TODAY IN HISTORY

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:18 pm

In 1776, the British suffered a major defeat on the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War.

In 1799, George Washington was eulogized by Col.Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."

In 1917, during World War I, President Wilson issued a proclamation authorizing the government to take over operation of the nation's railroads.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:59 am

Birthdates which occurred on December 27:
1555 Johann Arndt German Lutherian theologist
1571 Johann Kepler WÃ¼rttemberg Germany, astronomer (elliptical orbits)
1645 Giovanni Adb Viscardi Swiss architect, baptized
1654 Jean/Jacobus Bernoulli Swiss mathematician
1709 Pieter de Swart Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)
1721 Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis Frisian philosopher
1748 William Marshall composer
1752 Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus composer
1755 Antons Klemens Theodor king of Saksen (1827-36)
1761 Michael A Barclay de Tolly Scottish/Russian minister of War
1773 George Cayley England, found science of aerodynamics
1800 John Goss composer
1801 Guillaume L Baud Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49)
1802 Thomas Fearnley Norway, landscape painter
1803 John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer Member of Dutch 2nd parliament (1848-75)
1814 James Henry Carleton Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1873
1816 Eliakim Parker Scammon Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1822 Louis Pasteur Dole France, bacteriologist (pasteurization)
1822 John Roberts composer
1825 Reinhold Finsterbusch composer
1829 James Clay Rice Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1831 Lucius Fairchild Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1836 Henricus Oort Dutch theologist (Leidse translation)
1845 Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer
1852 Dom JoÃ¢o G da CÃ¢mara Portuguese journalist/songwriter
1855 Paul Ehrenreich German etnologist/mythologist
1856 Andre Gedalge composer
1859 William Henry Hadow composer
1869 AurÃ©lien FM LugnÃ©-Poe French actor/stage manager (La Parade)
1879 Sydney Greenstreet Sandwich England, actor (Maltese Falcon)
1879 Robert Greig Australia, actor (Horse Feathers)
1884 Bernard van Dieren composer
1890 Maurice Schoemaker composer
1892 Feliks Roderyk Labunski composer
1895 Sig Arno Hamburg, Germany, actor (Holiday in Havana)
1896 Arch Ward sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game)
1896 Ewan Calague economist/statistician (Social Security Board)
1896 Louis Bromfield Mansfield OH, writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926)
1896 Carl Zuckmayer German/Swiss/US playwright
1897 Iwan S Konew Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw
1899 Paul Costello US, double sculls (Olympics-gold-1920, 24, 28)
19-- Jerry Gaskill rocker (King's X-Faith Hope Love)
1901 Marlene Dietrich Berlin Germany, singer/actress (Blue Angel)
1901 Irene Handl London England, actress (Riding High, Morgan)
1902 Ferenc Szabo composer
1906 Oscar Levant Pittsburgh PA, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life)
1906 Ivan Brkanovic composer
1906 Ivan Mark Waller mountaineer
1907 Jan Willem Van Otterloo Winterwijk Holland, conductor (Melbourne 1967-71)
1907 Emile de Strijker Belgian philosopher
1907 Nils-Eric Ringbom composer
1908 Louis de Bourbon Dutch writer/poet (Black Banners)
1909 Johan[nes B] Schmitz Dutch actor/reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth)
1910 Jack Massey groundsman
1910 Neville Crump racehorse trainer
1911 Endre Szervanszky composer [or Jan 1]
1914 Giuseppe Berto Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red)
1914 Ivan Sutton British concert promoter
1915 Mary Kornman Idaho Falls ID, actress (Queen of the Jungle)
1915 William Howell Masters sex author/physician
1917 Earl of Inchcape English large landowner/industrialist (P&O)
1922 Larry Osborne navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist
1924 James A McClure (Senator-R-ID)
1924 Mokta Ould Daddah President of Mauritania (1961-78)
1924 Wouter Eijkelemboom Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
1925 Allan Blank composer
1925 Michel Piccoli Paris France, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools)
1926 Jerome Courtland Knoxville TN, actor (Tonka, Tharus)
1930 Wilfrid Sheed England, writer (Boys of Winter, The Hack)
1930 Jacqueline Fontijn Flemish composer
1930 Meg Greenfield US politician(?)
1931 Scotty Moore guitarist (for Elvis)
1934 Larisssa Latynina Ukraine, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1935 Norma Rae

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:09 pm

In 1927, the musical play "Show Boat," with music by Jerome Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York.

