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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #15 on: December 24, 2012, 11:37:17 PM »
This Day in History for 24th December


Famous Weddings


1914 - Agatha Miller (later best selling detective author) marries aviator Archibald Christie
1981 - Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa & Lisa Evers marry

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2012, 11:56:27 PM »
This Day in History for 24th December


Famous Birthdays


                                                                
Poet/Critic Matthew Arnold (1822)            Singer/Actor Ricky Martin (1971)           Author Stephenie Meyer (1973)

3 - Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
1167 - John "without a land", King of England (1199-1216)
1389 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)
1475 - Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)
1491 - Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)
1508 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)
1564 - Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver
1588 - Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)
1609 - Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (d. 1683)
1635 - Mariana of Austria, second wife of king Philip IV of Spain (d. 1696)
1653 - Georg Motz, composer
1679 - Domenico Natale Sarro, composer
1689 - French van Mieris "the Young", Dutch painter/historian
1698 - William Warburton, English Bishop of Gloucester (d. 1779)
1714 - Rainieri De Calzabigi, Italian's literary (1st European Lottery)
1716 - Patrice F earl De Neney, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council
1719 - Johann Christoph Altnikol, composer
1724 - Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (d. 1811)
1726 - Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer
1745 - Benjamin Rush, Byberry Pa, physician/general/signer (Decl of Indep)
1754 - George Crabbe, Aldeburgh England, poet (Everlasting Mercy)
1761 - Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808)
1761 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831)
1773 - Joseph Wolfl, composer
1784 - Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1803)
1791 - A Eugene Scribe, French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton)
1798 - Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet (Pan Tadeusz)
1809 - Christopher "Kit" Carson, KY, Union brig-general/indian fighter/frontiersman (d. 1868)
1810 - Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (d. 1873)
1812 - Henry Russell, composer
1812 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German jurist (d. 1894)
1813 - Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer
1818 - James Prescott Joule, physicist (discovered conservation of energy)
1822 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician (E is Transcendent)
1822 - Matthew Arnold, Laleham, Middlesex,, poet/critic (Dover Beach), (d. 1888)
1824 - Peter Cornelius, composer
1826 - Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer
1829 - Benjamin Ipavec, composer
1829 - Jose Rogel, composer
1837 - Sissi, Emperor of Austria
1843 - Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (d. 1886)
1859 - Roman Statkowski, composer
1867 - Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat
1867 - Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1868 - Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)
1869 - Henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)
1870 - Rosario Scalero, composer
1871 - Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy)
1879 - Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer
1879 - Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (d. 1941)
1880 - Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)
1881 - Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer
1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer
1881 - Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956)
1885 - Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump)
1886 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962)
1887 - Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)
1889 - Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco)
1893 - Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities)
1893 - Ruth Chatterton, US actress (Madame X, Sarah & Son)
1894 - Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot
1895 - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)
1898 - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967)
1898 - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959)
1900 - Joey Smallwood, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)
1904 - Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist
1904 - Herbert D Riley, US vice-admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa)
1904 - Joseph Moses Juran, American industrial engineer and philanthropist.
1905 - Anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator
1905 - Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire (Hughes Aircraft)/inventor
1906 - John Walker, museum director
1906 - Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
1907 - I[sidore] F[einstein] Stone, US journalist (IF Stone's Weekly)
1909 - Adam Popovich, composer
1909 - Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Foreign Affairs (1956-68)
1910 - Betty Ann Davies, London England, actress (Tough Guy)
1910 - Fritz [Reuter] Leiber Jr, US, sci-fi author (Bazaar of the Bizarre)
1910 - Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee Wisc, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace)
1910 - Max Miedinger, typeface designer, famous for creating Helvetica in 1957. (d. 1980)
1911 - Eric Briault, educationalist
1911 - Malcolm MacEwen, writer
1913 - Karl Michael Komma, composer
1914 - Dorothy Hyson, actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go)
1914 - Guus Verstraete Sr, [August de Graef], Dutch actor/dir (Black Magic)
1917 - Kim Jong-suk, Wife of Kim Il-sung, mother of Kim Jung-Il, "The Heroine of the Anti-Japanese Revolution" (d. 1949)
1920 - Dave Bartholomew, La, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill)
1920 - Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (d. 1944)
1921 - Bill Dudley, NFL halfback (Pittsburgh, Detroit, Washington)
1921 - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer
1922 - Ava Gardner, Grabtown NC, actress (On the Beach, Night of the Iguana)
1923 - Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader
1923 - George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)
1923 - Michael DiBiase, American wrestler (d. 1969)
1924 - Roy Miller, cricketer (WI all-rounder in one Test 1953, 23 & 0-28)
1924 - Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician (DS'70)
1924 - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist (Working in the Coal Mines)
1924 - Lee Dorsey, American singer (d. 1986)
1924 - Grigory Kriss, Russian Olympic champion fencer
1925 - Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
1925 - Yafa Yarkoni, Israel, singer (Road to Jerusalem, Don't Say Goodbye, Say I will see You)
          (d.2012)
1926 - Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1949-50)
1926 - Paul Buissonneau, French-born Quebec theatre director
1927 - Mary Higgins Clark, suspense novelist
1927 - Teresa Stich-Randall, US soprano (Vienna State Opera)
1929 - Mary Higgins Clark, Bronx NY, author (Cry in the Night, Stillwatch)
1929 - Noel Da Costa, composer
1930 - Robert Joffrey, [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], US, dancer
1931 - Jill Bennett, Penang Malay, actress (Lady Jane, Concrete Jungle)
1931 - Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer
1932 - Colin Cowdrey, cricketer (in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests)
1932 - [Michael] Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player
1932 - On Kawara, Japanese conceptual artist
1934 - Stjepan Mesić, president of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement and president of Croatia.
1937 - Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player
1938 - Ralp Inbar, Dutch TV host (Banana Split)
1938 - Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
1940 - Anthony Fauci, US health official
1940 - Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner (1989- )
1941 - John Levene, British actor
1943 - Christiane Schmidtmer, Heidelberg Germany, actress (Ship of Fools)
1943 - Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner
1943 - Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
1944 - Erhard Keller, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
1944 - Mike Curb, Savannah Ga, singer (Mike Curb Congregation)
1944 - Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay
1945 - Lemmy, [Ian Kilminster], rocker (Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed)
1945 - Nicholas Meyer, director (Star Trek II Wrath of Khan)
1946 - John Akkerman, Dutch guitarist/composer (Focus-Can't Stand Noise)
1946 - Judy Tyler, LA CA, playmate (Jan 1966)
1946 - Sharon Farrell, Sioux City Iowa, (Lori-Hawaii 5-0, Young & Restless)
1946 - Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005)
1946 - Jeff Sessions, American politician
1947 - Kevin Sheedy, coach of Australian Football League club Essendon FC
1949 - Cameron Seward, LPGA golfer
1949 - Randy Neugebauer, American politician
1949 - Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver
1950 - Libbi Larsen, composer
1950 - Peter te Bos, Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw)
1950 - Dana Gioia, American poet
1951 - Johnny Contardo, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
1951 - John D'Acquisto, baseball player
1953 - François Loos, French politician
1955 - Anwar Khan, cricketer (bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979)
1955 - Clarence Gilyard Jr, Moses Lake Wash, actor (Chips, Duck Factory)
1955 - Grand L. Bush, American actor
1956 - Stephanie Hodge, comedian/actress (I Madman, Happily Ever After)
1957 - Ian Burden, S Yorks England, rock bassist (Human League-Only Human)
1957 - Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
1957 - Diane Tell, Quebec singer
1958 - Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer
1959 - Keith Deller, British darts player
1959 - Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
1960 - Glenn McQueen, American animator (d. 2002)
1960 - Carol Vorderman, British television presenter
1961 - Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Republic
1961 - Jay Wright, American basketball coach
1962 - Michael Ray, rocker
1963 - Mary Ramsey, singer (10,000 Maniacs)
1963 - Timo Jutila, Tampere FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
1963 - Jay Bilas, American basketball analyst
1963 - Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress
1964 - Elbert Shelley, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1964 - Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star
1964 - Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1964 - Mark Valley, Odgensvurg NY, actor (Days of Our Lives)
1965 - Erika von Heiland, Angeles City Phil, US badminton player (Oly-92,96)
1965 - Michael Haynes, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints, Atlanta Falcons)
1965 - Nancy Reno, Elmhurst Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1965 - Winston Moss, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1965 - Millard Powers, American musician and songwriter
1966 - Deidrich Bader, Wash DC, actor (Oswald-Drew Carey Show)
1967 - Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
1968 - Joe Scuderi, cricketer (South Australian all-rounder)
1968 - Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist
1968 - Marleen Renders, Belgian athlete
1969 - Kenny "Damn" Kelly, Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend)
1970 - Filmel Johnson, NFL defensive back (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Marian Smerciak, Martin CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1970 - Michael Batiste, NFL/WLAF defensive tackle (Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen)
1970 - Amaury Nolasco, American actor
1970 - Will Oldham, American singer and songwriter
1971 - Ricky Martin, San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer (Menudo)/actor (General Hospital)
1971 - Tamir Bloom, NYC, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1971 - Christopher Daniels, American professional wrestler
1971 - Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer
1972 - Alvaro Mesen, Costa Rican footballer
1973 - Eddie Pope, Greensboro NC, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Stephenie Meyer, Hartford, Connecticut, Author (Twilight)
1974 - Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
1974 - Ryan Seacrest, American television host
1975 - Natalie Ward, Australian softball shortstop/2nd baseman (Oly-br-96)
1978 - Yıldıray Baştürk, Turkish footballer
1979 - Chris Hero, American professional wrestler
1980 - Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
1981 - Dima Bilan, Karachay-Russian pop artist
1982 - Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor
1982 - Robert Carmine, American singer
1985 - David Ragan, American race car driver
1986 - Edward Southall, British composer
1986 - Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007 from Japan
1992 - Melissa Suffield, English actress

