01-01-1863ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. 1914-TONY JANNUS PILOTED THE 1ST SCHEDULED AIRLINE FLIGHT. 1978-AIR INDIA 747 EXPLODED NEAR BOMBAY KILLING 213 PEOPLE 01-02-1959LUNA 1 WAS LAUNCHED. IT WAS THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO ACHIEVEEARTH ESCAPE VELOCITY. BIRTHDAYS: 1752-PHILIP FRENEAU 1920-ISAAC ASIMOV 01-03-1777WASHINGTON DEFEATED LORD CORNWALLIS AT PRINCETON N.J. 1961-US SEVERED RELATIONS WITH CUBA. BIRTHDAYS: 1841-FATHER DAMIEN 1892-J.R.R. TOLKIEN 01-04-1958SPUTNIK I DISINTEGRATED. 1493-COLUMBUS LEFT NEW WORLD ON RETURN FROM 1ST VOYAGE. BIRTHDAYS: 1643-ISAAC NEWTON 1937-DYAN CANNON 01-05-1925NELLIE TAYLOR ROSS BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR OF A STATE - WYOMING. BIRTHDAYS: 1779-ZEBULON PIKE 1918-JEANE DIXON 01-06-1927US MARINES SENT TO NICARAGUA. BIRTHDAYS: 1410-JOAN OF ARC 1878-CARL SANDBURG 01-07-1913WILLIAM M. BURTON PATENTED A PROCESS TO "CRACK" PETROLEUM. 1927 - COMMERCIAL TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE SERVICE BEGAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1800-MILLARD FILLMORE 1948-KENNY LOGGINS 01-08-1815ANDREW JACKSON DEFEATED BRITISH IN BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. 1982-ATT AGREED TO BREAK UP & DIVEST ITSELF OF BELL SYSTEM.BIRTHDAYS: 1935-ELVIS PRESLEY 1941-YVETTE MIMIEUX 01-09-1793THE FIRST BALLOON ASCENT WAS MADE IN AMERICA. 1968- SURVEYOR VII SOFT LANDS ON THE MOON NEAR TYCHO CRATERBIRTHDAYS: 1913-RICHARD NIXON 1934-BART STARR 01-10-1901THE FIRST GREAT OIL STRIKE IN TEXAS WAS MADE WHEN THE SPINDLETOP GUSHER CAME IN. BIRTHDAYS: 1737-ETHAN ALLEN 1949-GEORGE FOREMAN 01-11-1973THE TRIAL OF THE WATERGATE BURGLARS BEGAN IN WASHINGTON WITH JUDGE JOHN SIRICA PRESIDING. BIRTHDAYS: 1757-ALEXANDER HAMILTON 1842-WILLIAM JAMES 01-12-1979RECORD BLIZZARD STRUCK THE MIDWEST KILLING OVER 100 PEOPLE.1879-BRITISH-ZULU WAR BEGAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1737-JOHN HANCOCK 1893-HERMANN GOERING 01-13-1985AN EXPRESS TRAIN DERAILED IN ETHIOPIA, KILLING AT LEAST 428 PEOPLE, IN ONE OF THE WORST TRAIN WRECKS IN HISTORY. BIRTHDAYS: 1834-HORATIO ALGER, JR. 1919-ROBERT STACK 01-14-1950THE U.S. RECALLED ALL CONSULAR OFFICIALS FROM CHINA AFTER CHINA SEIZED THE AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN PEKING. BIRTHDAYS: 1741-BENEDICT ARNOLD 1875-ALBERT SCHWEITZER 01-15-1759THE BRITISH MUSEUM OPENED. 1964-TEAMSTERS NEGOTIATED THE 1ST NATIONAL LABOR CONTRACT. BIRTHDAYS: 1908-EDWARD TELLER 1929-MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR01-16-1919THE 18TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, WAS RATIFIED. BIRTHDAYS: 1911-DIZZY DEAN 1935-A.J. FOYT 01-17-1950MASKED BANDITS ROBBED BRINK'S INC. BOSTON OFFICE OF 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS. CASE WAS SOLVED IN 1956- 8 GIVEN LIFE.BIRTHDAYS: 1706-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1944-JOE FRAZIER 01-18-1969EXPANDED 4 PARTY VIETNAM PEACE TALKS BEGAN IN PARIS. 1964-PLANS FOR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, NYC, WERE ANNOUNCED.BIRTHDAYS: 1904-CARY GRANT 1942-MUHAMMAD ALI 01-19-1915THE ELECTRIC NEON SIGN WAS PATENTED. BIRTHDAYS: 1809-EDGAR ALLEN POE 1946-DOLLY PARTON 01-20-198152 AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAN FOR 444 DAYS WERE FREED. 1948-GANDHI WAS ASSASSINATED. BIRTHDAYS: 1920-FEDERICO FELLINI 1930-EDWIN `BUZZ' ALDRIN01-21-1954THE NAUTILUS, THE FIRST ATOMIC-POWERED SHIP, WAS LAUNCHED. 1977-PRES. CARTER PARDONED MOST VIETNAM DRAFT EVADERS. BIRTHDAYS: 1824-STONEWALL JACKSON 1940-JACK NICKLAUS 01-22-1965THE TIROS IX WEATHER SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT. IT PHOTOGRAPHED THE ENTIRE EARTH ONCE EACH 24 HOURS. BIRTHDAYS: 1775-ANDRE AMPERE 1937-JOSEPH WAMBAUGH 01-23-1968USS PUEBLO AND HER 83-MAN CREW WERE SEIZED IN THE SEA OF JAPAN BY NORTH KOREAN FORCES. BIRTHDAYS: 1899-HUMPHREY BOGART 1919-ERNIE KOVACS 01-24-1986THE VOYAGER I SPACECRAFT PASSED WITHIN 107000 KM OF URANUS.IT WAS THE FIRST CRAFT TO PHOTOGRAPH URANUS CLOSE-UP. BIRTHDAYS: 1712-FREDERICK THE GREAT 1917-ERNEST BORGNINE01-25-1915TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEPHONE SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN US. 1959-TRANSCONTINENTAL JET SERVICE BETWEEN LA & NYC BEGAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1759-ROBERT BURNS 1919-EDWIN NEWMAN 01-26-1950INDIA BECAME A REPUBLIC. 1984-LAST MARINES LEFT BEIRUT ENDING US PEACE KEEPING ROLE.BIRTHDAYS: 1925-PAUL NEWMAN 1928-ROGER VADIM 01-27-1967ASTRONAUTS GRISSOM, WHITE, AND CHAFFEE DIED IN A FIRE IN ANAPOLLO SPACECRAFT ON THE LAUNCH PAD AT CAPE KENNEDY. BIRTHDAYS: 1756-WOLFGANG MOZART 1948-MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV01-28-1986SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLODED IN FLIGHT KILLING ALL SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ABOARD. BIRTHDAYS: 1775-PETER THE GREAT 1936-ALAN ALDA 01-29-1916FIRST ZEPPELIN RAID ON PARIS. 1924-ICE CREAM CONE ROLLING MACHINE PATENTED. BIRTHDAYS: 1874-JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER,JR. 1918-JOHN FORSYTHE01-30-1948MOHANDAS K. GANDHI, LEADER OF INDIA, WAS ASSASSINATED. 1945-6000 DIE WHEN THE WILHELM GUSTLOFF IS TORPEDOED & SUNKBIRTHDAYS: 1882-FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 1931-GENE HACKMAN01-31-1958EXPLORER I- THE FIRST U.S. SATELLITE TO GO INTO ORBIT WAS LAUNCHED FROM CAPE CANAVERAL FLA. BIRTHDAYS: 1919-JACKIE ROBINSON 1920-BARBARA WALTERS 02-01-1790THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US MET FOR THE FIRST TIME. 1960 - BLACKS STAGED THE FIRST SIT-IN IN GREENSBORO, N.C. BIRTHDAYS: 1901-CLARK GABLE 1929-STUART WHITMAN 02-02-1848MEXICO CEDED NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA TO THE US UNDER THE TERMS OF THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO. BIRTHDAYS: 1915-LORNE GREENE 1937-TOM SMOTHERS 02-03-1966LUNA IX MADE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL SOFT LANDING ON THE MOON.1959-BUDDY HOLLY & THE BIG BOPPER KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH. BIRTHDAYS: 1894-NORMAN ROCKWELL 1907-JAMES MICHENER 02-04-1789GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS ELECTED THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT. 1974-HEIRESS PATTY HEARST WAS KIDNAPPED BY THE SLA. BIRTHDAYS: 1902-CHARLES LINDBERGH 1931-ISABEL PERON 02-05-1971ASTRONAUTS SHEPARD & MITCHELL LANDED ON THE MOON AND BECAME THE 5TH & 6TH MEN TO WALK ON THE MOON. BIRTHDAYS: 1906-JOHN CARRADINE 1934-HANK AARON 02-06-1899THE US SENATE RATIFIED THE PEACE TREATY ENDING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. BIRTHDAYS: 1895-BABE RUTH 1911-RONALD REAGAN 02-07-1984ASTRONAUTS BRUCE McCANDLESS & ROBERT STEWART BECAME THE FIRST HUMANS TO WALK IN SPACE WITHOUT A TETHER. BIRTHDAYS: 1812-CHARLES DICKENS 1885-SINCLAIR LEWIS 02-08-1910THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WERE INCORPORATED. 1974 - THE FINAL SKYLAB MISSION ENDED. BIRTHDAYS: 1828-JULES VERNE 1931-JAMES DEAN 02-09-1870THE US WEATHER SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED. 1971 - APOLLO 14 LANDED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1914-GYPSY ROSE LEE 1928-ROGER MUDD 02-10-1763FRANCE SURRENDERED CANADA TO GREAT BRITAIN UNDER THE TERMS OF THE TREATY OF PARIS. BIRTHDAYS: 1879-W.C. FIELDS 1930-ROBERT WAGNER 02-11-1984SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER LANDED AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME. BIRTHDAYS: 1847-THOMAS EDISON 1936-BERT REYNOLDS 02-12-1818CHILE GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN. 1954 - AMERICA AGREED TO HELP TRAIN SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY. BIRTHDAYS: 1809-ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1809-CHARLES DARWIN 02-13-1973THE FIRST 116 OF THE 456 US MILITARY MEN HELD IN NORTH VIETNAMESE PRISONS WERE RELEASED IN HANOI. BIRTHDAYS: 1936-GEORGE SEGAL 1942-CAROL LYNLEY 02-14-1929SEVEN GANGSTERS WERE KILLED BY A RIVAL GANG IN CHICAGO IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE `ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE'. BIRTHDAYS: 1894-JACK BENNY 1913-JIMMY HOFFA 02-15-1898THE USS MAINE BLEW UP IN HAVANA HARBOR. 