This Day in History

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Sixteen year old Sybil Ludington rides forty miles to alert Colonial forces to the approach of the British.

And Paul Revere gets all the press because he was a well known businessman with connections.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Practical. When telling the story, if they say Sybil Ludington the response is, Who? Saying Paul Revere who everybody knows, they aren't interrupted and get on with it. Besides, it's in the national interest to promote a hero, instead of heroin. That shit's bad for kids, and other living things.

[BigV]

Hey, I like John Cena!

[Gravdigr]

Not like Sheldon!

[Gravdigr]

April 28, 1503

Battle of Cerignola, the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder (as opposed to black powder).

1789

Mutiny on the Bounty, Lt. Bligh and 18 others are set adrift, while the remaining crew return, temporarily, to Tahiti.

1869

Chinese and Irish laborers lay ten miles of railroad track in one day, a record that remains unbroken today.

1881

Billy The Kid escapes from the Lincoln County, New Mexico jail.

1932

A vaccine for yellow fever is announced.

1945

Benito Mussolini and his mistress are executed by firing squad.

1947

Thor Heyerdahl, and five crew, set out from Peru on the Kontiki, to prove ancient Peruvians could have settled in Polynesia.

1952

Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

U.S. occupation of Japan ends.

1967

Muhammad Ali refuses induction to the U.S. Army. He is stripped of his boxing championship and license.

1969

Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.

1988

Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, to her death, when part of the 737's fuselage separates mid-flight.

1994

Former CIA officer/analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to espionage.

2001

Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.

Births

James Monroe-1758; Lionel Barrymore-1878; Jan Oort-1900; Oskar Schindler-1908; Ferruccio Lamborghini-1916; Harper Lee-1926; James Baker-1930; Tariq Aziz-1936; Saddam Hussein-1937; Ann-Margret-1941; Terry Pratchett-1948; Bruno Kirby, Indian Larry-1949; Jay Leno-1950; Chuck Leavell, Mary McDonnell-1952; Hal Sutton-1958; Elena Kagan-1960; John Daly-1966

Deaths

John "Jack" Russell-1883; Benito Mussolini-1945; Ed Begley (Sr.)-1970; Tommy Caldwell-1980; Steve Currie-1981; Ken Curtis-1991; Jim Valvano-1993; Rory Calhoun-1999; Dabbs Greer, Tommy Newsom-2007; Vern Gosdin "The Voice"-2009; Jack Ely-2015

[Gravdigr]

April 29, 1770

James Cook arrives at Botany Bay, Australia.

1945

The concentration camp at Dachau is liberated by U.S. troops.

1975

Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: U.S. troops begin evacuating U.S. citizens from Saigon.

2004

After 107 years of production, Oldsmobile builds its final car.

Births

William Randolph Hearst-1863; Duke Ellington-1899; Hirohito-1901; Lonnie Donegan-1931; Rod McKuen, Willie Nelson-1933; Otis Rush-1935; Bernard Madoff-1938; Tommy James, Johnny Miller-1947; Dale Earnhardt, Sr.-1951; Jerry Seinfeld-1954; Daniel Day-Lewis, Timothy Treadwell-1957; Jay Cutler-1983

Deaths

J. B. Lenoir-1967; Alfred Hitchcock-1980; Mike Royko-1997; Amarillo Slim-2012; Bob Hoskins-2014; Calvin Peete-2015

[Gravdigr]

April 30, 1492

Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

1789

George Washington takes the Presidential Oath of Office and becomes the first President of the United States.

1803

The U.S. purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15,000,000, doubling the size of the nation.

1812

The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state, Louisiana.

1900

Hawaii becomes a U.S. territory.

Casey Jones drives his train through a thirty foot ditch.

1945

Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours.

1975

The People’s Army of Vietnam captures Saigon.

