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Gravdigr · 02-03-2017, 12:26 PM

February 3

Today is Four Chaplains Day in the U.S.

Events

1377 – More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are killed by the Condottieri (papal armed forces) in the "Cesena Bloodbath".

1488 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.

1690 – The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.

1781 – American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.

1809 – The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.

1834 – Wake Forest University is established.

1870 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.

1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.

1943 – The SS Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive. The Chapel of the Four Chaplains, dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains story.

1945 – World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.

1959 – The Day The Music Died: Deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

1961 – The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.

1967 - Producer Joe Meek shot his landlady Violet Shenton and then shot himself at his flat in London.

1969 – In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.

1971 – New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.

1972 – The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.

1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.

1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.

1995 – Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

1998 – Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.

2004 - R. Kelly appeared in court and entered of plea of not guilty to 21 charges of child pornography. Kelly, who was free on bond, did not talk during the brief hearing. Outside the Cook County Criminal Courthouse fans voiced their support for the singer, proclaiming his innocence with placards and T-shirts. Kelly had been arrested in Florida after he was indicted by a grand jury in Chicago on 21 counts of child pornography, stemming from a videotape that allegedly shows the star performing sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl.

Births

1807 – Joseph E. Johnston; 1809 – Felix Mendelssohn; 1811 – Horace Greeley ("Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."); 1859 – Hugo Junkers (designed the Junkers J 1); 1874 – Gertrude Stein; 1894 – Norman Rockwell; 1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd

; 1907 – James A. Michener; 1918 – Joey Bishop; 1920 – Henry Heimlich; 1925 – John Fiedler ('Lawyer Daggett' in True Grit); 1935 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson♪ ♫; 1938 – Victor Buono; 1939 – Michael Cimino; 1940 – Fran Tarkenton; 1943 – Blythe Danner; 1945 – Bob Griese; 1947 – Dave Davies♪ ♫(The Kinks); 1947 – Stephen McHattie; 1950 – Morgan Fairchild

; 1956 – Nathan Lane; 1962 – Michele Greene

; 1965 – Maura Tierney; 1969 – Beau Biden; 1969 – Retief Goosen; 1970 – Warwick Davis

Deaths

1468 – Johannes Gutenberg; 1883 – Richard Wagner; 1889 – Belle Starr; 1924 – Woodrow Wilson (28th POTUS); 1935 – Hugo Junkers; 1959 – The Day the Music Died, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens; 1961 – Anna May Wong; 1989 – John Cassavetes; 1991 – Nancy Kulp (Miss Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies); 1996 – Audrey Meadows (The Honeymooners); 2006 – Al Lewis ('Grandpa' on The Munsters); 2010 – Frances Reid (Days of Our Lives); 2012 – Ben Gazzara; 2012 – Zalman King

02-03-2017, 12:26 PM	#539
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	February 3 Today is Four Chaplains Day in the U.S. Events 1377 – More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are killed by the Condottieri (papal armed forces) in the "Cesena Bloodbath". 1488 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. 1690 – The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius. 1809 – The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress. 1834 – Wake Forest University is established. 1870 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race. 1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. 1943 – The SS Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive. The Chapel of the Four Chaplains, dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains story. 1945 – World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000. 1959 – The Day The Music Died: Deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. 1961 – The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post. 1967 - Producer Joe Meek shot his landlady Violet Shenton and then shot himself at his flat in London. 1969 – In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress. 1971 – New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. 1972 – The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. 1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth. 1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger. 1995 – Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 1998 – Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy. 2004 - R. Kelly appeared in court and entered of plea of not guilty to 21 charges of child pornography. Kelly, who was free on bond, did not talk during the brief hearing. Outside the Cook County Criminal Courthouse fans voiced their support for the singer, proclaiming his innocence with placards and T-shirts. Kelly had been arrested in Florida after he was indicted by a grand jury in Chicago on 21 counts of child pornography, stemming from a videotape that allegedly shows the star performing sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl. Births 1807 – Joseph E. Johnston; 1809 – Felix Mendelssohn; 1811 – Horace Greeley ("Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."); 1859 – Hugo Junkers (designed the Junkers J 1); 1874 – Gertrude Stein; 1894 – Norman Rockwell; 1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd; 1907 – James A. Michener; 1918 – Joey Bishop; 1920 – Henry Heimlich; 1925 – John Fiedler ('Lawyer Daggett' in True Grit); 1935 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson♪ ♫; 1938 – Victor Buono; 1939 – Michael Cimino; 1940 – Fran Tarkenton; 1943 – Blythe Danner; 1945 – Bob Griese; 1947 – Dave Davies♪ ♫(The Kinks); 1947 – Stephen McHattie; 1950 – Morgan Fairchild; 1956 – Nathan Lane; 1962 – Michele Greene; 1965 – Maura Tierney; 1969 – Beau Biden; 1969 – Retief Goosen; 1970 – Warwick Davis Deaths 1468 – Johannes Gutenberg; 1883 – Richard Wagner; 1889 – Belle Starr; 1924 – Woodrow Wilson (28th POTUS); 1935 – Hugo Junkers; 1959 – The Day the Music Died, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens; 1961 – Anna May Wong; 1989 – John Cassavetes; 1991 – Nancy Kulp (Miss Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies); 1996 – Audrey Meadows (The Honeymooners); 2006 – Al Lewis ('Grandpa' on The Munsters); 2010 – Frances Reid (Days of Our Lives); 2012 – Ben Gazzara; 2012 – Zalman King __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. 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