1982-THE OFFSHORE OIL RIG OCEAN RANGER SANK KILLING 84. BIRTHDAYS: 1564-GALILEO 1809-CYRUS MCCORMACK 02-16-1958FIDEL CASTRO BECAME PREMIER OF CUBA. 1942-BRITISH SURRENDER SINGAPORE. BIRTHDAYS: 1935-SONNY BONO 1959-JOHN MCENROE 02-17-1965RANGER VIII WAS LAUNCHED ON A FLIGHT TO THE MOON. 1867-1ST SHIP PASSED THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL. BIRTHDAYS: 1925-HAL HOLBROOK 1952-GUILLERMO VILAS 02-18-1861JEFFERSON DAVIS TOOK THE OATH AS THE PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. BIRTHDAYS: 1920-JACK PALANCE 1922-HELEN GURLEY BROWN 02-19-1878THOMAS EDISON PATENTED THE PHONOGRAPH. 1977-SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE MADE ITS FIRST TEST FLIGHT ATOP A 747 JETLINER. BIRTHDAY: 1473-COPERNICUS 02-20-1962JOHN GLENN BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH WHEN HE CIRCLED THE EARTH THREE TIMES IN FRIENDSHIP 7. BIRTHDAYS: 1694-VOLTAIRE 1949-JENNIFER O'NEILL 02-21-1965BLACK LEADER MALCOLM X WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN N.Y.C. 1972- PRESIDENT NIXON ARRIVED IN CHINA ON HIS HISTORIC TRIPBIRTHDAYS: 1795-SANTA ANNA 1936-BARBARA JORDAN 02-22-1819SPAIN CEDES FLORIDA TO THE UNITED STATES. 1966 - COSMOS CX CARRIES TWO DOGS INTO THE VAN ALLEN BELTS.BIRTHDAYS: 1732-GEORGE WASHINGTON 1950-JULIUS ERVING 02-23-1836THE SIEGE OF THE ALAMO BEGAN. 1945-AMERICAN FLAG WAS RAISED ON MT. SURIBACHI, IWO JIMA. BIRTHDAYS: 1868-W.E.B. DUBOIS 1939-PETER FONDA 02-24-1803THE SUPREME COURT- IN THE MARBURY VS MADISON CASE- FOR THE FIRST TIME OVERTURNED A U.S. LAW. BIRTHDAYS: 1786-WILHELM GRIMM 1836-WINSLOW HOMER 02-25-1969MARINER 6 WAS LAUNCHED. 157 DAYS LATER IT PASSED WITHIN 2131 MILES OF MARS AND TRANSMITTED BACK PICTURES & DATA. BIRTHDAYS: 1846-BUFFALO BILL CODY 1873-ENRICO CARUSO 02-26-1815NAPOLEON ESCAPED FROM EXILE ON THE ISLAND OF ELBA. 1949-USAF PLANE BEGAN 1ST NONSTOP AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT. BIRTHDAYS: 1916-JACKIE GLEASON 1932-JOHNNY CASH 02-27-1973ABOUT 200 ARMED SUPPORTERS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT SEIZE WOUNDED KNEE, SD TO PROTEST US GOVERNMENT POLICIES. BIRTHDAYS: 1902-JOHN STEINBECK 1932-ELIZABETH TAYLOR 02-28-1854THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS FORMED AT RIPON WISCONSIN. 1871-YELLOWSTONE WAS CREATED AS THE 1ST NATIONAL PARK. BIRTHDAYS: 1901-LINUS PAULING 1940-MARIO ANDRETTI 03-01-1966VENUS III CRASHES ON THE PLANET VENUS. 1974-WATERGATE GRAND JURY INDICTED 7 PRESIDENTIAL AIDES. BIRTHDAYS: 1904-GLENN MILLER 1910-DAVID NIVEN 03-02-1836TEXAS DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO. 1969 - THE FIRST TEST FLIGHT OF THE SUPERSONIC CONCORDE. BIRTHDAYS: 1793-SAM HOUSTON 1931-TOM WOLFE 03-03-1969APOLLO 9, THE FIRST TEST OF THE COMPLETE APOLLO-SATURN V MOON ROCKET, WAS LAUNCHED ON AN EARTH ORBITAL MISSION. BIRTHDAYS: 1842-ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 1853-VAN GOGH 03-04-1789THE U. S. CONSTITUTION TOOK EFFECT AFTER BEING RATIFIED BY 9 STATES. BIRTHDAYS: 1888-KNUTE ROCKNE 1912-JOHN GARFIELD 03-05-1979VOYAGER 1 FLEW BY JUPITER & TRANSMITTED BACK DATA & PHOTOS.1982-RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT LANDED ON VENUS SENDING BACK DATA. BIRTHDAYS: 1512-GERARD MERCATOR 1908-REX HARRISON 03-06-1836GENERAL SANTA ANNA'S MEXICAN ARMY STORMED THE ALAMO AND KILLED ALL 182 TEXANS WHO DEFENDED IT. BIRTHDAYS: 1475-MICHELANGELO 1923-ED MCMAHON 03-07-1876ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL PATENTED THE TELEPHONE. 1951-SHAH ALI RAZMARA OF IRAN WAS ASSASSINATED. BIRTHDAYS: 1792-JOHN HERSCHEL 1912-ELIZABETH TAYLOR 03-08-1910BARONNE RAYMONDE DE LAROCHE OF FRANCE BECAME THE FIRST LICENSED WOMAN PILOT. BIRTHDAYS: 1841-OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 1943-LYNN REDGRAVE03-09-1862THE FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN IRON-CLAD SHIPS (THE MERRIMACK & THE MONITOR) WAS FOUGHT. BIRTHDAYS: 1451-AMERIGO VESPUCCI 1934-YURI GAGARIN 03-10-1971A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LOWERING THE VOTING AGE TO 18 IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS WAS APPROVED BY THE US SENATE. BIRTHDAYS: 1888-BARRY FITZGERALD 1943-BOBBY FISCHER 03-11-1892THE FIRST PUBLIC BASKETBALL GAME WAS PLAYED. 537-GOTHS LAID SIEGE TO ROME. BIRTHDAYS: 1885-SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL 1903-LAWRENCE WELK 03-12-1925THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC RADIO BROADCAST WAS MADE. 1912 - JULIETTE LOW FOUNDED THE GIRL SCOUTS. BIRTHDAYS: 1946-LIZA MINNELLI 1948-JAMES TAYLOR 03-13-1519CORTEZ LANDED IN MEXICO. 1986-GIOTTO SPACECRAFT PASSES 375 MI FROM HALLEY'S COMET. BIRTHDAYS: 1733-JOSEPH PRIESTLY 1910-SAMMY KAYE 03-14-1964JACK RUBY WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING LEE HARVEY OSWALD. 1794 - ELI WHITNEY PATENTED THE COTTON GIN. BIRTHDAYS: 1879-ALBERT EINSTEIN 1933-MICHAEL CAINE 03-15-44BCIDES OF MARCH JULIUS CAESAR ASSASSINATED. BIRTHDAYS: 1767-ANDREW JACKSON 1904-GEORGE BRENT 03-16-1926DR. ROBERT H. GODDARD LAUNCHED HIS FIRST LIQUID FUELED ROCKET AT AUBURN, MASS. IT TRAVELED 184 FT.IN 2.5 SEC. BIRTHDAYS: 1751-JAMES MADISON 1926-JERRY LEWIS 03-17-1521FERDINAND MAGELLAN DISCOVERED THE PHILIPPINES 1978-THE TANKER AMOCO CADIZ SPILLED 1.6 MIL. GALLONS OF OILOFF THE FRENCH COAST. 03-18-1965ALEKSEI LEONOV BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO WALK IN SPACE. 1963 - SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN ITS MARANDA DECISION. BIRTHDAYS: 1926-PETER GRAVES 1938-CHARLIE PRIDE 03-19-1687NOTED FRENCH EXPLORER ROBERT LaSALLE WHO CLAIMED THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY FOR FRANCE WAS KILLED IN A MUTINY.BIRTHDAYS: 1891-EARL WARREN 1938-URSULA ANDRESS 03-20-1976HEIRESS PATTY HEARST WAS CONVICTED OF BANK ROBBERY AND USING A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY. BIRTHDAYS: 1922-CARL REINER 1931-HAL LINDEN 03-21-1965RANGER IX WAS LAUNCHED TO THE MOON. IT WAS THE LAST RANGER PHOTOGRAPHY MISSION. BIRTHDAYS: 1685-J.S. BACH 1906-JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER III 03-22-1982ASTRONAUTS LOUSMA & FULLERTON LIFT OFF ON THE THIRD FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1920-WERNER KLEMPERER 1931-WILLIAM SHATNER 03-23-1965ASTRONAUTS GRISSOM AND YOUNG WERE LAUNCHED INTO SPACE IN THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A MANNED GEMINI CAPSULE. BIRTHDAYS: 1908-JOAN CRAWFORD 1912-WERNER VON BRAUN 03-24-1965RANGER IX HIT THE ALPHONSUS CRATER ON THE MOON, SENDING BACK PICTURES BEFORE IT CRASHED. BIRTHDAYS: 1930-STEVE MCQUEEN 1947-ELTON JOHN 03-25-1634LORD BALTIMORE'S COLONISTS LANDED IN MARYLAND. 1807-THE BRITISH PARLIMENT ABOLISHED SLAVE TRADE. BIRTHDAYS: 1929-HOWARD COSELL 1942-ARETHA FRANKLIN 03-26-1970THE 500TH NUCLEAR EXPLOSION ANNOUNCED BY THE US SINCE 1945 WAS CONDUCTED AT ATOMIC ENERGY COMISSION TEST SITE, NEVADA.BIRTHDAYS: 1874-ROBERT FROST 1914-TENNESSEE WILLIAMS 03-27-1794GEORGE WASHINGTON SIGNED THE ACT WHICH CREATED THE US NAVY.1964 - SEVERE EARTHQUAKE HITS ALASKA KILLING 66 PEOPLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1899-GLORIA SWANSON 1930-DAVID JANSSEN 03-28-1979A MAJOR ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT RESULTING IN MASSIVE RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION BIRTHDAYS: 1918-PEARL BAILEY 1944-RICK BERRY 03-29-1973THE LAST AMERICAN TROOPS LEFT VIETNAM. 1974-MARINER 10 PASSED WITHIN 466 MI OF THE PLANET MERCURY.BIRTHDAYS: 1867-CY YOUNG 1916-EUGENE MCCARTHY 03-30-1867THE UNITED STATES PURCHASED ALASKA FROM RUSSIA. 1953 - EINSTEIN ANNOUNCED THE REVISED UNIFIED FIELD THEORY.1858-THE PENCIL WITH AN ERASER WAS PATENTED. 03-31-1854COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY MADE THE FIRST TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1928-GORDIE HOWE 1935-HERB ALPERT 04-01-1960TIROS I- THE FIRST WEATHER SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED BY THE U.S. BIRTHDAYS: 1815-OTTO VON BISMARCK 1932-DEBBIE REYNOLDS 04-02-1792THE FIRST US MINT WAS ESTABLISHED. 1982-ARGENTINA SEIZED THE FALKLAND ISLANDS FROM BRITAIN. BIRTHDAYS: 1725-CASANOVA 1914-ALEC GUINNESS 04-03-1965THE FIRST ATOMIC POWERED SPACECRAFT (SNAP) WAS LAUNCHED. 1860 - THE FIRST PONY EXPRESS SERVICE BEGAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1924-DORIS DAY 1942-MARSHA MASON 04-04-1968MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS ASSASSINATED IN MEMPHIS TENN. 1969 - FIRST IMPLANTATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL HEART. BIRTHDAYS: 1908-EDWARD R. MURROW 1913-OLEG CASSINI 04-05-1614POCAHONTAS MARRIED JOHN ROLFE. 