Re: This Day In History
 

That's what this thread is all about. Remembering something from history.

Re: This Day In History
 

I hit 2000 posts today at Cigar Asylum!!!:tu
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1940/picture1rcc.png

Today will be history tomorrow!!!:hm

Re: This Day In History
 

You posted that just in time (11:58 EST). Congrats. :tu

Re: This Day In History
 

Forgetting something, Ryan? ;) :r

Re: This Day In History
 

April 22nd

1500
Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.

1509
Henry VIII became king of England.

1864
Congress authorized the inscription "In God We Trust" on coins minted as U.S. currency.

1876
Eight baseball teams began the inaugural season of the National League. In the first game Boston beat Philadelphia 6-5.

1889
The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.

1898
The first shot of the Spanish-American War rang out as the USS Nashville captured a Spanish merchant ship off Key West, Fla.

1914
Babe Ruth made his pitching debut with the Baltimore Orioles.

1915
The New York Yankees wore pinstripes and the hat-in-the-ring logo for the first time.

1970
The first Earth Day was observed.

1978
The final episode of "Maude" aired.

1986
NBC aired the final episode of "Riptide."

1993
The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released.

1994
Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died at age 81 in New York City, four days after suffering a stroke.

2000
Armed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.

2002
Actor Robert Blake was charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife. He was later acquitted.

2002
Adult film actress Linda Lovelace died at age 53.

2004
Pro football player Pat Tillman, who'd traded in a multimillion-dollar contract to serve as an Army Ranger in Afghanistan, was killed by friendly fire; he was 27.

Birthdays
84 George Cole Actor
83 Charlotte Rae Actress ("Facts of Life")
77 Estelle Harris Actress ("Seinfeld")
73 Glen Campbell Country singer
72 Jack Nicholson Actor
66 Mel Carter R&B singer
64 Cleve Francis Country singer
63 John Waters Director
59 Peter Frampton Rock musician
58 Paul Carrack Rock singer, musician (Squeeze, Mike and the Mechanics)
55 Joseph Bottoms Actor
50 Ryan Stiles Actor ("Whose Line is It Anyway?")
48 Byron Allen TV host, comedian ("Real People")
45 Chris Makepeace Actor
43 Jeffrey Dean Morgan Actor ("Grey's Anatomy")
42 Sheryl Lee Actress
42 Sherri Shepherd Actress, talk show host ("The View")
42 Heath Wright Country musician (Ricochet)
38 Kellie Coffey Country singer
38 Eric Mabius Actor ("Ugly Betty")
38 Ingo Rademacher Actor ("General Hospital")
38 MarkMc Cigar Asylum Inmate
35 Shavo Odadjian Rock musician (System of a Down)
30 Daniel Johns Rock musician (Silverchair)
25 Michelle Ryan Actress ("Bionic Woman")
23 Amber Heard Actress
?? Buena Fortuna Cigar Asylum Inmate

53 Isabella I 4/22/1451 - 11/26/1504 Spanish Queen (1474-1504) ; sponsored Columbus's voyage to the New World
47 Henry Fielding 4/22/1707 - 10/8/1754 English novelist and playwright
54 Vladimir Ilich Lenin 4/22/1870 - 1/21/1924 Russian leader of the Bolshevik Revolution (1917) and first head of the Soviet state
62 J. Robert Oppenheimer 4/22/1904 - 2/18/1967 American physicist; headed the Manhattan Project
83 Aaron Spelling 4/22/1923 - 6/23/2006 American film and television producer
63 Steve Fossett 4/22/1944 - 9/3/2007 American businessman, aviator, sailor, and adventurer and the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon

Re: This Day In History
 

:fu

Re: This Day In History
 

April 22nd

1914
Babe Ruth made his pitching debut with the Baltimore Orioles.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/Babe2.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/babe3.jpg

1915
The New York Yankees wore pinstripes and the hat-in-the-ring logo for the first time.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/Yankee.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/Yankee2.jpg

1994
Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died at age 81 in New York City, four days after suffering a stroke.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...gum_cigars.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

April 22nd

Birthdays
84 George Cole Actor
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...ehog3/cole.jpg

73 Glen Campbell Country singer
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/campbell.jpg

72 Jack Nicholson Actor
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Nicholson.jpg

54 Vladimir Ilich Lenin 4/22/1870 - 1/21/1924 Russian leader of the Bolshevik Revolution (1917) and first head of the Soviet state
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/Lenin.jpg

83 Aaron Spelling 4/22/1923 - 6/23/2006 American film and television producer
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/Aaron.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

Birthdays
62 J. Robert Oppenheimer 4/22/1904 - 2/18/1967 American physicist; headed the Manhattan Project

http://forums.mvgroup.org/release.im...DVDcropped.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

April 23rd

1616
Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

1896
The Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was demonstrated in New York City.

1954
Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs.

1969
Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death (later reduced to a life sentence) for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

1985
Coca-Cola announced that it was changing its formula and introduced New Coke.

1988
Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon leaves the charts for its first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the Billboard 200.

