Smart Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 July 5th Today is Wednesday, July 5, the 186th day of 2006. There are 179 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: Sixty years ago, on July 5, 1946, the bikini bathing suit made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini, a local nude dancer, modeled the skimpy two-piece outfit designed by Louis Reard. On this date: In 1811, Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain. In 1830, the French occupied the North African city of Algiers. In 1865, William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London. In 1935, President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which provided for a National Labor Relations Board, and authorized labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining. In 1940, during World War II, Britain and the Vichy government in France broke diplomatic relations. In 1947, Larry Doby signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League. In 1954, Elvis Presley's first commercial recording session took place at Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn.; the song he recorded was "That's All Right (Mama)." In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors. In 1975, the Cape Verde Islands officially became independent after 500 years of Portuguese rule. In 1991, a worldwide financial scandal erupted as regulators in eight countries shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. Ten years ago: The government reported the nation's unemployment rate fell to a six-year low in June 1996; nervous investors, fearing higher interest rates, gave the stock market its worst beating in four months, sending the Dow industrials down 114 points. Five years ago: President Bush named veteran prosecutor Robert Mueller to take over the FBI. One year ago: President Bush thanked Iraq war ally Denmark during a stopover in Copenhagen while en route to an international economic summit in Scotland. Tropical Storm Cindy moved ashore, pelting the Louisiana coast with sideways rain and intermittent squalls. Retired Vice Admiral and war hero James Stockdale, Ross Perot's 1992 presidential running mate, died in Coronado, Calif., at age 81. Today's Birthdays: Actress Katherine Helmond is 72. Actress Shirley Knight is 70. Singer-musician Robbie Robertson is 63. Julie Nixon Eisenhower is 58. Rock star Huey Lewis is 56. Baseball pitcher Rich "Goose" Gossage is 55. Country musician Charles Ventre (River Road) is 54. Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn is 47. Actress Edie Falco ("The Sopranos") is 43. Rapper RZA is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Joe is 33. Rock musician Bengt Lagerberg (The Cardigans) is 33. Actor Dale Godboldo is 31. Rock singer Jason Wade (Lifehouse) is 26. Thought for Today: "To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly." - St. Theresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (1515-1582). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonegonegone Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 On this day... 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 1740 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne 1781 Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of the US 1792 Prussia army moves into French territory 1798 US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress 1804 VP Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken 1812 US invades Canada (Detroit frontier) 1818 Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns Was Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," & "The Gadfly" 1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Wash DC 1868 J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate 1888 118ø F (48ø C), Bennett, Colorado (state record) 1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall 1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #472 Roma 1905 Black intellectuals & activists organize Niagara movement 1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted 1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #895 Helio 1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) 1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8 1934 FDR became 1st pres to travel through Panama Canal 1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx & Queens opens 1939 Yanks host 7th All Star Game, McCarthy starts 6 Yanks, AL wins 3-1 1944 Bill Boggs, Phila, TV host/producer (Midday, Morton Downey Jr Show) 1944 NL beats AL 7-1 in 12th All Star Game (Pitts' Forbes Field) 1950 NL beats AL 4-3 (14 inn) in 17th All Star Game (Comiskey Park Chic) Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game 1952 Gen Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate 1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss 1955 Congress authorizes all US currency to say "In God We Trust" 1955 New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colo with 300 cadets 1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence 1960 NL beats AL 5-3 in 28th All Star Game (Municipal Stadium, KC) 1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) 1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) 1967 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition 1967 Longest All Star Game, NL beats AL 2-1 (15 inn) (Anaheim Stadium, Cal) 1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" 1969 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" 1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row 1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry 1974 World Football League plays 1st games 1975 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov 1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr 1978 NL beats AL 7-3 in 49th All Star Game (San Diego Stadium) 1979 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates 1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran 1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2:12.18 1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid 1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3485 Barucci 1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe 1984 NL beats AL 3-1 in 55th All Star Game (Candlestick Park SF) 1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) 1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74 1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women) 1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara 1987 Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks 1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor 1989 AL beats NL 5-3, (3rd of last 4 All Star Games) in California 1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts the All