1460: During the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Wakefield takes place. The forces of Margaret of Anjou were victorious over the forces of Richard, Duke of York.1853: The Gadsden Purchase is finalized.
1862: The USS Monitor sinks of Cape Hatteras, NC.
1865: Rudyard Kipling is born.1873: Al Smith, New York politician is born.
1884: Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan during WWII is born.1879: The Pirates of Penzance is first performed.
1903: The Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago kills 600.
1920: Jack Lord is born.
1922: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.1928: Bo Diddley is born.
1934: Del Shannon is born.
1935: Sandy Koufax is born.
1942: Michael Nesmith of The Monkees is born. His mother invented White-Out.
1942: Fred Ward, movie tough guy is born. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is big dumb fun.
1945: Davy Jones, also of The Monkees is born.
1953: The first NTSC color television sets go on sale for 1$1,175 each.
1959: Tracy Ullman is born.
1970: Sonny Liston dies.
1975: Tiger Woods is born.
1996: Jack Nance dies.
Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up
No comments:
Post a Comment