1989
NBC aired the pilot episode of "Baywatch."

1995
Sportscaster Howard Cosell died at age 77.

1998
James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died.

Birthdays
81 Shirley Temple Black Diplomat, former child actress
79 Alan Oppenheimer Actor ("Murphy Brown")
70 David Birney Actor
70 Lee Majors Actor ("The Six Millon Dollar Man")
66 Tony Esposito Hockey Hall of Famer
61 Blair Brown Actress
60 Joyce DeWitt Actress ("Three's Company")
56 James Russo Actor
55 Michael Moore Director ("Fahrenheit 9/11")
54 Judy Davis Actress
52 Jan Hooks Actress ("Saturday Night Live")
49 Valerie Bertinelli Actress ("One Day at a Time")
49 Craig Sheffer Actor
48 George Lopez Actor
42 Melina Kanakaredes Actress ("CSI: NY")
41 Stan Frazier Rock musician (Sugar Ray)
41 Tim Womack Country musician (Sons of the Desert)
39 Scott Bairstow Actor
35 Barry Watson Actor
32 Kal Penn Actor ("House"), Obama White House staffer
32 John Cena Professional wrestler
30 Jaime King Actress
26 Aaron Hill Actor ("Greek")
24 Rachel Skarsten Actress
19 Matthew Underwood Actor
19 Camryn Walling Actor

52 William Shakespeare 4/23/1564 - 4/23/1616 English poet and dramatist
77 James Buchanan 4/23/1791 - 6/1/1868 15th president of the United States (1857-61)
89 Max Planck 4/23/1858 - 10/4/1947 German Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1918); originated quantum theory
82 Warren Spahn 4/23/1921 - 11/24/2003 Baseball Hall of Famer
52 Roy Orbison 4/23/1936 - 12/6/1988 Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades

Re: This Day In History
 

April 23rd

1616
Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hakespeere.jpg

1989
NBC aired the pilot episode of "Baywatch."
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/Baywatch.jpg

1995
Sportscaster Howard Cosell died at age 77.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a.../cosell2-1.jpg



Birthdays

70 Lee Majors Actor ("The Six Millon Dollar Man")
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...ee_Majors_.jpg


48 George Lopez Actor
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...eorgeLopez.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

William Shakespeare was also born on this date in 1564.

Re: This Day In History
 

It is in there Andy. :D

Re: This Day In History
 

April 24th

1184 BC
Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse

1704
The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston, Massachusetts New-Letter, is published

1800
Library of Congress was established.

1898
Spain declared war on the U.S..

1915
Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.

1916
The Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin, Ireland. Although unsuccessful, the uprising was an important symbolic event leading to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.

1953
Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

1974
Comedian Bud Abbott of Abbott & Costello died at the ge of 78.

1990
The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble Space Telescope.

2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.

Birthdays
75 Shirley MacLaine Actress
69 Sue Grafton Author
69 Michael Parks Actor
67 Barbra Streisand Singer, actress
66 Richard Sterban Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
64 Doug Clifford Rock musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
59 Rob Hyman Rock musician (The Hooters)
56 Eric Bogosian Actor
54 Michael O'Keefe Actor
50 Glenn Morshower Actor ("24")
46 Billy Gould Rock musician (Faith No More)
45 Djimon Hounsou Actor
45 Cedric the Entertainer Actor, comedian
42 Patty Schemel Rock musician (Hole)
42 Omar Vizquel Baseball player (Texas Rangers)
41 Aaron Comess Rock musician (Spin Doctors)
40 Melinda Clarke Actress
37 Chipper Jones Baseball player (Atlanta Braves)
35 Derek Luke Actor
32 Eric Balfour Actor ("24")
32 Carlos Beltran Baseball player (New York Mets)
30 Rebecca Lynn Howard Country singer
27 Kelly Clarkson Singer ("American Idol")
25 Tyson Ritter Rock musician (The All-American Rejects)
?? Blueface Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? rsamos Cigar Asylum Inmate

80 Robert Bailey Thomas 4/24/1766 - 5/19/1846 American publisher of "Old Farmer's Almanac"

Re: This Day In History
 

April 24th

1953
Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hill-cigar.jpg

1974
Comedian Bud Abbott of Abbott & Costello died at the ge of 78.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/abbott2.jpg

Birthdays
75 Shirley MacLaine Actress
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/Mclaine.jpg

54 Michael O'Keefe Actor
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/OKeefe.jpg



?? Blueface Cigar Asylum Inmate

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/blueface.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

April 25th

1901
New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.

1928
The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.

1939
DC Comics publishes its second major superhero in Detective Comics #27; he is Batman, one of the most popular comic book superheroes of all time.

1953
The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.

1956
Rocky (Brockton Blockbuster) Marciano retired as the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world. He had 43 knockouts and 3 decisions to his credit.

1959
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.

1965
New York Manager Casey Stengal got his 3,000th career victory.

1992
The final episode of "Growing Pains" aired on ABC.

1992
The final episode of "Who's the Boss?" aired on ABC.

1997
Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) got his 89th career playoff win. He passed Billy Smith for the top spot. The game was also Roy's 10th playoff shutout.

2003
The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.

Birthdays
79 Paul Mazursky Actor, director
77 Meadowlark Lemon Basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
69 Al Pacino Actor
64 Stu Cook Rock musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
64 Bjorn Ulvaeus Singer (ABBA)
63 Talia Shire Actress
62 Jeffrey DeMunn Actor ("The Green Mile")
60 Michael Brown Rock musician (The Left Banke)
59 Steve Ferrone Rock musician (The Heartbreakers)
55 Rob Crosby Country singer, songwriter
45 Hank Azaria Actor
44 Eric Avery Rock musician (Jane's Addiction)
44 Rory Feek Country musician
40 Gina Torres Actress
40 Renee Zellweger Actress
40 Joe Buck Sports broadcaster
39 Jason Lee Actor ("My Name is Earl")
39 Jason Wiles Actor ("Third Watch")
34 Emily Bergl Actress
33 Tim Duncan Basketball player
32 Marguerite Moreau Actress
21 Sara Paxton Actress
?? LasciviousXXX Cigar Asylum Inmate

79 Ella Fitzgerald 4/25/1917 - 6/15/1996 American jazz singer

Re: This Day In History
 

April 25th

1939
DC Comics publishes its second major superhero in Detective Comics #27; he is Batman, one of the most popular comic book superheroes of all time.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/Batman.jpg


1956
Rocky (Brockton Blockbuster) Marciano retired as the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world. He had 43 knockouts and 3 decisions to his credit.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/Marciano.jpg

Birthdays

69 Al Pacino Actor
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/AlPacino.jpg


45 Hank Azaria Actor
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/Moe-1.jpg

?? LasciviousXXX Cigar Asylum Inmate
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/Dustin2.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

April 26th

1607
Colonists land at Cape Henry, Va., They would found Jamestown the next month.

1865
Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, in Virginia.

