TODAY IN HISTORY

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:35 am

On this day...
0772 Pope Adrian I elected
1167 Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
1566 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
1626 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem, driven out
1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1641 Massachusetts becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
1656 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels
1742 Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
1750 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Maryland
1783 Charles & M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in a hydrogen balloon
1783 J van North launches unmanned balloon
1804 Emperor Napoleon marries JosÃ©phine of Martinique
1821 Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) proclaims independence from Spain
1822 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
1822 Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Harris Crawford & Henry Clay - Adams eventually declared president
1831 Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
1835 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
1843 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
1852 Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands
1864 Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville TN to Saltville VA
1864 Skirmish at Millen Brutal GA
1868 John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
1878 1st White House telephone installed
1887 Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "A Study In Scarlet"
1887 Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
1891 James Naismith creates the game of basketball
1896 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (New York)
1900 South African President Paul Kruger visits Flanders
1903 "The Great Train Robbery", the 1st Western film, released
1906 Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
1906 Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Captain of KÃ¶penick) sentenced to 4 years
1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Company, Pennsylvania
1909 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
1913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pittsburgh)
1913 Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2 38)
1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan, west of Omaha NE
1918 Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
1918 Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade
1919 AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By" premieres in Manchester
1919 Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
1921 1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
1921 US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
1922 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Captain Turner, RAF
1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
1923 CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto
1924 Calles becomes President of MÃ©xico
1924 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good" premieres in New York NY
1925 Treaty of Locarno signed

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:01 pm

Religious History
1145 Pope Eugene III sent a papal bull to the French King, Louis VII, proclaiming the Second Crusade. Led by Louis and Emperor Conrad III from 1147_49, the crusade failed to accomplish its goal.
1764 The French government abolished the Jesuit order in that country. (The Society of Jesus was completely suppressed by Clement XIV in 1767, but was restored again by Pius VII in 1814.)
1798 Birth of Albert Barnes, American Presbyterian clergyman and Bible commentator. An active supporter of revivalism, Christian education and social reform, Barnes is best remembered today for his "Notes on the Old Testament" and "Notes on the New Testament."
1909 Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for Bob Jones College (University), in Panama City, FL. This Protestant Fundamentalist college later relocated its campus to Greenville, SC.
1950 American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me what a rebel yet resides within

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:17 am

Birthdates which occurred on December 02:
1578 Agostino Agazzari composer
1678 Nicolaas S Cruquius Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)
1728 Ferdinando Galiani Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat
1760 Joseph Graetz composer
1777 Henry Doeff colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)
1802 Melancthon Smith Wade Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1813 Jacob Rosenhaim composer
1821 Rufus Barringer Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1825 Pedro II van Alcantara Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
1837 Charles Garrison Harker Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau French Minister of Foreign affairs/premier
1856 Robert Kajanus composer
1859 Georges Seurat France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)
1860 C T Studd cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)
1863 Gustav Wohlgemuth composer
1866 Henry Thacker Burleigh Erie PA, black composer (Springarn Medal)
1868 Francis Jammes French poet/writer (Jammisme)
1869 Jonas Cohn German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
1870 Francis Louis Casadesus French violinist/composer/conductor
1875 Frank Reicher Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
1884 Ruth Draper US, lecture artist [or 1989]
1885 George Minot US, physician, worked on anemia (Nobel 1934)
1885 NÃkos KazantazakÃs Greece, writer (Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ)
1892 Leo Ornstein composer
1893 William Gaxton San Francisco CA, actor (Destry, Convoy)
1893 Julius Bissier German painter
1893 Louis Freeman band leader
1894 Warren William [Krech] Aitkin MN, actor (CÃ¦sar-Cleopatra, Morgan-Go West Young Man)
1895 Klaas Voskuil journalist
1896 Georgi K Zjukov marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad
1897 Rewi Alley New Zealand, writer (Americans in China)
1899 John Barbirolli English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orchestra)
1901 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter)
1902 Horace A Hildreth (Governor-ME, 1945-49)
1902 Miroslav Ponc composer
1904 Donald Woods Brandon Manitoba, actor (Tammy)
1905 Osvaldo Pugliese musician/composer
1906 Peter Carl Goldmark developed color TV & LP records
1906 Eric Dalton cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39)
1908 Robert F Simon Mansfield OH, actor (Custer, MASH, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
1908 Rufe Davis Oklahoma, actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora)
1910 Robert Paige Indianapolis IN, actor (Colgate Comedy Hour)
1914 Bill Erwin Honey Grove TX, actor (Glenn-Struck by Lightning)
1914 Eddie Sauter Brooklyn NY, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
1914 Ray Walston Laurel MS, actor (South Pacific, My Favorite Martian, darn Yankees)
1915 Adolph Green songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman)
1915 Randolph Hearst newspaper publisher
1915 Nico Richter composer
1916 John Bentley Sparkhill Birmingham England, actor (The Chair, Hammer the Toff)
1917 Ezra Stone US, actor/producer (Henry Aldrich)
1918 Milton Delugg Los Angeles CA, orchestra leader (Tonight Show)
1919 Michael Geoffrey Corcos medical researcher
1920 Robert Moevs composer