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #17 on: December 25, 2012, 12:02:58 AM »
This Day in History for 24th December


Famous Birthdays


                         
Actor & Writer Toshiro Mifune (1997)

427 - Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
1069 - Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies
1257 - John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
1380 - John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies
1453 - John Dunstable, English composer, dies
1524 - Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
1541 - Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
1548 - Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies
1660 - Mary, 1st British Princess Royal and the Princess of Orange (b. 1631)
1707 - Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
1813 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
1823 - Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68
1862 - Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84
1863 - W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52
1865 - Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter and writer (b. 1793)
1868 - Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
1869 - Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
1872 - William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)
1873 - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)
1885 - Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
1889 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b. 1819)
1898 - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41
1898 - Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk canonized in 1977 by Pope Paul VI (b. 1828)
1904 - Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55
1907 - Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies
1908 - Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1909 - Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80
1914 - John Muir, British naturalist (b. 1838)
1930 - Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67
1930 - Oskar Nedbal, composer, dies at 56
1932 - Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60
1935 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50
1938 - Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)
1941 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
1942 - Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80
1942 - Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists
1942 - K Balmont, writer, dies at 75
1944 - Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66
1945 - Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67
1952 - Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58
1955 - Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67
1957 - Norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60
1961 - Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76
1965 - William M. Branham, Christian minister (b. 1906)
1966 - Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69
1971 - Maria Koepcke, ornithologist (b. 1924)
1972 - Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79
1972 - Ernst Kreuder, writer, dies at 69
1974 - Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70
1975 - Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64
1976 - Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79
1976 - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (b. 1907)
1977 - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer (b. 1917)
1979 - Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82
1979 - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39
1980 - Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73
1980 - Karl Dönitz, German naval admiral, and last leader of Nazi Germany (b. 1891)
1980 - Siggie Nordstrom, model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters (b. 1893)
1982 - Louis Aragon, French writer (b. 1897)
1984 - Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53
1984 - Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
1986 - Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75
1986 - Gardner Fox, American writer (b. 1911)
1987 - John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68
1987 - Joop den Uyl, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
1987 - M. G. Ramachandran, Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu (b. 1917)
1990 - Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author (b. 1922)
1991 - Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46
1992 - Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies
1992 - Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64
1993 - Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
1993 - Norman Vincent Peale, rev (Power of Positive Thinking), dies at 95
1993 - Yen Chia-kan, PM/Pres of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies
1994 - Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57
1994 - John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist, dies at 47
1994 - John James Osborne, playwright, dies at 65
1994 - John Keith Wright, English Asst Sect of State (1971-84), dies at 66
1994 - John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Luther), dies at 65
1994 - Julie Haydon, [Donella Donaldson], US actress (Scoundrel), dies at 84
1994 - Louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Uncle Wanja, Charlotte), dies at 74
1994 - Nathan I. Daniel, inventor (Guitars), dies at 82
1994 - Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78
1995 - Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76
1995 - Harry McLevy, trade unionist, dies at 59
1996 - Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77
1996 - Nguyen Huu Tho, Pres of Vietnam (1980-81), dies
1996 - Peter Dormer, arts writer, dies at 47
1997 - Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69
1997 - Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57
1997 - James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67
1997 - Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77
1997 - Pierre Péladeau, Quebec businessman, founder of Quebecor (b. 1925)
1999 - João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
1999 - Bill Bowerman, American track and field coach
1999 - Maurice Couve de Murville, French politician, Prime minister of France (b. 1907)
2000 - John Cooper, English race car designer (b. 1923)
2000 - Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)
2002 - Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
2002 - Laci Peterson, American murder victim (b. 1975)
2004 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
2005 - Michael Vale, American commercial actor (b. 1922)
2006 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907)
2006 - Frank Stanton, American television executive (b. 1908)
2006 - Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian singer, poet and comedian (b. 1961)
2007 - Nicholas Pumfrey, British judge (b. 1951)
2007 - Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (b. 1939)
2008 - Harold Pinter, British playwright (b. 1930)
2009 - George Michael, American sportscaster (The George Michael Sports Machine) (b. 1939)
2009 - Rafael Caldera, lawyer, sociologist, writer, speaker, politician, and ex-president of Venezuela (b. 1916)
2010 - Elisabeth Beresford, British author and creator of The Wombles (b. 1926)
2010 - Orestes Quércia, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
2010 - Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (b. 1930)