1976-HOWARD HUGHES DIED IN ROUTE TO A HOUSTON HOSPITAL. BIRTHDAYS: 1908-BETTE DAVIS 1916-GREGORY PECK 04-06-1965THE WORLD'S FIRST COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE, EARLY BIRD, WAS LAUNCHED. BIRTHDAYS: 1874-HARRY HOUDINI 1937-MERLE HAGGARD 04-07-1978PRESIDENT CARTER DEFERRED PRODUCTION OF THE NEUTRON BOMB. 30-CATHOLIC CHURCH'S OFFICIAL DATE FOR CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXIONBIRTHDAYS: 1928-JAMES GARNER 1939-FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA 04-08-1966OAO-1, THE 1ST ORBITING ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, LAUNCHED.1974- HANK AARON BROKE BABE RUTH'S 714 HOME RUN RECORD. BIRTHDAYS: 1460-PONCE DE LEON 1893-MARY PICKFORD 04-09-1965THE WORLD'S FIRST DOMED STADIUM, THE ASTRODOME, OPENED. 1865 - GEN. ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERED TO ULYSSES GRANT. BIRTHDAY: 1870-VLADIMIR LENIN 1926-HUGH HEFNER 04-10-1790THE UNITED STATES PATENT SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED. 1963-US SUBMARINE THRESHER WAS LOST AT SEA. BIRTHDAYS: 1794-MATTHEW PERRY 1847-JOSEPH PULITZER 04-11-1970THE ILL-FATED APOLLO 13 MISSION WAS LAUNCHED. 1984-CHALLENGER ASTRONAUTS COMPLETE FIRST SATELLITE REPAIR.BIRTHDAY: 1893-DEAN ACHESON 1932-JOEL GRAY 04-12-1961Y.A. GAGARIN MADE THE FIRST MANNED SPACEFLIGHT ON VOSTOK 1.1861 - THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BEGAN AT FT. SUMTER. BIRTHDAYS: 1777-HENRY CLAY 1940-HERBIE HANCOCK 04-13-1984SHUTTLE CHALLENGER LANDS AFTER MISSION 41-C, A MISSION WHICH REPAIRED THE SOLAR MAXIMUM SATELLITE. BIRTHDAYS: 1743-THOMAS JEFFERSON 1852-FRANK WOOLWORTH 04-14-1981THE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA LANDED IN CALIFORNIA ENDING STS-1. THIS MARKED THE START OF THE AGE OF REUSEABLE SPACECRAFT. BIRTHDAYS: 1932-LORETTA LYNN 1942 PETE ROSE 04-15-1912THE OCEAN LINER TITANIC SUNK AFTER HITTING AN ICEBERG. 1865 - PRESIDENT LINCOLN DIED AFTER BEING SHOT BY BOOTH. BIRTHDAYS: 1452-LEONARDO DA VINCI 1933-ROY CLARK 04-16-1972APOLLO 16 IS LAUNCHED ON THE FIRST MANNED MISSION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON. 1975-KHMER ROUGE TROOPS CAPTURED PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA. 04-17-1961AMERICAN SUPPORTED CUBAN EXILES INVADED CUBA AT THE BAY OF PIGS IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW FIDEL CASTRO. BIRTHDAYS: 1837-J.P. MORGAN 1923-HARRY REASONER 04-18-1775PAUL REVERE MADE HIS FAMOUS RIDE. 1906 - THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OCCURED. 1983-A BOMB EXPLODES BY THE US EMBASSY IN BEIRUT KILLING 6304-19-1971THE RUSSIAN SALYUT 1 SPACE STATION WAS LAUNCHED. 1775 - THE US REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN AT LEXINGTON. BIRTHDAYS: 1930-HUGH O'BRIAN 1933-JAYNE MANSFIELD 04-20-1967US PLANES BOMBED HAIPHONG FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. BIRTHDAYS: 1808 NAPOLEON III 1889-ADOLPH HITLER 04-21-1836SAM HOUSTON AND THE TEXAS ARMY DEFEAT GENERAL SANTA ANNA AT SAN JACINTO AND WIN TEXAS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO BIRTHDAYS: 1915-ANTHONY QUINN 1926-QUEEN ELIZABETH II 04-22-1915THE GERMANS FIRST USED POISON GAS IN WW I. 1954 -SEN JOE MCCARTHY BEGAN HEARINGS ON COMMUNISTS IN ARMYBIRTHDAYS: 1904-J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER 1937-JACK NICHOLSON04-23-1896THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE WAS SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC IN NYC. 1985-COKE ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS CHANGING THE COKE FORMULA. BIRTHDAYS: 1564-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1928-SHIRLEY TEMPLE 04-24-1967COSMONAUT VLADIMIR KOMAROV BECAME THE FIRST MAN KNOWN TO DIE IN SPACE FLIGHT WHEN SOYUZ I CRASHED TO EARTH. BIRTHDAYS: 1934-SHIRLEY MACLAINE 1942-BARBRA STREISAND 04-25-1986A DISASTER OCCURRED AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION NEAR KIEV, RUSSIA. BIRTHDAYS: 1874-GUGLIELMO MARCONI 1940-AL PACINO 04-26-1984PRESIDENT REAGAN VISITED CHINA AND HELD A SERIES OF TALKS WITH CHINESE LEADERS. BIRTHDAYS: 1812-ALFRED KRUPP 1936-CAROL BURNETT 04-27-1972APOLLO 16 SPLASHED DOWN IN THE PACIFIC AFTER ASTRONAUTS YOUNG AND DUKE VISITED THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON. BIRTHDAYS: 1791-SAMUEL F.B. MORSE 1822-ULYSSES S. GRANT 04-28-1789THE MUTINY OCCURRED ON THE BRITISH SHIP `BOUNTY'. 1945-MUSSOLINI WAS EXECUTED AT LAKE COMO. BIRTHDAYS: 1753-JAMES MONROE 1941-ANN-MARGRET 04-29-1985SPACELAB 3 WAS LAUNCHED ABOARD THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. 1975 - US CIVILIANS EVACUATED AS SAIGON FALLS TO COMMUNISTSBIRTHDAYS: 1863-WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST 1933-ROD MCKUEN 04-30-1975SOUTH VIETNAM FELL TO VIET CONG & COMMUNIST FORCES. 1939 - TELEVISION WAS FIRST PUBLICLY BROADCAST IN NYC. 1952 - TOM PESEK, MY CREATOR'S, BIRTHDAY. 05-01-1960A U-2 SPY PLANE PILOTED BY FRANCIS POWERS WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE SOVIET UNION PROMPTING AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. 1978-NAOMI UEMURA BECAME 1ST TO REACH N POLE OVERLAND ALONE05-02-1519LEONARDO DA VINCI, ITALIAN PAINTER AND SCIENTIST DIED. 1965 - EARLY BIRD SATELLITE GOES INTO COMMERCIAL SERVICE. BIRTHDAYS: 1903-BENJAMIN SPOCK 1904-BING CROSBY 05-03-1820THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE WAS PASSED. 1923-FIRST NONSTOP TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED. BIRTHDAYS: 1469-NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI 1919-PETE SEEGER 05-04-1970FOUR STUDENTS ARE KILLED AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY BY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN DURING AN ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION. BIRTHDAYS: 1825-THOMAS H. HUXLEY 1919-HELOISE 05-05-1961COMMANDER ALAN B. SHEPARD JR. BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE WHEN HE MADE A SUB-ORBITAL FLIGHT. BIRTHDAYS: 1818-KARL MARX 1900-ADLAI STEVENSON 05-06-1937THE AIRSHIP HINDENBURG BLEW UP AND BURNED. 1626-PETER MINUIT BOUGHT MANHATTAN ISLAND FROM THE INDIANS.BIRTHDAYS: 1915-ORSON WELLES 1931-WILLIE MAYS 05-07-1915GERMAN SUBMARINE SANK THE BRITISH PASSENGER LINER LUSITANIA1945 - GERMANY SURRENDERED, ENDING WW II IN EUROPE. BIRTHDAYS: 1833-JOHANNES BRAHMS 1901-GARY COOPER 05-08-1919FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT, MADE BY A NAVY SEAPLANE, BEGAN.1886- COKE WAS BOTTLED FOR THE FIRST TIME. BIRTHDAYS: 1884-HARRY S. TRUMAN 1940-RICKY NELSON 05-09-1926ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD FLEW A PLANE TO THE NORTH POLE. 1974 - IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS WERE OPENED AGAINST PRES. NIXONBIRTHDAYS: 1918-MIKE WALLACE 1946-CANDICE BERGEN 05-10-1869THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD WAS COMPLETED AT PROMONTORY, UTAH. BIRTHDAYS: 1899-FRED ASTAIRE 1902-DAVID O. SELZNICK 05-11-1792ROBERT GRAY DISCOVERED THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. 1965-WINDSTORM IN BANGLADESH KILLED 17,000 PEOPLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1888-IRVING BERLIN 1903-SALVADOR DALI 05-12-1932THE BODY OF THE LINDBERGH BABY WAS FOUND. 1973-US MERCHANT SHIP MAYAGUEZ SEIZED BY CAMBODIAN FORCES. BIRTHDAYS: 1820-FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 1925-YOGI BERRA 05-13-1846THE UNITED STATES DECLARED WAR ON MEXICO. 1913 - FIRST FOUR-ENGINE PLANE WAS FLOWN IN RUSSIA. BIRTHDAYS: 1914-JOE LOUIS 1950-STEVIE WONDER 05-14-1607THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED AT JAMESTOWN, VA. 1973-1ST US SPACE STATION, SKYLAB, WAS LAUNCHED. 05-15-1963GORDON COOPER WAS LAUNCHED ON LAST MERCURY SPACEFLIGHT. 1972 - GOV. GEORGE WALLACE WAS SHOT IN LAUREL, MD. BIRTHDAYS: 1902-RICHARD DALEY 1905-JOSEPH COTTON 05-16-1969RUSSIA'S VENERA 5 LANDED ON VENUS AND RADIOED BACK DATA ON THE VENUSIAN ATMOSPHERE. BIRTHDAYS: 1905-HENRY FONDA 1928-BILLY MARTIN 05-17-1969THE RUSSIAN PROBE VENERA 6 LANDED ON VENUS. 