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:01 am

AnyDay-in-History --- Select another Day / Month

Birthdates which occurred on December 03:
1368 Charles VI [the Well-Beloved] king of France (1380-1422)
1483 Nicolaus von Amsdorf German reformation theologist
1576 Marsilio Casentini composer
1668 Casimir Schweizelsperg composer
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg a founder of Danish & Norwegian literature
1729 Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel composer
1752 Georg-Friederich Fuchs composer
1753 Samuel Crompton English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
1755 Gilbert Stuart US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
1758 Josef Gelinek composer
1795 Sir Rowland Hill introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
1797 Francis P Kenrick Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1800 France Preseren Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1806 Henry Alexander Wise Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1809 Thomas Alfred Davies Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1822 Charles Adam Heckman Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1826 Edmond van der Straeten Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1826 George Brinton McClellan Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
1829 Green Berry Raum Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
1838 Cleveland Abbe US, meteorologist (Father of the Weather Bureau)
1838 Octavia Hill British reformer, leader of open-space movement
1842 Ellen Henrietta Richards US, chemist (American Home Economics Association-1st president)
1857 Joseph Conrad Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
1862 Jules Renkin Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)
1864 Herman Heijermans Jr Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
1875 Bernhard Lichtenberg German clergyman/antifascist
1883 Anton [Friedrich Wilhelm] von Webern Vienna Austria, 12-tone composer
1883 Albert "Tibby" Cotter cricketer (great Aussie quick of early century)
1885 Marchien Zwitsers farmer in Lutten (died at 109 years old)
1886 Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn Swedendish physicist (rÃ¶ntgen spectroscope, Nobel 1924)
1888 Ion Nonna Otescu composer
1895 Anna Freud Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund Freud
1896 Boleslaw Szabelski composer
1896 John Urzidil Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)
1897 Kate O'Brien Irish writer (Without My Cloak)
1898 Lev Konstantinovich Knipper composer
19-- Brian Lando actor (Benjamin Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
19-- Moe Keale Honolulu HI, actor (Truck-Hawaii 5-0)
1900 Lester Matthews Nottingham England, (Sir Dennis-Adventures of Fu Manchu)
1900 Richard Kuhn Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel 1938)
1902 Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe composer
1904 Juan E Yrausquin founder (Party of Patriot Arubans)/minister
1905 Leslie Ames cricketer

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:13 pm

In 1818, Illinois was admitted as the 21st state.

In 1828, Andrew Jackkson was elected president of the United States by Electoral College.

In 1925, 'Concerto in F," by George Gershwin, had its world premiere at New Yorks Carnegie Hall, with Gerashwin himself at the piano.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:27 am

Birthdates which occurred on December 04:
1443 Pope Julius II (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
1584 John Cotton Puritan clergyman in Massachusetts Bay colony
1660 Andre Campra composer
1667 Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer
1708 Marianus Konigsperger composer
1720 Jean-Jacques Robson composer
1786 John LA Luyten Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]
1791 Johann Gottlob Topfer composer
1795 Thomas Carlyle Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
1800 Emil Aarestrup Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)
1803 Augustus Zerega diZerega Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
1808 Ernest Panckoucke French publisher (Horatius)
1812 Elias Smith Dennis Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring Major General (Confederate Army)
1822 Frances Crabbe England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society
1825 Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer
1835 Samuel Butler England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
1838 Melesio Morales composer
1858 Billy Gunn cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)
1861 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard] US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)
1865 Edith Louisa Cavell England, nurse (WWI)
1866 Vassily Kandinsky Russian/German/French abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration)
1868 Richard N Roland Holst Dutch artist/painter
1874 Jean H L Bossard actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)
1875 Rainer Maria Rilke Germany, poet (Duino Elegies)
1876 Dimitur Poljanov [Popov] Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)
1879 Herbert Hamilton Harty composer
1881 Erwin von Witzleben German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)
1888 Aleksandar I Karadordjevic king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
1889 Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart] US actor (War Horse)
1889 Isabel Randolph Illinois, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)
1892 Francisco Franco [y Bahamonde] general/dictator of Spain (1936-75)
1895 Nils FA Nilsson Piraten Swedendish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
1896 Nikolai S Tichonov Russian writer (against Pasternak)
1897 Mari Andriessen Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)
1899 Douwe Hermans Kiestra [Harm Harmstra] Frisian farmer/writer
1903 Alfred Leslie Rowse historian
1903 Cornell Woolrich US, writer (El Angel Negro)
1905 Emilio MÃ©dici President of Brazil (

