History Day........
What a pretty lady there on the left, huh?? Back in the day, when the French still liked us, they gave us the Statue of Liberty to cement our friendship and the lovely lady was unveiled and dedicated in New York harbor on this day in 1886!
And in other news....
1636, Harvard college was founded
1793 Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his Cotton Gin
1904, fingerprinting was first used by the St. Louis police department (a day no criminal celebrates)
1919, Congress ignored President Woodrow Wilson's veto and enacted the Volstead act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition....(clearly Congress has come a long way. I can't see them voting for this now, can you??)
1927 Pan American Airways (remember Pan-Am?) flew the first International flight from Key West FL to Havana, Cuba
1940, the Greek Resistance and military turned back Mussolini's troops and closed their borders to the Nazis! This day is still celebrated in Greece as Ohi (No!) Day
1946, SKY KING was first heard on the radio..."Out of the blue of the western sky, comes SKY KING! And his niece, Penny
1958, John XXIII was named Pope
1961, Brian Epstein, a record store owner in London was asked for the song MY BONNIE by the Silver Beatles. He didn't have it in stock, so he went to the Cavern Club to check out the group. In a matter of days, he was their new manager and renamed them THE BEATLES
1962, Kruschev informed the US that he had ordered the dismantling of nuclear missles in Cuba (remember THOSE scary days??)
1965, the Gateway Arch was completed in St. Louis Missouri
Okay everybody, what've you got??
posted by Maureen Child @ 11:16 AM
8 Comments:
At 1:24 PM,
EllenToo said…
1492 - Columbus discovers Cuba
1790 - New York gives up claim to Vermont for $30,000
1918 - Czechoslovakia gained its independence
1922 - Mussolini took control of the Italian government and introduced fascism to Italy
1929 - Black Monday on Wall Street
1949 - Helen Anderson sworn in as the US Ambassador to Denmark, becoming the first woman to serve as an American ambassador
At 4:06 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Good ones, Ellen!! You always find some interesting stuff..
At 7:11 PM,
EllenToo said…
It's not always easy trying to find some you haven't used!
At 7:41 PM,
Jennifer Lyon said…
Pan Am...I'd forgotten them! And criminals may hate fingerprinting, but readers and writers love them!
Another great History Day!
At 9:33 PM,
Pat said…
Looks like Wall Street isn't doing so well these days either.
1904- The Bank of Italy is founded in San Francisco by Amadeo Peter Giannini. With lots of hard work and determination, he turns it into the Bank of America in 1930.
1921- Charles See and his mother Mary open the first See's Candies Shop on Western Ave. in Los Angeles. YESS!!!
1930- Clarance Birdseye introduces the first line of individually packaged frozen food products in Springfield, Illinois
1992- Riots break out in Los Angeles after the verdict of the Rodney King trial is announced.
At 12:46 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Awww, Ellen! That's so nice! =)
At 12:47 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Hey Jen!
Man, I remember Pan Am...and PSA, great airline for flying up and down the coast!
At 12:48 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Oooh Pat!! SEES!! Let's have a moment of silence here. ...... sigh. A GREAT one. I'd like to say here and publicly, that Bordeaux are perhaps the BEST candy ever made!
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