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Gravdigr · 09-25-2016, 01:55 PM

September 25

Banned Books Week begins today.

1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England.

1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.

1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.

1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.

1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.

1906 – In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.

1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.

1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.

1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo Affair.

1970 - The first episode of The Partridge Family was shown on US TV, featuring Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey and Danny Bonaduce.

1974 – The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John.

1975 - Jackie Wilson had a heart attack while performing live on stage at the Latin Casino, New Jersey. Wilson collapsed into a coma suffering severe brain damage. Ironically, he was in the middle of singing one of his biggest hits, 'Lonely Teardrops' and was two words into the line, "....my heart is crying" when he collapsed to the stage, striking his head heavily. Wilson died on 21st January 1984.

1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.

1980 - John Bonham, drummer with Led Zeppelin, died aged 32 after a heavy drinking session. ‘Bonzo’ was found dead at guitarist Jimmy Page's house of what was described as asphyxiation, after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption (40 shots in 4 hours).

1983 – Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since World War II and in British history.

1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.

1999 - Stephen Canaday of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils was killed when the vintage WW II plane he was flying in, rolled, inverted and crashed into a tree. The pilot failed to maintain speed which resulted in a stall.

2000 - Ozzy Osbourne formally requested that Black Sabbath be removed from the nomination list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Calling the inclusion "meaningless", Osbourne went on to say "Let's face it. Black Sabbath have never been media darlings. We're a people's band and that suits us just fine."

Births

1764 – Fletcher Christian (HMS Bounty mutineer); 1897 – William Faulkner; 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg (spy); 1917 – Phil Rizzuto; 1926 – Aldo Ray; 1929 – Ronnie Barker (one of The Two Ronnies); 1929 – Barbara Walters; 1930 – Shel Silverstein; 1936 – Ken Forsse (created Teddy Ruxpin), Juliet Prowse; 1942 – Dee Dee Warwick♪ ♫(younger sister to Dionne Warwick); 1943 – Robert Gates, John Locke

(Spirit, Nazareth), Robert Walden; 1944 – Michael Douglas; 1946 – Jerry Penrod

(Iron Butterfly); 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs

; 1951 – Mark Hamill; 1952 – Christopher Reeve; 1956 – Jamie Hyneman (The Mythbusters); 1957 – Michael Madsen ('Mr. Blonde'); 1961 – Heather Locklear

; 1962 – Aida Turturro (Tony's sister 'Janice' on The Sopranos); 1964 – Chris Impellitteri

; 1968 – Will Smith; 1969 – Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal

; 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kerri Kendall

(Playboy Playmate), Dean Ween

(Ween); 1976 – Santigold♪ ♫

Deaths

1849 – Johann Strauss I♪ ♫; 1867 – Oliver Loving (co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail); 1928 – Richard F. Outcault (created Buster Brown, the comic, not the shoes); 1933 – Ring Lardner; 1960 – Emily Post; 1980 – John Bonham

(Led Zeppelin); 1984 – Walter Pidgeon; 1987 – Mary A$tor; 1988 – Billy Carter (brother to 39th POTUS Jimmy Carter); 1991 – Klaus Barbie "Butcher of Lyon"; 2003 – George Plimpton; 2005 – Don Adams (Get Smart); 2006 – Jeff Cooper (creator of the "modern technique" of handgun shooting); 2012 – Andy Williams♪ ♫

09-25-2016, 01:55 PM	#281
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	September 25 Banned Books Week begins today. 1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England. 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights. 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver. 1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. 1906 – In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control. 1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible. 1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden. 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. 1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo Affair. 1970 - The first episode of The Partridge Family was shown on US TV, featuring Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey and Danny Bonaduce. 1974 – The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John. 1975 - Jackie Wilson had a heart attack while performing live on stage at the Latin Casino, New Jersey. Wilson collapsed into a coma suffering severe brain damage. Ironically, he was in the middle of singing one of his biggest hits, 'Lonely Teardrops' and was two words into the line, "....my heart is crying" when he collapsed to the stage, striking his head heavily. Wilson died on 21st January 1984. 1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people. 1980 - John Bonham, drummer with Led Zeppelin, died aged 32 after a heavy drinking session. ‘Bonzo’ was found dead at guitarist Jimmy Page's house of what was described as asphyxiation, after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption (40 shots in 4 hours). 1983 – Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since World War II and in British history. 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail. 1999 - Stephen Canaday of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils was killed when the vintage WW II plane he was flying in, rolled, inverted and crashed into a tree. The pilot failed to maintain speed which resulted in a stall. 2000 - Ozzy Osbourne formally requested that Black Sabbath be removed from the nomination list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Calling the inclusion "meaningless", Osbourne went on to say "Let's face it. Black Sabbath have never been media darlings. We're a people's band and that suits us just fine." Births 1764 – Fletcher Christian (HMS Bounty mutineer); 1897 – William Faulkner; 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg (spy); 1917 – Phil Rizzuto; 1926 – Aldo Ray; 1929 – Ronnie Barker (one of The Two Ronnies); 1929 – Barbara Walters; 1930 – Shel Silverstein; 1936 – Ken Forsse (created Teddy Ruxpin), Juliet Prowse; 1942 – Dee Dee Warwick♪ ♫(younger sister to Dionne Warwick); 1943 – Robert Gates, John Locke(Spirit, Nazareth), Robert Walden; 1944 – Michael Douglas; 1946 – Jerry Penrod(Iron Butterfly); 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs; 1951 – Mark Hamill; 1952 – Christopher Reeve; 1956 – Jamie Hyneman (The Mythbusters); 1957 – Michael Madsen ('Mr. Blonde'); 1961 – Heather Locklear; 1962 – Aida Turturro (Tony's sister 'Janice' on The Sopranos); 1964 – Chris Impellitteri; 1968 – Will Smith; 1969 – Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal; 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kerri Kendall(Playboy Playmate), Dean Ween(Ween); 1976 – Santigold♪ ♫ Deaths 1849 – Johann Strauss I♪ ♫; 1867 – Oliver Loving (co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail); 1928 – Richard F. Outcault (created Buster Brown, the comic, not the shoes); 1933 – Ring Lardner; 1960 – Emily Post; 1980 – John Bonham(Led Zeppelin); 1984 – Walter Pidgeon; 1987 – Mary A$tor; 1988 – Billy Carter (brother to 39th POTUS Jimmy Carter); 1991 – Klaus Barbie "Butcher of Lyon"; 2003 – George Plimpton; 2005 – Don Adams (Get Smart); 2006 – Jeff Cooper (creator of the "modern technique" of handgun shooting); 2012 – Andy Williams♪ ♫ __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.