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Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 00:13:37 -0500
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Saturday, May 02, 2009
Only 243 days until the Year 2010
Today is:
National Teachers Day
Today In History
On The Way To Today... May 2nd
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci died near Amboise, France. An Italian
painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer, his genius epitomized the
Renaissance humanist ideal.
1670 - The Hudson's Bay Company was chartered by the English crown and
given a monopoly of the trade into Hudson Bay, Canada.
1813 - During the Leipzig campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, the French
won the Battle of Lutzen.
York City. The 4,000-seat facility opened in grand style for a
hippodrome (an arena for a circus or games) with a chariot-and-ostrich
race.
1863 - During the American Civil War, the Battle of Chancellorsville
started. It was during this battle that Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was
accidentally shot by his own men, dying shortly afterwards.
1885 - A new magazine for homemakers went on sale - and it remains
very popular today. The magazine is "Good Housekeeping".
1887 - Hannibal W. Goodwin of Newark, New Jersey applied for a patent
for celluloid photographic film - the stuff from which movies are
shown.
1932 - NBC radio introduced an entertainert. The comic genius started
working for a salary of $1,400 a week at NBC. His name: Jack Benny.
1933 - Adolf Hitler continued his crackdown in Germany, banning trade
unions.
1941 - The Federal Communications Commission agreed to let regular
scheduling of TV broadcasts by commercial TV stations begin on July 1,
1941. It was the start of what would become network television.
1945 - Berlin surrendered to the 1st White Russian and 1st Ukrainian
armies; hostilities in Italy ceased as the surrender terms took
effect; Hamburg opened negotiations for the surrender of the city.
1951 - The Council of Europe admitted Germany as a full member.
1951 - The Shah of Persia signed decrees approving the nationalization
of its oil industry.
1952 - The first scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a
BOAC Comet, which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36
passengers.
1953 - In Jordan, King Hussein formally acceded to the throne after
his father, King Talal, was deposed. In Iraq, King Feisal II assumed
power.
1965 - The first communications satellite for relaying television
pictures went into operation; the "Early Bird" transmitted to 24
countries.
1967 - The Bertrand Russell International War Crimes Tribunal began in
Stockholm, later to find the United States guilty of aggression in
Vietnam.
1968 - Neil Simon's classic comedy The Odd Couple, about two diverse,
divorced men trying to live together under the same roof, hit the big
screen. Starring Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison and Jack Lemmon as
Felix Unger, the film was a box office smash. Matthau and Lemmon were
both nominated for Golden Globe awards. The film inspired a successful
TV sitcom a few years later.
1969 - The British passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2 left on her
maiden voyage to New York.
1982 - In the Falklands War, a British submarine sank the Argentine
cruiser General Belgrano with the loss of more than 350 lives.
1985 - The General Motors X-Cars rolled off the assembly line in
Detroit, Michigan for the final time. The cars were a dismal failure,
despite being a hit in the beginning. The X-Cars were subject to
massive recalls which cost G.M. many millions of dollars.
1992 - The Yugoslav Army seized Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic
after fierce fighting in Sarajevo.
1994 - Pres. F.W. de Klerk conceded victory to Nelson Mandela in the
country's historic first all-race elections.
1995 - Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
people.
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