1912
Hugh Bradley (Boston Red Sox) hit the first home run in Fenway Park.

1941
An organ was played at a baseball stadium for the first time in Chicago, IL.

1986
The worst nuclear power plant accident in history occurred at Chernobyl, near Kiev, U.S.S.R.

1989
Actress-comedian Lucille Ball died at age 77.

Birthdays
76 Carol Burnett Actress, comedian
71 Duane Eddy Rock musician
67 Bobby Rydell Singer
66 Gary Wright Rock singer
59 ripper Cigar Asylum Inmate
51 Giancarlo Esposito Actor
49 Roger Taylor Rock musician (Duran Duran)
48 Joan Chen Actress
48 Chris Mars Rock musician
47 Michael Damian Actor, singer
46 Jet Li Actor
45 Jimmy Stafford Rock musician (Train)
44 Kevin James Actor ("King of Queens")
42 Marianne Jean-Baptiste Actress ("Without a Trace")
42 Glenn Jacobs Professional wrestler (Kane, Isaac Yankem DDS, Fake Diesel)
41 Joe Caverlee Country musician (Yankee Grey)
39 T-Boz Singer (TLC)
38 Jay DeMarcus Country musician (Rascal Flats)
37 Michael Jeffers Country musician (Pinmonkey)
34 Nathan "Joey" Jordison Rock musician (Slipknot)
33 Jose Pasillas Rock musician (Incubus)
32 Jason Earles Actor ("Hannah Montana")
32 Tom Welling Actor ("Smallville")
29 Jordana Brewster Actress
29 Marnette Patterson Actress
29 Channing Tatum Actor
26 Jessica Lynch American P.O.W.
23 Aaron Meeks Actor

53 Ma Rainey 4/26/1886 - 12/22/1939 American singer; known as "the mother of the blues"
48 Hack Wilson 4/26/1900 - 11/23/1948 Baseball Hall of Famer

Re: This Day In History
 

April 26th

1989
Actress-comedian Lucille Ball died at age 77.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...ehog3/ball.jpg


Birthdays
76 Carol Burnett Actress, comedian
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...ol_burnett.jpg

44 Kevin James Actor ("King of Queens")
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/James.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

They liked him enough that they named the company after his title. Detective Comics = DC Comics
Rest in peace, Lucy. The greatest female comedian of all time IMHO.

Re: This Day In History
 

April 27th

1805
The U.S. Marines captured Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.

1865
The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 people were killed.

1947
"Babe Ruth Day" was celebrated at Yankee Stadium.

1971
The final episode of "Green Acres" aired.

1983
Pitcher Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson’s strikeout record—one that had held since 1927.

2006
Construction began on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Birthdays
87 Jack Klugman Actor ("The Odd Couple," "Quincy")
77 Anouk Aimee Actress
77 Casey Kasem Radio announcer, voice actor
70 Judy Carne Actress
65 Cuba Gooding R&B singer
62 Ann Peebles R&B singer
61 Kate Pierson Rock singer (B-52s)
60 Herbie Murrell R&B singer (The Stylistics)
60 Douglas Sheehan Actor
58 Ace Frehley Rock musician (Kiss)
57 George Gervin Basketball Hall of Famer
50 Sheena Easton Singer, actress
47 James Le Gros Actor
44 Rob Squires Rock musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters)
33 Sally Hawkins Actress
30 zemekone Cigar Asylum Inmate
30 Travis Meeks Rock musician (Days of the New)
26 Ari Graynor Actress
25 Patrick Stump Rock musician (Fall Out Boy)
22 William Moseley Actor ("The Chronicles of Narnia" films)
?? KenS Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? zitro_joe Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? ridmaster Cigar Asylum Inmate

81 Samuel Morse 4/27/1791 - 4/2/1872 American painter and developer of the telegraph
63 Ulysses S. Grant 4/27/1822 - 7/23/1885 18th president of the United States (1869-77) and Civil War general
67 Rogers Hornsby 4/27/1896 - 1/5/1963 Baseball Hall of Famer
41 Wallace Hume Carothers 4/27/1896 - 4/29/1937 American chemist; developed nylon
95 Walter Lantz 4/27/1899 - 3/22/1994 American film animator; creator of "Woody Woodpecker"
86 Enos Slaughter 4/27/1916 - 8/12/2002 Baseball Hall of Famer

Re: This Day In History
 

IBTP :r

Re: This Day In History
 

April 27th

1947
"Babe Ruth Day" was celebrated at Yankee Stadium.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/babe4.jpg


Birthdays
87 Jack Klugman Actor ("The Odd Couple," "Quincy")
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/klugman.jpg

30 zemekone Cigar Asylum Inmate
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/MMHRM-1.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...rryMEBOTL4.jpg

95 Walter Lantz 4/27/1899 - 3/22/1994 American film animator; creator of "Woody Woodpecker"

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/Lantz.png

Re: This Day In History
 

:r :r :r

Re: This Day In History
 

Is that a Gracie shirt Gerry is wearing?

