This Day in History

Gravdigr · 09-08-2016, 01:04 PM

September 8

Today is International Literacy Day, among many other 'days'.

1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.

1565 – St. Augustine, Florida was founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.

1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.

1862 – Millennium of Russia monument unveiled in Novgorod.

1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.

1888 – In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral's submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made.

1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.

1900 – A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.

1921 – Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

1923 – Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.

1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

1935 – US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.

1941 – German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.

1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.

1945 – Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.

1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.

1966 – The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".

1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

1975 – Gays in teh military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, which was later upgraded to honorable.

1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.

1994 – USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.

2002 - Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson started his new job as an airline pilot. The heavy metal singer qualified as a £35,000 - a year first officer with Gatwick based airline Astraeus who took holidaymakers to Portugal and Egypt.

2011 - Jury selection began for the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray. Prospective jurors were asked to fill out a 30-page questionnaire to determining their level of knowledge of the case and any strong views about Jackson or Murray.

2012 – Former US President Jimmy Carter surpasses Herbert Hoover for longest retirement after leaving office. Hoover was retired for 11,553 days, and had held the record for over 54 years.

Births

1841 – Antonín Dvořák

, Charles J. Guiteau (assassin of POTUS James A. Garfield); 1897 – Jimmie Rodgers♪ ♫; 1915 – Frank Cady (played storekeeper 'Sam Drucker' in three different tv series, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies); 1922 – Sid Caesar; 1924 – Wendell H. Ford; 1925 – Peter Sellers; 1932 – Patsy Cline♪ ♫; 1938 – Adrian Cronauer (inspiration for Good Morning, Vietnam), Sam Nunn; 1941 – Bernie Sanders; 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

(The Grateful Dead); 1946 – L. C. Greenwood(NFL); 1956 – Mick Brown

(Dokken, Ted Nugent, Lynch Mob); 1960 – Aimee Mann♪ ♫, David Steele♪ ♫(Fine Young Cannibals); 1970 – Neko Case♪ ♫; 1971 – David Arquette; 1975 – Larenz Tate; 1979 – Pink♪ ♫

Deaths

1949 – Richard Strauss♪ ♫; 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge; 1970 – Percy Spencer (invented the microwave oven); 1977 – Zero Mostel; 1980 – Willard Libby (radiocarbon dating); 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl; 2004 – Frank Thomas (animator, one of Disney's Nine Old Men); 2006 – Peter Brock

; 2014 – S. Truett Cathy (founded Chick-fil-A)

Gravdigr · 09-09-2016, 01:14 PM

September 9

1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.

1926 – In the United States the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is formed.

1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.

1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.

1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.

US newspaper The Hollywood Reporter ran the following advertisement; 'Madness folk & roll musicians, singers wanted for acting roles in new TV show. Parts for 4 insane boys. The Monkees were born. 437 people applied for the job.

1968 - Working at Abbey Road studios on The White Album, The Beatles recorded 'Helter Skelter'. John Lennon played bass and honked on a saxophone, roadie Mal Evans tried his best at playing trumpet. Paul McCartney recorded his lead vocal and George Harrison ran about the studio holding a flaming ashtray above his head.

1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.

1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.

1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.

1999 – Sega releases the first 128-bit video game console, the Dreamcast.

2001 – The Unix billennium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit decimal Unix time stamps. Good times, man, good times.

2015 – Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

Births

1585 – Cardinal Richelieu; 1754 – William Bligh (Commander of the HMS Bounty); 1828 – Leo Tolstoy; 1839 – Devil Anse Hatfield (Hatfield - McCoy feudster); 1887 – Alf Landon; 1890 – Col. Harlan Sanders (founded Kentucky Fried Chicken); 1919 – Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder (Vegas bookmaker, sportscaster); 1924 – Jane Greer; 1927 – Elvin Jones

; 1940 – Joe Negroni♪ ♫(Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers); 1941 – Otis Redding♪ ♫, Dennis Ritchie (created C programming language); 1949 – Joe Theismann; 1950 – John McFee♪ ♫(The Doobie Bros.); 1951 – Tom Wopat ('Luke Duke'); 1952 – Angela Cartwright; 1952 – Dave Stewart

(The Eurythmics); 1955 – John Kricfalusi (created The Ren & Stimpy Show); 1960 – Hugh Grant; 1966 – Adam Sandler; 1969 – Rachel Hunter; 1971 – Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), Henry Thomas ('Elliott' in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial); 1975 – Michael Bublé; 1991 – Hunter Hayes♪ ♫

Deaths

1087 – William the Conqueror; 1834 – James Weddell (namesake of the Weddell Sea); 1871 – Stand Watie; 1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

; 1915 – Albert Spalding (co-founded Spalding sports equipment); 1978 – Jack L. Warner (co-founded Warner Bros.); 1994 – Patrick O'Neal; 1996 – Bill Monroe♪ ♫; 1997 – Burgess Meredith; 1999 – Ruth Roman; 2004 – Ernie Ball ('Slinkys' guitar strings); 2006 – William Bernard Ziff Jr. (founded Ziff Davis)

Gravdigr · 09-10-2016, 01:12 PM

September 10

1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.

