Today in History.....Game

[CharlestonNole]

Time for a new game.

Today in History!

Post something that happened "Today In History" and post the year it happened.

It can be something that happened locally, nationally or worldwide.

So here we go.....

[CharlestonNole]

1967 - Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize

[Ms_Speedy_Elf]

Women were granted the right to vote

Dec 10th 1869

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Jesus is born -- December 25, 0000 A.D. (or 3 B.C. if you don't adhere slavishly to the Gregorian calendar)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

HA! Okay, for real... cheesy

Dec. 10, 1851, Melvil Dewey, the American librarian famous for creating the Dewey Decimal Classification system , was born.

[Maureen]

December 10th 1967

Otis Redding is killed in a plane crash in Wisconsin

[CharlestonNole]

Emily Dickinson was born today in 1830

[lmm8606]

Today in 1817, Mississippi was admitted to the Union as an American state.

[HolidayHoney]

December 10,1963
6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams show! ( this one is for Maebeary cheesy)

[CharlestonNole]

1810 - The first interracial, title boxing bout was staged at Copthall Common in England.

[Annette1990]

<H3>2004- A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam, the first one to do so since the Vietnam War ended nearly three decades earlier.

</H3>

[CharlestonNole]

12/11 - 1941 Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind.

[Maureen]

December 11th, 1936

Edward VIII abdicates from the British throne to enable him to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 11, 1909 -- Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Settlement Houses, establishments with programs designed to assist the urban poor.

Ah, the power of the mighty 'toon!

[lmm8606]

December 11, 1946 - UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was established.

[sgrover]

Dec 11th, 1872, Buffalo Bill Cody made his first appearance on the stage.

[CharlestonNole]

1919 - The kind citizens of Enterprise, Alabama dedicated the first known monument to an insect! The town turned out to honor the boll weevil; the evil weevil that destroyed cotton plants. However, by forcing folks to diversify their crops, the farmers wound up tripling their income. Thus, the tribute to those bugs.

[Santa's Helper]

1787 Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution

[CharlestonNole]

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

[HolidayHoney]

Frank Sinatra (http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553173/Sinatra_Frank.html), American singer and actor (1915) was born

[George Broderick, Jr.]

1998 -- The House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton and submitted the case to the full House.

[sgrover]

2003 Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the "Free Willy" movies, died in a Norwegian fjord.

[HolidayHoney]

Wednesday 12, 1917:

In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys (in 1979 it was opened to girls as well).

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 13, 1862: Confederate forces dealt Union troops a major defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.

[Maureen]

Christopher Plummer (Canadian actor extraordinaire!) was born today in Toronto in 1927

[CharlestonNole]

2003 - Saddam Hussein was captured by US Forces (in a hole).

[Maureen]

Dick Van Dyke (American actor extraordinaire!) was born in 1925 (don't know where!)

[trackrebel]

he was born in 1925? wow...I love him

[sugarplum fairy]

1843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold

[CharlestonNole]

December 14, 1799

George Washington died at his Mt. Vernon, VA home. He was 67.

[Maureen]

December 14th 1542

James V of Scotland dies putting Mary Queen of Scots on the throne

[sugarplum fairy]

1819 Alabama admitted to the Union as the 22nd state

[HolidayHoney]

http://www.440.com/twtd/1214.gif (http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/Nostradamus/) Michel de Notredame (http://skepdic.com/nostrada.html) was destined to tell the world about its destiny. He was born on this day in 1503 at St. Remy, Provence, France. We know him as Nostradamus, author of ten books of prophecies, titled Centuries (Volumes I-X), that many still believe foretold the future. He was a physician, an astrologer and a clairvoyant

[CharlestonNole]

1861, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died in London.

[HolidayHoney]

1968 - Marvin Gaye was number one in the U.S. with I Heard It Through the Grapevine. The smash was stuck at the top of the charts all the way through Jan 1969. It turned out to be Gaye’s biggest hit.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Dec. 15, 1916, the French defeated the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun

[Maureen]

December 15th, 1939

Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta

[sgrover]

Dec 15, 1890 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a clash with Indian police.

[HolidayHoney]

1966 Movie producer Walt Disney died at age 65.

[sugarplum fairy]

1964 Canada adopts maple leaf flag

[sgrover]

Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

1916Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.