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2012, 09:25:13 PM »
This Day in History for 25th December


Historical Events


1 - 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian dedicates a temple to Sol Invictus on the supposed day of the winter solstice and day of rebirth of the Sun.
337 - Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
352 - 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
390 - Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica
498 - French king Clovis baptises himself
597 - England adopts Julian calendar
604 - Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers
800 - Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor
875 - Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome
967 - John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor
969 - Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium
979 - Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom
999 - Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne
1000 - Monarch Istvan crowned king of Hungary

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #19 on: December 25, 2012, 09:29:57 PM »
This Day in History for 25th December


Famous Weddings


1949 - British born actor "Notorious" Cary Grant (45) weds actress Betsy Drake (26)
1950 - Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
1997 - Actress Rue McClanahan (64) weds actor-producer Morrow Wilson (58) at Manhattan's
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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #20 on: December 25, 2012, 09:45:22 PM »
This Day in History for 25th December


Famous Deaths


                           
Physicist & Mathematician
Isaac Newton (1642)

795 - Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies aged 95
820 - Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered
1156 - Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61
1249 - Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies
1513 - Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70
1530 - Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies
1635 - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)
1676 - Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
1676 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier (b. 1592)
1683 - Kara Mustafa Pasha Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83) and Ottoman general, executed. (b. 1634)
1758 - James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)
1765 - Antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79
1765 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (b. 1698)
1784 - Yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716)
1788 - John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2012, 07:41:19 AM »
This Day in History for 26th December


Historical Events


                                       
First US President                                 Baseball Great Babe Ruth                 Actress Judy Garland             
George Washington                                                 

                        
Playwright Tennessee Williams              US General George S Patton             Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix

268 - Pope St Dionysius dies
418 - Pope St Zosimus dies
795 - St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1198 - French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
1481 - Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht
1492 - 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
1568 - Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada
1620 - Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA
1620 - Elizabeth Báthory's crimes are uncovered.
1659 - Long Parliament reforms in Westminster
1748 - France & Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands
1773 - Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia
1776 - George Washington defeats Hessians at Battle of Trenton in American Revolutionary War
1792 - The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
1793 - Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.
1799 - George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts
           of his countrymen"
1805 - France & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg
1805 - Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia
1809 - English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen
1811 - A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the 
          president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
1813 - Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies
1825 - Erie Canal opens
1830 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan
1831 - Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan
1848 - 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF
1848 - William & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia
1848 - The Phi Delta Theta fraternity is founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
1854 - Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo
1860 - Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
1860 - Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft Sumter
1860 - The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at
            the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.
1862 - -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA
1862 - 1st US navy hospital ship enters service
1862 - 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minnesota, due to their uprising
1865 - James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st US coffee percolator
1870 - The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
1871 - Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does
            modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
1872 - 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18")
1877 - Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st natl convention
1878 - 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
1879 - John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres
1883 - The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
1890 - King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
1892 - Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)
1899 - Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
1902 - Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) & Christy Williams (42)
1908 - Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title, becomes 1st black
           heavyweight champion
1916 - Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
1917 - 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron
1917 - Fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I
1918 - 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic v NSW)
1919 - Yanks & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
1924 - Judy Garland, 2½, billed as Baby Frances, makes her show business debut
1925 - 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans
1925 - NHL record 141 shots as NY Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1
1925 - Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar
1925 - NY's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70
1925 - The Communist Party of India is founded.
1926 - Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
1928 - Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming
1928 - World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW v Vic
1931 - George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in NYC
1931 - Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy
1933 - Bradman scores 187* NSW v Victoria, 294 mins, 13 fours
1933 - US forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere
1933 - FM radio is patented.
1934 - Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms
1935 - Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth"
1936 - Israel Philarmonic Orch forms
1938 - Bradman scores 225 South Aust v Qld before Christ gets him out
1938 - Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa
1939 - Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey
1939 - Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels
1940 - 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
1940 - JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in NYC
1941 - Winston Churchill becomes 1st British PM to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning
           that Axis would "stop at nothing"
1943 - British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst
1943 - Chicago Bears win NFL championship
1943 - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg vain with bomb to Hitlers headquarter
1944 - Battle of Bastogne-US Gen Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans
1944 - Budapest surrounded by soviet army
1944 - Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago
1945 - CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
1946 - "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 111 performances
1946 - "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater NYC for 60 perfs
1946 - 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
1946 - Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1947 - "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances
1947 - British transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia
1947 - Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs That same day, LA
           set a record high of 84°F
1948 - Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested
1950 - Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs)
1954 - "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio
1954 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10
1955 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Los Angeles Rams 38-14
1955 - RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
1957 - Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London
1960 - "Do Re Mi" opens at St James Theater NYC for 400 performances
1960 - Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in NYC
1960 - Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game
1963 - "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater NYC for 4 performances
1963 - Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"
1963 - US furnishes cereal to USSR
1964 - Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1964 - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game
1964 - Moors Murderers claim last victim
1965 - "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
1965 - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game
1965 - Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
1966 - Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday
1966 - Jimi Hendrix writes "Purple Haze" backstage at the Upper Cut Club
1967 - BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"
1967 - Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1968 - Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1968 - Jay Allens "Forty Carats," premieres in NYC
1968 - Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Denver as opener for Vanilla Fudge
1968 - Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors & 2 game misconducts in a
           game against NY Rangers in NY's Madison Square Garden
1973 - "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair & rated X, premieres
1973 - 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours
1973 - Soyuz 13 returns to Earth
1974 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
1975 - 1st supersonic transport service (USSR-Tupolev-144)
1975 - A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket
1976 - "Music Is" closes at St James Theater NYC after 8 performances
1976 - The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is founded.
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
1979 - Soviet Special forces take over presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan.
1980 - Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
1981 - One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust v WI
1982 - TIME's Man of the Year is a computer
1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan MCG
1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
1986 - Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed
1986 - Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games
1986 - TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run
1987 - "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik
1988 - "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances
1988 - Anti African student rebellion in China PR
1989 - ODI debut for Mark Taylor & Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG
1990 - Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship
1990 - Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's NY-NJ Knights
1990 - Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
1991 - Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
1991 - Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction
1991 - Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India
1991 - NY Islander Derek King ties NJ Devils 5-5 with ½ second left
1992 - NY Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75
1993 - Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed
1993 - Floyd, Nicklaus & Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn
1994 - French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille
1995 - Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL v Aust, MCG)
1995 - Paul Adams becomes S Afr's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 yrs 340 ds
1996 - Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
1996 - The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification goes into force.
1996 - Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement
            of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
1997 - The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami
            offshore.
1998 - Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern
           and southern no-fly zones.
1998 - Severe gales over Ireland, northern England, and southern Scotland cause widespread
           disruption and widespread power outages in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland.
1999 - Severe weather in France kills over 100 people and causes extensive damage to property,
           trees and the French national power grid (see Lothar).
2003 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of
           thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
2004 - A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India,
           Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian 
           Ocean, killing 230,000 people.
2005 - Boxing Day shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto.
2006 - The 2006 Hengchun earthquake with 7.1 magnitude hit Taiwan.