1547 – The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.

1897 – Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.

1936 – First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium.

1939 – World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.

1960 – At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon bare foot.

1961 – Italian Grand Prix: A crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.

2007 - Pamela Anderson's ex-husband Kid Rock was involved in an alleged assault on drummer Tommy Lee, (who was also married to the actress up until 1998). Police interviewed witnesses to a tussle involving the pair at the MTV Music Video Awards in Las Vegas. Lee was removed from the ceremony while Rock, was allowed to stay.

2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

Births

1801 – Marie Laveau (voodoo practitioner); 1839 – Isaac K. Funk (Funk & Wagnalls); 1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli; 1896 – Adele Astaire (Fred's sister, and dance partner); 1915 – Edmond O'Brien; 1929 – Arnold Palmer; 1933 – Karl Lagerfeld; 1934 – Charles Kuralt, Roger Maris; 1945 – José Feliciano

; 1948 – Margaret Trudeau; 1949 – Bill O'Reilly (American asshole); 1950 – Joe Perry

(Aerosmith); 1953 – Amy Irving; 1954 – Don 'The Dragon' Wilson (kickboxer); 1960 – Colin Firth (The King's Speech); 1963 – Randy 'The Big Unit' Johnson; 1968 – Guy Ritchie; 1974 – Ryan Phillippe

Deaths

1842 – Letitia Christian Tyler (11th FLOTUS); 1935 – Huey Long; 1938 – Charles Cruft ("Cruft's Greatest Dog Show"); 1961 – Wolfgang von Trips

; 1976 – Dalton Trumbo; 1996 – Joanne Dru; 2005 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

; 2011 – Cliff Robertson; 2014 – Richard Kiel ('Jaws' in Moonraker)

09-08-2016, 01:04 PM	#1
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	September 8 Today is International Literacy Day, among many other 'days'. 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida was founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. 1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon. 1862 – Millennium of Russia monument unveiled in Novgorod. 1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. 1888 – In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral's submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made. 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. 1900 – A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. 1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. 1921 – Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. 1923 – Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape. 1935 – US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building. 1941 – German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. 1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time. 1945 – Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier. 1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star. 1966 – The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap". 1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. 1975 – Gays in teh military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, which was later upgraded to honorable. 1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires. 1994 – USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. 2002 - Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson started his new job as an airline pilot. The heavy metal singer qualified as a £35,000 - a year first officer with Gatwick based airline Astraeus who took holidaymakers to Portugal and Egypt. 2011 - Jury selection began for the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray. Prospective jurors were asked to fill out a 30-page questionnaire to determining their level of knowledge of the case and any strong views about Jackson or Murray. 2012 – Former US President Jimmy Carter surpasses Herbert Hoover for longest retirement after leaving office. Hoover was retired for 11,553 days, and had held the record for over 54 years. Births 1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Charles J. Guiteau (assassin of POTUS James A. Garfield); 1897 – Jimmie Rodgers♪ ♫; 1915 – Frank Cady (played storekeeper 'Sam Drucker' in three different tv series, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies); 1922 – Sid Caesar; 1924 – Wendell H. Ford; 1925 – Peter Sellers; 1932 – Patsy Cline♪ ♫; 1938 – Adrian Cronauer (inspiration for Good Morning, Vietnam), Sam Nunn; 1941 – Bernie Sanders; 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan(The Grateful Dead); 1946 – L. C. Greenwood(NFL); 1956 – Mick Brown(Dokken, Ted Nugent, Lynch Mob); 1960 – Aimee Mann♪ ♫, David Steele♪ ♫(Fine Young Cannibals); 1970 – Neko Case♪ ♫; 1971 – David Arquette; 1975 – Larenz Tate; 1979 – Pink♪ ♫ Deaths 1949 – Richard Strauss♪ ♫; 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge; 1970 – Percy Spencer (invented the microwave oven); 1977 – Zero Mostel; 1980 – Willard Libby (radiocarbon dating); 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl; 2004 – Frank Thomas (animator, one of Disney's Nine Old Men); 2006 – Peter Brock; 2014 – S. Truett Cathy (founded Chick-fil-A) __________________ 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.