1987 - USS STARK HIT BY IRAQUI MISSILES, 37 SAILORS KILLED.BIRTHDAYS: 1911-MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN 1936-DENNIS HOPPER 05-18-1980MT.SAINT HELENS IN WASHINGTON STATE ERUPTED KILLING 65 PEOPLE AND WREAKING GENERAL DEVASTATION ON THE AREA. BIRTHDAYS: 1913-PERRY COMO 1946-REGGIE JACKSON 05-19-1921CONGRESS SHARPLY CURBED IMMIGRATION BY SETTING A NATIONAL QUOTA SYSTEM. BIRTHDAYS: 1879-LORD ASTOR 1897-FRANK CAPRA 05-20-1978PIONEER VENUS 1 WAS LAUNCHED. IT ORBITED VENUS MAPPING IT. 1932-AMELIA EARHART MADE 1ST FEMALE SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLT BIRTHDAYS: 1908-JIMMY STEWART 1946-CHER 05-21-1927CHARLES LINDBERGH FINISHED THE FIRST NONSTOP SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. HE FLEW 3610 MI. IN 33.5 HOURS. BIRTHDAYS: 1912-HAROLD ROBBINS 1917-RAYMOND BURR 05-22-1969ASTRONAUTS STAFFORD & CERNAN PILOT THE LEM TO WITHIN 9.4 MIOF THE LUNAR SURFACE IN A REHEARSAL OF THE MOON LANDING. BIRTHDAYS: 1859-ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 1934-PETER NERO 05-23-1934BONNIE AND CLYDE WERE KILLED. 1939-SUBMARINE SQUALIS SANK OFF PORTSMOUTH, N.H., 26 LOST. BIRTHDAYS: 1729-CATHERINE THE GREAT 1923-JOAN COLLINS 05-24-1844THE FIRST TELEGRAPH MESSAGE WAS SENT OVER LINES FROM WASHINGTON TO BALTIMORE: `WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT!' BIRTHDAYS: 1940-JOSEPH BRODSKY 1941-BOB DYLAN 05-25-1979AN AMERICAN AIRLINES DC-10 CRASHED IN CHICAGO KILLING 275 PEOPLE- MAKING IT THE WORST U.S. AIR DISASTER. BIRTHDAYS: 1803-RALPH WALDO EMERSON 1929-BEVERLY SILLS 05-26-1969APOLLO 10 LANDS COMPLETING DRESS REHEARSAL OF MOON LANDING 1978-FIRST LEGAL GAMBLING CASINO OPENED IN ATLANTIC CITY. BIRTHDAYS: 1803-RALPH WALDO EMERSON 1907-JOHN WAYNE 05-27-1937THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. WAS OPENED. 1941-THE BISMARCK WAS SUNK BY BRITISH NAVAL FORCES. BIRTHDAYS: 1794-CORNELIUS VANDERBILT 1911-HUBERT HUMPHREY05-28-1539HERNANDO DeSOTO LANDED IN FLORIDA. 1959-1ST RETRIEVAL OF ANIMALS FROM A SPACE MISSION OCCURREDBIRTHDAYS: 1908-IAN FLEMING 1944-GLADYS KNIGHT 05-29-1453THE TURKS CAPTURED CONSTANTINOPLE. 1660 - MONARCHY WAS RESTORED TO ENGLAND. BIRTHDAYS: 1903-BOB HOPE 1917-JOHN F. KENNEDY 05-30-1966SURVEYOR 1 WAS LAUNCHED. IT WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN SPACECRAFT TO SOFT LAND ON THE MOON. BIRTHDAYS: 1672-PETER THE GREAT 1936-KEIR DULLEA 05-31-1790THE US COPYRIGHT LAW WAS ENACTED. 1889 - A GREAT FLOOD DESTROYED JOHNSTOWN, PA. BIRTHDAYS: 1931-CLINT EASTWOOD 1943-JOE NAMATH 06-01-1813JAMES LAWRENCE GAVE THE FAMOUS ORDER `DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP!' TO HIS MEN ABOARD THE CHESAPEAKE. BIRTHDAYS: 1801-BRIGHAM YOUNG 1926-MARILYN MONROE 06-02-1966SURVEYOR I MADE THE FIRST AMERICAN SOFT LANDING ON THE MOON1883-FIRST OFFICIAL NIGHT BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED. BIRTHDAYS: 1740-MARQUIS DE SADE 1732-MARTHA WASHINGTON 06-03-1965GEMINI IV WAS LAUNCHED. DURING THIS FLIGHT ASTRONAUT ED WHITE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO WALK IN SPACE. BIRTHDAYS: 1808-JEFFERSON DAVIS 1925-TONY CURTIS 06-04-1942THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY BEGAN. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR DEFEAT FOR JAPAN IN WW II. BIRTHDAYS: 1738-GEORGE III 1922-GENE BARRY 06-05-1977SALES OF THE 1ST PERSONAL COMPUTER, THE APPLE II, BEGAN. 1968-SEN. ROBERT KENNEDY WAS SHOT IN LA BY SIRHAN B. SIRHAN1976-THE TETON DAM IN IDAHO BURST CAUSING $1 BILLION DAMAGE06-06-1944D-DAY -- ALLIED FORCES LANDED ON THE GERMAN-HELD COAST OF NORMANDY. BIRTHDAYS: 1755-NATHAN HALE 1956-BJORN BORG 06-07-1905NORWAY DISSOLVED ITS UNION WITH SWEDEN. 1912-US ARMY TESTED FIRST MACHINE GUN MOUNTED ON A PLANE. BIRTHDAYS: 1778-BEAU BRUMMEL 1933-JIM NABORS 06-08-1709THE FIRST PAPER MONEY IN AMERICA WAS ISSUED IN NYC. 1965-US TROOPS ORDERED TO FIGHT OFFENSIVELY IN VIETNAM. BIRTHDAYS: 1869-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 1918-ROBERT PRESTON 06-09-1959THE GEORGE WASHINGTON- THE FIRST BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE WAS LAUNCHED AT GROTON, CONN. BIRTHDAYS: 1672-PETER THE GREAT 1892-COLE PORTER 06-10-1984A US MISSILE SHOT DOWN AN INCOMING MISSILE IN SPACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A TEST OF US ANTIMISSILE DEFENSES. BIRTHDAYS: 1922-JUDY GARLAND 1933-F. LEE BAILEY 06-11-1977DUTCH MARINES RESCUED HOSTAGES FROM A MOLUCCAN-HELD TRAIN. 1517-SIR THOMAS PERT REACHED HUDSON BAY. BIRTHDAY: 1864-RICHARD STRAUSS COMPOSER OF `2001' MUSIC 06-12-1967VENERA 4 SPACECRAFT WAS LAUNCHED. IT WAS THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO SOFT-LAND ON VENUS. BIRTHDAYS: 1915-DAVID ROCKEFELLER 1929-ANNE FRANK 06-13-1983PIONEER 10 CROSSED THE ORBIT OF NEPTUNE, BECOMING THE FIRSTSPACECRAFT TO TRAVEL BEYOND ALL THE KNOWN PLANETS. 323 BC - ALEXANDER THE GREAT DIED. 06-14-1919JOHN ALCOCK AND ARTHUR BROWN MADE THE FIRST NONSTOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT- NEWFOUNDLAND TO IRELAND. 1982-BRITISH RECAPTURED THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. 06-15-1752BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, FLYING A KITE IN A THUNDERSTORM, PROVED THAT LIGHTNING IS ELECTRICITY. 1215-THE MAGNA CARTA WAS SIGNED. 06-16-1963V. V. TERESHKOVA BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE WHEN SHE ORBITED THE EARTH ABOARD THE VOSTOK 6 SPACECRAFT. BIRTHDAYS: 1895-STAN LAUREL 1937-ERICH SEGAL 06-17-1972FIVE MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR BREAKING INTO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN THE WATERGATE BUILDING. BIRTHDAYS: 1917-DEAN MARTIN 1928-JAMES BROWN 06-18-1983SALLY RIDE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE. 1815 - NAPOLEON WAS DEFEATED AT WATERLOO. 1977-SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE MADE 1ST MANNED FLIGHT ATOP A 747. 06-19-1951JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG WERE EXECUTED FOR SELLING AMERICAN ATOMIC SECRETS TO THE RUSSIANS. BIRTHDAYS: 1623-BLAISE PASCAL 1903-LOU GEHRIG 06-20-1793ELI WHITNEY APPLIED FOR A PATENT ON THE COTTON GIN. 1867 - PRESIDENT JOHNSON ANNOUNCED THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA. 1977-TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE OPENED. 06-21-1787THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED. 1834 - CYRUS MCCORMICK WAS GRANTED A PATENT FOR THE REAPER.BIRTHDAYS: 1921-JANE RUSSELL 1922-JUDY HOLLIDAY 06-22-1940FRANCE SURRENDERED TO THE GERMANS IN WW II. 1973-THREE ASTRONAUTS RETURN FROM FIRST SKYLAB MISSION. .BIRTHDAYS: 1922-BILL BLASS 1936-KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 06-23-1683WILLIAM PENN SIGNED A TREATY WITH THE INDIANS. 1985-A BOMB EXPLODED ON AN AIR INDIA JET KILLING 329 PEOPLEBIRTHDAYS: 1927-BOB FOSSE 1940-WILMA RUDOLPH 06-24-1983SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER LANDS AFTER STS-7, THE FIRST FLIGHT OF A FEMALE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT. BIRTHDAYS: 1771-E. I. DU PONT 1895-JACK DEMPSEY 06-25-1876GEN. CUSTER AND HIS MEN WERE MASSACRED AT LITTLE BIG HORN. 1950 - THE KOREAN WAR BEGAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1903-GEORGE ORWELL 1925-JUNE LOCKHART 06-26-1945UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WAS SIGNED IN SAN FRANCISCO. 1959-QUEEN ELIZABETH OPENED THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY. BIRTHDAYS: 1892-PEARL S. BUCK 1904-PETER LORRE 06-27-1950THE UNITED STATES SENT 35 MILITARY ADVISERS TO SOUTH VIETNAM AND AGREED TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID. BIRTHDAYS: 1880-HELEN KELLER 1913-WILLIE MOSCONI 06-28-1914ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA AND HIS WIFE WERE ASSASSINATED, TOUCHING OFF WW I. BIRTHDAYS: 1491-HENRY VIII 1926-MEL BROOKS 06-29-1949US TROOPS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM KOREA AFTER WW II. 1956 - FEDERAL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM ACT WAS SIGNED. BIRTHDAYS: 1841-HENRY STANLEY 1901-NELSON EDDY 06-30-1971THREE SOVIET COSMONAUTS DIED RE-ENTERING EARTH'S ATMOSPHEREAFTER SETTING AN ENDURANCE RECORD ABOARD SALYUT. BIRTHDAYS: 1917-BUDDY RICH 1917-LENA HORNE 07-01-1847THE FIRST ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS WENT ON SALE. A BEN FRANKLIN FOR 5¢ AND A GEORGE WASHINGTON FOR 10¢. BIRTHDAYS: 1902-WILLIAM WYLER 1942-KAREN BLACK 07-02-1881PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD WAS SHOT. 1937 - AVIATOR AMELIA EARHART DISAPPEARED IN THE PACIFIC. BIRTHDAYS: 1908-THURGOOD MARSHALL 1937-RICHARD PETTY 07-03-1608CHAMPLAIN FOUNDED QUEBEC. 