In 1945, 28 nations signed an agreement creating the World Bank.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:48 am

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

Birthdates which occurred on December 28:
1484 Joachim Vadianus [von Watt] Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen
1631 Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist
1694 Ceslav Vanura composer
1731 Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master
1738 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer
1751 Josef Blazej Smrcek composer
1753 Johan Wikmanson composer
1763 John Molson founded MontrÃ©al brewery (Molson Canadian)
1783 Robert Gallenberg composer
1787 Hermanus J Abbring Dutch writer/engineer on CuraÃ§ao
1801 James Barnes Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1805 Tomas Genoves y Lapetra composer
1812 Julius Reitz composer
1822 William Booth Taliaferro Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1823 Thomas Alexander Scott Assistant Secretary War (Union), died in 1881
1826 Conrad Busken Huet Dutch vicar/literary (Country of Rubens)
1827 Robert Latimer McCook volunteers Brigadier-General (Union), died in 1862
1828 Karl L Kahlbaum German psychiatrist (katatonie)
1833 Charles Miller Shelley Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1835 Archibald Geikie British geologist
1837 Benjamin Johnson Lang composer
1842 Calixa Lavallee composer
1845 Homer Newton Bartlett composer
1849 Herbert von Bismarck German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck
1855 Juan Zorrilla de San Martin Uruguay's diplomat/poet (TabarÃ©)
1856 [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson Staunton VA, (28 President-D-1913-21, Nobel 1919)
1859 Gerard Brucken Fock composer
1859 John W Fortescue military historian
1860 Alexander von Fielitz composer
1865 FÃ©lix E Vallotton Swiss/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna)
1868 Marie van Regteren Altena Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers)
1872 Pio Baroja Y Nessa San Sebastian Spain, writer (Camino de PerfecciÃ³n)
1880 Christian DFL Leipoldt South african physician/writer/poet
1882 Arthur Eddington England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician
1883 A Wolfenstein writer
1884 Joseph Pholien Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter
1887 Charles Dingle
1888 Gabriel von Wayditch composer
1889 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
1890 Frank Butler Oxford England, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China)
1894 Ed Healey NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears)
1894 AndrÃ© de Meulemeester Belgian WWI pilot (Eagle of Flanders)
1895 Auguste Lumiere twin brother of Louis who opened 1st commercial cinema
1895 Louis Lumiere twin brother of Auguste who opened 1st commercial cinema
1896 Roger Huntington Sessions Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Maskers)
19-- Bob Perlow Pawtucket RI, TV host (People Do the Craziest Things)
1902 Mortimer J Adler New York NY, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica)
1902 Shen Congwen writer
1903 John Von Neumann mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938)
1904 Clabon W Allen Australian/British astronomer
1904 Sergei Yutkevich St Petersburg Russia, director (Otello, Banya)
1905 Cliff Arquette Toledo

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:16 pm

In 1832, John C. Calhiun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Jackson.

In 1846, Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.

In 1856, the 28th president of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, was born in Staunton, Va.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:31 am

Deaths which occurred on December 29:
1141 Yue Fei Chinese general, executed
1170 Thomas Beckett archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II
1558 Hermann Finck composer, dies at 31
1619 Antoine Arnauld French lawyer (Philippica), dies
1630 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele Roman Catholic pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
1689 Olfert Dapper Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
1703 Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at 39
1731 J Brook Taylor English mathematician, dies at 46
1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, dies at 69
1815 Saartjie Baartman the Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
1821 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael South Netherlands general, dies at 61
1822 Albert Christoph Dies composer, dies at 67
1825 Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini composer, dies
1825 Jacques-Louis David French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77
1835 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, dies at 29
1836 Johann Baptist Schenk composer, dies at 83
1847 William Crotch composer, dies at 72
1871 Ferdinand Marcucci composer, dies at 71
1877 Willem Sassen Dutch Attorney General on CuraÃ§ao (Affair-S), dies
1890 Big Foot Sioux Indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
1891 Leopold Kronecker German mathematician, dies at 68
1894 Chris Rossetti writer, dies at 64
1898 Georg Goltermann composer, dies at 74
1915 Charles Beach Hawley composer, dies at 57
1925 FÃ©lix E Vallotton Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60
1926 Rainer M Rilke Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51
1933 Joh Georghe Duca premier of Romania, murdered
1942 Frank D Adams Canadian geologist, dies at 83
1943 William H Singer US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75
1947 Joseph Cuvelier Belgian historian/general, dies at 78
1952 Beryl Rubinstein composer, dies at 54
1956 Martin Albertz German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73
1957 Tom Richmond cricketer (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in England Test), die
1958 Doris Humphrey US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
1959 Robin Humphrey Milford composer, dies at 56
1964 Bernard von Brentano German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63
1964 Miroslav Krejci composer, dies at 73
1965 Kusaku Yamada composer, dies at 79
1967 Paul Whiteman US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
1970 John de Mol Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
1971 Stuart Holmes dies of stomach ailment at 87
1972 Fritz Behrend composer, dies at 83
1976 Ivo van Damme Belgian 800/1500 meter sprinter (Olympics-silver-76), dies at 22
1980 Roy Engle actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67
1980 Tim Hardin US singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39
1981 Guido Provoost Belgian historian, dies at 41
1982 Sol C Siegel US film producer (High Society), dies at 79
1984 Leo Robin lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1986 [Maurice] Harold Macmillan former British PM (1957-63), dies in Sussex, England, at 92
1986 Andrei Tarkovski Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54
1986 John Antill composer, dies at 82
1991 Julia McCarthy dies of cancer at 64
1992 L H Ruitenberg vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87
1992 Vivienne Segal US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at 95
1994 Eugene Tanner Jr singer, dies at 58
1994 Frank Thring Australian actor (El

