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Author Topic: On This Date in History Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-18-2005 04:49 PM                        Rated G On December 19 in history .. 1686 - Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) 1732 - Benjamin Frankin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" 1741 - Vitus Bering Dutch navigator & explorer died 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes his 1st `American Crisis' essay 1777 - Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge Pa for the winter 1842 - US recognized independence of Hawaii 1843 - Charles Dickens publishes `A Christmas Carol ' in England 1859 - Grading started for Market Street RR 1861 - Battle of Black Water 1889 - Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii 1907 - 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek Penn 1932 - British Broadcasting Corp. began transmitting overseas 1933 - Electric Home & Farm Authority Inc authorized 1946 - War broke out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked French 1950 - Gen. Eisenhower named NATO commander 1957 - The Music Man starring Robert Preston opens on Broadway 1962 - Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission 1971 - NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp 1972 - Apollo 17 returns to Earth 1974 - Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st VP 1977 - Nellie Tayloe Ross 1st woman governor dies at 101 1984 - Fire at the Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people 1986 - USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile Famous birthdays on December 19 .. 1683 - Philip V, 1st Bourbon king of Spain (1700-46) 1790 - Sir William Parry, British Arctic explorer 1821 - Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer women's suffrage leader 1849 - Henry Clay Frick, industrialist; worked for Carnegie 1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American stage actress 1906 - H. Allen Smith, author 1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, Ukraine 1910 - Jean Genet, French novelist and playwright (The Blacks) 1920 - David Susskind, TV producer 1926 - Bobby Layne, pro quarterback (Detroit Lions) 1928 - Galt MacDermot, Canadian composer 1933 - Cicely Tyson, in NYC (Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman) 1941 - Maurice White, Singer 1944 - Tim Reid, Actor (WKRP) 1945 - Elaine Joyce, Actress (Dating Game) 1946 - Robert Urich, Actor (Starman Vegas Spencer for Hire) 1947 - Janie Fricke, Singer 1949 - Claudia Kolb, swimmer 1963 - Jennifer Beals, in Chicago (Flashdance) 1972 - Alyassa Milano, (Who's the Boss)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-20-2005 06:46 AM                        Rated G On this day in history December 20.. 1606 - Va Co settlers leave London to establish Jamestown 1699 - Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed - Sept 1 to Jan 1 1790 - 1st successful US cotton mill (Pawtucket RI) 1803 - Louisiana Purchase was formally transferred from France to US 1812 - Sacagawea Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark dies 1820 - Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50 1850 - Hawaiian PO established 1860 - SC becomes 1st state to secede from US 1864 - Union Gen. Sherman continued his `march to the sea.' Savannah Ga 1879 - Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1883 - Intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls 1892 - Phileas Fogg completes around world trip according to Verne 1892 - Pneumatic automobile tire patented 1919 - Canadian National Railways established (longest on continent with more than 50 000 kilometers of track in US & Canada) 1922 - 14 republics formed USSR 1929 - Mt Davidson dedicated as city park 1939 - Radio Australia starts shortwave service 1944 - Battle of Bastogne Nazis surrounded 101st Airborne (NUTS!) 1963 - Berlin Wall opened for 1st time to West Berliners 1968 - Author John Steinbeck dies in NY at 66 1976 - Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley dies at 74 1976 - Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns 1977 - 1st Space walk made by G. Grechko from Salyut 1982 - Arthur Rubinstein pianists dies in Geneva Switzerland at 95 1983 - Islanders scored 11 goals against Penguins Famous birthdays for this day .. 1805 - Thomas Graham, Father of colloid chemistry 1819 - John Geary, 1st SF postmaster 1st mayor (May 1 1850) 1833 - Dr Samuel A. Mudd, convicted of giving medical aid to J.W. Booth 1841 - Ferdinand-�douard Buisson, French educator (Nobel Peace Prize 1927) 1868 - Harvey S Firestone, where the rubber meets the road 1894 - Sir Robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41 1949-66) 1895 - Susanne Langer, US philosopher educator (Philosophy in a New Key) 1904 - Irene Dunne, in Louisville Ky 1922 - George Roy Hill, Movie director 1928 - Dr Joyce Brothers, 1928 - Jack Christiansen, NFL defensive back (Det Lions) 1952 - Jenny Agutter, in London  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-21-2005 05:32 AM                        Rated G December 21 On this day in history .. 