODAY IN ROTTEN
HISTORY
we live in a slightly mad world
May 8 1842
Parisians travelling by rail to commemorate
the birthday of the French king are trapped in
their railcars and incinerated, after a collision
between two trains. In these early dails of rail,
coaches were locked and no means of
escape was available. This first major rail
disaster took between 50 and 100 lives.
May 8 1902
Mt. Pelee erupted, killing 30,000 (Martinique;
1902) Martinique, West Indies: Mt. Pelee
erupted and wiped out city of St. Pierre;
40,000 dead.
May 8 1987
Gary Hart withdrew from US Presidential race
after press uncovered his affair with Donna
Rice (1987)
May 8 1988
Robert A Heinlein dead
May 8 1991
Bill Clinton asked Paula Jones to have sex
with her at the Excelsior Hotel (1991)
May 8 1994
George Peppard, star of TV's "A Team" and
"Banacek", dead at 65.
May 8 1998
Bob Dole, on TV's Larry King Live, tells the
world he participated in the Viagra impotence
drug trials, thoroughly enjoying himself in the
process.
May 8 1999
Dana Plato, who played Kimberly Drummond
on Diff'rent Strokes, dies in Oklahoma of an
overdose of Valium and Loritab. On Friday,
Plato appeared on the Howard Stern
syndicated radio show claiming to be clean &
sober; on Saturday she is dead from
prescription drugs.
~MarciaH
Tue, May 9, 2000 (12:59)
#210
On May 09 - 129th day of year with 236 days left (Numerology = 5)
Happy Birthday to:
In 1265, Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
In 1596, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter
In 1738, John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet
In 1740, Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
In 1783, Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader
In 1785, James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
In 1793, Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist
In 1796, August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)
In 1800, John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
In 1801, Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
In 1810, Louis Gallait, historical painter
In 1810, WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I
In 1814, Adolph von Henselt, composer
In 1824, William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army)
In 1829, Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
In 1833, Boleslaw Dembinski, composer
In 1837, Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
In 1843, Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
In 1844, [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
In 1846, Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
In 1855, Julius Rontgen, composer
In 1860, James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)
In 1865, August de Boeck, composer
In 1873, Howard Carter, British archaeologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb)
In 1873, Lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater)
In 1882, Henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)
In 1887, Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer
In 1892, Eric Westberg, composer
In 1892, Zita, empress (Austria)/Queen (Hungary)
In 1895, Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
In 1895, Richard Barthelmess, NYC, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
In 1899, Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet
In 19--, Jeanna Michaels, New London Ct, actress (Connie-Dallas, Gen Hospital)
In 19--, Teresa Hill, Burley Idaho, actress (Linda Holden-Models Inc)
In 1901, Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont WV, actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady)
In 1901, George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's)
In 1903, Walter Dehmel, writer
In 1906, Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats)
In 1907, Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician (Frame)
In 1910, Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
In 1910, P E Palia, cricketer (appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932)
In 1911, Harry Simeone, Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show)
In 1912, Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
In 1913, John Hayes, Admiral
In 1913, Victor Smith, Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
In 1914, Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
In 1914, Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader
In 1914, Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding)
In 1914, Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer
In 1914, Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices)
In 1915, Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral
In 1916, Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist
In 1916, Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby
In 1916, Douglas Guest, organist
In 1917, George Fleming, cyclist
In 1917, John Arnatt, actor (Circumstantial Evidence)
In 1918, Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes)
In 1918, Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, (Sen-D-Mn)/Sec of Agriculture (1961-69)
In 1919, Arthur English, comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
In 1920, Richard Adams, author (Day Gone By)
In 1922, Sheila Burrell, actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)
In 1924, Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author (Student!)
In 1924, Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
In 1924, Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
In 1924, Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
In 1925, Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance
In 1926, Alistair MacFarlane, principal (Heriot-Watt University England)
In 1926, Francis Kennedy, British diplomat
In 1926, Joshua Hassan, chief minister (Gibralter)
In 1926, Robin Cooke, pres (NZ Court of Appeal)
In 1927, John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
In 1927, Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
In 1927, Ray Katt, baseball player
In 1928, Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
In 1928, Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer
In 1928, Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez, LA Calif, tennis star (US 1948-49)
In 1929, Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
In 1930, Joan Sims, actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
In 1931, Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
In 1932, Conrad Hunte, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
In 1932, David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
In 1932, Gavin Lyall, author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
In 1932, Geraldine McEwan, actress (Henry V)
In 1932, J Alex McMillan, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
In 1933, Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood
In 1934, Alan Bennett, Engld, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
In 1934, John Robertson, deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
In 1934, Roy Massey, Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral)
In 1936, Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor (Dresser, Under the Volcano)
In 1936, Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
In 1936, Glenda Jackson, Cheshire England, actress (Women in Love)
In 1936, Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ (1961-62)
In 1936, Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman (CBS)
In 1937, Dave Prater, Ocilla Ga, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave)
In 1937, Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist (Crickets)
In 1938, Geoffrey Holland, civil servant
In 1938, Nokie Edwards, rocker (Ventures)
In 1939, Bruce Mather, composer
In 1939, Herbert Hippauf, baseball player
In 1939, Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
In 1939, Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph)
In 1939, Nokle Edwards, rocker
In 1939, Ralph Boston, Laurel Miss, long jumper (Oly-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68)
In 1940, Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
In 1940, James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
In 1941, Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter (Oly-silver-60)
In 1941, Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist (Dutch Mountains)
In 1941, Pete Birrell, rock bassist (Freddie & The Dreamers)
In 1942, John D Ashcroft, (Gov-MO)
In 1942, Mike Millward, rocker
In 1942, Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel)
In 1942, William Olner, MP
In 1943, Bruce Milner, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
In 1943, Maurice Foster, cricketer (West Indies batsman of 70's)
In 1943, Tommy Roe, rocker
In 1944, Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle)
In 1944, Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
In 1945, Steve Katz, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
In 1946, Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actr (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
In 1947, Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone)
In 1948, John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville TX, PGA golfer (1978 PGA Champ)
In 1949, Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)
In 1949, Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
In 1950, James A Butts, LA Calif, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
In 1950, Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
In 1950, Tom Petersson, Rockford Il, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
In 1951, Alley Mills, Chicago Ill, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)
In 1952, Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
In 1953, Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer (Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84)
In 1953, Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
In 1953, Ron Jackson, baseball player
In 1953, Scott McInnis, (Rep-R-Colorado)
In 1954, Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star
In 1955, Kevin Peter Hall, Pitts Pa, actor (Misfits of Science)
In 1955, Myra Blackwelder, LPGA golfer
In 1957, Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
In 1957, John Stuper, baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
In 1958, Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
In 1959, Andrew Jones, cricketer (highly consistent for NZ at 1st drop)
In 1959, Asantha De Mel, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler)
In 1960, Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder (Zimbabwe, Test v Pak 1995)
In 1960, Jim Reilly, rocker (Red Rockers)
In 1960, Tony Gwynn, LA CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
In 1961, Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
In 1962, Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me)
In 1962, John Corbett, actor/singer (Chris-Northern Exposure)
In 1962, Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
In 1964, Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988)
In 1965, Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance)
In 1965, Marc Logan, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
In 1965, Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward (Team Canada, Detroit)
In 1966, Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
In 1968, Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
In 1968, David Benoit, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, NJ Nets)
In 1968, Marie-Jos� P�rec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner (Oly-2 gold-96)
In 1968, Vince Workman, NFL running back (Packers, Panthers, Colts)
In 1969, Carla Overbeck, Pasadena Calif, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
In 1969, Renn Crichlow, Ottawa Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-8-92, 96)
In 1970, Doug Christie, NBA guard/forward (Toronto Raptors)
In 1972, Dan Hollander, Royal Oak Mich, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champ)
In 1972, Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores)
In 1972, Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler (Olympics-92, 96)
In 1974, Pete Kelley, 218� lbs (99 kg) US weightlifter (Olympics-14th-1996)
In 1974, Shin Yahata, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
In 1974, Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
In 1976, Faye Johnstone, Auckland NZ, archer (Olympics-96)
In 1980, Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ)
In 1980, Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)
Sorry to see these people go:
In 1079, Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
In 1280, Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
In 1443, Niccol� d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies
In 1460, Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies
In 1474, Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
In 1590, Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66
In 1657, William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies
In 1667, Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
In 1688, Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
In 1707, Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69
In 1745, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
In 1760, Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59
In 1770, Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
In 1785, Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
In 1791, Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
In 1799, Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72
In 1805, Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45
In 1805, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet/playwright, dies at 45
In 1822, Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62
In 1850, Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies
In 1853, Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73
In 1864, "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50
In 1864, Thomas Donnely Doubleday, US Union Col, dies in an accident
In 1880, Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54
In 1884, Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
In 1903, Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
In 1905, Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78
In 1926, Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies
In 1927, Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for S Africa 1892-96), dies
In 1928, Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81
In 1931, A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson, US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78
In 1937, Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43
In 1944, Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86
In 1945, Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies
In 1949, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies
In 1951, Marie Ault, dies at 80
In 1952, Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in NYC at 45
In 1957, Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies
In 1957, Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67
In 1958, Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
In 1965, Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62
In 1966, Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56
In 1966, Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies
In 1967, Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies
In 1967, Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at 35
In 1968, Finlay Currie, dies at 90
In 1968, Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
In 1968, Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
In 1968, Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at 58
In 1970, Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84
In 1970, Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
In 1974, Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69
In 1975, Philip Dorn, dies at 73
In 1976, Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
In 1976, Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59
In 1977, James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
In 1977, Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71
In 1979, Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95
In 1979, Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73
In 1981, C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies
In 1981, Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72
In 1982, Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Ka�n sloeg Abel), dies
In 1985, Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
In 1986, Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
In 1986, Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
In 1986, Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71
In 1987, Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78
In 1989, Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
In 1989, Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
In 1990, Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
In 1990, Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84
In 1991, James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies
In 1991, Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72
In 1991, Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
In 1992, Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
In 1993, Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61
In 1993, Mary Duncan Sanford, dies at 98
In 1993, Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author
In 1995, Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68
In 1995, Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74
In 1995, Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
In 1995, Percy Mansell, cricketer (355 runs in 13 Tests for S Afr), dies
Events
In 1092, Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
In 1336, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
In 1386, Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
In 1460, Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
In 1502, Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
In 1519, Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
In 1573, Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
In 1588, Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris
In 1671, Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
In 1689, English King Willem III declares war on France
In 1738, England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies
In 1753, King Louis XV disbands French parliament
In 1754, 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
In 1766, John Byron back in England after trip around the world
In 1785, British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
In 1788, English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
In 1836, HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius
In 1837, "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies
In 1846, Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
In 1862, Battle of Farmington, MS
In 1862, Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
In 1862, US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI
In 1864, -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
In 1864, Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling)
In 1864, Battle of Dalton, GA
In 1864, Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
In 1868, Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres
In 1874, Victoria Embankment, in London opens
In 1882, Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
In 1889, 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34�
In 1896, 1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
In 1899, Lawn mower patented
In 1901, Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne
In 1901, Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chic White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
In 1905, Max Wolf discovers asteroid #565 Marbachia
In 1905, P Gotz discovers asteroid #564 Dudu
In 1908, Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
In 1911, Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
In 1913, 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote
In 1914, 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
In 1914, Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day
In 1915, German & French fight Battle of Artois
In 1916, British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey
In 1917, R Schorr discovers asteroid #869 Mellena
In 1925, Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid
In 1926, Richard Byrd & Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole
In 1927, 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6
In 1927, Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia
In 1929, NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates
In 1929, WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
In 1930, 56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6
In 1931, 57th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59
In 1932, 58th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8
In 1932, Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity
In 1932, WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
In 1933, Spanish anarchists call for general strike
In 1934, Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University!
In 1936, 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
In 1936, Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
In 1937, Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
In 1939, Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha
In 1941, English Army breaks German spy codes
In 1942, 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
In 1943, 5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia
In 1943, Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens
In 1944, 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
In 1944, Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
In 1944, Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
In 1944, Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
In 1944, Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
In 1945, Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
In 1945, Jersey liberated from nazis
In 1945, Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested
In 1945, New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
In 1945, Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
In 1945, Victory celebration at Red Square
In 1946, 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
In 1946, 1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres
In 1946, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto
In 1949, Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
In 1949, Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
In 1950, French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
In 1950, Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville
In 1951, Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
In 1955, German Federal Republic joins NATO
In 1958, Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
In 1959, Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox
In 1960, Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth
In 1960, US is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally
In 1960, US send U-2 over USSR
In 1961, Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minn Twins
In 1961, FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland"
In 1961, Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
In 1962, Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
In 1962, Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
In 1962, US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
In 1963, US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
In 1964, Khrushchev visits Egypt
In 1964, Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love"
In 1965, Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
In 1965, Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
In 1966, 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
In 1966, China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
In 1967, 1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
In 1967, Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
In 1969, BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
In 1970, 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
In 1971, 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton
In 1971, Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
In 1971, Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
In 1971, Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history
In 1971, Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
In 1972, T Smirnova discovers asteroids #1903 Adzhimushkaj & #1904 Massevitch
In 1973, For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game
In 1974, House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
In 1975, Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
In 1975, Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
In 1976, "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs
In 1976, Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament
In 1977, Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
In 1977, Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
In 1977, Patty Hearst let out of jail
In 1978, "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 perfs
In 1978, Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found
In 1978, Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
In 1978, Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC
In 1978, PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth
In 1979, US & USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
In 1980, 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
In 1981, Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #4397 Jalopez
In 1981, Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
In 1982, "9" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 739 performances
In 1982, Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC
In 1982, Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
In 1983, 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson
In 1983, S Sei discovers asteroid #2909 Hoshi-no-ie
In 1984, Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000
In 1984, Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (started 5/8)
In 1984, J Gibson discovers asteroid #7460
In 1984, White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
In 1987, 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
In 1987, Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
In 1987, Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games
In 1988, A's winning streak hits 14, ends tommorow
In 1988, Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
In 1988, Belgium: 8th govt of Martens forms
In 1988, C S Shoemaker & E M Shoemaker discover asteroid #4899 Candace
In 1988, C S Shoemaker discovers asteroid #4451 Grieve & #5231 Verne
In 1989, "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
In 1989, Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press
In 1989, NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
In 1989, NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
In 1989, VP Quayle say in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it
In 1989, is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste"
In 1990, NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
In 1990, Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II
In 1991, E F Helin discovers asteroid #5593 Jonsujatha
In 1991, Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
In 1991, Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
In 1992, After trailing 9-0, St Louis Cards beat Atlanta Braves 12-11
In 1992, America Cup finals begin in San Diego
In 1992, Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
In 1992, Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
In 1993, "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
In 1993, "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 perfs
In 1993, Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
In 1993, Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
In 1993, Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in NYC
In 1993, Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years
In 1994, "Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances
In 1994, G J Garradd discovers asteroid #6874
In 1994, Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in NY
In 1995, Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an
In 1995, Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
In 1995, out, they beat Twins 10-0
In 1997, 1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
In 1997, San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
In 1998, ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by
Holidays
[Channel Island, Guernsey, Jersey] Liberation Day (1945)
[Ireland] Feis Ceoil music festival (1897)
[Poland, USSR] Victory Day [in World War II]
[US] Mother's Day, give her a call today
[US] Native American/Indian Day
[World] North Pole Flight Day (1926)
Observances
In 2004, [Jewish] Lag B'Omer-Love for Holy Land Day (Iyyar 18, 5764)
In 2011, [Jewish] Yom Haatzmaut (Iyyar 5, 5771)
In 2019, [Jewish] Yom Haatzmaut (Iyyar 4, 5779)
In 2023, [Jewish] Lag B'Omer-Love for Holy Land Day (Iyyar 18, 5783)
In 2057, [Jewish] Yom Haatzmaut (Iyyar 5, 5817)
[Ang] Feast Day of St Beatus of Lungern/Vend�me, patron of Switz
[Ang] Feast Day of St Gerontius of Cervia
[Ang] Feast Day of St Pachomius
[Bari, Italy] St-Nicolaas, bishop of Myra
[Christian-Bruges Belgium] Holy Blood Procession
[Christian] Feast of St Joan
[Franciscan] Catherine of Bologna, virgin
[RC] Gregory of Nazianze the younger, archbishop of Constantinople
[old RC, Ang] Comm St Gregory Nazianzen, bp of Constantinople/doctor
~CherylB
Tue, May 9, 2000 (18:59)
#211
Marcia, as you noted today is the birthday of John Brown. It is the bicentennial of his birth in fact. Brown is fascinating, but also one of the most problemic figures in American History. He was a deeply religious man with a strong sense of justice, but his bent toward employing extreme violence in support of his cause, makes him a problemic hero. I've never thought that Brown was mad. That is something which African-American historians have noted about white Americans. To their minds, some whites too easily dismiss Brown as a madman. He was nowhere near that simple. Brown truly hated the institution of slavery, and he held equal vehemence toward racism. His actions were in part triggered by the Supreme Court's handing down of the Dred Scott Decision, and the probable expansion of slavery into the western territories, such as Kansas.
The novelist Russell Banks has noted that John Brown was a very American man as evidenced by his taking up of arms to fight against what he felt was an injustice. The history of the United States is rife with such people and actions from the 17th Century to the present. Brown is not only a hero to those opposed to racism, but also to the extreme wing of the Pro-Life movement. They justify their bombings of reproductive rights clinics and murders of doctors that perform abortions by Brown's actions against slavery. It is frightening.
John Brown remains complex, compelling, and elusive. Yes, he did have the courage of his convictions, but at what extreme cost were his ideals to be realized?
~MarciaH
Tue, May 9, 2000 (19:26)
#212
One must be prepared to sacrifice greatly to accomplish greatly... Tom Brown was one such driven person. I lived in West Virginia for four years and they do not like to talk about him with newcomers, which they consider "outsiders." In four years of trying to get a handle on this enigmatic man, I was unable to do so and he remains as elusive to me as ever. Thank you for bringing up the whole situation concerning his life and times. Fascinating.
~MarciaH
Tue, May 9, 2000 (21:01)
#213
I asked John about John Brown. he replied:
If you believe in equality and that sometimes people have to march to a
moral authority that is above but against the law (Emerson, Thoreau, Gandhi,
Jesus), then John Brown is a hero. If you believe that whites are superior
to blacks and should be treated as such or if you believe the law of men is
the law, and that following the law is the only moral authority, then Brown
would be a villain--as were Jesus, Gandhi, Emerson and Thoreau.
~MarciaH
Wed, May 10, 2000 (21:54)
#214
Today is Wednesday, May 10, the 131st day of 2000 with 235 to follow.
The moon is in its first quarter.
The morning stars are Venus and Jupiter. The evening stars Mercury
and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They
include British statesman and scholar James Bryce in 1838; Swiss
theologian Karl Barth in 1886; Max Steiner, who composed movie
themes, in 1888; actor/dancer Fred Astaire in 1899; movie producer
David O. Selznick ("Gone With The Wind") in 1902; pediatrician/author
T. Berry Brazelton in 1918 (age 82); actress Nancy Walker in 1921;
actor Gary Owens ("Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") in 1936 (age 64);
and U2 lead singer Bono in 1960 (age 40).
On this date in history:
In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union
troops and spent the next two years in prison. In 1869, the "golden
spike" was driven at Promontory, Utah, joining the Union Pacific and
the Central Pacific lines to form America's first transcontinental
railway.
In 1940, Nazi Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the
Netherlands, swinging 89 army divisions around France's so-called
"impregnable" Maginot Line. Scarcely one month later, German forces
entered Paris.
In 1973, a federal grand jury investigating the Watergate scandal
indicted former Attorney General John Mitchell and former Commerce
Secretary Maurice Stans on perjury charges.
In 1984, a federal judge in Utah found the U.S. government negligent
in above-ground Nevada nuclear tests from 1951 to 1962 that exposed
downwind residents to radiation.
In 1992, at least 14 coal miners were killed in an underground
explosion at a mine in Nova Scotia, Canada. In 1993, in Orlando,
Fla., jury selection began in the racially charged retrial of William
Lozano, the Hispanic Miami police officer charged with killing two
black motorcyclists.
Also in 1993, the FDA approved the sale of the first female condom.
In 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black
president. Also in 1994, the Michigan Court of Appeals struck down
the state's ban on assisted suicide. And in 1994, John Wayne Gacy,
the convicted killer of 33 young men and boys, was executed in
Illinois. In 1995, a second man, Terry Nichols, was charged in the
bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. Also in 1995, the
World Health Organization said a mysterious disease in Zaire was
caused by the deadly Ebola virus. By the time the outbreak was
declared over in late August, 244 of the 315 known victims had died.
In 1997, President Clinton attended a summit of 15 Caribbean leaders
in Barbadoes.
A thought for the day: it was actor Peter Ustinov who observed,
"Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth."
~MarciaH
Wed, May 10, 2000 (22:13)
#215
~MarciaH
Thu, May 11, 2000 (00:24)
#216
People on May 10th: birthdates
Jim Abrahams: 1944 (is 56 in 2000, 57 in 2001) (*)
Movie Director, Writer, Airplane!, Hot Shots, Top Secret
Ron Banks: 1951 (is 49 in 2000, 50 in 2001)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, lead of The Dramatics
Taurean Blacque: 1940 (is 60 in 2000, 61 in 2001)?
TV Actor, Hill St. Blues' Det. Neal Washington; some also say b. May 1946; some say
b. Aug 21, 1948 (is 52 in 2000)
Bono: 1960 (is 40 in 2000, 41 in 2001)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, Irish, b. in Dublin; U2 lead; RN:Paul Hewson
Barbara Taylor Bradford: 1933 (is 67 in 2000, 68 in 2001)
Author
Jason Brooks: 1966 (is 34 in 2000, 35 in 2001)
Soap Actor, Days of our Lives' Peter Blake
Mark David Chapman: 1955 (is 45 in 2000, 46 in 2001)
Assassin, The scum who killed John Lennon
David Clennon: 1943 (is 57 in 2000, 58 in 2001)
TV/Movie Actor, thirtysomething's Miles, Almost Perfect's Neal Luder
Teri Copley: 1961 (is 39 in 2000, 40 in 2001)
Actress, We Got It Made's Mickey MacKenzie; Christopher Mayer's ex-
Gary Daley: 1962 (is 38 in 2000, 39 in 2001)
New Wave Musician, of China Crisis
Jason Dalyrimple: 1980 (is 20 in 2000, 21 in 2001)
Rhythm and Blues Performer, of Soul For Real
Donovan: 1946 (is 54 in 2000, 55 in 2001) (*)
Classic Rock Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Scotish, b. in Glasgow; Sunshine
Superman; LN:Phillip Leitch or Donald P. Leitch; some say b. Feb 10 or 1943
Sly Dunbar: 1952 (is 48 in 2000, 49 in 2001)
Drummer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Jamaican, of Sly & Robbie, RFN:Noel
Charles
Henry Fambrough: 1938 (is 62 in 2000, 63 in 2001)?
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Spinners; AP says 1938; some say b. May 10, 1935
(is 65 in 2000)
Jay Ferguson: 1947 (is 53 in 2000, 54 in 2001)
Rock & Roll Singer, Keyboardist, RFN:John; of Spirit
Meg Foster: 1948 (is 52 in 2000, 53 in 2001)?
Actress, Cagney & Lacey's Det. Chris Cagney (1982), Sharon Gless took over the
role in the second season; AP says May 14.; some say b. May 14, 1948 (is 52 in
2000)
Graham Gouldman: 1946 (is 54 in 2000, 55 in 2001)?
Rock & Roll Performer, Keyboardist, Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Bassist, English, of
Mockingbirds, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, 10cc, Wax, The Teardrop
Explodes; some say b. May 10, 1945 (is 55 in 2000)
Jordan Hewson: 1989 (is 11 in 2000, 12 in 2001)
Celebrity Daughter, Bono & Ali's daughter; aka U3
Larry Flash Jenkins: yr unknown
Actor, Speeder in karate & sports; The White Shadow's Wardell Stone, Bay City
Blues, Finder of Lost Loves
Lawrence Lau: 1954 (is 46 in 2000, 47 in 2001)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Greg Nelson, Another World's Jamie Frame; some say
b. 1953
Maureen Lipman: 1946 (is 54 in 2000, 55 in 2001)
Movie Actress, Educating Rita, Wonderworks
Jackie Lomax: 1944 (is 56 in 2000, 57 in 2001)
Singer, Songwriter, English
Dave Mason: 1946 (is 54 in 2000, 55 in 2001)
Rock & Roll Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Composer/Songwriter, English, lead of
Traffic, soloist; some say 1944, 45, or 47
Emily Katherine McEnroe: 1991 (is 9 in 2000, 10 in 2001)
Celebrity Daughter, Tatum O'Neal & John's daughter
Judson Mills: 1969 (is 31 in 2000, 32 in 2001)
Soap Actor, As The World Turns' Hutch Hutchinson (sounds like Starsky's partner);
Christiaan Mills' hubby, Walker Texas Ranger
Krist Novoselic: 1965 (is 35 in 2000, 36 in 2001)
Heavy Metal Bassist, of Nirvana
Gary Owens: 1936 (is 64 in 2000, 65 in 2001) (*)
HALL OF FAMER, Radio Disc Jock, Cartoon Voicist, Announcer, Variety Show Host,
Panelist, Rowan & Martin's Laugh In announcer, Gong Show host/panelist, The
Banana Splits, Yogi Bear, Space Ghost, Green Hornet, comedy LPs; Owens was the
orignal voice behind the Cartoon Network's late night host with the most Space Ghost,
and also the narrator for SG's original cartoon which also featured Johnny Carson as
"Dino Boy."
Erik Palladino: 1968 (is 32 in 2000, 33 in 2001)
Actor, ER's Dr. David Mallucci
Marie-France Pisier: 1944 (is 56 in 2000, 57 in 2001)
Actress, Vietnamese, Scruples
Jimmy Ponder: 1946 (is 54 in 2000, 55 in 2001)
Jazz Performer, Guitarist
Victoria Rowell: 1960 (is 40 in 2000, 41 in 2001)
TV/Movie Actress, Soap Actress, Young & the Restless' Drucilla Barber Winters,
Cosby Show's Paula, Diagnosis Murder's Amanda Livingston
Homer Simpson: 1955 (is 45 in 2000, 46 in 2001) (*)
Fictious Character, Simpsons character
Trevin Valentine: 1987 (is 13 in 2000, 14 in 2001)
Celebrity Son, Kim & Scott's son
Julius Wechter: 1935 (is 65 in 2000, 66 in 2001)
Musician, Marimba player; of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Bert Weedon: 1920 (is 80 in 2000, 81 in 2001)?
Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, English; some say b. May 10, 1921 (is 79 in 2000)
Young M.C.: 1967 (is 33 in 2000, 34 in 2001)
Rap Singer, English, RN:Marvin Young
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People on May 10th: birth anniversaries
Carl Albert: 1908=d.Feb 4, 2000 (was 91)
Congressperson, ex-White House speaker
Arthur B. Jr. Alexander: 1940=d.Jun 9, 1993 (was 53)
Soul Singer, Country Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer
Fred Astaire: 1899=d.Jun 22, 1987 (was 88)
HALL OF FAMER, Dancer, TV/Movie Actor, Singer, TV Host, Episcopalian,
Choreographer, b. in Omaha, Ne.; RN:Frederick Austerlitz; major star of 30 film
musicals; It Takes a Thief's Alister, Alcoa Premiere; Robin Smith's hubby; d. in Los
Angeles
Edward "Ed" Barrow: 1868=d.????
HALL OF FAMER, MLB Manager, Executive, N.Y. Yankees prez 1921-45
John Wilkes Booth: 1838?=d.Apr 26, 1865
Stage Actor, Assassin, He assassinated Lincoln; some say b. Aug 26, 1838
Lee Brilleaux: 1952=d.Apr 7, 1994 (was 41)
Singer, English, South African, b. in Durban; founder of the rhythm and blues band Dr.
Feelgood; thanks to Shirley for the birthdate
Clarence Brown: 1890?=d.Aug 17, 1987 (was 97)
Movie Director; some say b. May 1, 1890
"Mother" Maybelle Carter: 1909=d.Oct 23, 1978 (was 69)
HALL OF FAMER, Country Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, of The Carter Family;
Mother of June, Helen, & Anita
Ariel Durant: 1898=d.Oct 25, 1981 (was 83)
Historian, Russian, American, Will's wife; The Story of Civilization
Augustin Jean Fresnel: 1788=d.Jul 14, 1827 (was 39)
Physicist, French, pioneered in optics and did much to establish the wave theory of
light advanced by Thomas Young.
Robert Gray: 1755=d.Sep, 1806
Navigator, Explorer, first to carry the U.S. Flag around the world as the captain of the
first ship to circumnavigate the globe and explorer of the Columbia River.
Thurston Hall: 1882=d.Feb 20, 1958 (was 75)
Actor, Topper's Mr. Schuyler
Vincent T. Hamlin: 1900=d.Jun 14, 1993 (was 93) (*)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Journalist, Alley Oop creator
David Huffman: 1945=d.Feb 27, 1985 (was 39)
Movie Actor, FIST, Onion Field
Pee Wee Hunt: 1907=d.Jun 22, 1979 (was 72)
Singer, Trombonist, Bandleader, Jazz Musician
Charles Knowlton: 1800=d.Feb 20, 1850 (was 49)
Physician, whose popular treatise on birth control, the object of celebrated court
actions in the United States and England, initiated the widespread use of
contraceptives.
Mel Lewis: 1929=d.Feb 2, 1990 (was 60)
Drummer, Bandleader, Jazz Musician
Sir Thomas Lipton: 1850=d.Oct 2, 1931 (was 81)
Merchant, Scotish, of Lipton Tea
Margo: 1918=d.Jul 17, 1985 (was 67)
Actress, Viva Zapata; Eddie Albert's wife
Charles McGraw: 1914=d.Jul 30, 1980 (was 66)
TV/Movie Actor, Casablanca, The Smith Family's Capt. Hughes; Hollywood tough guy
actor
Mae Murray: 1885?=d.Mar 23, 1965
Actress, MN:Marie Adrienne Koenig; some say b. May 10, 1889
Danny Rapp: 1941=d.Apr 5, 1983 (was 41)
Singer, b. in Philadelphia; lead of Danny and the Juniors
George Ross: 1730=d.Jul 14, 1779 (was 49)
Judge/Jurist, Attorney/Lawyer, Revolutionary, Politician, Declaration of Independence
signer
Rudolf Schoenheimer: 1898=d.Sep 11, 1941 (was 43)
Biochemist, German, whose technique of "tagging" molecules with radioactive
isotopes made it possible to trace the paths of organic substances through animals
and plants and revolutionized metabolic studies.
David O. Selznick: 1902=d.Jun 22, 1965 (was 63)
Movie Producer, Duel in the Sun, The Third Man, Gone With the Wind, Rebecca;
Jennifer Jones' hubby
Jared Sparks: 1789=d.Mar 14, 1866 (was 76)
Historian, Editor, Publisher, Biographer, editor of the North American Review, and
president of Harvard College.
Max Steiner: 1888=d.Dec 28, 1971 (was 83)
Conductor/Composer, Austrian, Gone With The Wind, Casablanca
Dimitri Tiomkin: 1899=d.Nov 11, 1979 (was 80)
Composer, Musician, Pianist, American, Russian, of films such as High Noon, The
High And The Mighty, The Old Man And The Sea, Gunfight At The O.K. Corral, Rio
Bravo, The Alamo, The Guns Of Navarone, amd Tchaikovsky
Sid Vicious: 1957=d.Feb 2, 1979 (was 21) (*)
Punk Rock Singer/Guitarist, Bassist, Songwriter, British, RN:John Simon Ritchie; of
The Sex Pistols
Nancy Walker: 1922=d.Mar 25, 1992 (was 69) (*)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Director, Singer, Jewish, b. in Philadelphia;
Family Affair's Emily Turner, McMillan & Wife's Mildred, Rhoda's Ida Morgenstern,
Nancy Walker Show's Nancy Kitteridge, Blansky's Beauties' Nancy Blansky, True
Colors' Sara Freeman; RN:Anne Myrtle Swoyer; Bounty paper towels as Rosie; some
say 1921
Larry Williams: 1935=d.Jan 2, 1980 (was 44)
Pianist, Songwriter, Singer, R&B-Rock
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People on May 10th: death anniversaries
Scotty Beckett: 1968 (was 38)/b.Oct 4, 1929
TV/Movie Actor, of Our Gang
Joan Crawford: 1977 (was 69)/b.Mar 23, 1908
Movie Actress, Singer, b. in San Antonio, TX; RN:Lucille Le Sueur; Douglas
Fairbanks Jr.'s ex-; some say d. May 13 or b. 1904; d. in New York
James Europe Europe: 1919 (was 38)?/b.Feb 22, 1881
Bandleader, 1st black bandleader to record; some say d. May 9, 1919 (was 38)
John Wayne Gacy: 1994 (was 52)/b.Mar 17, 1942
Outlaw, serial killer; was convicted of 33 slayings after bodies were found buried in
the crawl space under his suburban Chicago home. Executed in Illinois.
Carol Haney: 1964 (was 39)/b.Dec 24, 1924?
Movie/Stage Actress, Dancer, Choreographer, Panelist, Pantotime Quiz reg; some
say b. Dec 24, 1928
John Wesley Hyatt: 1920 (was 82)/b.Nov 28, 1837
Inventor, patented celluloid, 1st practical synthetic material
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson: 1863 (was 39)/b.Jan 21, 1824
General, b. in Clarksburg, VA; Confederate general in the American Civil War, one of
its most skillful tacticians, who gained his sobriquet "Stonewall" by his stand at the
First Battle of Bull Run (called First Manassas by the South) in 1861; died from
wounds received at Chancellorsville
King Louis XV Of France: 1774 (was 64)/b.Feb 15, 1710
King, ruled 1715-74
Jack E. Leonard: 1973 (was 62)/b.Apr 24, 1911
Comedian, RN:Leonard Lebitsky
John Lund: 1992 (was 79)/b.Feb 6, 1913?
Movie Actor; some say b. Feb 6, 1911
Robert Moore: 1984 (was 56)/b.Aug 17, 1927
Stage Actor, Stage Director, of Diana; Broadway's 70-80s successful dir. (Promises
Promises, Deathtrap, Woman of the Year)
Susan Oliver: 1990 (was 53)/b.Feb 13, 1937 (*)
Actress, TV Director, Soap Actress, Star Trek The Cage episode; Peyton Place's
Ann Howard, Days of Our Lives' Dr. Laura Horton, supporting plyr in 100s of 50-70s
series
Walker Percy: 1990 (was 73)/b.May 28, 1916
Novelist, Philosopher, Physician, Psychiatrist, Great southern writer; B. 5-14?
George E. Price: 1964 (was 64)/b.1900
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Vaudevillan, Comedian, Singer, N.Y. lower class life
Jed Prouty: 1956 (was 77)/b.Apr 6, 1879
Movie Actor, Vaudevillan, Comedian
Paul Revere: 1818 (was 83)/b.Jan 1, 1735 O.S. (*)
Statesman, ComicStrip Cartoonist, Revolutionary, Inventor, Engraver, b. in Boston;
Silversmith; Political; New England Patriot; False Teeth, Eye Glasses, Picture
Frames, Surgical Tools, warned the colonists "The British Are Coming!"; d. in Boston;
other style says b. Jan 12, 1735 N.S.
Woody Herman Shaw: 1989 (was 44)/b.Dec 24, 1944
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Flugelhorn, Bandleader, d. 5-9 or 5-11?
Shel Silverstein: 1999 (was 66)/b.Nov 23, 1932 (*)
Novelty Singer, Author, Composer/Songwriter, Cartoonist, Poet, Artist, The Smokeoff
and many other poetic gems
Sir Henry Morton Stanley: 1904 (was 63)/b.Jan 28, 1841?
Explorer, Journalist, English, RN:John Rowlands; found David Livingstone; some say
b. Jan 31, 1841
Edward L. Stratemeyer: 1930 (was 67)/b.Oct 4, 1862
Children's Author, The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift; used over 60 pen names
Sylvia Syms: 1992 (was 74)/b.Jan 6, 1918
Pop Singer, Jazz Singer, English, saloons; Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes;
some say b. 1934 or June 1 or Dec 1-1919
George Vancouver: 1798 (was 40)/b.Jun 22, 1757
Navigator, Explorer, Author, British, surveyed Pacific coast from S.F. to Vancouver
Joseph M. "Joe" Weber: 1942 (was 74)/b.Aug 11, 1867 (*)
Comedian, Stage Actor, Singer, of Weber & (Lewis) Fields
Peter Weiss: 1982 (was 65)/b.Nov 8, 1916
Dramatist/Playwright, Novelist, German
Thomas Young: 1829 (was 55)/b.Jun 13, 1773
Physician, Physicist, English, Deciphered the Rosetta Stone; proponent of the wave
theory of light
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General events on May 10th
An
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In 1652, John Johnson, a free black granted 550 acres in Northampton Va.
In 1676, Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia govt begins.
In 1837, There was a financial panic in the United States
In 1876, the Centennial Fair opened in Philadelphia.
In 1908, the first Mother's Day was observed during church services in Grafton, West Virginia, and Philadelphia. Anna
May Jarvis organized the first official Mother's Day service at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Grafton,
W.Va. in honor of
her mother who had passed away two years earlier on the second Sunday in May.
In 1974, The Prime Interest Rate went to 11.25 percent
In 1998, 2 years ago, the FAA grounded older models of the Boeing 737 after mandatory inspections of some aircraft
found extensive wear in power lines running through their wing fuel tanks.
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Government and Politics on May 10th
In 1775, Second Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania and issued paper currency for first time.
In 1872, Victoria Claflin Woodhull became the first woman nominated for the U.S. Presidency. She was nominated by
the National Equal Rights Party.
In 1924, The F.B.I. appoints J. Edgar Hoover as director, a post Hoover will retain until his death in 1972.
In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
In 1940, 60 years ago, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new
government.
In 1960, 40 years ago, John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia.
In 1971, the U.S. Special delivery rates go up from 45 cents to 60 cents.
In 1973, a federal grand jury investigating the Watergate scandal indicted former Attorney General John Mitchell and
former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans on perjury charges. The burglary at Democratic party offices in the
Watergate office complex eventually led to President Nixon's most trusted aides...and attempts to cover up their
involvement let to Nixon himself.
In 1976, COVER OF "TIME" Presidential Candidate JIMMY CARTER ("Jimmy's Breakthrough")
In 1981, Socialist Francois Mitterrand defeated incumbent Valery Giscard d'Estaing in the second round of France's
presidential election.
In 1982, at John Hinckley Jr.'s trial for shooting President Reagan and others, a psychiatrist who had treated him in
Colorado said Hinckley never showed one sympton of mental illness. Six weeks later, Hinckley was found not guilty by
reason of sanity.
In 1984, a federal judge in Salt Lake City, Utah, ruled the government was negligent in its 1950s open-air nuclear
weapons testing, and ordered it to pay $2.6 million in ten cancer cases (the award was later overturned).
In 1984, the International Court of Justice said the U.S. should halt any actions to blockade Nicaragua's ports (the U.S.
had already said it would not recognize World Court jurisdiction on this issue.).
In 1985, 15 years ago, President Reagan was greeted by Vice President George Bush as he returned to Washington
from his four-nation tour of Europe.
In 1989, in Panama, the government of General Manuel Antonio Noriega announced it had nullified the country's
elections, whech independent observers said the opposition had won by a three-to-one margin.
In 1990, 10 years ago, The government of China announced the release of 211 dissidents who had been involved in
pro-democracy demonstrations a year earlier.
In 1991, Alexander Bessmertnykh became the first Soviet foreign minister to visit Israel as he met with Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir and Foreign Minister David Levy.
In 1993, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee visited the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia for a hearing on
the issue of homosexuals in the military; most of the sailors said they favored keeping the ban on gays.
In 1993, in Orlando, Fla., jury selection began in the racially charged retrial of William Lozano, the Hispanic Miami police
officer charged with killing two black motorcyclists.
In 1993, the FDA approved the sale of the first female condom.
In 1994, media magnate Silvio Berlusconi formed Italy's first conservative government in half-century.
In 1994, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was sworn in as the first black President Of South Africa after winning the first free
election in South Africa's history.
In 1994, serial killer John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection in Joliet, Il. He was convicted of killing 33 young
men and boys during the 1970s.
In 1994, Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian govt with 5 neo-fascists.
In 1995, 5 years ago, former President Bush's office released his letter of resignation from the National Rifle Association
in which Bush expressed outrage over its reference to federal agents as "jack-booted government thugs."
In 1995, 5 years ago, the World Health Organization said a mysterious disease in Zaire was caused by the deadly Ebola
virus. By the time the outbreak was declared over in late August, 244 of the 315 known victims had died.
In 1997, President Clinton signed modest drug-fighting and trade agreements with Caribbean leaders in Barbados.
In 1998, 2 years ago, Sinn Fein (shin fayn) leader Gerry Adams won full backing for the Northern Ireland peace accord in
a fundamental reversal of decades-old policy.
In 1999, 1 year ago, China broke off talks on arms control with the United States, and allowed demonstrators to hurl
stones at the US Embassy in Beijing for a third day to protest NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
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War, Crime and Disaster events on May 10th
In 1635, It was a preview of the Civil War when Virginians and Marylanders engaged in a naval fight. By the way, France
declared war on Spain the same day.
In 1655, Jamaica captured by English.
In 1755, Fort Ticonderoga was captured by Ethan Allen, a feat so daring that today furniture is named after him. The
Second Continental Congress opened the same day in Philadelphia.
In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, New York.
In 1796, Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge.
In 1797, The "United States", the first ship of the U.S. Navy, is launched.
In 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Georgia. He spent the next two years
in prison.
In 1919, Brig. General Douglas MacArthur is named to head West Point.
In 1931, Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ.
In 1934, dust storms sweep away three hundred million tons of topsoil in Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Hundreds of farmers subsequently abandon their land.
In 1940, 60 years ago, Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks.
In 1940, 60 years ago, Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege.
In 1940, 60 years ago, French marines stationed on Aruba.
In 1940, 60 years ago, French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands.
In 1940, 60 years ago, Hitler and the Nazi armies invaded and attacked Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
In 1940, 60 years ago, Nazi army overthrows eastern Europe.
In 1940, 60 years ago, Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. They were taken without a fight.
France had fortifications called the Maginot (mah-zhih-NOH') Line. It was supposed to be impregnable. The Nazis simply
went around it...with 89 divisions. A few weeks later they took Paris. Ironically, it was on this day in 1871 that German
ceded Alsace and Lorraine to France. These two regions have changed hands so many times that a language is spoken
there that is a sort of a mix of French and German.
In 1940, 60 years ago, Nazi Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, swinging 89 army divisions
around France's so-called "impregnable" Maginot Line. Scarcely one month later, German forces entered Paris.
In 1941, England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz.
In 1941, German Luftwaffe strikes London with fire bombs.
In 1941, Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission. (Hess
ended up serving a life sentence at Spandau prison until 1987, when he apparently committed suicide).
In 1944, Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan.
In 1945, Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese.
In 1945, Russian troops occupied Prague.
In 1966, the lowest temperature ever experienced in Cleveland in the month of May is recorded, 25 degrees.
In 1967, Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia.
In 1968, preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam.
In 1972, Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77.
In 1986, Soviet official Valentin Falin was quoted by the West German magazine "Der Spiegel" as saying two more
people had died from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, bringing the reported death toll to four.
In 1989, Gen Manuel Noriega's govt nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin.
In 1992, at least 14 coal miners were killed in an underground explosion at a mine in Nova Scotia, Canada.
In 1993, at least 188 workers were killed in a doll factory fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
In 1995, 5 years ago, Terry Nichols, a second man, was charged in the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma
City.
In 1995, 5 years ago, In Orkney, South Africa, 104 miners were killed in an elevator accident.
In 1996, two Marine helicopters collided in the dark and crashed in a piney swamp at Camp Lejeune, N.C., during a
U.S.-British training exercise, killing 14 people.
In 1997, A powerful earthquake in northeastern Iran claimed at least 24-hundred lives.
In 1999, 1 year ago, a military jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, sentenced Captain Richard Ashby, a Marine pilot
whose jet had clipped an Italian gondola cable, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths, to six months in prison and
dismissed him from the corps for helping hide a videotape shot during the flight (Ashby was acquitted earlier of
manslaughter).
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Royalty and Religious events on May 10th
In 1285, Philip IV "the Fair" succeeds to French throne
In 1291, Edward I, King of England, invites the Scots clergy and nobility to meet with him at Norham, to discuss who shall
be King of Scots
In 1550, John Knox's sermon launches Scottish Reformation
In 1774, Louis XVI ascended the throne of France. Didn't Allan Sherman write a song about him? (*)
In 1939, the Methodist Church is reunited after 109 years of division.
In 1946, Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy.
In 1963, Pope John XXIII received the Balzan Peace Prize, the first peace prize ever awarded to a pope.
In 1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announced they were divorcing after 18 years of marriage.
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May 10th continues...