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:20 pm

On this day...
1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France
1539 St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
1541 Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
1558 Charles V, German emperor, buried
1705 Prosper Jolyot's "IdomenÃ©e" premieres in Paris
1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent
1778 English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia
1782 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1813 British burn Buffalo New York during the War of 1812
1837 Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo
1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop ME
1841 King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon
1845 Texas admitted as the 28th state
1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)
1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)
1852 Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants
1857 Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht" premieres in Weimar
1862 Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat General Sherman
1862 Bowling ball invented
1864 Fire Department celebrates 1st annual ball
1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Company, New York
1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH, 92 die
1876 FrÃ©dÃ©ric A Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty sculptor) weds Jeanne-Emilie
1885 Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany)
1890 US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee SD; Indian "war" in the west
1891 Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
1895 Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg
1899 English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
1900 General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia
1903 French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad & Ubangi-Shari
1906 MontrÃ©al Wanderers beat New Glasgow (Nova Scotia) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906)
1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville WI
1911 San Francisco Symphony is formed
1911 Proclamation restores "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins
1913 1st movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn" premieres in Chicago IL
1920 The netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations
1920 Yugoslav government bans communist party
1921 William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM
1922 Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage
1926 Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index
1926 Victoria (1107) beat New South Wales (221 & 230) by an innings 656 runs
1929 Police arrest Sukarno & 100s PNI-leaders
1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam MN, to New Orleans LA
1931 Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey
1931 Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat New South Wales
1933 Yankees refuse to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds
1934 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (Madison Square Garden)
1934 Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 & London Treaty of 1930
1934 Federico GarcÃa Lorca's "Yerma" premieres in Madrid
1937 Pan Am starts San Francisco CA-to-Auckland, New Zealand service
1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire)
1937 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champion
1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle WA, begins
1940 Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WWII)
1940 NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14
1944 Belgian Nazi LÃ©on Degrelle at default to the death sentenced
1944 General Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles
1947 Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
1948 US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit
1948 "Rape of Lucretia" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 23 performances
1948 Canada recognizes Israel
1949 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport CT)
1949 Hungary nationalized its industries
1952 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)
1954 Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands & Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being
1955 Barbra Streisand's 1st recording, "You'll Never Know" at age 13
1957 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game
1957 Singers Steve Lawrence & Eydie GormÃ© wed in Las Vegas
1958 Baltimore Colts beat New York

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:37 pm

In 1775, the British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery was Killed.

In 1862, President Lincoln signed an act paving the way for West Virginia statehood.

In 1877, President and Mrs. Hayes celebrated their silver anniversary (actually, a day late) by re-enacting their wedding ceremony in the White House.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:57 am

