National Watermelon Day-With a slice, a sliver or a wedge celebrate with a napkin tied around your neck a bowl nearby so you can spit the seeds into and a friend sitting next to you, because National Watermelon Day is best when shared.
1958 – The USS Nautilus traveled beneath the Arctic ice cap.
1949 – The National Basketball Association was founded.
1936 – At the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens defeated Ralph Metcalfe in the 100 meter dash.
1923 – Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the US.
1900 – Fireston Tire and Rubber Company was founded.
1852 – The beginning of an endless rivalry, Yale and Harvard compete in a boat race. Harvard won and will not let Yale live it down to this day.
1783 – 35,000 people were killed in Japan when Mount Asama erupted.
1678 – Le Griddon was the first known ship built on the Great Lakes. She was built by Robert LaSalle.
1527 – The first international letter was sent from the New World.
1492 – The residents of Palos de la Frontera, Spain waved good-bye and wished Bon Voyage (really?) to Christopher Columbus and the crews of the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY…
Inventor, Elisha Graves Otis (1811), who wants to go up and down?; Neva Morris (1895), Neva was a supercentenarian and died in this year-2010; 1900, American War Corespondent, Ernie Pyle; John T. Scopes (1900) , famous defendant; Mystery Author, PD James (1920); Novelist, Leon Uris (1924); 1926, Singer, Tony Bennett; Actor, Gordon Scott (1927), Ahhh-ahh-ahhhhh; Professional wrestler, Haystacks Calhoun (1934); 1940, actor, Martin Sheen, one of the best Kennedy portrayer’s ever; Professional homemaker, Martha Stewart (1941); John Landis (1950), film director; Dennis the Menace actor, Jay North (1951); 1963, Isaiah Washington, Actor; Football player, Tom Brady (1977); Lost actress, Evangeline Lilly (1979).
INTO THE LIGHT…
1460 – King James II of Scotland, at the age of 30.
1877 – William Butler Ogden (first Mayor of Chicago), at the age of 72.
1924 – Writer, Joseph Conrad, at the age of 67.
1954 – Writer, Colette, at the age of 81.
1966 – Lenny Bruce, Comedian, at the age of 41.
1983 – Carolyn Jones, actress who portrayed Morticia on The Addams Family television show, at the age of 53.
1995 – Actress and Director, Ida Lupino, at the age of 81.
2008 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, at the age 90.
2008 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, at the age 90.
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