Today in History

moviequeen1 said:
Lewkat, my name is moviequeen, not Tish, sorry I forgot Hoagy's other well known standard, Stardust
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Sorry, moviequeen. I misread the original title of this thread. Not intentional. Stardust was my dad's favorite song and I just had to mention it.
 

Dec 6th Birthdays:
1896
Ira Gershwin- U.S. lyricist 'Embraceable You,They Can't Take That Away From Me', I Got Rhytm'
1900
Agnes Moorehead- actress best known TV role' Endora' on ABC sitcom' Bewitched'
1917
Irv Robbins- Canadian co- founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain
1949
Linda Creed- singer/ songwriter'The Greatest Love of All, You make Me Feel Brand New'
1956
Peter Buck- rock gutiarist with band' R.E.M
Deaths:
1951
Harold Ross- U.S. magazine editor/ co founder of "The New Yorker' magazine 59
1988
Roy Orbison- singer/ songwriter' Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely' 52{heart attack}
1993
Don Ameche- actor 'Hollywood Cavalcade,Moon Over Miami,Trading Places, Cocoon-won best supp actor Oscar 85
2000
Werner Klemperer- actor, best known TV role' Col Klink' in CBS sitcom' Hogan's Heroes' 80
 
On This Day In History, December 7th

2004 Hamid Karzai takes office
The Afghan politician took office as the President of the Islamic Republic in Afghanistan's first direct democratic elections in history.

1982 December Murders in Suriname
Fifteen prominent Surinamese men were kidnapped and subsequently murdered over 3 days by the military government. The men were known to have criticized the military dictatorship.

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack was the impetus for the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

1787 First state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Because of this, it is sometimes called the First State.

1732 Royal Opera House opens its doors
The popular performing arts venue in Covent Garden, London houses the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet.
 

Births On This Day, December 7th 🎂

1984 Robert Kubica
Polish race car driver

1980 John Terry
English footballer

1956 Larry Bird
American basketball player

1949 Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

1928 Noam Chomsky
American linguist, philosopher

Deaths On This Day, December 7th 🪦

1993 Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Ivorian politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire

1985 Robert Graves
English author

1917 Ludwig Minkus
Austrian violinist, composer

1817 William Bligh
English Admiral, statesman, 4th Governor of New South Wales

983 Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
 
Holidays and Events on This Day, December 7th 🍹🌴

Day of Remembrance- Timor-Leste

Delaware Day- USA

Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception- Colombia

International Civil Aviation Day- USA

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day- USA, USA
 
1909
inventor/ chemist, Leo Baekland patents 1st thermo-selling plastic, Bakelite which started plastic industry
1941
In a early morning sneak attack, Japanese Navy with 353 planes bomb U.S. Navy base in Hawaii killing over 2,400 people,18 U.S. ships were destroyed
1967
singer/ songwriter, Otis Redding records his hit single' Sittin On The Dock of the Bay.' He co wrote it with guitarist, Steve Cropper
1995
rock band, the Grateful Dead disband after the death of lead singer, Jerry Garcia
2015
Beijing, China issues its 1st ever 'Red Alert' for pollution
 
Dec 7th Birthdays:
1873
Willa Cather- novelist'My Antonia'
1923
Ted Knight- actor best known TV role' Ted Baxter' on CBS classic sitcom' Mary Tyler Moore Show'
1932
Ellen Burstyn- actress, Last Picture Show' Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'{won Best Actress Oscar}, The Exorcist
1947
Johnny Bench- MLB Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher w Cincinatti Reds
1956
Larry Bird- NBA Basketball Hall of Fame forward with Boston Celtics, won 3 NBA Championships
Deaths:
1817
William Bligh- British naval officer on 'HMS Bounty' 63
1975
Thornton Wilder- playwright' Our Town,Skin of our Teeth' 78
2011
Harry Morgan- actor best known TV role' Col Sherman Potter' on CBS sitcom 'M*A*S*H 96
2016
Greg Lake- British rock vocalist with Emerson,Lake&Palmer 69{cancer}
 
On This Day In History, December 8th

1991 Belavezha Accords signed
The Belavezha Accords, which disbanded the USSR and replaced it with the Commonwealth of Independent States were signed

1991 Romanian Constitution comes into force
Passed through a referendum, the Constitution marked a return to democracy for Romania after 42 years of Communist rule.