In 1497, Amerigo Vespucci sailed for the New World for the first time. Christopher Columbus got there first, but
Vespucci wrote about his voyages. A Swiss publisher put out an atlas after learning of Vespucci's adventures but before
learning about Columbus's. He suggested naming the New World after Vespucci...and so put America on the map.
In 1501, an expedition left Europe to explore Brazil
In 1503, Columbus found the Tortugas Islands
In 1534, French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland.
In 1823, the first steamboat to ascent the Mississippi River arrived at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
In 1869, a golden spike was driven by California Governor Stanford at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the
first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
In 1879, Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa.
In 1879, the Archaeological Institute of America is founded.
In 1910, Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass.
In 1930, the first planetarium in the U.S. opened to the public; it ws the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1959, archeologists find ruins of Nero's gardens in Rome.
In 1969, Apollo 10 transmits the first color TV pictures of earth from space.
In 1979, Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completed a nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park,
Columbia, Sri Lanka [From May 2].
In 1986, Navy Lt. Commander Donnie Cochran became the first black pilot to fly with the celebrated "Blue Angels"
precision aerial demonstration team.
In 1990, 10 years ago, French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph.
In 1992, astronaut Pierre Thuot tried but failed to snag a wayward satellite during a spacewalk outside the shuttle
Endeavour. A trio of astronauts succeeded in capturing the Intelsat-Six three days later.
In 1994, an annular, or "ring," eclipse cast a moving shadow across the United States.
In 1994, an annular, or "ring," eclipse cast a moving shadow across the United States; it darkened skies in a 150-mile
swath across North America.
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Entertainment events on May 10th
An
Amazon.com Recommendation:
Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia : Career Profiles of More Than 2,000 Actors and Filmmakers, Past and
Present
Leonard Maltin, et al / Paperback / Published 1995 Buy It Here
In 1955, Homer Simpson, Cartoon Character, born; date according to E.T. (*)
In 1988, "Phantom Of The Opera" album by Andrew Lloyd Webber was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1999, 1 year ago, Cartoonist, playwright and songwriter Shel Silverstein was found dead in his Key West, Florida,
apartment; he was 66. (*)
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Entertainment-TV events on May 10th
In 1928, WGY in Schenectady began regular TV programming.
In 1948, "Broadway Jamboree", TV Series, TV's first all black series; debut on NBC.
In 1948, NBC launches TV's first all-black variety series with the debut episode of "Broadway Minstrels." The format will
last two weeks, then will become the not-all-black "Broadway Jamboree."
In 1958, on the cover of TV Guide: "Richard Boone of Have Gun Will Travel". Other Articles: Hitchcock Presents
In 1959, "Omnibus", TV Anthology; last aired on NBC.
In 1969, on the cover of TV Guide: "TV's Role in Space Shots". Other Articles: Richard Chamberlain
In 1971, "It Was A Very Good Year", TV Documentary; debut on ABC.
In 1975, 25 years ago, on the cover of TV Guide: "Muhammad Ali". Other Articles: Untouchables, Baretta, Dinah
In 1979, "Whodunnit?", TV Game Show; last aired on NBC. Whowatchedit?
In 1979, David Huddleston stars as a popular Midwestern mayor in the NBC sitcom "Hizzoner." Also in the cast: Kathy
Cronkite (Walter's daughter), Don Galloway and Diana Muldaur.
In 1980, 20 years ago, on the cover of TV Guide: "cast of One Day at a Time". Other Articles: Tim Conway
In 1983, "Laverne And Shirley", TV Comedy; last aired on ABC. (*)
In 1985, 15 years ago, "Half-Nelson", TV Crime Drama; last aired on NBC. It got half-ratings.
In 1986, on the cover of TV Guide: "cast of Cheers". Other Articles: Susan Howard, Brothers (*)
In 1986, Barbara Walters and Merv Adelson wed in Beverly Hills, Ca.
In 1986, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married actress Heather Locklear. They have since divorced and he married
Pamela Lee while Heather married Richie Sambora. Tommy was divorced by Pamela in 1998. Tommy figured that if a
rocker and an actress like Ed and Val can survive a marriage, why not he and another? He bombed both times.
In 1988, "Crime Story", TV Crime Drama; last aired on NBC.
In 1996, Today in Late Show w/ Letterman History: Letterman spends his final day in San Francisco with Manny, the
Haight-Ashbury hippie, who popularizes words such as "dank" (good), "schwag"(bad) and "diggity dank" (awesome!).
Later, Letterman makes Manny's dream come true, when he invites him to play harmonica on stage with his idol, Blues
Traveler's John Popper.
In 1997, on the cover of TV Guide: "Kate Mulgrew and Borg OR cast of Chicago Hope". Other Articles: Star Trek
Special, Chicago Hope
In 1998, 2 years ago, the miniseries "From The Earth To The Moon" concluded on HBO
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Entertainment-Soap events on May 10th
In 1989, Another World's Mac (Douglass Watson) made his final on-screen appearrance. Douglass died of a heart
attack nine days before.
In 1999, 1 year ago, As the World Turns aired it's 11,000th show
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Entertainment-Movies events on May 10th
An
Amazon.com Recommendation:
The Birthday Directory
Dennis Crossland / Paperback / 1999 Buy It Here
In 1929, Walt Disney released "The Skeleton Dance", which was the first Silly Symphony cartoon.
In 1935, "The Bride of Frankenstein" (The Monster Talks!) starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester premiered at the
Roxy.
In 1935, Dorothy Lamour wed Herbie Kaye
In 1936, Pare Lorentz's documentary on the plight of the dust-bowl farmer, "The Plow That Broke The Plains" made for
the New Deal's Resettlement Administration premiered at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
In 1937, George Brent wed Constance Worth
In 1940, 60 years ago, the movie "Edison, the Man" was released in the movie theaters in USA.
In 1945, Humphrey Bogart and Mayo Methot divorced
In 1947, the cartoon short "Rabbit Transit" was released in the movie theaters in USA.
In 1948, Howard Hughes gained control of RKO.
In 1950, 50 years ago, Jayne Mansfield wed 'Paul Mansfield'
In 1956, Joan Crawford wed Alfred Steele (Pepsi-Cola prez)
In 1959, Julie Andrews wed Tony Walton
In 1978, "FM" album (soundtrack) was certified Platinum by the RIAA
In 1978, Nick Nolte wed Sharon Haddad
In 1980, 20 years ago, "Friday The 13th", the first installment featuring "Jason" opened in theaters in the U.S.A.
In 1995, 5 years ago, the movie "A Little Princess" was released in the movie theaters in USA.
In 1996, "Twister" was released in theaters in the U.S.A. with a record May opening weekend of over $41 million. It stars
Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt and grossed $100 million before the Memorial Day weekend.
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Entertainment-Radio events on May 10th
In 1982, WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine), WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network.
In 1990, 10 years ago, Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella.
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Arts and Prose events on May 10th
In 1948, the comic strip "Rex Morgan, M.D.", debut.
In 1993, Paul Cezannes stilllife sells for $28,600,000 in NYC.
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Music events on May 10th
An
Amazon.com Recommendation:
Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music
Joel Whitburn, 1890-1954. Pop Memories / Hardcover / Published 1992 Buy It Here
Joel Whitburn's Pop Hits 1940-1954
Joel Whitburn / Hardcover / Published 1996 Buy It Here
Whereever you see these initials, R.C., that means that these are excerpts of music chart data you can find in the
Billboard� paperback book family. For books spanning Top 40, pop, R and B, country, album, rock,
Top 10 weeklies, Hot 100, and even just the #1 singles off several charts, please visit D.T.'s Billboard�/
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page and purchase the books directly online.
In 1940, 60 years ago, vibes player Lionel Hampton teamed up with the Nat King Cole trio to record "Central Avenue
Breakdown" and "Jack the Bellboy" on the Victor label.
In 1969, the Turtles and the Temptations performed at the White House for Tricia Nixon's Masque Ball. It was believed
they have snorted cocaine in the White House after performing there. Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times.
In 1982, "Rio" album by Duran Duran was released
In 1985, 15 years ago, The Go-Go's announce their breakup. The all-girl group's two top 10 hits are "We Got the Beat"
and "Vacation." The group launches a reunion tour in 1990.
In 1986, R.C., "West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys peaked at #1 on the pop singles chart.
In 1986, "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart. (*)
In 1986, R.C., "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco peaked at #1 on the U.K. pop singles chart. (*)
In 1986, R.C., "Right Between The Eyes" by Wax peaked at #43 on the pop singles chart.
In 1994, "All Time Greatest Hits" album by Louis Armstrong was released
In 1998, 2 years ago, The voices of Ani DiFranco and the late Tammy Wynette are featured on Fox's "King of the Hill."
(*)
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Music-Easy events on May 10th
In 1969, R.C., "My Way" by Frank Sinatra peaked at #27 on the pop singles chart.
In 1975, 25 years ago, "Old Days" by Chicago entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1975, 25 years ago, R.C., "It's A Miracle" by Barry Manilow peaked at #12 on the pop singles chart.
In 1977, "Best Of Friends" album by Loggins & Messina was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1977, "When I Need You" single by Leo Sayer was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1978, "Son Of A Son Of A Sailor" album by Jimmy Buffett was certified Platinum by the RIAA
In 1980, 20 years ago, "Little Jeannie" by Elton John entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1984, "Against All Odds (take A Look At Me Now)" single by Phil Collins was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1986, "A Different Corner" by George Michael entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1986, "Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1986, "Saturday Night Live" musical guest Paul Simon performs "You Can Call Me Al," "Homeless" and "Graceland."
Within the next year and a half, Simon will have performed over half of his "Graceland" album on the program.
In 1994, Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years.
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Music-Rock events on May 10th
An
Amazon.com Recommendation:
Virgin Encyclopedia Guide To Independent/New Wave Music
Published 1998 Buy It Here
In 1954, Bill Haley recorded the landmark rock and roll classic "Rock Around The Clock". It wasn't until the release of the
film "Blackboard Jungle" where the song played over the opening titles that anyone realized how exiciting and
contagoius the song was.
In 1963, it was the Rolling Stones first official recording session at Olympic Studios in London. Andrew Oldham
produced the songs. The session included "Come On" and "I Wanna Be Loved". The Stones would make it to the
American pop music charts in August, 1964.
In 1964, "Another Side Of Bob Dylan" album by Dylan, Bob was released
In 1964, Bob Dylan arrived in Britian for his first tour.
In 1965, The Rolling Stones recorded part of "Satisfaction" in two days at Chicago's Chess Records. It was for their "Out
of Our Heads" album
In 1965, Donovan and members of the Beatles were in the audience for the first of two Bob Dylan shows at London's
Royal Albert Hall.
In 1967, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones were all in court, defending themselves in separate drug-related
cases.
In 1968, Jim Morrison of the Doors incites an audience riot during a Chicago concert, then escapes backstage as the
crowd battles with police.
In 1969, "Get Back" by Beatles entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1969, R.C., "Hair" by Cowsills peaked at #2 on the pop singles chart.
In 1969, R.C., "Hawaii Five-O" by Ventures peaked at #4 on the pop singles chart.
In 1973, COVER OF "ROLLING STONE" ALICE COOPER
In 1974, Eric Clapton recorded "I Shot the Sheriff"
In 1974, The Who sold out Madison Square Gardens in New York for four nights; eight hours was enough to sell all
80,000 tickets.
In 1975, 25 years ago, "Magic" by Pilot entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1975, 25 years ago, R.C., "Young Americans" by David Bowie peaked at #28 on the pop singles chart.
In 1978, The Rolling Stones' "Miss You"/"Far Away Eyes" released. Stones begin rehearsing for their tour, at Bearsville,
in Woodstock, NY.
In 1980, 20 years ago, "Against The Wind" by Bob Seger entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1980, 20 years ago, "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" by Paul McCartney entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1982, "Diary Of A Madman" album by Ozzy Osbourne was certified Platinum by the RIAA
In 1986, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married actress Heather Locklear. They have since divorced and he married
Pamela Lee while Heather married Richie Sambora. Tommy was divorced by Pamela in 1998. Tommy figured that if a
rocker and an actress like Ed and Val can survive a marriage, why not he and another? He bombed both times.
In 1986, R.C., "Feel It Again" by Honeymoon Suite peaked at #34 on the pop singles chart.
In 1986, R.C., "Stick Around" by Julian Lennon peaked at #32 on the pop singles chart.
In 1986, R.C., "Take Me Home" by Phil Collins peaked at #7 on the pop singles chart.
In 1986, R.C., "Your Love" by The Outfield peaked at #6 on the pop singles chart.
In 1989, "Beautiful Loser" album by Bob Seger was certified Platinum by the RIAA
In 1991, "Stick It To Ya" album by Slaughter was certified Multi Platinum 2.00 by the RIAA
In 1993, "Fate Of Nations" album by Robert Plant was released
In 1994, "Last Of The Independents" album by The Pretenders was released
In 1994, "Weezer" album by Weezer was released (*)
In 1994, Linda McCartney unveiled her new line of frozen meatless entrees she had created at a Chicago news
conference.
In 1995, 5 years ago, members of the Black Crowes donated all proceeds from their Oklahoma City concert to charities
helping the victims and survivors of the federal building bombing.
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Music-Country events on May 10th
An
Amazon.com Recommendation:
Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles: 1944-1993
Joel Whitburn / Hardcover / Published 1995 Buy It Here
For more country record books, please visit D.T.'s Country Billboard�/
Amazon.com page.
In 1928, the Carter Family recorded "Wildwood Flower."
In 1980, 20 years ago, "Beneath Still Waters" -- a single by Emmylou Harris -- reached the number-one position on the
charts
In 1989, "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc." album by Dwight Yoakam was certified Platinum
In 1989, Dwight Yoakum's album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc." was certified platinum by the RIAA
In 1993, fire heavily damaged Mickey Gilley's theater in Branson, Missouri.
In 1994, "Ten Feet Tall And Bulletproof" album by Travis Tritt was released
In 1994, "War Paint" album by Lorrie Morgan was released
In 1994, Willie Nelson was arrested on drug possession charges in Hewitt, Texas, after a police officer found him asleep
in his car with a marijuana cigarette in the ashtray. The case was later thrown out of court, the cop was fired, and Willie
was on the road again!
In 1995, 5 years ago, Reba McEntire became the first woman in 15 years to be named entertainer of the year at the 30th
annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
In 1997, Barbara Mandrell launches her own jewelry line on the QVC cable TV channel. The "Country Sentiments" line of
earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces range in price from $20 to $125.
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Music-R and B / Dance events on May 10th
In 1969, "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" by Marvin Gaye entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1969, R.C., "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)" by James Brown peaked
at #20 on the pop singles chart.
In 1974, "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" single by Main Ingredient was certified Gold by the RIAA. The trio began as the
Poets in 1964. Cuba Gooding is heard singing lead. (Gooding's son, Cuba Jr., starred in the 1991 film "Boyz N The
Hood".) The Main Ingredient's biggest hit, "Everybody Plays The Fool" made it to number three on the pop charts (1972).
In 1974, "Wild & Peaceful" album by Kool & The Gang was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1975, 25 years ago, "Get Down,Get Down (Get On The Floor)" by Joe Simon entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1975, 25 years ago, R.C., "Walking In Rhythm" by Blackbyrds peaked at #6 on the pop singles chart.
In 1975, 25 years ago, Stevie Wonder played an unannounced free concert near the Washington Monument in
Washington, D.C. The show drew an estimated 125,000 people to celebrate "Human Kindness Day", for which he is the
honoree.
In 1977, GOLD RECORD FOR LEO SAYER "WHEN I NEED YOU" is certified as a million seller
In 1978, "Flying High On Your Love" album by Bar-kays was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1978, "Natural High" album by Commodores was released
In 1978, "Secrets" album by Con Funk Shun was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1980, 20 years ago, "She's Out Of My Life" by Michael Jackson entered the Top 40 chart.
In 1986, R.C., "Bad Boy" by Miami Sound Machine peaked at #8 on the pop singles chart.
In 1988, "Lovesexy" album by Prince was released
In 1991, "3 A.m. Eternal" single by KLF, The was released
In 1991, "I Like The Way" single by Hi-five was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1994, "100% Pure Love" single by Crystal Waters was released
In 1994, "The Remixes" album by S.W.V. was released
In 1994, pop singer Paula Abdul filed for divorce from actor Emilio Estevez after two years of marriage. Guess she's not
forever his girl anymore.
In 1995, 5 years ago, "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" single by Dr. Dre was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1996, "Woo-hah" single by Busta Rhymes was certified Gold and Platinum by the RIAA
In 1999, 1 year ago, "'N The Mix" video by 'n Sync was certified Multi Platinum 5.00 by the RIAA
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Weird and Other events on May 10th
In 1950, 50 years ago, 05 x 10 = 50 (*)
In 1983, Lee Chin Yong did 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul. (*)
In 2050, 05 x 10 = 50 (*)
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~MarciaH
Thu, May 11, 2000 (00:29)
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~MarciaH
Thu, May 11, 2000 (00:30)
#219
That one was too inclusive - will make other arrangements while the other inclusive one is "down"
~MarciaH
Thu, May 11, 2000 (17:30)
#220
History for May 11:
Today is Thursday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2000 with 234 to follow.
The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase. The morning stars
are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury and
Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They
include Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor of the Linotype typesetting
machine, in 1854; songwriter Irving Berlin in 1888;
dancer-choreographer Martha Graham in 1893; Spanish surrealist
painter Salvador Dali in 1904; comic actor Phil Silvers in 1912;
actor Denver Pyle ("The Dukes of Hazzard") in 1920; satirist Mort
Sahl in 1927 (age 73); Nation of Islam leader the Rev. Louis
Farrakhan in 1933 (age 67); artificial heart developer Dr. Robert
Jarvik in 1934 (age 66); actor Doug McClure in 1938; and actress
Natasha Richardson in 1963 (age 37).
On this date in history:
In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was created by an act of
Congress. In 1928, the first regularly scheduled television programs
were begun by station WGY in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1987, Emmanuel
Vitria died in Marseilles in southern France at age 67, 18 years
after receiving a transplanted human heart. He was the
longest-surviving heart transplant patient.
In 1992, a three-day ordeal on Oregon's Mount Hood ended safely for
three climbers stranded with minimal gear by a sub-zero whiteout.
In 1994, Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the Exxon Valdez, told a
federal court in Anchorage, Alaska, he'd had three vodkas just hours
before the tanker ran aground, spilling 11 million gallons of oil
into Prince William Sound in 1989.
In 1995, a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted James Nichols with
conspiring with Oklahoma City bombing suspects Terry Nichols, his
brother, and Timothy McVeigh to make and set off bombs at James's
farm in Decker, Mich.
In 1996, a ValuJet airliner crashed in the Florida Everglades,
killing 110 people. In 1997, world chess champion Gerry Kasparov was
defeated by a computer, IBM's Deep Blue, in a six-game match in New
York City.
In 1998, India conducted the first of five underground nuclear tests.
Also in 1998, in what would be the second-largest merger in corporate
history, SBC Communications announced it would acquire Ameritech. The
deal would make SBC the largest local telephone service provider in
the United States.
A thought for the day: Alain Robbe-Grillet said, "The true writer has
nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it."
~MarciaH
Thu, May 11, 2000 (17:54)
#221
May 11 - History
n 1928, the first regularly scheduled television programs
were begun by station WGY in Schenectady, N.Y.
In 1987, Emmanuel Vitria died in Marseilles in southern
France at age 67, 18 years after receiving a transplanted
human heart. He was the longest-surviving heart transplant
patient.
In 1992, a three-day ordeal on Oregon's Mount Hood ended
safely for three climbers stranded with minimal gear by a
sub-zero whiteout.
In 1994, Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the Exxon Valdez, told
a federal court in Anchorage, Alaska, he'd had three vodkas
just hours before the tanker ran aground, spilling 11 million
gallons of oil into Prince William Sound in 1989.
In 1995, a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted James Nichols
with conspiring with Oklahoma City bombing suspects Terry
Nichols, his brother, and Timothy McVeigh to make and set off
bombs at James's farm in Decker, Mich.
In 1996, a ValuJet airliner crashed in the Florida Everglades,
killing 110 people.
In 1997, world chess champion Gerry Kasparov was defeated by a
computer, IBM's Deep Blue, in a six-game match in New York City.
In 1998, India conducted the first of five underground nuclear tests.
Also in 1998, in what would be the second-largest merger in
corporate history, SBC Communications announced it would acquire
Ameritech. The deal would make SBC the largest local telephone
service provider in the United States.
+------------------ Birthdays ------------------+
Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine, in 1854
Songwriter Irving Berlin in 1888
Dancer-choreographer Martha Graham in 1893
Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali in 1904
Comic actor Phil Silvers in 1912
Actor Denver Pyle ("The Dukes of Hazzard") in 1920
Satirist Mort Sahl in 1927 (age 73)
Nation of Islam leader the Rev. Louis Farrakhan in 1933 (age 67)
Artificial heart developer Dr. Robert Jarvik in 1934 (age 66)
Actor Doug McClure in 1938; and actress Natasha Richardson in 1963 (age 37)
~CherylB
Thu, May 11, 2000 (18:11)
#222
Today is the 100th aniversary of Kodak introducing the Brownie camera. It caused a revolution in photography, in that it allowed working class people to take it up, if not as a hobby, then as way to preserve their memories and chronicle their lives. In 1900 a camera could cost 3 weeks worth of the average working person salary, that was just the camera. Then George Eastman introduced the Brownie. Much of the cost of the Brownie was kept down by its being constructed of cardboard, later models would be made of plastic. The camera's advertising was also aimed at children. Firstly, the name, Brownie, a brownie was a kind of pokemon of the time. It was a kind of fairy, which all children could easily identify. The Brownie did indeed inspire some of its young recipients to take up photography. In 1916 Mr. and Mrs. Adams gave a Brownie to their son Ansel, the rest, as they say, is history.
~sprin5
Fri, May 12, 2000 (14:28)
#223
My friend Bob Nagy, picked up an ICOM camera today, he swears by this digital potography site but I forgot to write it down. But I'll see him tonight.
~MarciaH
Fri, May 12, 2000 (14:42)
#224
Did not know ICOM made a digital. My son has done incredible work with his digital and has converted more than a few SLR devotees. His photos are posted in Geo re: the lunar eclipse.
~MarciaH
Fri, May 12, 2000 (16:35)
#225
Strive.To Know Your History for May 12:
Today is Friday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2000 with 233 to
follow. The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase. The morning
stars are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury
and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They
include English painter and writer of limericks and nonsense poems
Edward Lear in 1812; nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale in 1820;
French composer Jules Emile Massenet in 1842; lawmaker and author
Henry Cabot Lodge in 1850; novelist Philip Wylie in 1902; actress
Katharine Hepburn in 1907 (age 93); newscaster Howard K. Smith in
1914 (age 86); convicted spy Julius Rosenberg in 1918; baseball Hall
of Fame member Yogi Berra in 1925 (age 75); composer Burt Bacharach
in 1929 (age 71); TV personality Tom Snyder and artist Frank Stella,
both in 1936 (age 64); comedian George Carlin in 1938 (age 62); and
actors Gabriel Byrne in 1950 (age 50), Bruce Boxleitner ("Babylon 5")
in 1951 (age 49), Ving Rhames in 1961 (age 39), Emilio Estevez in
1962 (age 38), Stephen Baldwin in 1966 (age 34), Kim Fields in 1969
(age 31); and MacKenzie Austin in 1973 (age 27).
On this date in history:
In 1922, the magazine "Radio Broadcast" commented, "The rate of
increase in the number who spend at least part of an evening
listening to radio is almost incomprehensible."
In 1937, George VI was crowned king of England, succeeding his
brother Edward, who abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis
Simpson.
In 1949, Soviet authorities announced the end of a land blockade of
Berlin. The blockade lasted 328 days but was neutralized by the
Allies' Berlin airlift.
In 1975, a Cambodian gunboat fired on the U.S. cargo ship Mayaguez
and forced it into a Cambodian port. All 39 crewmen aboard were freed
but a number of U.S. servicemen died during a rescue mission two days
later.
In 1991, Operation SEA ANGEL sent 8,000 U.S. troops to Bangladesh to
distribute relief packages to cyclone victims. In 1992, CIA Director
Robert Gates said he had begun declassifying all relevant information
on the President Kennedy assassination to end the "insidious,
perverse notion" that the CIA was involved.
In 1994, John Smith, 55, leader of Britain's opposition Labor Party,
died of a heart attack. In 1997, the White House appealed to the U.S.
Supreme Court a federal appeals court ruling that White House lawyers
worked for the government and could not claim a privileged
lawyer-client relationship with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. At
issue were notes taken by the lawyers at White House meetings with
Mrs. Clinton and special prosecutor Kenneth Starr's right to subpoena
them.
In 1999, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin announced he was resigning.
Rubin's policies were credited for contributing to the roaring U.S
economy.
A thought for the day: playwright Simon Gray said, "In my experience,
the worst thing you can do to an important problem is discuss it."
~MarciaH
Fri, May 12, 2000 (16:40)
#226
Thanks, Cheryl ! Ansel Adams imortalized my favorite place on earth, Yosemite. The rest is, Indeed, history!
~MarciaH
Fri, May 12, 2000 (23:06)
#227
Today is Friday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2000. There are 233 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 12, 1820, the founder of modern
nursing, Florence Nightingale, was born in
Florence, Italy.
On this date:
In 1870, Manitoba entered Confederation as
a Canadian province.
In 1932, the body of the kidnapped son of
Charles and Anne Lindbergh was found in a
wooded area of Hopewell, N.J.
In 1937, Britain's King George VI was
crowned at Westminster Abbey.
In 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in
North Africa surrendered.
In 1949, the Soviet Union announced an end
to the Berlin Blockade.
In 1965, West Germany and Israel exchanged
letters establishing diplomatic relations.
In 1970, the Senate voted unanimously to
confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme
Court justice.
In 1975, the White House announced the new
Cambodian government had seized an
American merchant ship, the Mayaguez, in
international waters.
In 1978, the Commerce Department said
hurricanes would no longer be given only
female names.
In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, security guards
overpowered a Spanish priest who was trying
to reach Pope John Paul II armed with a
bayonet.
Ten years ago: The presidents of Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania forged a united front by
reviving a 1934 political alliance in hopes of
enhancing their drive for independence from
the Soviet Union.
Five years ago: President Clinton, during a
stopover in Ukraine, visited Babi Yar, where
the Nazis massacred more than 30,000 Kiev
Jews in 1941.
One year ago: Treasury Secretary Robert
Rubin announced he was quitting in July. (He
was succeeded by his deputy, Lawrence
Summers.) Russian President Boris Yeltsin
dismissed Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov
and the Cabinet.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Katharine
Hepburn is 93. Journalist Howard K. Smith is
86. Critic John Simon is 75. Baseball
Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra is 75. Composer
Burt Bacharach is 71. Talk show host Tom
Snyder is 64. Comedian George Carlin is 63.
Actress Millie Perkins is 62. Former White
House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler is
61. Country singer Billy Swan is 58. Actress
Linda Dano is 57. Musician Ian McLagan is
55. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 52.
Singer-musician Steve Winwood is 52. Actor
Gabriel Byrne is 50. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is
50. Singer Billy Squier is 50. Country singer
Kix Brooks is 45. Actress Kim Greist is 42.
Actor Ving Rhames is 39. Rock musician Billy
Duffy is 39. Actor Emilio Estevez is 38.
Actress Vanessa Williams (formerly on
"Melrose Place") is 37. Country musician
Eddie Kilgallon is 35. Actor Stephen Baldwin
is 34. Actress Kim Fields Freeman is 31.
Actress Samantha Mathis is 30. Actress
Jamie Luner is 29. Actor Mackenzie Astin is
27. Singer Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm
(Spice Girls) is 24. Actor Jason Biggs
("American Pie") is 22. Actors Sullivan and
Sawyer Sweeten ("Everybody Loves
Raymond") are 5.
Thought for Today: "Act well at the moment,
and you have performed a good action to all
eternity." -- Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss
theologian (1741-1801).
~MarciaH
Sat, May 13, 2000 (22:35)
#228
Today is Saturday, May 13, the 134th day of 2000.
There are 232 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 13, 1940, in his first speech as prime
minister of Britain, Winston Churchill told the
House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer
but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
On this date:
In 1607, the English colony at Jamestown,
Va., was settled.
In 1842, composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, who
collaborated with Sir William Gilbert in writing
14 comic operas, was born in London.
In 1846, the United States declared that a
state of war already existed against Mexico.
In 1917, three peasant children near Fatima,
Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the
Virgin Mary.
In 1918, the first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring
a picture of an airplane, were introduced. (On
some of the stamps, the airplane was printed
upside down, making them collector's items.)
In 1954, President Eisenhower signed into
law the St. Lawrence Seaway Development
Act.
In 1954, the musical play "The Pajama Game"
opened on Broadway.
In 1958, Vice President Nixon's limousine
was battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S.
demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and
seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by
Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia
authorities and the radical group MOVE
ended as police dropped an explosive onto
the group's headquarters; 11 people died in
the resulting fire.
Ten years ago: Two U.S. airmen were shot to
death in the Philippines on the eve of talks
concerning the future of U.S. military bases;
the revolutionary New People's Army claimed
responsibility.
Five years ago: Army Captain Lawrence
Rockwood was convicted at his court-martial
in Fort Drum, N.Y., of conducting an
unauthorized investigation of reported human
rights abuses at a Haitian prison (the next
day, Rockwood was dismissed from the
military, but received no prison time).
One year ago: Russian lawmakers opened
hearings on whether President Boris Yeltsin
should be impeached. (The lower chamber of
parliament ended up rejecting all five charges
raised against Yeltsin, including one accusing
him of starting the Chechen War.) Pulitzer
Prize-winning editor and columnist Meg
Greenfield died in Washington at age 68.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Beatrice Arthur is
74. Critic Clive Barnes is 73.
Director-choreographer Herbert Ross is 73.
Actor Harvey Keitel is 61. Actor Franklin
Ajaye is 51. Singer Stevie Wonder is 50.
Basketball player Dennis Rodman is 39.
Country singer Lari White is 35. Singer Darius
Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 34.
Actress Susan Floyd ("Then Came You") is
32. Actress Samantha Morton ("Sweet and
Lowdown") is 23.
Thought for Today: "A nation is a society
united by a delusion about its ancestry and by
a common hatred of its neighbours." --
William Ralph Inge, English religious leader
and author (1860-1954).
~MarciaH
Sun, May 14, 2000 (00:51)
#229
May 14 - This Day In History
David Little was born in Buckhannon, West Virginia Happy Birthday, Sweetie!
On this date in:
1643
Louis XIV became King
of France at age 4 upon
the death of his father,
Louis XIII.
1787
Delegates began
gathering in
Philadelphia for a
convention to draw up
the U.S. Constitution.
1796
English physician
Edward Jenner
administered the first
vaccination against
smallpox to an
8-year-old boy.
1804
The Lewis and Clark
expedition to explore the
Louisiana Territory left
St. Louis.
1904
The first Olympic games
to be held in the United
States opened in St.
Louis.
1942
Aaron Copland's
''Lincoln Portrait'' was
first performed by the
Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra.
1942
The Women's Auxiliary
Army Corps was
established.
1955
Representatives from
eight Communist bloc
countries, including the
Soviet Union, signed the
Warsaw Pact in Poland.
1973
The United States
launched Skylab 1, its
first manned space
station.
1975
U.S. forces raided the
Cambodian island of
Koh Tang and
recaptured the
American merchant ship
Mayaguez. All 40 crew
members were released
safely by Cambodia, but
some 40 U.S.
servicemen were killed
in the military operation.
1980
President Carter
inaugurated the
Department of Health
and Human Services.
1987
Actress Rita Hayworth
died in New York at age
68.
1992
Former Soviet President
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
addressed members of
the U.S. Congress,
appealing to them to
pass a bill aiding the
people of the former
Soviet Union.
1992
Former football player
Lyle Alzado died in
Portland, Ore., at age
43.
1996
A tornado flattened 80
villages in nothern
Bangladesh, killing more
than 440 people.
1998
Singer Frank Sinatra
died at age 82 after a
heart attack.
1998
The hit TV series
''Seinfeld'' aired its final
episode after nine years
on NBC.
1998
The Associated Press
commemorated its
150th anniversa
~MarciaH
Sun, May 14, 2000 (15:26)
#230
Reuters Today in History for May 14
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1885 - Otto Klemperer, German musical director and conductor, born. In his
early career he championed modern works.
1900 - The second modern Olympic Games opened in Paris, with women
being allowed to take part for the first time.
1904 - The Olympic Games were held in the United States for the first time,
at St. Louis, Missouri.
1912 - August Strindberg, influential Swedish playwright, died. Best known for
his ``Miss Julie'' and ``The Father.''
1919 - Henry John Heinz, U.S. food manufacturer, died; his food company
became famous for its slogan ``57 varieties.''
1921 - In the United States, Florence Allen became the first woman judge to
sentence a man to death. Frank Motto was tried on a murder charge and
executed on August 20.
1940 - Two thirds of the Dutch city of Rotterdam was destroyed by German
bombing. Almost 1,000 people died and at least 80,000 were made
homeless.
1941 - Swiss student Maurice Bavaud was executed in Berlin. He had
planned to kill Adolf Hitler at a rally on November 9, 1938, but never got close
enough to shoot him.
1948 - The state of Israel was proclaimed at 4 p.m., eight hours before the
British mandate in Palestine was to end.
1955 - The Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
1973 - America's Skylab I space laboratory was launched into earth orbit by
the last Saturn Five booster rocket.
1991 - Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong
and leader of the ``Gang of Four,'' committed suicide.
1993 - U.S. newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst Jr. died after a
heart attack aged 85.
1997 - Laurie Lee, who immortalized a sensual and earthy way of English
country living in his classic novel ``Cider with Rosie,'' died.
1998 - Frank Sinatra, one of the world's greatest popular singers, died. He
also appeared in a number of films including ``From Here to Eternity.''
19XX - David Nathan Little was born.
~MarciaH
Mon, May 15, 2000 (15:08)
#231
World History - May 15
Birthdates which occurred on May 15:
1567 Claudio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1856 Lyman Frank Baum children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
1859 Pierre Curie France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
1860 Ellen Louise Axson Wilson 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
1862 Arthur Schnitzler Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1890 Katherine Anne Porter US, novelist (Ship of Fools)
1891 Mikhail Bulgakov Russia, playwright/novelist/short-story writer
19-- Jim Phipps rock drummer (Every Mother's Nightmare-Hard to Hold)
19-- Peggy Pope Montclair NJ, actress (Billy, Mrs David-Soap)
1902 Richard Daley (Mayor-D-Chic)
1904 Clifton Fadiman Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)
1904 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein Sweden, equest dressage (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
1905 Joseph Cotten US, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)
1908 Lars-Erik Larsson Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
1909 James Mason England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
1910 Constance Cummings US, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour)
1910 Robert F Wagner (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65)
1912 Alexis Nihon Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
1912 Arthur Berger NYC, composer (Ideas of Order)
1915 Paul A Samuelson economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
1916 Bill Williams Bkln NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels)
1918 Eddy Arnold country singer (Anytime)
1918 Joseph Wiseman Montr�al, actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables)
1921 Erroll Garner Pittsburgh Pa, jazz pianist (Misty)
1923 Richard Avedon US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
1924 Ursula Thiess Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
1926 Anthony Shaffer twin brother playwright (Sleuth)
1926 Peter Shaffer twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus)
1930 Jasper Johns artist (Green Target)
1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti Italy, actress/singer (Cinderfella)
1936 Paul Zindel playwright (Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds)
1937 Trini Lopez singer (If I Had a Hammer)
1938 Lenny Welch Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do)
1940 Paul Rudd Boston Mass, actor (Conn Yankee in King Arth�r's Court)
1941 Lainie Kazan Brooklyn, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust)
1942 Anthony W England Indianapolis Indiana, PhD/astronaut (STS 51F)
1944 Gunilla Hutton Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
1944 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1980)
1948 Brian Eno Woodbridge England, singer (On Land)
1949 Frank L Culbertson Jr Charleston SC, Cmdr USN/astro (STS-38)
1953 George Brett WV, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP)
1953 Mike Oldfield England, composer (Tubular Bells)
1954 Andrea Gyarmati Hungary, water polo player (Olympic, 1948-60)
1955 Lee Horsley Muleshoe Tx, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)
1959 Andrew Eldritch rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1963 Grant Herslov LA Calif, actor (Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof)
1964 Pierre Trentin France, 1K time trials (Olympic-gold-1968)
1967 Omar Vizquel Caracas Venezuela, shortstop (Seattle Mariners)
1968 Todd Porter NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids)
1973 Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling LA Ca, actress (Donna-Beverly Hills 90210)
1974 Ahmet Rodan Zappa son of Frank
1981 Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips 10th in succession to British throne
World Birthday Web (WBW)
Deaths which occurred on May 15:
1482 Paolo Toscanelli Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
1886 Emily Dickinson US poet, died
1985 Jackie Curtis playwright/actor, dies of a drug overdose at 38
1987 John Baur museum director, dies at 78
1988 Andrew Duggan actor, dies of cancer at 64
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
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1966 BALCOM RALPH C. SEATTLE WA
1975 BENEDETT DANIEL A. AUBURN KING WA
1975 BLESSING LYNN LANCASTER PA
1975 BOYD WALTER NORFOLK VA
1975 COPENHAVER GREGORY S. PORT DEPOSIT MD
1975 GARCIA ANDRES CARLSBAD NM
1975 GAUSE BERNARD JR. BIRMINGHAM AL
1975 HALL GARY L. COVINGTON KY
1975 HARGROVE JOSEPH N. MT OLIVE NC
1967 HEILIGER DONALD L. MADISON WI
1967 HILL CHARLES DALE ROLLA MO
1975 JACQUES JAMES J. DENVER CO
1966 JENSEN GEORGE W. SEATTLE WA
1975 LONEY ASHTON N. ALBANY NY
1966 MADISON WILLIAM L. LEXINGTON KY
1975 MANNING RONALD J. TORONTO OH
1975 MARSHALL DANNY G. WAVERLY WV
1975 MAXWELL JAMES R. CENTER RIDGE AR
1966 MC KENNEY KENNETH D. AUBURN MA
1961 MC MORROW JOHN P.
1967 POLLARD BEN M. SHELBYVILLE KY
1966 PRESTON JAMES A. BOWDEN GA
1979 RAPP JEFF
1966 REILLY LAVERN G. ST PAUL MN
1975 RIVENBURGH RICHARD W. SAN DIEGO CA
1975 RUMBAUGH ELWOOD E. SPANGLER PA
1975 SANDOVAL ANTONIO R. SAN ANTONIO TX
1961 SHORE EDWARD R. JR.
1979 SMITH EMMETT Q.
1979 SMITH KAREN
1966 TAPP MARSHALL L. LOS ANGELES CA
1966 THOMPSON GEORGE W. BECKLEY WV
1975 TURNER KELTON R. LOS ANGELES CA
1975 VAN DE GEER RICHARD COLUMBUS OH
1966 WILLIAMS JAMES E. OXFORD MS
1961 WOLFKILL GRANT
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On this day...
884 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1248 Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for K�ln cathedral
1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
1618 Johannes Kepler discovers his harmonics law
1702 War of Spanish Succession, 1st Amer conflict between England & France
1800 Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles
1829 Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith
1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse
1849 Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded
1856 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized
1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
1862 Department of Agriculture created
1862 Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens
1864 Battle of New Market, Virginia
1864 Battle of Resaca, Georgia (or 05/13)
1885 Canadian M�ti insurgent Louis Reil captured, Saskatchewan
1891 British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) established
1896 Tornado kills 78 in Texas
1911 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates
1911 Sup Court dissolves Standard Oil violates Sherman Antitrust Act
1912 Ty Cobb rushes a fan at a NY Highlander game & is suspended
1915 A.T.&T. becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders
1918 1st regular airmail service (between NY & Wash) inaugurated
1929 Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleve Ohio)
1930 Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (SF to Cheyenne)
1933 1st voice amplification system to be used in US Senate
1934 Dept of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive
1935 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
1939 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1506 Xosa
1940 1st nylon stockings sold in US
1941 1st British turbojet flies
1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks win 13-1
1942 Gasoline 1st rationed in US
1944 Cincinatti Reds Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0
1952 Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Wash Senators, 1-0
1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1955 Austrian state treaty signed making itself independent again
1957 18,000 people at Madison Sq Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
1958 USSR launches Sputnik III
1960 Chic Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed
1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1968 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premiers at Cannes Film Festival
1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
1968 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote
Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host
1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigned from Supreme Court
1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
1972 George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Md
1972 Ryukyu Is & Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control
1973 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0
1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
1977 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2862 Vavilov
1980 1st trans-US balloon crossing
1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK
1981 Leonard Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
1981 Second City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC)
1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
1982 16-year-old jockey wins the Preakness
1982 Osservatorio San Vittore discovers asteroid #3344 Modena
1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
1988 Soviets begin withdrawl in Afghanistan
1989 Soviet Pres Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs
1989 US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite
threat of boycott by right to lifers
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45
1990 Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
1990 Miss Universe pageant
1991 Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama"
1992 Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy
Holidays
Austria : Independence Day (1955)
Religious Observances
____ RC : Commemoration of St Dymphna, patron of the insane
1170_ RC : Commemoration of Isidore the Farmer, patron of farmers
1719_ old RC : Feast of St John Baptist de la Salle, confessor
Religious History
1455 A crusade against the Turks and for the capture of Constantinople was proclaimed by Pope Calixtus III.
1686 Rev. Robert Ratcliffe arrived in Boston from England, with orders from King Charles II to establish the Anglican
Church in Massachusetts.
1816 Birth of Sylvanus Dryden Phelps, U.S. Baptist clergyman and poet. His several writings included the hymn, "Savior,
Thy Dying Love."
1889 At the close of a two-day denominational conference in Cleveland, Ohio, the Epworth League of the Methodist
Episcopal Church was organized. It became the foundation of the current United Methodist Youth (UMY) fellowship
programs.
1943 German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'I read the Psalms
every day, as I have done for years; I know them and love them more than any other book.'
Source for this Religious History section: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" You can judge a man by how he keeps his golf score. "
~MarciaH
Tue, May 16, 2000 (16:50)
#232
History for May 16
Birthdates which occurred on May 16:
1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
1801 William Henry Seward Sec of State (1861-69, buys Alaska at 2/acre)
1804 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody founded 1st US kindergarten
1824 Edmund Kirby-Smith Fla, West Point grad/educator/soldier
1824 Levi Parsons Morton (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)
1831 Edward Hughes inventor (microphone)
19-- Carolyn Conwell actress (Mary-Young & Restless)
19-- Ralph Tresvant singer (New Editon)
19-- Scott Reeves actor (Ryan-Young & Restless)
1904 Hugh Plaxton Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)
1905 Henry Fonda Grand Is Nebraska, actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond)
1907 Robert Tisdall Ireland, 400m hurdles (Olympic-gold-1932)
1911 Margaret Sullavan Norfolk Va, actress (Back Street)
1912 Studs Terkel NYC, author/host (Stud's Place, Working)
1913 Woody Herman bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds)
1917 George Gaynes Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster)
1919 Wladziu Valentino Liberace West Allis Wisconsin, pianist
1921 Harry Carey Jr Saugus Calif, actor (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
1924 Frank F Mankiewicz columnist (Perfectly Clear)
1928 Billy Martin baseball manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)
1931 Donald Martino Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
1931 Jack Dodson Pitts Pa, actor (Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show)
1931 Lowell Weicker (Sen-R-Conn)
1936 Philippe de Montebello Paris, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut)
1937 Yvonne Craig Taylorville Ill, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin)
1944 Billy Cobham Panam , jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
1945 Brewster H Shaw Jr Mich, Col USAF/astro (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
1946 Jessi B Wilson Mississippi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1949 Rick Reuschel pitcher (NY Yankees)
1950 Johannes Bednorz German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
1951 Jonathan Richman rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae)
1952 Pierce Brosnan Israel, actor (Remington Steele)
1953 Rick Rhoden pitcher (NY Yankees)
1955 Debra Winger Columbus Oh, actress (Officer & Gentleman)
1955 Jack Morris St Paul Minn, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1955 Olga Korbut Grodno USSR, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1972)
1959 Mare Winningham Phoenix Az, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner & Hooch)
1961 Nina Arvesen White Plains, NY, actress (Cassandra-Young & Restless)
1964 John Salley NBA star (Detroit Pistons)
1966 Janet Jackson Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control)
1969 Tracey Gold NYC, actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday)
1969 Tricia Cast actress (Nina-The Young and Restless)
1970 Gabriela Sabatini Argentina, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
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Deaths which occurred on May 16:
1691 Jacob Leisler becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1892 John Banvard painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies
1955 James Agee US author & critic, dies in NY
1975 Michael X (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
1979 Asa Philip Randolph labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90
1984 Andy Kaufman comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies at 35 of cancer
1985 Margaret Hamilton actress, dies at 82 of a heart attack
1988 Louise Wood director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
1990 Jim Henson muppeteer, dies of pneumonia at 53
1990 Sammy Davis Jr entertainer, dies at 64 from throat cancer
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
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1970 CONNER EDWIN RAY HILLSBORO TX
1971 CROOK ELLIOTT PHOENIX AZ
1968 CROSSON GERALD J. NEW YORK NY
1971 FARLOW CRAIG L. CLEVELAND OH
1971 JACOBSON TIMOTHY J. OAKLAND CA
1971 NOLAN JOSEPH P. JR. OAK PARK IL
1968 RICKEL DAVID J. FORT LAUDERDALE FL
1968 ROARK ANUND C. SAN DIEGO CA
1968 ROMINE ALBERT W. BURLINGAME KS
1970 SKEEN RICHARD ROBERT RIVERSIDE CA
On this day...