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2012, 07:43:00 AM »
This Day in History for 26th December


Famous Weddings


1613 - Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard, occasioning John Donne's "Eclogue".
1793 - The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
1931 - SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten
1993 - Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41) at Silver Bells Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas
1994 - Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27)
1994 - President Clinton's brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly Nartin (25)
2001 - "Harry Potter" author J. K. Rowling (36) weds anesthesiologist Neil Murray (30) in Aberfeldy,
            Scotland
2002 - Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal (30) weds Shaunie Nelson at The Beverly Hills
           Hotel's Crystal Garden
2004 - "Kill Bill" actress David Carradine (67) weds Annie Berman (43) at the seaside in Malibu

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« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2012, 07:52:29 AM »
This Day in History for 26th December


Famous Birthdays


                                       
Inventor Charles Babbage (1792)         Author Henry Miller (1891)           Chinese Prime Minister
                                                                                                                 Mao Tse-Tung (1893)

1194 - Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor (1212-1250)/King of Sicily
1532 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
1536 - Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
1542 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)
1618 - Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess
1633 - Charles E Biset, Flemish painter, baptised
1646 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
1660 - Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised
1666 - Guru Gobind Singh, Tenth Guru of Sikhism (d. 1708)
1687 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer
1716 - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)
1716 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (d. 1803)
1723 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
1731 - Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan)
1737 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815)
1738 - Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence
1751 - Clement Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
1762 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer
1770 - Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba)
1771 - Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Regulus)
1771 - Julie Clary, queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
1778 - Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist
1780 - Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872)
1782 - Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
1792 - Charles Babbage, London, inventor (calculating machine), (d. 1871)
1793 - Franz Hunten, composer
1797 - Hans Skramstad, composer
1805 - Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer
1808 - Albert Grisar, composer
1809 - William Nelson Pendleton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1812 - Wilhelm Volkmar, composer
1815 - Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1819 - E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)
1820 - Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1822 - Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle)
1824 - Augustus Louis Chetlain, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1914
1826 - Franz Coenen, composer
1826 - Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher (Van Dale)
1837 - Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila
1837 - Morgan Bulkeley, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)
1845 - Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer
1849 - Samuel E "Sam" van Beem, actor (Fanfan la Tulipe)
1853 - René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
1855 - Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer
1859 - Johan F van Bemmelen, Dutch zoologist
1859 - William Stephens, U.S. political figure (d. 1944)
1861 - Friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory)
1862 - Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [NS]
1869 - Harry Redman, composer
1872 - Norman Angell, British politician/cowboy/journalist, Nobel laureate (1933), (d. 1967)
1873 - Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels)
1873 - Karel Moor, composer
1873 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
1878 - Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)
1879 - Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer
1879 - Julius Weismann, composer
1883 - Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master (1950)
1883 - Frank Debenham, Australian geographer/geologist
1887 - Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)
1890 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
1891 - Henry Miller, Manhattan, New York, author/artist (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Sexus), (d. 1980)
1893 - Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer
1893 - Yury Nikolayevich Tyulin, composer
1893 - Mao Tse-Tung [Zedong], Chinese Prime Minister (1949-76), (d. 1976)
1894 - Antonio Molina, composer
1894 - Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
1897 - Willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer
1901 - Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer [NS]
1901 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer
1902 - Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
1903 - Elisha Cook Jr, San Francisco California, actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI)
1904 - Alentejo Carpentier, Cubans/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo)
1906 - Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
1908 - Ralph Hill, US, 5K runner (Olympic-1932)
1910 - Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner
1911 - Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
1911 - Steve Kordek, Chicago, Illinois, pinball machine designer, (d. 2012)
1913 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
1914 - Richard Widmark, Sunrise Mich, actor (Madigan, Judgement at Nuremberg)
1914 - Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
1915 - Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature (Duck on Attic)
1915 - Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/vocalist (Walkin' at the River)
1916 - Helmut Eder, composer
1917 - Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes
1918 - George Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
1920 - Gote Carlid, composer
1921 - Steve Allen, NYC, comedian/TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show)
1921 - John Severin, Jersey City, New Jersey, comic book artist (Hulk, Mad Magazine), (d. 2012)
1922 - Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
1924 - Frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas.
1925 - Baron Baker, activist
1926 - Earle Brown, composer
1926 - Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader (17 yrs in Robbeneiland Jail)
1926 - Zlatko Pibernik, composer
1927 - Alan King, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me)
1927 - Denis Quilley, London England, actor (Masada)
1927 - Stu Miller, American baseball player
1929 - Régine, French singer and nightclub owner
1930 - Donald Moffat, Plymouth England, actor (Kent-Logan's Run)
1930 - Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh, scholar/broadcaster
1931 - Thomas Eden Binkley, musician
1931 - Thomas K "Tom" van Brook, actor/interpreter (Soldier of Orange)
1932 - Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter
1933 - Ugly Dave Gray, Australian television personality
1933 - Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer
1935 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Detroit MI, rock vocalist (Four Tops)
1935 - Barbara J Jacket, US athletic coach (Olympics 1972)
1935 - Rohan Kanhai, cricketer (one of West Indies' finest batsmen)
1936 - Kitty Dukakis, substance abuser/wife of Michael (Gov-Mass)
1937 - John Horton Conway, British mathematician
1937 - Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
1938 - Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director
1938 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
1939 - Lynn Martin, US secretary of Labor (1991-93)
1939 - [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer (Wall of Sound)
1940 - Harmen Siezen, Dutch TV-journal host
1940 - Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Daniel Schmid, actor/director (Paloma, Violanta, Hecate, Amateurs)
1942 - Barry Wood, cricketer (England opener in early 70's)
1942 - Earl Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks)
1942 - Ernie Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks)
1942 - Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer (Put a candle in your window)
1942 - Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, Guatemalan president
1942 - Gray Davis, former Governor of California
1944 - Jane Lapotaire, actress (Spirit of the Dead)
1945 - John Walsh, activist/TV host (America's Most Wanted)
1946 - Gordon Edwards, rocker
1946 - Lisette Hordijk, Dutch TV broadcaster
1947 - Carlton Fisk, Vermont, all star catcher (Red Sox, White Sox)
1947 - Joyce Jillson, Cranston RI, psychic/actress (Superchick)
1947 - James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
1948 - Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
1949 - Ira Newborn, NYC, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer)
1949 - José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
1950 - Michael Jones, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
1950 - Victoria Racimo, NYC, actress (Corene-Falcon Crest)
1951 - Richard Skinner, British DJ
1952 - Andre-Michel Schub, Paris France, pianist (Van Cliburn-1981)
1953 - Matthew Harding, businessman/soccer supporter
1953 - Valeri Yuriyevich Sharov, Russian cosmonaut
1953 - Leonel Fernández, Dominican politician and current President of the Dominican Republic
1953 - Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1954 - Ozzie Smith, Mobile AL, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1954 - Peter Woods, rocker (Romeo Void-Girl in Trouble)
1954 - Susan H Butcher, dog sled driver (Idatarod)
1954 - Ullrich Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 - Walter Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox (Olympic-gold-1976)
1955 - Evan Bayh, American politician
1956 - Gail Tatterson, WBL center (NY Stars)
1956 - Karen Smith, WBL forward (NY Stars)
1956 - David Sedaris, American essayist
1957 - Dermot Murnaghan, British broadcaster
1958 - Adrian Newey, British engineer
1959 - Lesley Tomlinson, Derbyshire England, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1959 - Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director
1960 - Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
1960 - Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist
1961 - Storm Davis, Dallas Texas, pitcher (KC Royals)
1961 - Tahnee Welch, [La Tahn Renee Welch], San Diego CA, actress (Cocoon)
1961 - John Lynch, Irish actor
1963 - Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer (Metallica-Kill 'em All)
1964 - Colleen Dion, Newburgh NY, actress (Search for Tomorrow)
1964 - Jeff King, Marion IN, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1964 - Elizabeth Kostova, American author
1965 - Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie Minn, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1966 - Tim Legler, NBA guard (Washington Wizards/Bullets)
1967 - Tony Covington, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks)
1968 - Darren Barber, Victoria BC, rower (Olympics-96)
1968 - Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler
1970 - Lisa Gathright, Moline Ill, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1993)
1970 - Radka Zrubakova, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star (1994 Futures-GER)
1970 - Willie Williams, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Seahawks)
1970 - James Mercer, American musician (The Shins)
1970 - Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
1971 - Mark Lathwell, cricketer (England opening batsman v Australia 1993)
1971 - Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director
1972 - Burnell Roques, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Derrick Cullors, running back (New England Patriots)
1972 - Jared Leto, Bossier City LA, actor (Jordan-My So Called Life)
1972 - Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer
1972 - Robert Muchamore, English children's author
1973 - Ryan Berube, US, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Reichen Lehmkuhl, American television personality
1974 - Tiffany Brissette, actress (Vicki-Small Wonder)
1974 - Tony Brackens, defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1975 - Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star (1995 Amsterdam)
1976 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004)
1977 - Brandee Layne Loving, Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
1979 - Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
1979 - Chris Daughtry, American singer
1979 - Mzbel, Ghanaian singer
1980 - Serena Phillips, Corvallis Ore, figure skater (1997 Pruetten champ)
1980 - Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
1982 - Kenneth Darby, American National Football League player
1982 - Oguri Shun, Japanese Actor/Model
1984 - Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
1985 - Steven Hartman, Westlake CA, actor (Rick Forrester-Bold & Beautiful)
1985 - Yuu Shirota, Japanese Idol
1987 - Adam Walker, British flautist
1990 - Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
1995 - Zach Mills, American actor

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #24 on: December 26, 2012, 07:56:34 AM »
This Day in History for 26th December


Famous Deaths


38th US President Gerald R Ford (2006)