2009

Chrysler files Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Births

Alice B. Toklas-1877; Al Lewis-1923; Michael Waltrip-1963; Johnny Galecki-1975; Kunal Nayyar-1981

Deaths

Casey Jones-1900; Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun-1945; Alben W. Barkley-1956; George Balanchine, Muddy Waters-1983; Sergio Leone-1989; Darrell Sweet-1999; Tom Poston-2007; Ben E. King-2013

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

1803

The U.S. purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15,000,000, doubling the size of the nation.

This is obviously a lie because Clive Bundy told me his four-fathers carved out grazing land from the primordial soup with nothing but their teeth and toenails, as their hands were busy fending off dinosaurs and blood thirsty savage tribes of BLM agents.

[DanaC]

This is a fine public service you're performing Grav. Bravo.

[Gravdigr]

I thought maybe it was too much. Too many links?

But, .

Also, I don't know a lot of 'foreign' history, and may not see the significance of some people or happenings that affect(ed)/effect(ed) other countries.

At least someone reads it.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I thought maybe it was too much. Too many links?

But, .

Also, I don't know a lot of 'foreign' history, and may not see the significance of some people or happenings that affect(ed)/effect(ed) other countries.

At least someone reads it.

I don't think it's too many links. I only click on the ones that are of particular interest to me - I expect others would find different things of interest, and those are the ones they'll click on.

I think you have a decent range of events covered.

[xoxoxoBruce]

it's a buffet, choose what you want to consume.

[Gravdigr]

Onward then...



May 8, 1794 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, branded a traitor, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day.

1861 - Richmond, Virginia is named capital of The Confederate States of America.

1877 - The first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is held at Gilmore's Gardens, in New York, New York.

1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.

1902 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.

1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.

1919 – Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.

1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.

1933 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast.

1941 – The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.

1945 - Victory In Europe Day (V-E Day) combat ends in Europe.

Thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1973 – A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.

1976 – The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

1978 – The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.

1980 – The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.

1984 – The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The Thames Barrier is officially opened.

Births

1720 – William Cavendish; 1847 – Oscar Hammerstein I; 1884 – Harry S. Truman; 1895 – Fulton J. Sheen; 1906 – Roberto Rossellini; 1911 – Robert Johnson; 1919 – Lex Barker; 1926 – David Attenborough, Don Rickles; 1937 – Thomas Pynchon; 1940 – Peter Benchley, Ricky Nelson, Toni Tennille (Capt & Tennille); 1941 – James Traficant; 1943 – Paul Samwell-Smith; 1944 – Gary Glitter, Bill Legend; 1950 – Robert Mugge; 1953 – Billy Burnette, Alex Van Halen; 1955 – Stephen Furst ('Flounder' from "Animal House"); 1956 – Jeff Wincott; 1957 – Bill Cowher; 1958 – Lovie Smith; 1960 – Eric Brittingham; 1961 – Bill de Blasio; 1964 – Bobby Labonte; 1973 – Marcus Brigstocke; 1975 – Enrique Iglesias; 1977 – Joe Bonamassa

Deaths

1794 – Antoine Lavoisier; 1880 – Gustave Flaubert; 1903 – Paul Gauguin; 1947 – Harry Gordon Selfridge; 1982 – Neil Bogart, Gilles Villeneuve; 1984 – Lila Bell Wallace (co-founded Reader's Digest); 1985 – Karl Marx; 1988 – Robert A. Heinlein; 1994 – George Peppard; 1999 – Dirk Bogarde; 1999 – Dana Plato ("Diff'rent Strokes"); 2008 – Eddy Arnold; 2012 – Maurice Sendak; 2013 – Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor on "The Young and the Restless"); 2014 – Roger L. Easton (co-inventor of GPS)

[Clodfobble]

I admit the subject is interesting, but the formatting puts me off. It would be easier to read if the event were on the same line as the year. But no need to do extra work just for me.

[BigV]

I've been onboard the QE2.

Also, I like this thread.