1375 - Boccaccio author of Decameron dies 1620 - Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1790 - Samuel Slater opens 1st textile factory in US in Rhode Island 1909 - U of Coopenhagen rejects Cook's claim that he was 1st to North Pole 1913 - 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World 1929 - 1st group hospital insurance plan effected Dallas Tx 1933 - Human blood serum 1st prepared 1937 - 1st feature-length cartoon with color & sound premieres (Snow White) 1952 - Broadway Tunnel opens in SF 1954 - Dr Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn was murdered 1968 - Apollo 8 (Frank Borman Jim Lovell Bill Anders) 1st manned moon voyage 1973 - Israel Egypt Syria Jordan US & USSR meet in Geneva 1976 - 20th Islander shut-out opponent - Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins 1984 - Islander Kelly Hrudy's 1st shut-out win - Whalers 1-0 Famous birthdays for this day .. 1804 - Benjamin Disraeli (Tory), British prime minister (1868 1874-80) 1874 - Juan Bautista Sacasa, president of Nicaragua (1932-36) 1879 - Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator 1891 - John W McCormack, (D) Speaker of the House (1962-70) 1909 - George Ball, former undersecretary of state 1911 - Josh Gibson, pro baseball player "Negro Babe Ruth" 1917 - Heinrich B”ll, German writer (Group Portrait with Lady) (Nobel '72) 1918 - Donald Regan, White House staffer 1918 - Kurt Waldheim, 4th UN sec-gen (1972-81) Austrian Pres Nazi 1922 - Paul Winchell, ventriloquist 1935 - Phil Donahue, TV host 1937 - Jane Fonda NYC, actress (Barbarella Klute) 1939 - Diane Lennon, in LA 1940 - Frank Zappa, rock singer (Grateful Dead) 1944 - Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor 1948 - Dave Kingman, Baseball player 1954 - Chris Evert Lloyd, Ft Lauderdale tennis pro 'Miss pokerface'  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-22-2005 07:13 AM                        Rated G December 22 On this day in history .. 1772 - Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny 1783 - Washington resigns his milt commission 1850 - Hawaiian PO established 1919 - US deports 250 alien radicals 1937 - Lincoln Tunnel opened to traffic 1964 - Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3 530 kph (record for a jet) 1983 - Islanders scored 3 shorthanded goals against Caps 1984 - Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 teenagers on a subway train Famous birthdays for this day .. 1696 - James Oglethorpe, English general author colonizer of Georgia 1727 - William Ellery, signed Decl of Ind 1856 - Frank Kellogg, sec of state tried to outlaw war (Nobel 1929) 1858 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian operatic composer (La Bohme Tosca) 1862 - Connie Mack, HOF baseball manager executive (Phil A's) 1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet 1903 - H Keffer Hartline, US biophysicist (Nobel 1967) 1912 - Claudia (Lady Bird) Johnson, 1st lady 1917 - Gene Rayburn, game show host 1922 - James C Wright Jr, (D-Texas) Speaker of the House 1944 - Steve Carlton, baseball player 1945 - Diane Sawyer, TV news personality 1949 - Maurice and Robin Gibb, (Beegees) 1951 - Jan Stephenson, in Australia golfer  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-23-2005 08:52 AM                        Rated G December 23... On this day in history .. 1569 - St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible 1672 - Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea a satellite of Saturn 1690 - John Flamsteed observes Uranus but doesn't realize its undiscovered 1783 - Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief 1913 - US Federal Reserve system authorized 1920 - Ireland divided into two parts each with its own parliament 1947 - Transistor invented by Bardeen Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs 1948 - PM Tojo 6 other Japanese hung for war crimes by US 1968 - Borman Lovell & Anders 1st men to orbit moon 1972 - Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua 1972 - Islanders end 15 games winless streak 1973 - 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices 1975 - Congress passes Metric Conversion Act 1978 - Islanders scored 7 goals in one period against the Rangers Trottier scores 8 pts vs Rangers 5 goals-NHL rec 6 pts in 1 pd 1986 - Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling Famous birthdays for this day .. 1732 - Sir Richard Arkwright, invented spinning frame 1777 - Alexander I, tsar of Russia (1801-25) 1790 - Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics 1805 - Joesph Smith, founded Mormon church 1812 - Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer (Self-Help Character Duty) 1860 - Harriet Monroe, American poet editor of Poetry magazine 1918 - Jose Greco, dancer 1924 - Ruth Roman, in Boston Mass 1925 - Harry Guardino, actor (Hill Street Blues) 1935 - Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer (the Golden Boy) 1941 - Elizabeth Hartman, in Youngstown Ohio 1949 - Susan Lucci, soap star  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-23-2005 08:56 PM                        Rated G December 24..in history .. 