History Day..........
I'm posting this on Sunday night because --well, because I wanted to! But it's Monday's history I'm talking about.......
Today in 1558, Elizabeth I became Queen of England after the death of Queen Mary. During Elizabeth's reign, 1558-1603, England became a world power.
1851, the US Post Office issued a 1 cent carrier stamp. (It was all down hill from there.)
1869, the Suez Canal opened, connecting the Meditteranean and the Red Seas, eliminating a 4,000 mile trip around Africa.
1954, Arnold Palmer signed a contract with Wilson Sporting Goods and became a golf pro.
1968, the HEIDI game happened on TV. The Jets/Raiders football game was cut off to begin playing the family movie, Heidi. Viewers missed Oakland making TWO touchdowns in the last nine seconds to win the game 43-32. The next day at NBC, a few heads rolled and they came up with the idea of program delay....
1981, Luke Spencer married Laura Baldwin on ABC. That's right, General Hospital's favorite couple generated an audience of 14 million people. (Yes, I was one of 'em)
1993, US House of Representatives approved NAFTA by a vote of 234-200
That's it for me........let's hear from you guys this week!
posted by Maureen Child @ 6:24 PM
23 Comments:
At 2:49 PM,
EllenToo said…
1800 - Congress held it first session in Washington in the partially completed Capital building
1934 - Lyndon Baines Johnson married married Claudia Alta Taylor, better known as "Lady Bird" in San Antonio, Texas
1962 - Washington's Dulles International Airport was dedicated by President Kennedy.
1970 - The Soviet Union landed an unmanned remote control vehicle on the moon, the Lunokhod 1.
1977 - Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel.
1988 - Benzir Bhutto wins election in Pakistan
1997 - 62 people, most of them foreign tourists, were killed when six millitants opened fire at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt.
At 3:44 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Whoa, Ellen!! you had TONS of stuff today!! Impressive.
And hey, I never knew Lady Bird's real name!
At 4:41 PM,
EllenToo said…
I may have heard it but I didn't remember it and I'm a Texan!!
At 10:49 PM,
Pat said…
1937- The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is opened.
1969- The Woodstock Music and Art Festival is held at Max Yasgur's farm near Woodstock New York. It attracts 400,000 "hippies".
1972- Palestinian terrorists seize ten Israeli hostages during the Olympic games in Munich, Germany. Nine hostages are killed during a bungled attempt to rescue them at a nearby airfield.
1978- Jim Davis's comic strip "Garfield" first appears in newspapers.
At 11:05 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Okay Ellen, I'm pretty sure that a Texas girl should have known that! LOL
At 11:05 AM,
Maureen Child said…
Pat, those are some really good ones!! Love the GG Bridge! Sooo gorgeous.
At 9:22 PM,
Pat said…
The thing that I loved the best about the SF area was spending the day doing some wine tasting in the Napa Valley. It's been MANY years since I was last there, so I haven't a clue what it looks like now.
At 3:59 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Oh Pat, it all changes so much, it's ridiculous! But Napa's still gorgeous!
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