1350 - Jean de Marigny, French bishop
1458 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
1476 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered
1530 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47
1574 - Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50
1624 - Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
1627 - Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies
1658 - Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
1676 - Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies
1679 - John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
1731 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
1736 - Antonio Caldara, composer, dies
1740 - Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies
1771 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715)
1776 - Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle in American Revolutionary War
1780 - John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712)
1784 - Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743)
1786 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713)
1797 - John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72
1827 - Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81
1836 - Hans Georg Nageli, composer, dies at 63
1837 - Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87
1861 - Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52
1866 - Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49
1869 - Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797)
1879 - Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies
1887 - Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40
1890 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 86
1909 - Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)
1916 - Bernhard Scholz, composer, dies at 81
1916 - Frank Penn, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1880), dies
1917 - Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71
1918 - Bertram Luard-Selby, composer, dies at 65
1923 - Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
1931 - Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal classification (b. 1851)
1933 - Lunatscharski, writer, dies
1933 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875)
1937 - Ivor Gurney, composer, dies at 47
1942 - Bosinier de la Chapelle, Fren murderer of adm Darlan, executed at 24
1950 - Emile Enthoven, composer, dies at 47
1950 - James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68
1952 - Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Pegaso), dies at 59
1956 - Holmes Herbert, actor (The Kiss), dies at 74
1957 - Artur Malawski, composer, dies at 53
1958 - Harry Redman, composer, dies on 89th birthday
1960 - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54
1960 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
1961 - Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies
1963 - "Gorgeous George" Wagner, wrestler, dies
1965 - Anthonie Donker, Dutch [Prof N Donkersloot], literary, dies at 63
1966 - Ina Boudier-Baker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88
1966 - Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, singer (Armoede, Finale), dies at 91
1966 - Noel Gallon, composer, dies at 75
1967 - S F Barnes, cricketer (27 Tests for England, 189 wickets), dies
1969 - Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67
1970 - Lillian Board, British athlete (b. 1948)
1971 - Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57
1972 - Harry Truman, 33rd US Pres (1945-53), dies in KC Mo at 88
1973 - Harold B Lee, US head of Mormon Church, dies at 74
1973 - Steven Geray, actor (French Line), dies at 69
1973 - William Haines, actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73
1974 - Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80
1974 - Knudage Riisager, composer, dies at 77
1974 - Robert Levine Sanders, composer, dies at 68
1974 - Farid al-Atrash, Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
1976 - Philip A Heart, (Sen-D-Mich), dies at 64
1977 - Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81
1977 - Ivan Rezak, composer, dies at 53
1980 - Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
1981 - Savithri, Indian actress (b. 1937)
1981 - Amber Reeves, feminist writer (b. 1887)
1983 - Violet Carson, British actress (b. 1898)
1985 - Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53
1985 - Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1928)
1986 - Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 84
1988 - John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90
1988 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
1989 - Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86
1989 - Peggy Thorpe-Bates, actress (Alcatraz Island), dies
1989 - Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
1990 - Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33
1991 - Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise), dies at 70
1991 - Sam Cresson, dies at 73
1992 - Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74
1992 - Constance Carpenter, actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87
1992 - John G Kemeny, US computer pioneer (BASIC), dies
1992 - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80
1993 - Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80
1994 - Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74
1994 - Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Neth/South African economist/author, dies
1994 - Karl Schiller, minister of RFA Economics (1966-72), dies
1994 - Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80
1994 - Sylvia Brandts Buys, actress (Hague's Post), dies at 85
1994 - Sylvia Koscina, Croatian/Italian actress (Hercules), dies at 61
1997 - John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81
1997 - John Whitley, air-Marshal, dies at 92
1997 - Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (b. 1922)
1999 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
1999 - Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918)
2000 - Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
2001 - Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
2002 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)
2002 - Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
2004 - Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman, husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent (b. 1928)
2004 - Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
2004 - Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African pediatric heart surgeon (b. 1959)
2004 - Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1959)
2004 - Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
2004 - Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1962)
2004 - Mieszko Talarczyk, Lead singer/Guitarist of grindcore band, Nasum, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1974)
2004 - Troy Broadbridge, Australian rules footballer, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1980)
2005 - Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
2005 - Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)
2005 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
2005 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
2006 - Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier (b. 1951)
2006 - Gerald R Ford, 38th President of the United States, dies at 93
2007 - John A. Garraty, American biographer (b. 1920)
2007 - Stu Nahan, American Sportscaster (b. 1926)
2007 - Joe Dolan, Irish singer and entertainer (b. 1943)
2008 - Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925)
2009 - Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958)
2010 - Teena Marie, American singer and composer (b. 1956)
2010 - Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #25 on: December 27, 2012, 07:28:30 AM »
This Day in History for 27th December


Historical Events


                                       
Naturalist Charles Darwin              Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin              Actress Mae West           
                                                 

                        
NHL all-time top scorer                       264th Pope John Paul II                       Singer Harry Connick Jr
 Wayne Gretzky                         

418 - [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
537 - The Hagia Sophia is inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian
1437 - Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia
1503 - Battle at Garigliano] Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with
            regards to native Indians in the New World.
1521 - "Zwickauer profeten" appear in Wittenberg
1657 - The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
1679 - Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
1703 - England & Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
1741 - Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
1814 - Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet
           that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the 
           Battle of New Orleans.
1825 - 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England
1831 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America
1836 - Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex)
1845 - Ether 1st used in childbirth in US, Jefferson, Ga
1850 - Hawaiian Fire Dept established
1862 - Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
1862 - Battle of Elizabethtown, KY
1867 - Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting
1871 - World's 1st cat show (Crystal Palace, London)
1884 - Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1887 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" (BG)
1892 - Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St John laid (NYC)
1892 - N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game
1897 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
1900 - Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS)
1903 - "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung
1904 - Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)
1904 - W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin
1905 - M A Noble scores 281 (369 mins, 21 fours) NSW v Victoria
1906 - 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI
1918 - The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1919 - Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper
           is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1923 - Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan
1926 - Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
1926 - Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I
1927 - Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in NYC
1927 - Philip Barry's "Paris Bound," premieres in NYC
1927 - Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled
1932 - Radio City Music Hall opens (NYC)
1934 - 1st youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Mass)
1934 - Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
1934 - Vernon Duke & James Hanley's musical premieres in NYC
1937 - Bradman scores 246 SA v Queensland, 364 mins, 20 fours
1937 - German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic
           marathon champion, from entering Germany
1937 - Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
1939 - 1st American skimobiles (North Conway, NH)
1939 - Between 20,000 & 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey)
1939 - Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die
1941 - Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city"
1941 - Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony
1942 - 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
1942 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14
1942 - The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
1943 - France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
1943 - German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea
1943 - Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower & Bedell Smith
1944 - Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London
1945 - Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in NYC
1945 - International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded
1945 - The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
1947 - 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
1949 - Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
1949 - United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
1951 - 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1953 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game
1954 - "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs
1954 - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in NYC
1956 - 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
1956 - Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1959 - Balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game
1960 - France performs nuclear test
1961 - "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs
1961 - Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations
1961 - Styne/Comden/Green's musical "Subways are for Sleeping," premieres
1962 - 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)
1964 - Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game
1966 - "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs
1968 - Apollo 8 returns to Earth
1968 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1970 - "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances
1972 - "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances
1972 - Belgium recognizes German DR
1972 - LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak
1972 - New North Korean constitution comes into effect
1973 - LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8
1974 - 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1974 - Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1974 - FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 - Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)
1976 - Albania constitution goes into effect
1978 - King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution
1978 - Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1979 - "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV
1979 - Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden
1979 - Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, Pres Hafizullah Amin overthrown
1980 - Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
1981 - Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
1981 - Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)
1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory v India at Karachi
1983 - Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)
1983 - Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1984 - Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees
1985 - Terrorists kill 20 & wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome & Vienna airports, President Reagan
           blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
1986 - "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Wash DC
1986 - 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young & Restless wins
1987 - Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1989 - Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games
1991 - "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
1991 - Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
1991 - Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach
1992 - "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 45 perfs
1992 - "Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen
1992 - "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin NYC for 10 per
1992 - 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1992 - Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NY's JFK airport
1992 - Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament
1993 - "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 7 perfs
1993 - Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93
1995 - Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)
1996 - Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21
1996 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around
           Kabul.
1997 - Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland.
2001 - The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United
            States.
2002 - Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen
           government in Grozny, Chechnya.
2004 - Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest
           extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a suicide bomber.


