History Day....
History Day again! Wow, days are going fast......
If you're wondering about the picture on the left...On this day in 1915, George Claude of Paris, France, patented the neon tube advertising light. Just imagine Vegas without George's invention!
And in other news...
1825, Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of NYC patented a canning process to preserve salmon, oysters and lobsters.
1861, Georgia seceded from the Union.
1937, Howard Hughes set a trans-continental air record, flying from Los Angeles to NYC in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. (Okay, the flight takes about 5 hours now. Shouldn't it be faster??)
1953, 68% of all televisions in the nation were tuned to CBS as Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) gave birth to a baby boy. Lucy had a bigger audience than Dwight Eisenhower, who was inaugurated the following day.
1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for TV for the first time, featuring Dwight Eisenhower.
1959, Dick Clark's AMERICAN BANDSTAND was the number one show on television.
1966, Indira Gandhi was appointed India's prime minister
1974, Notre Dame ended UCLA's 88 game winning streak in basketball. (hate basketball...)
1976, the Beatles turned down a 50 million dollar offer to play together again on the same stage.
1981, The US and Iran signed an agreement paving the way to the release of 52 hostages who had been held for more than 14 months.
1983, Klaus Barbi, once a Nazi Gestapo chief was arrested in Bolivia on war crime charges of having tortured and killed thousands of people. He was convicted and died in prison in 1991
2001, president Bill Clinton admitted lying under oath about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. He also handed in his law license for 5 years.
That's it for me........anybody else??
posted by Maureen Child @ 12:36 PM
6 Comments:
At 1:13 PM,
EllenToo said…
1853 - Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome
1937 - Millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds
1944 - the federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads following settlement of a wage dispute
1955 - a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time with the permission of President Eisenhower
1999 President Bill Clinton delivered his State of the Union address in which he proposed to protect Social Securoty by using huge budget surpluses and announce the government would sue the tobacco industry for smokers' health costs. Hours earlier, at the president's impeachment trial in the Senate, White House Counsel Charles Ruff opened the defense with ringing statements of Clinton's innocence.
2004 - John Kerry won Iowa's Democratic caucuses, while John Edward placed second; Howard Dean who finished third delivered a fist-pumping, bellowing concession speech that was viewed as politically damaging
At 2:04 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Ellen, nice job! LOL......but I had two of yours! The televised presidential conference and Howard Hughes! But you got some good ones!
At 3:10 PM,
Michele said…
Hey Maureen,
Wow... Big day in history.
It's been too long since I've been to Vegas! Got get out there soon.
And in my senior year of high school, I had a few friends who were on "American Bandstand" (it's just a coincidence that the show ended it's amazing run that same year, right? LOL)... What a blast. :)
Also, I agree with you. Flights across the continent should be much faster now! What's up with that?
Take Care,
M.
P.S. Congratulations on all your great news!
#1 on Waldens! Woo-hoo! :)
At 3:24 PM,
Maureen Child said…
Hey, Michele!!
Thanks for dropping by! And congrats on all of YOUR great news!! Matt!! Woo Hoo!!
I'm so there with you. I HATE the idea of that five hour flight to DC this summer.....
and I'm sure it was a mere coincidence that Bandstand got cancelled after your friends went there!!
At 7:50 PM,
EllenToo said…
Sure don't know how I messed up and repeated two of yours!!!!!
At 11:29 AM,
Pat said…
Whew, what a weekend!! I won a contest, and went to Disneyland twice. I saw a show on the Travel Channel once, about a "Neon Sign Graveyard" you can visit. But I don't remember if it's in Las Vegas or not. They have alot of retired famous signs there.
1648- Margaret Jones of Plymouth, becomes the first woman to be executed for Witchcraft.
1849- Levi Strauss arrives in the US from Bavaria, Germany. One of the many who flock to California during the Gold Rush, he begins to manufacture the jeans known by his name as durable wear for gold miners. (I can't imagine life without them)
1967- The Queen Mary ocean liner, is permanently berthed in Long Beach CA to be used as a museum ship and hotel.
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