[sugarplum fairy]

1915 Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity"

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Dec. 17, 1903 -- Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.

They're still waiting for their luggage to arrive... cheesy

[sgrover]

Dec 17, 1777: France formally recognizes the United States

[CharlestonNole]

1957, the United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.

[HolidayHoney]

December 17
1843 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in London and immediately sold out.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Dec. 18, 1957 -- the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online.

Go, PA..!

[CharlestonNole]

1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, was declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

[sugarplum fairy]

In 1892, Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" publicly premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia.

[CharlestonNole]

1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 19, 1974 -- Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as vice president, replacing Gerald R. Ford, who became president when Richard M. Nixon resigned.

[CharlestonNole]

1777, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.

[HolidayHoney]

1973 - Johnny Carson pulled a good one before a nationwide late-night audience on NBC. Carson started a fake toilet-paper scare. In his Tonight Show monologue, he told his huge audience that a Wisconsin congressman had warned that toilet paper was disappearing from supermarket shelves. Toilet paper soon became a scarce commodity in many areas of the United States after the gag.

[CharlestonNole]

1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England

[HolidayHoney]

1963 - The Berlin Wall was opened for the first time. It remained open for the holiday season, but closed again on January 6, 1964. 4,000 people crossed over to visit relatives during this period.

[CharlestonNole]

1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 20, 1902, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about cartoonist Thomas Nast, who had recently died.

Ooh! A cartoon about a cartoonist! Trippy!

[sugarplum fairy]

1920 Bob Hope becomes an American citizen

[HolidayHoney]

December 20, 1975 (http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1975/december_20_1975_148082.html) Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles

[CharlestonNole]

Dec. 21, 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Dec. 22, 1864 -- during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln from Georgia, saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."

[sugarplum fairy]

In 2001, Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and other passengers. (Reid is serving a life sentence.)

[CharlestonNole]

1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, U.S. Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe rejected a German demand for surrender, writing "Nuts!" in his official reply.

[HolidayHoney]

1823

The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the night before Christmas"), written by either Clement C. Moore (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0158025.html) or Maj. Henry Livingston, Jr., was published in the Troy Sentinel of New York

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 23, 1972 -- The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second touchdown catch by Franco Harris that was dubbed the "immaculate reception."

[sgrover]

Dec 23, 1783: George Washington resigns as commander in chief.

[sugarplum fairy]

1938 Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"; she is severely burned and off the film for over one month

[CharlestonNole]

Dec. 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast that featured live images of Earth.

[trackrebel]

December 24th 2007......I get a pair of NIKE AIRFORCEs....white/white lowtops from Santa...:D

[sugarplum fairy]

1818 "Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; sung for 1st time the next day

[CharlestonNole]

AD 336, the first recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 took place in Rome.

[sugarplum fairy]

0001 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus

[HolidayHoney]

December 25, 1914
The Christmas Truce

Just after midnight on Christmas morning, the majority of German troops engaged in World War I cease firing their guns and artillery and commence to sing Christmas carols. At certain points along the eastern and western fronts, the soldiers of Russia, France, and Britain even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing.
At the first light of dawn, many of the German soldiers emerged from their trenches and approached the Allied lines across no-man's-land, calling out "Merry Christmas" in their enemies' native tongues. At first, the Allied soldiers feared it was a trick, but seeing the Germans unarmed they climbed out of their trenches and shook hands with the enemy soldiers. The men exchanged presents of cigarettes and plum puddings and sang carols and songs. There was even a documented case of soldiers from opposing sides playing a good-natured game of soccer. :tree:

[CharlestonNole]

2008, the best Christmas ever occurred at my house (at least since 2007)

[HolidayHoney]

That's kinda like me...every year the tree, etc. justs gets better!!!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

12/26/1865James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for a coffee percolator.

Drink up, people! cheesy

[HolidayHoney]

1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge

[sugarplum fairy]

1919 Yankees & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 27, 1900 -- Prohibitionist Carry Nation carried out her first public smashing of a bar, at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kan.

Good thing we have that coffee percolator..! cheesy

[sugarplum fairy]

1845 Ether 1st used in childbirth in US, Jefferson GA

[HolidayHoney]

December 27, 1991 (http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1991/december_27_1991_166043.html) "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV

[HolidayHoney]

December 28, 1976 (http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1976/december_28_1976_149258.html) "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances

[sugarplum fairy]

1065 Westminister Abbey opens in London

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 29, 1845 -- Texas was admitted to the union as the 28th state.