1571 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
1763 Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1770 Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign
1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5 piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1866 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #87 Sylvia
1866 US Treasury Dept authorizes the nickel
1868 President Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment, by 1 vote
1869 Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7
1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
1874 1st recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg Mass)
1875 Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000
1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English
1888 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
1888 J Palisa discovers asteroid #278 Paulina
1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #310 Margarita
1894 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings
1901 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Priory School" (BG)
1903 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at SF (George Wymann)
1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Assn organizes in Kansas City
1914 Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens
1920 Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized in Rome
1920 Spanish bullfighter Joselito was fatally gored fighting his last bull
1924 108�F in Blitzen Oregon
1925 1st network radiocast (WHAS) of Kentucky Derby, Flying Ebony wins
1927 Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home
1929 1st Academy Awards (Film-Wings, Actor-E Jennings Actress-J Gaynor)
1933 Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game
1937 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1427 Ruvuma
1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta Ga)
1939 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)
1948 Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion
1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece
1948 Israel issues its 1st postage stamps
1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row
1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game since breaking his collarbone
1956 Kraft Theatre presents an act from "Profiles in Courage"
1957 Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH
1957 Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade
1958 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mex
1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US
1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Proj Mercury
1964 Northern Dancer wins the Preakness stakes by 2� lengths
1965 Balt Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 & homers
1966 A record of "Pets Sounds" is released
1966 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #1796 Riga
1966 National Welfare Rights Organization organizes
1966 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating
1969 Barbra Striesand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
1969 The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault
1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
1971 1st class postage now costs 8 (was 6)
1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits the Liberty Bell monument in Phila Vet
1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit
1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
1976 Mont Canadiens sweeps Phila Flyers for the Stanley Cup
1977 5 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am bldg in NYC
1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses onstage with hepatitis
1980 Los Angeles beats Phila 76ers, for the NBA championship
1980 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
1981 Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1
1981 Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson
1982 Canucks 1-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles win cup 4-0 (15-4)
1982 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4
1983 Isles win 3rd Cup in row def Canucks in Vancouver 3-1 in game 4
1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
1986 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in LA
1988 US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant
1991 Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character)
Holidays
Cayman Islands : Commonwealth Day
Religious Observances
____ Unification Church : Day of Love of God
1160_ RC : Commemoration of St Ubaldus, bishop/confessor
Religious History
1540 German reformer Martin Luther remarked: 'In the worst temptations nothing can help us but faith that God's Son has
put on flesh, is bone, sits at the right hand of the Father, and prays for us. There is no mightier comfort.'
1850 Birth of Arthur H. Mann, English church organist. In addition to being an authority on Handel, Mann also composed
a number of sacred hymn tunes, including ANGEL'S STORY, to which we sing today, "O Jesus, I Have Promised."
1866 Missouri Lutheran Synod founder C.F.W. Walther wrote in a letter: 'God carries on His work through men with
whom it sometimes seems as if one would go to the right and the other to the left and the third one would hold back, and
yet the work progresses.'
1920 Popular Baptist pastor and denominational leader George Washington Truett, 53, preached his famous sermon,
"Baptists and Religious Liberty," to 15,000 people from the Capitol steps in Washington, D.C.
1929 The Shaffer Lectureship was established at the Yale Divinity School, in memory of Kent Shaffer, Ph.B., 1907. The
lectures are concerned with some phase of the life, character and teachings of Jesus. Lecturers have included C.H.
Dodd (1935); Ralph W. Sockman (1936); Martin Dibelius (1937); and James Moffatt (1940).
~MarciaH
Wed, May 17, 2000 (16:45)
#233
History - May 17
Birthdates which occurred on May 17:
1444 Sandro Botticelli Italian painter (Birth of Venus)
1749 Edward Jenner England, physician, discovered vaccination
1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer discovered Helium/founded Nature magazine
1866 Erik Satie Honfleur France, composer (M�moirs d'un Amb�sique)
1888 Selmer Jackson Iowa, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
1889 Marcel Moyse Saint-Amour, France, flutist (20 Exercises et �tudes)
19-- Audie Desbrow rocker (Great White-Twice Shy)
19-- Fiona Hutchison actress (Gabrielle-One Life to Live)
19-- Paige Turco actress (Melanie-Guiding Light)
1900 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Iran's spiritual leader
1901 Werner Egk Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige)
1907 Horace McMahon South Norwalk Ct, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
1907 Ilona Elek Hungary, foils (Olympic-gold-1948)
1908 Zinka Milanov Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927)
1911 Maureen O'Sullivan Boyle Ireland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)
1912 Archibald Cox 1st Watergate special prosecutor
1912 Clarence (Ace) Parker NFL QB (Brooklyn, Boston Yanks)
1920 Harriet Van Horne Syracuse NY, columnist/panelist (Leave it to Girls)
1920 Lydia Wideman Finland, 10K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1921 Dennis Brain London England, french-hornist (Serenade)
1923 Birgit Nilsson Karup Sweden, soprano (Elektra)
1923 Peter (Mennini) Mennin Erie Pennsylvania, composer (Moby Dick)
1934 Earl Morrall NFL QB (Lions, Giants, Colts)
1935 Ivan Slone world-famous watchmaker
1936 Dennis Hopper actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider)
1938 Don Dolan Staten Island NY, actor (Guy Lewis- General Hospital)
1942 Taj Mahal NYC, singer/songwriter (The Real Thing)
1944 Jesse Winchester Shreveport La, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it)
1946 Sinaida Turchina USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1950 Bill Bruford drummer (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis)
1950 Christian Lacroix French couturier (Chic Frills)
1953 Kathleen Sullivan Pasadena Ca, newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show)
1956 "Sugar" Ray Leonard welter/middle/light-heavyweight boxing champion
1956 Bob Saget comedian/actor (Danny-Full House, America's Home Videos)
1962 Tracey Bryn rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee)
1963 Brigitte Nielsen actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV, Domino)
1970 Jordan Nathaniel M Knight Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
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Deaths which occurred on May 17:
1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard 1st US woman free balloon pilot, dies
1985 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
1985 Hugh Burden actor, dies at 72
1987 Gunnar Myrdal Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
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1966 DEERE DONALD T. SNYDER TX
1967 DODGE RONALD WAYNE SAN DIEGO CA
1967 LEWIS CHARLIE G. FAYETTEVILLE NC
1971 PEARCE DALE A. MENTOR OH
1971 SOYLAND DAVID P. RAPID CITY SD
1969 STEWART VIRGIL G. BATON ROUGE LA
1970 WESTWOOD NORMAN P. JR. WEST HARTFORD CT
1968 YOUNG CHARLES L. NEW YORK NY
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On this day...
218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
352 Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
884 St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1620 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey)
1630 Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface
1672 Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada)
1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)
1792 24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
1794 Hard frost in southern New England
1804 Lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
1809 Papal States annexed by France
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)
Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll
1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
1872 Bohemian Club incorporated
1875 1st Kentucky Derby run at Churchill Downs, Aristides wins
1881 Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Wash DC
1887 J Palisa discovers asteroid #266 Aline
1890 The opera "Rustic Chivalry" is produced (Rome)
1898 Camp Merritt established in Presidio [see 0503]
1906 Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic
1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks
1915 National Baptist Convention chartered
1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #891 Gunhild
1921 President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show
1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)
1927 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
1928 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam
1932 Congress changes the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"
1938 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network
1939 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball
1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France
1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education
reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
1957 Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC)
1959 Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122
1960 1st atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA
1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district
1963 Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1
1964 Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
1967 Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back"
1968 European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite
1969 Balt, Cleve & Pitts agree to go from NFC to the AFC in the NFL
1969 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus
1970 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra
1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroids #2400 Derevskaya, #3082 Dzhalil & #3146
1973 Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings
1973 Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love"
1975 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"
1975 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
1979 -12� F (11� C), Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
1980 Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
1980 Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live
1980 VS Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on 1 foot for 33 hrs
1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff
1983 Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1983 Oilers 2-Isles 4-Stanley Cup-Isles win cup 4-0 (15-5)
1985 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska
1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
1989 Nelson Mandela recieves a BA from U of S Africa
1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71
Holidays
Cuba : Agrarian Reform/Peasant Day
Norway : Independence Day/Constitution Day (1814)
Religious Observances
988_ RC : Comm of St Dunstan, archbp of Canterbury, patron of jewelers
1592_ RC : Commemoration of St Paschal Baylon, lay brother
Religious History
352 Liberius was elected 36th pope of the Early Church. During this time the dispute between Arius and Athanasius
was at its height, and after vacillating earlier, Liberius vindicated himself as a champion of Nicene orthodoxy.
1291 Scottish medieval Franciscan philosopher John Duns Scotus, 25, was ordained. He believed in "divine will" rather
than "divine intellect," and founded a scholastic system called Scotism. In the Catholic Church he is known as "the Subtle
Doctor."
1844 Birth of Julius Wellhausen, the German biblical scholar who, in his 1878 "History of Israel," first advanced the
JEDP Hypothesis, claiming that the Pentateuch (i.e., the first five O.T. books) was a compilation of four earlier, literary
sources.
1881 The Revised Version (EV or ERV) of the New Testament was first published in England. The Old Testament was
completed in 1885. In 1905 the American Standard Version (ASV) �� based on the textual foundation of the ERV
�� was published in the U.S.
1947 The Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAA) was formally established at Atlantic City, NJ, as a
breakaway movement from within the American Baptist Convention.
Source for this Religious History section: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
~MarciaH
Thu, May 18, 2000 (02:01)
#234
May 18 in history:
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Napoleon (1769 - 1821) was crowned Emperor of France on
this day in 1804. Soon after, several European powers
banded together to fight the powerful Napoleonic forces.
Unfortunately, the alliance was a failure, as Napoleon
crushed his enemies in battle after battle. However, he was
unable to keep his foothold in Spain, and this began his
downhill slide. The British entered the fray, and under the
command of the Duke of Wellington, managed to drive
Napoleon back into France. He suffered a crushing defeat at
Waterloo from which he never fully recovered. The former
emperor was banished to Elba, where he lived out the
remaining years of his life.
~MarciaH
Thu, May 18, 2000 (02:03)
#235
Birthdates which occurred on May 18:
1830 Karl Goldmark Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)
1836 Wilhelm Steinitz Austria, world chess champion (1866-94)
1850 Oliver Heaviside physicist predicted existance of ionosphere
1865 William Heinemann England, publisher (Chemical Instrumental)
1868 Nicholas II last Russian tsar (1894-1917)
1872 Bertrand Russell England, mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950)
1883 Walter Gropius architect (founded Bauhaus school of design)
1885 Eurico Gaspar Dutra president of Brazil (1945-50)
1891 Rudolf Carnap philosopher (German Logical Positivist)
1892 Ezio Pinza Rome Italy, bass (NY Met-South Pacific)
1897 Frank Capra movie director (Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic & Old Lace)
19-- Gail Strickland Birmingham Ala, actress (Alice West-Insiders)
19-- Priscilla Pointer NYC, actress (Rebecca-Dallas, Call to Glory)
19-- Steve Delong rocker (Sweet F.A.-Stick To Your Guns)
1900 Sarah Miriam Peale US, portrait painter (Gen Lafayette-1825)
1901 Henri Sauguet Bordeaux France, composer (La Chotte)
1902 Meredith Willson Mason City Iowa, composer (Music Man)
1904 Jacob K Javits (Sen-R-NY)
1907 Clifford Curzon London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal)
1909 Fred Perry Stockport England, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1934-36)
1911 Joe Turner KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll)
1912 Perry Como singer/TV (Perry Como Show, What did Delaware?)
1912 Richard Brooks Phila, director (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood)
1914 Pierre A Balmain France, fashion designer (1940's "New Look")
1918 Pope John Paul II 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- )
1919 Dame Margot Fonteyn England, ballerina (partner of Nureyev)
1919 Margot Fonteyn England, ballerina (Giselle)
1922 Bill Macy Revere Mass, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)
1923 Liam Sullivan Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)
1924 Jack Whitaker Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
1928 Pernell Roberts Waycross Ga, actor (Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD)
1930 Babara Goldsmith New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)
1930 Don L Lind Midvale Utah, astronaut (STS 51B)
1930 Pernell Roberts actor (Adam Cartwright, Trapper John)
1931 Robert Morse Newton Mass, actor (That's Life, Jack Frost)
1934 Dwayne Hickman LA, actor (Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini)
1937 Brooks Robinson Baltimore Oriole 3rd baseman (1955-77)
1937 Ildik� Sagi-Retj� Hung, foils (Oly-2 gold/3 silv/2 bronze-1960-76)
1941 Diane McBain Cleve Ohio, actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass)
1946 Reggie Jackson "Mr October" baseball rightfielder (Yankees, A's)
1949 Rick Wakeman rocker (Yes-Fish Out of Water)
1950 Rodney Milburn Jr USA, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972)
1951 James Stephens Mount Kisko NY, actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island)
1952 George Strait country singer (Beyond the Blue Neon)
1958 Toyah Wilcox Birmingham England, rocker (I Want ti Be Free)
1960 Yannick Noah France, tennis player (French 1983)
1969 Martika [Marta Marrero], Cuba, singer (Toy Soldiers)
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Deaths which occurred on May 18:
1848 William A Leidesdorf black, dies at 38 in SF
1955 Mary McLeod Bethune educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79
1955 Mary McLeod Bethune slave/educator, dies at 79
1980 Ian Curtis musician (Joy Division), dies
1981 Arthur O'Connell actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years), dies at 73
1985 Tex Terry actor, dies at 82
1987 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73
1990 Jill Ireland actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies at 54 of cancer
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
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1972 BEDNAREK JOHNATHAN B. GREENLAWN NY
1967 CAMERON KENNETH R. BERKLEY CA
1969 CUDLIKE CHARLES J. DETROIT MI
1967 DELONG JOE L. MC MINNVILLE TN
1971 ENTRICAN DANNY D. BROOKHAVEN MS
1968 GIST TOMMY EMERSON DURANT OK
1966 GUILLET ANDRE R. WATERBURY CT
1966 HARLEY LEE D. DANVILLE VA
1965 HRDLICKA DAVID L. LITTLETON CO
1968 JAMES CHARLIE N. GLENDALE CA
1968 MONROE VINCENT D. OAKLYN NJ
1966 MOORE WILLIAM J. MONMOUTH IL
1967 NAUGHTON ROBERT J. CEDAR RAPIDS IA
1968 PADILLA DAVID E. BORGER TX
1972 RATZEL WESLEY D. SCRANTON PA
1965 TAVARES JOHN R.
1968 UYEYAMA TERRY J. LEONIA NJ
1966 WALL JERRY M. NACOGDOCHES TX
On this day...
526 St John I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1756 England declares war on France
1804 Napoleon became Emperor of France
1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil
1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of
his invention, the lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever
1860 Abraham Lincoln nominated for president
1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #403 Cyane
1896 Plessy v. Ferguson upholds "separate but equal" policy
1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1897 NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga
1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
1911 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #714 Ulula
1912 H E Wood discovers asteroid #758 Mancunia
1912 Phila A's beat Detroit Tigers 24-2
1917 US passes Selective Service act
1922 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #978 Aidamina
1926 H E Wood discovers asteroid #2193 Jackson
1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapes
1929 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16
1933 TVA Act signed by FDR
1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks
1941 Jewish veterans honor their dead
1942 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1601 Patry
1942 NYC ends night baseball games for the rest of WW II
1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates
1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
1951 UN moves HQ to NYC
1953 1st woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for ~ 30 yrs)
1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC
1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt
1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
1969 Apollo 10 launched toward lunar orbit
1971 Mont Canadiens beat Chic Black Hawks 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup
1971 Pres Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
1971 Utah Stars beat Ky Colonels in 4th ABA championship, 4 games to 3
1971 Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2691
1974 India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
1977 E S Bus discovers asteroid #3598 Saucier
1979 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2304 Slavia
1980 Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State
1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
1991 USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
Holidays
Haiti : Flag Day/University Day
Uruguay : Battle of Las Piedras (1828)
Religious Observances
____ Christian : St Eric of Sweden
250_ RC : Commemoration of St Venantius, bishop, martyr
526_ RC : Commemoration of St John I, pope & martyr (523-526)
1160_ Luth : Commemoration of Erik, King of Sweden, martyr
Religious History
1291 Acre, the last territory in Palestine taken by the first Crusaders, fell to invading Moslem armies. It signalled the end
of a Christian "military presence" in the Near East. (Afterwards, friars sought to spread the gospel by preaching
instead.)
1631 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decreed that 'no man shall be admitted to the body politic but
such as are members of some of the churches within the limits' of the colony. (Separation of church and state was an
unthinkable concept in early American colonialism.)
1766 The Church of the United Brethren in Christ was organized in Lancaster, PA, under the leadership of Martin
Boehm, 41, and Philip William Otterbein, 39. (It became a branch of the Evangelical United Brethren in 1946.)
1814 In Philadelphia, the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America
for Foreign Missions was established -- the first national organization of Baptists in the U.S. It was later called the
Triennial Convention because it met every three years.
1925 Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, 34, disappeared while on a beach outing. Turning up five weeks
later, she claimed to have been kidnapped and held prisoner, before escaping from her abductors.
Source for this Religious History section: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
~MarciaH
Thu, May 18, 2000 (21:59)
#236
May 19 in History
Birthdates which occurred on May 19:
1611 Innocent XI 240th Roman Catholic pope (1676-89)
1795 Johns Hopkins philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University
1864 Carl Ethan Akeley US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process
1879 Lord Waldorf Astor Eng, 2nd viscount (C)/publisher (London Observer)
1890 Ho Chi Minh trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)
19-- Marilyn Chris actress (Wanda Wolek-One Life to Live)
19-- Tim Waldrip Spokane Wash, actor (Casey-American Dream)
1904 Anthony Bushell actor (Journey's End)
1904 Sven Thofelt Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1928)
1909 Bruce Bennett Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara)
1922 David McLean Akron Oh, actor (Tate-Tate)
1925 Malcolm X Omaha NB, assassinated leader of black muslims
1934 James Charles Lehrer Wichita Ks, news anchor (McNeil-Lehrer Report)
1935 David Hartman Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America)
1936 Elisabeth Schwartz Austria, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956)
1939 Francis R Scobee Wash, USAF/astronaut (STS 41C, 51L-Chal disaster)
1939 James Fox England, actor (Greystoke)
1940 Frank Lorenzo airline executive (Continental, Texas Air, Eastern)
1941 Nora Ephron NY, writer (Heartburn)
1945 Peter Townsend singer (Who-Tommy)
1946 Diedre Lenihan Atlanta Ga, actress (Wendy-Needles & Pins)
1947 Glenn Close Greenwich Ct, actress (Fatal Attractions) (or 0319)
1948 Grace Jones [Mendoza], Spanishtown Jamacia, singer/actress (Vamp)
1948 Tom Scott LA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show)
1952 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman], rock drummer (Ramones-Baby I Love You)
1954 Rick Cerone Newark NJ, catcher (Yankees/Red Sox/Mets)
1955 Ed Whitson pitcher (NY Yankees, SD Padres)
1955 Pierre J Thuot Groton Conn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-36, sk:49)
1956 Althea Gwyn WBL center (NY Stars)
1956 Steve Ford actor (Young & Restless)/son of Pres Gerald Ford
1957 Bill Laimbeer NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons)
1963 Yazz [Yasmin Evans], Mrs Simon La Bon/rocker (The One Way is Up)
1965 Joshua Rifkind actor (Marshall Chronicles)
Deaths which occurred on May 19:
804 Alcuin English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69
1536 Anne Boleyn wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1935 T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) dies in a motorcycle crash
1958 Ronald Colman British actor, dies at 67
1961 Joe Howard singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
1966 Tortoise reportedly given to Tonga's king by Capt. Cook (1773), dies
1971 Ogden Nash poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 68
1989 Robert Weber character actor, dies of Lou Gehrig Disease at 64
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1967 ANDERSON GARETH L. FALMOUTH MA
1968 DAVIES JOSEPH E. ALEXANDRIA VA
1965 DONOVAN LEROY M. CEDAREDGE CO
1967 GRIFFIN JAMES LLOYD GATES TN
1965 HARPER RICHARD K. BURLINGTON MA
1967 HELLBACH HAROLD J. NEW ORLEANS LA
1967 KNIGHT ROY A. JR. MILLSAP TX
1968 MC CUBBIN GLENN D. ALMENA KS
1967 MC DANIEL EUGENE B. KINSTON NC
1967 METZGER WILLIAM J. WISCONSIN RAPIDS WI
1972 MOTT DAVID P. FARGO ND
1972 NICHOLS AUBREY A. EL PASO TX
1967 PATTERSON JAMES K. LONG BEACH CA
1967 PLUMB JOSEPH C. MISSION KS
1967 RICH RICHARD STAMFORD CT
1967 RUSSELL KAY CORSICANA TX
1967 STARK WILLIAM R. CORANADO CA
1972 THOMAS WILLIAM E. PITTSBURG PA
1967 WALTERS JACK JR. WHITEVILLE NC
On this day...
715 St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1588 Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England
1749 George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley
1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England
to this day it's cause is still unexplained
1851 J R Hind discovers asteroid #14 Irene
1856 Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery
1862 Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
1863 Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete
1864 Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
1865 President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia
1874 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #138 Tolosa
1878 Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield
1881 J Palisa discovers asteroid #220 Stephania
1892 National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded
1893 A Charlois discovers asteroids #367 Amicitia & #368 Haidea
1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
1898 Simplon Tunnel opens from Brig, Switzerland to Iselle, Italy
1905 Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ
1906 Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes
1910 Cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings
1911 Phila Athletics are 12� games back in AL, & win the World Series
1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #875 Nymphe
1919 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #913 Otila
1921 Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
1923 Zev wins the Kentucky Derby
1928 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pa coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners
1928 51 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp, Cal)
1929 Stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death
1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1323 Tugela
1934 Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who
solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
1935 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
1950 NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
1954 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
1958 South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
1960 Juan Marichal debuts as SF Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter
1960 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222 m
1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret mics in the Moscow embassy
1965 Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
1967 USSR ratifies treaty with Engl & US banning nuclear weapons in space
1968 Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
1968 Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard
1971 USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
1973 Secretariat wins Preakness, 2nd leg in the Triple Crown
1974 Phila Flyers beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup
1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66
in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
1976 Gold ownership legalized in Australia
1979 Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd
1979 O Pizarro & G Pizarro discovers asteroid #2567 Elba
1979 Spectacular Bid wins the Preakness
#2596 Vainu Bappu & #3477
R M West discovers asteroids #2526 Alisary, #2595 Gudiachvili,
1980 Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper,
then retires the next 27 batters
1983 NASA launches Intelsat V
1984 Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup
1984 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game
1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1988 Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1
1989 Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
1989 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
1990 Summer Squall wins the 115th Preakness Stakes
2161 Syzygy: 8 of 9 planets aligned on same side of sun
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Finland : Flag Day of the Army
Turkey : Youth & Sports Day
Vietnam : Ho Chi Minh's Birthday (1890)
Canada : Victoria Day (1819) - - - - - ( Monday )
US : Armed Forces Day - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
Christian : St Ives
Ang, Luth : Commemoration of St Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury
RC : Commemoration of St Peter Celestine, pope
Religious History
1662 England's King Charles II approved a bill requiring all ministers to assent publicly to the Anglican "Book of
Common Prayer."
1740 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'True faith is not merely in the head, but in the heart.'
1885 The complete Old and New Testament English Revised Version (EV or ERV) of the Bible was first published in
England. After a promised 20-year wait, U.S. scholars on the ERV committee published an "Americanized" edition in
1905, known afterward as the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible.
1939 Death of Howard B. Grose, 88, U.S. Baptist leader and author of the hymn, "Give of Your Best to the Master." At
one time president of South Dakota State University, Grose also worked with American Baptist publications and home
missions.
1971 "Godspell" first opened at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York City. The musical by Stephen Schwartz is based
on the New Testament Gospel of Matthew, and is still produced by secular and religious theater groups today.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. "
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~MarciaH
Fri, May 19, 2000 (17:39)
#237
May 18, 2000
Frog Jumping Jubilee
On this day in 1928, fifty-one frogs entered the first
annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" in the town of Angel's Camp
located in Calaveras County, California. The contest
probably had something to do with the fact that Mark
Twain's first published work was "The Celebrated Frog of
Calaveras County." Also, Mr. Twain, who had become a
household name, lived nearby. The town of Angel's Camp has
scattered reminders of Mr. Twain and frogs all over town.
And during the third week of May, thousands of contestants
from around the world converge for this unique frog-jumping
contest. Take a look at the welcoming sign
http://www.yosemitegold.com/angels/ac3.gif
~MarciaH
Fri, May 19, 2000 (23:24)
#238
This day in History - May 20
Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of May 20:
1537 Hieronymus Fabricius Ab Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)
1750 Stephen Girard bailed out US bonds during War of 1812
1759 William Thornton architect (Capitol building, Wash DC)
1768 Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison 1st lady
1799 Honor� de Balzac France, novelist (Pere Goriot)
1806 John Stuart Mill philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian
1818 William George Fargo helped to found Wells, Fargo & Co
1822 Fr�d�ric Passy co-winner of 1st Nobel Peace Prize (1901)
1841 Sara Louisa Oberholtz social reformer, anti-smoking advocate
1844 Henri Julien Felix Rousseau French painter (The Dream)
1851 Emile Berliner Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record)
1851 Rose Hawthorne Lathrop US, nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne
1882 Sigrid Undset Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928)
1890 Beniamino Gigli Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde)
1894 Adela Rogers St John journalist/author (Foreign Correspondant)
1899 John M Harlan Chicago, US supreme court justice (1955-71)
19-- Dave Thomas St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV)
19-- Jay Schellen rocker (Hurricane-I'm On To You)
19-- Pete McClanahan rocker (Warrior Soul-Last Decade of The Century)
1901 Max Euwe Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37)
1908 Jimmy Stewart PA, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life)
1912 Joseph Proce 3rd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1913 William Hewlett cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Co
1915 Moshe Dayan Israeli general/politician
1919 George Gobel Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife)
1921 John Marchi (Rep-R-NY)
1923 Edith Fellows Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets)
1926 David Hedison Providence RI, actor (Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea)
1927 Bud Grant Wisc, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota)
1930 James McEachin Pennert NC, actor (Harry-Tenafly)
1931 Chiharu Igaya Japan, slalom (Olympic-silver-1956)
1933 Constance Towers actress (Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss)
1933 Danny Aiello actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing)
1934 Alexei A Leonov cosmonaut (Voskhod 2, Apollo-Soyuz)
1938 Christina Bass-Kaiser 3K spped skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
1940 Sadaharu Oh of Yomiuri Giants (Japan), hit 868 career HR
1942 Paula aka Jill Jackson, Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
1944 Cipa Dichter Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
1944 David M Walker Columbus Ga, Capt USN/astron (STS 51-A 30, sk:STS-44)
1944 Joe Cocker England, rock musician (You are so Beautiful to me)
1946 Bakhaavaa Buidaa Mongolia, wrestler (Oly-silver-1972) disqualified
1946 Cher Bono Cal, rocker/actress (I got you babe, Jack Lalane, Mask)
1948 John R McKernan Jr (Gov-Maine)
1951 Thomas D "Tom" Akers St Louis, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 41, sk:49)
1951 William Cullen Bryant actor (Hell Squad)
1958 Jane Wiedlin Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour)
1958 Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr Pres son/TV host (Ron Reagon Show)
1959 Bronson Pinchot NYC, actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop)
1961 Kit Clarke rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer)
1961 Nick Heyward guitar/vocals (Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts)
1962 Lydia Cheng NYC, Ms. Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2)
1962 Sylvie Rauch Munich German FR, nude model
1963 Brian Nash Glendale Calif, actor (Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies)
1964 Joseph Sinnott Edwards Chicago, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1965 Fia Porter Mexia Tx, actress (Audrey Ames-One Life to Live)
1966 Mindy Cohn LA, actress (Facts of Life)
1969 Suzanne Lawrence Humble Texas, Miss Texas-America (1991) (4th)
Deaths which occurred on May 20:
1506 Christopher Colombus explorer, dies in poverty in Spain at 55
1834 Marquis de Lafayette French general, dies
1876 Khristo Botev Bulgarian poet, dies
1939 Joe Carr NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59
1972 Walter Winchell columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75
1984 Peter Bull British actor, dies of a heart attack at 72
1985 George Memmoli actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
1989 Gilda Radner comedienne (Sat Night Live), dies at 42 of cancer
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 FRITS ORVILLE B. CONCORD CA
1967 GRAMMAR WILLIAM MICHAEL OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1967 KEEFE DOUGLAS ONEIL COLUMBIA SC
1968 LEHRMAN RONALD J. GRANITE OK
1967 MADDOX NOTLEY GWYNN ROCKFORD IL
1967 MILLIGAN JOSEPH E. GRANDIN NJ
1968 ROBERTSON JOHN H. BIRMINGHAM AL
1967 SMITH HOMER L. ALMA WV
1968 TESTER JERRY A. SUGAR GROVE NC
1967 VANLOAN JACK L. CORVALLIS OR
1972 WILLIAMS JAMES W. MEMPHIS TN
On this day...
325 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nic�a, Asia Minor
526 Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria
1690 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
1774 Britain gives Qu�bec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio
1775 Citizens of Mecklenburg County, NC declare independence of Britain
1830 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American)
1845 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii
1861 Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle
1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War
1861 North Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union
1862 Homestead Act provides cheap land for settlement of the West
1868 Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant
1874 Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz
1875 Intl Bureau of Weights & Measures established by treaty
1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #293 Brasilia
1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
1902 US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends
1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #510 Mabella
1916 Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 & 1918)
1918 1st electrically propelled warship (the New Mexico)
1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
1927 At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris
1927 Great Britain via treaty grants Saudi Arabia's kingdom independent
1930 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot
1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention
& cure of athlete's foot
1932 Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic
1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger & air mail service
1st regular transatlantic airmail (NY to Marsseille France)
1940 Trailing 7-1 in the 9th to Pitts, Phils win 8-7
1941 Archer's "The Christian Calendar & the Gregorian Reform" published
1941 Germany invades Crete
1956 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll
1959 Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940
1960 Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
1961 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama
1964 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazer to qualify for US Olympic team
1965 Pakistani airliner crashed at Cairo Egypt, killing 120
1967 BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
1970 100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
1970 2 die in a NYC subway accident
1970 The Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premiers in UK
1971 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia
1972 Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets in 5th ABA championship, 4 games to 2
1972 Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified
1974 Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
1977 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
1978 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
1978 Affirmed wins the Preakness
1978 US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus
1979 1st western pop star to tour the USSR-Elton John
1980 Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
1980 In a referendum, 59.5% of Qu�bec voters reject separatism
1985 Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time
1985 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR
1985 Larry Holmes wins a decision over Carl Williams
1985 US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
1989 China declares martial law in Beijing
1989 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Bulgaria : Botev Day
Cambodia : Martyrs Day (1979)
Cameroon : Constitution Day (1972)
Cuba-1902, Saudi Arabia-1927 : Independence Day
Massachusetts : Lafayette Day (1834-anniversary of his death)
North Carolina : Mecklenburg Day (1775)
Za�re : Revolution Day
Canada : Victoria Day (1819) - - - - - ( Monday )
US : Armed Forces Day - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of Alcuin, deacon & abbot of Tours
RC : Memorial of St Bernardine of Siena, priest (opt)
Religious History
1530 German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'God's friendship is a bigger comfort than that of the whole world.'
1690 Death of John Eliot, 86, colonial missionary to the American Indians of Maryland. Eliot arrived in America from
England in 1631; by 1663 he had translated the entire Bible into the Algonquin Indian language.
1754 Columbia University in New York City was chartered as King's College, under sponsorship of the Episcopal
Church. The institution adopted its present name in 1896.
1878 William R. Featherstone died at the age of 32. A Canadian Methodist who spent his life in Montreal, it was
Featherstone who authored the hymn, "My Jesus, I Love Thee."
1937 Following a lifelong call to establish a worldwide evangelistic ministry to children, missions pioneer Jesse
Overholtzer, 59, founded Child Evangelism Fellowship, in Chicago.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Where facts are few, experts are many. "
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~MarciaH
Sun, May 21, 2000 (20:43)
#239
History for May 21
Birthdates which occurred on May 21:
427 -BC- Plato (Aristocles), Athens(?)
1471 Albrecht D�rer N�rnberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker
1527 Philip II king of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
1688 Alexander Pope England, poet (Rape of the Lock)
1780 Elizabeth Fry Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1834 Charles-Albert Gobat Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)
1851 L�on Bourgeois France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)
1860 Willam Einthoven inventor (electrocardiograph)
1865 C.J. Thomsen Denmark, archeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages
1872 Henry Warren Boston Mass, inventor (Telechon electric clock)
1878 Glenn Hammond Curtiss US, inventor (the hydroplane)
1898 Armand Hammer NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
1899 Ralph Sanford Springfield Mass, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
19-- Anthony Corder rocker (Tora Tora-Walkin' Shoes)
19-- Booth Savage Frederickton NB Canada, actor (Jason West-Hot Shots)
19-- John Ricco rock guitarist (Warrior Soul-Last Decade of The Century)
19-- John Zee NYC, actor (Bring 'em Back Alive)
19-- Lynnie Greene Boston Mass, actress (Maria-On Our Own)
19-- Richard Libertini Cambridge Mass, actor (Soap, Ghost)
1901 Horace Heidt Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)
1904 Fats Waller jazz pianist, composer (Ain't Misbehavin')
1904 Robert Montgomery Beacon NY, actor/dir (Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack)
1916 Harold Robbins author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers)
1916 Helen Willis Moody Roark tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
1917 Dennis Day NYC, actor/singer (Jack Benny Show)
1917 Raymond Burr actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla)
1920 Anthony Steel London, actor (Malta Story, Wooden Horse)
1921 Andrei Sakharov Moscow, physicist, human rights worker (Nobel '75)
1924 Peggy Cass TV panelist, actress (To Tell the Truth)
1924 Robert Parris Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings)
1926 Rick Jason NYC, actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn)
1926 Robert Creeley Mass, poet/novelist (The Island)
1927 Kay Kendall Yorkshire England, actress (Genevieve, Les Girls)
1929 Charles Wadsworth Barnesville Georgia, pianist (Lincoln Center)
1933 Barry Norman Britain, film critic (The Film Greats)
1938 David Groh Bkln NY, actor (Joe-Rhoda, Don-Another Day)
1941 Ronald Isley singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
1942 Robert C Springer St Louis, Col USMC/astronaut (STS-29, STS-38)
1945 Ernst Messersclmid Reutlingen Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
1947 Richard Hatch Santa Monica Calif, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
1948 Leo Sayer [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love)
1952 Mr T [Lawrence Tero], Chicago, actor, (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T)
1957 Judge Reinhold actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1959 Nick Cassavet�s actor (Rosemary's Baby, Quiet Cool)
1961 Tim Lever keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round)
1963 Yelena Vodorezova USSR, figure skater (Olympic-1976)
1964 Annabel Schofield Wales, actress (Laurel Ellis-Dallas)
Deaths which occurred on May 21:
1935 Jane Addams a founder of the ACLU, dies at 65
1970 Vinton Hayworth actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
1973 Vaughn Monroe singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
1984 Andrea Leeds actress, dies of cancer at 70
1987 Alejandro Rey actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
1988 Dino Conte Grandi Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
1990 Mary Victor Bruce who flew around the empire state bldg in 1930, dies
1991 Rajiv Gandhi Indian Prime Minster, assassinated
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1970 ALBERT KEITH A. THIBODAUX LA
1965 BRACE ERNEST C.
1966 BUCKLEY LOUIS DETROIT MI
1968 LEMCKE DAVID E. HILTON NY
1967 SIMPSON WALTER S. TRENTON NJ
1966 THACKERSON WALTER A. TALLADEGA AL
1967 WROBLESKI WALTER F. FREEHOLD NJ
On this day...
1602 Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
1832 1st Democratic party national convention
1846 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii
1856 Lawrence, Kans captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1861 Richmond, Va is designated Confederate Capital
1863 Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins
1879 Battle of Iquiquw
1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #197 Arete
1881 American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
1881 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association formed
1897 Yerkes Obsrvatory 40" (1 m) refractor used for 1st time
1898 US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized
1901 M Wolf & L Carnera discovers asteroid #480 Hansa
1904 Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms
1914 Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
1916 Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time)
1917 M Wolf discovers asteroids #872 Holda & #873 Mechthild
1922 H E Wood discovers asteroid #982 Franklina
1922 Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million
1924 Leopold and Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun
1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1304 Arosa
1929 Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC
1930 NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1196 Sheba
1932 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands
1933 Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph
1941 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (Robin Moor)
1943 Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators
1948 NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for the cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
1952 Bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1
1955 1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset
1961 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
1964 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations
1968 Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert
1968 US sub Scorpion sinks off Azores, with all 99 crew lost
1969 After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike
Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over the NY Mets
1970 National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State U
1971 National Guard mobilized to quell riot in Chattanooga Tenn
1975 Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of the Equal Opportunity Comm
1977 SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
1977 Seattle Slew wins Preakness remaining undefeated
1978 118 Unification church couples wed in England
1979 Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in the USSR
1979 Mont Canadiens beat NY Rangers 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup
1980 "Empire Strikes Back" premeirs
1981 NY Islanders beat Minn North Stars 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup
1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3018 Godiva
1982 P Wild discovers asteroid #2731 Cucula
1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB, for mating for STS-7 mission
1983 David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1
1985 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3305
1986 Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
1987 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
1988 Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore
1989 Nancy Lopez wins her 3rd LPGA championship
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
1990 Last episode of "Newhart" airs
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Ancient Rome : Agonalia
Chile : Battle of Inquique/Navy Day (1879)
Macedonia, Greece : Anastenarides Feast-dance barefoot on hot coals
NY : Armed Forces Day
US : Lindbergh Flight Day (1927)
Canada : Victoria Day (1819) - - - - - ( Monday )
US : Armed Forces Day - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
Orthodox : Feast of SS Constantine & Helen
Luth : Commemoration of John Eliot, missionary to the Indians
Religious History
1536 The General Assembly of Geneva, Switzerland officially embraced Protestantism by accepting the evangelical
faith of the Swiss reformers.
1739 Methodist hymnwriter Charles Wesley, 31, on the first anniversary of his religious conversion, penned the hymn, "O
For a Thousand Tongues."
1740 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter regarding Jesus' character; 'He was God and man in one
person, that God and man might be happy together again.'
1864 Belgian missionary priest Father Damien, 24, was ordained on the Island of Hawaii. Born Joseph de Veuster, the
Picpus Father began a work among the lepers on the island of Molokai in 1873. Contracting the disease in 1884, Father
Damien succumbed to it five years later.
1944 German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'God alone protects;
otherwise there is nothing.'
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime. "
~MarciaH
Sun, May 21, 2000 (20:47)
#240
May 22, 2000
Birthdates
1813 Richard Wagner Leipsig Germany,, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman)
1828 Albrecht Gr�fe pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology
1844 Mary Cassatt US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing)
1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle UK, brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice
1891 Robert Gordon Sproul educator/college pres (Univ of Calif)
1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti India, spiritual philosopher (Songs of Life)
19-- Victoria Wyndham actress (Rachel Cory-Another World)
1902 Al Simmons Milwaukee, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334
1907 Lord Laurence Olivier actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer)
1920 Thomas Gold astronomer; proposed steady-state theory of universe
1922 Judith Crist NY, movie critic (TV Guide)
1924 Charles Aznavour Paris France, singer (Monsieur Carnavel)
1924 Helen Wedemeyer Hilo Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-O)
1927 Michael Constantine actor (Room 222, Don't Drink the Water)
1928 T Boone Pickens buys large companies (Shamrock)
1933 John Browning Denver Colorado, pianist (Leventritt Award-1956)
1934 Peter Nero NYC, pianist (A Sunday in NY)
1938 Frank Converse actor (It's About Time, Dr Cook's Garden, Movin' On)
1938 Richard Benjamin actor/director (Goodbye Columbus, He & She)
1938 Susan Strasberg NYC, actress (In Praise of Older Women, Manitou)
1940 Michael Sarrazin actor (Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They)
1941 Paul Winfield LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn)
1942 Barbara Parkins Vancouver BC, actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum)
1943 Tommy John pitcher (Yankee/Dodger)
1950 Bernie Taupin musician, writes with Elton John
1952 Jan Todd woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat
1953 John Edward Stevens NYC, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
1954 Jerry Dammers keyboardist (Specials-The Special)
1956 Douglas Heyes Jr LA Calif, actor (Captains & the Kings, Aspen)
1959 (Steven Patrick) Morrissey British rocker (The Smiths & solo artist)
1970 Naomi Campbell London England, model/girlfriend of Mike Tyson
1972 Alison Eastwood daughter of actor Clint
Deaths which occurred on May 22:
1948 Claude McKay poet dies at 58 in Chicago
1984 John Marley actor, dies at 77 following heart surgery
1988 Giorgio Almirante Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73
1990 Rocky Graziano boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1968 ADAM JOHN Q. BETHEL KS
1967 BACKUS KENNETH F. PYRITES NY
1968 CHAMBERS JERRY L. MUSKOGEE OK
1968 CREWS JOHN H. III ASHVILLE NC
1968 GLOVER CALVIN C. STEUBENVILLE OH
1967 HOLMES LESTER EVAN PLAINFIELD IA
1968 KNEBEL THOMAS E. MIDWAY AR
1968 MASON WILLIAM H. CAMDEN AR
1968 MC PHAIL WILLIAM T. CHATTANOOGA TN
1968 MILLER EDWIN F. BERGEN NJ
1968 MITCHELL THOMAS B. LITTLETON CO
1968 PATE GARY BROOKS GA
1967 PERRINE ELTON L. PITTSFORD NY
1968 RASH MELVIN D. YORKTOWN VA
1968 ST PIERRE DEAN PAUL KANKAKEE IL
1967 VOGEL RICHARD D. MILLARD OH
On this day...
12 -BC- A daytime meteor shower, possibly Zeta Perseid observed in China
760 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1370 Jews are expelled from Brussels Belgium
1761 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Phila
1807 Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Phila)
1856 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #41 Daphne
1856 Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner
1858 Confederaci�n Granadina (now Colombia) forms
1863 War Dept establishes Bureau of Colored Troops
1868 Great Train Robbery; 7 men make off with $98,000 in cash
1872 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500)
1883 Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out
1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
1893 Montreal Athletic Assn beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game
1900 Associated Press organized
1900 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #455 Bruchsalia
1906 10th anniversary of Olympics, celebration held in Athens
1906 Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane
1909 1st SF fireboat, David Scannell, launched
1911 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row
1915 Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland)
1924 In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks
1927 Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4
1930 Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)
1930 Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 HRs in a game
1933 World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated
1939 Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel"
1946 Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3
1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece
1947 1st US ballistic missile fired
1950 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1580 Betulia
1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4
1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
1955 the oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finished 6th
1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th & 44th parallels severly
damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM
1962 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600 m
1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game
1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
1965 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1
1967 Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
1967 Fire at L'Innovation dept store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium)
1969 Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface
1970 Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus
1970 Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0
1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified
1974 Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later
1975 Ky Colonels beats Ind Pacers in 8th ABA championship, 4 games to 1
1976 NASA launches space vehicle S-179
1977 Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years)
1977 Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11
1980 Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2590 Mourao, #2673, #2926 Caldeira,
#3138 & #3374
1981 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23
1990 Final episode of "Newhart" airs
1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of the Tonight Show
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Angel's Camp, Calif : Jumping Frog Jubilee Day
Haiti : National Sovereignty Day
Sri Lanka : Republic Day (1972)
US : National Maritime Day
Canada : Victoria Day (1819) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
RC : Commem of St Rita of Cascia, widow; invoked in desperate cases
Orth : Translat of Relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker (5/9 OS)
Christian-Scotland : Term Day
Christian : Solemnity of Pentecost (Whitsunday)
Religious History
1541 In Germany, the Ratisbon (Regensburg) Conference ended, its mission to reunify the Catholic Church having
failed. From this time on, the Protestant movement became permanent.