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:32 pm

In 1816, James Monore Of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.

In 1875, William Marcy Tweed of New York City's Tammany Hall political organization, escaped from jail and fled the country.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:26 pm

AnyDay-in-History --- Select another Day / Month

Birthdates which occurred on December 05:
1545 Janus Dousa [Johan van de Does] Dutch politician/poet
1547 Ubbo Emmius [van Embden] Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian
1661 Robert Haley earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
1666 Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti composer
1687 Francesco Xaverio Geminiani composer
1697 Carlo Arrigoni composer
1697 Giuseppe de Majo composer
1724 Joseph Friebert composer
1782 Martin Van Buren Kinderhook NY, (D) 8th President (1837-41)
1786 Henry Drummond English banker/apostole
1824 Titian James Coffey Attorney General (Union), died in 1867
1826 John Benjamin Sanborn Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
1830 Christina Rossetti London, poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away)
1839 George Armstrong Custer Major General (Union volunteers, of Little Big Horn fame), died in 1876
1844 John Frederick Bridge composer
1852 Thomas Linnemann Laub composer
1861 Armando V Diaz Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24)
1863 Paul P PainlevÃ© French PM (1917, 1925), mathematician
1867 Antti Aarne Finnish sociologist (Verzeichnis is der MÃ¤rchentypen)
1870 Viteslav Augustin Rudolf NovÃ¡k Slovak composer (Quasi una ballata)
1872 Harry N Pillsbury US chess player
1878 Arrigo Pedrollo composer
1880 Alexander Schmuller Russian/Netherlands violinist/conductor
1884 Evert Cornelis Dutch conductor/pianist
1885 Dirk H W Filarski Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School)
1886 Pieter J Old lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
1888 Askell Snorrason composer
1890 Fritz Lang Germany, director (M, Metropolis)
1892 Cyril Ring Massachusetts, actor (Body & Soul)
1895 HenriÃ«tte H Bosmans Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
1896 [Lady Huxley] Juliette Baillot author
1896 Willem F M Lampe Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
1899 Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player
19-- Johnny Douglas rocker/record producer/arranger (Kik Tracee, Shirley Bassey, All Saints)
1901 Walter Elias Disney Chicago IL, animator

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:28 pm

In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

In 1782, the first native U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.

In 1792,George Washington was re-elected president; John Adams was re-elected vice president.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:50 am