1524 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama dies in Cochin India 1582 - Vasco daGama Day 1814 - Treaty of Ghent signed ending War of 1812 (This news did not arrive until after Battle of New Orleans) 1818 - Silent Night composed by Franz Gruber sung next day 1851 - Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash destroys 35 000 volumes 1865 - Several Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski Tn 1871 - Giuseppe Verdi's `Aida' premiere in Cairo at Suez canal opening 1906 - 1st radio program broadcast in Brant Rock Mass 1906 - Reginald A. Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio 1910 - Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250 000 people at Lotta's Fountain 1920 - Enrico Caruso gave his last public performance 1936 - 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered Berkeley Ca 1943 - FDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces 1951 - Libya gains independence from Italy 1966 - Luna 13 lands on moon 1968 - Apollo 8 astronauts read Old Testament Book of Genesis passages 1970 - Walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released 1980 - Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds Famous birthdays on December 24 .. 1745 - Benjamin Rush, American physician patriot humanitarian 1809 - Kit Carson, Western scout 1818 - James Prescott Joule, physicist discovered conservation of energy 1822 - Matthew Arnold, English poet (Dover Beach) 1868 - Emanuel Lasker, of Germany world chess champion (1894-21) 1881 - Juan Ram¢n Jim‚nez, Spanish poet (Distant Gardens) (Nobel 1956) 1905 - Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire 1907 - I.F. Stone, American journalist told it like it was 1910 - Mary McGann Kennedy Bob Maar's Mother-in-Law 1921 - Bill Dudley, NFL halfback (Pittsburgh Detroit Washington) 1922 - Ava Gardner, actress (On the Beach Night of the Iguana) 1930 - Robert Joffrey, Choreographer 1959 - Madonna, rock singer actress (Desperately Seeking Susan)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-25-2005 10:35 AM                        Rated G On this day in history December 25th... 0336 - 1st recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 took place in Rome 1066 - William the Conqueror was crowned king of England 1758 - Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return 1776 - Washington crosses Delaware & surprises Hessians 1818 - Silent Night by Franz Joseph Gruber & Joseph Mohr sung for 1st time 1868 - Despite bitter opposition Pres Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion (the Civil War) 1926 - Hirohito became emperor of Japan 1931 - NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio 1939 - Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer 1941 - Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong 1963 - Walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released 1968 - Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting moon 1977 - Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland at 88 1977 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin met in Egypt with Egyptian Pres Sadat 1983 - 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade Famous birthdays for this day .. 1642 - Isaac Newton, (sir) in Grantham England 1752 - Mithra, 1821 - Clara Barton, American Red Cross founder in Oxford Mass 1865 - Evangeline Cory Booth, Salvation Army general 1876 - Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan 1881 - Joseph McCarthy, Yank manager 1883 - Maurice Utrillo, French painter 1887 - Conrad Hilton, hotelman 1892 - Dame Rebecca West, author critic feminist (or 12-21-81) 1899 - Humphrey Bogart, actor Here's looking at you kid 1899 - Raphael Soyer, painter 1904 - Gerhard Herzberg, Can physicist (molecular structure) (Nobel 1971) 1906 - Lord Grade, 1907 - Cab Calloway, bandleader 1909 - Mike Mazurki, actor wrestler 1913 - Tony Martin, singer 1918 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian pres (1970-81) (Nobel 1978) 1940 - Phil Spector, rock producer 1945 - Gary Sandy, Actor 1945 - Kenny Stabler, NFL QB (Oakland Raiders) 1946 - Larry Csonka, Former football player 1948 - Barbara Mandrell, in Houston Tx 1949 - Sissy Spacek, in Quitman Tx (Badlands Coal Miner's Daughter) 1954 - Annie Lennox, Singer (Eurithemics) 1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-26-2005 08:09 AM                        Rated G December 26.... On this day in history .. 1492 - 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded by Columbus 1773 - Expulsion of tea ships from Phila 1848 - 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF 1860 - Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) 1865 - James Mason patents 1st American coffee percolator 1917 - Fed govt took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1919 - Yanks & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth 1925 - 1st East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25 000 fans 1933 - US foreswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere 1972 - Harry Truman 33rd US Pres dies at 88 1973 - Soyuz 13 returns to Earth Famous birthdays for this day .. 