[sugarplum fairy]

1982 Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 30, 1922 -- Vladimir Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

[sugarplum fairy]

On Dec. 30, 1853, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase. (The area is located in present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.)

[sgrover]

Dec 30, 1862, USS Monitor sinks.

[HolidayHoney]

December 30
1865 - Rudyard Kipling
novelist, short story author, poet: Nobel Prize for Literature [1907]; The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, Wee Willie Winkie and other Stories, Gunga Din; died Jan 18, 1936

[sgrover]

Dec 31, 1879: Edison demonstrates incandescent light (which eventually led to Christmas tree lights!!!!!)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

December 31, 1999 -- the world waited in near panic for the coming of The Millennium Bug (which never came, by the way)...

[sugarplum fairy]

1841 Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 1, 1863 -- President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.

[sugarplum fairy]

Fifty years ago, on Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista, who fled to the Dominican Republic.

[sugarplum fairy]

Jan. 2, 1929 US & Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 2, 1935 -- Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (He was found guilty and executed.)

[CharlestonNole]

1492, Muhammad XII, the sultan of Granada, the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to Spanish forces.

[Christmasstar]

Founding of the Royal Canadian Mint in 1908

[HolidayHoney]

2006 A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; Randal McCloy Jr. was the only survivor.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Jan. 3, 1959 -- President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.

[sugarplum fairy]

1925 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator

[CharlestonNole]

1861 Delegates to the Florida Secession Convention meet in Tallahassee to take up the question of secession.

[sugarplum fairy]

1896 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

1961 Barry Fitzgerald - actor (Going My Way), dies at 72

[CharlestonNole]

Jan. 4, 1809, Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille raised-dot reading system for the blind, was born in Coupvray, France.

[CharlestonNole]

1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 6, 1838 -- Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.

It was winter in Jersey! Of course, Morse had a code...

[CharlestonNole]

1540England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

[Boogedy]

1974 - In response to energy crisis, daylight savings time begins 4 months early

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 7, 1953 -- President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.

[sgrover]

January 8, 1821: Confederate General James Longstreet born (portrayed so well by Tom Barringer in Gettysburg)

[trackrebel]

January 8th 1979.....my Ebot Ojong Jones was born in Cameroon, Africa......this is an important historic event...since he&#180;s my fiance...:D

[Santa's Helper]

January 8, 1935: Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.

[HolidayHoney]

January 8, 1956 (http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1956/january_8_1956_117500.html) Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)

[sgrover]

Jan 9, 1861, Mississippi secedes from the Union.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Jan. 9, 1913 -- Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, Calif.

[sugarplum fairy]

Jan. 9, 1979 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"

[sugarplum fairy]

Jan. 10, 1845-- Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Jan. 10, 1776 -- Thomas Paine published the pamphlet "Common Sense."

[sugarplum fairy]

January 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 12, 1932 -- Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. (She had been appointed two months earlier to fill the vacancy caused by her husband's death.)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 13, 1968 -- Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 14, 1952 -- NBC's "Today" show premiered.

[HolidayHoney]

1970 Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 15, 1967 -- the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10.

[HolidayHoney]

On Jan. 15 , 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , the black Baptist minister who led the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's and '60's with his doctrine of nonviolent resistance , was born.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 16, 1991 -- the White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.

[sugarplum fairy]

On Jan. 16, 1920, Prohibition began in the United States as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect, one year to the day after its ratification. (It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Jan. 17, 1706 -- Statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.

[sugarplum fairy]

1861 Flush toilet (with separate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Jan. 19, 1981 -- The United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.

[sugarplum fairy]

1971 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial

[Jõul]

January 19 - Happy Birthday Edgar Allen Poe! Join the channeling of his spirit in progress. You whom are gifted will know where.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 20, 2009 -- The United States swore in its first black president.

[sgrover]

Jan 21, 1824, Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was born.

[CharlestonNole]

1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and four other Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate.

[CharlestonNole]

1944, during World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy

[sgrover]

Jan 22, 1973 - US Supreme Court legalizes abortion. :(

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 22, 1968 -- "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiered on NBC.

[Meceka]

22nd January, 1930: Excavation for the Empire State Building began

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 23, 1964 -- The 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.