Deaths which occurred on December 06:
1185 Afonso I the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76
1352 Clement VI [Pierre Roger] Pope (1342-52), dies
1531 John Volkertsz Trimaker Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded
1550 Pieter Coecke van Aelst Flemish painter, dies at 48
1562 Jan van Scorel Dutch painter/architect, dies
1598 Elbertus Leoninus Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78
1640 Matthijs Elsevier Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75
1651 Anna Roemers Visscher Dutch poetess, dies at 68
1658 Gracian writer, dies
1779 Jean-Baptiste SimÃ©on Chardin French still life painter, dies at 80
1793 Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry mistress of Louis XV, beheaded
1799 Joseph Black Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71
1834 Jonas Daniel Meyer Dutch lawyer, dies at 54
1865 Sebastian de Iradier Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
1867 Giovanni Pacini composer, dies at 71
1869 Jan de Liefde II Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54
1873 Manuel AcuÃ±a Mexican poet (Ante un CadÃ¡ver), dies at 24
1882 A Trollope writer, dies
1889 Jefferson Davis President of Confederate States of America (1861-5), dies at 81
1889 Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys painter, dies at 48
1892 E Werner von Siemens German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75
1903 Frederick Grant Gleason composer, dies at 54
1914 Eduard Jacobs Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47
1920 Karel Kovarovic composer, dies at 57
1926 Claude [Oscar] Monet French painter (impressionist), dies at 86
1933 Auguste Chapuis composer, dies at 75
1940 Charlie Hime cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1895), dies
1941 Anthony G KrÃ¶ller entrepreneur/government advisor, dies
1943 Firmin Baes Flemish painter, dies at 69
1943 Hermann Lohr composer, dies at 72
1946 Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg composer, dies at 63
1949 Leadbelly [Huddie William Ledbetter] blues singer, dies at 64
1951 J Edward Bromberg dies at 47
1953 Konstanty I Galczynski Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48
1958 Erwin Bodky composer, dies at 62
1959 Len Doyle actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66
1963 Jozef Goossenaerts Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81
1965 Alberto Vaccari Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90
1966 Hermann Heiss composer, dies at 68
1970 Thomas S Power USAF-General (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65
1971 Hugo Godron composer, dies at 71
1971 Jan Altink Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86
1972 Janet Munro actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38
1973 Justus Hermann Wetzel composer, dies at 94
1973 Robert A Watson-Watt England, physicist (radar), dies at 81
1984 Ruth Cummings actress

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:39 pm

In 1790, Congress moved to Philadelphia from New York.

In 1889,Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America,died in New Orleans.

In 1907, the worst mining disaster in U.S. history occured as 362 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W. Va.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:43 am

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On this day...
0036 -BC- Earliest known Mayan inscription, Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo
0043 -BC- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman writer, gets his head & right hand chopped off by Mark Antony's soldiers
0185 Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52?)
0283 St Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1354 Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty
1646 Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry
1741 Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia
1783 Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
1783 William Pitt Jr (24) becomes British premier
1787 Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
1808 James Madison elected US President,George Clinton Vice-President
1835 German railway Neurenberg-FÃ¼rth opens
1836 Martin Van Buren elected 8th President
1842 New York Philharmonic's 1st concert
1862 Battle of Hartsville TN
1862 Battle of Prairie Grove AR
1864 Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia
1868 Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin MO, kills 1
1872 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3Â½-year world oceanographic cruise
1875 Natives Sons of the West organized
1876 New York Mutuals & Philadelphia A's expelled from National League for not completing schedule
1877 Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone
1885 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes
1889 Gilbert & Sullivan's "Gondoliers" premieres in London
1891 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session
1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies
1907 Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
1909 Leo Baekeland, Yonkers NY, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)
1911 Leslie J Stuart's musical "Betsy" premieres in New York NY
1911 National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver & Victoria
1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
1916 David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM
1916 British government of David Lloyd George forms
1917 US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
1920 New South Wales make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
1920 USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
1921 KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions
1924 German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis & Communists lose)
1925 Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC
1925 Noel Coward's "Easy Virtue" premieres in New York NY
1926 Gas refrigerator patented
1929 Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 minutes
1929 Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
1930 13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing
1931 Bradman scores 219 New South Wales vs South Africa, 234 minutes, 15 fours
1932 1st gyro-stabilized vessel to cross the Atlantic arrives in New York
1934 Wiley Post discovers the jet stream
1935 CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:50 am

.)In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1796, electors chose John Adams to be the second president of the United States.

In 1836, Martin VanBuren was elected the eighth president of the U.S.

In 1907, the first Christmas Seals to help the fight against tuberculosis were sold, in Wilmington, Del. (Some sourses say Dec. 9)