1740 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not
all die martyrs.'
1868 Birth of William R. Newell, American clergyman and devotional writer. He published expository works on the Bible,
and is remembered today as author of the hymn, "At Calvary" (a.k.a. "Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride").
1944 The Gospel Mission of South America was founded by William M. Strong in Concepcion, Chile. An
interdenominational Protestant missions agency, its headquarters moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1975.
1967 The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) adopted the Confession of 1967. It was the
first major declaration of faith adopted by this branch of Protestantism since the Westminster Confession of 1647.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" One disadvantage of having nothing to do: You can't stop and rest. "
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~MarciaH
Tue, May 23, 2000 (00:17)
#241
History for May 23
Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of May 23:
1707 Carolus Linn�us Sweden, biological classifier
1734 Friedrich Anton Mesmer Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1810 Margaret Fuller writer/critic 1st pro book review column (NY Trib)
1820 James Buchanan Eads US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1828 Edward Hitchcock America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1844 'Abdu'l-Bah early Bah '� leader ('Azamat 7, 1)
1862 William "Dummy" Hoy professional baseball player who lived to 99
1883 Douglas Fairbanks 1st & greatest of Hollywood's swashbucklers
1891 P�r Lagerkvist Sweden, novelist/poet/dramatist (Nobel 1951)
1898 Frank McHugh actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young)
19-- Bill McCutcheon Russell Ky, actor (Dom Deluise Show, Ball Four)
19-- Charles Pierce SF, woman impersonnator (Judy Garland)
19-- Charytin Santo Domingo Dom Rep, TV entertainer (El Show de Charytin)
19-- Lucia Galan Argentina, singer (Pimpinera)
19-- Mary Fickett actress (Ruth Martin-All My Children)
19-- Phil Allocco rocker (Law & Order-Whiskey Song)
1901 Edmund Rubbra Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch)
1903 Walter Reisch US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic)
1908 John Bardeen physicist (Nobel 1956, 1972)
1910 Artie Shaw [Arthur Arshawsky], bandleader (Come'on my House)
1912 Jean Fran�aix Le Mans France, composer (Le Rui Nu)
1912 John Payne Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun)
1912 Marius Goring Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)
1914 Barbara Ward economist/writer (Only One Earth)
1919 Betty Garrett St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)
1920 Helen O'Connell Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)
1920 Sid Melton Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)
1923 Alicia de Larrocha Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
1928 Nigel Davenport Cambridge England, actor (Mucianus-Masada)
1928 Rosemary Clooney Kentucky, singer/coronet paper towels spokeswoman
1931 Barbara Barrie Chicago, actress (Breaking Away, Barney Miller)
1933 Joan Henrietta Collins London, actress (Alexis-Dynasty, The Bitch)
1934 Robert Moog inventor (the Moog Synthesizer)
1943 John Newcombe Australia, tennis pro (Wimbeldon 1967, 70, 71)
1945 Lauren Chapin actress (Kathy-Father Knows Best)
1949 Alan Garc�a P�rez pres of Peru (1985- )
1951 Anatoliy Karpov USSR, world chess champion (1975-85)
1952 "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler NJ, middleweight boxing champ (1982-83)
1964 Staci Greason Denver, actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives)
Deaths which occurred on May 23:
1498 Savonarola Italian preacher tortured & executed in Florence
1934 Bonnie & Clyde bank robbers killed in shoot-out with police in La
1937 John D Rockfeller industrialist, dies in Ormond Beach Fla
1945 Himmler Nazi commits suicide while in prison at Luneburg, Germany
1961 Joan Davis comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
1966 Ruth Gates actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
1968 Merle Kendrick orch leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
1970 Nydia Westman actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68
1973 Athena Lorde actress (Judith-One Man's Family), dies at 57
1981 George Jessel comedian/America's toastmaster general, dies at 83
1986 Sterling Hayden actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
1988 David Schoenbrun CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73
1972 BARNETT CHARLES E. HOUSTON TX
1972 BEAN WILLIAM R. JR. FT PAYNE AL
1969 BENTON GREGORY R. VALLEJO CA
1972 BYRNS WILLIAM G. ST. LOUIS MO
1968 COCHRAN ISOM CARTER JR. HOUSTON TX
1967 HOMUTH RICHARD W. SPRING VALLEY CA
1968 LANE GLEN O. ODESSA TX
1968 OWEN ROBERT D. CHATHAM VA
1967 PETTIS THOMAS E. MOBILE AL
1969 RAMIREZ ARMANDO WILLCOX AZ
1967 SCHMITTOU EUREKA LAVERN RINGGOLD TX
1968 SCHRUMP RAYMOND C. TOMAHAWK WI
1967 SOUCY RONALD PHILIP WHITTING LAKE IN
1965 WALKER BRIEN J. BOSTON MA
On this day...
1430 Joan of Arc captured by Burgundians, who sell her to English
1533 King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null & void
1576 Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory
1618 Defenestration of Prague; the beginning of the 30 Years War
1701 Capt Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder
1785 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1788 SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
1844 Declaration of the B b (Bah '� festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)
1848 Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator
1853 Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)
1856 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #42 Isis
1861 Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession
1862 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Fort Royal, Virginia
1864 Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting
1873 Canada's North West Mounted Police force established
1873 Postal cards sold in SF for 1st time
1876 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)
1878 Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia
1882 6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa
1883 Baseball game between one-armed and one-legged players
1887 1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC
1898 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from SF
19-- B.J. & Peg Hunnicutt of Mill Valley's anniversary (on M*A*S*H)
1901 US captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo
1903 1st automobile trip across US from SF to NY, ended April 1
1903 1st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin
1908 Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die
1908 Part of the Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Wash
1911 NY Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by Pres Taft
1915 Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in WW I
1921 "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC
1922 "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances
1922 Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
1922 Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
1926 Lebanese constitution established under French mandate
1932 Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds
1935 1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinatti)
1939 British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented
1939 British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949
1939 Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die
1943 In Dr Faustus, Serenus Zeitblom begins his bio of Adrian Leverk�hn
1943 Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr Faustus
1945 German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British
1948 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs
1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
1956 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, SF
1960 Israel announced capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1962 Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1962 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
1963 NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000
1965 Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150
1966 The Beatles release "Paperback Writer"
1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
1969 The Who release the rock opera "Tommy"
1970 Grateful Dead's 1st perfomance outside of the US (England)
1971 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
1979 "The Kids Are Alright" premiers
1979 Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
1981 NASA launches Intelsat V
1982 Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
1989 Lincoln Square in the Bronx named
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26
1990 NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minn Twins 12-0
1991 Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Bermuda : Empire Day
German Federal Republic : Republic Day (1949)
Jamaica : Labour Day
Rye, Sussex England : Mayoring Day
South Carolina : Ratification Day (1788)
Canada : Victoria Day (1819) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Christ : Feast of St Ives of Chartres, patron of lawyers (or 0519?)
Bah '� : Declaration of Bab (festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)
Ang, RC : Rogation Day
Jewish : Lag B'Omer (love for Holy Land Day) (Iyar 18, 5760 AM)
Religious History
1633 By French edict, only Catholic settlers were permitted permanent residence within the country known as New
France (called "Canada" today), thus ending 30 years of attempted colonization by Huguenots (Protestants).
1862 Birth of Hermann Gunkel, the German Protestant biblical scholar who pioneered the analytical approach to
understanding Scripture afterward known as "form criticism." Gunkel applied its formulas primarily to the Old Testament,
in his commentaries on Genesis (1901) and on the Psalms (1926-28).
1889 Birth of Mary Susanne Edgar, a Canadian YWCA leader who wrote a number of hymns during her years of leading
a Christian camping ministry with girls. Her best-remembered hymn: "God, Who Touchest Earth with Beauty."
1903 Death of American Congregational missionary Henry Blodget, 78. He served 40 years in China (1854-94), and
helped translate the New Testament into the colloquial Mandarin language of Peking.
1926 Birth of Wilbur Nelson, Christian broadcast personality and for many years the host of "The Morning Chapel Hour,"
a radio ministry originating in Paramount, California.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Real love stories have no endings. "
~MarciaH
Wed, May 24, 2000 (16:49)
#242
History for May 24
Birthdates
1544 William Gilbert Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)
1686 Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit German physicist; inventor (thermometer)
1743 Jean-Paul Marat France, revolutionist
1753 Oliver Cromwell Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington
1810 Abraham Geiger theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism
1816 Emanuel Leutze US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
1819 Queen Victoria England (1837-1901)
1870 Jan Christian Smuts proponnent of Commonwealth & League of Nations
1878 Lillian M Gilbreth engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)
1886 Paul Paray Le Tr�port Normandy, conductor (Artemis Trouble)
1895 Samuel I Newhouse US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour)
1899 Suzanne Lenglen Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)
19-- Judy Kahan Roslyn Heights NY, actress (Doc, Mary Hartman)
19-- Rich Robinson rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1905 Mikhail Sholokhov novelist (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)
1909 Wilbur Mills (Rep-D-Ark)
1913 Audrey Brown England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)
1914 Lilli Palmer Germany, actress (The Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar)
1918 Coleman A Young civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit)
1923 Siobhan McKenna Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
1927 John Kelly Jr US, sculls (Oly-gold-1956), brother of Grace Kelly
1932 Elaine Malbin opera singer
1934 Jane Byrne (Mayor-D-Chic)
1938 Tommy Chong Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor (Cheech & Chong)
1939 Dixie Carter actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
1940 Joseph Brodsky USSR, author (Less than 1, Nobel 1987)
1941 Andres Garcia Santo Domingo Dom Rep, actor (Tiger Shark)
1941 Bob Dylan [Zimmerman], Minn, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
1941 Tony Valentino rocker (Standells-Dirty Water)
1942 Derek Quinn guitarist (Freddie & the Dreamers)
1942 Sarah Dash Trenton, NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1943 Frank Oz Muppeteer (Grover, Yoda)
1943 Gary Burghoff actor (Radar-M*A*S*H)
1944 Patti LaBelle rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1945 Priscilla Presley Bkln NY, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun)
1946 Steve Upton rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In)
1951 Pat Bradley golfer (leader in the LPGA career earnings)
1953 Nell Campbell [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror)
1955 Roseanne Cash country singer (I Wonder)
1956 Helen Terry rocker (Now You're Mine)
1963 Gene Anthony Ray Harlem NY, actor (Leroy-Fame)
1963 Joe Dumars NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1970 Thomas Alden Page Glenridge NJ, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
1970 Tommy Page singer (I'll Be Your Everything)
1982 ? heaviest known viable baby, South Africa (10.2 kg)
Deaths which occurred on May 24:
1543 Copernicus allegedly sees 1st copy of De Revolutionibus &, dies
1543 Nicolas Copernicus astronomer, dies in Poland
1879 William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
1959 John Foster Dulles US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71
1963 Elmore James blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1972 Gavin Muir actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64
1974 Duke Ellington blues singer, dies at 75 of cancer
1986 Stephen D Thorne Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
1987 Hermione Gingold actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1972 BEELER CARROLL R. FRISCO TX
1972 HENN JOHN R. JR. SUTTON MA
1969 MANSKE CHARLES J. EL CAMPO TX
1969 MONTEZ ANASTACIO PRESIDIO TX
1968 RUCKER EMMETT JR. WICHITA FALLS TX
1968 SHANKS JAMES LEE OYSTER POINT NY
On this day...
1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
1738 Methodist Church established
1822 At Battle of Pichincha, Bol�var secures independence of Quito
1824 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
1829 Pope Pius VIII issues his program for the pontificate
1830 1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland)
1844 Samual FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg)
1846 Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War
1854 Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston
1861 Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"
1866 Berkeley, Calif named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne)
1870 Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US
1873 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #131 Vala
1878 1st American bicycle race held (Boston)
1878 CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston
1881 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario
1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres Arthur & Gov Cleveland
1884 Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party forms People's Party in the US
1890 Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
1918 Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning
1921 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected
1921 British Legion formed
1927 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1117 Reginita
1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
1930 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)
1931 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad
1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1195 Orangia
1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
1935 H Van Gent discovers asteroid #1385 Gelria
1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record
by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2
1940 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
1940 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1941 HMS Hood sunk by German battleship Bismarck
1944 Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark
1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
1951 Racial segregation in Wash DC restaurants ruled illegal
1951 Willie Mays begins playing for the NY Giants
1954 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1954 Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
1957 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited, Pleasant Hills, Pa
1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1962 M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit
1963 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
1964 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
1964 Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minn)
1967 AFL grants a franchise to the Cincinatti Bengals
1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
1968 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession
1969 Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1970 Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
1975 Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
1976 1st commerial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Wash DC)
1980 Flyers 4-Isles 5 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles win cup 4-2 (15-6)
1980 Iran rejects a call to the World Court to release US hostages
1980 NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup
1981 Al Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
1984 Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1986 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel
1986 Mont Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup
1986 Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hrs
1987 Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
1989 "Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" premiers
1989 NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
innings before giving up his 1st run of the season
NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3
1990 Andre Dawson recieves a record 5 intentional walks in a game
1990 Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
ancient Rome : Quando Rex Comitiavit; a. d. ix Kal. Junias
Bahamas, Belize, Gibralter, Lesotho, Turk & Caicos : Commonwealth Day
Bulgaria : Education Day/Enlightenment & Culture Day
Ecuador : Battle of Pichincha (1822)
England : Victoria Day/Empire Day (1819)
Canada : Victoria Day (1819) - - - - - ( Monday )
France : La Fete des Saintes Maries
Religious Observances
RC : Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, help of Christians
Orth : Feast of SS Cyril & Methodius, evangelizers (5/11 OS)
Luth : Commemoration of Copernicus, teacher
Luth : Commemoration of Euler, teacher
Ang : Commemoration of Jackson Kemper, 1st missionary bishop in US
Ang, RC : Rogation Day
Religious History
1738 English founder of Methodism John Wesley underwent his famous religious conversion at Aldersgate Chapel in
London. Later, in his journal, Wesley reflected under this date: 'I felt my heart strangely warmed....'
1752 According to a note inscribed in his Bible, Robert Robinson, 16, was "born again" ("renatus") under the preaching
of English revivalist George Whitefield. Robinson later authored the hymn, "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing."
1892 Birth of Earl B. Marlatt, American religious educator and hymnologist. In 1926 Marlatt penned the hymn, "`Are Ye
Able?' Said the Master," to be sung in a consecration service at Boston University's School of Religion.
1930 Pioneer linguist Frank C. Laubach, while serving as a Congregational missionary, wrote in a letter: 'As one makes
new discoveries about his friends by being with them, so one discovers the "individuality" of God if one entertains him
continuously.'
1950 In Boston, during its annual gathering, the Northern Baptist Convention formally changed its name to the American
Baptist Convention. Twenty-two years later, in 1972, the denomination changed its name once more, and became the
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" When all else fails, read the directions. "
~MarciaH
Thu, May 25, 2000 (19:23)
#243
History - May 25
Birthdates
1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
1845 William Muldoon Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL)
1847 John Alexander Dowie [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist
1865 John Raleigh Mott worked in intl church movements (Nobel 1946)
1878 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel)
1886 Philip Murray founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
1889 Igor Sikorsky developed a working helicopter
1898 Bennett Cerf publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line)
1898 Gene Tunney world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
19-- Hillary Bailey Smith actress (As the World Turns)
19-- Klaus Meine rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You)
19-- Sue Simmons news anchor (WNBC-TV)
1905 Joseph C Harsch Toledo Ohio, newscaster (Background)
1908 Theodore Roethke US, poet (Words for the Wind)
1917 Theodore Hesburgh ex-president of Notre Dame
1918 Claude Akins actor (BJ & the Bear, Movin' On, Lobo)
1918 Peder Lunde Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952)
1919 Lindsey Nelson Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
1921 Hal David lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969)
1923 John Weitz spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
1925 Jeanne Crain Barstow Calif, actress (Man Without a Star)
1926 Miles Davis trumpeter; pioneered cool jazz (Porgy & Bess)
1927 Robert Ludlum spy novelist (Bourne Identity)
1929 Beverly Sills [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano
1929 David S Ruder 23rd chairman of Security & Exchange Commission
1932 Georgi M Grechko cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
1934 Ron Nesson press secretary (Gerald Ford)
1935 Barbara Harris US, actress (Family Plot, Plaza Suite)
1936 Tom T Hall Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA)
1938 Ludmil Buldakova USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1938 Raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season)
1939 Dixie Carter actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
1939 Ian McKellen England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel)
1943 Leslie Uggams NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots)
1943 Sally Jesse Raphael TV talk show host (Sally)
1944 Frank Oz Heresford England, puppeteer (Sesame St, Muppet Show)
1945 Dave Lee Travis DJ
1946 Irnema Szewinski Kirszenstein Poland, 200m runner (1968 Olym Gold)
1947 Jessi Colter [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa)
1947 Karen Valentine Santa Rosa Cal, actress (Room 222)
1951 Clifford Archer bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1954 Allison Stern wife of radio personality Howard Stern
1955 Connie Selleca Bronx, actress (Hotel, Capt America II)
1958 Dorothy Straight 4 year old author (How the World Begun)
1958 Paul Weller guitar (Jam-This is the Modern World, Style Council)
1965 Mark Knight Calif, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
1969 Matt Borlenghi LA Calif, actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children)
1970 Lindsay Greenbush LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
1970 Sidney Greenbush LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
Deaths which occurred on May 25:
1919 Madame C J Walker wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 52
1971 Jo Etha Collier young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss
1971 Terence De Marney actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), dies at 62
1982 Larry J Blake character actor, dies at 68
1983 Sydney Box academy award producer, dies at 76
1985 Harold Hecht choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
1990 Vic Tayback actor (Mel-Alice), dies at 60 of a heart attack
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 GRAVES RICHARD C. SUNDERLAND MA
1965 HARNAVEE "THA CHAN ""CHIP"""THAILAND
1970 SPRINGMAN RICHARD LONG BEACH CA
1972 STRONG HENRY H. NORTH WALES PA
1969 WEITZ MONEK ROXBURY MA
1969 WILLIAMS LEROY C. JACKSONVILLE FL
On this day...
585 -BC- 1st known prediction of a solar eclipse
1085 St Gregory VII, pope (1073-85), dies (birth date unknown)
1721 John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent
1784 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
1787 Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding
1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)
1825 American Unitarian Assn founded
1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus
it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting the writ
1870 Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Qu�bec
1876 1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
1900 Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics
1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Red Sox lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
1911 Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Diaz
1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1915 Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0
1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #874 Rotraut
1924 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1030 Vitja
1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1244 Deira
1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates
1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1393 Sofala
1937 1st airmail letter to circle the globe returns to New York
1939 Carl Storck becomes the 2nd NFL president
1940 Golden Gate Intl Expo reopens
1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
1943 Riot at Mobile Ala shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers
1945 Arther C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co.'s Mine #5 killing 111
1948 SF receives its 1st telecast
1950 Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
1951 NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
1953 1st noncommercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
1955 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla
1961 JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon
1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m
1962 Isley Brother relase "Twist & Shout"
1963 Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game
1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1963 Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania & Zambia
1965 Dave Davies of the Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage
1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1st round for HW boxing title
1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
1968 Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
1970 Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars in 3rd ABA championship, 4 games to 2
1973 George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK
1973 Skylab 2 (US) launched
1973 US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
1975 Warriors beat Bullets for NBA championship, 4 games to 0
1977 "Beatles Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
1978 "Star Wars" released
1978 Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup
1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1979 Raul Gonz les of M�xico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4
1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
1981 Al Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes the 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1986 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
1989 Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens for the Stanley Cup
1989 Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
1992 Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show"
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Argentina : Day of the May Revolution/National Day (1810)
Chad, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Zambia : African Freedom/Unity Day
Jordan : Independence Day/Arab Renaissance Day (1946)
Lybia, Sudan : Sudan National Day/May Revolution Day (1969)
Yugoslavia : Day of Youth
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Anglican : Deposition of St Aldelmus, bishop/confessor
RC : Commemoration of St Urban I, pope (222-230), martyr
-BC- Buddhist-Hong Kong : Buddha's Birthday
Ang, RC : Mem of Bede the Venerable, priest, monk of Jarrow (opt)
RC : Memorial of St Gregory VII, pope [1073-85], confessor (opt)
RC : Feast of St Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi, virgin
RC : Commemoration of St Madeleine Sophie Barat, virgin
Christian : Solemnity of the Ascension
Religious History
1085 Alfonso VI of Castile captured Toledo, Spain, and brought the Moorish center of science into Christian hands.
1521 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V pronounced Martin Luther an outlaw and heretic for refusing to recant his
teachings while at the Diet of Worms (held the previous month).
1793 Stephen T. Badin, 25, was ordained in Baltimore, MD �� the first Catholic priest to be ordained in the newly
independent United States of America. Badin afterward served as a frontier missionary, and played a key role in
establishing Catholicism in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee during the early nineteenth century.
1824 The American Sunday School Union was established in Philadelphia. It pledged itself: (1) to circulate appropriate
literature in every part of the land; (2) to secure a unity of evangelistic effort; and (3) to plant a Sunday School wherever
there was a population.
1876 The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland (org. 1743) united with the Free Church of Scotland (org. 1843) to
form the new Free Church of Scotland. (In 1929 the Free Church merged with the Mother Church, afterward retaining the
name Church of Scotland.)
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. "
~MarciaH
Fri, May 26, 2000 (20:28)
#244
History for May 26
Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of May 26:
1667 Abraham De Moivre French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1689 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu English essayist, feminist, eccentric
1799 Alexander S Pushkin Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
1835 Edward Porter Alexander brigadier general of artillery
1859 Alfred Edward Housman Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)
1876 Jack Root boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
1877 Isadora Duncan SF, free form/interpretative dancer
1884 Charles Winninger Athens Wisc, actor (Charlie Farrell Show)
1886 Al Jolson jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee)
1893 Sir Eugene Goossens London England, conductor/composer (Perseus)
19-- Barbara Stock Downers Grove Ill, actress (Susan-Spenser For Hire)
19-- Robyn Bernard singer/actress (General Hospital)
1903 Estes Kefauver (Sen-D-Tn)
1907 John Wayne "Duke", [Marion Michael Morrison] actor (True Grit)
1908 Robert Morley England, actor (High Road to China)
1910 Laurance S Rockefeller CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
1913 Peter Cushing England, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles)
1914 Archie Duncan Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
1920 Peggy Lee Jamestown ND, singer (Is That All There Is?)
1923 James Arness actor (Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke, The Thing)
1923 Oren Lee Staley 1st pres of National Farmers Organization (1955-79)
1923 Roy Dotrice Guernsey Channel Island, actor (The Wizard)
1926 Miles Davis Alton Ill, jazz artist (cool jazz)
1927 Jacques Bergerac actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in the Sun)
1938 Teresa Stratas [Anastasia Stratakis], Toronto Canada, soprano
1938 William Elden Bolcom Seattle Washington, composer (Oracles)
1939 Brent Musburger sportscaster (CBS-TV)
1942 Levon Helm drummer/singer (Band)
1942 Ray Ennis England, guitar (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
1944 Verden "Phally" Allen keyboardist (Mott the Hoople)
1946 Stevie Nicks Phoenix Az, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna)
1947 Sherry Bain Calif, actress (Pipe Dreams)
1949 Dan Pastorini NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders)
1949 Dayle Haddon Montr�al Qu�bec Canada, actress (Bedroom Eyes)
1949 Hank Williams Jr country singer (Honky Tonk)
1949 Pam Grier Winston-Salem NC, actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough)
1949 Philip Michael Thomas Columbus Ohio, actor (Miami Vice)
1951 Sally Kristen Ride LA Calif, 1st US woman astronaut (STS-7, STS 41G)
1956 Joe Penny actor (Jake & the Fatman)
1957 Siouxsie [Susan Ballion], (Siouxsie & the Bandshee-Wild Thing)
1959 Wayne Hussey rocker (The Mission-Lover for Life)
1962 Colin Vearncombe rocker (Black-Wonderful Like)
1962 Genie Francis Englewood NJ, actress (General Hospital, Bare Essence)
1963 Charles Van Eman Pitts, actor (Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II)
1966 Zola Budd Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Olympics-1988)
1976 Benji Gregory Encino Calif, actor (Brian Tanner-Alf)
19?? Candace L Collins Dupo Illinois, playmate (Dec, 1979)
Deaths which occurred on May 26:
1851 Lincoln Ellsworth explorer, dies at 71
1933 Jimmie Rodgers country singer, dies at 35
1956 Al Simmons Outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54
1959 Ed Walsh baseball pitcher, dies at 78
1959 Joe Kelly TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57
1971 John Longden actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70
1977 William Powell rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1966 GLANDON GARY A. POWELL TN
1966 GRIFFEY TERRANCE H. FORT DODGE IA
1967 MECLEARY READ BLAINE OLD GREENWICH CT
On this day...
1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
1736 Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat the French
1781 Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia
1788 Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain
1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1864 Territory of Montana organized
1868 President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
1876 HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration
1887 Legal betting at rece tracks begins
1896 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY
1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average adopted
1896 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1898 SF approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies
1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the 3 Gables" (BG)
1907 Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
1913 Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
1915 H.H. Asquith forms a coalition government in England
1916 F Sy discovers asteroid #858 El Djezair
1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance was run
1928 A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yanks 7-4
1930 Joe Sewell, hardest to strike out, is struck out twice by Pat Caraway
1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1245 Calvinia
1933 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for the cycle vs St Louis Cards
1934 Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
1937 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
1938 House on un-American Activities begins work
1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila
1943 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)
1946 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
1948 South Africa elects a nationalist govt with apartheid policy
1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103
1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter,
broken up with 2 outs in the 10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
1958 Union Square, SF becomes state historical landmark
1959 Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
1961 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta
1961 USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
1963 Wes Stock becomes the only Balt Oriole to win a double header
1965 Revised intl Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
1966 British Guiana gains independence, takes the name Guyana
1969 Apollo 10 returns to Earth
1969 John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montrael)
1973 Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1
1973 Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28)
1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
1975 Tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2426 Simonov
1977 "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway
1977 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts
1978 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
1980 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
1980 Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
1981 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth
1983 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
1983 LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
1983 NASA launches Exosat
1984 C Shoemaker & E Shoemake discovers asteroid #3317 Paris
1984 Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
1984 Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
1984 Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 second silence, honoring radio
1990 Phila Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
2000 Thomas Paquette exhibition opened at Flanders Art Gallery, Minneapolis
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Guyana : Independence Day (1966)
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of St Eleutherius, pope [175-178], martyr
RC, Ang : Mem Augustine, English Apostle, 1st abp of Canterbury (opt)
RC : Memorial of St Philip Neri, priest
Religious History
1232 Pope Gregory IX sent the first Inquisition team to Aragon in Spain, after turning its details over to the Dominicans
the previous year.
1811 Birth of William Hunter, American Methodist clergyman. The author of three collections of hymns, published during
his lifetime, Hunter is best remembered today for the hymn entitled, "The Great Physician Now is Near."
1858 In Pittsburgh, the Associate Presbyterian and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches merged to form the
United Presbyterian Church in North America.
1899 Future President William McKinley, 56, wrote in his notebook: 'My belief embraces the Divinity of Christ and a
recognition of Christianity as the mightiest factor in the world's civilization.' (McKinley had been "born again," at age 10,
during a revival meeting, and later joined a Methodist church.)
1957 The religious program "The Fourth R" aired for the last time over NBC television. Produced by several different
religious organizations, this short-lived series aired on Sunday mornings.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" If reality wants to get in touch with me, it knows where I am. "
~MarciaH
Fri, May 26, 2000 (21:21)
#245
History for May 27
Birthdates
1332 Ibn Khaldun Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)
1626 William II prince of Orange
1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt millionaire (B & O railroad)
1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer suffragette known for her pantaloons
1819 Julia Ward Howe US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
1836 Jay Gould US railroad executive, financier
1837 Wild Bill Hickok cowboy
1867 Arnold Bennett England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)
1894 Dashiell Hammett author who created the hard-boiled detective
1894 Louis-Ferdinand C�line France, novelist (Journey to End of Night)
19-- Beau Kazer actor (Brock-Young and Restless)
19-- Isabel Lascuray Mexico, singer
19-- Susan Foster Torrance Calif, actress (Sierra)
1907 Rachel Louise Carson ecologist/writer (Silent Spring)
1908 Harold Rome composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles)
1911 Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1969 Pres candidate
1911 Vincent Price St Louis Mo, actor (The Fly, Laura)
1912 John Cheever writer (Wapshot Chronicle)
1912 Sam Snead Hot Springs Va, PGA golfer (Masters 1949, 52, 54)
1915 Herman Wouk US, author (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War)
1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone Japanese PM (1982-87)
1919 Kam Fong Honolulu Hawaii,actor (Hawaii Five-0)
1921 Caryl Chessman kidnapper who got the death penalty (1960)
1921 Redd Stewart Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)
1922 Christopher Lee actor (Hound of the Baskervilles)
1923 Henry Kissinger Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
1925 Mai Zetterling Sweden, actress (Only 2 Can Play, Quartet)
1928 Thea Musgrave Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots)
1930 John Barth novelist (The Sot-Weed Factor)
1930 William S Sessions Arkansas, director of FBI
1931 Kenny Price Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw)
1935 Lee Meriwether LA Calif, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)
1935 Ramsey Lewis Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
1936 Louis Gossett Jr Bkln NY, actor (An Officer & a Gentleman, The Deep)
1941 Allan Carr Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire)
1943 Bruce Weitz Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold)
1943 Cilla Black Liverpool England, rocker (You're My World)
1944 Christopher J Dodd (Gov/Sen-D-Ct)
1948 Pete Sears bassist (Jefferson Starship)
1954 Catherine Carr US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972)
1957 Susan Ballion singer (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
1958 Linnea Quigley Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of the Demons)
1958 Neil Finn rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
1961 Cathy Silvers NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square)
1965 Pat Cash tennis player (Wimbeldon 1987)
1965 Todd Bridges actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish)
1969 Dondre Whitfield Bkln NY, actor (Terence-All My Children)
Deaths which occurred on May 27:
1647 Achsah Young becomes 1st woman known to be executed as a witch (MA)
1949 Ropert L Ripley cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
1958 Ainslie Pryor actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
1964 Jawaharlal Nehru Independent India's 1st PM, dies
1969 Jeffrey Hunter actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
1975 Ezzard Charles heavyweight boxing champion, dies at 53 in Chicago
1976 Ruth McDevitt actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
1988 Florida Friebus actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies at 79 of a stroke
1991 Ed Dodd cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 BLACKWOOD GORDON B. PALO VERDE CA
1971 KNUCKEY THOMAS W. WHARTON NJ
1972 LATENDRESSE THOMAS B. YAKIMA WA
1970 LEE GLEN H. HONOLULU HI
1965 LYNN DOYLE W. ALIQUIPPA PA
1966 MONAHAN ROBERT W.
1966 SCALES THOMAS R.
1971 TAYLOR PHILLIP C. GRAND ISLAND NY
On this day...
1647 1st woman known to be executed as a witch, Achsah Young in Mass
1813 Americans capture Fort George, Canada
1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
1854 Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to SF completed
1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #44 Nysa
1873 1st Preakness Stakes won by Survivor (2:43)
1887 A Charlois discovers asteroid #267 Tirza
1896 1st major tornado to strike urban US (St Louis & E St Louis Mo)
1896 Bay District Race Track closes
1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF
1916 Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in the Bronx
1917 Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days
1920 Tatar ASSR established in Russian SFSR
1921 After 84 years of British control, Afgh nist n achieves sovereignty
1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va
1931 Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon
1931 Pressurized cabin in a balloon is 1st used
1933 Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago
1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11
1933 Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released
1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional
1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage
1937 Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated
1941 FDR proclaimes an "unlimited national emergency"
1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
1951 Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens
1958 Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
1958 Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
1961 Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach the Moon
1961 Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' �"
1963 3 NJ businessman purchase the NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval
to move them to the NJ Meadowlands (Devils)
1968 6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3
1968 Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost
1969 Walt Disney World construction begins
1970 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I
1975 Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
1975 Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup
1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges
Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
1977 NYC fines George Willig 1 for each of 110 stories he climbed
1979 Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop
1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #2434 Bateson
1981 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol
1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but the ump says no
1982 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3194 Dorsey
1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress
1984 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3671 Dionysius
1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day
1985 Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan
1986 Norway Showcase groundbreaking
1987 Jim & Tammy Bakker appears on "Nightline" after PTL scandal
1987 Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher making 700th start (Young & Sutton)
1990 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
1990 Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Afgh nist n : Independence Day (1921)
Nicaragua : Army Day
Nigeria : Children's Day
Turkey : Freedom & Constitution Day (1960, 1961)
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
old RC : Commemoration of St John I, pope, martyr
old RC : Feast of St Bede the Venerable, doctor, writer
Luth : Commemoration of John Calvin, renewer of the church
Ang, RC : Ember Day
Religious History
1664 Colonial theologian Increase Mather, 24, was installed as minister of Boston's Second (Congregational) Church.
He remained there until his death in 1723.
1799 Birth of George Washington Doane, American Episcopal clergyman. One of the foremost promoters of Episcopal
missions in his day, Doane also authored many hymns, including "Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float" and "Softly Now the
Light of Day."
1917 Benedict XV promulgated the "Codex iuris canonici." Divided into five books and 2,414 regulations, the CIC was
the first revision of canon law in the Catholic church in modern times, and went into effect at Pentecost the following year.
1924 The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, meeting at Springfield, Maryland, repealed its ban on
dancing and theater attendance.
1927 Birth of Ralph Carmichael, a popular sacred composer whose works flourished most during the 1960s-1970s.
Among his oft�sung arrangements are "The Savior is Waiting" and "He's Everything to Me."
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" When forced to choose between two evils, try the new one. "
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~MarciaH
Sat, May 27, 2000 (21:34)
#246
History for May 28
Birthdates
1371 John the Fearless Burgundy France, warrior
1660 George I king of England (1714-27)
1738 Dr Joseph Ignace Guillotin guess what he invented
1759 William Pitt the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)
1807 Louis Agassiz Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/teacher
1818 Gen P.G.T. Beauregard La, in charge of capture of Sumter
1838 Basil W Duke Kentucky, brigidare general
1886 Nicolai Sokoloff near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph)
1888 Jim Thorpe greatest US athlete of 1st half century
1896 Warren Giles baseball's National League president
19-- John Karlen Bkln NY, actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey)
1906 Phil Regan singer (My Wild Irish Rose)
1908 Ian Fleming gave James Bond a job (Goldfinger, Dr No)
1910 T-Bone Walker Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
1912 Patrick White Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel 1973)
1915 Scott McKay Pleasantville Iowa, actor (Stage Door)
1916 Walker Percy Brimingham Ala, author (Adventures of a Bad Catholic)
1917 Barry Commoner Brooklyn NY, biologist (Science & Survival)
1917 Marshall Reed Englewood Calif, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup)
1923 Gy�rgy Ligeti Dics�szentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer
1923 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao India, film star/politician
1925 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust)
1931 Carroll Baker Penn, actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow)
1931 Stephen Birmingham Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich)
1934 Dionne quintuplets (Annette, C�cile, �milie, Marie, Yvonne)
1938 Jerry West W Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
1944 Billy Vera musician (& the Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
1944 Gladys Knight Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of the Pips (Last train)
1945 John Fogerty guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1946 Madeline LeRouix Wyoming, actress
1947 Beth Howland Boston Mass, actress (Vera-Alice)
1947 Sondra Locke Shelbyville Tenn, actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
1956 Germaine Montenesdro 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1956 Susie Diane Owens Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988)
1957 Kirk Gibson Mich, outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP)
1962 Roland Gift rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
1968 Kylie Minogue Australia, rocker (Locomotion)
1970 Morgan Fox Prince George BC, playmate (Dec, 1990)
1977 Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
Deaths which occurred on May 28:
1843 Noah Webster lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
1898 Edward Bellamy US author ("Looking Backward"), died
1964 John Finley Williamson conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
1971 Audie Murphy actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
1972 Duke of Windsor who abdicated the throne, dies in Paris at 77
1975 Roy Roberts actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
1981 Mary Lou Williams black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
1986 Lurene Tuttle actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1971 CHAVIRA STEPHEN WASCO CA
1968 HILL JOSEPH A. TAYLORVILLE IL
1968 INGVALSON ROGER D. AUSTIN MN
1971 URQUHART PAUL D. MC MURRAY PA
On this day...
585 -BC- Thales Miletus predicts solar eclispe Persian-Lydian battle ends
640 Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1539 Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
1664 1st Baptist Church organized (Boston)
1742 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
1830 Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie
1868 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #99 Dike
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
1905 P Gotz discovers asteroids #566 Stereoskopiab & #567 Eleutheria
1907 Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy was 1st held
1918 Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent
1926 Military coup in Portugal
1926 US Customs Court created by congress
1929 1st all color talking picture "On With The Show" exhibited, NYC
1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1712 Angola
1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany
1941 1st night game at Wash DC, Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5)
1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
1953 Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
1955 Nashua wins the Preakness
1956 Carl Erskine becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
1957 NL approves Bkln Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to west coast
1959 Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts
1959 Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter
missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
1961 Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
1961 Last trip on the Orient Express (after 78 years)
1962 Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY
1962 US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day
1963 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)
1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st PM of Kenya
1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1965 Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
1971 Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
1971 USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Nat'l HQ at Watergate
1973 Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26)
1974 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2050 Francis
1977 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
1978 Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
1980 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
1980 Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
1987 Balt Oriole Mike Young hits 2 HRs in extra innings
1987 Bob Milacki sets Southern league pitching record 11 1/3 no hit inns
1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
1987 Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta
1987 Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn
1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed
1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Simon & Simon)
1989 Emerson Fittipaldi wins the Indianapolis 500
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Puerto Rico : Memorial Day
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868] - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
old RC : Feast of St Augustine, 1st achbp of Canterbury, confessor
Christ : Comm of St Bernard of Montjoux, patron of mountain climbers
Ang, RC : Ember Day
Religious History
1725 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'I can't think that when God sent us into the world He
had irreversibly decreed that we should be perpetually miserable in it.'
1818 Former president Thomas Jefferson set forth in a letter to a Jewish journalist his opinion of religious intolerance:
'Your sect by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal point of religious insolence, inherent in
every sect, disclaimed by all while feeble and practised by all when in power. Our laws have applied the only antidote to
this vice, protecting our religions, as they do our civil rights, by putting all on equal footing. But more remains to be
done.'
1898 In Italy, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for
320 years.
1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill which added the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1958 The Presbyterian Church in the U.S. merged with the Presbyterian Church of North America to form the United
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA).
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Every human being comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. "
~MarciaH
Mon, May 29, 2000 (18:35)
#247
History for May 29
Birthdates
1630 Charles II king of England (1660-85)
1736 Patrick Henry US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
1826 Ebenezer Butterick inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1860 Isaac Alb�niz Spain, composer (Iberia)
1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton England, journalist/novelist/poet/critic
1880 Oswald Spengler Germany, philosopher (Decline of the West)
1894 Beatrice Lillie Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days)
1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta)
19-- Aroya Megnot Southfield Mich, actress (Ava-Loving)
19-- Donna Jean Young East McKeesport Pa, comedienne (Laugh-in)
19-- Sandy Helberg Frankfurt Germany, actor (Flatbush, 79 Park Ave)
1903 Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope Kent England, entertainer (famous profile)
1905 Sebastian Shaw London, actor (High Season, Spy in Black)
1913 Iris Adrian LA Calif, actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard)
1915 Igor Buketoff Hartford Conn, conductor (Iceland Symph 1964-65)
1917 John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963)
1921 Clifton James NYC, actor (Buster & Billie, David & Lisa)
1922 Iannis Xenakis Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician
1926 Charles Denner Tarnow Poland, actor (And Now My Love)
1928 Felix Rohatyn Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds)
1936 Arlene McQuade NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)
1939 Al Unser auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
1942 Kevin Conway NYC, actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels)
1944 Helmut Berger actor (Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray)
1946 Robin Johnson Brooklyn, actress (Times Square)
1948 Anthony Geary Coalville Utah, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital)
1949 Francis Rossi rocker (Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man)
1949 Gary Brooker keyboardist (Procol Harum)
1950 Rebbie (Maureen) Jackson singer (R U Tuff Enuff)
1955 John Hinckley Jr shot & wounded Pres Reagan in 1981
1956 Greg R rocker (Bad)
1956 La Toya Jackson singer (posed in Playboy, Millipede)
1956 Larry Blackmon rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman)
1958 Annette Bening actress (Bugsy, Valmont)
1958 Ivar Sisniega Mexico, pentathelete (Olympic-1980)
1960 Mel Gaynor drummer (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1961 Rupert Everett actor (Livin' the Life)
1963 Lisa Whelchel Fort Worth Texas, actress (Blair-Facts of Life)
1963 Tracey E Bregman Recht actress (Young & Restless, Concrete Jungle)
1965 Emilio Sanchez Madrid Spain, Tennis player (1988 Olympic bronze)
1977 Danny Gerard Mt Vernon NY, actor (Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge)
1989 Danielle Riley Keough grand daughter of Elvis Presley
1991 Coral Browne Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77
Deaths which occurred on May 29:
1892 Bah 'u'll h Death of prophet (Ascension of Baha'Ullah-'Azamat 7, 49)
1951 Fanny Brice Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
1970 John Gunther author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
1982 Romy Schneider actress, dies of cardiac arrest at 43
1984 Eric Morecambe comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
1985 39 die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match
1985 Madge West actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
1991 Coral Browne Australian actress, (Dreamchild), dies at 77
1967 GARNER JOHN H. CHARLESTON HEIGHTS SC
1972 MORROW LARRY K. LOWELL NC
On this day...
757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1660 Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1787 "Virginia Plan" proposed
1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifing Constitution
1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state
1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
1861 Asteroid 72, Feronia, discovered (name for Italian goddess of groves)
1861 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #72 Feronia
1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #284 Amalia
1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run
1911 1st running of the Indianapolis 500
1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the
"Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1916 Official flag of president of US adopted
1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
1922 Ecuador becomes independent
1922 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a
business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
1953 Edmund P Hillary 1st reached the summit of Everest
1953 Hillary & Tenzing become 1st humans to reach top of Mt Everest
1954 Kirk & Anne Douglas married
1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
1962 Barbra Striesand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"
1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium
1967 Australian Paul McManus waterskis barefoot for 1:30:19
1971 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2127 Tanya
1973 Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles Calif
$100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating
1977 A.J. Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in the Indy 500
Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
1978 1st class postage now 15 (13 for 3 years)
1979 1st rock n roll radio network begins-The Source
1979 Radio's 1st rock network "The Source" premiers
1980 Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan Jr, National Urban Leag pres
1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
1983 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
1985 35 die in rioting between British & Italians at European Cup soccer
1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent
1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
1989 Student protesters in China construct a replic of Statue of Liberty
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49
1990 NY Mets file manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
England : Oak Apple Day/Nettle Day (1660)
Rhode Island : Ratification Day (1790)
Wisconsin : Admission Day (1848)
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Christian-Andorra : Our Lady of Canolic
old RC : Feast of St Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi, virgin
Luth : Commemoration of Jiri Tranovsky, hymn writer
Bah '� : Death (ascension) of prophet Bah 'u'll h ('Azamat 7, 49)
Religious History
1453 Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Christianity from A.D. 324, fell to the Turks. The city afterward became the
capital of the Ottoman Empire and was renamed Istanbul. Its conquest marked the end of the Middle Ages.
1698 Construction began on Old Swedes (Holy Trinity) Church in Wilmington, Delaware. The structure has been used
continuously as a place of Christian worship ever since.
1774 Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'Lord, keep me from all the superfluity of
dress, and from preaching empty stuff to please the ear, instead of changing the heart.'
1837 Birth of Charles W. Fry, the English musician who, along with his three sons, formed the first Salvation Army brass
band. Fry also authored the hymn, "Lily of the Valley."
1944 German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: 'We are to find God in what we
know, not in what we don't know; God wants us to realize His presence, not in unsolved problems, but in those that are
solved.'