09-09-2016, 01:14 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	September 9 1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling. 1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt. 1926 – In the United States the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is formed. 1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer. 1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon. 1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. 1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage. US newspaper The Hollywood Reporter ran the following advertisement; 'Madness folk & roll musicians, singers wanted for acting roles in new TV show. Parts for 4 insane boys. The Monkees were born. 437 people applied for the job. 1968 - Working at Abbey Road studios on The White Album, The Beatles recorded 'Helter Skelter'. John Lennon played bass and honked on a saxophone, roadie Mal Evans tried his best at playing trumpet. Paul McCartney recorded his lead vocal and George Harrison ran about the studio holding a flaming ashtray above his head. 1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison. 1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world. 1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state. 1999 – Sega releases the first 128-bit video game console, the Dreamcast. 2001 – The Unix billennium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit decimal Unix time stamps. Good times, man, good times. 2015 – Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. Births 1585 – Cardinal Richelieu; 1754 – William Bligh (Commander of the HMS Bounty); 1828 – Leo Tolstoy; 1839 – Devil Anse Hatfield (Hatfield - McCoy feudster); 1887 – Alf Landon; 1890 – Col. Harlan Sanders (founded Kentucky Fried Chicken); 1919 – Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder (Vegas bookmaker, sportscaster); 1924 – Jane Greer; 1927 – Elvin Jones; 1940 – Joe Negroni♪ ♫(Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers); 1941 – Otis Redding♪ ♫, Dennis Ritchie (created C programming language); 1949 – Joe Theismann; 1950 – John McFee♪ ♫(The Doobie Bros.); 1951 – Tom Wopat ('Luke Duke'); 1952 – Angela Cartwright; 1952 – Dave Stewart(The Eurythmics); 1955 – John Kricfalusi (created The Ren & Stimpy Show); 1960 – Hugh Grant; 1966 – Adam Sandler; 1969 – Rachel Hunter; 1971 – Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family), Henry Thomas ('Elliott' in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial); 1975 – Michael Bublé; 1991 – Hunter Hayes♪ ♫ Deaths 1087 – William the Conqueror; 1834 – James Weddell (namesake of the Weddell Sea); 1871 – Stand Watie; 1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; 1915 – Albert Spalding (co-founded Spalding sports equipment); 1978 – Jack L. Warner (co-founded Warner Bros.); 1994 – Patrick O'Neal; 1996 – Bill Monroe♪ ♫; 1997 – Burgess Meredith; 1999 – Ruth Roman; 2004 – Ernie Ball ('Slinkys' guitar strings); 2006 – William Bernard Ziff Jr. (founded Ziff Davis) __________________ 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.

09-10-2016, 01:12 PM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	September 10 1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople. 1547 – The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI. 1897 – Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States. 1936 – First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium. 1939 – World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss. 1960 – At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon bare foot. 1961 – Italian Grand Prix: A crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari. 2007 - Pamela Anderson's ex-husband Kid Rock was involved in an alleged assault on drummer Tommy Lee, (who was also married to the actress up until 1998). Police interviewed witnesses to a tussle involving the pair at the MTV Music Video Awards in Las Vegas. Lee was removed from the ceremony while Rock, was allowed to stay. 2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. Births 1801 – Marie Laveau (voodoo practitioner); 1839 – Isaac K. Funk (Funk & Wagnalls); 1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli; 1896 – Adele Astaire (Fred's sister, and dance partner); 1915 – Edmond O'Brien; 1929 – Arnold Palmer; 1933 – Karl Lagerfeld; 1934 – Charles Kuralt, Roger Maris; 1945 – José Feliciano; 1948 – Margaret Trudeau; 1949 – Bill O'Reilly (American asshole); 1950 – Joe Perry(Aerosmith); 1953 – Amy Irving; 1954 – Don 'The Dragon' Wilson (kickboxer); 1960 – Colin Firth (The King's Speech); 1963 – Randy 'The Big Unit' Johnson; 1968 – Guy Ritchie; 1974 – Ryan Phillippe Deaths 1842 – Letitia Christian Tyler (11th FLOTUS); 1935 – Huey Long; 1938 – Charles Cruft ("Cruft's Greatest Dog Show"); 1961 – Wolfgang von Trips; 1976 – Dalton Trumbo; 1996 – Joanne Dru; 2005 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; 2011 – Cliff Robertson; 2014 – Richard Kiel ('Jaws' in Moonraker) __________________ 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.

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