1991 Creation of Commonwealth of Independent States
The international organization was formed by Belarus, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation as a political forum for members of the former Soviet Union.

1987 First Intifada begins
The Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories began after an Israeli army truck attacked a car and killed 4 Palestinians. The Intifada ended in 1991 after the Madrid Conference.

1941 U.S. enters WWII
One day after the Japanese Imperial Navy launched an attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II.
 
Births On This Day, December 8th 🎂

1982 Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian/American rapper, actress

1961 Ann Coulter
American lawyer, author

1953 Norman Finkelstein
American academic, author, activist

1943 Jim Morrison
American singer-songwriter, poet

1542 Mary, Queen of Scots

Deaths On This Day, December 8th 🪦

2004 Dimebag Darrell
American guitarist, songwriter

1980 John Lennon
English singer-songwriter, musician, producer

1978 Golda Meir
Israeli educator, politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel

1903 Herbert Spencer
English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, philosopher

1864 George Boole
 
Holidays on This Day, December 8th 🍹🌴

Battle Day- Falkland Islands

Constitution Day- Northern Mariana Islands, Romania, Uzbekistan

Day of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception- Timor-Leste

Feast of the Immaculate Conception- Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, and 18 other places

Immaculate Conception- Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Seychelles
 
1941
U.S & Britian declare war on Japan, as U.S. enters WWII
1976
The Eagles' 5th album' Hotel California' is released,ranked as the greatest album ever, sold over 30 million copies, with three #1 singles,'Hotel California, New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane'
1993
Pres. Bill Clinton signs into law NAFTA{ North American Free Trade Agreement},trade pact between U.S. Canada, Mexico. Its purpose to eliminate all tariffs/trade restrictions with the 3 countries.It took effect Jan 1, 1994,creating the world's largest free trade zone
2010
Elon Musk's Space Dragon is the 1st privately held company to successfully launch,orbit& recover a spacecraft
 
Dec 8th Birthdays:
1765
Eli Whitney- U.S. inventor of cotton gin
1894
James Thurber- humorist
1925
Sammy Davis, Jr- singer/ actor/ dancer had #1 hit single' The Candy Man'
1930
Maxmillian Schnell- actor' Odessa File, Julia, Deep Impact
1937
James McArthur- actor, best known TV role' Danny Williams' in original CBS drama' Hawaii 5-0
1951
Bill Bryson- author' A Walk in The Woods', Notes From a Small Island
Deaths:
1978
Golda Meir- 4th Prime minister of Israel from '69-'74 80
1980
John Lennon- British pop singer/ songwriter with The Beatles, shot&murdered outside his NYC apt building 40
2016
John Glenn- 1st U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth/later became U.S. Senator from Ohio 95
2019
Caroll Spinney- puppeteer on PBS children's show 'Sesame St' '69-'18,he was' Big Bird',Oscar the Grouch' 85
 
On this day in History, December 9th

1979 Smallpox was declared eradicated
The World Health Organization officially certified that after a number of concentrated vaccination campaigns around the world smallpox had been eradicated. Only two infectious diseases have been completely eradicated in history; the other is Rinderpest, which is an infectious disease of cattle that was eradicated in 2011.

1965 Charlie Brown Christmas makes airs for the first time on television
The popular animated musical special about Christmas was based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip called Peanuts. The special was critically acclaimed as a telling commentary on the loss of the spirit of Christmas among Americans. It is now screened every year at Christmas time around the world.

1961 Tanganyika gains independence
The Republic of Tanganyika was administered by the British from 1916 until 1961. Part of German East Africa, the territory was officially handed over to the British by League of Nations mandate in 1922. The Republic was short-lived. In April 1964, it joined the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which became the United Republic of Tanzania in 1965.

1960 First episode of Coronation Street airs
The longest-running TV soap opera, this British production follows the life of people living on Coronation Street, a fictional street in a fictional suburb of Manchester.

