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Gravdigr · 09-27-2016, 12:42 PM

September 27

Today is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

Today is also World Tourism Day.

1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England.

1590 – Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States, for one day after the Second Continental Congress evacuates Philadelphia to avoid invading British forces.

1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone.

1825 – Locomotion No. 1 hauled the train on the opening day of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway to use steam locomotives.

1854 – The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.

1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.

1930 – Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.

1941 – The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.

1954 – The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.

1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.

1962 – Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

1964 – The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.

1968 – The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.

1979 - Scottish guitarist Jimmy McCullough died from a heroin overdose in his flat in Maida Vale, London, aged 26.

1983 – Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.

1986 - Metallica bass player Cliff Burton was crushed to death after the bands tour bus crashed between Stockholm and Copenhagen. During a European tour members from the band drew cards for the most comfortable bunk on the tour bus, Burton had won the game with an Ace of Spades and was asleep when the tour bus ran over a patch of black ice and skidded off of the road. He was thrown through the window of the bus, which fell on top of him.

1996 – The Julie N., a tanker ship, spills thousands of gallons of oil after crashing into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine.

1998 – The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.

2003 – SMART-1 satellite is launched.

2004 - Legendary record producer Phil Spector was formally charged with murder in the February 3rd, 2003 shooting of actress Lana Clarkson. He was convicted in April, 2009 and sentenced to 19 years to life in the California State prison system.

2007 – NASA launches the Dawn probe.

2011 - Tony Bennett became the oldest living person to top the US album chart when the 85-year-old's 'Duets II' album went to No.1. The record, which featured collaborations with Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga, was also his first US No.1 in his 60 year career.

Births

1722 – Samuel Adams; 1803 – Samuel Francis Du Pont; 1824 – William "Bull" Nelson; 1840 – Thomas Nast; 1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr.; 1919 – Jayne Meadows; 1920 – William Conrad (Cannon, Nero Wolfe; Jake & The Fat Man); 1922 – Arthur Penn; 1927 – Sada Thompson; 1933 – Greg Morris (Mission Impossible); 1934 – Wilford Brimley; 1934 – Claude Jarman, Jr. (The Yearling); 1934 – Dick Schaap; 1936 – Don Cornelius♪ ♫ (Soul Train); 1942 – Dith Pran (inspiration/subject of The Killing Fields); 1943 – Randy Bachman

(Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who); 1947 – Meat Loaf♪ ♫; 1953 – Greg Ham♪ ♫(Men At Work); 1954 – Larry Wall (creator of the Perl programming language); 1957 – Peter Sellars; 1958 - Shaun Cassidy♪ ♫; 1963 – Marc Maron; 1966 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz; 1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow; 1982 – Lil Wayne♪ ♫; 1984 – Avril Lavigne♪ ♫

Deaths

1876 – Braxton Bragg; 1917 – Edgar Degas

; 1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck (no, not that one, there was another one); 1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson; 1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias; 1965 – Clara Bow; 1979 – Jimmy McCulloch

; 1981 – Robert Montgomery; 1985 – Lloyd Nolan ('Mike Shayne' in the Shayne detective movies); 1986 – Cliff Burton

(Metallica); 1993 – Jimmy Doolittle; 2003 – Donald O'Connor; 2008 – Henri Pachard (porn & sexploitation movie director/producer); 2009 – William Safire; 2010 – George Blanda; 2014 – James Traficant

09-27-2016, 12:42 PM	#289
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	September 27 Today is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Today is also World Tourism Day. 1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England. 1590 – Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States, for one day after the Second Continental Congress evacuates Philadelphia to avoid invading British forces. 1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. 1825 – Locomotion No. 1 hauled the train on the opening day of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public railway to use steam locomotives. 1854 – The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean. 1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan. 1930 – Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur. 1941 – The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. 1954 – The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC. 1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. 1962 – Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1964 – The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. 1968 – The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973. 1979 - Scottish guitarist Jimmy McCullough died from a heroin overdose in his flat in Maida Vale, London, aged 26. 1983 – Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system. 1986 - Metallica bass player Cliff Burton was crushed to death after the bands tour bus crashed between Stockholm and Copenhagen. During a European tour members from the band drew cards for the most comfortable bunk on the tour bus, Burton had won the game with an Ace of Spades and was asleep when the tour bus ran over a patch of black ice and skidded off of the road. He was thrown through the window of the bus, which fell on top of him. 1996 – The Julie N., a tanker ship, spills thousands of gallons of oil after crashing into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine. 1998 – The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday. 2003 – SMART-1 satellite is launched. 2004 - Legendary record producer Phil Spector was formally charged with murder in the February 3rd, 2003 shooting of actress Lana Clarkson. He was convicted in April, 2009 and sentenced to 19 years to life in the California State prison system. 2007 – NASA launches the Dawn probe. 2011 - Tony Bennett became the oldest living person to top the US album chart when the 85-year-old's 'Duets II' album went to No.1. The record, which featured collaborations with Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga, was also his first US No.1 in his 60 year career. Births 1722 – Samuel Adams; 1803 – Samuel Francis Du Pont; 1824 – William "Bull" Nelson; 1840 – Thomas Nast; 1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr.; 1919 – Jayne Meadows; 1920 – William Conrad (Cannon, Nero Wolfe; Jake & The Fat Man); 1922 – Arthur Penn; 1927 – Sada Thompson; 1933 – Greg Morris (Mission Impossible); 1934 – Wilford Brimley; 1934 – Claude Jarman, Jr. (The Yearling); 1934 – Dick Schaap; 1936 – Don Cornelius♪ ♫ (Soul Train); 1942 – Dith Pran (inspiration/subject of The Killing Fields); 1943 – Randy Bachman(Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who); 1947 – Meat Loaf♪ ♫; 1953 – Greg Ham♪ ♫(Men At Work); 1954 – Larry Wall (creator of the Perl programming language); 1957 – Peter Sellars; 1958 - Shaun Cassidy♪ ♫; 1963 – Marc Maron; 1966 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz; 1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow; 1982 – Lil Wayne♪ ♫; 1984 – Avril Lavigne♪ ♫ Deaths 1876 – Braxton Bragg; 1917 – Edgar Degas; 1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck (no, not that one, there was another one); 1944 – Aimee Semple McPherson; 1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias; 1965 – Clara Bow; 1979 – Jimmy McCulloch; 1981 – Robert Montgomery; 1985 – Lloyd Nolan ('Mike Shayne' in the Shayne detective movies); 1986 – Cliff Burton(Metallica); 1993 – Jimmy Doolittle; 2003 – Donald O'Connor; 2008 – Henri Pachard (porn & sexploitation movie director/producer); 2009 – William Safire; 2010 – George Blanda; 2014 – James Traficant __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. 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