[Holiday]

January 23rd 1993 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan (remember this fiasco???)

[HolidayHoney]

On this day in 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs--now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees.

[Meceka]

January 23, 1849 - English born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

[CharlestonNole]

Died Today, January 23rd, 1800 -

Edward Rutledge (November 23 (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/November_23), 1749 (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/1749)–January 23 (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/January_23), 1800 (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/1800)), South Carolina (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/South_Carolina) statesman, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence) and later governor of South Carolina.

[sugarplum fairy]

1998 Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

I have two to share, couldn't decide which one to go with ...

On this day in history… in 1936 Benny Goodman & orchestra recorded "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records

And in 1991 George Gobel comedian, died of a heart attack at the age of 71

[CharlestonNole]

1679 (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/1679) - King Charles II of England (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/Charles_II_of_England) disbands Parliament (http://www.historymania.com/american_history/Parliament).

[RadioJonD]

The first canned beer went on sale January 24, 1935 in Richmond, Virginia.

[CharlestonNole]

1848 - California gold rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 24, 1863 -- Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Emancipation Proclamation.

And hilarity ensued, I'm sure... cheesy

[CharlestonNole]

1/25/1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.

[CharlestonNole]

January 25, 1942
Thailand declares war on the United States and England

[Christmasstar]

My mom was born in Holland! cheesy

[HolidayHoney]

In 1969, Vietnam War peace talks resumed in Paris, with the inclusion of representatives from South Vietnam and the Viet Cong

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 26, 1837 -- Michigan became the 26th state.

[CharlestonNole]

In 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the choice of the eagle as the symbol of America, and stated his own preference: the turkey

[HolidayHoney]

2005 Condoleezza Rice was sworn in as secretary of state.

[trackrebel]

this one is for the 27th...since I don&#180;t know wether or not I will make it tomorrow...

1958---my mother was born in Worms, German

1945---Soviet Troops freed the people of Ausschwitz......R.I.P. to all who lost their lifes through the Nazi-Regime....

[RadioJonD]

This topic will make fantastic fodder for dinner palaver. On January 26, 2004, a spontaneous whale explosion occurred in Taiwan.

http://tinyurl.com/cuykaf

[George Broderick, Jr.]

This topic will make fantastic fodder for dinner palaver. On January 26, 2004, a spontaneous whale explosion occurred in Taiwan.

http://tinyurl.com/cuykaf

That made me blubber...

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 27, 1967 -- Astronauts Virgil I. ''Gus'' Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo I spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.

[CharlestonNole]

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages just released by Iran at the White House.

[Meceka]

January 27, 1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria

[trackrebel]

I never knew he shared a b-day with my mom...Mozart I mean

[stevieray]

January 27, 1967-The Doors first album (self titled) was released.

SR

[HolidayHoney]

1976 "Laverne & Shirley," a spin-off of ABC's popular "Happy Days," premieres.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

1976 "Laverne & Shirley," a spin-off of ABC's popular "Happy Days," premieres.

HA! Lenny and Squiggy ROCK!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 28, 1986 -- space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.

[Santa's Helper]

January 28, 1986 -- space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.
I remember that day, watching it on tv. I was in the Young Astronauts club for 4 years in school and I still have a Challenger packet that I got with all of their photos in it and photos of the liftoff and expolosion. That was a sad day.

[CharlestonNole]

In 1915, the United States Coast Guard was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service.

[sugarplum fairy]

1985: in 1985 more than 40 artists came together to record USA FOR AFRICA's WE ARE THE WORLD. Proceeds from the single went to BOB GELDOF's Live Aid organisation, set up to alleviate world hunger

[HolidayHoney]

1973 - CBS-TV presented the first program of Barnaby Jones (a Quinn Martin Production). Lee Meriwether (Miss America 1955) played the detective’s lovely daughter-in-law assistant.

[CharlestonNole]

1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38cm) wide and 8 inches (20cm) thick.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 29, 1861 -- Kansas became the 34th state of the Union.

[CharlestonNole]

In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror.

[RadioJonD]

On January 30, 1969, the Beatles went up on the roof of Apple Records in London to play what would be their last live concert. Parts of the recored concert would be included in the movie/documentary “Let It Be.”

