1494: Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the New World between them. As you might imagine, the rest of the European countries disagreed as well as the New World's original occupants.
1776: Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and leads to the Declaration of Independence.
1862: The United States and Great Britain agree to suppress the slave trade.1892: Benjamin Harrison becomes the first US President to attend a baseball game.
1909: Jessica Tandy is born.
1917: Dean Martin is born. On a recent episode of The Simpsons, Homer is touring Heaven when he spots Dean Martin. He runs up to Dean and yells, "You squandered your gift!" and runs away. Dean waits for a beat and says, "Squandered my gift? I made 27 albums!"1929: The sovereign state of Vatican City officially comes into existence.
1938: The Douglas DC-4E makes it's first test flight.
1940: Tom Jones is born. Mr. Burns kidnapped him to sing to Marge.1942: Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
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1944: Nazi SS troops murder 23 Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy.
1952: Liam Neeson is born. Sure, he's famous now for his high-brow work, but I remember him when he was working in dreck like Krull and Darkman.
1958: Prince is born.1975: Sony introduces the first Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public.
1982: Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public, but the bathroom where Elvis died is kept off limits.
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.
1 comment:
hey pallie, on this "The Day That Coolness Came To Earth"..like thanks for sharin' some Dinolove with your readers...never was, never will be anyone as cool as the King of Cool..oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth..
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