Deaths which occurred on January 02:
0017 Publius Ovidius Naso Roman poet, dies
1726 Domenico Zipoli composer, dies at 37
1740 Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, dies at 63
1763 John Casteret Earl Granville English premier, dies at 72
1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs composer, dies at 66
1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee composer, dies at 68
1790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer) German rococo sculptor, dies
1801 Johann C Lavater Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
1803 Ignaz Franz von Beecke composer, dies at 69
1861 Frederik Willem IV king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65
1863 Roger Weightman Hanson Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 35
1892 George B Airy English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
1904 James Longstreet Confederate General, dies at 82
1908 Dom JoÃ¢o G da CÃ¢mara Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55
1913 LÃ©on P Teisserenc de Bort French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
1915 Karl Goldmark Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
1917 Edward B Tylor English anthropologist, dies at 84
1918 Sijbe K Bakker vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg German chancellor/PM (Prussia); referred to the international treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality as "a scrap of paper", dies at 64
1923 Sam Carter black resident of Rosewood FL, lynched by KKK
1929 Erich Wichman[n] Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38
1937 Ross Alexander actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
1941 Mischa Levitzki composer, dies at 42
1945 Betram Home Ramsay English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
1946 Joe Darling cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies
1950 Emil Jannings actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65
1955 JosÃ© Antonio Remon President of PanamÃ¡ (1952-55), assassinated
1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
1960 Chris van Abkoude author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
1960 Fausto Coppi Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1960 Friedrich Adler Austria social-democrat, assasinated PM StÃ¼rgkh, dies in ZÃ¼rich at 80
1961 Bob Catterall cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for South Africa 1922-31), dies
1963 Jack Carson actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
1963 Dick Powell actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
1965 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees composer, dies at 63
1968 Sanoesi Pane Indonesian writer, dies
1969 Georges Renevant actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
1970 Piotr Rytel composer, dies at 85
1974 Tex Ritter country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
1977 Erroll Garner jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
1980 Larry Williams rocker, dies at 44
1981 David Lynch singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51
1983 Harriet Parsons actress/producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
1983 Bernard George Stevens composer, dies at 66
1983 Dick Emery actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
1986 Una Merkel US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
1990 Alan Hale Jr actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby-Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at 71
1990 Belcampo [Herman SchÃ¶nfeld Wichers], Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87
1990 Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78
1991 Edmond JabÃ©s writer, dies
1991 Renato Rascel actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
1992 Virginia Field actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
1994 Caesar Romero actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
1994 Dixy Lee Ray chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79
1994 Pierre-Paul Schweitzer French director

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:19 pm

In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1921, religious services were broadcast on radio for the first time as KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the regular Sunday service of the city's Calvary Episcopal Church.

In 1965, the New York Jest signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath to a contract reportedly worth $427,000.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:07 am

