World History this day
0055 -- Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus died, setting up Nero to take over
1826 -- University of London was founded
1856 -- The British East India Company annexed Awadh.
1929 -- Italy and the Vatican signed the Lateran Treaty
1943 -- Ike was picked to command the allied armies in Europe.
1971 -- The Seabed Arms Control Treaty was signed prohibiting nukes on the ocean floor
1979 -- The Iranian Revolution set up a theocracy under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1990 -- Nelson Mandela was released from prison
2011 -- Hosni Mubarak resigned after 18 days of protests.
US History this day
1794 -- The First session of United States Senate opened to the public
1861 -- The House unanimously resolved to guarantee noninterference with slavery in any state.
1937 -- GM recognized the UAW, ending a sit-down strike
Science & Technology this day
1939 -- A P-38 Lightning flew from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1981 -- A radioactive coolant leak at TVA Sequoyah 1 nuke plant in Tenn. contaminated eight workers. **
1997 -- Discovery was launched to service the Hubble
*** about 100,000 gallons leaked into the cntainment building somehow in spite of the facts that nukes are 100% safe.
The Arts this day
1840 -- Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du regiment premiered
1843 -- Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata premiered
1903 -- Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premiered
Misc. this day
1534 -- Henry VIII of England was recognized as supreme head of the Church of England because god really dug Henry.
Birthdays of Note this day
1802 -- Lydia Maria Child, journalist and activist ***
1805 -- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, an explorer
1839 -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, physicist and mathematician
1847 -- Thomas Edison, engineer, inventor, businessman
1855 -- Ellen Day Hale, painter and author
1898 -- Leo Szilard, physicist
1900 -- Ellen Broe, nurse and nursing training and education pioneer
1914 -- Matt Dennis, pianist, arranger, singer and songwriter
1914 -- Josh White, singer, songwriter, guitarist and activist
1926 -- Paul Bocuse, chef
1934 -- Manuel Noriega, dictator, CIA asset, beloved of US until he wasn't useful anymore
1935 -- Gene Vincent, singer and guitarist
1937 -- Phillip Walker, singer and guitarist
1939 -- Gerry Goffin, songwriter
1941 -- Sergio Mendes, pianist and composer
1942 -- Otis Clay, singer and songwriter
1943 -- Alan Rubin, trumpet player
1962 -- Sheryl Crow, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
*** She was an abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist and opponent of US expansionism in the 1800s.
Deaths of Note this day
1650 -- Rene Descartes, mathematician and philosopher, thought he thought
1868 -- Leon Foucault, physicist
1940 -- Ellen Day Hale, painter and author
1948 -- Sergei Eisenstein, director and screenwriter
1963 -- Sylvia Plath, poet and author, tortured by shrnks
1994 -- Paul Feyerabend, philosopher
2000 -- Lord Kitchner, grand master of Calypso
2006 -- Peter Benchley, author, screenwriter and demonizer of elasmobranch fish
2008 -- Frank Piasecki, engineer, designed the flying banana
2009 -- Estelle Bennett, Ronette
2012 -- Whitney Houston, singer, songwriter, producer, actress
2013 -- Rick Huxley, bassist
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So now some music
Henry VIII
Matt Dennis
Josh White
Gene Vincent
Philip Walker
Gerry Goffin
Sergio Mendez
Otis clay
Alan Rubin
Sheryl Crow
Lord Kitchner
Estelle Bennett
Whitney Houston
Rick Huxley
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