1194 - Frederick II Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman emperor 1716 - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) 1738 - Thomas Nelson, merchant signed Decl of Ind 1778 - Juan Lovera, Venezuelan artist 1792 - Charles Babbage, invented calculating machine 1837 - Adm. George Dewey, the American naval hero of Manila 1891 - Henry Miller, author (Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer) 1893 - Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame 1914 - Richard Widmark, actor (Alamo Judgement at Nuremberg) 1917 - Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary keep her away from your tapes 1921 - Steve Allen, comedian 1927 - Alan King, comedian 1942 - Marco Vinicio Cerezo Ar‚valo, president of Guatemala (1986- ) 1948 - Chris Chambliss, NY Yankee 1st baseman  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-27-2005 06:42 AM                        Rated G December 27..... On this day in history .. 1741 - Prussian forces took Olmutz Czechoslovakia 1825 - 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England 1831 - Darwin begins his voyage onboard HMS Beagle 1850 - Hawaiian Fire Department established 1867 - Ontario & Quebec legislatures held 1st meeting 1903 - Sweet Adaline a barbershop quartet favorite is 1st sung 1927 - Show Boat opens in NYC 1927 - Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR Trotsky expelled 1932 - Radio City Music Hall opens in NY 1934 - 1st youth hostel opened Northfield Mass 1941 - Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an `open city' 1945 - International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded 1947 - 1st `Howdy Doody' show (Puppet Playhouse) telecast on NBC 1968 - Apollo 8 returns to Earth 1972 - LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak 1972 - Lester Pearson Canadian PM (Nobel-1956) 1979 - Soviet troops invade Afghanistan 1983 - Propane gas fire devastated 16 square blocks of Buffalo 1985 - Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports. President Reagan blamed Libyaner Moammar Gadhafi Famous birthdays for this day .. 1571 - Johannes Kepler, at Weil-der-Stadt Germany Astronomer 1773 - George Cayley, founder of the science of aerodynamics 1822 - Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist 1901 - Marlene Dietrich, in Berlin Germany (Blue Angel) 1939 - John Amos, actor 1952 - Tovah Feldsuh, in NYC 1957 - Caroline Kennedy,  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-28-2005 06:15 AM                        Rated G December 28... On this day in history .. 1669 - William Semple patents chewing gum 1832 - John Calhoun became the 1st Vice-president to resign 1846 - Iowa becomes 29th state 1890 - Battle of Wounded Knee SD - Last major conflict with Indians 1902 - Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US 1908 - Earthquake strikes Messina Italy; 80 000 die 1912 - SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI) 1915 - SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph 1950 - Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel into South Korea 1978 - 30th hat trick in Islander history - Mike Bossy 1985 - Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement Famous birthdays for this day .. 1763 - John Molson, founder of a Montreal brewery 1856 - Woodrow Wilson, (D) 28th pres (1912-21) (Nobel 1919) 1882 - Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and cosmologist 1882 - Sir Arthur Eddington, astronomer physicist mathematician 1894 - Ed Healey, NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents Chicago Bears) 1896 - Roger Sessions, American composer 1903 - John Von Neumann, 1905 - Earl `Fatha' Hines, jazz pianist 1908 - Lew Ayres, actor (All Quiet on the Western Front) 1920 - Steve Van Buren, NFL halfback (Eagles) 1925 - Heldegarde Neff, in Ulm Germany 1929 - Owen Bieber, president of United Auto Workers 1931 - Martin Milner, (Adam-12) 1934 - Maggie Smith, in Ilford Eng (Death on the Nile Clash of Titans)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-29-2005 08:32 AM                        Rated G December 29.... On this day in history .. 1170 - Archbishop Thomas A Becket murdered by King Henry II supporters 1845 - Texas becomes 28th state 1848 - Gas lights installed at White House for 1st time 1851 - 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened in Boston 1864 - Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball 1890 - Federal troops massacre 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee SD 1911 - SF Symphony formed 1916 - Death of Rasputin 1921 - William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM 1931 - Identification of heavy water publicly announced HC Urey 1937 - Pan Am starts SF to Auckland New Zealand service 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 1975 - 11 killed 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC 1983 - US announced withdrawal from UNESCO 1984 - Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period Famous birthdays for this day .. 1721 - Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th 1776 - Charles Macintosh, Scotland patented waterproof fabric 1800 - Charles Goodyear, invented vulcanization process for rubber 1808 - Andrew Johnson, (Unionist) 17th pres (1865-69) 1809 - William Ewart Gladstone, (Lib) British PM (1868-74 '80-86 '92-94) 1859 - Venustiano Carranza, president of Mexico (1915-20) 1879 - Billy Mitchell, WW I aviation hero Gen 1917 - Tom Bradley, LA Mayor 1920 - Viveca Lindfors, actress (The Way We Were Welcome to LA) 1921 - Marla Powers, 1934 - Inga Swenson, in Omaha Nebraska 1936 - Ray Nitschke, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers) 1937 - Mary Tyler Moore, in Bkln (Mary Tyler Moore Show Ordinary People) 1938 - Barbara Steele, 1938 - Jon Voight, actor (Deliverance Midnight Cowboy) 1946 - Marianne Faithful, Rocker 1947 - Ted Danson, (Cheers) 1949 - Angel Tompkins, 1952 - Gelsey Kirkland, ballerina  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-30-2005 06:58 AM                        Rated G December 30............. On this day in history .. 