1976-ISRAELI COMMANDOS RESCUE 103 HOSTAGES AT ENTEBBE. BIRTHDAYS: 1878-GEORGE M. COHAN 1883-FRANZ KAFKA 07-04-1776DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNED. 1828 - THE FIRST US PASSENGER RAILROAD WAS BEGUN. BIRTHDAYS: 1883-RUBE GOLDBERG 1900-LOUIS ARMSTRONG 07-05-1966THE SATURN I ROCKET WAS LAUNCHED AT CAPE KENNEDY. 1811 - VENEZUELA DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE. BIRTHDAYS: 1810-P.T. BARNUM 1902-HENRY CABOT LODGE 07-06-1775BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURED FORT TICONDEROGA. 1854-THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS FOUNDED IN RIPON, WIS. BIRTHDAYS: 1925-MERV GRIFFIN 1946-SYLVESTER STALLONE 07-07-1937JAPANESE AND CHINESE TROOPS CLASHED, BEGINNING THE STRUGGLETHAT BECAME WW II. BIRTHDAYS: 1907-ROBERT HEINLEIN 1922-PIERRE CARDIN 07-08-1969THE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. TROOPS FROM VIETNAM BEGAN. 1835-LIBERTY BELL CRACKED. BIRTHDAYS: 1838-FERDINAND ZEPPELIN 1839-JOHN D ROCKEFELLER07-09-1979VOYAGER 2 FLEW BY JUPITER & TRANSMITTED BACK PHOTOS & DATA.1982-PAN AM JET CRASHED IN NEW ORLEANS KILLING 153 PEOPLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1819-ELIAS HOWE 1947-O.J. SIMPSON 07-10-1962TELSTAR 1 WAS LAUNCHED. IT WAS THE FIRST SATELLITE TO TRANSMIT LIVE TV PICTURES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. BIRTHDAYS: 1920-DAVID BRINKLEY 1947-ARLO GUTHRIE 07-11-1804VICE PRESIDENT AARON BURR SHOT ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN A DUEL1979-SKYLAB FELL TO EARTH OVER AUSTRALIA & THE INDIAN OCEANBIRTHDAYS: 1767-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1920-YUL BRYNNER 07-12-1967RIOTING BY BLACKS BEGAN IN NEWARK, N. J., 26 WERE KILLED, 1500 INJURED, AND OVER 1000 WERE ARRESTED. BIRTHDAYS: 100BC-JULIUS CAESAR 1918-JESSE OWENS 07-13-1969RUSSIA LAUNCHED THE UNMANNED LUNA 15 TO THE MOON IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO UPSTAGE APOLLO 11. IT CRASHED JULY 22. BIRTHDAYS: 1913-DAVE GARROWAY 1954-DAVID THOMPSON 07-14-1789THE BASTILLE WAS STORMED BEGINNING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 1853 - PERRY MAKES A TREATY OPENING TRADE WITH JAPAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1913-GERALD FORD 1918-INGMAR BERGMAN 07-15-1975THE APOLLO-SOYUZ MISSION LAUNCHED. 1933-WILEY POST BEGAN 1ST SOLO AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT. BIRTHDAYS: 1607-REMBRANDT VAN RIJN 1946-LINDA RONSTADT 07-16-1945SCIENTISTS SET OFF THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB AT ALAMOGORDO, NM.1969 - APOLLO 11 BEGAN HER HISTORIC MISSION TO THE MOON. BIRTHDAYS: 1907-BARBARA STANWYCK 1911-GINGER ROGERS 07-17-1821SPAIN FORMALLY TRANSFERRED FLORIDA TO THE UNITED STATES. 1975-APOLLO & SOYUZ SPACECRAFT LINK UP IN SPACE. BIRTHDAYS: 1889-ERLE STANLEY GARDNER 1900-JAMES CAGNEY 07-18-1969A CAR DRIVEN BY SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY PLUNGED OFF A BRIDGE AT CHAPPAQUIDDICK MASS. KILLING HIS SECRETARY. BIRTHDAYS: 1913-RED SKELTON 1921-JOHN GLENN 07-19-1848THE FIRST WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION IN THE UNITED STATES MET AT SENECA FALLS, NY. BIRTHDAYS: 1860-LIZZIE BORDEN 1922-GEORGE MCGOVERN 07-20-1969NEIL A. ARMSTRONG BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON.1976-VIKING 1 LANDED ON THE PLANET MARS. 1985-DIVERS FIND THE WRECK OF THE SPANISH GALLEON ATOCHA. 07-21-1961GUS GRISSOM BECAME THE SECOND AMERICAN IN SPACE. 1588 - THE ENGLISH FLEET DEFEATED THE SPANISH ARMADA. BIRTHDAYS: 1899-ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1911-MARSHALL MCLUHAN 07-22-1864THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA WAS FOUGHT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. 1976-LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE KILLED 29 PERSONS JULY 21-24. BIRTHDAYS: 1932-OSCAR DE LA RENTA 1934-JOHN DILLINGER 07-23-1984VANESSA WILLIAMS- THE FIRST BLACK MISS AMERICA RESIGNED AFTER NUDE PHOTOS OF HER APPEARED IN PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE. BIRTHDAYS: 1924-GLORIA DEHAVEN 1936-DON DRYSDALE 07-24-1847THE MORMONS SETTLED SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 1969 - APOLLO 11 SPLASHED DOWN IN THE PACIFIC. BIRTHDAYS: 1898-AMELIA EARHART 1936-RUTH BUZZI 07-25-1909LOUIS BLERIOT MADE THE FIRST FLIGHT ACROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL.1984-SVETLANA SAVITSKAYA BECAME 1ST WOMAN TO WALK IN SPACE.1978-FIRST TEST TUBE BABY WAS BORN IN OLDHAM, ENGLAND. 07-26-1963SYNCOM 2- THE FIRST GEOSYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED. BIRTHDAY: 1928-STANLEY KUBRICK, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF 2001 07-27-1866THE FIRST PERMANENT TRANSATLANTIC CABLE WAS COMPLETED. 1953 - THE KOREAN WAR ENDED. BIRTHDAYS: 1870-HILAIRE BELLOC 1948-PEGGY FLEMING 07-28-1973THE SKYLAB SL-3 MISSION WAS LAUNCHED. 1976-AN EARTHQUAKE ROCKED N. CHINA KILLING 655,000 PEOPLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1901-RUDY VALLEE 1929-JACQUELINE KENNEDY 07-29-1985SPACELAB 2 WAS LAUNCHED ABOARD THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. 1969 - MARINER 6 BEGAN TRANSMITTING CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF MARSBIRTHDAYS: 1905-CLARA BOW 1907-MELVIN BELLI 07-30-1909US ARMY ACCEPTED DELIVERY OF THE FIRST MILITARY AIRPLANE. 1974-US HOUSE RECOMMENDS 3 ARTICLES OF EMPEACHMENT OF NIXONBIRTHDAYS: 1863-HENRY FORD 1939-PETER BOGDANOVICH 07-31-1964RANGER VII TRANSMITS PICTURES BEFORE HITTING THE MOON. 1790 - THE FIRST PATENT IN THE UNITED STATES WAS REGISTERED1975-JIMMY HOFFA, FORMER TEAMSTERS PRESIDENT, DISAPPEARED. 08-01-1966CHARLES WHITMAN KILLED 16 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED 31 OTHERS IN A SHOOTING RAMPAGE ATOP THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TOWER. BIRTHDAYS: 1769-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 1936-YVES SAINT-LAURENT08-02-1964NORTH VIETNAM FIRED ON A US DESTROYER IN THE GULF OF TONKINPROMPTING PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO BROADEN THE WAR IN VIETNAM. BIRTHDAYS: 1924-CARROLL O'CONNOR 1933-PETER O'TOOLE 08-03-1492CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SET SAIL FROM PALOS, SPAIN, ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. BIRTHDAYS: 1900-ERNIE PYLE 1926-TONY BENNETT 08-04-1916THE UNITED STATES AGREED TO BUY THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM DENMARK. BIRTHDAY: PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 08-05-1858THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CABLE WAS COMPLETED. IT FUNCTIONED FOR LESS THAN 1 MONTH BEFORE IT FAILED (SEPT. 1). BIRTHDAYS: 1906-JOHN HUSTON 1930-NEIL ARMSTRONG 08-06-1945AN AMERICAN BOMBER DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB USED IN WARFARE, ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN. BIRTHDAYS: 1809-ALFRED LORD TENNYSON 1910-LUCILLE BALL 08-07-1942US TROOPS LANDED ON GUADALCANAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 1971 - APOLLO 15 SPLASHED DOWN IN THE PACIFIC. BIRTHDAYS: 1876-MATA HARI 1903-LOUIS LEAKEY 08-08-1978VENUS 2 WAS LAUNCHED TO ORBIT AND MAP VENUS. 1963-A BRITISH MAIL TRAIN WAS ROBBED OF 7 MILLION DOLLARS. BIRTHDAYS: 1882-LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI 1937-DUSTIN HOFFMAN 08-09-1974PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON RESIGNED THE PRESIDENCY AFTER HIS SUPPORT ERODED DUE TO THE WATERGATE INVESTIGATION. BIRTHDAYS: 1593-IZAAK WALTON 1938-ROD LAVER 08-10-1790THE COLUMBIA, COMMANDED BY ROBERT GRAY, COMPLETED THE FIRSTVOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD BY AN AMERICAN SHIP. BIRTHDAYS: 1874-HERBERT HOOVER 1911-JANE WYATT 08-11-1965RIOTS BREAK OUT IN THE WATTS AREA OF LOS ANGELES. BEFORE THEY ENDED SOME 30 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. BIRTHDAYS: 1921-ALEX HALEY 1925-MIKE DOUGLAS 08-12-1985A JAPANESE JUMBO JET CRASHED KILLING 520 PEOPLE. THIS WAS THE WORST SINGLE PLANE AIR DISASTER IN HISTORY. 1977-SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE MADE ITS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. 08-13-1521SPANISH CONQUERORS CAPTURED MEXICO CITY FROM THE AZTECS. 