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools. "
~MarciaH
Tue, May 30, 2000 (15:40)
#248
History for May 30
Birthdates
1672 Peter I (the Great) tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
1757 Henry Addington Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04)
1835 Alfred Austin Leeds England, poet laureate of England (Garden)
1846 Peter Carl Faberg� Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker
1847 Alice Sophia Stopford Green Ireland, proponent of Irish independence
1859 Pierre Marie Felix Janet France, psychologist/neurologist
1867 Arthur Vining Davis Sharon Mass, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)
1888 James A Farley postmaster general (1932-38)
19-- John Terlesky actor (Dakota-Guns of Paradise)
19-- Michel Langevin Canada, rock drummer (Voivod-Angel Rat)
19-- Scott Holmes actor (Tom-As the World Turns)
19-- Steve West rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
19-- Ted McGinley Newport Beach Calif, actor (Love Boat, Dynasty)
1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay)
1902 Stepin Fetchit actor (In Old Kentucky, Miracle in Harlem)
1903 Countee Cullen US, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems)
1904 Ernesto de la Guardia Jr President of Panam (1956-60)
1908 Mel Blanc voice of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig
1909 Benny Goodman Chicago Ill, swinger/clarinetist, "King of Swing"
1911 Douglas Fowley NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1914 Bobby Sherwood Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)
1916 Dr Joseph W Kennedy scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)
1920 George London Montreal Canada, baritone (Dr Greenvil-La Traviata)
1923 Jimmy Lydon Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)
1924 Norbert Schemansky USA, middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
1926 Christine Jorgensen pioneer transsexual
1926 Edouard Van Remoortel Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symph)
1927 Clint Walker Hartford Ill, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen)
1927 Dick Noel Bkln NY, TV host (It's a Small Wonder)
1932 Pauline Oliveros Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns)
1934 Alexei A Leonov Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II Soyuz 19)
1936 Keir Dullea actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa)
1936 Ruta Lee actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar)
1939 Michael J Pollard Passaic NJ, actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne)
1943 Gale Sayers NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
1945 Meredith MacRae Houston Tx, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons)
1955 Nicky "Topper" Headon drummer (Clash-Complete Control)
1958 Marie Ostra-Ljuajak Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
1958 Michael E Lopez-Alegria Madrid Spain, US Navy Lt Commander/astronaut
1960 Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise Song)
1961 Trey Parker actor (Newsies)
1962 Tonya Pinkins Chicago Ill, actress (Livia Frye-All My Children)
1963 Lynda Wiesmeier Washington DC, playmate (Jul, 1982)
1964 Wynonna Judd country singer (The Judds-Rockin' With Rhythm)
1976 Omri Hairi Katz LA Calif, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana)
Deaths which occurred on May 30:
1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church
1431 Joan of Arc burned as a witch by the English at Rouen at 19
1744 Alexander Pope poet, dies at 56
1778 Voltaire French philosopher, dies
1960 Boris Pasternak Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70
1967 Claude Rains dies at 77
1969 John Cipollini guitarist, dies at 45 of ephysema
1973 Hal Hastings orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66
1980 Carl Radle bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment
1981 Ziaur Rahmen pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated
1987 Frank Carlson (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94
1989 Zinka Milanov Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1970 DUKE CHARLES R.
1962 GERBER DANIEL A.
1966 HATCHER DAVID B. MT. AIRY NC
1968 IODICE FRANK C.
1970 ISHI TOMOHARA JAPAN
1970 MARK KIT T.
1967 MEHL JAMES P. BELLE HARBOR NY
1962 MITCHELL ARCHIE E. ELLENSBURG WA
1968 POTTER ALBERT J.
1968 SMITH LEWIS P. II BELLEFONTE PA
1962 VIETTI ELANOR A. HOUSTON TX
On this day...
1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church
1527 U of Marburg (Germany) founded
1814 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication
1822 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)
1848 William Young patents ice cream freezer
1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery
1854 Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created
1858 Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked
1862 Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth, Miss
1866 The opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premiers (Prague)
1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi
placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves
1889 The brasierre is invented
1894 Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game
1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
1901 Memorial Day 1st observed in US
1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #511 Davida
1904 Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader
1908 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved
1908 Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System
1908 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized
1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 75 MPH (120 KPH)
1912 US Marines sent to Nicaragua
1913 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London
1913 Conclusion of the 1st Balkan War
1913 New country of Albania, formed
1922 Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during the middle
1922 Lincoln Memorial dedicated
of the doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
1924 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1032 Pafuri
1925 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy
1932 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins
1933 Patent on invisible glass installation
1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1937 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory
1937 Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago
1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
1946 United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport
1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1956 Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
1961 Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs
1962 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)
1964 Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia
1964 Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1
1965 Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
1966 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon
1967 Biafra declares independence from Nigeria
1967 Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles
1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles"
1971 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice
1971 US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
1972 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lydda airport
1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
1975 Wings release "Venus & Mars" album
1976 Bobby Unser sets world record for the fastest pit stop (4 seconds)
1977 Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits Calif Angels, 2-0
1979 Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80
1979 Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC
1980 Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
1981 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)
1982 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds
1982 Spain becomes 16th member of NATO
1985 Edmonton Oilers beat Flyers 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup
1986 Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
1986 Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in the Indianapolis 500
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1990 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Channel Is, England, N Ireland, Wales : Spring Holiday
Guam, Puerto Rico, US, US Virgin Islands : Memorial Day
Lincoln City, Indiana : Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Day
US : The REAL Memorial Day (Decoration Day) (1868)
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of St Felix I, pope [268-73], martyr
RC : Commemor of St Ferdinand III, Spanish king/patron of engineers
RC : Comm of St Jean d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, patroness of France
Islam : leap day (Dh�l-Hijjah 30, 1415 AH)
Religious History
339 Death of Eusebius, 74, Father of early church history. He attended the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325, and his
"Historia Ecclesiastica" contains an abundance of detail on the first three centuries of the Early Church found nowhere
else in ancient literature.
1431 French heroine Joan of Arc, 19, a prisoner of the English, was burned at the stake for heresy. (She was later
canonized in 1920 by Benedict XV.)
1819 Anglican bishop Reginald Heber, 36, penned the words to the missionary hymn, "From Greenland's Icy
Mountains."
1934 The two-day Barmen Synod ended in Germany. The resulting Barmen Declaration affirmed that the German
Confessing Church recognized Jesus Christ to be the only authoritative voice of God, in clear contrast to all other (i.e.,
Nazi) powers representing divine revelation.
1968 Death of Martin Noth, 66, German Old Testament scholar. Noth was the first authority to note that 1&2 Samuel and
1&2 Kings contain virtually no mention of the classic prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Hosea.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" To save one life is better than to build a seven story pagoda. "
~MarciaH
Tue, May 30, 2000 (22:28)
#249
History for May 31
Birthdates
1469 Manuel I king of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration
1701 Alexander Cruden compiler of a concordance to King James Bible
1819 Walt Whitman West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass)
1857 Pius XI 259th Roman Catholic pope (1922-39)
1872 William Heath Robinson England, illustrator/cartoonist (Don Quixote)
1887 Saint-John Perse France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960)
1889 Athene Seyler London, actress (Make Mine Mink)
1894 Fred Allen radio comedian (Fred Allen Show)
1897 Margalo Gillmore London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society)
1898 Norman Vincent Peale Ohio, clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking)
19-- Maeve Kinkead actress (Guiding Light)
1908 Don Ameche actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)
1909 Thor Thorvaldsen Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1912 Barbara Pepper NYC, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres)
1912 Henry M "Scoop" Jackson (Sen-D-Wash)
1916 Bert Haanstra Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare)
1920 Edward Bennett Williams lawyer/team owner (Redskins, Balt Orioles)
1921 Alida Valli Pola Italy, actress (Miracle of the Bells, 3rd Man)
1922 Denholm Elliott actor (Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat)
1923 Rainier III Prince of Monaco (1949- )
1928 Jacob Lateiner Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard)
1929 Elaine Stewart actress (Take the High Ground)
1930 Clint Eastwood SF Calif, actor (Dirty Harry), mayor (Carmel, Calif)
1931 Shirley Verrett New Orleans, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra-Les Troyens)
1934 Bent Peter Rasch Denmark, canoe (Olympic-gold-1952)
1934 Jim Hutton Binghamton NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1938 Peter Yarrow NYC, (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon)
1939 Terry Waite Anglican Church envoy/Lebaneese hostage
1941 Johnny Paycheck country singer (Take This Job & Shove It)
1941 Kenneth Cooper NYC, harpsichordist/professor (Barnard, Bkln)
1942 Happy Hairston NBA star (Cin, Detroit, LA)
1943 Joe Namath PA, NFL QB (NY Jets), the $400,000 man (1969 Superbowl)
1943 Sharon Gless LA Calif, actress (Chris Cagney-Cagney & Lacey)
1944 Mick Ralphs guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
1948 John "Bonzo" Bonham drummer (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
1948 Rhea Perlman Bkln NY, actress (Carla-Cheers, Zena-Taxi)
1949 Steven Kampmann Phila, actor (Kirk-Newhart)
1950 Gregory Harrison Catalina Calif, actor (Trapper John, Logan's Run)
1950 Tom Berenger actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me)
1960 Norm Johnson NFL placekicker (Seattle Seahawk)
1961 Harry Enfield comedian
1961 Lea Thompson actress (Casual Sex, Howard the Duck, Space Camp)
1963 Wendy Smith rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
1964 Scotti Hill Manhasset NY, rock guitarist (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1965 Brooke Shields NYC, actress/model (Blue Lagoon, Endless Love)
1990 Liberty Irene Kasem daughter of Casey & Jean Kasam
19?? Marcia Ellen Hemming, Spring contributor, born
Deaths which occurred on May 31:
1594 Tintoretto Italian Mannerist painter, dies (birth date unknown)
1740 Frederick-William I king of Prussia (1713-1740)
1809 Franz Josef Hayden composer, dies in Wien (Vienna) Austria
1910 Elizabeth Blackwell 1st woman physician, dies at 89
1942 Reinhard Heydrich German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated
1955 "Wild Bill" Vukovich killed in the Indy 500
1962 Adolf Eichmann war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56
1976 Martha Mitchell wife of former Att General John Mitchell dies in NY
1983 Jack Dempsey heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 87
1989 Dr Charles A Hufnagel artificial heart valve pioneer, dies at 72
1989 Terry Drinkwater CBS news correspondant, dies at 53 of cancer
1991 HN "Swanie" Swanson literary agent, dies at 91 from a stroke
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1966 ALBERTSON BOBBY J. ANAHEIM CA
1968 BERESIK EUGENE PAUL WEBSTER MA
1971 BRUNSON JACK W. SINCLAIRVILLE NY
1966 CASE THOMAS F. THOMSON GA
1967 CHAUNCEY ARVIN R. GLENDALE CA
1970 COLNE ROGER FRANCE
1966 EDMONDSON WILLIAM R. CASSVILLE MO
1967 FITZGERALD JOSEPH E. NORTHBRIDGE MA
1968 GATEWOOD CHARLES HUE CHICAGO IL
1970 HANGEN WELLES
1966 HARWORTH ELROY E. ELIZABETH MN
1966 HERROLD NED R. NEW BRUNSWICK NJ
1967 JAKOVAC JOHN A. DETRIOT MI
1968 LEONARD EDWARD W. WINLOCK WA
1966 MC DONALD EMMETT R. BELLEVUE WA
1967 MC GAR BRIAN K. CERES CA
1971 MUSIL CLINTON A. SR. MINNEAPOLIS MN
1965 PEEL ROBERT D. MEMPHIS TN
1966 RAGLAND DAYTON W. KANSAS CITY MO
1970 SAKAI KOJIRO JAPAN
1966 SHINGLEDECKER ARRON D. LIMA OH
1966 STEEN MARTIN W. GRAND FORKS ND
1966 STICKNEY PHILLIP J. MANCHESTER NH
1990 WAKU YOSHIHIKO JAPAN
1966 ZOOK HAROLD J. NEW HOLLAND PA
On this day...
1678 Tax protester Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry
1790 US copyright law enacted
1837 New York's Astor Hotel opens ... most elaborate in US
1853 Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves NY aboard the Advance
1861 Mint at New Orleans closes
1862 Battle of Fair Oaks, Va; North defeats South
1868 Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, a 2-km
velocipede race at Parc fde St Cloud, Paris
1870 Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)
1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
1879 Madison Square Garden opens its doors
1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn
1899 Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park
1900 US troops arrive in Peking, help put down Boxer Rebellion
1902 Boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal
1909 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC)
1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of the Union of South Africa
1913 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified
1914 Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1
1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
1916 During WW I British & German fleets fight Battle of Jutland
1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1918 M Wolf discovers asteroids #892 Seeligeria & #893 Leopoldina
1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic
1921 Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700
1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia
1927 Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play
1928 1st aerial cross of the Pacific takes off from Oakland
1929 Atlantic City Convention Center opens
1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1108 Demeter
1935 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan
1937 Bkln Dodgers snap NY Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak
1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1466 Mundleria
1947 Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft Deposit & Perryville Md, kills 53
1950 Due to rain, Johnny Parson wins Indy 500 in 345 miles
1951 S Arend discovers asteroid #1591 Baize
1955 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities
1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
1956 Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
1958 Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
1961 Dominican Republic president Trujillo assassinated
1961 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate
1961 Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth
1964 Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim
1964 SF Giants beat NY Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hrs 32 mins)
1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy
1969 John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"
1969 Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore"
1970 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by earthquake. (50-70,000 die)
1974 Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
1975 Fred Newman made 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
1976 Loudest PA (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London
1979 J Kveton discovers asteroid #2672 Pisek
1979 Radio City Music Hall (NYC) reopens
1979 Zimbabwe proclaims independence
1983 Phila 76ers sweep Lakers for NBA championship in 4 games
1985 New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
1987 Edmonton Oilers beat Flyers 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup
1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska
1989 "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (NYC)
1989 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
1989 Speaker of the House Jim Wright resigns
1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 3rd victim, Joseph Ponce
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Botswana : President's Day
Brunei : Royal Brunei Malay Regiment
Namibia, South Africa : Union Day (1910), Republic Day (1961)
Zimbabwe : Independence Day (1979)
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868] - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Luth, Ang, RC : Feast of the Visitation [Queenship] of Mary
RC : Commemoration of St Aurelia Petronilla, virgin
old RC : Feast of St Angela Merici, virgin
Religious History
1578 Italian archaeologist Antonio Bosio became the first man in modern times to rediscover the Christian catacombs
in Rome. Researchers (e.g., Giovanni B. de Rossi) who followed him dubbed Bosio "the Columbus of the Catacombs."
1638 Colonial clergyman Thomas Hooker, 51, first arrived at the site of New Haven, CT, having migrated there with his
church members who repudiated the autocratic rule of Puritanism in Boston. Hooker (the founder of Connecticut)
believed Boston had become corrupt, and that church authority should rest in the people's consent.
1769 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'He fulfills His promise in making our strength
equal to our day; and every new trial gives us new proof how happy it is to be enabled to put our trust in Him.'
1821 The first Catholic cathedral in the U.S. �� the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary was
dedicated in Baltimore.
1942 German warplanes bombed Canterbury, England, causing severe damage to the Canterbury Cathedral (seat of
Anglicanism), in retaliation for Britain's assault on Cologne, Germany.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" To criticize the incompetent is easy; it is more difficult, to criticize the competent. "
~MarciaH
Thu, Jun 1, 2000 (20:45)
#250
History - June 1
Birthdates
1563 Robert Cecil Earl of Salisbury, English chief minister (1598-1625)
1801 Brigham Young religious leader (Mormon church)/polygamist
1804 Mikhail Glinka Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa)
1814 Philip Kearney Civil War general (Union)
1825 John Hunt Morgan Brig General (Confederate cavalry commander)
1831 John B Hood confederate general (lost Atlanta)
1878 John Masefield England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)
1890 Frank Morgan NYC, actor (Affairs of Cellini, Annie Get Your Gun)
1898 Curtis Stevens US, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
1898 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show)
1898 Molly Picon actress (Milk & Honey, Fiddler on the Roof)
1899 Werner Janssen NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)
19-- Anthony Ponzini Bkln NY, actor (Flatbush, Rituals)
19-- Kathi Norris Newark Ohio, TV hostess (Spin the Picture)
1901 John W Van Duren playwright (I Remember Mama)
1907 Frank Whittle inventor (jet engine)
1921 Nelson Riddle Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra)
1922 Abdul Rashid Pakistan, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1922 Joan Caulfield East Orange NJ, actress (Liz-My Favorite Husband)
1925 Richard Erdman Enid Ok, actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes)
1926 Andy Griffith Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)
1926 Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot)
1928 Bob Monkhouse Kent England, comedian (Bonkers)
1928 Georgi T Dobrovolsky Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
1930 Edward Woodward England, actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman)
1930 Ty Hardin Ill, actor (Berserk, PT 109)
1933 Alan (the Horse) Ameche Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts)
1934 Pat Boone Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade)
1934 Peter Masterson Texas, actor (Ambush Bay)
1935 James George US, weightlifter (Olympic-silver-1960/bronze-1956)
1935 Reverend Ike SC, evangelist minister
1937 Morgan Freeman actor (Driving Mrs Daisy)
1939 Cleavon Little Chickasha Okla, actor (Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers)
1940 Ren� Auberjonois NYC, actor (Clayton-Benson, McCabe & Mrs Miller)
1941 Edo de Waart Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976)
1943 Richard Goode Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award)
1944 Robert Powell England, actor (Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets)
1945 Frederica Von Stade Somerville NJ, mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberfl�te)
1945 Linda Scott singer (Hey Look at Me Now)
1946 Carol Neblett Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera)
1947 Ron Wood rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones)
1948 Tom Sneva US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983)
1953 Diana Canova West Palm Beach Fla, actress (Corrine-Soap)
1955 Chiyonofuji sumo wrestler
1956 Lisa Hartman Houston Tx, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing)
1956 Robin Mattson actress (Gina-Santa Barbara, Bonnie's Kids, Wolf Lake)
1959 Alan "Wild"er rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
1961 Paul Coffey NHL forward (Edmonton Oilers, Pitts Penguins)
1963 Mike Joyce rocker (The Smiths-Ask, Panic, London)
1965 India Allen Portsmouth Va, playmate of the year (Dec, 1987)
1968 Jason Donovan rocker/actor (Neighbors)
Deaths which occurred on June 01:
1823 Louis Nicholas Davout French field marshall, dies at 53
1864 Solomon George Washington Dill poor white ally of blacks,
assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC
1960 Lester Patrick NHL coach/star, dies at 76
1968 Helen Keller blind & deaf, dies at 87
1985 Richard Greene actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67
1987 Errol W Barrow PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
1987 Rashid Karami Lebanon, 10 time PM of Lebanon, dies at 65
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1966 BORLING JOHN L. CHICAGO IL
1965 CROSBY FREDERICK P. ORLANDO FL
1971 MAGERS PAUL G. SIDNEY NE
1975 MC DONALD HERMAN
1966 MYERS ARMAND J. MEDFORD OR
1971 WANN DONALD L. SHAWNEE OK
On this day...
1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls
of Scotland. Friar John Cor is the distiller
1638 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
1774 British govt orders Port of Boston closed
1789 1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
1792 Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
1796 Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
1808 1st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio
1809 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for
1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a � mile round trip from his home
1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
1835 6th national black convention (Phila)
1843 It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio
1843 Sojourner Truth leaves NY to begin her career as antislavery activist
1845 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
1855 US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
1861 1st skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
1861 US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1862 Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, VA
1866 Renegade Irish Fenians invade Fort Erie Ontario from US
1868 Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
1869 Voting Machine patented by Thomas Edison
1877 US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1888 California gets its 1st seismograph
1893 The opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
1898 Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha
1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon
1907 -27� F (-33� C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle
1911 1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ
1915 1st Zeppelin air raid over England
1918 Yanks turn triple-play, beat Tigers 5-4
1921 Race riot in Tusla Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
1923 NY Giants beat Phillies, 22-5
1925 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games)
1933 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
1935 Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2
1937 Chic White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0
1938 Superman Comics launched
1939 1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2)
1939 1st televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova
1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard
1941 31.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications
1945 WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
1946 Assault wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown
1947 The OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
1951 1st self-contained titanium plant opened Henderson Nevada
1951 S Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu & #1593 Fagnes
1957 1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) [see 05051956]
1958 Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
1963 King Victor Emmanual III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
1965 A Penzias & R Wilson detect 3� K primordial background radiation
1965 Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners
1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
1966 George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London
1966 Shortwave station Radio NY Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold
1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC
1968 Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show
1971 Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin
1973 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die"
1974 Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash
1975 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0
1975 Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
1979 Supersonics beat Bullets for NBA championship, 4 games to 1
1979 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
1980 Barbra Striesand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif
1980 H Debehogne discovers asteroids #2543 Machado & #3411
1980 Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
1984 KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
1984 Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg
1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
1990 The Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1991 Mount Pinatubo (Phillipines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
China PR, Mongolia : Children's Festival Day
Kentucky-1792, Tennessee-1796 : Statehood Day
Kenya : Madaraka Day, a day to enjoy freedom
Philadelphia : Elfreth's Alley Day-celebrates oldest US street
Samoa : Independence Day
Thailand : Visakha Puja
Tunisia : Victory Day/Constitution Day (1959)
Western Samoa : National Day
Massachusetts : Teachers' Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Ireland : Bank Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Bahamas : Labour Day - - - - - ( Friday )
New Zealand : Queen's Birthday - - - - - ( Monday )
Western Australia : Foundation Day (1838) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Eastern Orthodox : All Saint's Day
Moslem-Uganda : Supreme Council Day
RC : Commemoration of the BVM, Mediatrix of All Graces
Ang, Luth : Commemoration of Justin, martyr at Rome
Religious History
1793 Birth of Henry Francis Lyte, Scottish clergyman who wrote the hymns 'Abide with Me' and 'Jesus, I My Cross
Have Taken.'
1922 Birth of Ray Knighton, who in 1954 founded the Medical Assistance Program (MAP International) in Chicago.
1930 Missionary-linguist Frank C. Laubach wrote in a letter: 'I must talk about God, or I cannot keep Him in my mind. I
must give Him away in order to have Him.'
1953 The Christian Aid Mission (CIM) was chartered in Washington, DC by founder Bob Finley.
1978 The Evangelical Free Baptist Church was incorporated in DuPage County, Illinois, having withdrawn from the
Southern Baptist Convention following a doctrinal dispute.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. "
~MarciaH
Fri, Jun 2, 2000 (13:38)
#251
~MarciaH
Sat, Jun 3, 2000 (18:20)
#252
History for June 2
Birthdates
1491 Henry VIII King of England (1509-47)
1740 Marquis de Sade 1st known sadist, writer (Justine)
1821 Ion Bratianu (Lib), premier of Romania (1876-88)
1835 St Pius X 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
1840 Thomas Hardy England, poet/novelist (Mayor of Casterbridge)
1857 Edward Elgar Broadheath, England, composer (Pomp & Circumstance)
1857 Karl Gjellerup Denmark, poet/novelist (Nobel 1917)
1863 Felix Weingartner Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
1890 Hedda Hopper gossip columnist (From Under My Hat)
1894 Erich R�mer Germany, ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932)
19-- Al Ruscio Salem Mass, actor (Paul-Shannon)
19-- Chris Bernau actor (Guiding Light)
19-- Dennis Haysbert San Mateo Calif, actor (Code Red)
19-- Joan Pringle Harlem NYC, actress (Ironside, That's My Mama)
19-- Marie Cheatham actress (Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light)
19-- Michael Steele female rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
19-- Richard McKenzie Chattanooga Tn, actor (Walter-It Takes Two)
19-- Tom Hill Mussoorie India, actor (Wizards & Warriors)
1901 Michael Todd producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
1904 John Weissmuller actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924, 28)
1913 Barbara Pym romantic author (Very Private Eye)
1913 Bert Farber Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
1917 Max Showalter Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
1926 Milo O'Shea actor (Barbarella, Romeo & Juliet)
1927 Phillip Burton historian (Vanishing Eagles)
1930 Charles Pete Conrad Jr Phila, USN/astro (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
1932 Sammy Turner Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods)
1933 Bob Rozario Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie)
1936 Sally Kellerman Long Beach Cal, actress (M*A*S*H, Back to School)
1936 Vladimir Golubnichy USSR, 20K walker (Olympic-gold-1960, 68)
1940 Constantine II deposed king of Greece (-1967)
1941 Charlie Watts drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1941 Stacy Keach Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
1941 William Guest Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show)
1943 Charles Haid SF Ca, actor (Andy Renko-Hill St Blues, Altered States)
1944 Garo Yepremian NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins)
1944 Marvin Hamlisch US, composer/pianist (The Sting, Chorus Line)
1944 Poul Jensen Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1948 Albert Innaurato Phila, playwright/director (Age in Soho)
1948 Jerry Mathers Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver)
1950 Joanna Gleason Toronto Canada, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry)
1953 Craig Stadler San Diego Calif, PGA golfer (Masters 1982)
1955 Dana Carvey comedian (Sat Night Live-Church Lady/George Bush)
1955 Garry Grimes SF, actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44)
1960 Tony Hadley rocker (Spandau Ballet-True)
1976 Adrian Carlos Olivares Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
Deaths which occurred on June 02:
1882 Guiseppi Garibaldi Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
1941 Lou Gehrig Yankee great, dies at 37 of ALS in Riverdale NY
1943 Leslie Howard actor killed, when Nazis shot down his plane
1961 George S Kaufman playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72
1967 Zamah Cunningham actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74
1976 Alan Dewitt actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
1977 Forrest Lewis actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77
1979 Jim Hutton actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 45
1987 Andr�s Segovia Spanish guitarist, dies at 94
1987 Sammy Kaye orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
1988 Horace A Hildreth (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85
1990 Frederick Mellinger founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76
1990 Rex Harrison actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 82 of cancer
1990 Robert Noyce co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founded Intel, dies
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 AMSPACHER WILLIAM H. CANOGA PARK CA
1967 CARRIER DANIEL L. SAN DIEGO CA
1965 CHRISTIAN DAVID M. LANE KS
1965 MC KAMEY JOHN B. FILLMORE IN
1965 MC MICAN M.D. TOPPENISH WA
1965 PLANTS THOMAS L. MEDINA OH
1967 ROCKETT ALTON C. JR. BIRMINGHAM AL
1965 ROMANO GERALD M. NEW YORK NY
1966 ROSATO JOSEPH FRANK HUDSON OH
1967 SMITH DEWEY L. LOUISVILLE KY
1967 WOOD REX S. MOULTON IA
On this day...
455 Gaiseric & the Vandals sack Rome
575 Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
657 St Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1797 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)
1834 5th national black convention meet (NYC)
1835 P.T. Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US
1851 1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
1857 James Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
1858 Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer
1862 Gen Robert E Lee takes command of the Confederate armies of E VA & NC
1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
1865 At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept
1866 Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
1873 Ground broken on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad
1883 1st night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana
1883 Chicago's "El" opens to traffic
1886 Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
1899 Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
1902 2nd statewide initiative & referendum law adopted, in Oregon
1903 Pirates win a triple header from the Dodgers
1910 1st roundtrip flight over the English Channel (C.S. Rolls, England)
1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
1913 1st strike settlement mediated by US Dep't of Labor-RR clerks
1914 Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
1922 Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances
1924 US citizenship granted to all American Indians
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak
1930 1st baby born on a vessel passing through Panama Canal
1930 Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati
1933 WNJ-AM in Newark NJ goes off the air
1936 Gen Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
1943 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)
1946 Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
1949 Transjordan renamed Jordan
1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
1959 Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF
1964 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass
1965 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
1966 US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
1967 Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston
1969 Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer
"Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74. (South Vietnam)
1972 Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden
1975 James A Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
1977 NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
1979 John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-198
1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti
1984 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical masectomy
1984 B A Skiff discovers asteroid #3617
1984 Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
1985 Nancy Lopez wins the LPGA tournament
1986 NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
1986 Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
1989 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee
1989 Cincinatti Red Eric Davis hits for the cycle
1989 Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith
10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting
students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Bhutan : Coronation Day
Iceland : Seaman's Day
Italy-1946, West Germany : Republic (Constitution) Day
Tunisia : Youth Day
Massachusetts : Teachers' Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Ireland : Bank Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Bahamas : Labour Day - - - - - ( Friday )
New Zealand : Queen's Birthday - - - - - ( Monday )
Western Australia : Foundation Day (1838) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of the martyrs of Lyons
RC : Commemoration of St Erasmus (Elmo), martyr, patron of sailors
RC : Memorial of St Peter, martyrs (opt)
RC : Memorial of St Marcellinus, martyrs (opt)
Religious History
0553 The Second Council of Constantinople closed. Led by Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople, the council
condemned the Nestorian writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyprus and Ibas of Edessa.
0597 Augustine, missionary to England and first archbishop of Canterbury, baptized Saxon king Ethelbert.
Afterward, the Christian faith spread rapidly among the Angles and Saxons.
1738 Writing of his contemporary, English revivalist George Whitefield penned in his journal: 'The good which
John Wesley has done in America, under God, is inexpressible. His name is very precious among the people;
and he has laid such a foundation that I hope neither man nor devils will ever be able to shake.'
1875 James A. Healy was consecrated bishop over the Diocese of Maine, making him the first African-
American bishop in the history of American Catholicism.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Justice delayed is justice denied. "
~MarciaH
Sat, Jun 3, 2000 (18:23)
#253
History for June 3
Birthdates
1761 Henry Scrapnel English inventor (shrapnel shell)
1780 William Hone England, author/bookseller (The Every-Day Book)
1804 Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League
1808 Jefferson Davis Ky, Pres of Confederate States of America (1861-5)
1844 Garret Augustus Hobart (R) 24th US VP (1897-99)
1864 Ransom Eli Olds auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer
1865 George V king of England (1910-36)
1877 Raoul Dufy France, Fauvist painter (The Palm)
1895 Kavalam Madhava Panikkar India, statesman/diplomat/writer
19-- Kerry King rock guitarist (Slayer-Die by the Sword)
1901 Maurice Evans Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched)
1904 Dr Charles Drew famous African
1904 Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], NYC, tenor (NY Met Opera)
1906 Josephine Baker dancer/singer/Parisian night club owner
1911 Dr Mason Gross TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money)
1911 Olaf Okern Norway, Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948)
1911 Paulette Goddard [Marion Levy], Switz, actress (The Great Dictator)
1913 Ellen Corby Racine Wisc, actress (Grandma Walton-The Waltons)
1922 Alain Resnais France, director (Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour)
1925 Tony Curtis [Bernard Schwartz], actor (Some Like It Hot, Trapeze)
1926 Allen Ginsberg beat poet (Howl)
1926 Colleen Dewhurst Montreal Canada, actress (Maggie-Blue & Grey)
1929 Chuck Barris Phila, TV game show producer/host (Gong Show)
1942 Curtis Mayfield singer (Freddie's Dead, Superfly)
1943 Billy Cunningham NBA/ABA (Phila 76ers, Carolina Cougers)
1944 Michael Clarke drummer (Byrds)
1945 Hale Irwin PGA golfer (US Open 1974, 79)
1946 Ian Hunter England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
1946 Tristan Rogers Australia, actor (Robert Scorpio-General Hospital)
1950 Suzi Quatro Detroit, singer (Stumblin' In)/actress (Happy Days)
1951 Christopher Cross Texas, singer (Sailing)
1951 Deniece Williams singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait)
1952 Billy Powell keyboards (Lynyrd Skynyrd-That Smell, Freebird)
1956 Suren Nalbandyan USSR, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
1958 Scott Valentine actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover)
Deaths which occurred on June 03:
1875 Georges Bizet France, composer (...and that's no Bull!)
1881 Japanese giant salamander dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
1933 William Muldoon Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
1949 Amedos Peter Giannine founder of Bank of America dies at 79
1963 Paul Maxey actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), dies at 57
1963 Pope John XXIII dies at 81
1975 Ozzie Nelson actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69
1981 Dr Carleton Coon anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
1986 Patricia Wheel actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42
1987 Will Sampson actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
1991 Harry Glicken volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan
1991 Thomas C Lasorda artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 BODDEN TIMOTHY R. DOWNERS GROVE IL
1967 CIUS FRANK E.
1967 DEXTER RONALD J. ABILENE TX
1967 GARDNER JOHN G. HOT SPRINGS NC
1967 HANSON STEPHEN PAUL BURBANK CA
1967 KEARNS JOSEPH THOMAS JR. SEA CLIFF NY
1966 KRYSZAK THEODORE E. BUFFALO NY
1967 LANEY BILLY R. GREEN ACRES CITY FL
1966 MARTIN RUSSELL D. BLOOMFIELD IA
1966 MULLINS HAROLD E. DENVER CO
1966 ROSE LUTHER L. HOWE TX
1966 SMITH HARDING E. LOS GATOS CA
1967 SPRINGSTON THEODORE JR. SAN FRANCISCO CA
1966 WARREN ERVIN PHILADELPHIA PA
On this day...
1098 Christian Crusaders seize Antioch, Turkey
1539 Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands"
1770 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in Calif
1781 Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack
1789 Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)
1833 4th national black convention meets (Phila)
1851 1st baseball uniforms worn. Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white
shirt & blue long trousers
1860 Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes
1861 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV
1864 Battle of Cold Harbour continues
1875 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #144 Vibilia & #145 Adeona
1884 John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party natl convention chair
1888 "Casey at the Bat" published (SF Examiner)
1916 ROTC established by Act of Congress
1918 Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional
1919 Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks
1921 A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado
1924 Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service
1925 Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin)
1929 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light)
1929 Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved
1932 Lou Gehrig hits 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
1933 A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
1933 Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain"
1934 Dr Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted
1935 French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours
1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in France
1941 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
1948 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory
1948 Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore
1949 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
1949 Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
1957 Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
1959 1st US Air Force Academy graduation
1962 Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130
1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis & pharyngitis
1964 Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)
1965 Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt & White)
1966 European DX Council formed in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners)
1966 Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan)
1968 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
1971 Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0
1972 Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
1976 Queen's Bhoemian Rhapsody goes gold
1976 US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
1977 Balt Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
1979 "The Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
1979 Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled
1980 Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
1980 ESPN begins televising college world series games
1980 Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
1981 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life
1984 Patty Shoehan wins LPGA by a record 10 strokes
1986 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3767
1987 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
1988 Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
1989 Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
1989 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone
1989 Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
1989 Troops in China shoot & kill 100s of students demonstrating
for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan. Worst eruption in Japanese history
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Kentucky, Louisana : Confederate Memorial Day (1868)
Massachusetts : Teachers' Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Ireland : Bank Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Bahamas : Labour Day - - - - - ( Friday )
New Zealand : Queen's Birthday - - - - - ( Monday )
Western Australia : Foundation Day (1838) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Buddhist : Memorial of Broken Dolls
RC : Feast of St Clotilda, queen of the Franks
RC, Ang : Mem of SS Charles Lwanga & 21 companions, Ugandan martyrs
Luth : Commemoration of John XXIII, Bishop of Rome
Religious History
1098 Armies of the First Crusade (1096-99) captured the city of Antioch (in modern Syria).
1726 Birth of Philip William Otterbein, German Reformed pastor who in 1800 helped found the Church of the
United Brethren in Christ (an early branch of the modern United Methodist Church).
1853 Central College was chartered in Pella, Iowa under Baptist auspices. (In 1916 the university passed to
Dutch Reformed leadership.)
1930 Missionary linguist Frank C. Laubach wrote in a letter: 'As we grow older all our paths diverge, and in all
the world I suppose I could find nobodym who could wholly understand me excepting God.'
1972 In Cincinnati, Ohio, Sally J. Priesand, 25, became the first woman in Reform Judaism to be ordained as a
rabbi.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" They know enough who know how to learn. "
~MarciaH
Sun, Jun 4, 2000 (18:30)
#254
History of June 4
Birthdates
1694 Fran�ois Quesnay France, economist, leader of the Physiocrats
1738 George III English king during American Revolution (1760-1820)
1867 Carl Gustaf Mannerheim Finland, military hero, Pres (1944-46)
1877 Heinrich Wieland German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927)
1895 Dino Conte Grandi Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32)
19-- Lindsay Frost actress (As the World Turns)
19-- Priscilla Morrill Medford Mass, actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore)
1902 Richard Allen India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)
1908 Rosalind Russell actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling)
1909 Paul Nordoff Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)
1917 Charles Collingwood Mich, news commentator (CBS, Chronicles)
1917 Howard Metzenbaum (Sen-D-Ohio)
1917 Robert Anderson author (Tea & Sympathy)
1917 Robert Merrill Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera)
1922 Irwin Bazelon Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola)
1924 Dennis Weaver Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered)
1926 Nan Leslie LA Calif, actress (Kings Row, The Californians)
1926 Robert Earl Hughes became heaviest known human (486 kg)
1932 John Barrymore Jr Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Pantomine Quiz)
1936 Bruce Dern Winnetka Ill, actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
1937 Freddie Fender Mexico, country singer (Feelings)
1944 Michelle Phillips singer/actress (Mamas & Papas)
1944 Roger Ball saxophonist (Average White Band)
1945 Gordon Waller Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
1945 Ivan "Ironman" Stewart Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90)
1945 Margaret Impert Horseheads NY, actress (Maggie, Spencer's Pilots)
1946 Bettina Gregory newswoman (ABC-TV)
1948 Rosemary Joyce model/actress (Daphne Draper-Search For Tomorrow)
1950 Wayne Powers New Rochelle NY, actor (Laverne & Shirley, 13 East)
1952 Catherine Watkins Hartford Ct, actress (It's Not Easy, Mary)
1952 Parker Stevenson Phila Pa, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace)
1958 Julie Gholson Birmingham Ala, actress
1961 El Debarge rocker (Debarge-All this Love)
1963 Xavier McDaniel NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
1964 Chris Kavanagh rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1965 Andrea Jaeger Chicago, tennis player (retired as a teenager)
1968 Stacy Leigh Arthur Naperville Ill, playmate (Jan, 1991)
Deaths which occurred on June 04:
1954 Harold Hoffman (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
1960 Lucien Littlefield actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64
1970 Menasha Skulnik comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
1973 Arna Bontemps writer/educator, dies at 72 in Nashville, Tenn
1973 Murray Wilson father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55
1989 Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini of Iran, dies at 86 of internal bleeding
1990 Jack Gilford comedic actor, dies at 82 of stomach cancer
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1968 BRICE ERIC PARKER ROCKY MOUNT NC
1975 CONWAY ROSEMARY A.
1970 HUGGINS BOBBY GENE TROY AL
1967 ROBINSON LEWIS M. SAGINAW MI
1970 WILSON HARRY TRUMAN GRAND PRAIRIE TX
On this day...
780 -BC- 1st total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese
1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France
1647 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
1745 Prussians defeat Austrians at Hohenfriedeberg
1783 Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)
1784 Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon)
1792 Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain
1805 Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute
1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
1825 Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC
1832 3rd national black convention meets (Phila)
1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
1862 Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, Tenn
1878 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes
1896 Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
1900 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #456 Abnoba
1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses
1912 Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law
1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda
1919 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
1919 US marines invade Costa Rica
1927 1st Ryders Cup (Golf), US beats England 9�-2�
1929 George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY)
1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #2066 Palala
1940 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops
1940 German forces enter Paris
1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II
1942 Capitol Record Co opens for business
1943 St Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter
1944 1st submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505
1944 5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies
1946 Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed
1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950
1951 Pirate's Gus Bell hits for the cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
1954 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
1956 Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
1957 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
1963 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
1964 Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
1964 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1967 Emmy Awards-Monkees win for comedy series
1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings
1969 Nicky Hopkins quits rock & rolls, Jeff Beck Group
1970 Tonga gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1971 Oakland A's beat Wash Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
1972 Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard
1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks
1977 Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2494 Inge, #2797 Teucer, #2870 Haupt,
#3169 Ostro & #3726
1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
1984 Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA"
1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to the launch pad
1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
1986 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court
1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins
1988 Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat NY 7-6)
1989 Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
1989 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue
Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
1990 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
1990 NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx areacode 917
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Botswana : Commonwealth Day
Finland : Flag Day (1867)
International : Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Tonga : Independence Day
Massachusetts : Teachers' Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Ireland : Bank Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Bahamas : Labour Day - - - - - ( Friday )
New Zealand : Queen's Birthday - - - - - ( Monday )
Western Australia : Foundation Day (1838) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Christian : Feast of SS Quirinus & Optatus
Christian : Feast of St Saturnine
Unification Church : Day of all things
RC : Commemoration of St Francis Caracciolo, confessor
Christian : Solemnity of Pentecost (Whitsunday)
Jewish : Shavuot (celebration of 10 commandments) (Sivan 6, 5755 AM)
Religious History
1820 Birth of Elvina M. Hall, American Methodist poet who authored the hymn, 'Jesus Paid It All' (a.k.a. 'I Hear the Savior
Say').
1873 Birth of Charles F. Parham, American charismatic church pioneer. In 1898 he founded a Bible training school in
Topeka, Kansas, where the modern Pentecostal movement began in 1901.
1878 Birth of Frank N. Buchman, American exponent of the social gospel. He founded the First Century Christian
Movement (1921), the Oxford Group (1929) and the Moral Re-Armament Movement (1938).
1900 Birth of Nelson Glueck, American Jewish archaeologist. Director of the American School of Oriental Research in
Jerusalem between 1932 and 1947, he explored and dated over 1,000 ancient sites in Palestine and the Near East.
1948 In Manilla, the first missionary radio station built in the Philippines by the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC)
first went on the air.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" The laborer is worthy of his hire, if his labor is. "
~sprin5
Sun, Jun 4, 2000 (20:49)
#255
"1968 Stacy Leigh Arthur Naperville Ill, playmate (Jan, 1991) "
~MarciaH
Mon, Jun 5, 2000 (01:02)
#256
June 5, 2000
Birthdates
1718 Thomas Chippendale England, furniture maker (baptized)
1723 Adam Smith Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)
1819 John Couch Adams co-discover (Neptune)
1823 George Thorndike Angell Mass, lawyer (ASPCA)
1825 Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Georgia, educator (Rep-Ala, 1857-61)
1878 Francisco (Pancho) Villa Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
1883 John Maynard Keynes Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist
1887 Ruth Benedict US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)
1895 William Boyd Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)
1898 Federico Garc�a Lorca Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding)
19-- Eric Stacy rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
19-- Howard Platt Chicago Ill, actor (Sanford & Son, Empire)
19-- Mark Withers Nimmonsberg NY, actor (Peter-Kaz)
19-- Nancy Stafford Fla, Miss Florida (1977)/actress (Joan-St Elsewhere)
19-- Nicolette Goulet actress (Meredith Bauer-Guiding Light)
19-- Paul Taylor rocker (Winger-17)
1900 Dennis Gabor inventor (holography (3D laser photography))
1905 Art Donovan NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas)
1905 John Abbott London, actor (Smogasboard)
1912 Josef Neckermann German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)
1914 Stan Jones Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
1919 Akeo Watanabe Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68)
1920 Marion Motley AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)
1923 Daniel Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac)
1925 Bill Hayes Harvey Ill, actor/singer (Your Show of Shows)
1925 Dorothy Claire LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney)
1926 Bill Hayes Illinois, actor, (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)
1928 Robert Lansing SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan)
1928 Tony Richardson England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH)
1931 Jacques Demy France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey)
1932 Christy Brown Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days)
1934 Bill D Moyers Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal)
1934 F Curtis Michel LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut
1937 Waylon Jennings Littlefield Tx, country singer (Dukes of Hazzard)
1938 Marion Chapman smallest known premature baby to survive (280 g)
1939 Charles Joseph Clark (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80)
1939 Ken Follett spy author (Eye of the the Needle)
1939 Margaret Drabble author (The Needle's Eye)
1941 Martha Argerich Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)
1944 Tommie Smith US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968); gave black power salute
1945 Don Reid Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall)
1945 John Carlos track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salute
1946 Stefania Sandrelli Viareggio Italy, actress (The Key)
1950 Adrian Cosma Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976)
1956 Kenny G saxophonist (Duotones)
1959 Michael Winans gospel singer (The Winans)
1964 Mags rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
1974 Chad Allen Lazzari Cerritos Cal, actor (David-Our House, My 2 Dads)
1974 Chassity Lazzari Cerritos Cal, actress
Deaths which occurred on June 05:
221 -BC- Chu Yuan China's poet drowns
1864 Gen William E "Grumble" Jones killed at Piedmont
1916 Horatio H Kitchener British General (Sudan), dies at 65
1953 Bill Tilden tennis champ, dies at 60
1970 Jay Irving cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
1988 Clarence M Pendleton chairman of comm on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1971 CAVAIANI JON R. MERCED CA
1967 HAINES COLLINS H. MOORESTOWN NJ
1967 IBANEZ DI REYES SAN DIEGO CA
1971 JONES JOHN R. EL PASO TX
1972 KRANER DAVIS STANLEY WENDEL CA
1968 MC MANUS TRUMAN JOSEPH MANSFIELD CT
1972 PAYNE KYLIS THEROD BALTIMORE MD
On this day...
