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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 29, 2008 7:06:17 GMT
April 29, 1770 – British explorer James Cook and the crew of HM Bark Endeavour made their first landfall on Australia on the coast of Botany Bay near present-day Sydney.  Captain Cook memorial statue at the Catani Gardens St Kilda, Victoria, Australia  |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 29, 2008 7:10:43 GMT
April 29, 1945 - World War II - Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun will commit suicide the next day on 30 April 1945. Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun:  Großadmiral Karl Dönitz, Admiral and Reichspräsident of Nazi Germany:  |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 29, 2008 7:15:27 GMT
On April 29, 1945, the bodies of Mussolini and his mistress were taken to the Piazzale Loreto (in Milan) and hung upside down on meathooks from the roof of a gas station, then stoned by civilians from below. This was done both to discourage any fascists from continuing the fight and as an act of revenge for the hanging of many partisans in the same place by Axis authorities. The corpse of the deposed leader became subject to ridicule and abuse.
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Post by cleglaw on Apr 30, 2008 4:41:27 GMT
April 29, 2008 the San Antonio Spurs eliminate the Phoenix Suns from the NBA playoffs and move on to the second round. Woot!
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 30, 2008 4:53:42 GMT
April 29, 2008 the San Antonio Spurs eliminate the Phoenix Suns from the NBA playoffs and move on to the second round. Woot! ALLEZ TONY! BORIS COMME UNE PATATE POURRI!  (GO TONY! BORIS IS LIKE A ROTTEN POTATO!) |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 30, 2008 4:57:43 GMT
April 30, 1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.  Replicas of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria:  |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 30, 2008 5:01:34 GMT
April 30, 1789 - On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.  |
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Post by cleglaw on May 1, 2008 11:01:10 GMT
May 1, 1751 - The first cricket match in America was played.
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Post by LaFille on May 3, 2008 3:25:52 GMT
May 3 (In a few minutes here as I post this...) World Press Freedom Day: a day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Official website of the World Press Freedom Day 2008 here. |
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Post by cleglaw on Jun 4, 2008 3:12:32 GMT
Today was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty delta day.
Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahache Bridge.
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Post by LaFille on Dec 11, 2008 3:43:15 GMT
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Post by Gay Titan on Dec 22, 2008 14:05:19 GMT
December 22nd
1715 - James Stuart, the "Old Pretender", landed at Petershead after his exile in France.
1775 - A Continental naval fleet was organized in the rebellious American colonies under the command of Ezek Hopkins.
1807 - The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe.
1864 - During the American Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to U.S. President Lincoln from Georgia. The message read, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
1877 - The "American Bicycling Journal" went on sale for the first time.
1894 - The United States Golf Association was formed in New York City.
1894 - French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.
1895 - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen made the first X-ray, of his wife's hand.
1910 - U.S. Postal savings stamps were issued for the first time. They were discontinued in 1914.
1939 - Gloria Jacobs became the first girl to hold a world pistol record when she shot 299 out of a possible 300 points. She was 17 years old at the time.
1943 - Sporting goods manufacturers received permission to use synthetic rubber for the core of baseballs.
1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with U.S. President Roosevelt.
1956 - Colo, the first gorilla to be born in captivity, was born at the Columbus, Ohio zoo.
1956 - The last British and French forces evacuated Egypt.
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Post by kitty on Dec 26, 2008 2:16:25 GMT
1862 - The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, killing 38.
1925 - Turkey adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
1606 - William Shakespears Kind Lear premiers
796 - Leo. III. becomes pope
since 1966 - Begin of Kwanzaa
1963 - Lars Ulrich, drummer of METALLICAAAAAAA is born!!!
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Post by Gay Titan on Dec 28, 2008 18:14:49 GMT
1065 - Westminster Abbey was consecrated under Edward the Confessor.
1694 - Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.
1732 - "The Pennsylvania Gazette," owned by Benjamin Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of "Poor Richard’s Almanack."
1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Jackson.
1836 - Mexico's independence was recognized by Spain.
1846 - Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.
1869 - William E. Semple, of Mt. Vernon, OH, patented an acceptable chewing gum.
1877 - John Stevens applied for a patent for his flour-rolling mill, which boosted production by 70%.
1879 - In Dundee, Scotland the central portion of the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train was passing over it. 75 people were killed.
1897 - "Cyrano de Bergerac," the play by Edmond Rostand, premiered in Paris, France.
1902 - The first professional indoor football game was played at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Syracuse defeated the Philadelphia Nationals 6-0.
