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Now, let the history lesson begin!
On This Day
In 1845, The Republic of Texas was officially annexed by the United States to become the 28th state.
In 1851, the first American YMCA opened in Boston.
In 1857, Emma Snodgrass was arrested in Boston for the crime of wearing pants. The actual charge was vagrancy, except that she was not a vagrant at all.
In 1890, U.S. troops killed as many as 400 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, SD.
In 1940, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London.
In 1967, Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" episode aired for the first time.
Born on This Day
1808 – Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
1876 – Pablo Casals, Catalan musician (d. 1973)
1911 – Claire Dodd, American actress (d. 1973)
1914 – Billy Tipton, American musician. (d. 1989) Tipton was biologically female, but lived his entire life as a male, and his secret was only discovered when he died.
1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress (d. 1995)
1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress
1937 – Barbara Steele, British actress
1942 – Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 1999)
1946 – Marianne Faithfull, British singer
1947 – Cozy Powell, English rock drummer (d. 1998)
1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American ballet dancer
1961 – Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat)
1965 – Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring)
1969 – Jennifer Ehle, British - American actress and tweeter
1970 – Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor
Died on This Day
1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. 1118)
1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter (b. 1748)
1916 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
1925 – Felix Vallotton, Swiss painter (b. 1865)
1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian writer (b. 1875)
1934 – Alma Tell, American stage and film actress (b. 1898)
1937 – Don Marquis, American author (b. 1878)
1943 – William Henry Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum) (b. 1868)
1980 – Tim Hardin, American musician (b. 1941)
1992 – Vivienne Segal, US actress (b. 1897)
1995 – Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)
2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1938)
Today is
Pepper Pot Day
National “Get on the Scales” Day