Re: This Day In History
 

April 28th

1758 James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, was born in Virginia.


1788 Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.


1789 The crew of the British ship Bounty mutineed, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacific.


1937 Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was born near the desert town of Tikrit.


1945 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed.


1967 Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army.


1980 President Jimmy Carter accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran.


1988 The roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 peeled back during a flight from Hilo to Honolulu, killing a flight attendant and injuring 61 people.


1990 The musical "A Chorus Line" closed after 6,137 performances on Broadway.


1994 Former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had betrayed U.S.secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.


1996 President Bill Clinton gave 4 1/2 hours of videotaped testimony as a defense witness in the criminal trial of his former Whitewater business partners.


1999 The House rejected on a tie vote a measure expressing support for NATO's five-week-old air campaign against Yugoslavia and voted to limit the president's authority to use ground forces in Yugoslavia.


2001 A Russian rocket lifted off from Central Asia bearing the first space tourist, California businessman Dennis Tito.


2004 The first photos of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal were shown on CBS' "60 Minutes II."

Birthdays:

83 Harper Lee
Author ("To Kill a Mockingbird")


79 James A. Baker III
Former secretary of state


68 Ann-Margret
Singer, actress


61 Marcia Strassman
Actress ("Welcome Back, Kotter")


60 Paul Guilfoyle
Actor ("CSI")


59 Jay Leno
Talk show host ("The Tonight Show")


57 Chuck Leavell
Rock musician


56 Kim Gordon
Rock musician (Sonic Youth)


56 Mary McDonnell
Actress


45 Barry Larkin
Baseball player


43 John Daly
Golfer


43 Too Short
Rapper


38 Simbi Khali
Actress ("3rd Rock from the Sun")


38 Bridget Moynahan
Actress


38 Chris Young
Actor


36 Jorge Garcia
Actor ("Lost")


36 Big Gipp
Rapper


36 Elisabeth Rohm
Actress ("Law and Order")


35 Penelope Cruz
Actress


31 Nate Richert
Actor ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch")


28 Jessica Alba
Actress ("Dark Angel")


18 Aleisha Allen
Actress

Re: This Day In History
 

April 28th

1992
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture unveiled its first “food pyramid.”

Birthdays
41 - Daisy Berkowitz Rock musician (Marilyn Manson)

Re: This Day In History
 

April 29th

1429
Joan of Arc entered the city of Orléans. She would end its months-long siege and would become known as the "Maid of Orléans."

1864
The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

1916
The Easter rebellion in Ireland ended with the surrender of Irish nationalists.

1945
American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.

1945
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler married his longtime mistress Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker. The couple killed themselves the next day.

1961
ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" premiered.

1967
After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

1978
Japan's Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, became the first person to reach the North Pole alone.

1979
The final episode of "Battlestar Galactica" was aired on ABC.

1980
Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age of 80.

1981
Steve Carlton, of the Philadelphia Phillies, became the first left-handed pitcher in the major leagues to get 3,000 career strikeouts.

1981
Truck driver Peter Sutcliffe admitted in a London court to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the killer of 13 women in northern England over five years.

1986
Pitcher Roger Clemens set a major league baseball record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine-inning game. He repeated his feat in 1996.

1992
A Los Angeles jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating Rodney King. Massive rioting and looting ensued.

1997
The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from space station Mir.

2002
Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating his probation on a 1999 conviction on drug and solicitation of prostitution charges.

2004
Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.

Birthdays
92 Celeste Holm Actress
81 Carl Gardner R&B singer (The Coasters)
76 Keith Baxter Actor
76 Rod McKuen Poet
75 Luis Aparicio Baseball Hall of Famer
75 Otis Rush Blues musician
66 Duane Allen Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
65 Richard Kline Actor and director
62 Tommy James Singer (The Shondells)
59 Wayne Secrest Country musician (Confederate Railroad)
55 Jerry Seinfeld Actor, comedian ("Seinfeld")
54 Leslie Jordan Actor
54 Kate Mulgrew Actress ("Star Trek: Voyager")
52 Daniel Day-Lewis Actor
51 Michelle Pfeiffer Actress
51 Eve Plumb Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
51 Gary Cohen Sports broadcaster
49 Phil King Rock musician
46 Stephanie Bentley Country singer
46 Mike Babcock Hockey coach
41 Carnie Wilson Singer (Wilson Phillips)
39 Uma Thurman Actress
39 Andre Agassi Tennis player
39 Master P Rapper
37 James Bonamy Country singer
36 Mike Hogan Rock musician (The Cranberries)
31 Tyler Labine Actor ("Reaper")
24 Zane Carney Actor
?? skullnrose Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? The Professor Cigar Asylum Inmate

63 Alexander II 4/29/1818 - 3/13/1881 Russian emperor (1855-81); emancipated the serfs in 1861
88 William Randolph Hearst 4/29/1863 - 8/14/1951 American newspaper publisher
88 Harold Urey 4/29/1893 - 1/5/1981 American Nobel-Prize winning chemist (1934); helped develop the atom bomb
75 Duke Ellington 4/29/1899 - 5/24/1974 American composer, bandleader and pianist; a founder of big-band jazz
87 Hirohito 4/29/1901 - 1/7/1989 Japanese emperor (1926-89 )
72 George Allen 4/29/1918 - 12/31/1990 Hall of Fame football coach
49 Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 4/29/1951 - 2/18/2001 Race car driver
3 Barbaro 4/29/2003 - 1/29/2007 Thoroughbred race horse, 2006 Kentucky Derby

Re: This Day In History
 

Current computer problems are stifling my usual photo ops....but there is one that couldn't wait until the computer gets fixed later in the week! :r

April 29th

Birthdays
?? The Professor Cigar Asylum Inmate


http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/MMH2-1.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

http://www.smokinghotpurses.com/siralfredhitchcock.jpg

http://www.3click.tv/mp4//Seinfeld/s...169-304133.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

Thanks Ryan. :)

Re: This Day In History
 

1492
Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

1789
George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.

1803
France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

1812
Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States.