1908 - An earthquake killed over 75,000 at Messina in Sicily.
1912 - The first municipally-owned street cars were used on the streets of San Francisco, CA.
1917 - The New York Evening Mail published a facetious essay by H.L. Mencken on the history of bathtubs in America.
1926 - The highest recorded cricket innings score of 1,107 runs was hit by Victoria, against New South Wales, in Melbourne.
1937 - The Irish Free State became the Republic of Ireland when a new constitution established the country as a sovereign state under the name of Eire.
1942 - R.O. Sullivan crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the 100th time.
1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognized the "Pledge of Allegiance."
1950 - The Peak District became Britain's first designated National Park.
1956 - After five years on television, the last "Ding Dong School" was aired on NBC-TV.
1964 - Initial filming of the movie "Dr. Zhivago" began on location near Madrid, Spain. The movies total running time is 197 minutes.
1973 - The Chamber of Commerce of Akron, OH, terminated its association with the All-American Soap Box Derby. It was stated that the race had become "a victim of cheating and fraud."
1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago," an expose of the Soviet prison system.
1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, VA.
1982 - Nevell Johnson Jr. was mortally wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade. The event set off three days of race related disturbances that left another man dead.
1987 - The bodies of 14 relatives of R. Gene Simmons were found at his home near Dover, AR. Simmons had gone on a shooting spree in Russellville that claimed two other lives.
1989 - Alexander Dubcek, who had been expelled from the Communist Party in 1970, was elected speaker of the Czech parliament.
1991 - Nine people died in a rush to get into a basketball game at City College in New York.
1995 - Pressure from German prosecutors investigating pornography forced CompuServe to set a precedent by blocking access to sex-oriented newsgroups on the Internet for its customers.
2000 - U.S. District Court Judge Matsch held a hearing to ensure that confessed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh understood that he was dropping his appeals. McVeigh said that he wanted an execution date, set but wanted to reserve the right to seek presidential clemency.
2000 - Shannen Doherty was arrested for driving under the influence.
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Post by Hildor on Dec 28, 2008 21:41:47 GMT
Oh my, world history  |
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Post by Galadriel on Feb 25, 2009 23:19:48 GMT
23th of feb 1965, Stan Laurel, (born as Stan Jefferson, but due to his supersticion, his name contained 13 letters, he changed it into Stan Laurel) the skinny half of the funny duo Laurel and Hardy died at the age of 74 from a stroke. He also developed a cancer on his palatum (that part in your mouth that holds your upper jaw?). He got married 4 times, and needed several ceremonies for two of his wives to make sure the wedding was official. He had one girl, named Lois Jefferson (what about his supersticion?) and one boy named Stanley Robert Jefferson. The boy was a premature baby and died 9 days later.
Stan Laurel was the brain behind the Laurel and Hardy jokes, the best Chaplin imitator ever and was very quick tempered.
Some Laurel & Hardy clips
Last footage of Laurel & Hardy
Also Stan Laurel's funeral
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Post by LaFille on Mar 9, 2009 2:40:15 GMT
Today, March 8, was International Woman Day.
Tomorrow, March 9, 2009, Mattel will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the best-selling doll Barbie.
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Post by Galadriel on Mar 9, 2009 3:02:16 GMT
Today, March 8, was International Woman Day. Tomorrow, March 9, 2009, Mattel will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the best-selling doll Barbie. |
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Post by kitty on Mar 23, 2009 4:41:35 GMT
March 23 - 1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
March 23 aswell - 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.
*sigh*
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Post by Gay Titan on Mar 15, 2010 18:45:28 GMT
On this date in history:
44 B.C. Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.
1493 Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1767 Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born in Waxhaw, S.C.
1820 Maine became the 23rd state.
1875 The Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York City, John McCloskey, was named the first American cardinal by Pope Pius IX.
1913 President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidential news conference.
1919 The American Legion was founded in Paris.
1956 The Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady" opened on Broadway.
1964 Actress Elizabeth Taylor and actor Richard Burton were married.
1975 Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, the husband of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, died at age 69.
2003 Hu Jintao was chosen to replace Jiang Zemin as the president of China.
2003 The World Health Organization issued a worldwide health alert for the respiratory illness SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
2004 Martha Stewart resigned from the board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 10 days after she was convicted in a stock scandal.
2005 Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers was convicted of engineering an $11 billion accounting fraud that toppled his company. (He was later sentenced to 25 years in prison.)
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