This day in history...

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:25 am

Birthdates which occurred on June 21:

1732 Martha Washington 1st, 1st lady
1774 Daniel D Tompkins (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)
1851 Daniel Carter Beard US, organized 1st boy scout troop
1882 Rockwell Kent artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales)
1891 Hermann Scherchen Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music)
1892 Hilding Rosenberg Bosjâ€kloster Sweden, composer (Babels Torn)
1892 Reinhold Niebuhr US, theologian (Nature & Destiny of Man)
19-- Kip Winger rocker (Winger-17)
19-- Leigh McCloskey LA Calif, actor (Mitch-Dallas, Brian-Executive Suite)
1903 Al Hirschfeld cartoonist (1975 Tony Award)
1903 Dorothy Stickney actress (And So They Were Married)
1905 Jean-Paul Sartre France, philosopher/writer (Nobel 1964; declined)
1912 Mary McCarthy US, novelist (Group)
1921 Frank Scott Fargo ND, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1921 Jane Russell Bemidji, MN, actress full-figured gal (The Outlaw)
1921 Jean Kent London England, actress (Adv of Sir Francis Drake)
1922 Judy Holliday NYC, comedienne/actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib)

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:48 am

Deaths which occurred on June 22:

1874 Howard Staunton world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies
1922 Field Marshal Sir Henry H Wilson murdered in London
1954 Don Hollenbeck newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49
1955 Wyllis Cooper TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56
1961 Betty Elder actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies
1965 David O Selznick Gone With the Wind's producer, dies at 63
1969 Judy Garland singer/actress, dies in London at 47
1979 Emory Parnell St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85
1979 Julius Sommer dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
1982 Alan Webb actor, dies at 75
1984 Joseph Losey director, dies at 75
1987 Fred Astaire actor/dancer, dies at Century City Hospital in LA at 88
1988 Dennis Day Jack Benny Show singer, dies of Lou Gehrigs disease at 71
1991 Kevin O'Connor actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:50 am

Religious History
1415 Bohemian reformer and martyr Jan Hus wrote in a letter: 'It is difficult to...esteem it all joy in various temptations. It is easy to talk about...but difficult to fulfill it.'
1683 English Quaker William Penn signed his famous treaty with the Indians of Pennsylvania. Voltaire once remarked that it was the only treaty never sworn to, and never broken.
1738 Birth of Samuel Medley, English Baptist clergyman and author of the hymn, 'O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth.'
1775 Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'True religion is not a science of the head so much as an inward and heartfelt perception.... Here the learned have no real advantage over the ignorant.'
1967 Paul VI issued the encyclical 'Sacerdotalis Caelibatus,' reaffirming the Catholic Church's requirement of celibacy with the priesthood

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:24 pm

Birthdates which occurred on June 24:
1771 E I Du Pont France, chemist/scientist (Du Pont)
1783 Johann Heinrich von Th

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:59 am

Religious History
1115 St. Bernard founded a monastery in Clairvaux, France. It afterward became a strategic center for the Cistercians, a religious order that flourished up until the Reformation.
1580 The German 'Book of Concord' was published, containing all the official confessions of the Lutheran Church. (English translations of the entire work were not available before 1851.)
1744 The first Methodist conference convened, in London. This new society within Anglicanism imposed strict disciplines upon its members, formally separating from the Established Church in 1795.
1865 English pioneer missionary J. Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Mission. Its headquarters moved to the US in 1901, and in 1965 its name became Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) International.
1957 During a convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the United Church of Christ (UCC) was formed by a merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:52 am

Religious History
1097 The armies of the First Crusade (1096-99) occupied the ancient Byzantine city of Nicea.
1702 Birth of Philip Doddridge, an English Nonconformist clergyman. Doddridge authored 370 hymn- texts, of which 'O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice' is still sung today.
1839 Scottish clergyman and missionary Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'Joy is increased by spreading it to others.'
1892 Birth of Pearl S. Buck, American Presbyterian missionary to China and author of the 1931 best-seller, 'The Good Earth.'
1955 The first Southern Baptist congregation was formally organized in Las Vegas, with 33 charter members. It was the second Southern Baptist church established in Nevada.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:37 am