Enjoy! - http://www.squidoo.com/last-beatles-concert

[CharlestonNole]

In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday."

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 30, 1948 -- Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist.

[RadioJonD]

"The Raven"...evermore

[Meceka]

January 31, 1919: Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson was born.

[CharlestonNole]

In 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason for his part in the "Gunpowder Plot" against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

January 31, 1865 -- the House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery

[HolidayHoney]

1929 - Weightlifter Charles Rigoulot of France, achieved the first 400 pound ‘clean and jerk’ as he lifted 402-1/2 pounds. His first words after accomplishing the feat? “My back. I think I hurt my back.” (We’re fairly certain that’s what he said.)

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

On this date (although some argue it happened on Jan. 31) in 1949 RCA releases the 1st single record ever on 45 rpm.

And years earlier this historical event took place:
1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning the use of the "400 Club" to describe the socially elite.

Eventually, I'll narrow it down to one event in history, but how can you decide what to share? cheesy

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 2, 1653 -- New Amsterdam - now New York City - was incorporated.

Faggidabouddit!

[RadioJonD]

...on February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper performed their last concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.


...to be continued...

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Two for the price of one ...

On Feb. 2, 1863 Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time



On Feb. 2, 1940 Frank Sinatra's has his singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)




I know where you're headin' RJD

[RadioJonD]

The Day The Music Died. - http://tinyurl.com/d5cx8u & http://tinyurl.com/bvfcal

Though your time was short, your impact in the music world was great! Rest In Peace:

Charles Hardin Holley
September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959

Richard Steven Valenzuela
May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959

Jiles Perry Richardson
October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959

Roger Arthur Peterson
May 24, 1937 – February 3, 1959

After fifty years, you are not forgotten!

The Meaning of American Pie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCMuDP0Qhq0

[stevieray]

Radiojond, thanks for the link that was really inspirational.

SR

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 3, 1690 -- The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.

[Meceka]

February 3, 1894 - Norman Rockwell was born.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 3, 1916 Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down.


Feb. 3, 1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix is released


Quite the little history lesson we have going on amidst these pages. cheesy

[CharlestonNole]

In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard peace conference off the Virginia coast; the talks deadlocked over the issue of Southern autonomy.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 4, 1974 -- newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

[Meceka]

February 4, 1913 - Rosa Parks was born.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 4, 1941 United Service Organization (USO) is founded

(I was going to share Patty Hearst's kidnapping, but George beat me to it.)


Feb. 4, 1997 OJ Simpson is found liable in the murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson

[CharlestonNole]

In 1783, Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 5, 1993 -- Federal judge Kimba Wood, President Bill Clinton's expected choice for attorney general, withdrew from consideration, saying her babysitter had been an illegal alien for seven years.

Things haven't changed much in 16 years, have they..?

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

cheesy Too many things happened on Feb. 5th - I have a few to share, each one making me think about a different member here.

1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Sole Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company

1937 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times", is released

1940 Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"

1967 "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)

1991 Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame

[CharlestonNole]

1778 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 6, 1895 -- Baseball Hall of Famer George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born in Baltimore.

Happy Birthday, Bambino!

[HolidayHoney]

1931: Rip Torn was born in Texas, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

[HolidayHoney]

On February 7, 1867, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, the author of the beloved semi-autobiographical Little House series, was born

[CharlestonNole]

In 1812, author Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 7, 1964 -- The Beatles arrived in New York for their first American tour, touching off rock 'n' roll's "British invasion."

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

[CharlestonNole]

In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to assassinate her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Owed to you for Friday…
On Feb. 6, 1935, the Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time
On Feb. 6, 1943, Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"

Owed to you for yesterday…
On Feb. 7, 1944 Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records
On Feb. 7, 1970. "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies

On track for today…
On Feb. 8, 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded
On Feb. 8, 1926 Walt Disney Studios is formed

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 9, 1943 -- the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 9, 1953, "The Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication

Feb. 9, 1964, 1st appearance of the Beatles airs on the "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)

[HolidayHoney]

1942 - Carole King (Klein)
songwriter, singer: Loco-motion, It Might as Well Rain Until September, It’s Too Late, Jazzman

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Feb. 9, 1953, "The Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication

YAY! Faster than a speeding bullet...

February 10, 1962 -- the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

:hello: I thought of you when I posted that one, George!