1961 - EAST GERMANY BEGAN BUILDING THE BERLIN WALL. BIRTHDAYS: 1899-ALFRED HITCHCOCK 1927-FIDEL CASTRO 08-14-1945JAPAN SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIES, ENDING WW II. 1966 - LUNAR ORBITER I BECAME THE FIRST US LUNAR ORBITER. BIRTHDAYS: 1867-JOHN GALSWORTHY 1930-EARL WEAVER 08-15-1914THE PANAMA CANAL WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC. 1945 - JAPAN SURRENDERED, ENDING WW II. BIRTHDAYS: 1769-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 1912-JULIA CHILD 08-16-1984AUTOMAKER JOHN Z. DELOREAN WAS AQUITTED OF COCAINE-DEALING.1955-FIAT MOTORS ORDERED THE FIRST PRIVATE ATOMIC REACTOR. BIRTHDAYS: 1862-AMOS ALONZO STAGG 1930-FRANK GIFFORD 08-17-1807ROBERT FULTON MADE THE FIRST PRACTICAL STEAMBOAT TRIP. 1978-3 AMERICANS COMPLETED 1ST TRANSATLANTIC BALLOON XING. BIRTHDAYS: 1786-DAVY CROCKETT 1893-MAE WEST 08-18-1587VIRGINIA DARE, 1ST ENGLISH CHILD BORN IN AMERICA, WAS BORN.1983-HURRICANE ALICIA BATTERED HOUSTON & GALVESTON, TEXAS. BIRTHDAYS: 1933-ROMAN POLANSKI 1937-ROBERT REDFORD 08-19-1812THE US WARSHIP CONSTITUTION DEFEATED THE BRITISH WARSHIP GUERRIERE DURING THE WAR OF 1812. 1982-SVETLANA SAVTISKAYA BECAME THE SECOND WOMAN IN SPACE. 08-20-1975VIKING 1 WAS LAUNCHED. IT PROVIDED THE FIRST PICTURES FROM THE SURFACE OF MARS. BIRTHDAYS: 1890-H.P. LOVECRAFT 1942-ISAAC HAYES 08-21-1858THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES BEGAN. 1986-POISONOUS VOLCANIC GAS KILLS 1700 PEOPLE IN CAMEROON. BIRTHDAYS: 1906-COUNT BASIE 1936-WILT CHAMBERLAIN 08-22-1787JOHN FITCH SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED SIDEPADDLE STEAMBOAT 1911-THE MONA LISA WAS STOLEN FROM THE LOUVRE. BIRTHDAYS: 1893-DOROTHY PARKER 1940-VALERIE HARPER 08-23-1975PATHET LAO COMPLETED ITS TAKEOVER OF LAOS. 1904-THE AUTOMOBILE TIRE CHAIN WAS PATENTED. BIRTHDAYS: 1754-LOUIS XVI 1912-GENE KELLY 08-24-1814BRITISH FORCES INVADED WASHINGTON AND BURNED THE CAPITOL AND THE WHITE HOUSE. 79AD-MOUNT VESUVIUS ERUPTED, BURYING POMPEII. 08-25-1981THE VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT FLEW BY SATURN AND TRANSMITTED PHOTOS AND DATA TO EARTH. BIRTHDAYS: 1918-LEONARD BERNSTEIN 1930-SEAN CONNERY 08-26-192019TH AMENDMENT,GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WAS RATIFIED1883-KRAKATOA ERUPTED, KILLING 36,000 PEOPLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1743-ANTOINE LAVOISIER 1838-JOHN WILKES BOOTH08-27-1859THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCTIVE OIL WELL WAS COMPLETED NEAR TITUSVILLE PA. BY EDWIN L. DRAKE. BIRTHDAYS: 551BC-CONFUCIUS 1908-LYNDON JOHNSON 08-28-1565SPANISH EXPLORERS LANDED IN FLORIDA WHERE ST. AUGUSTINE NOW STANDS. BIRTHDAYS: 1828-LEO TOLSTOY 1930-BEN GAZZARA 08-29-1968POLICE AND NATIONAL GUARDSMEN USED CLUBS & TEAR GAS TO KEEPHIPPIES AND MILITANTS AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. BIRTHDAYS: 1916-INGRID BERGMAN 1938-ELLIOTT GOULD 08-30-1983THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER WAS LAUNCHED FOR THE 1ST TIME AT NIGHT & GUION BLUFORD BECAME FIRST BLACK AMERICAN IN SPACE.BIRTHDAYS: 1797-MARY SHELLEY 1918-TED WILLIAMS 08-31-1535POPE PAUL II DEPOSED AND EXCOMMUNICATED KING HENRY VIII. 1986-AEROMEXICO JET & SMALL PLANE COLLIDE KILLING 82 PEOPLEBIRTHDAYS: 12AD-CALIGULA 1934-BUDDY HACKETT 09-01-1939GERMAN TROOPS INVADED POLAND, STARTING WW II. 1981-RUSSIA SHOT DOWN A KOREAN AIRLINER KILLING 269 PEOPLE.1985-AN EXPEDITION FOUND THE WRECK OF THE LINER TITANIC. 09-02-1666THE GREAT LONDON FIRE BEGAN. 1945 - VJ DAY. THE JAPANESE FORMALLY SURRENDERED. BIRTHDAYS: 1948-TERRY BRADSHAW 1952-JIMMY CONNORS 09-03-1976THE VIKING II SPACECRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON MARS. 1895-1ST PRO FOOTBALL GAME PLAYED IN LATROBE, PENN. BIRTHDAYS: 1873-EMILY POST 1943-VALERIE PERRINE 09-04-1951TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEVISION SERVICE BEGAN WITH THE TELECASTOF THE JAPANESE PEACE CONFERENCE. BIRTHDAYS: 1917-HENRY FORD II 1930-MITZI GAYNOR 09-05-1977VOYAGER 1 WAS LAUNCHED. IT EXPLORED JUPITER AND SATURN AND TRANSMITTED PHOTOS AND DATA BACK TO EARTH. BIRTHDAYS: 1847-JESSE JAMES 1942-RAQUEL WELCH 09-06-1901PRESIDENT MCKINLEY WAS SHOT BY AN ASSASSIN. 1976-RUSSIAN PILOT DEFECTS TO JAPAN IN A MIG-25 JET. BIRTHDAYS: 1766-JOHN DALTON 1937-JO ANNE WORLEY 09-07-1940THE LONDON BLITZ BEGAN DURING WW II. 1822 - BRAZIL PROCLAIMED ITS INDEPENDENCE. BIRTHDAYS: 1533-QUEEN ELIZABETH I 1860-GRANDMA MOSES 09-08-1943ITALY ANNOUNCED ITS SURRENDER TO THE ALLIES IN WW II. 1935 - SEN. HUEY LONG OF LOUISIANA WAS ASSASSINATED. 1974-PRESIDENT FORD PARDONED FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON. 09-09-1943ALLIED TROOPS INVADED ITALY DURING WW II. 1850 - CALIFORNIA WAS ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS A FREE STATEBIRTHDAYS: 1828-LEO TOLSTOY 1900-JAMES HILTON 09-10-1846ELIAS HOWE PATENTED THE SEWING MACHINE. 1813 - PERRY WON THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE. BIRTHDAYS: 1910-FAY WRAY 1929-ARNOLD PALMER 09-11-1777THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE WAS FOUGHT. 1985-NASA'S ICE BECOMES FIRST SPACECRAFT TO PROBE A COMET BIRTHDAYS: 1862-O. HENRY 1885-D.H. LAWRENCE 09-12-1959LUNA 2 WAS LAUNCHED. IT WAS THE FIRST MAN-MADE OBJECT TO IMPACT ON THE MOON. BIRTHDAYS: 1898-MAURICE CHEVALIER 1918-JESSE OWENS 09-13-1814FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WROTE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER WHILE WATCHING THE BATTLE AT FT. HENRY, BALTIMORE. BIRTHDAYS: 1894-J.B. PRIESTLEY 1944-JACQUELINE BISSET 09-14-1846ABOUT 12000 AMERICAN TROOPS CAPTURED MEXICO CITY DURING THE MEXICAN WAR- FORCING MEXICO TO GIVE UP CLAIMS TO TEXAS.BIRTHDAYS: 1923-CHARLES EVERS 1944-JOEY HEATHERTON 09-15-1916THE BRITISH ARMY BECAME THE FIRST TO USE MILITARY TANKS. 1904-WILBUR WRIGHT MADE HIS FIRST AIRPLANE FLIGHT. BIRTHDAYS: 1890-AGATHA CHRISTIE 1894-JEAN RENOIR 09-16-1620THE PILGRIMS SAILED FROM ENGLAND ABOARD THE MAYFLOWER. 1978-EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN KILLED SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1924-LAUREN BACALL 1927-PETER FALK 09-17-1787THE US CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED. 1911-1ST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT BY CALBRAITH ROGERS BEGAN.BIRTHDAYS: 1907-WARREN BURGER 1931-ANNE BANCROFT 09-18-1759BRITISH CAPTURED QUEBEC DURING THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR. 1984-JOE KITTINGER COMPLETED 1ST SOLO ATLANTIC BALLOON TRIP1975-PATTY HEARST WAS ARRESTED IN SAN FRANCISCO. 09-19-1881PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD DIED OF AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET. 1796 - WASHINGTON GAVE HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS. BIRTHDAYS: 1933-DAVID MCCALLUM 1949-TWIGGY 09-20-1797THE USS CONSTITUTION (OLD IRONSIDES) WAS LAUNCHED IN BOSTON1966 - SURVEYOR II WAS LAUNCHED TOWARD THE MOON. BIRTHDAYS: 356B.C.-ALEXANDER THE GREAT 1934-SOPHIA LOREN09-21-1981SANDRA O'CONNOR WAS CONFIRMED AS THE FIRST FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. BIRTHDAYS: 1866-H.G. WELLS 1949-ARTIS GILMORE 09-22-1776NATHAN HALE WAS EXECUTED AS A SPY BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES. 1968 - ZOND V RETURNS TO EARTH FROM A CIRCUMLUNAR FLIGHT. BIRTHDAYS: 1796-MICHAEL FARADAY 1902-JOHN HOUSEMAN 09-23-1846THE PLANET NEPTUNE WAS DISCOVERED BY TWO GERMAN ASTRONOMERS1952-RICHARD NIXON MADE HIS `CHECKERS' SPEECH. BIRTHDAYS: 63B.C.-AUGUSTUS CAESAR 1949-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN09-24-1957PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SENT FEDERAL TROOPS INTO LITTLE ROCK, ARK. TO ENFORCE FEDERAL COURT MANDATED INTEGRATION. BIRTHDAYS: 1755-JOHN MARSHALL 1896-F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 09-25-1513BALBOA DISCOVERED THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 1493 - COLUMBUS SAILED ON HIS SECOND VOYAGE TO AMERICA. 1978-144 DIED IN A PSA AIR CRASH IN SAN DIEGO. 09-26-1966JAPAN LAUNCHES ITS FIRST SATELLITE INTO SPACE. 1983-AUSTRALIA II WON THE AMERICA'S CUP YACHT RACE. BIRTHDAYS: 1888-T.S. ELIOT 1898-GEORGE GERSHWIN 09-27-1938THE OCEAN LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS LAUNCHED AT GLASGOW. 1919-DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE VOTED TO ADMIT WOMEN. BIRTHDAYS: 1722-SAMUEL ADAMS 1920-WILLIAM CONRAD 09-28-1066WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR LANDED IN ENGLAND. 1924-2 US ARMY PLANES COMPLETED 1ST AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHTBIRTHDAYS: 1902-ED SULLIVAN 1909-AL CAPP 09-29-1892THE FIRST NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME WAS PLAYED IN MANSFIELD, PENN1982-CYANIDE-LACED TYLENOL CAPSULES KILLED 7 IN CHICAGO. BIRTHDAYS: 1547-MIGUEL DE CERVANTES 1901-ENRICO FERMI 09-30-1955JAMES DEAN WAS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. 