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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #26 on: December 27, 2012, 07:30:31 AM »
This Day in History for 27th December


Famous Weddings


1993 - Actress Teri Garr (44) weds John O'Neil (42)
2006 - Supermodel Niki Taylor (31) weds NASCAR driver Burney Lamar (26) at The Grande Colonial
           Hotel in La Jolla, California

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #27 on: December 27, 2012, 07:31:28 AM »
This Day in History for 27th December


Famous Divorces


2011 - "New Girl" actress Zooey Deschanel (31) divorces "Death Cab for Cutie" singer Ben Gibbard (35)
           due to irreconcilable differences

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2012, 07:40:32 AM »
This Day in History for 27th December


Famous Birthdays


                                                  
Astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571)     Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (1822)    Singer/Actress Marlene Dietrich (1901)           
                       

1390 - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
1555 - Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist
1571 - Johannes Kepler, Weil der Stadt, Germany, astronomer (planetary Motion), (d. 1630)
1645 - Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized
1654 - Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician
1683 - Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)
1709 - Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)
1715 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)
1717 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
1721 - Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher
1748 - William Marshall, composer
1752 - Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer
1755 - Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36)
1761 - Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russ minister of War
1773 - George Cayley, England, found science of aerodynamics
1776 - Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)
1796 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
1800 - John Goss, composer
1801 - Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49)
1802 - Thomas Fearnley, Norway, landscape painter
1803 - John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament (1848-75)
1814 - James Henry Carleton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1873
1816 - Eliakim Parker Scammon, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1822 - John Roberts, composer
1822 - Louis Pasteur, Dole, France, bacteriologist (pasturization), (d. 1895)
1825 - Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer
1829 - James Clay Rice, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1831 - Lucius Fairchild, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1832 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and patron of art (d. 1897)
1836 - Henricus Oort, Dutch theologist (Leidse translation)
1845 - Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer
1855 - Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist
1856 - Andre Gedalge, composer
1859 - William Henry Hadow, composer
1864 - René Georges Hermann-Paul, French artist (d. 1940)
1874 - Max Ettinger, composer
1879 - Robert Greig, Australia, actor (Horse Feathers)
1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, Sandwich England, actor (Maltese Falcon)
1883 - Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)
1884 - Bernard van Dieren, composer
1888 - Thea von Harbou, German author and actress (d. 1954)
1890 - Maurice Schoemaker, composer
1892 - Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer
1892 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (d. 1917)
1895 - Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor (Holiday in Havana)
1896 - Arch Ward, sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game)
1896 - Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright
1896 - Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security Board)
1896 - Louis Bromfield, Mansfield Ohio, writer (Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926)
1897 - Iwan S Konew, Russ marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw
1899 - Paul Costello, US, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1920, 24, 28)
1900 - Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)
1901 - Irene Handl, London England, actress (Riding High, Morgan)
1901 - Marlene Dietrich [Maria Losch], Berlin Germany, singer/actress (Blue Angel), (d. 1992)
1902 - Ferenc Szabo, composer
1906 - Ivan Brkanovic, composer
1906 - Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer
1906 - Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life)
1907 - Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher
1907 - Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer
1907 - Nils-Eric Ringbom, composer
1907 - Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor (Melbourne 1967-71)
1907 - Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and writer (d. 1999)
1907 - Conrad L. Raiford, Goodwill Ambassador (d. 2002)
1908 - Louis JHCA de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Black Banners)
1909 - Johan[nes B] Schmitz, Dutch actor/reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth)
1910 - Jack Massey, groundsman
1910 - Neville Crump, racehorse trainer
1910 - Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970)
1911 - Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Jan 1]
1914 - Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red)
1914 - Ivan Sutton, British concert promoter
1915 - Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress (Queen of the Jungle)
1915 - William Howell Masters, sex author/physician
1915 - Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
1916 - Werner Baumbach, German bomber pilot (d. 1953)
1917 - Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist (P&O)
1917 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
1918 - John Celardo, American comic strip artist
1920 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (d. 2005)
1922 - Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist
1924 - James A McClure, (Sen-R-Idaho)
1924 - Mokta Ould Daddah, president Mauritania (1961-78)
1924 - Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
1925 - Allan Blank, composer
1925 - Michel Piccoli, Paris France, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools)
1926 - Jerome Courtland, Knoxville Tn, actor (Tonka, Tharus)
1927 - Antony Gardner, British politician
1927 - Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director, and writer
1930 - Jacqueline Fontijn, Flemish composer
1930 - Meg Greenfield, US politician(?)
1930 - Wilfrid Sheed, England, writer (Boys of Winter, Hack)
1931 - Scotty Moore, guitarist (for Elvis)
