Le Witch, Le Toaster, Le Superman

Sunscreen Day suggests we learn about the dangers of those UV ray. Are you wearing your Coppertone, Banana Boat or Bull Frog? You should be. No matter the cloud cover, those UVA/UVB rays will get you!

This Day In History:

1995, our beloved Man of Steel, Christopher Reeve, was thrown from his horse in Charlottesville, VA during a riding competition and was paralyzed from the neck down. The general public began to wonder about ‘The Superman Curse’.

1941 , the British navy sunk the German battleship, Bismark.

1939, DC Comics published Detective Comics #27, its featuring its second superhero, Batman (I wonder what happened to him).

1937, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to pedestrian traffic.

1936, Louis Gossett, Jr, actor seen in An Office and a Gentleman, was born.

And in 1936 this day marks the maiden voyage of RMS Queen Mary.

1930, the tallest man-made structure (in 1930), the Chrysler Building in NYC topped 1046 feet, opened to the public.

1927,  two days after Ford Motor Company retired the Model T, its manufacturing plants began being retooled to make Model As.

1923, Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State, was born.

1922, Christopher Lee, known for Dracula roll, was born.

1919, the Pop-up Toaster was patented.

1919, the first transatlantic flight arrived in Lisbon. It was achieved by the Curtiss NC-4.

1915, writer of such novels as The Winds of War, Herman Wouk, was born.

1912, PGA Championship golfer, Sam Snead, was born.

1911, horror master actor, Vincent Price was born.

Also in 1911, Minnesota senator, Hubert H Humphrey was born.

1904, residents of San Francisco began coming down with Bubonic Plague.

1895, Oscar Wiled was sent to prison after being accused of sodomy.

1837, ‘wild’ west lawman, ‘Wild’ Bill Hickock was born.

1794, Cornelius Vanderbilt was born. Vanderbilt is was a railroad tycoon and financier.

1647, in Salem, Mass, Achsah Young was the first woman to be executed as a witch.