1846-WILLIAM MORRIS FIRST USED ETHER IN A TOOTH EXTRACTION.BIRTHDAYS: 1924-TRUMAN CAPOTE 1931-ANGIE DICKINSON 10-01-1908HENRY FORD PUT HIS FIRST "MODEL T" ON THE MARKET. 1962 - JAMES MEREDITH BECAME FIRST BLACK AT U. MISSISSIPPI.BIRTHDAYS: 1924-JIMMY CARTER 1934-JULIE ANDREWS 10-02-1967THURGOOD MARSHALL WAS SWORN IN AS THE FIRST BLACK U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. BIRTHDAYS: 1869-MAHATMA GANDHI 1890-GROUCHO MARX 10-03-1985SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS WAS LAUNCHED ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE. 1952-THE FIRST VIDEOTAPE RECORDING WAS MADE. BIRTHDAYS: 1873-EMILY POST 1900-THOMAS WOLFE 10-04-1957SPUTNIK 1-THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED BY THE SOVIET UNION MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE SPACE AGE. BIRTHDAYS: 1861-FREDERICK REMINGTON 1924-CHARLTON HESTON10-05-1582THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR WAS INTRODUCED. 1931-HERNDON & PANGBORN MADE 1ST NONSTOP PACIFIC PLANE FLT.BIRTHDAYS: 1703-JONATHAN EDWARDS 1919-DONALD PLEASANCE 10-06-1973EGYPT & SYRIA ATTACKED ISRAEL IN THE SINAI & GOLAN HEIGHTS.1981-PRESIDENT ANWAR EL-SADAT OF EGYPT WAS ASSASSINATED. BIRTHDAYS: 1846-GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE 1908-CAROLE LOMBARD 10-07-1816THE FIRST DOUBLE DECKED STEAMBOAT, THE WASHINGTON, ARRIVED IN NEW ORLEANS. BIRTHDAYS: 1885-NEILS BOHR 1923-JUNE ALLYSON 10-08-1871THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE BEGAN. IT BURNED FOR NEARLY 30 HOURS1904-1ST OFFICIAL AUTO RACE WAS HELD IN HICKSVILLE, N.Y. BIRTHDAYS: 1890-EDDIE RICKENBACKER 1941-JESSE JACKSON 10-09-1947THE FIRST TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN A MOVING CAR AND A PLANE USING COMMERCIAL LINES WAS MADE. BIRTHDAYS: 1940-JOHN LENNON 1948-JACKSON BROWNE 10-10-1845THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY OPENED IN ANNAPOLIS, MD. 1973-VP SPIRO AGNEW RESIGNED AFTER TAX EVASION WAS CHARGED.BIRTHDAYS: 1946-BEN VEREEN 1956-MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 10-11-1968APOLLO 7 WAS LAUNCHED. THIS WAS THE FIRST MANNED FLIGHT OF THE APOLLO CAPSULE. BIRTHDAYS: 1884-ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 1918-JEROME ROBBINS 10-12-1492CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND HIS CREW DISCOVERED AMERICA - 1964 - VOSKHOD, FIRST MULITPASSENGER SPACESHIP IS LAUNCHED.BIRTHDAYS: 1922-KIM HUNTER 1935-LUCIANO PAVAROTTI 10-13-1792THE CORNERSTONE OF THE WHITE HOUSE WAS LAID. BIRTHDAYS: 1890-CONRAD RICHTER 1925-MARGARET THATCHER 10-14-1066WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR WON THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, ASSURING THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. BIRTHDAYS: 1890-DWIGHT EISENHOWER 1894-E.E. CUMMINGS 10-15-1783J.F. PILATRE DE ROZIER BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO MAKE AN ASCENT IN A CAPTIVE BALLOON. BIRTHDAYS: 70B.C.-VIRGIL 1854-OSCAR WILDE 10-16-1859ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN AND 21 FOLLOWERS CAPTURED THE US ARMORY AT HARPER'S FERRY VA. 1977-COLLEGE OF CATHOLIC CARDINALS ELECTED 1ST POLISH POPE.10-17-1777BRITISH GENERAL JOHN BURGOYNE SURRENDERED HIS ARMY AT SARATOGA DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. BIRTHDAYS: 1918-RITA HAYWORTH 1927-TOM POSTON 10-18-1967RUSSIA'S VENUS IV BECAME THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON VENUS. BIRTHDAYS: 1919-PIERRE TRUDEAU 1927-GEORGE C. SCOTT 10-19-1781CORNWALLIS SURRENDERED TO WASHINGTON ENDING US REVOLUTION. 1987-BLACK MONDAY - STOCK MARKET DROPS 508 POINTS. 1973-FIRST ARAB OIL EMBARGO WAS IMPOSED. 10-20-1967AN ALL WHITE FEDERAL JURY CONVICTED 7 MISSISSIPPIANS OF CONSPIRACY IN THE MURDERS OF 3 CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS. BIRTHDAYS: 1882-BELA LUGOSI 1927-JOYCE BROTHERS 10-21-1797THE USS CONSTITUTION (OLD IRONSIDES) WAS LAUNCHED. 1520 - MAGELLAN ENTERED THE STRAIT WHICH BEARS HIS NAME. BIRTHDAYS: 1833-ALFRED NOBEL 1917-DIZZY GILLESPIE 10-22-1962PRESIDENT KENNEDY ORDERED A BLOCKADE OF CUBA. 1975-SOVIET SPACECRAFT TRANSMITTED FIRST PICTURES FROM THE SURFACE OF ANOTHER PLANET (VENUS). 10-23-1983241 AMERICAN MARINES AND SAILORS WERE KILLED BY A SUICIDE TRUCK BOMB AT A MILITARY BARRACKS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON. BIRTHDAYS: 1925-JOHNNY CARSON 1940-PELE 10-24-1861THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEGRAPH LINE WAS COMPLETED. PONY EXPRESS SERVICE ENDED. BIRTHDAYS: 1926-Y.A. TITTLE 1936-DAVID NELSON 10-25-1983U.S. MARINES AND RANGERS INVADED GRENADA. 1881-SHOOTOUT AT THE O.K. CORRAL, TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA. BIRTHDAYS: 1825-JOHANN STRAUSS 1881-PABLO PICASSO 10-26-1825ERIE CANAL WAS OPENED TO SHIPPING. 1966 - FIRST PACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE LAUNCHED. BIRTHDAYS: 1791-CHARLES SPRAGUE 1914-JACKIE COOGAN 10-27-1985THIEVES STEAL 9 PAINTINGS, INCLUDING 5 MONET'S & 2 RENOIR'SFROM PARIS' MARMOTTAN MUSEUM. BIRTHDAYS: 1859-TEDDY ROOSEVELT 1928-KYLE ROTE 10-28-1636HARVARD COLLEGE, AMERICA'S OLDEST, WAS FOUNDED. 1886 - THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS DEDICATED. BIRTHDAYS: 1914-JONAS SALK 1949-BRUCE JENNER 10-29-1929THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED- STARTING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 1942-ALASKA HIGHWAY WAS COMPLETED. BIRTHDAYS: 1656-EDMUND HALLEY 1947-RICHARD DREYFUSS 10-30-1985SPACELAB D-1 WAS LAUNCHED ABOARD THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. THIS WAS THE FIRST FOREIGN DEDICATED MISSION OF SPACELAB. BIRTHDAYS: 1735-JOHN ADAMS 1945-HENRY WINKLER 10-31-1984INDIRA GANDHI- THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA WAS ASSASSINATEDBY TWO OF HER BODYGUARDS IN NEW DELHI. 11-01-1954FRANCE GAVE UP ITS INDIAN SETTLEMENTS TO INDIA. 1979-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE $1.5 BILLION LOAN TO CHRYSLER.BIRTHDAYS: 1500-BENVENUTO CELLINI 1935-GARY PLAYER 11-02-1920THE FIRST REGULAR RADIO BROADCASTS BEGAN, OVER STATION KDKA IN PITTSBURGH. BIRTHDAYS: 1734-DANIEL BOONE 1913-BURT LANCASTER 11-03-1957SPUTNIK 2 CARRIES FIRST LIVING BEING, A DOG, INTO SPACE. 1973 - US LAUNCHED MARINER 10 TO FLYBY THE PLANET MERCURY. BIRTHDAYS: 1793-STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1922-CHARLES BRONSON 11-04-1979IRANIANS SEIZED THE US EMBASSY IN IRAN TAKING AMERICANS HOSTAGE AND DEMANDING THE RETURN OF THE SHAH FOR TRIAL. BIRTHDAYS: 1879-WILL ROGERS 1916-WALTER CRONKITE 11-05-1911THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL AIRPLANE FLIGHT BY C.P. RODGERS WAS CONCLUDED. IT BEGAN SEPT 17 AND TOOK 82 HRS, 4 MIN. BIRTHDAYS: 1912-ROY ROGERS 1913-VIVIEN LEIGH 11-06-1869THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAME- RUTGERS VS PRINCETON- WAS PLAYED AT RUTGERS. BIRTHDAYS: 1854-JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 1946-SALLY FIELD 11-07-1885THE LAST SPIKE WAS DRIVEN IN THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. 1940-TACOMA NARROWS SUSPENSION BRIDGE COLLAPSED. BIRTHDAYS: 1867-MARIE CURIE 1943-JONI MITCHELL 11-08-1984SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WAS LAUNCHED IN A MISSION WHICH RETRIEVED2 MALFUNCTIONING SATELLITES AND RETURNED THEM TO EARTH. BIRTHDAYS: 1900-MARGARET MITCHELL 1916-PETER WEISS 11-09-1967FIRST LAUNCH OF THE SATURN V ROCKET (APOLLO IV). 1965 - A BLACKOUT PLUNGED THE NORTHEASTERN US INTO DARKNESSBIRTHDAYS: 1909-KATHARINE HEPBURN 1934-CARL SAGAN 11-10-1968THE SOVIET ZOND VI SPACECRAFT IS LAUNCHED. IT CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE MOON AND RETURNED TO EARTH. BIRTHDAYS: 570-MOHAMMED 1925-RICHARD BURTON 11-11-1982THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA WAS LAUNCHED ON HER FIRST OPERATIONAL FLIGHT. BIRTHDAYS: 1922-KURT VONNEGUT, JR. 1925-JONATHAN WINTERS11-12-1980VOYAGER 1 FLEW BY SATURN AND TRANSMITTED BACK PHOTO & DATA.1981-4 MEN COMPLETED 1ST MANNED TRANSPACIFIC BALLOON FLIGHTBIRTHDAYS: 1928-GRACE KELLY 1961-NADIA COMANECI 11-13-1971MARINER 9 BECAME THE FIRST MAN-MADE OBJECT TO ORBIT ANOTHERPLANET (MARS). BIRTHDAYS: 1850-ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1930-FRED HARRIS 11-14-1969APOLLO 12 WAS LAUNCHED. THIS MISSION WAS THE SECOND MANNED LUNAR LANDING. BIRTHDAYS: 1765-ROBERT FULTON 1840-CLAUDE MONET 11-15-1806ZEBULON PIKE FIRST SIGHTED PIKE'S PEAK. 1966 - THE LAST GEMINI FLIGHT, GEMINI XII, SPLASHES DOWN. BIRTHDAYS: 1929-EDWARD ASNER 1934-PETULA CLARK 11-16-1965VENERA 3 WAS LAUNCHED. IT WAS THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON ANOTHER PLANET (VENUS). BIRTHDAYS: 1896-FIBBER MCGEE 1908-BURGESS MEREDITH 11-17-1800CONGRESS MET IN WASHINGTON FOR THE FIRST TIME. 1869 - THE SUEZ CANAL OPENED. BIRTHDAYS: 1925-ROCK HUDSON 1944-TOM SEAVER 11-18-1903THE US AND PANAMA SIGNED THE PANAMA CANAL TREATY. 