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

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:14 pm

Religious History
1577 Birth of Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter. His most famous canvasses include 'Descent from the Cross' and 'Erection of the Cross.'
1851 Birth of Eliza E. Hewitt, American Presbyterian church worker and devotional author. Four of her hymns still endure: 'Will There Be Any Stars?', 'More About Jesus I Would Know,' 'When We All Get to Heaven' and 'Sunshine in the Soul.'
1914 Birth of Lester Roloff, American evangelist. In his later years he founded the 'City of Refuge,' a work specializing in reforming children who came from broken homes.
1962 The Lutheran Church in America (LCA) was formed with the merger of four Lutheran synods: the United Lutheran Church in America, the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church.
1971 The U.S. Supreme Court declared that state underwriting of nonreligious instruction in parochial schools was unconstitutional

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:08 pm

In 1767,the British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts,which imposed import duties on certain goods shipped to America. (Colonists bitterly protested,prompting Parliament in 1770 to repeal the duties on all goods---except tea.)

In 1941,Polish statesman,pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski died in New York at age 80.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:56 pm

In 1535,Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason.

In 1917,during World War I,Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.

In 1923,the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics came into existence as its constitution took effect.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:23 pm

In 1807,napoleon I of France and Czar Alexander I of Russia signed a treaty at Tilsit ending war between their empires.

In 1946,Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized as the first American saint by Pope Pius XII.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:49 am

In 1540,England's King Henry VIII had his six-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves,annulled.

In 1816,Argentina declared independence from Spain.

In 1947,the engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt.Philip Mountbatten was announced.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:01 am

Religious History
1509 Birth of John Calvin, French religious reformer. His 'Institutes of the ChristianReligion' became the most popular doctrinal statement of the Protestant Reformation.
1629 The first non-separatist Congregational church in America was established atSalem, Massachusetts.
1851 California Wesleyan College was chartered in Santa Clara, under sponsorship ofthe Methodist Church. In 1961 its name was changed to the University of the Pacific.
1925 The famous 'Scopes Monkey Trial' began in Dayton, TN, after high school biologyteacher John T. Scopes, 24, was charged with teaching evolution to his students.
1950 American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'I am just tryingto deliver familiar truth from the oblivion of general acceptance.'

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:23 pm

On July 10, 1940,during World War II,the battle of Britian began as Nazi forces started attacking southern England by air.

In 1925,the official news agency of the Soviet Union,Tass, was established.

In 1943,during World War II,U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:58 pm

In 1995,the United States normalized relations with Vietam.

In 1997,President Bill Clinton was cheered by tens of thousands of people in Bucharest,Romania,where he raised hopes for NATO membership.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:59 am

Deaths which occurred on July 12:
1450 Jack Cade slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI
1976 Ted Mack TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72
1977 Ed Holmes actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 66
1979 Minnie Ripperton singer (Lovin' You), dies of cancer at 30
1980 John W Davis Pres (WV State college), dies at 92
1982 Kenneth More actor, dies of Parkinson disease at 67
1988 Joshua Logan Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:38 pm

In 100 B.C. Roman dictator Julius Caesar was born.

In 1543,England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife,Catherine Parr.

In 1690,forces led by William of Orange defeated the army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in England.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:32 am

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.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:33 pm

In 1933,all German political parties,except the Nazi party,were outlawed.

In 1958,the Army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:19 pm

In 1789,during the French Revolution,citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.

In 1978,Soviet dissident Natan Sharnsky was convicted of treasonous espionage and anti-Soviet agitation,and sentenced to 13 years at hard labor.(Sharansky was released in 1986.