1934 - Larissa Latynina, Ukraine, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1935 - Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster/TV producer
1936 - Lee Salk, doctor (CBS TV)
1936 - Phil Sharpe, cricketer (England middle order batsman during 60's)
1939 - John Amos, Newark NJ, actor (Good Times, Coming to America)
1940 - Jerry Lambert, jockey (rode Native Diver)
1940 - Pete Brown, rocker
1941 - Leslie Maguire, rocker (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersey)
1941 - Michael Pinder, rocker (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1942 - Byron Browne, baseball player
1942 - Charmian Carr, American actress
1943 - Cokie Roberts, newscaster (ABC-TV)
1943 - Dave Rowberry, Newcastle, rocker (Animals)
1943 - Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician
1944 - Mick Jones, rock guitarist (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love is)
1944 - Tracy Nelson, Madison Wisconsin, American singer
1946 - Janet Street-Porter, British TV personality (Youth)
1947 - Peter Criss, rocker (Kiss-Beth)
1947 - Bill Eadie, professional wrestler known as "Ax" of Demolition
1947 - Janet Perry, American soprano
1947 - Willy Polleunis, Belgian athlete
1948 - Larry Byrom, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World)
1948 - Tovah Feldshuh, NYC, actress (Idolmaker, Terror out of the Sky)
1948 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
1950 - Jack van Gelder, Dutch TV host
1950 - Terry Bozzio, rock drummer (Missing Persons-Hello I Love You)
1950 - Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer
1951 - William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner
1951 - Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico
1952 - Karla Bonoff, rock singer (New World, Restless Nights)
1952 - Tovah Feldshuh, American actress
1952 - Jay Hill, Canadian politician
1953 - Arthur Kent, newscaster [Scud Stud], (NBC-Gulf War coverage)
1953 - Kevin Wright, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1979)
1955 - Barbara Olson, American political commentator (d. 2001)
1955 - Brad Murphey, Australian racing driver
1956 - Doina Melinte, Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile indoor)
1957 - Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB FL, golfer (1994 Standard Register-13th)
1957 - James Sanford, US runner (world record 50m indoor)
1958 - Steffen Mensching, writer
1958 - Steven Glen Jones, Artesia NM, PGA golfer (1988 AT&T Pebble Beach)
1959 - Andre Tippett, NFL linebacker (New England Patriots)
1959 - Mary Holland, San Diego California, WPVA volleyballer
1959 - Gerina Dunwich, American author
1960 - Maryam D'Abo, London, actress (Living Daylights, Xtro, Until Sept)
1960 - Terry Price, Rockhampton QLD, Australasia golfer
1960 - Donald Nally, American choral conductor
1961 - Caroline Gowan, Greenville SC, LPGA golfer (SC Women's Amat-1981, 83)
1962 - Barbara Crampton, Levittown NY, actr (Body Double, Young & Restless)
1962 - Sherri Steinhauer, Madison WI, LPGA golfer (1992 du Maurier Ltd)
1962 - Timothy Hacker, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 10k runner
1962 - Mark Few, American basketball coach
1962 - Bill Self, American basketball coach
1963 - Dana Chladek, Decin Czech, US slalom Kayak (Olympics-br/silver-92, 96)
1963 - Jim Leyritz, Lakewood OH, catcher (NY Yankees)
1963 - Mark Pike, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1963 - Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-born director
1964 - David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman (1996 World Cup)
1964 - Randy Kirk, NFL outside linebacker (AZ Cardinals, SF 49ers)
1964 - Steve Wallace, NFL tackle (SF 49ers, KC Chiefs)
1964 - Ian Gomez, American actor
1965 - Gamini Wickremasinghe, cricketer (Sri Lanka wicket-keeper)
1965 - Salman Khan, Indian actor
1965 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (d. 2007)
1966 - Fabian Núñez, American politician
1966 - Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
1966 - Eva LaRue, American actress
1966 - Bill Goldberg, American football player and professional wrestler
1967 - Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color)
1968 - Dean Palmer, Tallahassee FL, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1969 - Chris Humbert, Modesto California, water polo 2m offense (Olympics-96)
1969 - Suzanne Paxton, Balt Md, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1969 - Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver
1969 - Chyna, American professional wrestler
1969 - Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
1970 - Frank Messmer, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Lorenzo Neal, NFL fullback (NO Saints, NY Jets)
1970 - Mike Salmon, NFL/WLAF safety (Houston Oilers, Rhein Fire, SF 49ers)
1970 - Steve Hoyem, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Bryan Smolinski, Toledo OH, NHL forward (Team USA, Pitts Penguins)
1971 - James Stewart, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 - Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer
1972 - Charles Way, NFL fullback (NY Giants)
1972 - Dewayne Washington, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 - Thomas Wilson Brown, actor (Jason-Knots Landing)
1972 - Matt Slocum, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
1973 - Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, US sprint cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973 - Wilson Cruz, actor (My So Called Life, Ally McBeal)
1973 - Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer
1973 - Dee Ferris, British painter
1974 - Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor
1974 - Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player
1975 - Heather O'Rourke, San Diego California, actress (Happy Days, Poltergeist)
1975 - Patrick Paauwe, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Graafschap)
1976 - Fernando Pisani, Canadian/Italian ice hockey player
1976 - Aaron Stanford, American actor
1977 - Kate Nelson, Evanston Ill, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1977 - Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
1979 - David Dunn, English footballer
1979 - Carson Palmer, American football player
1980 - Claudio Castagnoli, Swiss wrestler
1980 - Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist
1981 - Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
1981 - Javine, British singer
1982 - James Mead, American guitarist (Kutless)
1982 - Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr)
1983 - Cole Hamels, American baseball player
1984 - Gilles Simon, French tennis player
1984 - Pleasure P,American R&B Singer. Former member of Pretty Ricky (band)
1985 - Logan Bailly, Belgian football goalkeeper
1985 - Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1988 - Rick Porcello, American baseball player
1990 - Luis Trujillo, Peruvian Football Player