1970 - RUSSIA LANDED A SELF-PROPELLED ROVER ON THE MOON. 1978-911 CULT MEMBERS COMMIT MASS SUICIDE IN GUYANA. 11-19-1863ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERED THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. 1969- ASTRONAUTS CONRAD & BEAN BECAME 3RD & 4TH MEN ON MOONBIRTHDAYS: 1905-TOMMY DORSEY 1936-DICK CAVETT 11-20-1975GEN. FRANCISCO FRANCO, DICTATOR OF SPAIN SINCE 1936, DIED UNITED STATES FORCES LANDED ON TARAWA DURING WW II. BIRTHDAYS: 1925-ROBERT KENNEDY 1939-DICK SMOTHERS 11-21-1620PURITANS PUT ASHORE AT PLYMOUTH ROCK. 1980-A FIRE AT THE MGM GRAND HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS KILLED 84. BIRTHDAYS: 1694-VOLTAIRE 1945-GOLDIE HAWN 11-22-1963PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED AS HE RODE IN A MOTORCADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN DALLAS, TEXAS. BIRTHDAYS: 1890-CHARLES DE GAULLE 1932-ROBERT VAUGHN 11-23-198560 PEOPLE DIED WHEN EGYPTIAN COMMANDOS STORMED AN EGYPT-AIRJET IN MALTA WHICH HAD BEEN HIJACKED BY ARAB TERRORISTS. BIRTHDAYS: 1859-BILLY THE KID 1887-BORIS KARLOFF 11-24-1963LEE HARVEY OSWALD WAS SHOT BY JACK RUBY ON LIVE NATIONAL TV WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED BY DALLAS POLICE. BIRTHDAYS: 1868-SCOTT JOPLIN 1925-WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR11-25-1867ALFRED NOBEL INVENTED DYNAMITE. 1884-EVAPORATED MILK PATENTED. BIRTHDAYS: 1893-ROBERT RIPLEY 1920-RICARDO MONTALBAN 11-26-1789THE FIRST NATIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE UNITED STATES WAS PROCLAIMED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON. BIRTHDAYS: 1912-ERIC SEVEREID 1922-CHARLES SCHULZ 11-27-1895ALFRED NOBEL ESTABLISHED THE NOBEL PRIZE. 1983-A COLOMBIAN JETLINER CRASHED IN MADRID KILLING 185. BIRTHDAYS: 1874-CHARLES BEARD 1912-DAVID MERRICK 11-28-1983SPACELAB 1 WAS LAUNCHED ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA 1979-AIR NEW ZEALAND DC10 CRASHED IN ANTARCTICA KILLING 257BIRTHDAYS: 1908-CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS 1933-HOPE LANGE 11-29-1929COMMANDER RICHARD BYRD AND HIS CREW OF THREE WERE THE FIRSTTO FLY OVER THE SOUTH POLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1832-LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 1929-DON JANUARY 11-30-1782BRITISH GOVERNMENT SIGNED AN AGREEMENT RECOGNIZING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE U.S. BIRTHDAYS: 1835-MARK TWAIN 1929-DICK CLARK 12-01-1955ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO GIVE HER SEAT TO A WHITE MAN ON A BUSIN MONTGOMERY, ALA. BIRTHDAYS: 1935-WOODY ALLEN 1939-LEE TREVINO 12-02-1942SCIENTISTS IN CHICAGO ACHIEVED THE FIRST CONTROLLED ATOMIC CHAIN REACTION. BIRTHDAYS: 1924-ALEXANDER HAIG 1925-JULIE HARRIS 12-03-1967DR CHRISTIAN BARNARD PERFORMED THE WORLD'S FIRST SUCCESSFULHEART TRANSPLANT. 1975-LAOS FELL TO COMMUNIST FORCES. 12-04-1783GEORGE WASHINGTON RETIRED AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. BIRTHDAYS: 1892-FRANCISCO FRANCO 1933-HORST BUCHOLZ 12-05-1933THE 21ST AMENDMENT, REPEALING PROHIBITION, WAS PROCLAIMED. 1791 - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART DIED. BIRTHDAYS: 1839-GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER 1901-WALT DISNEY12-06-1492COLUMBUS DISCOVERED HISPANIOLA. 1884-ALUMINUM TIP SET ON TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT BIRTHDAYS: 1886-JOYCE KILMER 1906-AGNES MOOREHEAD 12-07-1941JAPANESE PLANES LAUNCHED A SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR 1983-2 JETS COLLIDED AT MADRID AIRPORT KILLING 93 PERSONS. BIRTHDAYS: 1932-ELLEN BURSTYN 1947-JOHNNY BENCH 12-08-1980FORMER BEATLE JOHN LENNON WAS KILLED OUTSIDE HIS N.Y.C. APARTMENT BY MARK DAVID CHAPMAN- A MENTAL PATIENT. BIRTHDAYS: 1765-ELI WHITNEY 1925-SAMMY DAVIS, JR. 12-09-1917BRITISH FORCES CAPTURED JERUSALEM. 1909-FIRST AMERICAN MONOPLANE WAS FLOWN. BIRTHDAYS: 1608-JOHN MILTON 1922-RED FOXX 12-10-1958THE FIRST DOMESTIC JET PASSENGER SERVICE IN THE U.S. BEGAN BETWEEN NEW YORK AND MIAMI. BIRTHDAYS: 1830-EMILY DICKINSON 1911-CHET HUNTLEY 12-11-1972ASTRONAUTS CERNAN & HARRISON LANDED ON THE MOON, BECOMING THE 11TH & 12TH MEN TO WALK THERE. 1978-LARGEST CASH ROBBERY IN US HISTORY OCCURED- $9 MILLION12-12-1901MARCONI RECEIVED THE FIRST RADIO SIGNAL SENT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, FROM ENGLAND TO NEWFOUNDLAND. BIRTHDAYS: 1915-FRANK SINATRA 1933-FLIP WILSON 12-13-1577SIR FRANCIS DRAKE LEFT ENGLAND TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD, ATTACKING SPANISH POSSESSIONS. BIRTHDAYS: 1925-DICK VAN DYKE 1943-FERGUSON JENKINS 12-14-1799GEORGE WASHINGTON DIED AT MT. VERNON. 1981-ISRAEL ANNEXED THE GOLAN HEIGHTS. BIRTHDAYS: 1503-NOSTRADAMUS 1546-TYCHO BRAHE 12-15-1791THE BILL OF RIGHTS TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED. 1965- GEMINI VII & VI COMPLETE MAN'S FIRST SPACE RENDEZVOUS1965-WINDSTORM IN BANGLADESH KILLED 10,000 PEOPLE. 12-16-1773COLONISTS DISGUISED AS INDIANS SNEAKED ABOARD TEA SHIPS IN BOSTON HARBOR & THREW TEA OVERBOARD - THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.BIRTHDAYS: 1770-LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN 1917-ARTHUR C. CLARKE12-17-1903ORVILLE WRIGHT MADE THE FIRST HEAVIER-THAN-AIR FLIGHT AT KITTY HAWK, NC. BIRTHDAYS: 1886-TY COBB 1894-ARTHUR FIEDLER 12-18-1865THE 13TH AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION, ENDING SLAVERY, WAS PROCLAIMED. BIRTHDAYS: 1913-WILLY BRANDT 1916-BETTY GRABLE 12-19-1777THE CONTINENTAL ARMY MADE CAMP FOR THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE, PA. BIRTHDAYS: 1920-DAVID SUSSKIND 1939-CICELY TYSON 12-20-1803U.S. TOOK TITLE TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE FROM FRANCE. 1987-1500 DIE AS FERRY DONNA PAZ SINKS IN THE PHILIPPINES. BIRTHDAYS: 1868-HENRY FIRESTONE 1902-MAX LERNER 12-21-1968APOLLO 8, 1ST MANNED SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT MOON, WAS LAUNCHED1620 - THE PILGRIMS LANDED AT PLYMOUTH ROCK BIRTHDAYS: 1879-JOSEF STALIN 1937-JANE FONDA 12-22-1440THE PIRATE BLUEBEARD WAS EXECUTED. BIRTHDAYS: 1912-LADY BIRD JOHNSON 1944-STEVE CARLTON 12-23-1986VOYAGER, PILOTED BY DICK RUTAN & JEANA YEAGER, BECAME THE FIRST AIRCRAFT TO CIRCLE THE WORLD ON ONE TANK OF FUEL. 1947-THE TRANSISTOR WAS SECRETLY FIRST TESTED. 12-24-1968APOLLO 8 BECAME THE FIRST MANNED SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT THE MOON- SENDING BACK PICTURES OF MAN'S FIRST EARTHRISE. BIRTHDAYS: 1809-KIT CARSON 1922-AVA GARDNER 12-25-1776WASHINGTON CROSSED THE DELAWARE RIVER AND DEFEATED 1400 HESSIANS AT TRENTON N.J. ON DEC. 26. BIRTHDAYS: 1918-ANWAR SADAT 1924-ROD SERLING 12-26-1973TWO US ASTRONAUTS ABOARD SKYLAB 3 WALKED IN SPACE FOR A RECORD 7 HOURS. BIRTHDAYS: 1893-MAO TSE-TUNG 1921-STEVE ALLEN 12-27-1968THE APOLLO VIII SPACECRAFT LANDED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST MANNED CRAFT TO ORBIT THE MOON. BIRTHDAYS: 1571-JOHANN KEPLER 1822-LOUIS PASTEUR 12-28-1850RANGOON, BURMA, DESTROYED BY FIRE. 1869-CHEWING GUM PATENTED. BIRTHDAYS: 1856-WOODROW WILSON 1934-MAGGIE SMITH 12-29-1845TEXAS WAS ADMITTED TO THE UNION . 1890-LAST MAJOR CALVARY BATTLE WITH INDIANS AT WOUNDED KNEEBIRTHDAYS: 1800-CHARLES GOODYEAR 1937-MARY TYLER MOORE 12-30-1959THE GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE, WAS COMMISSIONED. BIRTHDAYS: 1865-RUDYARD KIPLING 1930-JACK LORD 12-31-1890ELLIS ISLAND OPENED AS THE MAJOR IMMIGRATION DEPOT IN NYC. 1986-HOTEL FIRE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO KILLES 96 PEOPLE. BIRTHDAYS: 1738-LORD CORNWALLIS 1943-JOHN DENVER 02-29-1964PRESIDENT JOHNSON REVEALED THAT THE U.S. HAD SECRETLY DEVELOPED THE A-11 JET FIGHTER (PROTOTYPE SR 70 BLACKBIRD) BIRTHDAYS: 1712-LOUIS MONTCALM 1736-ANN LEE