Feb. 10, 1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Company NYC)

Feb. 10, 1940 Tom & Jerry created by Hanna & Barbara debut by MGM
(There's another one for you. I had their chubby books and comics as a kid)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 11, 1865 -- Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about oil speculation.

Probably didn't have nearly as many anvils, sticks of dynamite or frying pans as were found in a typical Tom & Jerry cartoon, though!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

But, seriously...

February 11, 1847 -- Inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio.

[ScottCalvin]

Nelson Mandela was released from prison 11/02/1990

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 11, 1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1

Feb. 11, 1942 "Archie" comic book debuts
(Another must have collection) cheesy

[sgrover]

Feb 12, 1809 - The 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was born in Kentucky.

HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 12, 1733 -- English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 12, 1876 Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop

Feb. 12, 1924 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (New York NY)

[HolidayHoney]

On Feb. 12, 1973, the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict took place.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 13, 1935 -- a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

From Feb. 13th ...
Feb. 13, 1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun (I still think it revolves around my cat-haha)

Feb. 13, 1972 "Grease" opens on Broadway

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Today...

Feb. 14, 1803 Apple parer is patented by Moses Coats, Downington PA

Feb. 14, 1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"

Feb. 14, 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 14, 1929 -- the St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down.

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 15, 1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom

Feb. 15, 1932 George Burns & Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "Guy Lombardo Show"

Feb. 15, 1965 Canada replaces the Union Jack flag with the Maple Leaf

[HolidayHoney]

On Feb. 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony, the co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association, was born. Following her death on March 13, 1906, her obituary appeared in The Times.

[stevieray]

Feb 15, 2005-Youtube is officially launched in the US

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 16, 1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL

Feb. 16, 1968 Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 16, 1923 -- the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.

[CharlestonNole]

1804Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.

[sgrover]

Feb 16, 1935, Sonny Bono (Sonny & Cher) born.

[Jõul]

On February 16, 1878, Pamela Colman Smith was born.

[CharlestonNole]

On Feb. 16, 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's victory earned him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender Grant.")

[AuntieMistletoeDear]

Feb. 17, 1933 Blondie Boopadoop marries Dagwood Bumstead; Dagwood's father promptly disinherits him


Feb. 17, 1936 "The Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts



Feb. 17, 1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"

[George Broderick, Jr.]

On February 16, 1878, Pamela Colman Smith was born.

Who..?

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 17, 1992 -- Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Feb. 17, 1933 Blondie Boopadoop marries Dagwood Bumstead; Dagwood's father promptly disinherits him


Feb. 17, 1936 "The Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts

You're speaking my language, Auntie..! cheesy

[sgrover]

February 17, 1992 -- Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.

I remember that! My brother lived not to far from there at the time, scary stuff. A former co-worker's daughter-in-law worked in the ER at the hospital when Dahmer was taken in after he was beaten to death in prison. Said his skull was mush, couldn't even tell it was a human head any more. Ick.

[sgrover]

Feb 17, 1865, General William T. Sherman sacks Columbia, SC. The end of the war was drawing near.

[Jõul]

February 17, 1600 - Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for his heretical views on the plurality of worlds.

[Maureen]

Don't you just hate it when that happens??!!!!!!!

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 18, 1885 -- "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain was published.

One of my favorites!

[RadioJonD]

As part of the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, a cow named Nellie Jay became the first cow to fly in an airplane on February 18, 1930. She was also milked in flight and what she produced was sealed in paper containers that were subsequently dropped by parachute to folks on the ground.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Farm_Ollie

[stevieray]

Sadly.......
February 18, 2001.....Death of Dale Earnhardt

SR

[CharlestonNole]

In 1735, the first opera presented in America, "Flora, or Hob in the Well," was performed in present-day Charleston, S.C.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

February 19, 1945 -- during World War II, some 30,000 United States Marines landed on the Western Pacific island of Iwo Jima, where they encountered ferocious resistance from Japanese forces. The Americans took control of the strategically important island after a month-long battle.

February 19, 1973 -- my baby sister, Becky, was born.

[CharlestonNole]

1473The astronomer Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland.

[HolidayHoney]

1792 - President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act. Letters delivered up to 30 miles cost six cents to mail. For letters up to 150 miles, postage was 12-1/2 cents. And, just like today, letters over 150 miles were not guaranteed to be delivered at all.