1893 Auguste Vaillant bombs the French Chamber of Deputies
Auguste Vaillant, a French anarchist, bombed the French Chamber of Deputies. No one was hurt in the attack, but Vaillant was sentenced and executed for his actions.
 
Births On This Day, December 9th 🎂

1968 Kurt Angle
American wrestler, actor

1953 John Malkovich
American actor

1934 Judi Dench
English actress

1895 Dolores Ibárruri
Spanish politician

1608 John Milton
English poet

Deaths On This Day, December 9th 🪦

2012 Patrick Moore
English astronomer, television host

1998 Archie Moore
American boxer

1979 Fulton J. Sheen
American archbishop

1941 Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Russian author, poet, philosopher

1437 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
 
9th November

1783 The first executions took place at Newgate Prison. Prior to this, public executions were carried out at Tyburn gallows, which involved carting the prisoners from Newgate Prison through the crowded streets.

1868...the first traffic lights came into operation outside the Houses of Parliament in London, to control traffic. They were operated by a police constable and consisted of semaphore arms on a pillar, with red and green gas lamps for use at night. Unfortunately they did not last long; on 2nd January 1869 they exploded, killing the policeman operator.

1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, Charge of the Light Brigade was published. The Charge of the Light Brigade had been led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25th October 1854 in the Crimean War. The poem emphasized the valour of the cavalry in carrying out their orders, even though they knew that blunders had been made by those in command. Quote from the poem - 'Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.'

2014 A notebook which showed the early work of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, was bought by Swansea University for £104,500. He had a long affinity with Laugharne, (Carmarthenshire) spending the last four years of his life in the Boathouse.

2014 A classic Winnie the Pooh illustration by EH Shepard, first published in 1928, sold at Sotherby's for £314,500.
 
1952
The Great Smog of London, after the city's worst smog which lasted 4 days, winds lifted it away. Its estimated 8,000 people died from it
1965
The debut of "A Charlie Brown Christmas',the 1st Peanut' animated special is shown on CBS
1968
an event known as'Mother of All Demos', computer scientist, Douglas Englebart demostrates to a live audience in San Francisco a computer system showing a mouse, word processing,windows,video conferencing and other modern computer concepts
2005
movie' Brokeback Mountain' directed by Ang Lee is released based on short story by Annie Proulx. The film is set in 1963, where 2 young cowboys meet in Wyoming fall in love. They marry other people& raise families but continue their relationship through the years. It stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway,Randy Quaid The movie won 3 Oscars director/ adapted screenplay, original score
 
Dec 9th Birthdays:
1608
John Milton- English poet'Paradise Lost'
1886
Clarence Birdseye- U. S. inventor/ founder of modern day frozen food industry
1902
Margaret Hamilton -actress best known film role' Wicked Witch' in movie' Wizard of Oz'
1928
Dick Van Patten- actor best known TV role' Tom Bradford' in ABC drama' '8 is Enough'
1934
Judi Dench- British actress- Shakespeare in Love- {won best supp actress Oscar},Henry V, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,Skyfall,Philomena
1980
Simon Helberg- actor best known TV role' Howard' in CBS sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory'
Deaths:
1992
Vincent Gardenia- actor 'Bang the Drum Slowly' Moonsturck, Little Shop of Horrors' 71
1996
Mary Leakey-British archaeologist/anthropologist 83
2013
Eleanor Parker- actress Caged, Detective Story, The Sound of Music 91
 
On This Day In History, December 10th

2007 Argentina swears in first female elected President
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became the first elected female President of Argentina.

2001 Release of the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy
The award-winning movie called The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was directed by Peter Jackson and was based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

1948 U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The document proclaimed, for the first time, fundamental human rights were to be universally protected.

1901 First Nobel prize awarded
Five years after the death of Swedish chemist and inventor, Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.