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:35 am

Deaths which occurred on December 08:
0644 Omar I 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
0899 Arnulf of Carinthia last emperor of Austria-France, dies
1292 John Peckham English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62
1587 Mary Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed
1596 Luis de Carabajal 1st Jewish author in America, executed in MÃ©xico
1643 John Pym English House of Commons member, dies at about 59
1652 Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel Flemish missionary, murdered at 35
1681 Gerard Terborch the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies
1709 Thomas Corneille French dramatist, dies at 74
1722 Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts German/French duchess, dies at 70
1751 Jozef LD von KÃ¶nigsegg minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78
1785 Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer, dies at 68
1830 H Benjamin Constant French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831 James Hoban architect who designed the White House, dies
1894 Willem JF Nuyens Dutch physician/Roman Catholic historian, dies at 71
1896 Earnest Angel German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1900 Henry Russell composer, dies at 87
1903 Herbert Spencer British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83
1907 Oscar II Frederick King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
1923 Dom Joseph Pothier French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88
1924 Franz X Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74
1926 Jan Six Dutch art historian/collector, dies
1934 Bernhard Seklas composer, dies at 62
1939 Ernest Schelling composer, dies at 63
1954 Gladys George actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50
1955 Jacques Handschin Swiss musicologist, dies at 69
1956 Edgar Leslie Bainton composer, dies at 76
1957 Reginald Sheffield actor (Second Chance), dies at 55
1961 William Beatton Moonie composer, dies at 78
1967 Robert H Lawrence USAF/astronaut, dies at 32
1969 Vincenzo Davico composer, dies at 80
1970 Christopher K Ingold English chemist, dies at 77
1972 George Collins (Representative-IL), dies at 47, in airplane crash
1974 Hugues PanassiÃ© French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62
1978 Golda Meir Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80
1980 John Lennon assassinated at 40 in New York by Mark David Chapman
1981 Walter "Shakey" Horton harmonica stylist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64
1982 AndrÃ© Kamperveen Suriname minister, murdered
1982 Bertus de Harder Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies
1982 Bram Behr Suriname revolutionary, murdered
1982 Cyrill Daal Suriname worker's union leader, murdered
1982 Frank Wijngaarde Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 Gerald Leckie Suriname scholar, murdered
1982 Harald Riedewald Suriname attorney, murdered
1982 John Baboeram Suriname lawyer, murdered
1982 Jozef Slagveer Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 Kenneth Goncalves Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered
1982 Leslie Rahman Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 Marty Robbins country singer, dies at 57
1982 Surendre Rambocus Suriname army lieutenant, murdered
1983 Slim Pickins western actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
1984 Luther Adler actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81
1988 Anne Seymour actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79
1988 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44
1989 Hans Hartung German/French painter, dies
1990 Martin Ritt US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70
1990 Pony Sherrell Metcalf New York, singer, dies of heart attack
1991 Buck Clayton US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies
1991 Kimberly Bergalis got AIDS from health care worker, dies at 23
1992 William Shawn US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85
1993 AndrÃ© Cerf French actor/producer (Nana), dies at

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:18 pm

In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, George Washington's retreating army crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey into Pennsylvania.

In 1863, President Lincoln announced his plan for the reconstruction of the South.

In 1886, the American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:47 pm

In 1787, Thomas H. Gallaudet, a pioneer of educating the deaf, was born in Philadephia.

In 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state.

In 1869, women were granted the right to vote in the Wyoming Territory.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:47 am

Deaths which occurred on December 11:
0711 Justitianus II emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42
1282 Llywelyn ab Gruffydd monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies
1282 Michael VIII Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies
1524 Henry Van Zutphen Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake
1573 Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant duke of Alva, hanged
1582 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo marquis of Soria, dies at about 75
1595 Philip III van Croij prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69
1610 Adam Elsheimer German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32
1610 Forges Dimitri #2 czar of Russia, murdered
1686 Louis II CondÃ© duke of Bourbon, dies at 65
1718 Charles XII King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead
1748 Ewald G von Kleist German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55
1756 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff German adventurer/king, dies
1817 Max von Schenkendorf German poet, dies at 34
1831 John George Schetky composer, dies at 55
1847 Moritz Grave von Strachwitz German poet, dies at 25
1857 FranÃ§ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze composer, dies at 73
1891 Johan C J van Schagen Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies
1899 Andrew "Andy" Wauchope British general-major, dies in battle
1899 Lord Winchester British marquis/major, dies in battle
1902 Matthias Hohner German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68
1903 Patrick McShane cricket player/umpire (1884-85 Ashes series), dies
1911 Thomas Ball US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92
1918 Ivan Cankar Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42
1930 Friedrich von Bernhardi German war theorist/historian, dies at 81
1933 Emile C Wauters Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87
1955 Franz Adolf Syberg composer, dies at 51
1955 Johan C Altorf sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79
1964 Percy Kilbride actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76
1964 Sam Cooke US, singer (You Send Me, Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33
1967 Howard Freeman actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in New York NY
1967 Richard Stohr composer, dies at 93
1967 Victor De Sabata composer, dies at 75
1968 Nadine Riga dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59
1972 John Mills cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies
1972 Semjon I Kirsanov Ukrainian poet (Zolushka), dies at 66
1974 Reed Hadley actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63
1979 Claire Carleton New York NY, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66
1983 Szymon Laks composer, dies at 82
1984 George Waggner director/writer, dies at 90
1986 Paul Keenan actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30
1990 Fernand J Collin Belgian economist

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:04 pm

In 1816, Indiana became the 19th state.

