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On This Day in History

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Tully Mars, Aug 1, 2011.

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  1. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

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    pasco county
    Also on May 21, 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a "thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The killers were students at the University of Chicago...
     
    uncle phil, May 21, 2012
    #621
  2. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On May 22, 1892, Dr. Sheffield, a British dentist, invented the toothpaste tube...
     
    uncle phil, May 22, 2012
    #622
  3. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On May 23rd in 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, La.
     
    Tully Mars, May 23, 2012
    #623
  4. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on May 23, 1618, the Thirty Years War began when three opponents of the Reformation were thrown through a window...
     
    uncle phil, May 23, 2012
    #624
  5. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On May 24th in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic.
     
    Tully Mars, May 24, 2012
    #625
  6. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on May 24, 1950, ‘Sweetwater’ (Nat) Clifton’s contract was purchased by the New York Knicks. Sweetwater played for the Harlem Globetrotters and became the first black player in the NBA...
     
    uncle phil, May 24, 2012
    #626
  7. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    On this day in 2005, Tom Cruise showed the world what a complete buffoon he is.


    View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOxHaSeQUi0
     
    cynthetiq, May 24, 2012
    #627
  8. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On May 25th in 1925, John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution.
     
    Tully Mars, May 25, 2012
    #628
  9. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on May 25, 1977, an opinion piece by Vietnam verteran Jan Scruggs appeared in "The Washington Post." The article called for a national memorial to "remind an ungrateful nation of what it has done to its sons" that had served in the Vietnam War...
     
    uncle phil, May 25, 2012
    #629
  10. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On May 26thiIn 1868, the Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal as the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction.
     
    Tully Mars, May 26, 2012
    #630
  11. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on May 26, 1328, William of Ockham was forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII...
     
    uncle phil, May 26, 2012
    #631
  12. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On May 27, 1969, construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida...
     
    uncle phil, May 27, 2012
    #632
  13. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    Also on May 27th in 1964, independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.
     
    Tully Mars, May 27, 2012
    #633
  14. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On May 28, 1929, Warner Brothers debuted "On With The Show" in New York City. It was the first all-color-talking picture...
     
    uncle phil, May 28, 2012
    #634
  15. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On May 29th in 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, left, and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.
     
    Tully Mars, May 29, 2012
    #635
  16. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on May 29, 1912, fifteen women were dismissed from their jobs at the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia, PA, for dancing the Turkey Trot while on the job...
     
    uncle phil, May 29, 2012
    #636
  17. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On May 30th in 1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
     
    Tully Mars, May 30, 2012
    #637
  18. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Also on May 30, 1848, W.G. Young patented the ice cream freezer...
     
    uncle phil, May 30, 2012
    #638
  19. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    On May 31, 1884, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented "flaked cereal..."
     
    uncle phil, May 31, 2012
    #639
  20. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Very Tilted

    Location:
    Yucatan, Mexico
    On June 1st in 1968, author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf most of her life, died in Westport, Conn.
     
    Tully Mars, Jun 1, 2012
    #640
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