1859
The novel "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was first published in serial form in a literary magazine.

1900
Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory.

1939
Lou Gehrig played his last game with the New York Yankees. He had played in 2,130 consecutive games.

1939
U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World’s Fair.The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.

1945
Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.

1975
The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.

1975
ABC aired the pilot episode of "Starsky and Hutch."

1992
The final episode of "The Cosby Show" aired on NBC.

1993
Monica Seles was stabbed by Gunter Porsche. Porsche had run out onto the court after her match and stabbed Seles in the upper back.

1997
The television series "Ellen" made TV history when its lead character "came out" as a lesbian.

Birthdays
83 Cloris Leachman Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Phyllis")
76 Willie Nelson Country singer
71 Gary Collins Talk show host
69 Burt Young Actor
66 Bobby Vee Singer
65 Jill Clayburgh Actress
61 Perry King Actor
56 Merrill Osmond Singer (The Osmonds)
50 Paul Gross Actor
48 Isiah Thomas Basketball Hall of Famer
47 Robert Reynolds Country musician (The Mavericks)
46 Michael Waltrip Race car driver
44 Adrian Pasdar Actor ("Heroes")
40 Clark Vogeler Rock musician
38 Chris Henderson Rock musician (3 Doors Down)
38 Carolyn Dawn Johnson Country singer
37 Lisa Dean Ryan Actress
36 Jeff Timmons R&B singer (98 Degrees)
34 Elliott Sadler Race car driver
34 Johnny Galecki Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
27 Kirsten Dunst Actress
?? j-easy Cigar Asylum Inmate

82 Al Lewis 4/30/1923 - 2/3/2006 Actor best known for his role as "Grandpa" on the television series The Munsters

Re: This Day In History
 

Interested info. as always Ryan. Thanks. :tu

Re: This Day In History
 

May 1st

1707
The Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.

1751
The first cricket match is played in America.

1915
The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second and final crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans, rousing American sentiment against Germany.

1930
The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.

1931
The Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 102 stories, it would be the world's tallest building for the next 41 years. Click to see the current tallest.

1941
Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, considered by many the greatest film ever made, premiered in New York.

1948
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was established with Kim Il Sung as president.

1950
Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.

1951
Mickey Mantle hit his first home run.

1960
The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory.

1961
The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.

1967
Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu. (They divorced in 1973.)

1971
Amtrak went into service, combining and streamlining the operations of 18 intercity passenger railroads.

1988
The final episode of "Magnum, p.i." aired.

1991
44-year-old Texas fireballer Nolan Ryan hurled his seventh and final no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. That same day, Oakland's Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock’s stolen base record.

1992
On the third day of the Los Angeles riots, Rodney King appeared in public to appeal for calm, asking "Can we all get along?"

2008
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, convicted of being the "D.C. Madam," hanged herself in Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Birthdays
84 Chuck Bednarik Football Hall of Famer
80 Sonny James Country singer
67 Stephen Macht Actor
64 Rita Coolidge Singer
63 Nick Fortuna Rock musician (The Buckinghams)
60 Douglas Barr Actor, director
60 Paul Teutul, Sr. Founder of Orange County Choppers
58 Dann Florek Actor ("Law and Order: SVU")
48 Marilyn Milian Judge on The People's Court
47 Maia Morgenstern Actress
44 Wayne Hancock Country singer
43 Charlie Schlatter Actor
42 Tim McGraw Country singer
41 Johnny Colt Rock musician (Train)
41 D'Arcy Rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
40 Wes Anderson Director
37 Julie Benz Actress ("Dexter," "Angel")
37 Cory Morrow Country singer
33 Darius McCrary Actor

51 Calamity Jane 5/1/1852 - 8/1/1903 Frontierswoman and professional scout best known for her claim of being a pal of Wild Bill Hickok
79 Kate Smith 5/1/1907 - 6/17/1986 American radio and television singer

Re: This Day In History
 

"2008
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, convicted of being the "D.C. Madam," hanged herself in Tarpon Springs, Fla."

Listen Jeane is gone and nothing we can say will bring her back...

Re: This Day In History
 

Awesome. Thanks, Admiral. :D salute:

Re: This Day In History
 

May 2nd

1519
Artist Leonardo da Vinci died.

1885
Good Housekeeping magazine went on sale for the first time.

1932
Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.

1939
Lou Gehrig established a new major-league baseball record when he played his 2,130th consecutive game. It would take another 57 years before Cal Ripken, Jr., broke it.

1945
The Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin.

1946
The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place, killing two guards and three inmates.

1955
Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

1969
The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II departed on her maiden voyage to New York.

1972
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI for 48 years, died at age 77.

1994
Nelson Mandela was victorious in South Africa’s first multiracial election.

1997
The Labour Party’s Tony Blair became Prime Minister of Britain, ending 18 years of conservative rule. At 44, he was the youngest prime minister in 185 years.