Birthdates which occurred on January 03:
0106 -BC-Marcus Tullius Cicero Rome, statesman/author (Academica)
1624 William Tucker 1st Black child born in America
1680 Johann Baptist Zimmermann German stucco worker
1730 Charles Palissot de Montenoy French writer/politician
1757 Johann Abraham Sixt composer
1763 Joseph Fesch French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator
1777 Louis Poinsot French instrument worker
1777 M A Elisa Bonaparte Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino
1786 Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider composer
1789 Carl G Carus German physician/psychologist/philosopher
1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
1802 Feliks Ostrowski composer
1803 Douglas William Jerrold London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Magazine)
1810 Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega Danish West Indies, baroness
1810 Antoine T d'Abbadie French explorer (Ethiopia)
1819 Thomas Hill Watts Attorney General (Confederacy), died in 1892
1823 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens Flemish composer
1829 John G R Acquoy theologist/church historian
1829 Konrad Duden German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
1830 Alexander Ewing composer
1835 Larkin Goldsmith Mead sculptor
1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
1853 Iwan Knorr composer
1868 Franz V M Cumont Belgian religious historian
1869 Paul Charles Rene Landormy composer
1870 Henry Handel Richardson Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)
1870 Henry Eichheim composer
1876 Wilhelm Pieck co-founder German Communist Party/President (1949-60)
1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge 1st lady (1923-29)
1882 Willem Benoy Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion)
1883 Clement Richard Attlee (L) British PM (1945-51)
1884 Eli S Jones US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road)
1884 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski composer
1886 Arthur Mailey cricketer (great Aussie leg-spinner & cartoonist)
1886 John G Fletcher US, poet (Epic of Arkansas)
1886 Josephine Hull Newtonville MA, Academy award character actress (Harvey)
1887 Helen Parkhurst US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)
1891 Osip E Mandelstam Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj)
1892 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien South Africa, philologist/writer (Lord of Rings)
1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle French novelist/essayist (Gilles)
1895 Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky composer
1895 Mihail Andricu composer
1897 Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], Brooklyn NY, actress (Operator 13)
1897 Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)
1898 Johannes Hin Holland, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1920)
1898 ZaSu Pitts Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)
19-- Tom Bower Denver CO, actor (Dr Willard-The Waltons)
1900 Dorothy Arnzer director
1900 Maurice Jaubert composer
1901 Eric Voegelin Germany, US philosopher (Order & History)
1901 Ngo Dinh Diem President/Dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)
1902 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson diplomat/politician
1903 Charles Foulkes Canada, General
1904 Boris Kochno Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte)
1905 Ray Milland Neath Wales, actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945)
1905 Dante Giacosa engineer/designer
1906 Roman Brandstaetter writer
1907 Anna May Wong Los Angeles CA, actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet)
1909 Victor Borge [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian
1910 Thomas Stuart Willan historian
1911 John Sturges US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)
1912 Robert Flemyng Liverpool England, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston)
1914 Jean Louvel Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
1916 Betty Furness New York City NY, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)
1916 Antonio Estevez composer
1917 Vernon Walters New York City NY, US permanent representative to the UN
1918 Maxene Andrews Minnesota, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)
1921 John Russell Los Angeles CA, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)
1922 Bill Travers Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor (Born Free, Gorgo)
1922 Jacques Wildberger Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning)
1922 Morten Nielsen Denmark, poet/resistance fighter
1923 Dragutin Gostuski composer
1923 Jaroslav Hasek Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk)
1924 Andre Franquin cartoonist
1924 Henry M Fazzie South African Union/UDF-leader
1924 Roy Harding British teacher
1926 George Martin record producer (The Beatles)
1926 Danny Overbea blues singer/guitarist
1928 Frank Ross Anderson Canada, International Chess Master (1954)
1929 Marilyn Lloyd (Representative-D-TN, 1975- )
1929 Sergio Leone Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars)
1930 Eddie Egan Bronx New York City, actor (Joe Forrester)
1930 Robert Loggia Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat)
1932 Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin Russia, cosmonaut
1932 Jaswick Taylor cricketer (West Indies pace bowler 50s, 10 wickets in 3 Tests)
1932 Mara Corday Santa Monica CA, actress (Foxfire, Black Scorpion)
1934 Carla Hills politician (US Presidential Commission on Housing-1982)
1934 Bryan George Kelly composer
1936 Betty Rollin actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish)
1936 David Vine British sport commentator
1936 Jos Kunst composer
1939 Bobby Hull NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72)
1940 Thelma Schoonmaker actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)
1941 Van Dyke Parks Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)
1941 Shima Iwashita actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)
1944 Christina von Saltza US, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/silver-1960)
1945 Victoria Principal Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)
1945 Stephen Stills Dallas TX, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby Stills & Nash)
1946 John Paul Jones rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
1947 Sergey Filipovich Protchenko Russian cosmonaut
1948 Larry McNeeley Lafayette IN, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)
1948 Manfred Kokot East German runner (world record 50 meter indoor)
1950 Beth Anderson composer
1951 Frank Chikane Secretary-General of South African Council of Churches
1953 Angelo Parisi France, heavyweight judo (Olympics-gold-1980)
1954 Ross The Boss rocker
1955 Cynthia Sykes Coffeyville KY, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)
1956 Mel Gibson Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)
1957 Frank Dicopoulos Akron OH, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light)
1959 Rusty Golden rocker (Boys Band)
1960 Joan Chen [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor)
1961 Erwin Blom Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)
1962 Darren Daulton US baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1962 Gavin Hastings WLAF kicker (Scottish Claymores)
1962 Mark Gardner

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:40 pm

In 1777, Gen. George Washington's army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.