1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
1794 Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
1805 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
1806 Batavian Republic becomes the Kingdom of Holland
1833 Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage
1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
1855 Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention
1863 CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic
1869 3rd Belmont Stakes, Fenian wins
1872 Republican National Convention meets (Phila)
1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
1876 Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila
1885 J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia
1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroids #699 Hela & #700 Auravictrix
1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
1926 Indians triple-play Yankees & win 15-3
1933 US goes off gold standard
1934 1st formal meeting of The Baker Street Irregulars (NYC)
1937 A Bohrmann discovers asteroid #1455 Mitchella
1940 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
1940 American Negro Threater organizes
1940 Battle of France begins in WW II
1942 Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54
1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
1945 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
1946 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill)
1947 Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "The Marshall Plan"
1950 US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
1952 Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles for heavyweight boxing title
1953 Denmark adopts a new constitution
1956 Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const
1957 NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to
investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
1964 Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me",
group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
1967 Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in the electric chair
1968 Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day
1969 Race riot in Hartford Connecticut
1972 "If You Had Wings" opens
1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment opens in Stockholm
1975 Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close)
1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
1977 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale
1977 Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
1977 Trailblazers beat 76ers for NBA championship, 4 games to 2
1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1981 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)
1981 George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"
1981 TODAY/PC runs for 1st time
1982 Conquistador Cielo wins Belmont Stakes by 14� lengths
1982 Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle
1983 Yannich Noah becomes 1st Frenchman to win French Open since WW II
1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple)
1987 "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS &
the show runs until 3:47 AM
1989 Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
1989 Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3
1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
8239 -BC- presumed origin of Mayan Era of Creation
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Columbia : Thanksgiving Day
Denmark : Constitution Day (1849, 1953)
Massachusetts : Teachers' Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Ireland : Bank Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Bahamas : Labour Day - - - - - ( Friday )
New Zealand : Queen's Birthday - - - - - ( Monday )
Western Australia : Foundation Day (1838) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
RC, Luth, Ang : Mem of St Boniface, bishop/martyr/apostle to Germany
Ang : Commemoration of 1st Book of Common Prayer
Religious History
1860 The Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augsburg Synod in North America was founded in Wisconsin. In 1962, the
Augsburg Synod became one of four branches in American Lutheranism that merged to form the Lutheran Church in
America (LCA).
1944 German Lutheran theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'Certainly one must try
everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.'
1960 John XXIII published his motu proprio, 'Superno Dei Nutu,' which created the necessary committees and
organizational structure for the upcoming Vatican II Ecumenical Council (1962-65).
1961 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'Any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is absolutely
necessary for repenting of our own sins and forgiving those of others is...usually bad for us.'
1967 The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began, during which Israel took control of the Sinai Desert, the city of Jerusalem and
the west bank of the Jordan River. A cease-fire arranged by the U.N. ended the conflict on June 10th.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Love is blind, to everything except fat. "
~sprin5
Mon, Jun 5, 2000 (08:31)
#257
Flowers in the Dirt?
~MarciaH
Mon, Jun 5, 2000 (16:49)
#258
Never heard of it, either...will check with my expert, John, and see what it was.
~MarciaH
Mon, Jun 5, 2000 (20:16)
#259
History for June 6
Birthdates
1436 Regiomontanus (Johannes M�ller) prepares astronomical tables
1599 Diego Vel zquez Spain, painter (Rokeby Venus) (baptized)
1606 Pierre Corneille France, dramatist (Le Cid, Horace)
1755 Nathan Hale hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country
1756 John Trumbull US painter (Declaration of Independence)
1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit
1799 Alexandr Pushkin Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS)
1850 Karl F Braun codeveloped wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)
1868 Robert Falcon Scott leader of ill-fated south polar expedition
1872 Alexandra last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)
1875 Thomas Mann Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)
1875 Walter Percy Chrysler found Chrysler Corp (1925)
1886 Paul Dudley White heart specialist
1890 Dorothy Heyward NYC, playwright (Porgy)
1896 Robert Sheriff playwright (Journey's End)
1898 Walter Abel actor St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl)
19-- Bryan Utman Hartford Ct, actor (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
19-- David Duke SF Calif, actor (Beacon Hill, 79 Park Ave, Winds of War)
19-- Nicko McBrain rocker (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast)
19-- Richard Paul LA Calif, actor (Carter Country, Hail to the Chief)
19-- Steve Val rock guitarist (Passion & Warfare)
19-- Tom Araya rock vocalist/bassist (Slayer-Die by the Sword)
1901 Sukarno Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)
1903 Aram Khachaturian Tiflis Georgia, Russia, musician/composer (Gayane)
1905 John Gart Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show)
1907 Bill Dickey NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43), manager (1946)
1915 Vincent Persichetti Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl)
1917 Kirk Kerkorian CEO (MGM, UA)
1918 Richard Crane Newcastle Ind, actor (Surfside 6)
1926 Klaus Tennstedt Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio)
1928 George Deukmejian Menands NY, (Gov-Cal)
1932 Billie Whitelaw Coventry England, actress (Omen, Adding Machine)
1932 David R Scott San Antonio Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15)
1933 Heinrich Rohrer Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)
1934 Philippe Entremont France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch)
1935 Bobby Mitchell NFL running back, wide receiver (Browns, Redskins)
1935 Dalai Lama Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists
1936 Levi Stubbs rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song)
1939 Gary "US" Bonds [Anderson] singer/songwriter (New Orleans)
1939 Marian Wright-Edelman health care president (Childrens Defense Fund)
1942 Sandra Morgan US 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1946 Chelsea Brown Chicago Ill, comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln)
1947 Marion Coakes England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
1949 Richard Lewis comedian/actor (Anything But Love) (or June 29)
1949 Robert Englund actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V)
1951 Dwight Twilley country singer (Twilley Don't Mind)
1954 Harvey Fierstein playwright (Torch Song Trilogy)
1955 Dana Carvey Missoula Montana, comedian (Church Lady-SNL)
1955 Sandra Bernhard comedian/actress bugs Letterman (King of Comedy)
1956 Bj�rn B�rg Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbeldon 1976-79)
1956 Marilyn Jones Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King's Crossing)
1959 Amanda Pays actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits)
1960 Gary Graham actor (Money on the Side)
1961 Sydney Walsh actress (Mo-Hooperman)
1961 Terri Nunn Calif, singer (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away)
1964 Dee C Lee [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing)
1964 Sherry J Traylor Mexico Missouri, Miss Missouri-America (1991)
1965 David Whyte rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1967 Max Casella actor (Vinnie-Doogie Howser)
1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang)
1975 Damon Pampolina rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
1975 Staci Keanan [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads)
1976 Lukas Hass actor (Lady in White)
Deaths which occurred on June 06:
1862 Gen Turner Ashby is killed near Harrisonburg, VA
1956 Margaret Wycherly actress (Claudia), dies at 75
1961 Dr Carl Gustav Jung Swiss psychatrist, dies at 85
1962 Guinn Williams actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies at 63
1965 Lester Matthews (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu), dies at 64
1966 Claudette Orbison wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash
1967 Edward G Givens Jr astronaut, dies in an auto accident at 37
1968 Robert F Kennedy (Sen-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan
1975 Larry Blyden actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49
1976 J Paul Getty oil magnate dies at 83 in London
1988 Ella Raines actress, dies of throat cancer at 67
1991 Larry Kert actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies from AIDS
1991 Stan Getz jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64
1991 Sylvia Porter economist/author, dies at 77
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1968 BURGARD PAUL E. PORTLAND OR
1972 FOWLER JAMES A. BISMARK ND
1968 HARPER RALPH LEWIS INDIANAPOLIS IN
1964 KLUSMANN CHARLES F. SAN DIEGO CA
1968 LA PLANT KURT ELTON LENEXA KS
1968 PALACIOS LUIS FERNANDO LOS ANGELES CA
1968 SANCHEZ JOSE R. NEW YORK NY
1972 SEUELL JOHN W. WHEELING MO
On this day...
1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
1816 10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)
1831 2nd national black convention (Phila)
1844 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London
1862 Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered
1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000
1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
1885 The opera "Lakm�" is produced (Paris)
1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1890 United States Polo Association formed, NYC
1896 George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic
1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ
1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1913 Rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
1914 1st air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I
1919 Man O' War wins 1st victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont
1924 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica
1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca was 8 months old)
1931 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia
1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to the Indians
1932 US Federal gas tax enacted
1933 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ)
1933 US Employment Service created
1934 Securities & Exchange Commission established
1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game
1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ
1937 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game
1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1942 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
1942 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich
1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France
1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor
1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV
1946 The 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season
1953 J Churms discovers asteroid #2025
1955 Bill Haley & Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1
1960 Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely"
1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for the 1st time
Beatles record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums
1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive homers beating White Sox 12-0
1966
1966 Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi
1966 Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed
1966 James Meredith wounded by white sniper
1966 NFL & AFL announce their merger
1967 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin
1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die
1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station
1972 David Bowie releases "Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust"
1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market
1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1976 Celtics beat Suns for NBA championship, 4 games to 2
1977 Doobie Brothers sponser a Golf Classic & Concert for United Way
1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)
1977 Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws
1978 A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet & #3339
1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
1979 200th running of horse's Derby in England
1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors
1980 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title
1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
1982 Israel invades southern Lebanon, site of Palestinian guerrilla
1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India
1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed
1985 Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French)
1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the NC State track
team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself
1987 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
1988 George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II
Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)
1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store
1992 2nd WLAF World Bowl
2012 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Malaysia : King's Birthday
New Zealand : Queen's Birthday - - - - - ( Monday )
South Korea : Memorial Day
Sweden : Constitution Day/Flag Day/National Day (1523, 1809)
Massachusetts : Teachers' Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Ireland : Bank Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Bahamas : Labour Day - - - - - ( Friday )
Western Australia : Foundation Day (1838) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
RC : Mem of St Norbert, abp of Magdeburg, confessor (opt)
Religious History
1622 Gregory XV published the bull 'Inscrutabili Divinae,' which reminded the Church of its mission to the newly
discovered native populations in the recently discovered Americas.
1799 Birth of Alexis F. Lvov, Russian church musician who composed the tune to the hymn, 'God, the Almighty One!
Wisely Ordaining.'
1882 Blind Scottish Presbyterian clergyman George Matheson penned the words to the hymn, 'O Love That Wilt Not Let
Me Go.'
1907 Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, a graduate school for biblical and rabbinical studies, was
chartered in Philadelphia.
1977 Joseph Lason was installed as Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, becoming the first African- American Roman Catholic
bishop consecrated since the 19th century.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" A husband is the medicine that cures all the ills of girlhood. "
~MarciaH
Mon, Jun 5, 2000 (23:16)
#260
From John
The album had one top 30 hit: "My Brave Face." It also had a remake of Eleanor Rigby, which, although originally a Beatles song, was basically Paul singing solo with a string quartet.
~MarciaH
Sat, Jun 10, 2000 (01:57)
#261
June 8
Birthdates
1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered 4 satellites of Saturn
1810 Robert Schumann Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer (Fantastiest�cke)
1813 David D Porter US Admiral (Civil War)
1814 Charles Reade England, novelist (The Cloister & the Hearth)
1829 Sir John Everett Millais England, painter (Order of Release)
1847 Ida Sazton McKinley 1st lady
1867 Frank Lloyd Wright Richland Center, Wisc, master builder
19-- Debra Clinger Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Amy-American Girls)
19-- Ellen Maxted Birmingham Mich, actress (Meagan Huxley-Just Our Luck)
19-- Linda Cook actress (Edge of Night, Egypt Masters-Loving)
19-- Robert Hirschfield NYC, actor (Officer Schnitz-Hill St Blues)
1903 Marguerite Yourcenard author (Memoirs of Hadrien)
1911 Van Lingle Mungo SC, pitcher (Dodgers, Giants)
1914 Joseph de Pietro US, 56kg weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1948)
1916 Francis Crick codiscovered DNA's structure (Nobel 1962)
1917 Byron R (Whizzer) White Ft Collins CO, NFLer/Supreme Court Justice
1918 Robert Preston Newton MA, actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter)
1921 Alexis Smith Penticton BC Canada, actress (Jessica-Dallas, Follies)
1922 Myron Healy Petalumus Calif, actor (Wyatt Earp)
1924 George Kirby Chicago, comedian (ABC Comedy Hour)
1924 Sheldon Allman Chicago, actor (Norm-Harris Against the World)
1925 Barbara Pierce Bush Rye NY, 1st lady (1989- )
1925 Eddie Gaedel 3'7" St Louis Browns pinch-hitter (he walked)
1929 Jerry Stiller Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Stiller & Meara, Hairspray)
1930 Bo Gunnar Widerberg Malm� Sweden, director (Elvira Madigan)
1930 Dana Wynter London, actress (Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
1933 Joan Rivers Brooklyn, comedian (The Late Show, Hollywood Squares)
1934 Millicent Martin Romford Eng, actress (Alfie, Nothing but the Best)
1936 James Darren Phila, actor (TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs)
1937 Bruce McCandless II Boston, Cap USN/astronaut (STS 41B, STS-31)
1939 Bernie Casey Wyco WV, actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop)
1939 Herb Adderley Phila, NFL hall of famer (Packers, Cowboys)
1940 Nancy Sinatra Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin'
1942 Chuck Negron singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1943 Willie Davenport US, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)
1944 Don Grady actor (Robbie Douglas-My 3 Sons)
1944 William Royce "Boz" Scaggs Dallas Tx, rocker (Steve Miller Band)
1949 Emanuel Ax Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp -1974)
1950 Alex Van Halen drummer (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
1950 Elmar Oliveira Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978)
1950 Kathy Whitton Baker Midland Tx, actress (Right Stuff, 16 Candles)
1955 Griffin Dunne actor (American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl)
1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans comedian (In Living Color)
1960 Mike Hucknail rocker (Simply Red-Every Time We Say Goodbye)
1961 Ursula Buchfellner Munich W Germany, playmate (Oct, 1979)
1962 Nick Rhodes rocker (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1965 Robert Platus NYC, rocker (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This)
1966 Doris Pearson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
1967 Neil Mitchell rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
1972 P(eter) J(ason) Farley Hackensack, bass (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
Deaths which occurred on June 08:
632 Mohammed prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)
1809 Thomas Paine writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1969 Robert Taylor actor (Death Valley Days), dies at 57
1979 Herb Polesie producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79
1991 Mary Bacon jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 APODACA VICTOR J. ENGLEWOOD CO
1967 BUSCH JON T. COLUMBUS OH
1969 HARRIS JESSIE B. PORT CHESTER NY
1963 KRAUSE ARTHUR E. ONARGA IL
1972 MURPHY JOHN S. JR. WACO TX
1967 MYERS DAVID GEPHART STATE COLLEGE PA
On this day...
452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
536 St Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
570 Relgion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca
1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption
1786 1st commercially-made ice cream sold (NY)
1815 39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation
1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
1861 People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union
1862 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
1869 Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner (it sucks)
1875 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #146 Lucina
1887 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #268 Adorea
1889 Cable Cars begin service in LA
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" (BG)
1900 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the 6 Napoleons" (BG)
1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State
1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School
1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered
1923 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #995 Sternberga
1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11
1928 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
1937 World's largest flower blooms in NY Botonical Garden, 12' calla lily
1940 Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced
1948 "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV
1948 John Rudder becomes 1st negro commissioned officer in US marines
1950 Boston Red Sox beats St Louis Browns 29-4
1953 Cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113
1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court
1953 Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich & Ohio
1959 1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla)
1959 X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m
1960 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"
1965 US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1965 USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon
1966 NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970
1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen
1968 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning
1968 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"
1968 James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, captured
1968 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted
1968 Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
1969 Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG)
1969 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones
1972 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230
1974 Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits the rock group "Yes"
1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35
1975 USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing
1979 The Source, 1st computer public information service, goes online
1979 Wings release "Back to the Egg" album
1982 Los Angeles beats Phila 76ers, for the NBA championship
1982 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament
1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
1985 Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve
becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit HRs in the same game
1986 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria
1986 Boston Celtics win NBA championship #16 over Houston Rockets
1986 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Balt Orioles beat Yankees 18-9
1990 Phil Bradley hits the 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1991 Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
1991 Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 6-3, 6-4 for French Open
2004 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Swaziland, Botswana : Commonwealth Day
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
Christian : Feast of St Chlodulph
RC : Feast of St. Medard, bishop/confessor
Religious History
1536 Ten Articles of Religion were published by the English clergy, in support of Henry VIII's Declaration of Supremacy.
The Anglican Church had begun defining its doctrinal distinctions, after breaking with Roman Catholicism.
1810 Birth of German composer Robert A. Schumann, who composed the sacred tune CANONBURY, to which is
commonly sung the hymn, 'Lord Speak to Me That I May Speak.'
1942 Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM) was incorporated in Philadelphia. Today this interdenominational mission
agency works in a dozen countries in Latin America, Europe and Africa.
1973 The American Society of Missiology was founded in St. Louis. The ecumenical organization seeks to stimulate an
academic interest in Christian missions, and publishes the journal 'Missiology: An International Review.'
1978 Through the voice of its president Spencer W. Kimball, the Mormon Church reversed a 148-year- long policy of
spiritual discrimination against African-American leadership within the denomination.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Would that government spent our money like it was their own. "
~MarciaH
Sat, Jun 10, 2000 (02:00)
#262
June 9
Birthdates
1640 Leopold I Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
1781 George Stephenson inventor (principal RR locomotive)
1791 John Howard Payne US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)
1843 Bertha von Suttner Austria, novelist/pacifist (Nobel 1905)
1865 Carl Nielsen Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige)
1893 Cole Porter Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)
1900 Fred Waring Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender)
1906 Tonio Selwart Germany, actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja)
1908 Robert Cummings Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder)
1912 Ingolf Dahl Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso)
1915 Les Paul Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar)
1916 Robert S McNamara US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head of World Bank
1921 Agnes Keleti Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1922 George Axelrod playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany)
1924 Christine Goitschel France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1964)
1924 Tony Britton Birmingham Eng, actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup)
1926 Mona Freeman Baltimore, actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress)
1930 Jackie Mason comedian (The World According to Me, Chicken Soup)
1930 Marvin Kalb NYC, educator/newscaster (CBS/NBC)
1933 Dick Orkin Williamsport Pa, actor (Tim Conway Show)
1934 Donald Duck famous fowl
1934 Helga Haase German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934 Jackie Wilson Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops)
1934 Joe Santos Bkln NY, actor (Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus)
1938 Charles Wuorinen NYC, composer (Pulitzer 1980)
1941 John Lord England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush)
1944 Brigid Bazlen Wisc, actress (Pam-Too Young to go Steady)
1947 Mitch Mitchell drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
1948 Nathaniel Rosen Altadena Calif, cellist (Tchaikovsky Gold 1978)
1951 Bonnie Tyler [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart)
1951 Dave Parker baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978)
1958 Donald Michael Santini Mass, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1961 Michael J Fox Edm, actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf)
1962 Eddie Lundon rocker (China Crisis-Christian)
1963 Johnny Depp Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street)
1969 Mitch McLee [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang)
Deaths which occurred on June 09:
68 Nero Roman Emperor commits suicide
1870 Charles Dickens author, dies in England
1897 Alvin Graham Clark dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens
1981 Allen Ludden game show host (Password), dies at 63
1982 Hank Ladd TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1966 BUSH ROBERT IRA RACINE WI
1965 DALE CHARLES A. PHOENIX AZ
1965 DEMMON DAVID S. VENICE CA
1970 ELLIOTT ANDREW J. OAKLAND CA
1970 HILBRICH BARRY W. CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1968 HOLDEN ELMER LARRY OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1968 LOCKER JAMES DOUGLAS SIDNEY OH
1968 RITTICHIER JACK C. BARBERTON OH
1970 RYDER JOHN L. CHISHOLM MN
1968 SCHMIDT WALTER R. JR. NASSAU NY
1966 SHORACK THEODORE JAMES JR SALEM OR
1968 YEEND RICHARD C. MOBILE AL
On this day...
1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1628 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass
1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
1772 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I
1790 1st book copyrighted under the constitution, Philadelphia Spelling Bk
1822 Charles Graham receives 1st patent for false teeth
1851 San Francisco Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)
1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Va
1868 1st meeting of the Board of Regents, University of California
1869 Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El)
1890 The opera "Robin Hood" is produced (Chicago)
1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1899 Jim Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons for the Heavyweight boxxing crown
1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
1902 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
1907 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #635 Vundtia
1914 Honus Wagner becomes the 1st baseball player to get 3,000 hits
1928 1st aerial cross of the Pacific lands in Brisbane Australia
1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1931 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1197 Rhodesia
1931 Goddard patents rocket-fueled aircraft design
1934 1st Donald Duck cartoon, The Wise Little Hen, released
1934 Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for the US Open
1936 Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for the US Open
1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1943 Congress passes "pay-as-you-go" income tax
1944 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn
1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire. (Dubuque Iowa)
1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
1946 NY Giant Mel Ott becomes the 1st manager to be ejected from both
games of a doubleheader
1949 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US
1953 About 100 die in Worcester MA tornado
1953 Tornado strikes Worcester Mass destroying Assumption College
1954 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency,
sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1955 100� F-Hottest day in Seattle Washington
1957 Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1960 ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963 Barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
1963 Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY
1965 Michel Fazy runs the mile in 3 minute 53.6 seconds
1966 5 Minn Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner,
& Harmon Killebrew) all homer in the 7th inning to beat Athletics 9-4
1967 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl
1969 Brian Jones quits the Rolling Stones
1969 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
1970 Harry A Blackmun becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1971 Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
1972 14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 200
1972 1st all-nite grad parties
1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
1973 Secretariat wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown
1974 Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert
1975 E Roemer discovers asteroid #1983 Bok
1975 Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla)
1977 George & Patti Harrison divorce
1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1978 Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
1978 Larry Holmes wins a decision over Ken Norton for the WBC crown
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes
down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1979 Coastal wins the Belmont Stakes
1979 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
1979 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time
1979 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980 Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1984 "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
1984 Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
1984 J�rgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984 NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed
1984 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 Swale wins the Belmont Stakes (8 days later Swale dies)
1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon
1985 LA Lakers beats Boston Celtics in 6 games for NBA title
1985 Los Angeles beats Boston, for the NBA championship
1985 USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1986 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
1986 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
1988 Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK
1989 "Star Trek V" premiers
1989 Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
1990 Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990 Go and Go wins the 122nd Belmont Stakes
1990 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
1990 Monoica Salas beats Steffi Graff for French Open title
1991 Hansel wins the Belmont Stakes
1991 Jim Courier beats Andre Agassi for the French Open
1991 World Bowl-World League of American Football 1st championship
1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Oklahoma : Senior Citizens Day
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
Ancient Rome : Vestalia (honors goddess Vesta); a d v Id Juni�
Christian : Feast of St Pelagia
RC : Memorial of Ephraem, deacon & doctor (opt)
RC : Commemoration of SS Primus & Felician, martyrs
Ang, Luth, RC : Commemoration of Columba, Abbot of Iona
Luth : Commemoration of Aidan, confessors
Luth : Commemoration of Bede, confessors
Religious History
0597 Death of St. Columba (born 521), pioneer missionary to Scotland. From the Isle of Iona, Columba evangelized the
mainland of Scotland and Northumbria.
1549 In England, Parliament established a uniformity of religious services and the first Book of Common Prayer, as
Anglicanism became the newly established national faith.
1732 Englishman James Oglethorpe received a royal charter to form the American colony of Georgia. It was to be a
place of refuge for sectarian Protestant believers, persecuted in England.
1784 In the first step toward formal organization of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S., Father John Carroll was
appointed superior of the American missions by Pius VI.
1834 English Baptist missionary pioneer William Carey died at 73. Having translated portions of Scripture into as many
as 25 languages, he is known by some today as the 'father of modern missions.'
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
~MarciaH
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 (00:54)
#263
June 10
Birthdates
1706 John Dollond owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens
1735 John Morgan American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
1819 Gustave Courbet France, realist painter (Funeral at Ornans)
1836 Yamaoka Tesshu Japanese swordsman, master of kendo
1895 Immanuel Velikovsky writer (Worlds in Collision)
19-- Franco Santunone rocker (Electric Boys-Funk-o-metal Carpet Ride)
19-- Garry Walberg Buffalo NY, actor (Speed-Odd Couple, Quince ME)
19-- Randee Heller Bkln NY, actress (Alice-Soap, Mama Malone, Better Days)
1904 Frederick Loewe composer/partner of Learner
1910 Chester Burnette hamonica player (Howlin Wolf)
1910 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], rocker (Evil, Big City Blues)
1911 Ralph Kirkpatrick Leominster Mass, harpsichordist
1911 Terence Rattigan playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version)
1913 Thor Johnson Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958)
1913 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System
1914 Saul Bellow author (Mr Sammler's Planet)
1915 Oscar Comras Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park)
1921 Prince Philip Mountbatten Greece, Duke of Edinburgh, Mr Elizabeth II
1922 Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], Mich, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)
1922 Rose Moffard AZ acting Governor
1923 Earl Hamner Jr Schuyler Va, TV narrator (The Waltons)
1923 Robert Maxwell [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News)
1925 Nat Hentoff columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society)
1926 June Haver actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door)
1928 Maurice Sendak NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are)
1929 James McDivitt Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9)
1932 Gardner McKay NYC, actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles)
1933 F Lee Bailey Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam Shepard case)
1937 Richard Foreman NYC, theatrical director (Daily Life)
1939 Alexandria Stewart Montr�al, actress (In Praise of Older Women)
1941 Shirley Alston Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1943 Jeff Greenfield NYC, media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline)
1945 Ron Glass Evansville Ind, actor (Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple)
1946 Matthew Fisher England, keyboardist (Procal Harum-Conquistador)
1951 Dan Fouts NFL QB (San Diego Chargers)
1955 Andrew Stevens Memphis Tn, actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury)
1959 Timothy Van Patten Bkln NY, actor (White Shadow, Master)
1961 Maxi Priest rocker (Wide World)
1962 Duane Sutter NHL player (NY Islander)
1966 Doug McKeon NJ, actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial)
1967 Human Beatbox (Darren Robinson) rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1973 David Friedman LA Calif, actor (Jason-Little House on the Prairie)
1991 James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)
Deaths which occurred on June 10:
1580 Lu�s Vaz de Camoes Portugal's national poet, dies
1839 Nathaniel Pryor sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies
1903 King Alexander I & Queen Dragia of Serbia are assassinated
1924 Giacomo Matteotti Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists
1941 Marcus Garvey dies at 52 in London England
1946 Jack Johnson 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
1971 Michael Rennie actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61
1981 Russell "Lucky" Hayden actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68
1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder film-maker, dies of drug overdose at 36
1985 Bob Prince sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68
1985 George Chandler actor (Lassie), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
1988 Louis L'Amour western writer, dies at 80 of cancer
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 COMPA JOSEPH J. JR. EAST LIVERPOOL OH
1965 CURLEE ROBERT L. JR. MONROE NC
1965 DOUGHTIE CARL LOUIS TARBORO NC
1967 EVERSON DAVID AITKIN MN
1965 HAGEN CRAIG L. SACRAMENTO CA
1965 HALL WALTER L. OLD TOWN ME
1967 HALL THOMAS R. CARROLLTON VA
1965 JOHNSON BRUCE G. HARBOR BEACH MI
1965 OWENS FRED M. PICHER OK
1970 PIERCE WALTER M. PHILADELPHIA PA
1967 PLATT ROBERT L. JR. CHARLESTON SC
1965 SAEGAERT DONALD R. BERLIN CT
1967 SHERMAN PETER WOODBURY BAY VILLAGE OH
On this day...
1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island
1639 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
1682 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree
1720 Mrs Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard
1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!
1760 NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
1772 Burning of the Gasp�e, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders
1776 Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Decl of Ind
1801 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
1809 1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila
1846 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire
1848 1st telegraph link between NYC & Chicago
1854 Georg F.B. Reiman proposes that space is curved
1863 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds
1865 Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance M�nchen Germany
1868 2nd Belmont Stakes, General Duke wins
1869 Agnes arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef
1880 Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
1892 Wilbert Robinson of Balt Orioles sets record of 7 for 7 in 9 inn game
1898 US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War
1899 Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati
1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H.F. Callahan
1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me
1908 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of NY, opens
1916 Great Arab Revolt begin
1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)
1924 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
1926 Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle
1932 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass
1934 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome
1935 Dr Robert Smith & William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous
1940 Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
1942 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia) Gestapo kills 173
1943 FDR becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime
1943 FDR signs withholding tax bill into law (this is W-2 Day!)
1944 Joe Nuxhall at 15 becomes youngest ML baseball player
1946 Italian Republic established
1952 Chic White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
1954 PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting
1955 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm
1957 Harold MacMillan becomes British PM
1957 John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada
1959 Rocky Colovito hits 4 HRs in 1 game
1962 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3�"
1964 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
1965 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2370 van Altena
1966 Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK
1966 Beatles record "Rain", 1st to use reverse tapes
1966 Cleve Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Wash Senator, 2-0
1966 Janis Joplins 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)
1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire & Magic Mountain Music Festival, Calif
1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help
1971 11 die in a train crash in Salem Ill
1972 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges &
moves him aheard of Willie Mays as the #2 HR hitter (649)
1973 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit
1975 Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans
1976 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome
1977 Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II
1977 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison
1978 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
1979 Balt Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleve)
1979 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail
1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
1981 Sebastian Coe of Englands sets the 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence
1981 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
1982 Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut
1984 Boston beats Los Angeles, for the NBA championship
1984 Ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his 1st grand slam title
1984 US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time
1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife
1985 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula
1986 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
1987 Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated
1988 Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)
1989 Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17 beats heavily
favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title
1990 Andres Gomez beats Andre Agassi for French Open title
1990 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trail Blazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity
1991 Mother of All Parades-NYC welcomes desert storm troops
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Argentina : Affirmation of Argentina's Rights over the Malvinas
Azores : Camoes Day (1580)
Cape Verde, Maderia : National Day (1580)
Portugal : Day of Portugal (1580)
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
RC-Vatican City : Sacred Heart Day (moveable feast)
Luth-Manheim, Penn : Rose Day anniversary
Methodist : Student Day (2nd Sunday in June)
Ang : Commemoration of Ephrem of Edessa, Syria, deacon
old RC : Commemoration of St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, widow
Religious History
1692 Bridget Bishop became the first person hanged for witchcraft, during the ordeal known to history as the 'Salem
Witch Trials.' In all, 20 people died before theological jurisprudence was restored in this isolated Puritan community in
Massachusetts.
1850 The American Bible Union was founded, organized by church leaders who had broken from the American and
Foreign Bible Society.
1854 Eventually to become the first African- American Roman Catholic bishop, James Augustine Healy, 24, was
ordained a priest in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
1925 The United Church of Canada was formed, uniting both the Methodist and Presbyterian denominations of Canada.
The merger also took in 3,000 independent Canadian Congregational churches.
1983 The Presbyterian Church (USA) was formed in Atlanta, through a reunification of the United Presbyterian Church
(UPCUSA) and the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS).
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" If you want the last word with a woman, apologize. "
~MarciaH
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 (00:55)
#264
June 11
Birthdates
1572 Ben Jonson England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist)
1723 J G Palitzsch 1st saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz
1776 John Constable England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)
1823 James L Kemper Maj Gen, hero at Battle of Williamsberg
1847 Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett leader of English women's movement
1864 Richard Strauss M�nchen Germany, composer (Till Eulenspiegel)
1867 Charles Fabry found ozone layer in upper atmosphere
1876 A.L. Kroeber Hoboken NJ, anthropologist/textbook author
1880 Jeannette Rankin 1st woman elected to US Congress (from Montana)
1883 Frank O. King Cashton, Wisc., "Gasoline Alley" cartoonist
1886 David Steinman NYC, bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough)
1895 Nikolai A Bulganin Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-8)
1899 Yasonari Kawabata Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes)
19-- Denise de Kalafe Brazil, singer
1900 Lawrence E Spivak Bkln NY, news panelist (Meet the Press)
1903 Ernie Nevers NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals)
1907 Paul Mellon philanthropist/horse breeder (1964 Gold Baton)
1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau France, oceanic explorer aboard Calypso
1911 Russ Hodges Dayton Tn, sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights)
1913 Ris� Stevens NYC, mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera)
1913 Vince Lombardi NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)
1914 Gerald Mohr NYC, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue)
1914 Henry G Cisheros (Mayor-San Antonio)
1918 Nelson Mandela civil right activist in South Africa
1919 Richard Todd Ireland, actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident)
1920 Hazel Scott Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott)
1920 Robert Hutton Kingston NY, actor (Torture Garden, Rocket)
1922 John Bromfield South Bend In, actor (Easy to Love)
1925 William Styron Va, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice)
1926 Carlisle Floyd Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk)
1931 Lucianna Paluzzi Rome Italy, actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball)
1931 Tab Hunter NYC, actor (Tab Hunter Show)
1932 Athol Fugard South Africa, anti-apartheid writer (Blood Knot)
1933 Jud Strunk Jamestown NY, singer/comedian (Laugh-In)
1935 Gene Wilder Milwaukee, actor (Young Frankenstein, Silver Streak)
1936 Chad Everett South Bend In, actor (Medical Center, Airplane II)
1937 Johnny Brown St Petersburg Fla, comedian (Good Times, Leslie Uggams)
1939 Jackie Stewart Scotland, driver/sports announcer (27 Grand Prix)
1940 Joey Dee Passaic NJ, actor (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris)
1944 James "Ox" D A Van Hoften Fresno Calif, astronaut (STS 41C, STS 51I)
1945 Adrienne Barbeau wife of John Carpenter/actress (Maude, Swamp Thing)
1947 Henry G Cisneros (Mayor-D-San Antonio)
1949 Frank Beard rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango)
1950 Debbie "Pokey" Watson US, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1950 Michael Swan Palo Alto Calif, actor (Duncan-As The World Turns)
1952 Russell Hitchcock rocker (Air Supply-All out of Love)
1953 Peter Bergman actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band)
1954 Gary Fencik NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)
1956 Joe Montana NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
1967 Clare Carey actress (Kelly Fox Rosebrock-Coach)
1973 Robby Kiger Encino Calif, actor (Crazy Like a Fox)
Deaths which occurred on June 11:
1963 Quang Duc Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon
1966 Wallace Ford actor (The Deputy), dies at 68
1969 John L Lewis formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at 89
1970 Frank Laubach Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
1970 Frank Silvera actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
1979 John Wayne actor, dies of cancer
1985 Karen Ann Quinlan dies in Morris Plains, NJ at 31
1988 Giuseppe Saragat president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89
1988 Nathan Cook actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1967 BEECHER QUENTIN R. TERRE HAUTE IN
1972 BIBBS WAYNE BLUE ISLAND IL
1967 BOHLSCHEID CURTIS R. POCATELLO ID
1967 CHOMEL CHARLES D. COLUMBUS IN
1967 CHRISTIE DENNIS R. IMPERIAL BEACH CA
1967 CLINTON DEAN E. DIX IL
1967 FOLEY JOHN J. III PLAINFIELD NJ
1968 FORD RANDOLPH W. GAINESVILLE FL
1967 GONZALES JOSE J. EL PASO TX
1972 HACKETT JAMES E. BRADENTON FL
1967 HANRATTY THOMAS M. BEULAH CO
1967 HAVRANEK MICHAEL W. MISSOULA MT
1972 HOLM ARNOLD E. JR. WATERFORD CT
1967 KLEMM DONALD MARTIN YOUNGSTOWN OH
1967 KOOI JAMES W. FRUITPORT MI
1972 MC QUADE JAMES R. HOQUAIM WA
1967 MOSHIER JIM E. BAKERSFIELD CA
1967 NELSON JAMES R. LUDINGTON MI
1967 OLDHAM JOHN S. TINNIE NM
1967 PEARSON ROBERT HARVEY EVERETT WA
1967 RIGGS THOMAS F. FARMINGTON MI
1967 STOCKMAN HERVEY ANDOVER NJ
1967 UHLMANSIEK RALPH E. CINCINNATI OH
1967 WEBB RONALD J. TRENTON NJ
1967 WIDENER JAMES E. CHURCHVILLE NY
1972 WILSON ROGER E. NORFOLK VA
1972 YEAKLEY ROBIN R. SOUTH BEND IN
On this day...
1184 -BC- Greeks finally captured Troy
1488 Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland
1517 Sir Thomas Pert reached Hudson Bay
1770 Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef
1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
1864 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm
1891 A Charlois discovers asteroid #311 Claudia
1895 1st auto race
1896 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized
1901 Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
1904 Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0
1905 Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1911 Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15
1919 Sir Barton becomes 1st horse to win the Triple Crown
1920 Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president
1927 Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th of 60 HRs
1929 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1147 Stavropolis
1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1222 Tina
1936 Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia
1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released
1938 Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0
1939 King & Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party
1942 US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
1944 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC
1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends
1951 Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
1955 1st jet magnesium airplane flown
1955 Eddie Arcaro ties record of 6 Belmont Stakes wins
1957 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo
1959 Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover
1960 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
1961 Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium
1961 Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs
1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama
1963 JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act"
1966 French & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
1967 Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes
1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity"
1970 US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya
1972 KPAT-AM in Berkeley CA returns from KRE
1974 Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash
1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
1977 ELO releases "Telephone Line"
1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premiers [Disneyland? WDW?]
1977 Seattle Slew wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge
1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)
#2614 Torrence
C Shoemaker discovers asteroids #2459 Spellmann, #2511 Patterson &
1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike
1982 Israel & Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
1982 Larry Holmes defeats Gerry Cooney, retains WBC heavyweight crown
1982 Movie "ET The Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)
Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1985 Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7)
1985 WJW-AM/TV in Cleveland Ohio change call letters to WRMR
1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term
1988 Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8�")
1988 Yanks' Rick Rhoden becomes 1st pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI)
1989 Youngest male French Open champ & 1st US champ since 1955, Michael
Chang, 17, beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden
1990 UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in the 9th he
retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)
1991 Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers 4 games to 1 for the NBA title
1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Hawaii : King Kamehameha I Day (1737-1819)
Nep l : King's Birthday
US : National Impressionists Day
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Paraguay : Chaco Peace Day (1935) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
RC, Ang, Luth, Cong : Memorial of St Barnabas, apostle
Luth-Manheim, Penn : Rose Day anniversary
Methodist : Student Day (2nd Sunday in June)
RC : Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday)
Religious History
1739 English founder of Methodism John Wesley stated in his journal: 'I look upon all the world as my parish.'
1799 Richard Allen (1760-1831), first African- American bishop in the U.S., was ordained a deacon of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.
1850 Birth of David C. Cook, pioneer developer of Sunday School curriculum. In 1875, Cook founded the David C. Cook
Publishing Co., headquartered today in Elgin, Illinois.
1918 Brazil's first Pentecostal Church was established by missionaries Daniel Berg and Adolf Gunnar Vingren. The new
congregation was registered as an 'Assembly of God' church.
1936 The Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) was organized in Philadelphia. In 1938 the denomination changed its
name to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Just because he's on the road, it doesn't mean his mind is. "
~sprin5
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 (10:26)
#265
Happy Birthday to Her Majesty.
~MarciaH
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 (19:07)
#266
Officially. I think her actual birthday is somewhere in the end of April but the weather is not as good as it is in June when they hold Trooping of the Colour in her honor. It is quite a spectacle and when we saw it, there was glorious sunshine everywhere.
~MarciaH
Sun, Jun 11, 2000 (19:10)
#267
June 12
Birthdates
1519 Cosmos de Medici art patron (Accademia del Disegno)
1771 Patrick Gass Falling Springs PA, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1819 Charles Kingsley England, clergyman/novelist (Westward Ho!)
1829 Johanna Spyri Switzerland, writer (Heidi)
1851 Oliver Joseph Lodge England, early radio pioneer
1885 Werner Josten Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle)
1897 Alexandre Tansman Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique)
1897 Anthony Eden Earl of Avon (C), British PM (1955-57)
19-- Alan Dysert Danville Ill, actor (Sean Cudahy-All My Children)
19-- Bernie Hamilton LA Calif, actor (Starsky & Hutch)
19-- David Lain Baker Long Beach Calif, actor (Call to Glory)
19-- James Healey actor (Sean Ryan-Dynasty)
1909 Archie Bleyer Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey)
1912 Russell "Lucky" Hayden Chico Calif, actor (Judge Roy Bean)
1914 William Lundigan Syracuse NY, actor (Climax)
1915 David Rockefeller banker, international power broker
1916 Irwin Allen disaster-movie producer (Towering Inferno)
1917 Priscilla Lane US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)
1919 Uta Hagen Germany, actres (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting
1919 Vera Hruba Ralston actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder)
1920 Peter Jones England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
1921 James Houston Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak)
1924 George Herbert Walker Bush (R) 43rd VP (1981-89) 41st Pres (1989- )
1927 Henry Slesar Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night)
1928 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (the Street Where You Live)
1929 Anne Frank Holland, diarist/Nazi victim
1930 Barbara Harris famous African
1932 Jim Nabors Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle)
1932 Rona Jaffe novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
1941 Chick Corea Chelsea Mass, jazz musician (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
1941 Roy Harper Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus)
1943 Marv Albert NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)
1943 Reg Presley rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1944 Linda Foster Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank)
1951 Brad Delp guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
1952 Ben E Carlos drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1952 Dale Krantz singer (Crossings-Collis Band)
1952 Oliver Knussen Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara)
1952 Seigfried Brietzke German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 Grace Jones Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48)
1953 Rebecca Holden Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider)
1953 Rocky Burnette Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line)
1957 Jim Morris impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
1957 Timothy Busfield East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
1959 Jenilee Harrison Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas)
1962 Michael Link Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
Deaths which occurred on June 12:
1963 Medgar Evers NAACP official, murdered in Jackson, Miss at 37
1972 Saul David Alinsky radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63
1980 Milburn Stone actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75
1983 Norma Shearer Academy Award-winner, dies at 80
1986 Tony Desimone combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1972 ANGUS WILLIAM K. GOLDEN CO
1966 HARRIS GREGORY J. TOLEDO OH
1965 HOLLAND LAWRENCE T. ALHAMBRA CA
1972 WILEY RICHARD D. DECATUR IL
On this day...
816 St Leo III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1665 English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out
1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br)
1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins
1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass
1838 Territory of Iowa organized
1839 1st baseball game played in America
1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky
1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1880 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)
1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock
waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll
1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control
1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to the Tigers
1913 "The Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
1922 St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended
upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above the ground in NYC
1925 William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4"
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up
into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] & United Air Lines
1935 Chaco War ends between Bolivia & Paraguay [?]
1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa
1937 USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued
1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1948 Eddie Arcaro becomes 1st jockey to win the triple crown twice
1952 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, TX
1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
1959 SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
1964 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1965 The Beatles are awarded the MBE
1967 Israel wins 6 day war
1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1967 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
1967 Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
1970 Pitts Pirate Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch
1971 Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
1972 John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" &
"Luck of the Irish"
1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2
hrs, 49 min
1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
1986 P W Botha declares South African national emergency
1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
1990 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
1990 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Finland : Helsinki Day (1550)
Phillipines : Independence Day (1898)
Turk & Cacios Island : Constitution Day
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Paraguay : Chaco Peace Day (1935) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
Buddhist-Bhutan : Buddha's Ascension
Christian : Feast of Bl Guy of Cortona
RC : Commem of SS Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, Nazarius, martyrs
Luth-Manheim, Penn : Rose Day anniversary
Methodist : Student Day (2nd Sunday in June)
RC : Commemoration of St John of San Facondo, confessor
Religious History
1458 In England, the College of St. Mary Magdalen was founded at Oxford University.
1720 Birth of Isaac Pinto, translator of the first Jewish prayerbook published in America.
1744 David Brainerd, 26, was ordained a missionary to the Indians in Colonial New England by the Society for
Propagating Christian Knowledge (SPCK).
1914 The first edition of A.T. Robertson's monumental 'Grammar of the Greek New Testament' was released. Its 1400+
pages make it the largest systematic analysis of the original New Testament language ever published.
1950 American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Earthly blessing is no sign of heavenly favor. Behold how
many wicked prosper.'