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Re: ~ On This Day in History ~
« Reply #29 on: December 27, 2012, 07:42:36 AM »
This Day in History for 27th December


Famous Deaths

418 - Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies
975 - Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies
1065 - Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
1076 - Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)
1381 - Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
1548 - Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)
1590 - Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33
1595 - Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63
1603 - Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68
1631 - John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47
1641 - Francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69
1707 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)
1737 - William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
1743 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
1771 - Henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695)
1782 - Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish philosopher (b. 1697)
1800 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718)
1805 - Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
1812 - Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
1812 - Joanna Southcott, an English self-described religious prophetess.
1834 - Charles Lamb, English essayist (b. 1775)
1836 - Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state of Texas, dies at 43
1858 - Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73
1877 - Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56
1880 - Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75
1896 - John Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816)
1900 - William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Brit const (hydr crane), dies at 90
1914 - Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor (b. 1863)
1916 - Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70
1919 - Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
1919 - Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68
1924 - William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68
1925 - Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44
1925 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (b. 1895)
1930 - William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63
1931 - Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73
1931 - Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56
1936 - Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70
1938 - Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments dies at 72
1938 - O Mandelstam, writer, dies
1938 - Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889)
1944 - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer, dies at 77
1950 - Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist, dies at 66
1952 - Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76
1952 - Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1878)
1953 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894)
1955 - Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (b. 1881)
1956 - Lambert McKenna, Irish editor and lexicographer. (b. 1870)
1957 - Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
1959 - Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70
1965 - Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
1966 - Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (b. 1906)
1972 - Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75
1974 - Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66
1974 - Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76
1978 - Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62
1978 - Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash
1978 - Houari Boumédienne, President of Algeria (b. 1932)
1979 - Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered
1981 - Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82
1982 - John Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51
1983 - Walter Scott, rocker, dies
1985 - Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda
1986 - Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78
1987 - Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91
1987 - Rewi Alley, NZ author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing
1987 - Geoffrey D Lloyd, Chairman of the guild of British Newspaper editors (b. 1933)
1988 - Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies
1988 - Hall Ashby, US director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59
1991 - Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43
1991 - John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49
1991 - W Hudson, US "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies
1992 - Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75
1992 - Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies
1992 - Kay Boyle, American writer (b. 1902)
1993 - Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
1994 - Hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70
1994 - Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83
1994 - Peter Barker Howard May, cricket (4537 runs-Eng 1951-61), dies at 64
1994 - Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82
1994 - J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (b. 1902)
1995 - Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39
1995 - Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at 54
1995 - Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86
1997 - Brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83
1997 - Dorothy Stroud, garden historian, dies at 87
1997 - Ewart G Abner Jr, president (Motown Records), dies at 74
1997 - Tom Hudson, artist/teacher, dies at 75
1997 - Billy Wright, Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
2002 - George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1922)
2003 - Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
2003 - Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)
2004 - Hank Garland, American musician (b. 1930)
2005 - William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
2007 - Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (assassinated) (b. 1953)
2007 - Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (b. 1922)
2007 - Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (b. 1920)
2008 - Delaney Bramlett, American musician (b. 1939)