April 23 - Seems to be a slow day.
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to death for killing Senator Robert Kennedy.
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to death for killing Senator Robert Kennedy.
This Day In History
- Thread starter August West
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April 24 -
1800 - The Library of Congress is established in Washington, D.C. with a $5,000 allocation.
1805 - U.S. Marines attack and capture the town of Derna in Tripoli from the Barbary pirates.
1898 - Spain declares war on United States, rejecting an ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
1948 - The Berlin airlift begins to relieve the surrounded city.
1980 - A rescue attempt of the U.S. hostages held in Iran fails when a plane collides with a helicopter in the Iranian desert.
1981 - The IBM Personal Computer is introduced
1800 - The Library of Congress is established in Washington, D.C. with a $5,000 allocation.
1805 - U.S. Marines attack and capture the town of Derna in Tripoli from the Barbary pirates.
1898 - Spain declares war on United States, rejecting an ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
1948 - The Berlin airlift begins to relieve the surrounded city.
1980 - A rescue attempt of the U.S. hostages held in Iran fails when a plane collides with a helicopter in the Iranian desert.
1981 - The IBM Personal Computer is introduced
April 27 -
1773 - British Parliament passes the Tea Act.
1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from the Union
1989 - Protesting students take over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China
1773 - British Parliament passes the Tea Act.
1861 - President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from the Union
1989 - Protesting students take over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China
And here it is 27 years later, and still, nobody knows that man's name or what happened to him after the protest.
April 30 -
1789 - George Washington is inaugurated as the first U.S. president
1803 - The United States doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase, which was sold by France for $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a state.
1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. Karl Donitz becomes his successor.
1789 - George Washington is inaugurated as the first U.S. president
1803 - The United States doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase, which was sold by France for $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a state.
1945 - Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. Karl Donitz becomes his successor.
May 1 -
1486 - Christopher Columbus convinces Queen Isabella to fund expedition to the West Indies.
1877 - President Rutherford B. Hayes withdraws all Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.
1898 - The U.S. Navy under Commodore George Dewey defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines.
1931 - The Empire State Building opens in New York
1941 - The film Citizen Kane–directed and starring Orson Welles–opens in New York (plus cool Gillette ad in background).
2011 - Osama Bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad Pakistan by US Navy SEALS in Operation Neptune Spear.
1486 - Christopher Columbus convinces Queen Isabella to fund expedition to the West Indies.
1877 - President Rutherford B. Hayes withdraws all Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.
1898 - The U.S. Navy under Commodore George Dewey defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines.
1931 - The Empire State Building opens in New York
1941 - The film Citizen Kane–directed and starring Orson Welles–opens in New York (plus cool Gillette ad in background).
2011 - Osama Bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad Pakistan by US Navy SEALS in Operation Neptune Spear.
May 2 -
1863 - Stonewall Jackson smashes Joseph Hooker’s flank at Chancellorsville, Virginia.
1890 - The Territory of Oklahoma is created.
1863 - Stonewall Jackson smashes Joseph Hooker’s flank at Chancellorsville, Virginia.
1890 - The Territory of Oklahoma is created.
May 3 -
1952 - The first airplane lands at the geographic North Pole.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain.
1982 - A British submarine sinks Argentina’s only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War.
1952 - The first airplane lands at the geographic North Pole.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain.
1982 - A British submarine sinks Argentina’s only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War.
garyg
B&B membership has its percs
May 4, 1970
"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio."
"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio."
May 4 -
1942 - The 4 day Battle of the Coral Sea commences
1942 - The United States begins food rationing
1942 - The 4 day Battle of the Coral Sea commences
1942 - The United States begins food rationing
On a lighter note, courtesy of Wikipedia...May the fourth be with you.
Apocryphally, the reference was first used on May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. An online news article from the Danish public broadcaster says her political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in a paper mis-named The London Evening News, saying "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations."
Apocryphally, the reference was first used on May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. An online news article from the Danish public broadcaster says her political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in a paper mis-named The London Evening News, saying "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations."
May 4, 1942: Battle of Coral Sea begins. First naval battle in which opposing commanders' ships did not see each other. (Trivia: I served aboard carrier USS Coral Sea '76-'79.)
May 6 -
1494 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica, which he names Santa Gloria.
1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing
1935 - American Jesse Owens sets the long jump record
1961 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.
2000 - The Sun, Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn align Earths moon is also almost in this alignment leading to Doomsday predictions of massive natural disasters, although such a grand confluence occurs about once in every century.
1494 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica, which he names Santa Gloria.
1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing
1935 - American Jesse Owens sets the long jump record
1961 - Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.
2000 - The Sun, Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn align Earths moon is also almost in this alignment leading to Doomsday predictions of massive natural disasters, although such a grand confluence occurs about once in every century.
May 6 -
1862 - Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at age 44.
1877 - Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska. Crazy Horse brought General George Custer to his end.
1937 - The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1994 - The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened.
1862 - Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at age 44.
1877 - Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska. Crazy Horse brought General George Custer to his end.
1937 - The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1994 - The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened.
May 7 -
1429 - Joan of Arc breaks the English siege of Orleans.
1824 - Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” premiers in Vienna
1915 - The German submarine U-20 torpedoes the passenger ship Lusitiania, sinking her in 21 minutes with 1,978 people on board.
1429 - Joan of Arc breaks the English siege of Orleans.
1824 - Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” premiers in Vienna
1915 - The German submarine U-20 torpedoes the passenger ship Lusitiania, sinking her in 21 minutes with 1,978 people on board.
May 11 (in memory of Musikman) -
1858 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
1960 - Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
1967 - The Siege of Khe Sanh ends, the base is still in American hands.
1858 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
1960 - Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
1967 - The Siege of Khe Sanh ends, the base is still in American hands.
5/16/66: Dylan releases "Blonde on Blonde".
5/16/66: Beach Boys release "Pet Sounds".
May 18 -
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte becomes the Emperor of France.
1896 - The Supreme Court’s decision on Plessy v. Ferguson upholds the “separate but equal” policy in the United States.
1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Tennessee Valley Authority Act.
1944 - The Allies finally capture Monte Cassino in Italy.
1980 - After rumbling for two months, Mount Saint Helens, in Washington, erupts 3 times in 24 hours.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte becomes the Emperor of France.
1896 - The Supreme Court’s decision on Plessy v. Ferguson upholds the “separate but equal” policy in the United States.
1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Tennessee Valley Authority Act.
1944 - The Allies finally capture Monte Cassino in Italy.
1980 - After rumbling for two months, Mount Saint Helens, in Washington, erupts 3 times in 24 hours.