Birthdays
85 Theodore Bikel Actor
73 Engelbert Humperdinck Singer
64 R.C. Bannon Country singer
64 Bianca Jagger Actress
63 Lesley Gore Singer
63 David Suchet Actor
61 Larry Gatlin Country singer
59 Lou Gramm Rock singer (Foreigner)
57 Christine Baranski Actress
47 Elizabeth Berridge Actress
47 Ty Herndon Country singer
40 Todd Sucherman Rock musician (Styx)
37 Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Actor, wrestler
34 David Beckham Soccer player
32 Jenna Von Oy Actress
26 Gaius Charles Actor ("Friday Night Lights")
24 Lily Allen Singer
24 Sarah Hughes Figure skater
19 Kay Panabaker Actress
?? CigarDoc Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? stevieray Cigar Asylum Inmate

67 Catherine II, called Catherine the Great 5/2/1729 - 6/11/1796 reigned as Empress of Russia
86 Henry Martyn Robert 5/2/1837 - 5/11/1923 American army officer; author of "Robert's Rules of Order"
63 Eddie Collins 5/2/1887 - 3/25/1951 Baseball Hall of Famer
25 Manfred Richthofen 5/2/1892 - 4/21/1918 German fighter pilot in World War I; known as the "Red Baron"
94 Benjamin Spock 5/2/1903 - 3/15/1998 American pediatrician; wrote influential child-rearing books
74 Bing Crosby 5/2/1903 - 10/14/1977 Singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.
41 Ray Traylor aka Big Boss Man 5/2/1963 - 9/22/2004 Professional wrestler

Re: This Day In History
 

May 3rd

1802
Washington, D.C., was incorporated.

1936
Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) made his major league debut. He got three hits.

1937
Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Gone With the Wind.

1979
Margaret Thatcher became the first woman elected prime minister of England.

1986
At the age of 54, legendary horse jockey Bill Shoemaker became the oldest person to win the Kentucky Derby, riding Ferdinand to victory.

1986
The final episode of "Crazy Like a Fox" was aired on CBS.

1991
The final episode of "Dallas" aired on CBS.

1999
Kansas and Oklahoma were hit by an outbreak of more than 55 tornadoes, including one measured at F5 on the Fujita scale.

2000
The final episode of "Party of Five" aired on FOX.

2003
New Hampshire’s symbol, the granite Old Man of the Mountain, collapsed in the state’s Franconia Mountains.

Birthdays
83 Ann B. Davis Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
75 Frankie Valli Singer (The Four Seasons)
63 Greg Gumbel Sports announcer
59 Mary Hopkin Singer
58 Christopher Cross Singer
52 Cactus Moser Country musician (Highway 101)
46 kaisersozei Cigar Asylum Inmate
41 Shane Minor Country singer
39 Bobby Cannavale Actor ("Cupid," "Third Watch")
38 Damon Dash Actor, producer
38 John Hopkins Country musician (Zac Brown Band)
38 John Neff Country musician (Drive-By Truckers)
37 Stonewall Cigar Asylum Inmate
36 Brad Martin Country singer
36 No1der Cigar Asylum Inmate
34 Dule' Hill Actor ("The West Wing")
32 Eric Church Country singer
25 Cheryl Burke Dancer ("Dancing with the Stars")
22 Savvy Cigar Asylum Inmate
19 Jill Berard Actress

88 Stu Hart 5/3/1915 - 10/16/2003 Professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. Stu also founded Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in Calgary, Alberta, and was the father of famous wrestlers Bret and Owen Hart
67 Sugar Ray Robinson 5/3/1921 - 4/12/1989 American boxer; world champion six times between 1946 and 1960
73 James Brown 5/3/1933 - 12/25/2006 Prolific singer, songwriter, dancer and bandleader, Brown was a pivotal force in the music industry

Re: This Day In History
 

1626
Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for 24 worth of cloth and brass buttons.

1776
Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

1886
The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.

1932
Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.

1959
The first Grammy Awards were held.

1961
Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.

1970
Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.

1998
The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.

1999
The final episode of "NewsRadio" aired on NBC.

Birthdays
72 Dick Dale Rock musician
72 Mr. Fuji Professional wrestler/manager
67 Nick Ashford Singer, songwriter (Ashford and Simpson)
65 Peggy Santiglia Singer
62 Richard Jenkins Actor
60 Stella Parton Country singer
59 Hilly Hicks Actor, minister
59 Darryl Hunt Rock musician (The Pogues)
58 Jackie Jackson Singer
58 Mick Mars Rock musician (Mötley Crüe)
56 Oleta Adams R&B singer
50 Randy Travis Country singer
48 Mary McDonough Actress ("The Waltons")
42 Ana Gasteyer Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
39 Will Arnett Actor
37 Mike Dirnt Rock musician (Green Day)
37 Chris Tomlin Singer
30 Lance Bass Singer ('N Sync)
15 Alexander Gould Actor ("Weeds," "Finding Nemo")

75 Bartolomeo Cristofori 5/4/1655 - 1/27/1731 Italian harpsichord maker; credited with the invention of the piano
73 Sir William Cooke 5/4/1806 - 6/25/1879 English inventor; helped develop electric telegraphy
54 Dory Funk 5/4/1919 - 6/3/1973 Professional wrestler
63 Audrey Hepburn 5/4/1929 - 1/20/1993 Belgian-born motion-picture and stage actress

Re: This Day In History
 

1932
Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/capone-1.jpg

1999
The final episode of "NewsRadio" aired on NBC.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/andydick.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Jonlovitz.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

May 5th

1494
Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.

1809
Mary Kies of South Killingly, Conn., became the first woman to be granted a patent. The patent was for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.