1817 Mississippi becomes 20th state
Mississippi becomes the 20th state in the United States.
 
Births On This Day, December 10th 🎂

1956 Rod Blagojevich
American politician, 40th Governor of Illinois

1908 Olivier Messiaen
French composer, ornithologist

1878 C. Rajagopalachari
Indian lawyer, politician, 1st Governor General of India

1830 Emily Dickinson
American poet

1815 Ada Lovelace
English mathematician

Deaths On This Day, December 10th 🪦

2006 Augusto Pinochet
Chilean general, politician, 30th President of Chile

1999 Franjo Tuđman
Croatian general, politician, 1st President of Croatia

1967 Otis Redding
American singer-songwriter, producer

1951 Algernon Blackwood
English author

1896 Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist, and engineer, invented dynamite, founded the Nobel Prize
 
Holidays and Events on This Day, December 10th 🍹 🌴

Anniversary of Victory over ISIS- Iraq

Constitution Day- Thailand

Day of the Namibian Women and International Human Rights Day- Namibia

Human Rights Day- Equatorial Guinea, Mongolia, USA

International Human Rights Day- Moldova, Turks and Caicos Islands
 
1799
metric system is 1st adopted in France
1901
The 1st Noble Peace Prizes were awarded to Red Cross founder. Jean Henri Dunant,peace activist Frederic Passy
1936
King Edward VIII gives up British throne to marry twice divorced, Wallis Simpson, they remained married until his death in 1972
1971
film director, George Lucas founded Lucasfilm,LTD in San Francisco,Calif as a TV/film production company
1985
movie' Out of Africa' based on book by Isak Dinesen,directed by Sydney Pollock is released. The story of Karen Bixen{Meryl Streep} who marries for convience moves from Denmark to Nairobi,falls in love with British adventurer{Robert Redford} others in cast, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen movie won 5 Oscars incl pic/director/ music score by John Barry
1995
worst snowstorm in Buffalo,NY history, we received 38 inches of snow in 24 hrs.It started on 12/9 at 7pm, broke the previous record of 25 inches in 1982
2012
Google starts selling $99 laptops
 
Dec 10th Birthdays:
1830
Emily Dickinson -poet
1879
James Norris- Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame owner of Detroit Redwings
1914
Dorothy Lamour- actress- My Favorite Brunetter, did 'Road ' pictures with Bing Crosby&Bob Hope
1928
Dan Blocker- actor best known TV role' Hoss' on NBC western 'Bonaza'
1952
Susan Dey- actress best known TV roles' Laurie Partridge' on ABC sitcom' The Partridge Family, 'Grace Van Owen on NBC legal drama' LA Law'
1960
Kenneth Brangh- Irish actor/ director' Henry V, Dead Again, Much Ado About Nothing, update film versions' Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile
Deaths:
1968
Thomas Merton- French/ American Catholic writer/ Trappist monk 53
2005
Richard Pryor- comedian/ actor 'Silver Streak, Stir Crazy,co -wrote with Mel Brooks& 2 others screenplay for movie' Blazing Saddles' 65{heart attack}
 
On This Day In History, December 11th

2008 Bernard Madoff arrested
Popularly known as Bernie Madoff, the founder, and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was arrested and subsequently convicted of fraud. The Ponzi scheme he was involved in was the biggest fraud in the history of the United States.

1997 Kyoto Protocol adopted
The Protocol is a part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an international treaty that calls for the restriction of greenhouse gasses by the signatories. The United States signed the treaty but did not ratify it.

1946 UNICEF established
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, a U.N. affiliate organization that works for the welfare of children around the world, was founded on this day.

1941 U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy
The U.S. responded to Italy and Germany's declaration of war, by declaring war on the two countries.

1936 King Edward VIII abdicates from the British throne
King Edward VIII abdicated from the British throne to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson.
 
Births On This Day, December 11 🎂

1973 Mos Def
American rapper, actor

1969 Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player

1967 Mo'Nique
American comedian, actress

1943 John Kerry
American politician, 68th United States Secretary of State

1725 George Mason
American politician

Deaths On This Day, December 11🪦

2012 Ravi Shankar
Indian/American sitar player, composer

2008 Bettie Page
American model, actress

1997 Eddie Chapman
English spy

1959 Jim Bottomley
American baseball player, sportscaster

1918 Ivan Cankar
Slovenian poet, playwright
 

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