Star Game 1990 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts) 1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holidays Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week" Appleton Cheshire, England : Bawming the Thorn Day Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta : Independence Day (1960) Mongolia : National Day (1921) North Belgium : Flemish Day South Africa : Family Day - - - - - ( Monday ) Swaziland : Reed Dance Day - - - - - ( Monday ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Religious Observances Orthodox : Feast of St Olga, 1st Russian saint the Orthodox Church RC : Commemoration of St Pius I, 10th pope (141-55), martyr Ang, Luth, RC : Mem of St Benedict of Nursia, abbot of Monte Cassino -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Religious History 1533 Clement VII excommunicated Henry VIII for divorcing Catherine of Aragon, andafterward marrying Anne Boleyn. Two years later, Henry broke with Rome and established theAnglican communion as the national religion of England. 1656 Ann Austin and Mary Fisher became the first Quakers to arrive in America Ä andwere promptly arrested. Five weeks later, they were deported back to England. 1952 American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Teach me, LordJesus,... not to be hungering for the "strange and peculiar" when the common, ordinary, andregular, rightly taken, will suffice to feed and satisfy the soul.' 1955 American Presbyterian missionary Francis Schaeffer observed in a letter: 'No priceis too high to have a free conscience before God.' 1967 The Vatican reported that Albania had closed its last Roman Catholic church.(Albania is a tiny Balkan country with an area only the size of Maryland. Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought for the day : " He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 On this day... 1804 VP Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken the vice president in a duel is cool as hell, plus to fight Alexander Hamilton, very dope! 1812 US invades Canada (Detroit frontier) just to show them who's boss 1868 J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate I thought it said bukkake for a second 1905 Black intellectuals & activists organize Niagara movement I mis-read this one too 1967 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition 1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" 1969 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" I just wanted to see this group of names 1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor 1990 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts) 1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii ...since then... NOTHIN! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Religious History 1533 Clement VII excommunicated Henry VIII for divorcing Catherine of Aragon, andafterward marrying Anne Boleyn. Two years later, Henry broke with Rome and established theAnglican communion as the national religion of England. I just saw the Henry the VIII episode of the Simpsons AND used that alias as an answer to the question "How old are you?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelofdeath Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 "1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Wash DC " you gotta love ol' jubal... anyone who wants to invade DC is my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2342 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Today in history: July 13 The Associated Press Updated: 9:14 p.m. PT July 12, 2006 Today is Thursday, July 13th, the 194th day of 2006. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13th, 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday. On this date: In 1787, Congress enacted an ordinance governing the Northwest Territory. In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City. In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin amended the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. In 1886, Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, was born in Roscommon, Ireland. In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination at his party’s convention in Los Angeles. In 1967, race-related rioting that claimed 27 lives broke out in Newark, New Jersey. In 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area. In 1978, Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Company by chairman Henry Ford the Second. In 1979, a 45-hour siege by Palestinian guerrillas began at the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. In 1985, “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people. Ten years ago: After battering the Carolina coast, the weakened remnants of Hurricane Bertha moved north, spawning tornadoes and dumping rain from Maryland to Massachusetts. Five years ago: Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics. A judge in San Jose, California, sentenced Andrew Burnett, the man who’d tossed a fluffy little dog to its death in a bout of road rage, to the maximum three years behind bars. One year ago: A suicide car bomb exploded next to U-S troops handing out candy and toys in Iraq, killing more than two dozen people, including 18 children and teenagers and an American soldier. Former WorldCom boss Bernard Ebbers was sentenced to 25 years in prison for leading the largest corporate fraud in U-S history. A fuel gauge that mistakenly read full instead of empty forced NASA to call off the first shuttle launch in two and a-half years. Today’s Birthdays: Former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp is 71. Actor Patrick Stewart is 66. Actor Robert Forster is 65. Actor Harrison Ford is 64. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 64. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 60. Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid is 58. Actress Didi Conn is 55. Singer Louise Mandrell is 52. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 49. Tennis player Anders Jarryd is 45. Rock musician Gonzalo Martinez De La Cotera (Marcy Playground) is 44. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 44. Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent is 44. Actor Michael Jace is 41. Country singer Neil Thrasher is 41. Singer Gerald Levert is 40. Singer Deborah Cox is 33. Rock musician Will Champion (Coldplay) is 28. Thought for Today: “The worst cynicism -- a belief in luck.” -- Joyce Carol Oates, American author. © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. URL: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13686098/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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