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Death and taxes may always be with us, But at least death doesn't get any worse. "
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~MarciaH
Tue, Jun 13, 2000 (17:09)
#268
June 13
Birthdates
40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola Roman general; conquered Wales, No. England
823 Charles II (the Bald) king of France (843-77), emperor (875-77)
1752 Fanny Burney England, author (Camille, Evelina)
1773 Thomas Young proponent of the wave theory of light
1786 Winfield Scott American army general/presidential candidate
1821 Albert duc de Broglie, France, premier (1873-74, 1977)
1831 James Clerk Maxwell physicist, formulated electromagnetic theory
1865 William Butler Yeats Ireland, poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923)
1881 Lois Weber 1st US woman film director (What Do Men Want?)
1892 Basil Rathbone Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
1893 Dorothy L Sayers England, novelist (9 Taylors)
1894 Mark van Doren Ill, author (The Happy Critic)
1897 Paavo Johannes Nurmi Finland, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1924)
1899 Carlos Ch vez Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfon�a India)
19-- Deann Mears Fort Fairfield Maine, actress (Emily-Beacon Hill)
19-- Lefty Perez NYC, salsa singer
1900 Ian Hunter S Africa, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood)
1903 Harold "Red" Grange "Galloping Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears)
1911 Albert Cleage famous African
1911 Luis W Alvarez physicist (Nobel-1968)
1912 Mary Wickes St Louis Mo, actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc)
1913 Ralph Edwards Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
1915 J Donald Budge US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles)
1918 Ben Johnson Foraker Okla, actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger)
1920 Knut Nordahl Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948)
1926 Paul Lynde Mt Vernon Ohio, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched)
1935 Christo Bulgaria, artist, wrapper (Running Fence)
1940 Bobby Freeman SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance)
1941 Robert Forester Rochester NY, actor (Banyon, Nakia)
1941 Tom Hallick Buffalo NY, actor (Search)
1943 Edward Skorek Poland, volleball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1944 Joe Amato NHRA top fuel drag racing champion (1991)
1945 Ronald J Grabe NYC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-J, STS 30, STS 42)
1947 Peter Holm boyfriend of Joan Collins
1951 Richard Thomas NYC, (John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda)
1962 Ally Sheedy NYC, actress (St Elmo's, Short Circuit, Maid to Order)
1963 Bettina Bunge Switz, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Calif 1983)
1963 Catarina Lindqvist Sweden, tennis player (Swedish Open 1986)
1968 Deniece Peterson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
197- Charlie Rivera singer (Menudo)
1971 Broderick nonuplets Sydney Australia (7 of 9 survived infancy)
1986 Ashley Olsen actress (Full House)
1986 Mary Kate Olsen actress (Full House)
Deaths which occurred on June 13:
323 -BC- Alexander the Great dies of fever at Babylon
1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowns
1946 Edward Bowes radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1961 Ben Jones Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79
1962 Sir Eugene Goossens composer, dies at 69
1972 Clyde McPhatter singer of the drifters, dies of a heart attack
1977 Tom C Clark former Supreme Court Justice, dies in NY at 77
1979 Darla Hood actress (Little Rascals), dies
1982 King Khalid of Saudi Arabia, dies at 69
1986 Benny Goodman the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77
1987 Geraldine Page actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1966 BURKART CHARLES W. SELKIRK NY
1968 CARTER JAMES D. CLARKSTON MI
1972 FULTON RICHARD J. CHANDLER AZ
1966 GIERAK GEORGE G JR. SPRINGFIELD NY
1966 GLANVILLE JOHN T JR. MANDHAM NJ
1972 HANSON GREGG O. ROSELLE IL
1966 KERR EVERETT O. BELMONT WV
1966 LAMBTON BENNIE R. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1966 LURIE ALAN P. CLEVELAND OH
1966 PYLE DARREL E. COMPTON CA
1969 STORY JAMES C. BERWYN IL
1969 WARD NEAL CLINTON COLLEGE STATION TX
events on this day....
1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed
1611 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication
1774 Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves
1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US
1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California
1837 1st Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio
1855 The opera "Les V�pres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)
1863 Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, NZ
1866 House passes 14th Amendment
1871 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
1873 J C Watson discovers asteroid #132 Aethra
1879 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella
1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, BC
1888 Congress creates the Department of Labor
1889 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming
1890 Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named
1895 �mile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)
1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital
1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians
1905 NY Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chic Cubs, 1-0
1907 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2�F in Tamarack Calif
1910 Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from NY to Phila
1910 William D Crum, a SC physician, appointed minister to Liberia
1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games
1918 Philles & Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings
1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8
1924 Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win
1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista Greece
1933 1st sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY)
1933 Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized
1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1349 Bechuana
1935 James T Braddocks beats Max Baer for HW boxing champ
1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
1940 Paris evacuated before the German advance
1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenem�nde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
1944 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks
1946 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland
1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France
1957 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season
1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice
1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band & joins the Rolling Stones
1969 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2111 Tselina
1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
1970 Beatles' "Long & Winding Road," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1971 NY Times began publishing "The Pentagon Papers"
1971 Perth Observatory discovers asteroids #1806 Derice & #1978 Patrice
1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604
1973 Garvey, Lopes, Cey & Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8+ years (LA
Dodgers)
1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2219 Mannucci
1977 Convicted assassin James Earl Ray recaptured [?]
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall"
1980 Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation
1980 UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
1981 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany
1981 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II
1981 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"
1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69
1983 Pioneer 10 becomes 1st man-made object to leave Solar System
1986 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
1986 Steve Garvey 1st ejection from a game, after Atlanta's triple-play
1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete
cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win the AL East
1988 George Harrison releases "This is Love"
1988 US Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist
1989 Detroit sweeps Los Angeles, for the NBA championship
1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
1990 Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term,
1991 NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Yemen Arab Rep : Reform Movement Day
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Paraguay : Chaco Peace Day (1935) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
RC : Mem of St Anthony of Padua, patron of lovers, poor
Religious History
1525 German Reformer Martin Luther, 42, married former nun Katherine von Bora, 26. Their 21-year marriage bore six
children. Kate outlived her husband (who died in 1546) by six years.
1742 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in his journal: 'Oh, let none think his labor is lost because the fruit
does not immediately appear.'
1816 Birth of Edward F. Rimbault, the English church organist who composed the hymn tune to which is sung 'O Happy
Day, That Fixed My Choice.'
1876 The Presbyterian Church in England merged with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, in creating a more
uniform representation of the Reformed faith in the British Isles.
1897 Birth of Reuben Larson, missionary pioneer who in 1931 (along with Clarence W. Jones) co-founded the World
Radio Missionary Fellowship. Since 1969, WRMF has been headquartered in Opa Locka, Florida.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" To reform a man, begin with his grandmother. "
~MarciaH
Tue, Jun 13, 2000 (17:10)
#269
June 14
Birthdates
1736 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law)
1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
1820 John Bartlett US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)
1855 Robert Marion La Follette Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)
1856 Andrey Markov Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)
1864 Alois Alzheimer Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease)
1868 Karl Landsteiner immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930)
1874 Edward Bowes radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour)
19-- Andy Christell rocker (Electric Boys-Funk-o-metal Carpet Ride)
19-- Chris DeGarmo rock guitarist (Queensr�che-The Warning)
19-- Jorge Rivero Mexico, actor (Priest of Love, Last Hard Men)
19-- Kim Lankford Montebello Calif, actress (Gingers-Knots Landing)
19-- Rosa Langschwadt actress (Cecily Davidson-All My Children)
19-- Trish Stewart Hot Springs Ark, actress (Melanmie-Salvage 1)
19-- Yasmine Bleeth actress (Ryan's Hope)
1906 Carl Esmond Wien (Vienna) Austria, actor (Smash-Up)
1906 Gil Lamb Minneapolis, actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High)
1908 John Scott Trotter Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show)
1909 Burl Ives Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
1910 Rudolf Kempe Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72)
1917 Lash La Rue Gretna La, cowboy actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)
1918 Dorothy McGuire Omaha Neb, actress (Old Yeller, Summer Magic)
1919 Sam Wanamaker Chic Ill, actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal)
1921 Gene Barry NYC, actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law)
1925 Pierre Salinger newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy)
1928 Ernesto (Che) Guevara Latin American revolutionary
1929 Cy Coleman [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity)
1931 Marla Gibbs Chicago Ill, actress (Florence-Jeffersons, Mary-227)
1933 Jerzy Kosinski novelist (Painted Bird, Being There)
1940 Ben Davidson LA Calif, actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R)
1940 Jack Bannon LA Calif, actor (Art-Lou Grant, Trauma Center)
1943 Muff Mervyn Winwood singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)
1946 Donald Trump master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle)
1946 Ralph McAllister Ingersol II NYC, newspaper publisher
1949 Bob Frankston programmer (VisiCalc)
1949 Rochelle Firestone Kansas City MO, actress (Hellhole)
1952 Eddie Mekka Worcester Mass, actor (Carmine-Laverne & Shirley)
1954 Will Patton Charleston SC, actor (No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun)
1958 Carina Persson Stockholm Sweden, playmate (August, 1983)
1958 Eric Heiden Wisc, .5/1/1.5/5/10K speed skater (Olympic-5 golds-1980)
1961 Boy George O'Dowd androgynous rock musician & druggie (Culture Club)
1969 Steffi Graf West Germany, tennis player (Grand Slam 1988)
1970 Simone Fleurice Eden Arcadia Ca, playmate (Feb, 1989)
2160 Montgomery Edward Scott Aberdeen, Scotland (Star Trek)
Deaths which occurred on June 14:
1801 Benedict Arnold Revolutionary War general, dies in London
1828 Charles Duke of Prussia, dies at 70
1962 Anna Sleasers first Boston Strangler victim
1965 H.V. Kaltenborn newscaster (Who Said That?), dies at 86
1977 Alan Reed actor (Mr Adams & Eve/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69
1977 Robert Middleman actor (Barney-The Monroes), dies at 66
1982 Marjorie Bennett actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer
1986 Alan Jay Lerner Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67
1986 Jorge Luis Borges Argentine author, dies in Geneva at 86
1986 Marlin Perkins "Wild Kingdom" host, dies near St Louis at 81
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1972 DAVIS FRANCIS J. MONTROSE IA
1969 GRACE JAMES W. NEW IBERIA LA
1965 GUARINO LAWRENCE N. NEWARK NJ
1969 KAHLER HAROLD LINCOLN NE
1973 MC LEOD DAVID V. JR. JACKSONVILLE FL
1967 MC MANUS KEVIN J. BABYLON NY
1967 MECHENBIER EDWARD J. DAYTON OH
1971 WILSON RICHARD JR. CRAWFORDSVILLE AR
On this day...
1623 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Va files against
Cicely Jordan. He loses
1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts
1775 US Army founded
1777 Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
1834 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine
1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
1841 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
1846 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma
1847 Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide
1850 Fire destroys part of SF
1863 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
1864 Battle of Pine Mt, Gen Leonidas Polk killed in action
1870 All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer 1st loss in 130 games
1876 1st player to hit for the cycle (George Hall, Phila Athletics)
1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1881 Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass
1900 Hawaiian Republic becomes the US Territory of Hawaii
1906 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #600 Musa
1917 Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
1919 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) leaves Nfld
1923 Pres Harding is 1st US president to use radio, dedicating the
Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore
1924 WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
1928 Republican Natl Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover
1931 French "St Philbert" overturned off St Nazaire France, drowns 450
1934 Max Baer KO's Primo Carnera in 11 for HW box champ in Long Island City
1934 WOQ-AM in KC Missouri goes off the air
1935 Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1490 Limpopo
1938 Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
1938 Dorothy Lathrop wins the 1st Caldecott Medal (kid books author)
1940 German forces occupied Paris during WW II
1941 Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita KS
1942 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct
1942 Walt Disney's "Bambi" is released
1944 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan
1945 Rod Argent, rocker (The Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1946 Canadian Library Association established
1949 State of Vietnam formed
1951 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
1952 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered sub the Nautilus
1953 Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn
1953 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
1954 Pres Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge
1961 106�F, hottest temperature in San Francisco
1963 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days
1965 Beatles release the album "Beatles VI"
1965 Cincinatti Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0
1965 John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published
1967 Launch of Mariner V for Venus fly-by
1967 USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit
1969 John & Yoko appear on David Frost's British TV Show
1970 Cincinatti Red Stockings loses 1st game after winning 130 straight
1975 Janis Ian releases "At 17"
1975 USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
1976 "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
1976 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4
1978 Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR
1979 Rock group "Little Feat" disbands
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2937 Gibbs, #2938 Hopi & #3160 Angerhofer
1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict
1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx
1985 Lebanese Shiite Moslem gunmen hijack TWA 847 after Athens' takeoff
1987 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor
1987 LA Lakers win NBA title with a 106-93, victory over the Celtics
1989 Ground breaking begins in Minn on the world's largest mall
1989 Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
1989 Pistons sweep LA for NBA title, Kareem Abdul Jabber's final NBA game
1989 Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame
1990 Detroit Pistons beat Portland, 4 games to 1 for NBA championship
1991 Leroy Burrell of USA sets the 100m record (9.90) in NYC
1991 Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Afgh nist n : Mother's Day
US : Flag Day (1777)
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Paraguay : Chaco Peace Day (1935) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )
Religious Observances
Christian : Feast of SS Valerius & Rufinus
Luth : Commem of Gregory of Nazianzus & Gregory of Nyssa, bishops
old RC, Luth, Ang : Comm of St Basil the Great, bp of C�sarea, doc
Religious History
1715 Robert Norden became licensed pastor of the Baptist congregation in Prince George County -- the first Baptist
church organized within the American colony of Virginia.
1940 Auschwitz, largest of the Nazi concentration camps, was first opened near Krakow, Poland. Before its liberation by
the Allies in 1945, over 3 million Jews would be exterminated there.
1956 President Eisenhower signed a congressional resolution which added the words "under God" to the Pledge of
Allegiance. The last phrase now reads: '...one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'
1966 The Vatican announced that its 'Index of Prohibited Books' (created by Pope Paul IV in 1557) had been abolished.
1984 The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution opposing the ordination of women for ministry in the Baptist
Church.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" No man's religion ever survives his morals. "
~sprin5
Wed, Jun 14, 2000 (09:18)
#270
Good day for the Pistons.
~MarciaH
Wed, Jun 14, 2000 (20:35)
#271
Yup!!!
June 14th is "Flag Day" in the United States. GCFL feels that it is
important to remember our flag. In the most simple terms, Flag Day
is the birthday of the United States Flag.
While we traditionally celebrate July 4th as the birthday of the
United States itself, it was many years after 1776 that the idea of
a special day to celebrate the Flag came about. A very nice history
of Flag Day can be found at
http://www.icss.com/usflag/flag.day.html
The anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 was established by
President Wilson in 1916, but it was not until 1949 that President
Truman designated June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
Finally, it seems appropriate to mention the Pledge of Allegiance.
Red Skelton, one of the greatest comedians, is know for being funny
without being smutty. He also made some profound statements, one of
which was his "Commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance." You can visit
http://www.otrsite.com/memoriam/#pledge to read it (recommended).
The site also has a link which will allow you to hear the words as
Red Skelton spoke them on his television show. "RealAudio" is
required.
The words are just as meaningful now as they were so many years ago.
I urge all of you in the United States to display your flag on June 14th.
**Our flag is up every morning and down every sunset...
~MarciaH
Fri, Jun 16, 2000 (23:49)
#272
Today is Friday, June 16, the 168th day of 2000 with 198 to follow.
The moon is full.
The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include film comedian Stan Laurel in 1890; publisher Katharine Graham in 1917 (age 83); authors Erich Segal in 1937 (age 63) and Joyce Carol Oates in 1938 (age 62); actress Joan Van Ark ("Knots Landing") in 1946 (age 54); Boxer Roberto Duran in 1951 (age 49); and actress Laurie Metcalf ("Roseanne") in 1955 (age 45).
On this date in history:
In 1904, James Joyce met his future wife, Nora, for the second time and fell in love. He later chose the date as the single-day setting for his novel, "Ulysses."
In 1917, the first Congress of Soviets was convened in Russia. In 1963, the Soviet Union put the first woman into space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. In 1986, South African blacks marked the 10th anniversary of the Soweto uprising with a one-day strike. 11 blacks were killed in the resulting violence.
In 1992, President Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin met at the White House for the first ever U.S.-Russian summit.
Also in 1992, former Defense Secretary Weinberger was indicted on five felony counts of lying to Congress and investigators in connection with the Iran-Contra scandal.
In 1993, the U.N. Security Council voted to impose a worldwide ban on oil shipments to Haiti. In 1996, Boris Yeltsin won 35 percent of the vote in the Russian presidential election, forcing a runoff. In 1998, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic indicated a willingness to resume peace talks with ethnic Albanian leaders about the rebellious Serbian province of Kosovo.
Also in 1998, the Detroit Red Wings won the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup for the second straight year with a four-game sweep of the Washington Capitals.
In 1999, Vice President Al Gore announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A thought for the day: Henry David Thoreau wrote, "Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, like when you find a trout in the milk."
~MarciaH
Mon, Jun 19, 2000 (16:47)
#273
Today is Monday, June 19, the 171st day of 2000 with 195 to follow.
The moon is waning, moving toward its last quarter. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, in 1566; French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1623; the Duchess of Windsor, born Bessie Wallis Warfield, in 1896; Moe Howard, one of the "Three Stooges," in 1897; bandleader Guy Lombardo in 1902; baseball player Lou Gehrig in 1903; former Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., in 1914 (age 86); film critic Pauline Kael in 1919 (age 81); actresses Nancy Marchand in 1928 (age 72) and Gena Rowlands in 1936 (age 64); actor Malcolm McDowell in 1943 (age 57); author Salman Rushdie in 1947 (age 53); actress Phylicia Rashad in 1948 (age 52); singer Ann Wilson of Heart in 1951 (age 49); actress Kathleen Turner in 1954 (age 46); and singer Paula Abdul in 1962 (age 38).
On this date in history:
In A.D. 325, the early Christian church opened the general council of Nicaea, which settled on rules for computing the date of Easter.
In 1787, the U.S. Constitutional Convention voted to strike down the Articles of Confederation and form a new government.
In 1846, two amateur baseball teams played under new rules at Hoboken, N.J., planting the first seeds of organized baseball. The New York Nine beat the Knickerbockers, 23-1.
In 1953, convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed. In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1981 Louisiana law that required schools to teach the creationist theory of human origin espoused by fundamentalist Christians.
In 1991, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a plan to prohibit the export of military supplies to Iraq. In 1992, Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels youth anti-crime patrols, was shot and wounded by two men who laid in wait in a taxi near his Manhattan home.
A thought for the day: Henri-Frederic Amiel said, "An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains."
~MarciaH
Tue, Jun 20, 2000 (18:32)
#274
Today is Tuesday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2000 with 194 to follow. Summer begins at 9:48 p.m. EDT, today in the Northern Hemisphere. The moon is waning, moving toward its last quarter. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include author-playwright Lillian Hellman in 1907; actor Errol Flynn in 1909; World War II hero Audie Murphy in 1924; actors Martin Landau and Olympia Dukakis, both in 1931 (age 69), Danny Aiello in 1933 (age 67), and John Mahoney ("Frasier") in 1940 (age 60); songwriter Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys in 1942 (age 58); singer Anne Murray in 1945 (age 55); TV handyman Bob Vila and concert pianist Andre Watts, both in 1946 (age 54); singer Lionel Richie in 1949 (age 51); actor John Goodman in 1952 (age 48); pop singer Cyndi Lauper in 1953 (age 47); and actors Michael Landon Jr. in 1964 (age 36) and Nicole Kidman in 1967 (age 33).
On this date in history:
In 1898, the U.S. Navy seized Guam, the largest of the Mariana Islands in the Pacific, during the Spanish-American war. The people of Guam were granted U.S. citizenship in 1950.
In 1963, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to establish a hot line communications link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow.
In 1967, the American Independent Party was formed to back George Wallace of Alabama for president. In 1977, oil began to flow through the $7.7 billion, 789-mile Alaska pipeline. In 1986, President Reagan had two benign polyps removed from his colon at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. In 1990, President Bush broke off U.S. diplomatic contact with the Palestine Liberation Organization after the PLO refused to act against a factional leader who plotted to attack Israel.
Also in 1990, South African nationalist Nelson Mandela began a triumphant U.S. fund-raising tour in New York. In 1991, the German parliament voted in favor of moving its capital from Bonn to Berlin. Also in 1991, Boris Yeltsin, then president of the Soviet republic of Russia, met with President Bush in Washington, D.C.
In 1994, O.J. Simpson pleaded "100 percent not guilty" to charges he murdered his ex-wife and her friend. In 1995, a military court acquitted Air Force Capt. James Wang of charges in connection with the April 1994 downing of two U.S Army helicopters over Iraq. He'd been the senior director of an AWACS plane that failed to warn two U.S. jets that the choppers were friendly.
In 1996, Attorney General Janet Reno asked that the Whitewater counsel be allowed to investigate the matter of FBI background checks. A panel of judges agreed the next day.
In 1997, four major U.S. tobacco companies and several state attorneys general, after months of negotiations, agreed to a $368.5 billion settlement to recover the costs of smoking-related illnesses.
In 1999, NATO formally ended its bombing campaign of Yugoslavia as Serb forces completed their withdrawal from Kosovo.
A thought for the day: it was Alexander Dumas the Younger who said, "Business? It's quite simple. It's other people's money."
~MarciaH
Wed, Jun 21, 2000 (15:29)
#275
Today is Wednesday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2000 with 193 to follow.
The moon is waning, moving toward its last quarter. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include first lady Martha Washington, in 1731; philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre in 1905; actors Jane Russell in 1921 (age 79), Maureen Stapleton in 1925 (age 75), Bernie Kopell ("The Love Boat") in 1933 (age 67), Monty Markham in 1938 (age 62), and Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter (both of "Family Ties"), both in 1947 (age 53); actress/TV host Mariette Hartley in 1940 (age 60); actor Robert Pastorelli in 1954 (age 46); actress Juliette Lewis in 1973 (age 27); and Britain's Prince William in 1982 (age 18).
On this date in history:
In 1788, the Constitution became effective when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it. In 1945, Japanese defenders of Okinawa Island surrendered to American troops. In 1982, John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the March 1981 shooting of President Reagan and three other people.
In 1984, the United States reported that an explosion in mid-May at a Soviet navy supply depot 900 miles north of Moscow had apparently killed more than 200 people.
In 1985, international experts in Sao Paulo, Brazil, conclusively identified the bones of a 1979 drowning victim as the remains of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele, ending a 40-year search for the so-called "angel of death" of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
In 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Iran, killing as many as 50,000 people. Also in 1990, the U.S. House of Representatives failed by 34 votes to pass a flag-protection constitutional amendment.
In 1992, "Batman Returns" smashed the box office record with a weekend opening estimated at $44.6 million. In 1997, Cambodia announced the capture of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. In 1998, opposition leader Andres Pastrana Arango was elected president of Columbia by a narrow margin. In 1999, President Clinton began a two-day visit to the Balkans, where he visited with Kosovo refugees in Slovenia and Macedonia.
A thought for the day: it was Jean-Paul Sarte who said, "Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself...."
~MarciaH
Fri, Jun 23, 2000 (19:28)
#276
June 23, 2000
On This Date in History:
In 1845, the Congress of the Republic of Texas agreed to
annexation by the United States.
In 1865, the last Confederate holdouts formally surrendered
in the Oklahoma Territory.
In 1947, Congress enacted the Taft-Hartley labor act over
the veto of President Truman.
In 1967, the Senate censured Sen. Thomas Dodd, D-Conn., for
misusing campaign funds.
In 1985, an Air India Boeing 747 from Toronto crashed off
the Irish coast, killing all 329 people aboard in the
world's worst commercial air disaster at sea.
In 1991, the Group of Seven industrialized democracies
agreed to offer the Soviet Union associate membership in
the International Monetary Fund.
In 1992, the largest study of its kind found that eating a
large bowl of oat bran cereal each day leads to a "modest"
drop in cholesterol.
In 1993, U.N.-imposed oil and arms sanctions against Haiti
took effect.
In 1994, a U.N.-approved French intervention force crossed
into civil war-torn Rwanda.
~MarciaH
Sun, Jun 25, 2000 (14:30)
#277
Reuters Today in History for June 25
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1788 - Virginia became the 10th state of the United States.
1867 - The first barbed wire was patented by Lucien B. Smith of Ohio.
1876 - At the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Sioux Indians led by Chief Crazy
Horse routed the U.S. 7th Cavalry led by Colonel Custer. Custer died along
with his company of 264 men in what was known as ``Custer's Last Stand.''
1900 - Earl Louis Mountbatten, British naval commander and statesman,
born. He became first sea lord and last viceroy of India.
1903 - Novelist George Orwell was born as Eric Arthur Blair in Bengal. His
works included ``Animal Farm'' and ``Nineteen Eighty Four.''
1910 - The first performance of ``The Firebird,'' a ballet by Igor Stravinsky,
took place in Paris.
1910 - U.S. Congress passed the White Slavery Act (or Mann Act), outlawing
the interstate transportation of women for immoral purposes.
1942 - Major General Dwight Eisenhower was appointed commander of U.S.
forces in Europe; on the same day, General Sir Claude Auchinleck became
commander of the British Eighth Army in North Africa.
1945 - Carly Simon, American singer/songwriter, born; hit songs include
``You're So Vain,'' ``Nobody Does It Better'' and the James Bond movie-theme
``The Spy Who Loved Me.''
1950 - North Korea invaded South Korea, heralding the beginning of the
Korean War.
1951 - The first regular commercial colour TV transmissions were inaugurated
by CBS from New York.
1953 - John Christie, the notorious British murderer of Ten Rillington Place,
was sentenced to death for killing six women.
1968 - British comedian Tony Hancock was found dead in a Sydney hotel
room after committing suicide.
1976 - Johnny Mercer, U.S. popular song composer and actor, died. He wrote
the lyrics for a number of award winning songs including ``Moon River.''
1991 - The last Soviet troops stationed in Czechoslovakia left the country, 23
years after the Warsaw Pact invasion.
1997 - Veteran French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who
popularized underwater exploration with prize-winning films, died aged 87.
~MarciaH
Mon, Jun 26, 2000 (17:01)
#278
Reuters Today in History for June 26
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1284 - The Pied Piper lured 130 children of Hamelin away and they were
never seen again. Although the fact is true, the reasons behind it are
obscured by legend and the story that he did it in revenge for not being paid
for clearing the town of rats was a fiction added later.
1810 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, Frenchman jointly credited with the
invention of the hot air balloon, died.
1836 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French author, army officer and
composer of ``La Marseillaise,'' died.
1844 - U.S. President John Tyler secretly married Julia Gardiner in New York.
1854 - Robert Borden, eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911-20, born.
1892 - Pearl Buck, American novelist, born.
1898 - Wilhelm Messerschmitt, German aviation designer and engineer, born.
1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian actor notably in ``The Maltese Falcon,''
``Casablanca'' and ``Arsenic and Old Lace,'' born as Lazlo Loewenstein.
1906 - The first grand prix motor race was held, over two days at Le Mans,
France.
1914 - Laurie Lee, British author notably of ``Cider With Rosie,'' born.
1945 - The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations in San
Francisco, succeeding the League of Nations. It became effective on October
24.
1970 - Alexander Dubcek was expelled from the Czechoslovak Communist
Party.
1975 - In India, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency and arrested
hundreds of political opponents.
1976 - An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale struck Indonesia's
Irian Jaya province; estimates of the death toll varied from 400 to 9,000.
1977 - Elvis Presley made his final concert performance at Indianapolis; he
died two months later.
1978 - South Yemeni President Salim Rubai Ali was overthrown and
executed.
1984 - Carl Foreman, American film director, screen writer and producer,
died; best known for his work on ``The Bridge on the River Kwai.''
1995 - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak survived an assassination bid when
gunmen sprayed bullets at his armoured limousine in Addis Ababa.
1997 - Fianna Fail leader Bertie Ahern was elected prime minister of a
minority Irish government.
~MarciaH
Mon, Jun 26, 2000 (23:48)
#279
June 27th
Birthdates
1462 Louis XII (the Just) king of France (1498-1515)
1550 Charles IX king of France (1560-74)
1682 Charles XII king of Sweden (1697-1718)
1838 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Bengali novelist (Anandamath)
1846 Charles Stewart Parnell Ireland, nationalist
1850 Ivan Vazov Bulgaria, poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke)
1850 Lafcadio Hearn US, journalist/author (Chita)
1862 May Irwin US comedienne/singer (A Hot Time in the Old Town)
1869 Emma Goldman anarchist/publisher (Mother Earth)
1872 Paul Laurence Dunbar Dayton Oh, short story writer (Majors & Minors)
1880 Helen Keller blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many
19-- Robert Newman actor (Guiding Light)
1900 Otto E Passman (Rep-D-La, 1947-77)
1907 John McIntire Spokane Ws, actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian)
1907 Valerie Cossart London, actress (The Hartmans)
1912 Audrey Christie Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange)
1913 Willie Mosconi world champion pool player (1941-57)
1914 Giorgio Almirante Italy, fascist (member of parliament (1948-87))
1918 Adolph Kiefer US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936)
1920 I.A.L. Diamond screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-The Apartment)
1922 George Walker Washington DC, composer (In Praise of Lillies)
1923 Paul F Conrad Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)
1927 Bob Keeshan aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning Captain)
1927 Robert Casey Rochester NY, actor (Henry-Aldrich Family Show)
1930 H Ross Periot Texas billionaire (tries to take over corps)
1930 Tamio Kono US, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1952)
1933 Gary Crosby son of Bing, actor (Which Way to the Front)
1934 Anna Moffo Wayne Penn, soprano (or 1932)
1937 Joseph P Allen IV Crawfordsville Ind, PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A)
1938 Bruce E Babbitt (Gov-D-AL)
1942 Bruce Johnston rocker (Beachboys-In My Room)
1944 Patrick Sercu Belgium, 1K time trial (Olympic-gold-1964)
1945 Norma Kamali NYC, dress designer (Costumes for the Wiz)
1950 Benjamin Peterson US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1950 Julia Duffy Minneapolis Mn, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk)
1951 Sidney M Gutierrez Albuquerque NM, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 40)
1951 Ulf Andersson Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster (1972)
1955 Isabelle Adjani Paris, actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar)
197- Robby Rosa singer (Menudo)/actor (Salsa)
19!! William E. Roland, Computer Programmer and Chef Extrarodinaire
Deaths which occurred on June 27:
1829 James Smithson dies, his will established Smithsonian Institute
1844 Joseph & Hyrum Smith Mormon leaders killed by a mob in Carthage Ill
1973 Ernest Truex actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 73
1980 Steve Peregrin Took percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31
1982 Jack Mullaney actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49
1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida balloonists, die during a race
1986 Don Rogers of the Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1972 BAKER DAVID E. HUNTINGTON NY
1972 CERAK JOHN P. CLAYTON NJ
1972 DINGEE DAVID B. OLD GREENWICH CT
1972 FRANCIS RICHARD L. BARTLESVILLE OK
1968 GIAMMERINO VINCENT F. NEW YORK NY
1972 HANTON THOMAS J. SANTA MONICA CA
1969 JABLONSKI MICHAEL J. CHICAGO IL
1965 JACKSON CARL E. NATCHITOCHES LA
1972 MC DOW RICHARD H. COLUMBIANA AL
1965 ROTH BILLIE L. LACON IL
1966 SMITH GENE A. SALT LAKE CITY UT
1972 SULLIVAN FARRELL J. CADDO MILLS TX
On this day in...
678 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1693 1st woman's magazine "The Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1743 English defeat French at Dettingen
1806 Buenos Aires captured by British
1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy
for black females at Canterbury Conn
1847 NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires
1857 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia
1862 Day 3 of the 7 Days-Battle of Gaines' Mill
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
1867 Bank of Calif opens doors
1876 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Phila Athletics)
1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina
1914 US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
1915 100� F (38� C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)
1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)
1929 1st color TV demo (NYC)
1930 P Parchomenko discovers asteroid #1166 Sakuntala
1934 Federal Savings & Loan Association created
1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0)
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
1940 USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar
1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island
1944 Cherbourg, France captured by Allies
1949 W Baade discovers asteroid #1566 Icarus
1950 Pres Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1950 UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea
1950 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada
1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala
1955 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings
1957 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal La & Tx
1958 Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th
1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
1963 Bill J Kramer & Dakotas record Lennon & McCartney "I Call Your Name"
1963 Pres Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland
1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m
Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder
Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games
1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premiers
1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yanks beat Mets 5-2
1967 Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival
1969 Police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about
400 to 1,000 patrons riot against the police, it lasts 3 days
1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2121 Sevastopol
1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"
1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1977 Djibouti gains independence from France (National Day)
1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
1978 US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
1980 Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0
1982 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 launched
1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist-�960,200-Mir�
1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida die during a balloon race
1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205
1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
1985 1st hotel strike in NY
1986 Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking
1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
1986 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
1986 US informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack
1986 World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1987 Supreme Court Justice Powell retires
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)
1990 Jos� Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract
1990 Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help
their earthquake victims
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Iowa : Independence Sunday (1776) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Newfoundland : Discovery Day (1497-John Cabot) - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Christian : Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
RC : Memorial of Cyril of Alexandria, bishop & doctor (opt)
Christian : Commem of St Ladislas I (St Lazlo), king of Hungary
Religious History
1299 In his encyclical 'Scimus fili,' Pope Boniface VIII claimed that Scotland owed allegiance to the Catholic
Church.
1739 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'Christ's servants have always been the world's
fools.'
1760 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'Every one, though born of God in an
instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.'
1844 Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormons, and his brother Hyrum were lynched by a mob in Carthage,
Illinois, resulting in part from the community's moral outrage at Smith's recent authorization of polygamous
Mormon marriages.
1961 In England, Arthur Michael Ramsey was enthroned as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal
see of the Established Church of England.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" The plural of spouse is spice. "
~MarciaH
Thu, Jun 29, 2000 (16:25)
#280
Strive.To Know Your History for June 29:
Today is Thursday, June 29, the 181st day of 2000 with 185 to follow. The moon is waning, moving toward its new phase. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include William Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in 1861; astronomer George Ellery Hale, founder of the Yerkes and Mount Palomar observatories, in 1868; actor/singer Nelson Eddy in 1901; Broadway songwriter Frank Loesser in 1910; actor Slim Pickens in 1919; "black power" advocate Stokely Carmichael in 1941 (age 59); actor Gary Busey in 1944 (age 56); actor-turned-congressman Fred Grandy in 1948 (age 52); and actress Sharon Lawrence ("NYPD Blue") in 1962 (age 38).
On this date in history:
In 1853, the U.S. Senate ratified the $10 million Gadsden Purchase from Mexico, adding more than 29,000 square miles to the territories of Arizona and New Mexico and completing the modern geographical boundaries of the contiguous 48 states.
In 1946, two years before Israel became a nation, British authorities arrested more than 2,700 Jewish Zionists in an effort to stop terrorism in Palestine.
In 1970, the last American troops were withdrawn from Cambodia into South Vietnam. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was unconstitutional.
In 1991, the European Community announced $1.4 billion in aid for the Soviet Union. In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court left intact the important aspects of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion, but upheld most of Pennsylvania's new restrictions on a woman's right to abortion.
Also in 1992, doctors in Pittsburgh reported the world's first transplant of a baboon liver into a human patient. The recipient, a 35-year-old man, survived three months.
And in 1992, the president of Algeria was assassinated during a speech. In 1994, the Japanese Diet, or parliament, elected Tomiichi Murayama as prime minister. Also in 1994, in a taped interview aired on British TV, Prince Charles admitted he'd been unfaithful to his estranged wife, Princess Diana.
In 1995, editors of the New York Times and Washington Post said they were considering publishing the UNAbomber's manifesto in hopes of ending the bombings.
Also in 1995, the U.S. shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir. In 1999, a Turkish court convicted Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan of treason and sentenced him to death.
A thought for the day: Maurice Maeterlinck wrote, "It is always a mistake not to close one's eyes, whether to forgive or to look better into oneself."
~MarciaH
Fri, Jun 30, 2000 (14:37)
#281
June 30
Today is Friday, June 30, the 182nd day of 2000 with 184 to follow. The moon is waning, moving toward its new phase. The morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include English socialist leader Harold Laski in 1893; film director Howard Hawks in 1896; actress Susan Hayward, drummer Buddy Rich and singer Lena Horne (age 83), all in 1917; actress Nancy Dussault in 1936 (age 64); former Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo., in 1940 (age 60); singer Florence Ballard of The Supremes in 1943; actors William Atherton in 1947 (age 53) and David Alan Grier in 1955 (age 45); and boxer Mike Tyson in 1966 (age 34).
On this date in history:
In 1870, Ada Kepley became the first woman to graduate from an accredited law school in the United States: Union College of Law in Chicago.
In 1936, Margaret Mitchell's Civil War novel "Gone With the Wind" was published. In 1950, American troops were moved from Japan to help defend South Korea against the invading North Koreans. In 1982, the extended deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment expired, three states short of the 38 needed for passage.
In 1986, Hugh Hefner, calling his Playboy Bunny a "symbol of the past," closed Playboy Clubs in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.
In 1992, Fidel Ramos was inaugurated as the eighth Philippine president in the first peaceful transfer of power in a generation.
Also in 1992, toxic gas from a derailed tank car forced the evacuation of 80,000 people in Superior, Wis. In 1994, the U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of her 1994 national championship title. In 1997, Mike Tyson apologized publicly for biting Evander Holyfield's ears during a heavyweight championship boxing match in Las Vegas two days earlier, saying he'd become angered after Holyfield head-butted him.
In 1998, a casualty of the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington, Va., was identified as Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie of St. Louis.
In 1999, for the first time since Nov. 1998, the Federal Reserve Board announced an increase in the prime rate -- the rate banks charge each other on overnight loans - from 4.75 to 5 percent.
Also in 1999, Clinton crony Webster Hubbell, a former associate U.S. attorney general, pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the Whitewater land deal scandal.
A thought for the day: William Penn said, "Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers."
~MarciaH
Sat, Jul 1, 2000 (13:36)
#282
Reuters Today in History for July 1
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1860 - Charles Goodyear, U.S. inventor of the vulcanised rubber process,
died. Infringements of his copyright left him $200,000 in debt.
1863 - General Robert E. Lee with Confederate troops launched an attack,
beginning the battle of Gettysburg in the U.S. civil war.
1896 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, U.S. author of ``Uncle Tom's Cabin,'' died.
1902 - William Wyler, German-born American film director, born. He directed
``The Best Years of Our Lives'' for which he won an Oscar. He also won
Oscars for ``Mrs Miniver'' and ``Ben Hur.''
1903 - Amy Johnson, English aviator who made many pioneering flights
including England to Australia, born.
1916 - Olivia de Havilland, U.S. actress and screen star, born. Sister of Joan
Fontaine, she won best actress Oscars for ``To Each His Own'' in 1946 and
``The Heiress'' in 1949.
1945 - Deborah Harry, frontwoman for New York-based techno-pop band
Blondie, born.
1946 - The U.S. tested its atomic bomb over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1954 - Fred Schneider, singer for pop-punk band the B-52s, born.
1961 - Lady Diana Spencer, future wife of Britain's Prince Charles, born.
1961 - Carl Lewis, American athlete who dominated the 1984 Olympics with
four Gold Medals, born.
1967 - Pamela Anderson, a former Playboy playmate who carved out a TV
career in the syndicated shows ``Baywatch'' and ''V.I.P.,'' born in Canada.
1969 - The investiture of the Prince of Wales was held at Caernarvon Castle.
1974 - Juan Peron, Argentine president (1946-55) and founder of the
Peronista movement, died.
1977 - In Argentina, Maria Estela (Isabel) Peron, widow of the late president
Juan Peron, was charged with a one-million U.S. dollar charity fraud.
1977 - Actress Liv Tyler, daughter of Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler and star
of such films as ``Armageddon'' and ''Stealing Beauty,'' born.
1991 - East European leaders met in Prague and announced the end of the
Warsaw Pact.
1996 - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said it was
suspending its membership in the PLO and urged other groups to work to
cancel the PLO-Israeli peace deals.
1997 - Robert Mitchum, U.S. movie star notably in films like ``Fire Down
Below'' and ``Ryan's Daughter,'' died.
1999 - A French cable car taking staff to an international Alpine observatory
fell 80 metres (260 feet), killing 20.
1999 - Scotland opened its first parliament in nearly 100 years.
1999 - Edward Dmytryk, U.S. film director, died. He was one of the last
survivors of the jailed and blacklisted ``Hollywood Ten'' and the director of
such movie classics as ``Crossfire'' and ``The Caine Mutiny.''
~MarciaH
Tue, Jul 4, 2000 (17:23)
#283
JULY IS...
July is... National Baked Beans Month
July is... National Ice Cream Month
July is... Anti-Boredom Month
July is... Hitchhiking Month
July 1 is... Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
July 2 is... Visitation Of The Virgin Mary Day
July 3 is... Compliment Your Mirror Day
July 4 is... National Country Music Day and Tom Sawyer Fence-
Painting Day
July 5 is... Workaholics Day
July 6 is... National Fried Chicken Day
July 7 is... National Strawberry Sundae Day
July 11 is... National Cheer Up The Lonely Day
July 12 is... National Pecan Pie Day
July 13 is... Fool's Paradise Day
July 14 is... National Nude Day
July 15 is... Respect Canada Day
July 16 is... International Juggling Day
July 18 is... National Ice Cream Day and National Caviar Day
July 19 is... Flitch Day
July 20 is... Ugly Truck Contest Day
July 22 is... Ratcatcher's Day
July 25 is... Threading The Needle Day
July 26 is... All Or Nothing Day
July 27 is... Take Your Pants For A Walk Day
July 28 is... National Milk Chocolate Day
July 29 is... Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day
July 31 is... Parent's Day
~MarciaH
Wed, Jul 5, 2000 (15:59)
#284
Today is Wednesday, July 5, the 187th day of 2000 with 179 to follow. The moon is waxing, moving toward its first quarter. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include David Farragut, the first U.S. Navy admiral, in 1801; showman P.T. Barnum in 1810; British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, founder of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1853; Dwight Davis, founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament, in 1879; French writer and film director Jean Cocteau in 1889; politician and diplomat Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. in 1902; actress Katherine Helmond in 1934 (age 66); Julie Nixon Eisenhower in 1948 (age 52); and rock singer Huey Lewis in 1951 (age 49).
On this date in history:
In 1865, William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London. In 1935, President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. In 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced the liberation of the Philippines as World War II approached its end. In 1982, the Penn Square Bank of Oklahoma was declared insolvent, touching off a bank crisis that affected much of the United States.
In 1991, BCCI, with $20 billion in assets, was seized by regulators in the United States, Cayman Islands, France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Spain and Switzerland.
In 1994, the United States stopped accepting Haitian refugees and asked that other countries provide them with "safe havens."
Also in 1994, Yasser Arafat took the oath as head of the new Palestinian National Authority. The swearing-in ceremony took place in Jericho on the West Bank.
In 1997, Martina Hingis, 16, of Switzerland became the youngest in 100 years to win the women's singles tennis championship at Wimbledon.
A thought for the day: author Leo Tolstoi said, "The strongest of all warriors are these two -- Time and Patience."
~MarciaH
Fri, Jul 7, 2000 (01:42)
#285
Today is Friday, July 7, the 189th day of 2000 with 177 to follow. The moon is waxing, moving toward its first quarter. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include composer Gustav Mahler in 1860; painter Marc Chagall in 1887; film director George Cukor in 1899; baseball pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige in 1906; science fiction author Robert Heinlein in 1907; French fashion designer Pierre Cardin in 1922 (age 78); bandleader Doc Severinsen in 1927 (age 73); actor Vince Edwards in 1928; former Beatle Ringo Starr in 1940 (age 60); actress Shelley Duvall in 1949 (age 51); and figure skater Michelle Kwan in 1980 (age 20).
On this date in history:
In 1846, U.S. Navy Commodore J.D. Sloat proclaimed the annexation of California by the United States. In 1898, President William McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress authorizing the annexation of Hawaii by the United States.
In 1973, President Nixon said he would NOT appear before the Senate Watergate Investigating Committee or give it access to White House files.
In 1987, Lt. Col. Oliver North began six days of testimony before the congressional Iran-Contra committees. In 1994, 16 people died in Americus, Ga., when 21.1 inches of rainfall was reported. In 1998, a Los Angeles jury convicted Mikail Markhasev, 19, of murder in the January 1997 shooting death of Ennis Cosby, son of entertainer Bill Cosby.
In 1999, a Miami-Dade Co. jury held the leading tobacco companies liable for various illnesses of Florida smokers. The class-action lawsuit, filed in 1994, was the first of its kind to actually come to trial.
A thought for the day: poet Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."
~MarciaH
Mon, Jul 10, 2000 (13:28)
#286
Today is Monday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2000 with 174 to follow.
The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include Protestant theologian John Calvin in 1509; American painter James Whistler in 1834; French novelist Marcel Proust in 1871; black educator Mary McLeod Bethune in 1875; novelist Saul Bellow in 1915 (age 85); TV news anchor/commentator David Brinkley in 1920 (age 80); boxer Jake LaMotta in 1921 (age 79); author Jean Kerr in 1923 (age 77); actor Fred Gwynne in 1926; former New York City Mayor David Dinkins in 1927 (age 73); tennis star Arthur Ashe in 1943; actress Sue Lyon in 1946 (age 54); and folksinger Arlo Guthrie in 1947 (age 53).
On this date in history:
In 1890, Wyoming was admitted to the Union as the 44th state. In 1938, industrialist Howard Hughes and a crew of four flew around the world in 91 hours, setting a speed record. In 1962, the pioneer telecommunications satellite Telstar began relaying TV pictures between the United States and Europe.