1809 - Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston 1817 - 1st coffee planted in Hawaii 1853 - Gadsden Purchase 45 000 sq miles by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona & New Mexico 1903 - 602 die as flames swept through Iroquois Theater in Chicago 1916 - Grigori Rasputin Russian monk advisor to tsarina is assassinated 1922 - USSR organized as a federation 1924 - Edwin Hubble announces existence of other Milky Way systems 1935 - Italian bombers destroyed Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia 1938 - Electronic television system patented VK Zworykin 1971 - Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders) 1972 - Pres. Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks 1975 - Democratic Republic of Madagascar founded Famous birthdays for this day .. 1851 - Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, author who coined "White man's burden" (Nobel '07) 1867 - Simon Guggenheim, sen 1869 - Stephen Leacock, Canadian economist humorist 1876 - Pablo Casals, Spanish violinist conductor composer 1884 - Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM in WWII 1911 - Jeanette Nolan, 1914 - Bert Parks, Miss America emcee 1919 - Jo Van Fleet, actress (Gunfight at the OK Corral East of Eden) 1928 - Bo Diddley, Rock `n' roll pioneer 1928 - Jack Lord, (Hawaii 5-0) 1929 - Barbara Nichols, 1931 - Skeeter Davis, in Dry Ridge Ky 1935 - Sandy Koufax, Dodger pitcher 1942 - Mike Nesmith, (Monkees) 1959 - Tracy Ullman,  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-30-2005 07:40 PM                        Rated G On December 31 in history .. 1384 - John Wycliffe English religious reformer died 1600 - British East India Company chartered 1719 - John Flamsteed 1st Astronomer Royal dies at 73 1744 - James Bradley announces discovery of earth's motion of nutation 1775 - Battle of Qu‚bec 1805 - End of French Republican calendar 1852 - Future Pres & Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes marry 1857 - Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as new capital of Canada 1862 - Pres Lincoln signs an act admitting West Virginia to the Union 1862 - Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank at Cape Hatteras NC 1879 - Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US) 1879 - Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp 1890 - Ellis Is opens as a US immigration depot 1921 - Last SF firehorses retired 1943 - NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater 1944 - 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden Utah 1946 - Pres Truman officially proclaims end of WW II 1951 - 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced 1958 - Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X 1961 - Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion 1974 - Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3 million Yank contract 1974 - US citizens allowed to buy & own gold for 1st time in 40 years 1981 - Lt Rawlings stages coup in Ghana 1984 - Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH 1984 - Rajiv Gandhi took office as India's 6th PM 1999 - Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama Famous birthdays on December 31 .. 1869 - Henri Matisse, French Impressionist painter 1880 - George C Marshall, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953) 1904 - Nathan Milstein, concert violinist 1905 - Jule Styne, English songwriter 1928 - Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback (SF Minnesota Giants Detroit) 1930 - Odetta, folk singer 1932 - George Schlatter, TV producer 1937 - Anthony Hopkins, Actor 1941 - Sarah Miles, in England 1943 - Ben Kingsley, Actor 1943 - John Denver, (Thank God he's a country boy) 1946 - Diane von F�rstenberg, fashion designer in Brussels Belgium 1946 - Patty Smith, in Chic 1947 - Tim Matheson, actor (Animal House To Be or Not to Be) 1948 - Donna Summer, in Boston (On the Radio)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-30-2005 07:41 PM                        Rated G On January 1 in history .. 