In 1938, the March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized

In 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:19 am

Birthdates which occurred on January 05:
1548 Francisco SuÃ¡rez Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian
1560 William Cobbold composer
1592 Shah Jahan Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
1596 Henry Lawes English composer
1620 MiklÃ³s ZrÃnyi Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget)
1661 Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer
1679 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti composer
1710 Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer
1729 Paul C la Fargue cartoonist/painter
1759 Jacques Cathelineau French royalist/army leader
1769 Jean Baptiste Say French economist (Political Economics)
1773 Pieter Fontijn Dutch painter/drawer
1778 Fortunato Santini composer
1779 Stephen Decatur US, naval hero (War of 1812)
1779 Zebulon Montgomery Pike explorer (Pike's Peak)
1780 Claire countess of RÃ©musat/Vergennes/French author (Salon)
1787 John Burke Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
1788 Kaspar Ett German organist/composer
1806 Andre H C van Hasselt Belgian poet (La Belgium)
1810 Auguste Mermet composer
1811 Cyrus Hamlin educator/missionary (established Robert College, Turkey)
1813 Thomas Neville Waul Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1822 Joseph Brevard Kershaw Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1823 William Rockstro composer
1828 August Valentine Kautz Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
1835 Friedrich Richard Faltin composer
1835 Hendrik E van Rijgersma Dutch government doctor on Saint Maarten
1840 John Doby Kennedy Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1846 Rudolf Christoph Eucken Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
1848 Khristo Botev hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
1850 Theodoor Verstraete Flemish painter/etcher
1855 King Camp Gillette inventor (safety razor)
1858 Gustaf af Geijerstam Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
1859 DeWitt B Brace inventor (spectrophotometer)
1863 Konstantin Stanislavsky Russian actor/director/methodist
1871 Frederick Shepherd Converse Newton MA, composer
1874 Joseph Erlanger doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
1876 Konrad Adenauer Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (1949)
1880 Nicolai Karlovich Medtner composer
1881 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets composer
1890 Cora Witherspoon New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies
1891 Johan Boskamp Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer)
1892 Francesca Bertini Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)
1893 Friedrich Blume German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)
1895 Jeannette Piccard balloonist/Episcopal priest
1896 Hendrik Algra Dutch MP (ARP)
1897 Jack Wagner OH, actor (Jive Junction)
1897 Theo Mackeben German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
1899 Albert van Dalsum Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal)
19-- Claudia North New York City NY, high society child (December, 1979)
19-- Kelly Nickels rock bassist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
1900 Paula Ludwig writer
1900 Yves Tanguy French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
1901 H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves French officer/resistance fighter
1901 Mario Scelba premier Italy (1954-55)
1902 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
1902 Hubert Beuve-MÃ©ry French newspaper publisher (Le Monde (The Voice))
1902 Pierre Palla Dutch pianist/organist
1903 Leighton Lucas composer
1903 TelÃ©sforo A Palm CuraÃ§ao, composer/pianist
1905 LÃ¡szlÃ³ Papp Hungary, middleweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1948, 52, 56)
1906 Kathleen Kenyon 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
1907 Anton Ingolic Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)
1907 Wilhelm "Willi" J Soukop Austrian/British sculptor
1908 George Dolenz Trieste Italy, actor (A Bullet for Joey, Count of Monte Cristo-TV series)
1909 Jean-Pierre Aumont Paris France, actor (Count of Monte Cristo, Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)
1909 Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith bibliophile
1909 Stephen Cole Kleene mathematician (Regular Expressions)
1910 Erica Morini Vienna Austria, concert violinist
1912 Frank Pace Jr US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
1914 George Reeves [George

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:54 am

Birthdates which occurred on January 07:
1528 Jeanne d'Albret queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV
1539 SebastiÃ¡n de Covarrubias Horozco Spanish lexicographer
1611 James Harrington England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)
1612 Paul de La Pierre composer
1634 Adam Krieger German composer
1652 Pavao Vitezovic Croatia, writer/historian
1653 Bernhard Albinus Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
1685 Gerard George Clifford Dutch director of East India Company
1710 Josef Antonin Sehling composer
1799 Daniel Tyler Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1800 Millard Fillmore Locke NY, (Whig) 13th President (1850-53)
1808 Jacob Ammen Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1816 Stephen Miller Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1821 Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1822 Lucius C M Bakker Frisian physician/author (Goethe)
1822 Theodor Aufrecht German indologist (Rigveda's Hymns)
1824 James Morrison Hawes Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1830 Albert Bierstadt Germany, painter (US landscapes)
1830 (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1842 Johan Lindegren composer
1844 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary
1845 Louis III last king of Bavaria (1913-18)
1845 Paul Deusen German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
1853 Nikolai Arkas composer
1855 EliÃ«zer Ben-Jehuda [Perelmann], Latvia, writer (1st Hebrew newspaper)
1860 Emanuil Mandlov composer
1868 Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski Polish/German orientalist
1873 Adolph Zukor Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)
1873 Charles Pierre PÃ©guy OrlÃ©ans France, Catholic writer (God Speaks)
1875 Thomas Hicks English/US marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1904)
1876 William Yeates Hurlstone composer
1877 Johannes F Buziau Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)
1879 St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous) 1844, religious visionary
1883 Andrew Browne Irish/British admiral (WWII)
1890 Henny Porten Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)
1890 Maurice E McLoughlin tennis champ (US Open-1912)
1892 Rudolf Moser composer
1894 Jose Rozo Contreras composer
1895 Marie-Dominique Chenu French Roman Catholic theologist
1896 Arnold Ridley Bath England, actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train)
1898 Art Baker New York City NY, TV host (You Asked For It)
1898 Geronimo Baqueiro Foster composer
1899 Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)
1899 Kenneth Thomson Pittsburgh PA, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)
1903 Alan Napier Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman)
1903 Albrecht Haushofer writer
1903 Shalva Azmayparashvili composer
1903 Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov composer
1905 Francis Taylor builder
1907 Nicanor Zabaleta San Sebastian, Spain, harpist
1910 Alain de Rothschild France, banker/baron
1910 Jack Lovelock New Zealand/US surgeon/runner (Olympics-gold-1936)
1911 Butterfly [Thelma] McQueen

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:18 pm

In 1608, an accidental fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony.