1821
Napoleon Bonaparte died on the island of St. Helena.

1891
Carnegie Hall (then known as Music Hall) opened in New York City. Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor.

1921
Coco Chanel introduces Chanel No. 5

1955
The baseball musical "Damn Yankees" opened on Broadway.

1961
Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

1978
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds registered his 3,000th major league hit.

1993
The final episode of "Quantum Leap" aired on NBC.

1995
The last game was played at Boston Gardens. The Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics.

1997
The final episode of "The Jeff Foxworthy Show" aired.

2000
The final episode of "Boy Meets World" aired on ABC.

2004
Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.

Birthdays
82 Pat Carroll Actress
75 Ace Cannon Rock musician
71 Michael Murphy Actor
71 Roni Stoneman Country singer
69 Lance Henriksen Actor
66 Michael Palin Actor, comedian (Monty Python)
65 Roger Rees Actor, director
65 John Rhys-Davies Actor
64 Kurt Loder Music journalist (MTV)
61 Bill Ward Rock musician (Black Sabbath)
52 Richard E. Grant Actor
50 Brian Williams NBC news anchor
50 Ian McCulloch Rock singer (Echo and the Bunnymen)
46 James LaBrie Rock singer (Dream Theater)
43 Shawn Drover Rock musician (Megadeth)
39 Kyan Douglas TV personality ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy")
36 Tina Yothers Actress ("Family Ties")
30 Vincent Kartheiser Actor ("Mad Men")
28 Craig David Rock singer
28 Danielle Fishel Actress ("Boys Meet World")
26 Henry Cavill Actor ("The Tudors")
21 Skye Sweetnam Rock singer
21 Brooke Hogan Singer & daughter of Hulk Hogan
20 Chris Brown R&B singer
?? icehog3 Cigar Asylum Inmate

64 Karl Marx 5/5/1818 - 3/14/1883 German political philosopher and economist; wrote "The Communist Manifesto"
60 Peter Cooper Hewitt 5/5/1861 - 8/25/1921 American electrical engineer; invented the mercury-vapor lamp
57 Nellie Bly 5/5/1864 - 1/27/1922 American journalist and adventurer

Re: This Day In History
 

May 5th

1993
The final episode of "Quantum Leap" aired on NBC.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/ql.jpg

1995
The last game was played at Boston Gardens. The Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/boston.jpg

Birthdays

?? icehog3 Cigar Asylum Inmate
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...Cornhole-1.jpg

64 Karl Marx 5/5/1818 - 3/14/1883 German political philosopher and economist; wrote "The Communist Manifesto"
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/Marx1-1.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

May 6th

1889
The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

1915
Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run while playing for the Boston Red Sox. The game was also his pitching debut.

1937
The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

1941
Dictator Joseph Stalin became the premier of Russia.

1946
The New York Yankees became the first major league baseball team to travel by plane.

1954
British athlete Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (3:59:4).

1957
The final episode of "I Love Lucy" aired.

1984
The final episode of "The Jeffersons" aired.

1994
The Chunnel between England and France officially opened.

1994
Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he'd sexually harassed her in 1991.

Birthdays
78 Willie Mays Baseball Hall of Famer
64 Jimmie Dale Gilmore Singer
64 Bob Seger Rock musician
62 Alan Dale Actor
62 Ben Masters Actor
57 Gregg Henry Actor
56 Tony Blair Former British prime minister
54 Tom Bergeron TV host ("Dancing with the Stars")
49 Roma Downey Actress ("Touched by an Angel")
48 George Clooney Actor
44 Leslie Hope Actress
42 Mark Bryan Rock musician (Hootie and the Blowfish)
38 Chris Shiflett Rock musician (Foo Fighters)
37 Martin Brodeur Hockey player
26 Adrianne Palicki Actress ("Friday Night Lights")

83 Sigmund Freud 5/6/1856 - 9/23/1939 Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
63 Robert Peary 5/6/1856 - 2/20/1920 American arctic explorer; led the first expedition to the North Pole
70 Orson Welles 5/6/1915 - 10/10/1985 American movie actor, director, producer and writer

Re: This Day In History
 

May 6th

1957
The final episode of "I Love Lucy" aired.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/arnaz.jpg

Birthdays

37 Martin Brodeur Hockey player
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...eurcigar-1.jpg

83 Sigmund Freud 5/6/1856 - 9/23/1939 Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...hog3/freud.jpg


70 Orson Welles 5/6/1915 - 10/10/1985 American movie actor, director, producer and writer
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/Aorson.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

May 7th

1718
The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.

1789
The first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President George Washington and his wife, Martha.

1824
Beethoven's 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna.

1847
The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, Pa.

1915
The British ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine in World War I off the coast of Ireland killing nearly 1,200 people.

1939
Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.

1945
Germany unconditionally surrendered to the allies in Rheims, France.

1946
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.

1977
Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby, on his way to horse racing's Triple Crown.

1987
Shelly Long, as Diane Chambers, made her last appearance as a regular on the TV show "Cheers."

1995
The final episode of "Matlock" aired on NBC.

Birthdays
80 Dick Williams Baseball Hall of Famer
70 Johnny Maestro Singer
70 Jimmy Ruffin R&B singer
64 Robin Strasser Actress
63 Bill Danoff Singer, songwriter (The Starland Vocal Band)
63 Bill Kreutzmann Rock musician (Grateful Dead)
59 Prairie Prince Rock musician
59 Randall "Tex" Cobb Former boxer, actor
58 Robert Hegyes Actor ("Welcome Back, Kotter")
55 Amy Heckerling Writer, director ("Clueless," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High")
50 Michael E. Knight Actor ("All My Children")
48 Phil Campbell Rock singer, musician (Motorhead)
40 Traci Lords Actress
35 Breckin Meyer Actor
30 pnoon Cigar Asylum Inmate
18 Taylor Abrahamse Actor
?? CaRyan Cigar Asylum Inmate

77 Robert Browning 5/7/1812 - 12/12/1889 English poet and writer
63 Johannes Brahms 5/7/1833 - 4/3/1897 German composer
53 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 5/7/1840 - 11/6/1893 Russian composer
60 Gary Cooper 5/7/1901 - 5/13/1961 American motion-picture actor
83 Darren McGavin 5/7/1922 - 2/25/2006 American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and also his portrayal in the movie A Christmas Story of the grumpy father
69 Johnny Unitas 5/7/1933 - 9/11/2002 Football Hall of Famer
58 Tim Russert 5/7/1950 - 6/13/2008 American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press
34 Owen Hart 5/7/1965 - 5/23/1999 Professional wrestler

Re: This Day In History
 

May 7th

Birthdays
30 pnoon Cigar Asylum Inmate

30?
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/pnoon2.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. :D

Re: This Day In History
 

May 8th

1794
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.

1866
Australian Rules Football was created.

1877
The first Westminister Dog Show was held.

1878
Paul Hines made baseball's first unassisted triple play.

1886
Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola

1902
Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted, destroying the town of St. Pierre, and killing 40,000 people.

1933
Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.

1945
V-E Day marks the European victory of the Allies in World War II.

1967
Muhammad Ali was indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army.

1970
The album "Let It Be" by the Beatles was released.

1971
Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali at New York's Madison Square Garden.

1973
The 10-week Wounded Knee occupation ended when members of the American Indian Movement surrendered.

1976
The rollercoaster Revolution (roller coaster), the first steel coaster with a vertical flip, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain

1978
David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the “Son of Sam,” plead guilty to killing six people in New York City.

1999
The Citadel in South Carolina graduated its first female cadet, Nancy Mace.

Birthdays
83 Don Rickles Comedian
69 Toni Tennille Singer (The Captain and Tennille)
67 Jack Blanchard Country singer
66 Paul Samwell-Smith Rock musician (The Yardbirds)
65 Gary Glitter Rock singer
58 Philip Bailey R&B singer (Earth, Wind and Fire)
58 Chris Frantz Rock musician (Talking Heads)
56 Billy Burnette Country musician
56 Alex Van Halen Rock musician (Van Halen)
55 Stephen Furst Actor
55 David Keith Actor
52 Bill Cowher Football coach, sportscaster
51 Lovie Smith Foorball coach (Chicago Bears)
50 Ronnie Lott Football Hall of Famer
45 Melissa Gilbert Actress ("Little House on the Prairie")
45 Bobby Labonte Race car driver
41 Del Gray Country musician (Little Texas)
37 Darren Hayes Rock singer
34 Enrique Iglesias Singer
30 akakirby Cigar Asylum Inmate
24 Julia Whelan Actress ("Once and Again")
?? e22byrnes Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? hurricane6 Cigar Asylum Inmate

56 Edward Gibbon 5/8/1737 - 1/16/1794 English historian; wrote "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
88 Harry Truman 5/8/1884 - 12/26/1972 American 33rd president of the United States
38 Sonny Liston 5/8/1932 - 12/30/1970 American world champion boxer from 1961 to 1964

Re: This Day In History
 

May 8th

1970
The album "Let It Be" by the Beatles was released.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a.../beatle3-1.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/beatle2.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...og3/beatle.jpg

Re: This Day In History
 

1457 BC
Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

1502
Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the New World.

1671
Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

1868
The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded.

1914
Mother's Day became a public holiday.

1926
Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.

1955
Sam and Friends debuts on a local United States television channel, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit the Frog and The Muppets.

1960
The FDA announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

1962
The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.

1992
The final episode of "The Golden Girls" aired on NBC.

1994
The South African parliament chose Nelson Mandela as president.

2002
The pilot episode of "CSI: Miami" aired.

Birthdays
91 Mike Wallace Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes")
77 Geraldine McEwan Actor
75 Alan Bennett Actor, screenwriter
74 Nokie Edwards Rock musician (The Ventures)
73 Albert Finney Actor
73 Glenda Jackson Actress
72 Sonny Curtis Rock musician (Buddy Holly and the Crickets)
67 Tommy Roe Singer
65 Richie Furay Rock musician (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
63 Candice Bergen Actress ("Murphy Brown")
63 Clint Holmes Singer
62 Anthony Higgins Actor
61 Calvin Murphy Basketball Hall of Famer
60 Billy Joel Singer, musician
59 Tom Petersson Rock singer, musician (Cheap Trick)
58 Alley Mills Actress ("The Wonder Years")
53 Wendy Crewson Actress
52 stevefrench Cigar Asylum Inmate
49 Tony Gwynn Baseball Hall of Famer
48 John Corbett Actor
47 Dave Gahan Rock singer (Depeche Mode)
44 Steve Yzerman Hockey player
39 Ghostface Killah Rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
38 Mike Myerson Country musician (Heartland)
30 Rosario Dawson Actress
30 Andrew W.K. Rock musician
27 Rachel Boston Actress ("American Dreams")
25 Prince Fielder Baseball player (Brewers)
24 Audrina Patridge TV personality ("The Hills")
?? TFphoenix33 Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? Luciuswand Cigar Asylum Inmate

77 Sir James Barrie 5/9/1860 - 6/19/1937 Scottish dramatist and novelist; wrote "Peter Pan"