In 1985, Coca-Cola, besieged by consumers dissatisfied with the new Coke introduced in April, dusted off the old formula and dubbed it "Coke Classic."
In 1991, President Bush lifted U.S. trade sanctions against South Africa, making it possible for the two nations to engage in trade.
Also in 1991, in Moscow, Boris Yeltsin was inaugurated as the first freely elected president of the Russian republic. In 1992, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was sentenced to 40 years in prison for cocaine racketeering. And in 1992, an Alaskan appeals court overturned the conviction of former Exxon Valdez Capt. Joseph Hazelwood in connection with the massive oil spill in Prince William Sound.
In 1993, President Clinton addressed the South Korean parliament. In 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin took part in the G7 leaders' annual political discussion for the first time. Also in 1994, challenger Leonid Kuchma was elected president of Ukraine. In 1995, Burmese pro-democracy dissident Daw Aung San Sun Kyi was freed from house arrest after six years. Also in 1995, the defense in the O.J. Simpson murder trial opened its case. In 1997, the Senate approved George Tenet as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1999, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and five other African nations -- all of which had troops in Congo -- signed a cease-fire agreement in a bid to end that country's civil war.
Also in 1999, the U.S. team won the Women's World Cup in soccer, defeating China in the final on penalty kicks.
A thought for the day: French novelist Maurice Proust said, "Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."
Today is also Geo's first Birthday
~MarciaH
Tue, Jul 11, 2000 (00:52)
#287
Today is Tuesday, July 11, the 193rd day of 2000 with 173 to follow. The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include Scottish King Robert the Bruce in 1274; John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, in 1767; author E.B. White in 1899; actors Yul Brynner in 1920 and Tab Hunter in 1931 (age 69); fashion designed Giorgio Armani in 1936 (age 64); Blondie's Deborah Harry in 1945 (age 55); Leon Spinks, who in 1978 won and then lost the heavyweight boxing title in fights with Muhammad Ali, in 1953 (age 47); actress Sela Ward in 1956 (age 44); and "Talk Soup" host John Henson in 1967 (age 33).
On this date in history:
In 1952, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate, with Richard Nixon as his running mate. They were elected that November.
In 1955, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado was dedicated with 300 cadets in its first class. In 1979, America's Skylab space station fell to earth, scattering tons of debris across the Australian desert. In 1985, two explosions sank the Rainbow Warrior, flagship of the Greenpeace environmental activist group, in Auckland, New Zealand, killing a ship's photographer and launching an international uproar. France later acknowledged responsibility.
In 1991, Japan's prime minister agreed to pay the United States an additional $500 million requested for military expenses in the Persian Gulf War.
In 1993, the collapse of a river levee left Des Moines, Iowa, without any potable tap water. The water was not declared safe to drink until month's end.
In 1994, Haiti kicked human-rights monitors out of the country. In 1995, the United States resumed diplomatic relations with Vietnam. In 1996, the international court at The Hague handed down more indictments for Bosnian war crimes, including the political leader of Serbs within Bosnia, Radovan Karadzic. Karadazic resigned under international pressure but was rumored to continue wielding power from behind the scenes.
A thought for the day: Martin Farquhar Tupper wrote, "A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever."
~MarciaH
Wed, Jul 12, 2000 (02:00)
#288
Today is Wednesday, July 12, the 194th day of 2000 with 172 to follow.
The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include Roman leader Julius Caesar in 100 B.C.; American writer Henry David Thoreau in 1817; photography pioneer George Eastman in 1854; Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani in 1884; composer Oscar Hammerstein and author-architect R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, both in 1895; comedian Milton Berle in 1908 (age 92); painter Andrew Wyeth in 1917 (age 83); former General Motors Chairman Roger B. Smith in 1925 (age 75); pianist Van Cliburn in 1934 (age 66); comedian/actor Bill Cosby in 1937 (age 63); singer Connie Francis in 1938 (age 62); exercise and diet guru Richard Simmons in 1948 (age 52); actresses Denise Nicholas in 1945 (age 55), Cheryl Ladd in 1951 (age 49), and Mel Harris in 1957 (age 43); talk-show host Rolanda Watts in 1959 (age 41); and Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi in 1971 (age 29).
On this date in history:
In 1862, Congress authorized a new award, the U.S. Medal of Honor, often called the Congressional Medal of Honor. In 1933, a new U.S. industrial code was established to fix a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour. In 1972, Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., was nominated as the Democratic candidate for president. He lost that November to Republican Richard Nixon.
In 1984, Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale named Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-N.Y., as his running mate. She was the first woman to share a major U.S. political party's presidential ticket.
In 1990, Boris Yeltsin quit the Soviet Communist Party, saying he wanted to concentrate on his duties as president of the Russian republic.
In 1991, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused the former ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, of misleading them about prewar meetings with Saddam Hussein.
In 1992, Axl Rose, lead singer of the rock band Guns N' Roses, was arrested in New York on charges stemming from a riot that erupted at a Missouri concert the previous July. He later pleaded innocent.
In 1994, President Clinton addressed a large crowd at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Also in 1994, PLO chief Yasser Arafat and his wife took up permanent residence in the Gaza Strip. In 1995, at least 800 people died in the Midwest and Northeast as the result of a heatwave that lasted five days. In 1996, details surfaced on the divorce of Prince Chuck and Princess Diana. Among other things, she kept the princess title but not Her Royal Highness, and received about $25 million in a lump sum followed by an income of $600,000 a year.
In 1998, France won the World Cup soccer tournament with a 3-0 upset over defending champion Brazil.
A thought for the day: Henry David Thoreau said, "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."
~MarciaH
Thu, Jul 13, 2000 (18:13)
#289
July 13
Birthdates
1396 Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy
1527 John Dee London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
1793 John Clare Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar)
1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest Tennessee, brilliant cavalry leader, Lt Gen
1863 Emma Mary Wooley educator (Mary Anna Wells)
1894 Isaak Babel Russian short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary)
19-- Danitra Vance comedienne (SNL)
19-- Lois Kibbee actress (Edge of Night)
1901 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)
1906 Harry Sosnik Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade)
1913 Carolina Gisolf Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)
1913 Dave Garroway Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show)
1923 Susie Bond Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising)
1926 Meyer Kupferman NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres)
1928 Bob Crane Waterbury Ct, actor (Hogan's Heroes)
1931 Bill Moor Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky)
1934 Alexei S Yeliseyev cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)
1934 Wole Soyinka Nigeria, dramatist (Road, Kongi's Harvest)
1935 Jack Kemp (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing (1989- )
1940 Patrick Stewart actor (Capt Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)
1940 Paul Prudhomme cajun chef
1941 Robert Forster Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator)
1942 Harrison Ford actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic)
1942 Roger McGuinn rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)
1944 Erno Rubik Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)
1946 Richard "Cheech" Marin comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke)
1948 Alf Hansen Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976)
1948 Daphne Maxwell Reid actress (Frank's Place)
1948 Don Sweet Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montr�al, Green Bay)
1950 George D "Pinky" Nelson Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)
1951 Didi Conn Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Helen-The Practice)
1954 David Thompson NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics)
1954 Louise Mandrell Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
1956 Mark "Animal" Mendoza rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)
1963 Bobby Rock Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection)
1963 Spud Webb NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1966 Myong Hui Choe North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
1970 Steven J Brown Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
19!! Evelyn of Drool
Deaths which occurred on July 13:
1762 James Bradley 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
1793 Jean Paul Marat French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday
1890 John C Fremont declared Republic of California, dies at 76
1955 Ruth Ellis hung
1961 Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86
1973 Lon Chaney Jr actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67
1982 John Alexander actor, dies at 85
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 GALLANT HENRY J. TAMPA FL
1968 HURST JOHN CLARK LUFKIN TX
1965 TAYLOR FRED CASTLEWOOD VA
On this day...
432 -BC- Origin of Metonic Cycle
574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1568 Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer
1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop
1793 French rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday
1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
1854 US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die
1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"
1865 PT Barnum's museum burns down
1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
1878 Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano
1882 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia
1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game
1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
1898 SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens
1900 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of F tima, Portugal
1919 Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas
1930 Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700 against Detroit
1936 112� F (44� C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
1936 114� F (46� C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. (state record)
1943 1st All Star night game (AL beats NL 5-4 at Shribe Pk, Phila)
1948 AL beats NL 5-2 in 15th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, St Louis)
1953 J A Bruwer discovers asteroids #1658 Innes & #3284
1954 AL beats NL 11-9 in 21st All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
1954 Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a
batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9
1960 AL beats NL 6-0 in 29th All Star Game (NY Yankees host)
1960 Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for president
1960 KDBQ-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KYA
1961 NL beats AL 5-4 (10 innings) in 30th All Star Game (SF Candlestick)
1963 Early Wynn, wins his 300th & last game at 43
1965 NL beats AL 6-5 in 36th All Star Game (Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis)
1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
1971 AL beats NL 6-4 in 42nd All Star Game (Tiger Stadium, Detroit)
1972 C Torres discovers asteroid #3050 Carrera
1972 LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov
1973 Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0
1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)
1976 Courtmartial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct)
1976 NL beats AL 7-1 in 47th All Star Game (Veteran's Stadium Phila)
1977 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II
1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
1979 George Harrison releases "faster"
1982 NL scores 4-1 victory over AL for 11th straight All-Star triumph
1984 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
1985 Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney
1985 Yankees retire Roger Maris (#9) & Elston Howard (#32) uniforms
1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against
Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1991 Bob Milacki & 3 other Balt Oriole pitchers no-hit the A's 2-0
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
France : La Retraite aux Flambeaux/Night Watch-� day
Japan : Bon Festival starts
Rhodesia : Founder's Day/Rhode's Day
South Africa : Family Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Swaziland : Reed Dance Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Religious Observances
Christian : Festival of Our Lady of F tima
RC : Commemoration of St Anacletus I, pope (c 76-c 88), martyr
RC : Feast of St Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, confessor
RC : Memorial of St Henry II (the Pious), emperor (opt)
Religious History
1105 Death of Rashi (b.1040), medieval Jewish Bible scholar. His name is a Hebrewacrostic for Rabbi Shelomoh
ben Isaac. Rashi was the leading rabbinic commentator in hisday on the Old Testament and Talmud.
1769 Birth of Thomas Kelly, Irish Episcopal clergyman and author of 765 hymns,including 'Praise the Savior, Ye Who
Know Him.'
1778 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'It is perhapsthe highest triumph we can obtain
over bigotry when we are able to bear with bigotsthemselves.'
1815 President John Adams wrote in a letter: 'The Hebrews have done more to civilizemen than any other nation. If I
were an atheist,... I should still believe fate had ordainedthe Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the
nations.'
1886 Birth of Father Edward Flanagan, American Catholic parish priest. Believing therewas 'no such thing as a bad
boy,' in 1922 he organized Boys Town near Omaha, Nebraska.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Learning music by reading about it, Is like making love by mail. "
~MarciaH
Fri, Jul 14, 2000 (15:58)
#290
Today is Friday, July 14, the 196th day of 2000 with 170 to follow. The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst in 1858; Austrian Art Nouveau painter Gustav Klimt in 1862; British comedian Terry-Thomas in 1911; folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1912; Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States, in 1913 (age 87); Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman in 1918 (age 82); actors Dale Robertson in 1923 (age 77), Harry Dean Stanton in 1926 (age 74), and Polly Bergen in 1930 (age 70); TV news commentator John Chancellor in 1927; football star-turned-actor Roosevelt "Rosie" Grier in 1932 (age 68); film producer Joel Silver in 1952 (age 48); and actors Matthew Fox ("Party of Five") in 1966 (age 34) and Missy Gold ("Benson") in 1970 (age 30).
On this date in history:
In 1789, French peasants stormed the Bastille prison in Paris, beginning the French Revolution. The event is now commemorated as "Bastille Day," a national holiday in France.
In 1914, Robert Goddard was granted the first patent for a liquid-fueled rocket design. In 1933, all political parties except the Nazis were officially suppressed in Germany. In 1966, eight nurses were found murdered in Chicago. Drifter Richard Speck later was convicted of the slayings. In 1991, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad accepted President Bush's compromise proposal for a Middle East peace conference.
In 1998, independent counsel Kenneth Starr subpoenaed a number of Secret Service agents to testify before a grand jury investigating President Clinton's alleged affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
In 1999, the European Union ended its 3-year ban on British beef imports. The ban had been prompted by fears of "mad cow disease."
A thought for the day: Henri-Frederic Amiel said, "An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains."
~MarciaH
Mon, Jul 17, 2000 (16:03)
#291
Reuters Today in History for July 17
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1841 - The humorous magazine Punch was first published in London.
1899 - James Cagney, U.S. star of stage and screen, born. Best known for
his appearances in films including ``Angels with Dirty Faces'' and ``Yankee
Doodle Dandy,'' for which he won an Oscar.
1903 - U.S.-born artist James Whistler, noted for the portrait of his mother,
died.
1917 - Britain's royal family changed its name from the House of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor amid anti-German feelings in Britain during
World War I.
1917 - Comedienne Phyllis Diller born.
1945 - The post-World War Two Potsdam Conference began, bringing
together British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
and U.S. President Harry Truman.
1959 - Billie Holliday, jazz and blues singer, died.
1951 - Actress Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, born
1952 - Singer Phoebe Snow born.
1954 - Groucho Marx married his third wife, Eden Hartford, the sister of
actress and former Vogue model Dee Harford
1975 - Apollo 18 and the Soviet Union's Soyuz 19 linked up 140 miles above
the earth. Commanders Tom Stafford and Alexei Leonov shook hands through
the hatches of their spacecraft and exchanged greetings in each other's
languages.
1979 - Anastasio Somoza resigned as Nicaraguan president and fled the
country; a government headed by Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega took over.
1996 - TWA Flight 800 exploded over the Atlantic Ocean after taking off from
New York en route for Paris. All 230 on board died.
1998 - The remains of Czar Nicholas II and his family were buried in St.
Petersburg in a ceremony attended by President Boris Yeltsin.
1999 - Actress Helen Hunt and actor Hazk Azaria were married.
~MarciaH
Tue, Jul 18, 2000 (21:01)
#292
Today is Tuesday, July 18, the 200th day of 2000 with 166 to follow. The moon is waning, moving toward its last quarter. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening star is Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray in 1811; playwright Clifford Odets in 1906; actor Hume Cronyn in 1911 (age 89); comedian Red Skelton in 1913; actress Harriet Nelson in 1914; South African black leader Nelson Mandela in 1918 (age 82); astronaut-turned-Senator John Glenn, D-Ohio, in 1921 (age 79); journalist/author Hunter S. Thompson and pop singer Dion Di Mucci, both in 1939 (age 61); actor James Brolin in 1941 (age 59); singer Martha Reeves in 1941 (age 59); publisher Steve Forbes in 1947 (age 53); country singer Ricky Skaggs in 1954 (age 46); actress Elizabeth McGovern in 1961 (age 39); and basketball star Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway in 1972 (age 28).
On this date in history:
In 1936, a nephew of Oscar Mayer invented the "Weinermobile." In 1938, pilot Douglas Corrigan earned the nickname "Wrong Way" when he landed in Ireland instead of California after a flight from New York.
In 1977, Vietnam was admitted to the United Nations. In 1969, a car driven by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged into a pond on Chappaquiddick Island, Mass., killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne.
In 1984, a gunman opened fire at a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif., killing 21 people. In 1991, the first Ibero-American Summit Conference opened in Guadalajara, Mexico. Also in 1991, the Yugoslav federal presidency began withdrawing troops from Slovenia. In 1992, youths rampaged for a second night in southwest England following the deaths of two young men on a stolen police motorcycle.
In 1994, a car bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killed some 100 people in or near a building that housed Jewish organizations.
A thought for the day: Soviet leader Josef Stalin said, "You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves."
~MarciaH
Sun, Jul 30, 2000 (01:49)
#293
Today in History for July 29
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French politician and historian, born. He wrote
the political study ``Democracy in America'' while in the United States to
study the prison system.
1856 - Robert Schumann, German composer and critic, died. He wrote many
pieces for piano and four symphonies and his vocal works include the song
cycles ``Frauenliebe und Leben'' and ``Dichterliebe.''
1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian Fascist dictator, was born. He ruled Italy from
1922 until 1943, leading the country into World War II on the side of Germany
in 1940. Italian partisans shot him dead in 1945.
1887 - Sigmund Romberg, famous for his operettas ``Desert Song,''
``Maytime'' and ``Student Prince,'' was born in Hungary.
1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch post-impressionist painter, died two days
after shooting himself. His works include such masterpieces as ``Sunflowers''
and ``The Bridge.''
1938 - Broadcast journalist Peter Jennings, anchor of the ABC Evening
News, born.
1948 - The first Olympic Games after World War II opened at London's
Wembley Stadium.
1959 - The Isley Brothers record ``Shout.''
1968 - Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled ``Humanae Vitae'' (Of Human
Life), declared that the Roman Catholic Church prohibited all artificial forms of
birth control
1970 - Sir John Barbirolli died. British conductor of the Halle Orchestra, he
was a famous interpreter of English music, Mahler and Italian opera.
1974 - Singer ``Mama'' Cass Elliot died.
1981 - Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, married Diana
Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1983 - David Niven, dapper British film actor, died. He appeared in films from
1935 and won an Oscar for his role in ``Separate Tables'' in 1958.
1983 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor, died. He acted in films from 1931,
including ``Things to Come'' and ``Arsenic and Old Lace.'' He also appeared
as Dr Gillespie in the U.S. television series ``Doctor Kildare.''
1992 - Former East German leader Erich Honecker arrived in Berlin to face
manslaughter charges for deaths along the Berlin Wall. Honecker had spent
eight months in Chile's embassy in Moscow.
~MarciaH
Wed, Aug 2, 2000 (23:59)
#294
Birthdates - August 03:
1753 Charles Earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist
1811 Elisha Graves Otis inventor (safe elevator)
1851 Lady Isabella Caroline Somerset temperance leader
1867 Stanley Earl Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)
1871 Vernon Louis Parrington critic/educator/author (Pulitzer 1928)
1872 Haakon VII Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway
1884 Louis Gruenberg near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz)
1887 Rupert Brooke British WW I poet (1914)
1894 Harry Heilmann SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit)
19-- JoMarie Payton-France actor (Harriette Winslow-Family Matters)
19-- Larry Haines Mt Vernon, NY actor (Search for Tomorrow)
1900 Ernie Pyle correspondant during WW II
1900 John T Scopes Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution
1901 John Stennis (Sen-D-Miss)
1902 Habib Bourguiba 1st president of Tunisia
1902 Judson Laire NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue)
1902 Ray Block France, orch leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason)
1905 Dolores Del Rio Mexico, actress (What Price Glory?)
1907 Irene Tedrow Denver Colo, actress (Lucy-Dennis the Menace, Mr Novak)
1918 James MacGregor Burns political writer (The Lion & the Fox)
1920 Maria Karnilova Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
1920 P.D. James mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
1921 Hayden Carruth Waterbury Ct, novelist (Crow & Heart)
1921 Marilyn Maxwell actress (East of Sumatra)
1923 Anne Klein fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
1924 Leon Uris US, novelist (Exodus, QB VII)
1926 Tony Bennett Queens NY, singer (Left a body part in SF)
1927 Gordon Scott Portland Oregon, actor (Tarzan & the Trappers)
1929 Bethel Leslie NYC, entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap)
1930 James Komack NYC, writer/director/actor (Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1931 Alex Cord actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum)
1935 Georgi S Shonin cosmonaut (Soyuz 6)
1935 Richard D Lamm (Gov-D-Colo)
1938 George Memmoli NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry)
1938 Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan British talk show host (Irish Days)
1940 John W Carlin (Gov-D-KS)
1940 Lance Alworth Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys)
1940 Martin Sheen actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
1941 Beverly Lee Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1941 Martha Stewart cookbook author/actress (Those Two)
1945 Ron Hendren Pinehurst NC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
1950 John Landis director (Twilight Zone)
1950 Waldemar Cierpinski German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1951 Marcel Dionne Qu�bec, NHL center (LA Kings, NY Rangers)
1952 Jay North North Hollywood Calif, actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya)
1954 Denise Craig WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars)
1956 Kirk Brandon rocker (Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny-Outland)
1959 Victoria Jackson Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL)
1960 Tim Mayotte Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
1962 Tina Lehtola Finland, women's ski jumper (world's record holder)
1963 Carlo Imperato Bronx, actor (Fame)
1963 James Hetfield heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless)
1966 Christine Richters Fullerton Ca, playmate (May, 1986)
1967 John Femia Bkln NY, actor (Square Pegs, Hello Larry)
1974 Jenny Beck actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise)
Deaths which occurred on August 03:
1954 Colette France, novelist (Claudine), dies at 81
1966 Lenny Bruce comedian, dies of a morphine overdose
1983 Carolyn Jones actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 BOWER JOSEPH E. ELY NV
1967 GOPP THOMAS ALAN NEW LONDON OH SURVIVORS EXTRACTED SAY SUBJ DEAD
1967 MC GRATH JAMES P. CHICAGO IL SURVIVORS EXTRACTED SAY SUBJ DEAD
1967 NEWCOMB WALLACE G. PAINTED POST NY 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 NAHAN JOHN B. III ALLEGAN MI SURVIVORS EXTRACTED SAID SUBJ DEAD
1967 WOLPE JACK NEWBURGH NY SURVIVORS EXTRACTED SAY SUBJ DEAD
1970 ANSON ROBERT 08/23/70 RELEASED
On this day...
1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"
1596 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star)
1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths
1860 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY
1863 Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
1881 US Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name
1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
1914 Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning
1921 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in the Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball
1928 Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec)
1930 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games
1933 Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games
1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into the USSR
1949 Basketball Assoc of America & National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association
1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland
1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of the Today Show
1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown
1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing
1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days
1956 Willie Williams of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.1
1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap
1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)
1960 Niger gains independence from France
1962 NY Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
1963 Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda"
1963 Beatles final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool
1963 Great Train Robbery-$2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed
1969 Reds beats Phillies 19-17
1970 4 day NFL strike ends
1970 Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history
1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
1971 Paul McCartney announces the formation of his group Wings
1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park. (Isle of Man, UK)
1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers
1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River
1975 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated
1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing the TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered
1979 Fastest jai-alai shot (188 mph), Jose Arieto at Newport Jai Alai, RI
1980 Duke Snider & Al Kaline enter baseball's Hall of Fame
1981 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as Yankee manager
1983 John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards
1984 365.7 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1985 "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
1987 Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)
1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
1988 Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC
1989 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
1989 Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons
1989 Cincinnati Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in the 1st inning
1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats
1990 Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion
1990 US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
1990 For the 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in the 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Phila 11-0
1991 Pan Am games open in Havana
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
New Zealand : Arbor Day (1872)
Niger : Independence Day (1960)
Tunisia : Bourguiba's Birthday (1902)
Arizona, Michigan : American Family Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Italy : Joust of the Quintana (1st Sunday) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Bahamas, Barbados, Turks & Caicos Island : Emancipation Day (1838) - - - - - ( Monday )
British Commonwealth : Bank Holiday - - - - - ( Monday )
Canada : Civic Holiday (1st Monday) - - - - - ( Monday )
Colorado : Colorado Day (1876) - - - - - ( Monday )
Jamaica : Independence Day (1962) - - - - - ( Monday )
St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla : August Monday - - - - - ( Monday )
US : National Smile Week begins - - - - - ( Monday )
Grasmere England : Rush-Bearing Day - - - - - ( Saturday )
~MarciaH
Sat, Aug 5, 2000 (16:52)
#295
AUGUST IS...
August is National Catfish Month
August is Romance Awareness Month
August is Foot Health Month
August 1 is...National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
August 3 is...National Watermelon Day
August 4 is...Twins Day Festival
August 6 is...Wiggle Your Toes Day
August 7 is...Sea Serpent Day
August 8 is...Sneak Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night
August 10 is...Lazy Day
August 12 is...Middle Child's Day
August 13 is...Blame Someone Else Day
August 15 is...National Relaxation Day & National Failures Day
August 18 is...Bad Poetry Day
August 25 is...Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
August 28 is...World Sauntering Day
August 30 is...National Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31 is...National Trail Mix Day
~MarciaH
Thu, Aug 17, 2000 (19:36)
#296
Today in History for August 17
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1786 - Davy Crockett, U.S. frontiersman and politician, born. U.S.
congressman 1827-31, 1833-35. Killed by the Mexicans at the Alamo in
March 1836.
1893 - Mae West, U.S. sex symbol and actress, born. Her Broadway
performance in ``Sex'' in 1926 earned her an eight-day jail term. The only
actress to have an inflatable life jacket named after her, she insisted her birth
year was 1893 and not 1892 as is often recorded.
1929 - Francis Gary Powers, U.S. pilot, born. He was shot down in a spy
plane over Soviet territory in 1960, setting off a major diplomatic crisis.
1943 - Robert De Niro, U.S. actor and Oscar winner for ``The Godfather Part
II'' and ``Raging Bull,'' born in New York.
1952 - Nelson Piquet, Brazilian grand prix motor racing champion, born.
1960 - Actor Sean Penn, Oscar-nominated for his lead roles in ``Dead Man
Walking'' and ``Sweet and Lowdown,'' born in Los Angeles.
1962 - Peter Fechter, 18, was shot by East German guards as he attempted
to flee across the Berlin Wall. Left to bleed to death, his case was the most
notorious in the history of the Wall. In July 1996 two former guards were
charged with his manslaughter.
1969 - Dr Philip Blaiberg died in South Africa, 19 months and 15 days after
receiving a heart transplant, a survival record at the time.
1978 - Three American balloonists, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry
Newman, completed the first crossing of the North Atlantic in their balloon,
Double Eagle II.
1983 - Ira Gershwin, U.S. lyricist and elder brother of George, died in Beverly
Hills aged 86.
1987 - Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess was found dead in his cell in
Spandau Prison, after hanging himself with an electric cord.
1988 - Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq and the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan
Arnold Raphel were killed when Zia's plane exploded after takeoff.
1990 - American singer Pearl Bailey, who entertained two generations with
her stage and record performances, died.
1995 - First reports emerged that Alison Hargreaves, the first woman to climb
Everest without oxygen, had been killed by an avalanche on K-2 four days
earlier.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton testified in four hours of questioning in the
White House by independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr, and said on TV he
had an ``inappropriate relationship'' with Monica Lewinsky.
1999 - A French state prosecutor lay sole blame on chauffeur Henri Paul for
the Paris road crash that killed Britain's Princess Diana in 1997 and said the
case should be closed without charges.
~MarciaH
Wed, Aug 23, 2000 (23:45)
#297
August 24th
Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of August 24:
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet France, conquered Normandy
1591 Robert Herrick England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)
1759 Wilbur Wilberforce England, crusaded against slavery
1787 James Weddell Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
1816 Sir Daniel Gooch laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
1872 Sir Max Beerbohm England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review)
1886 William Francis Gibbs naval architect, designed Liberty ships
1890 Duke Kahanamoku Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20)
1894 Jean Rhys West Indies, writer (Voyage in the Dark)
1896 Phil Baker Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)
1898 Albert Claude Belgium, physician (Nobel 1974)
1898 Malcolm Cowley Belsano Penn, author (Flowering of New England)
1899 Jorge Luis Borges Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)
19-- Carole Ita White NYC, actress (Rosie-Laverne & Shirley)
19-- Frank Runyeon actor (As the World Turns)
19-- Stephen Keep Camden SC, actor (Les Kincaid-Flo)
19-- Steve Hanks Wadsworth Ohio, actor (B.A.D. Cats)
1900 Preston Foster Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)
1902 Fernand Braudel French historian (Civililization & Capitalism)
1912 Durward Kirby Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)
1917 Dennis James Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)
1922 R�ne L�vesque Quebec premier (1976-85)
1924 Louis Teicher pianist (Ferrante & Teicher-Exodus)
1927 William V Shannon journalist/ambassador to Ireland (1977-81)
1938 Mason Williams Abilene Tx, writer (Smother Brothers Hour)
1944 Gregory B Jarvis Detroit Mich, astronaut (STS 25)
1946 Richard "Dick" N Richards Key West Fl, USN/astr (STS-28, 41, sk:50)
1949 Anna L Fisher St Albans NY, MD/astronaut (STS 51-A)
1949 Joe Regalbuto Bkln NY, actor (Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown)
1956 Gerry Cooney heavyweight boxer (Olympics-1980)
1958 Steve Guttenberg Bkln NY, actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)
1961 Cal Ripken Jr all-star shortstop (Balt Orioles)
1963 John Bush heavy metal rocker (Armoured Saint-Can U Deliver)
1964 Pebbles rocker (Girlfriend)
1965 Marlee Matlin Ill, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
1962 Mary E Weber Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut
19!! John, Toronto, Canada
Deaths which occurred on August 24:
1967 Amanda Randolph actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
1973 Billy Greene actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76
1983 Jack Somack actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64
1988 Max Shulman author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69
1991 Abel Kivlat US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99
1991 Bernard Castro patented convertible couch, dies at 87
1998 E.G. Marshall actor - "The Defenders", "Nixon", "Absolute Power", dies at 88
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 BRUNHAVER RICHARD M. YAKIMA WA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 1998
1965 DOREMUS ROBERT H. MONTCLAIR NJ 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1965 FRANKE FRED A. BROOKLYN NY "02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV (SAN DIEGO, CA)" " ""BILL"" ALIVE AND WELL 98"
1967 ALLARD RICHARD M. CHESANING MI
1967 GOFF KENNETH B. JR. WARWICK RI
1967 HESS JAY C. FARMINGTON UT 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 HOLTZMAN RONALD L. WHITEPOINT VA
1967 SCHELL RICHARD J. MINNEISKA MN
1968 HEEP WILLIAM ARTHUR SAN PEDRO CA
1968 LADEWIG MELVIN E. ENGLEWOOD CO
1968 READ CHARLES H. JR. MIAMI FL
1969 HATCH PAUL G. 08/25/69 ESCAPED
On this day...
79 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum
410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer
1682 DE awarded to William Penn
1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
1814 British sack Washington, DC, White House burned
1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland
1869 Waffle iron invented
1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1905 Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings
1906 Cincinatti Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game
1909 Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1912 NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians
1912 Territory of Alaska organized
1912 US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt
1922 1st Phillie to hit for the cycle (Cy Williams)
1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart
1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created
1939 Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
1950 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
1950 Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel
1954 Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
1956 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC
1959 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st
Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1960 -127 F (-88� C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...)
1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)
1963 John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17'
1964 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4
1966 USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1967 Liberian flag designed
1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power
1970 Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
1972 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1
1972 Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
1975 SF Giant Ed Halick no-hits NY Giants, 6-0
1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup
1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new
1979 UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps
1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder
1984 Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
1985 STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather
1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
1990 Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City
1991 Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party
1991 Ukraine declares independence from the USSR
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Liberia : Flag Day (1847)
Sierra Leone : President's Birthday
Religious Observances
RC, Ang, Luth : Feast of St Bartholomew, apostle
Religious History
0410 The Visigoths sacked Rome, disillusioning Christians who were trusting in God's protection of this
ecclesiastical center of early Christianity. St. Augustine (354�430) later tacked this religious problem in his
monumental work, "City of God" (ca.413�27).
1456 In Mainz, Germany, volume two of the famed Gutenberg Bible was bound, completing a two-year publishing
project, and making it the first full-length book to be printed using movable type.
1572 The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre took place all across France, where thousands of French Protestants
(Huguenots) were slaughtered. depleted the intellectual, educational and financial reserves of the French nation.
1854 The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa was organized by German Lutherans. In 1930 this synod merged
with the synods of Ohio and Buffalo to form the American Lutheran Church.
1906 Five Baptist congregations met at Jellico Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky, and formed the Church of God
of the Mountain Assembly. The CGMA both pentecostal and holiness in doctrine reports a world membership
today of 7,000.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (
pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Thought for the day :
" Nothing beats reading a good book when there is work to do. "
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~MarciaH
Thu, Oct 26, 2000 (16:54)
#298
On this day...October 26
1774 First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia
1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River & Lake Erie opened
1863 Soccer rules standardized; rugby starts as a separate game
1863 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer
1868 White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish,
Louisiana
1869 First American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)
1876 President sends federal troops to SC
1881 Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Arizona
1887 Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in the World Series
1903 Yerba Buena is first Key System ferry to cross SF Bay
1905 First Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia
1905 Union of Sweden & Norway ends
1911 Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
1941 US savings bonds go on sale
1942 US ship Hornet sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during WW II
1947 Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India
1949 Pres Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
1950 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
1951 Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden
1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres
1956 UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution
1957 USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
1958 PanAm flies the first transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris
1960 AL announces Minneapolis & LA to get teams in 1961
1960 AL's Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins
1962 Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1964 Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
1965 Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace
1965 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang
1966 first Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2
1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1968 Soyuz 3 launched
1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
1973 Wings release "Helen Wheels"
1974 Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
1975 Anwar Sadat became first Egyptian president to officially visit the
US
1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa
1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
1977 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise
1977 Dr. Clifford R. Wharton, Jr. named chancellor of State University
of NY
1980 St. Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
1981 LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
1982 Steve Carlton became first pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards
1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3174 Alcock
1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of
events costing Cardinals the World Series
1987 Dow Jones down 156.83 points
1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads
1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory
service
1988 US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK
Birthdates which occurred on October 26th:
1466 Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)
1685 Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist
1759 Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader
1791 Charles Sprague, Boston, banker/poet (Curiosity)
1855 Charles Post, Mr. breakfast cereal
1861 Richard D. Sears, Boston, first to win US amateur national tennis
match
1873 Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42)
1879 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary
1894 John S. Knight, West Virginia, publisher (Knight-Rider)
1910 John Cardinal Krol, former archbishop of Philadelphia
1911 Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in His
Hands)
1911 Sid Gillman, NFL coach (LA, San Diego, Houston)
1914 Jackie Coogan, Los Angeles, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family)
1917 Felix the Cat, cartoon character
1919 Edward W. Brooke, first black senator in over 80 yrs (R-Mass)
1919 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr, the last Shah of Iran
1931 Hank Garrett, Monticello NY, actor (Car 54 Where Are You)
1932 Chinadorai Deshmutu, India, field hockey player (1952)
1933 Suzy Parker, San Antonio Tx, model/actress (Chamber of Horrors)
1936 Bruce Belland, Chicago, singer (Tim Conway Hour)
1939 John Arden, England, novelist/playwright (Left Handed Liberty)
1940 Mario Orosco, first victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1941 Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
1942 Bob Hoskins, Suffolk England, actor (Brazil, Who Framed Roger
Rabbit?)
1945 Pat Conroy, American writer (Great Santini, Prince of Tides)
1946 Pat Sajak, Chicago, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show)
1947 Jaclyn Smith, Houston Tx, actress (Charlie's Angels)
1948 Marshall Colt, New Orleans, actor (Eric-Lottery)
1950 Chuck Foreman, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1953 Julian Keith Stockland, drummer (B-52's-Rock Lobster)
1954 Lauren Tewes, actress (Love Boat, Eyes of a Stranger)
1962 Cary Elwes, actor (Glory, Princess Bride)
1963 Kerri Lynne Rosenberg, Burlington Iowa, Miss Iowa-America
1966 Olga Bicherova, gymnastics (won title at 15yrs 33 days)
Deaths which occurred on October 26th:
901 King Alfred the Great
1868 B. F. Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated
1909 Prince Ito of Japan, assassinated
1962 Louise Beavers, actress (Beulah-Beulah), dies at 64
1979 Park Chung-hee, South Korean President, assassinated
1984 Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49
1990 William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies at 89 from a heart attack
1991 Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella
~MarciaH
Fri, Oct 27, 2000 (14:00)
#299
October 27, 2000
On this day...
625 Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1492 Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba
1775 US Navy established
1787 Federalist letters start appearing in NY newspapers
1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of
Mississippi
1810 US annexes West Florida from Spain
1858 RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts
$1106
1871 Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of
Tammany Hall, arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption
1880 Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee, on his 22nd birthday
1886 Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in
Russia
1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC
1896 First Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams
flow UP!)
1904 World's first subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit),
opens in New York City, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel
1916 First published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)
1919 Axeman of New Orleans claims last victim
1920 League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
1920 Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins
1922 First commemoration of Navy Day
1925 Water skis patented by Fred Waller
1931 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2"
1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called
"nylon"
1941 Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war
with Japan
1947 "You Bet Your Life", with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC
radio
1948 Israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev
1954 B. O. Davis, Jr., becomes 1st black general in USAF
1954 Walt Disney's firsst TV show, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC
1959 Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico
1961 First Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test
1961 American Basketball League starts play
1961 Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become the 102nd & 103rd members
of UN
1967 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service
records
1967 Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada
1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization knowns as
Nader's Raiders
1969 St Vincent & the Grenadines gains associated status with
Britain
1971 Republic of the Congo becomes Republic of Zaire
1971 Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan
1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
1973 Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech
77-6
1977 NASA launches space vehicle S-200
1978 Begin & Sadat with the Nobel Peace prize
1978 President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill
1979 Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44
seconds
1979 St Vincent & the Grenadines becomes independent of UK (Nat'l
Day)
1979 Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide
guide
1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
1981 Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of
Atlanta, Georgia
1982 China announces its population at over 1 billion people
1982 IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics
1984 Wash State's Rueben Mayes sets college football rec of 357
yards rushing
1985 KC Royals beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 82nd World
Series
1986 NY Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World
Series
1987 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new
constitution
1988 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)
Birthdates which occurred on October 27th:
1728 James Cook captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands
1782 Niccolo Paganini Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso
(Princess Lucca)
1811 Issac Merrit Singer inventor (1st practical home sewing
machine)
1844 Klas Arnoldson Sweden, politician/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1858 Theodore Roosevelt (R) 26th Pres (1901-09) (Nobel 1906)
1872 Emily Post authority on social behavior, writer (Etiquette)
1889 Enid Bagnold novelist (1956 Award of Merit)
1910 Fred de Cordova film/TV producer (The Tonight Show)
1910 Jack Carson Manitoba Canada, actor (Star is Born, Mildred
Pierce)
1911 Leif Erickson Calif, actor (Invaders from Mars, On the
Waterfront)
1912 Conlon Nancarrow Texarkana Arkansas, composer (Soundings 4)
1914 Dylan Thomas Swansea, Wales, poet (Child's Christmas in
Wales)
1917 Oliver Tambo leader of African National Congress
1918 Paul Dixon Earling Iowa, Ohio talk show host (Paul Dixon
Show)
1918 Teresa Wright NYC, actress (Pride of the Yankees)
1920 Nanette Fabray San Diego Calif, actress (One Day at a Time)
1922 Ralph Kiner HR hitter (Pitts Pirates)/sportscaster (NY Mets)
1923 Roy Lichtenstein US, Pop art painter; painted comic book
panels
1923 Ruby Dee Cleve Ohio, actress (Raisin in the Sun, Cat People)
1925 Jane Connell Oakland Calif, actress (Jane-Stanley,
Bridget-Dumpling)
1925 Mary Kay Steans Glendale Calif, actress (Mary Kay & Johnny)
1926 HR Haldeman former White House Chief of Staff-Watergate
figure
1927 Dominick Argento York Penn, composer (Colonel Jonathan the
Saint)
1928 Kyle Rote football half-back (NY Giants 1951-61)
1930 Bill George NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, LA Rams)
1932 Jean-Pierre Cassel Paris France, actor (The Trout)
1932 Sylvia Plath American poet (Bell Jar)
1933 Floyd Cramer La, cowboy singer (Last Date, On the Rebound)
1939 John Cleese comedian/actor (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers)
1940 Lee Greenwood country singer (God Bless the USA)
1945 Carrie Snodgress Park Ridge Ill, actress (Diary of Mad
Housewife)
1946 Steven R Nagel Canton Ill, USAF/astr (STS 51-G, STS 61-A,
STS 37)
1946 Terry J Hart Pittsburgh Penn, astronaut (STS 41C)
1947 Terry Anderson AP correspondent/US hostage held in Lebanon
(1984-)
1951 Jayne Kennedy Wash DC, actress (Penitentary)
1953 Michael A Baker Memphis Tenn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43)
1953 Peter Firth Bradford England, actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess)
1958 Hazell Dean rocker (Always Doesn't Mean Forever)
1958 Simon Le Bon rocker (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1963 Deborah Moore London England, actress (Danielle=-Day of Our
Lives)
1963 Marla Maples Dalton Ga, model/Donald Trumps main squeeze
1968 Kata Karkkainen Helsinki Finland, playmate (Dec, 1988)
Deaths which occurred on October 27th:
1449 Ulugh Beg, USSR astronomer, dies at 56
1553 Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for
heresy
1955 Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies
at 85
1962 Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56
1964 Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63
1972 Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before
turning 65
1988 S.B. Fuller, founder of Fuller products, dies at 83
1990 Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, dies at 80
1990 Xavier Cugart, bandlander, dies from heart failure at 90
~MarciaH
Mon, Oct 30, 2000 (17:58)
#300
October 30th
On this day...
701 John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1270 8th & last crusade is launched
1864 Helena, Montana's capital, founded
1871 Phila Athletics beat Chicago for 1st Natl Assn baseball
pennent
1888 First ballpoint pen patented
1905 "October Manifesto." Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil
liberties
1918 Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of the
spitball
1922 Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy
1930 Turkey & Greece sign a treaty of friendship
1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the
Worlds"
1939 USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland
1941 USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though US is not
in war
1944 Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen
1945 US government announces end of shoe rationing
1948 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania
1953 Dr. Albert Schweitzer & Gen. George C. Marshall win Nobel
Peace Prize
1954 Defense Department announces elimination of all segregated
regiments
1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad
1961 Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb
1965 Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Columbia
1972 Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago
1973 Tom Seaver becomes first non-20-game winner to win Cy Young
award
1974 Muhammad Ali KO's George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa,
Zaire
1975 Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain
1975 NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead"
1976 Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show
1976 Rev. Joseph Evans elected president of the United Church of
Christ
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-203
1979 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham
1980 Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
1980 NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched
1988 2 gambling clubs & 1 player share 61.4 million California
lotto
1991 Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain
1938 - As part of a series of radio dramas based on famous
novels, Orson
Welles produced H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Near panic
resulted when
listeners believed the simulated news bulletins, which described
a
Martian invasion of New Jersey.
Birthdates which occurred on October 30th:
1735 John Adams, Braintree, Mass (F) 2nd President (1797-1801)
1821 Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Russian novelist &
short-story writer
1830 John S. Bowen, Major-General (Confederate)
1873 Francisco Madero, Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13)
1885 Ezra Pound Hailey, Idaho, poet (Cantos)
1887 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato)
1893 Charles Atlas, body builder
1896 Ruth Gordon, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude)
1907 Renzo Cesana, Rome, TV host (First Date, Continental)
1914 Marion Ladewig, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63)
1917 Ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila
Story)
1918 Ted Williams, Red Sox hitter (AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown
'42, '47)
1919 Jane Randolph, singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn)
1923 Herschel Bernardi, NYC, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie)
1928 Ernest Flatt, choreographer (Carol Burnett Show)
1928 William Campbell, Newark NJ, acotr (Jerry-Cannonball,
Luke-Dynasty)
1931 Dick Gautier, actor (Hymie-Get Smart, Mr Terrific)
1932 Louis Malle, France, director (Atlantic City, Black Moon,
Viva Maria)
1934 Hamilton Camp, London, actor (Andrew-He & She)
1936 Jim Perry, pitcher (Cy Young Award 1970)
1937 Claude Lelouch, movie director (A Man & A Woman, Cat &
Mouse, Bolero)
1939 Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson
Airplane-White Rabbit)
1940 Ed Lauter, Long Beach NY, actor (Sheriff Cain-BJ & the Bear)
1943 Joanna Shimkus, Halifax NS, actress (Marriage of a Young
Stockbroker)
1945 Henry Winkler, NYC, actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift)
1946 Andrea Mitchell, NYC, newscaster (NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA)
1946 Lynne Marta, Philadelphia, actress (Love American Style)
1950 Phil Chenier, NBA guard (Wash Bullets)
1951 Harry Hamlin, Pasadena California, actor (Michael Kuzak-LA
Law)
1953 Kathleen Cody, Bronx NY, actress (Charley & the Angel)
1954 JoAnne Russell, Miami, tennis player (Wibeldon Double 1977)
1965 Charnele Brown, East Hampton NY, actress (Kim-A Different
World)
1969 Brittany Gae Thompson, Portland Oregon, Miss Oregon-America
(1991)
Deaths which occurred on October 30th:
1626 Willebord van Roijen, mathematician, dies at 35
1893 Sir John Abbott, PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72
1968 Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61
1972 Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1984 June Duprez, actress, dies at 66
1984 Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
1985 Grant Kirby, actor/singer, dies in an auto accident at 74
1985 Kirby Grant, actor (Sky King), dies at 74
1988 John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase), dies at 86
1991 William Shea (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84