In 1800, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:14 am

On this day...
0624 Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
0794 Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Vikings
0871 Battle at Ashdown Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
1198 Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep the duchy for the crown
1558 French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co)
1705 Georg F HÃ¤ndels 1st opera "Almira" premieres in Hamburg
1716 Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested
1745 England, Austria, Netherlands & Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling
1760 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
1790 George Washington delivers 1st "State of the Union" address
1798 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
1800 Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi
1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
1806 Cape colony becomes English colony
1806 Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon
1811 Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast
1815 Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew
1830 Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members
1833 Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
1838 1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey
1838 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
1842 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia
1853 1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Washington
1856 Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs CA
1857 Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY" premieres in New York City NY
1867 Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite President Johnson's veto
1870 US mint at Carson City NV begins issuing coins
1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent & Henry Morton Stanley
1884 Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
1889 Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine (1st Computer)
1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
1897 Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
1901 New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago IL)
1904 Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen
1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
1918 President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WWI
1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam
1925 1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City NY
1930 Belgium Princess Marie-JosÃ© marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
1931 Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
1932 Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter
1934 Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam
1935 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy
1937 -50ÂºF (-45.6ÂºC), San Jacinto NV (state record)
1938 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs Queensland (1st innings)
1940 Britain's 1st WWII rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns
1945 "Youth for Christ" organizes
1947 Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
1947 General George Marshall becomes Secretary of State
1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City NY after 429 performances
1949 "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 95 performances
1949 "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater New York City NY after 134 performances
1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda
1952 Jordan adopts constitution
1953 Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)
1953 RenÃ© Mayer forms French government
1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 points
1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
1955 Louise Sugg wins LPGA Los Angeles Golf Open
1955 WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
1956 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic
1961 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands)
1962 Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th
1963 "Mona Lisa", on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art
1963 Dmitri Shostakovich's Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga
1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
1965 Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower (didn't pass)
1965 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier
1966 Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
1968 Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US network TV
1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established
1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA
1972 Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
1973 Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris
1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing
1973 "Tricks" opens at Alvin Theater New York City NY for 8 performances
1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG
1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
1974 E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come" premieres in New York City NY
1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed
1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison
1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
1978 Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
1979 Today Show gets a new theme song
1979 Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
1979 Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
1980 Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:40 pm

In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard,using a hot-air ballon,flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury,N.J.

In 1861,Mississippi seceded from the Union.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:13 pm

On this day...
0049 -BC- Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy
0069 Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as CÃ¦sar
0236 St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0681 St Agatho ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo
1356 German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree
1429 Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain
1430 Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal
1430 Order of the Guilder forms
1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek & Latin finished
1550 1st sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris
1642 King Charles I & family flee London for Oxford
1663 King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company
1731 Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza
1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published
1799 Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar
1806 Dutch in Cape Town, South African surrender to the British
1808 Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies
1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I & JosÃ©phine
1811 Louisiana slaves rebel in 2 parishes
1833 Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" premieres in Berlin
1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK
1840 Penny Post mail system started
1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding
1853 Charles Reade's "Gold" premieres in London
1861 US forts & property seized by Mississippi
1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US
1861 Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops
1862 Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)
1862 Battle of Romney WV
1863 1st underground railway opens in London
1863 General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR
1863 January-uprising begins in Poland
1870 Georgia legislature reconvenes
1870 John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1878 US Senate proposes female suffrage
1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee WI kills 71; General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt
1889 Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
1890 Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot & Elaine" premieres
1890 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae
1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "The Magic Flute" premieres, St Petersburg
1897 Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" premieres in Helsingfors
1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam & Brussels
1900 Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown
1901 Oil discovered at Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas
1902 Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam)
1910 1st international air meet in US held, in Los Angeles
1910 Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St New York City NY
1911 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1911 Trumper scored double cricket ton vs South Africa, goes on to get 214
1912 Caillaux government in France resigns
1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in NY)
1914 1st edition of Hague's Post under SF van Oss, published
1914 Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 minutes in 43.7 seconds in Oslo
1916 Russian offensive in Kaukasus
1920 League of Nations' 1st meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect
1920 MontrÃ©al Canadiens (14) & Toronto St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
1923 Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany)
1923 Lithuania seizes & annexes country of Memel
1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas Governor, nation's 2nd woman governor
1925 France-Saarland forms
1927 Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres
1928 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky
1928 G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie" premieres in New York City NY
1929 Elmer Rice's "Street Scene" premieres in New York City NY
1930 Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
1930 Commencement of New Zealand's 1st Test, vs England Christchurch
1930 Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs New Zealand Christchurch
1931 Philadelphia Quakers defeat MontrÃ©al, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak
1932 "Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated
1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts
1935 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks
1938 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall
1938 Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage" premieres in Paris
1938 Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed" premieres in New York City NY
1939 Bradman hits 186 South Africa vs Queensland before Christ catches him at short-leg
1941 Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace" premieres in New York City NY
1941 Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews
1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies
1943 1st US President to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco
1943 Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad
1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia
1944 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma
1945 Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close
1945 Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer
1946 UN General Assembly convenes for 1st time (London)
1946 US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar NJ
1947 Greek steamer "Himara

