History Day...........
Welcome to History Day!! First up today....
1905, John Walker's fingerprints were the first ones to be exhanged between police officals in Europe and the U.S. Law enforcement units in London and St. Louis, MO completed the exchange--(much to every criminal's dismay)
And.....
1699, Pirate Captain William Kidd was captured in Boston and deported back to England
1885, Louis Pasteur, famous for pasteurizing milk, made history today by accomplishing the first effective antirabies innoculation (on a boy bitten by a rabid dog) Lucky kid. Wonder what he grew up to do??
1912, Jim Thorpe, a full blooded American Indian became known as the 'world's greatest athlete' at the Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden
1933, Baseball's first All Star game was held at Comiskey Park in Chicago. (American League won, 4-2 as Babe Ruth connected for the first All Star Game home run)
1957, Althea Gibson won the Wimbleton women's singles tennis championship. She was the first black tennis star to win the prestigious event
1994, fourteen firefighters were killed in Colorado, battling a days old blaze on Storm King Mountain
2000, Venus Williams beat her sister Serena at Wimbledon--Bet Althea Gibson would have loved watching that match!
Let's hear from you guys this week!! What've you got?
Labels: fingerprinting, history, tennis
posted by Maureen Child @ 1:00 AM
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