1643 - Isaac Newton baptized in St. John's Church in Colsterworth England 1801 - Giuseppe Piazzi discoved 1st asteroid later named Ceres 1801 - United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland established 1804 - Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1808 - Congress prohibits importation of slaves 1848 - Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln 1892 - Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY - Ellis Island became reception center for new immigrants 1894 - Manchester Ship Canal in England opened to traffic 1898 - Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay 1899 - Cuba liberated from Spain by US (National Day) 1901 - Commonwealth of Australia established 1902 - 1st Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena California 1912 - 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (763 miles) 1913 - Post office begins parcel post deliveries 1934 - Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison 1934 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantees) effective 1936 - 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues NY Herald Tribune 1946 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god 1948 - 1st newsreel in color Pasadena Ca 1954 - Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts 1956 - Sudan gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1957 - International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 1958 - European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation 1960 - Cameroon gains independence from France 1962 - Beatles Decca audition 1962 - Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand 1965 - International Cooperation Year 1971 - Cigarette advertisements banned on TV 1972 - International Book Year 1973 - Britain Ireland & Denmark join Common Market 1974 - World Population Year 1975 - International Women's Year 1978 - Pres. Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1979 - International Year of the Child 1980 - Decade of Water & Sanitation 1981 - International Year for Disabled 1981 - Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is.) becomes self-governing 1983 - World Communications Year 1984 - AT & T broken up into 8 companies 1984 - Brunei gains complete independence from Britain 1985 - International Youth Year 1986 - International Peace Year 1986 - Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market 1987 - Internat'l Year of Shelter 1988 - NY Carnegie Deli's owner Leo Steiner dies 2304 - Mid- CALENDAR day 4713 - B.C. Julian calendar begins at Greenwich mean noon Famous birthdays on January 1 .. 1449 - Lorenzo de'Medici, (The Magnificent) of Florence 1481 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer 1735 - Paul Revere, US patriot and The British are coming 1745 - General Anthony Wayne, military leader ("Mad Anthony") 1752 - Elizabeth Griscom, (Betsy) Ross--flag maker 1819 - Arthur Hugh Clough, poet and friend of Matthew Arnold 1854 - Sir James Frazer, British anthropologist and author (The Golden Bough) 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, father of modern photography 1867 - Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields) 1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (The Flies and The Bosses) 1879 - E.M. Forster, English novelist (Howard's End and A Passage to India) 1895 - J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI 1900 - Xavier Cugat, bandleader 1909 - Barry Goldwater (R), former US senator from Az 1909 - Dana Andrews, actor (Battle of the Bulge and Laura) 1909 - John Glenn, astronaut 1911 - Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer 1919 - Carole Landis, 1919 - J D Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye' 1922 - Ernest Hollings (D), US senator from SC 1925 - George Conner, NFL tackle and linebacker (Chicago Bears) 1927 - Yuri Grigorovich, Russian choreographer 1932 - Terry Moore, in Los Angeles Calif 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, 1942 - Gennadi V. Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-02-2006 04:01 PM                        Rated G January 2... On this day in history .. 1776 - 1st revolutionary flag displayed 1788 - Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution 1893 - World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago 1917 - Royal Bank of Canada took over Quebec Bank 1921 - D eYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens 1933 - Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3 1935 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for kidnap-murder of Charles 1936 - 1st electron tube described St Louis Mo 1942 - 28 nations at war with Axis pledge no separate peace 1942 - Japanese occupied Manila 1955 - President Jose Antonio Remon of Panama assassinated 1957 - SF & Los Angeles stock exchanges merge 1959 - USSR launches Mechta 1st lunar probe & artificial in solar orbit 1968 - Dr Christian Barnard performs 1st successful heart transplant 1972 - Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars 1979 - 30th Islander shut-out opponent - Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver 1982 - Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins 1983 - Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes 1985 - 90th hat trick in Islander history - Brent Sutter 1986 - 191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange Famous birthdays for this day .. 1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion of Va. (1676) 1727 - James Wolfe, commander of British Army at capture of Qu‚bec 1861 - Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady 1863 - Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17) 1920 - Isaac Asimov, scientist-writer 1922 - Renata Tebaldi, lyric soprano 1927 - Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans and Baltimore Colts) 1927 - Richard Belmont Ray, Democrat-Georgia 1936 - Roger Miller, singer (King of the Road)  |  IP: Logged

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