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:03 pm

Religious History
1514 The first section of the Complutensian Polyglot (the world's first multi-language Bible) was printed at Alcala, Spain. (The complete translation was published in 6 volumes in 1517.)
1538 Regarding the doctrine of purgatory, German Reformer Martin Luther reported in a "Table Talk": 'God has placed two ways before us in His Word: salvation by faith, damnation by unbelief (Mark 16:16). He does not mention purgatory at all. Nor is purgatory to be admitted, for it obscures the benefits and grace of Christ.'
1772 Pioneer American Methodist bishop and circuit rider Francis Asbury penned this prayer in his journal: 'Let me sooner choose to die than sin against thee, in thought, word, or deed.'
1858 English poet Frances Ridley Havergal, 21, while on a visit in Germany, penned the verses which later became her first popular hymn: "I Gave My Life for Thee."
1947 U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed: 'May we resolve, God helping us, to be part of the answer, and not part of the problem.'

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:04 pm

On this day...
0049 -BC- Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy
0069 Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as CÃ¦sar
0236 St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0681 St Agatho ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo
1356 German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree
1429 Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain
1430 Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal
1430 Order of the Guilder forms
1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek & Latin finished
1550 1st sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris
1642 King Charles I & family flee London for Oxford
1663 King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company
1731 Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza
1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published
1799 Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar
1806 Dutch in Cape Town, South African surrender to the British
1808 Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies
1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I & JosÃ©phine
1811 Louisiana slaves rebel in 2 parishes
1833 Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" premieres in Berlin
1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK
1840 Penny Post mail system started
1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding
1853 Charles Reade's "Gold" premieres in London
1861 US forts & property seized by Mississippi
1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US
1861 Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops
1862 Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)
1862 Battle of Romney WV
1863 1st underground railway opens in London
1863 General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR
1863 January-uprising begins in Poland
1870 Georgia legislature reconvenes
1870 John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1878 US Senate proposes female suffrage
1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee WI kills 71; General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt
1889 Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
1890 Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot & Elaine" premieres
1890 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae
1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "The Magic Flute" premieres, St Petersburg
1897 Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" premieres in Helsingfors
1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam & Brussels
1900 Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown
1901 Oil discovered at Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas
1902 Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam)
1910 1st international air meet in US held, in Los Angeles
1910 Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St New York City NY
1911 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
1911 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1911 Trumper scored double cricket ton vs South Africa, goes on to get 214
1912 Caillaux government in France resigns
1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in NY)
1914 1st edition of Hague's Post under SF van Oss, published
1914 Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 minutes in 43.7 seconds in Oslo
1916 Russian offensive in Kaukasus
1920 League of Nations' 1st meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect
1920 MontrÃ©al Canadiens (14) & Toronto St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
1923 Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany)
1923 Lithuania seizes & annexes country of Memel
1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas Governor, nation's 2nd woman governor
1925 France-Saarland forms
1927 Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres
1928 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky
1928 G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie" premieres in New York City NY
1929 Elmer Rice's "Street Scene" premieres in New York City NY
1930 Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
1930 Commencement of New Zealand's 1st Test, vs England Christchurch
1930 Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs New Zealand Christchurch
1931 Philadelphia Quakers defeat MontrÃ©al, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak
1932 "Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated
1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts
1935 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks
1938 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall
1938 Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage