This Day In History

MedicCook · 07-01-2009, 10:33 PM

July 2nd

1566
French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus died.

1698
Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine

1850
The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.

1881
President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19.

1926
The U.S. Army Air Corps was created.

1937
Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world.

1947
An object that the Army Air Force later said was a weather balloon crashed near Roswell, N.M. Eyewitness accounts gave rise to speculation it might have been an alien spacecraft.

1955
ABC Television premiered "The Lawrence Welk Show."

1961
Author Ernest Hemingway, 61, shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho.

1962
The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.

1964
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

1997
Actor James Stewart died in Beverly Hills, Calif., he was 89.

2002
Steve Fossett became the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon.

Birthdays
78 Robert Ito Actor ("Quincy")
72 Polly Holliday Actress ("Alice")
72 Richard Petty Auto racer
62 Larry David Writer,director & actor ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Seinfeld")
61 Saul Rubinek Actor
60 Roy Bittan Rock musician (The E Street Band)
57 Gene Taylor Rock musician
53 Jerry Hall Actress, model
52 Bret "Hitman" Hart Professional wrestler
48 Jimmy McNichol Actor, singer
45 José Canseco Baseball player
45 Ozzie Canseco Baseball player
44 Dave Parsons Rock musician (Bush)
44 Lt. Skills Cigar Asylum Inmate
39 Yancy Butler Actress
31 Owain Yeoman Actor
26 Michelle Branch Rock singer
25 Vanessa Lee Chester Actress
24 Ashley Tisdale Actress ("High School Musical" movies)
23 Lindsay Lohan Actress
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87 Thurgood Marshall 7/2/1908 - 1/24/1993 American civil rights lawyer and first African-American Supreme Court justice
69 Dave Thomas 7/2/1932 - 1/8/2002 founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers

07-01-2009, 10:33 PM	#11
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History July 2nd 1566 French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus died. 1698 Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine 1850 The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane. 1881 President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19. 1926 The U.S. Army Air Corps was created. 1937 Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world. 1947 An object that the Army Air Force later said was a weather balloon crashed near Roswell, N.M. Eyewitness accounts gave rise to speculation it might have been an alien spacecraft. 1955 ABC Television premiered "The Lawrence Welk Show." 1961 Author Ernest Hemingway, 61, shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. 1962 The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. 1964 President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. 1997 Actor James Stewart died in Beverly Hills, Calif., he was 89. 2002 Steve Fossett became the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon. Birthdays 78 Robert Ito Actor ("Quincy") 72 Polly Holliday Actress ("Alice") 72 Richard Petty Auto racer 62 Larry David Writer,director & actor ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Seinfeld") 61 Saul Rubinek Actor 60 Roy Bittan Rock musician (The E Street Band) 57 Gene Taylor Rock musician 53 Jerry Hall Actress, model 52 Bret "Hitman" Hart Professional wrestler 48 Jimmy McNichol Actor, singer 45 José Canseco Baseball player 45 Ozzie Canseco Baseball player 44 Dave Parsons Rock musician (Bush) 44 Lt. Skills Cigar Asylum Inmate 39 Yancy Butler Actress 31 Owain Yeoman Actor 26 Michelle Branch Rock singer 25 Vanessa Lee Chester Actress 24 Ashley Tisdale Actress ("High School Musical" movies) 23 Lindsay Lohan Actress ?? IamLoki Cigar Asylum Inmate 87 Thurgood Marshall 7/2/1908 - 1/24/1993 American civil rights lawyer and first African-American Supreme Court justice 69 Dave Thomas 7/2/1932 - 1/8/2002 founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers __________________ 27 World Series Championship's "If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife.", Zino Davidoff