Look Alike Day, Volunteer Recognition Day
1777 NY adopts their state constitution.
1841 The Murders in the Rue Morgue was first published in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. Edgar Allen Poe’s story is considered the first detective story. Thank you Mr. Poe.
1861 Colonel Robert E Lee resigned from the United States Army three days after Virginia seceded from the Union. Wonder if we could have kept him on our side if we had given him a raise...
1871 Third Force Act is passed through Congress. Ulysses Grant is authorized to use military force to supress the Ky Klux Klan.
1898 President McKinley asks Congress to declare war on Spain to aid Cuba in their fight for independence from Spain.
1902 Pierre and Marie Curie Isolated Radium Salts.
1906 Massive fire, spawned by “the great earthquake”, in San Francisco is finally put out.
1914 Colorado Milita attacks a tent colony of strikers to end a coal-miner’s strike which had lasted over 7 months. 66 men, women and children were killed, including 11 kids and 2 women found in a pit that had been dug out under one of the tents, they had been burned to death.
1926 Western Electric introduced the Vitaphone. A movie recording system that added sound to film. First sound added movie was Don Juan and featured score by NY Philharmonic. The Second…The Jazz Singer which included music and 350 words of dialogue.
1978 Korean Air Lines veers into Russian Airspace and is then forced to land on a frozen lake killing two.
1999 Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado is shot up but two students. 13 killed.
2008 Danica Patrick became first woman to win an Indy Car race!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1889 Adolph Hitler, Egocentric, Narcissistic Megalomaniacal Opressive Despot. Okay, I think you get the hint.
1893 Joan Miro, Painter.
1893 Harold Lloyd, Actor. Silent Films.
1908, Lionel Hampton, Musician.
1920 John Paul Stevens, Supremen Court Justice.
1924 Nina Foch, Actress. An American in Paris, Cry of the Werewolf, Ten Commandments, Hush.
1937 George Takei, Actor. Star Trek.
1941 Ryan O’Neal, Actor. Paper Moon, Chances Are, What's Up, Doc?
1949 Jessica Lange, Actress. Tootsie, Sweet Dreams, Grey Gardens.
1951 Luther Vandross, Singer. How Deep Is Your Love, Endless Love.
1959 Clint Howard, Actor. Ronnie's little brother. See IMDB.com for 200+ credits
1961 Don Mattingly, Athlete. First Base, Yankees.
1973 Carmen Electra, Actress. Baywatch, Date Movie, Scary Movie.
1976 Joey Lawrence, Actor. Gimme a Break! Blossom.
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