In 1882,Boston's Bijou Theatre, the first American playhouse to be lighted exclusively by electricity, gave its first performance (Gilbert and Sullivan's :Iolanthe")

In 1928, police in Buenos Aires announced they has thwarted an attempt on the life of President elect Herbert Hoover.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:17 am

Birthdates which occurred on December 12:
1560 Maximilien de BÃ©thune duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/PM of France
1574 Anne van Denemarken daughter of Danish King Frederik II
1579 Heinrich Steuccius composer
1630 Olof Rudbeck composer
1660 Peter Rabus poet/translator (Liberated Britanje)
1673 Ahmed III 23rd sultan (Turkey, 1703-30)
1685 Lodovico Giustini composer
1712 Charles Alexander Duke of Lotharingen
1715 Gennaro Manna composer
1745 John Jay diplomat (NY-Governor)
1792 Alexandros Ypsilanti Greek resistance fighter
1805 Henry Wells founder (American Express Company & Wells Fargo & Company)
1805 William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
1806 Stand Watie Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1818 Paul Octave Hebert Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1821 Gustave Flaubert Rouen Normandy France, novelist (Madame Bovary)
1830 Joseph Orville Shelby Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1832 Abraham C Wertheim Dutch banker/MP (liberal)
1833 Matthias Hohner German manufacturer (harmonica)
1835 Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer
1838 Sherburne W Burnham US, astronomer (binary stars)
1848 William Vanderbilt yachtsman (donated Vanderbilt Cup)
1859 Edward Bradley horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
1859 Maurice Donnay French playwright (Lovers)
1862 Daniel HalÃ©vy French historian/writer (La fin des notables)
1863 Edvard Munch Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream)
1866 Alfred Werner Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913)
1874 Volter A Kilpi Finnish writer (Alastalon salissa)
1875 Desiderius A Stracke Flemish jesuit/literature historian
1875 Karl R G von Rundstedt German general-fieldmarshal (Normandy)
1879 Friedrich Christiansen nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherlands
1879 Laura Hope Crews US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)
1879 Percy Fletcher composer
1882 Akiba Rubinstein Polish chess player (openings theory)
1886 Owen Moore County Meath Ireland, actor (She Done Him Wrong)
1887 Kurt Magnus Atterberg composer
1889 Vaclav Stepan composer
1893 Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg] Romania, actor (10 Commandments)
1896 Eslanda Goode US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson
19-- Brandon Maggart Carthage TN, actor (George-Jennifer Slept Here)
19-- Dave Meniketti rocker (Y&T-Contagious)
19-- Ernie Townsend actor (Edge of Night)
19-- John Johnston actor (Loving)
19-- Rick Ruhl rock vocalist (Every Mother's Nightmare-Hard to Hold)
1902 Howard Koch screenwriter
1903 Enid Balint-Edmonds psychoanalyst
1904 Jim Christy righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & South Africa)
1906 William C Pahlmann interior decorator (4 Season restaurant, New York NY)
1907 F van Heek Dutch sociologist
1907 Fred Elizalde composer
1907 Roy Douglas composer
1909 Armand H F Boni the Good One, Flemish poet/writer
1911 Anna Russell composer
1912 Yusef Bedri educationist
1913 Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires)
1913 Jesse Owens US, track star (4 golds 1936), spoiled Hitler's Olympics
1913 Eve Lister actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park)
1913 Stanley Bate composer
1914 Denis Begbie cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50)
1915 Frank Sinatra Hoboken NJ, singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board)
1917 Edward Firth Henderson arabist
1917 Heinrich BÃ¶ll Germany, writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72)
1918 Joe Williams Cordele GA, jazz singer (Everyday I Have the Blues)
1918 Nilda Pinto [NM Geerdink-Jesurun P] CuraÃ§ao writer (Nanzi)
1922 Arthur R Hawkins US pilot/captain (WWII, downed 14 jap planes)
1923 Bob Barker Darrington WA, game show emcee (Price is Right)
1924 Edward I Koch New York NY, (Mayor-D-NY, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court)
1924 Francis Miroglio composer

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:33 pm

In 1787, Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1870, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the House of Representatives.