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2009/05/29 07:10 |
Friday, May 29, 2009
Only 216 days until the Year 2010
Today is:
Oak Apple Day in England
On The Way To Today... May 29th
1167 - Frederick Barbarossa was decisively defeated by the combined
cities of the Lombard League at the Battle of Legnano.
1453 - Constantinople, the capital of the once-powerful Christian
Roman Empire, fell to the Ottoman Empire. The defense of the city was
led by Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus while the attack was led by the
Turkish Sultan Mehmed II. The conquest of Constantinople marked the
end of the Byzantine Empire. The siege of Constantinople lasted for
almost two months.
1500 - Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Diaz, who discovered the Cape of
Good Hope, drowned during a voyage.
1765 - Patrick Henry, who was to become the first U.S. state governor,
introduced seven resolutions in the House of Burgesses in Virginia
attacking the right of Britain to tax the colonies by the Stamp Act.
1790 - Rhode Island became the 13th state of the United States, the
last of the original colonies to ratify the constitution.
1827 - The first nautical school opened in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
1844 - The first dark horse candidate was born at the Democratic
Convention in Baltimore, Maryland. With the political rush of support
to break the deadlock. Polk won the nomination on the ninth ballot
and, eventually, the U.S. Presidency.
1848 - Wisconsin became the 30th state of the United States.
1910 - An airplane raced a train - and won. The race, from Albany, New
York to New York City was worth a $10,000 prize for aviator Glenn
Curtiss. It was sponsored by those promotion wizards at the New York
"World" newspaper.
1911 - Sir William Gilbert, English librettist who collaborated with
composer Sir Arthur Sullivan on many operettas, died of a heart attack
after rescuing a woman from drowning.
1912 - Fifteen women were dismissed from their jobs at the Curtis
Publishing Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - for dancing the
Turkey Trot while on the job.
1914 - The British liner Empress of Ireland carrying 1,477 passengers
and crew collided with the Norwegian freighter Storstadt in the St
Lawrence River in Canada. At least 1,012 people died.
1932 - WWI vets began arriving in Washington to demand cash bonuses
they weren't scheduled to receive for another 13 years.
1939 - "When a Girl Marries" was first heard on CBS Radio. The serial
continued for eighteen years on radio.
1940 - German forces captured Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in
France.
1942 - "White Christmas", the biggest selling record of all time was
recorded by Bing Crosby for Decca Records. The song was written for
famous, hit song have been sold and a total of nearly 70-million
copies, including all versions of the standard, have been sold.
1943 - "The Million Dollar Band" was heard for the first time on NBC
radio. Charlie Spivak was the first leader of the band that featured
Barry Wood as vocalist. The unusual feature of the show was the
awarding each week of five diamond rings!
1944 - A German submarine sank the Block Island, a U.S. aircraft
carrier, near Madeira. She was the only U.S. carrier lost in the
Atlantic in World War II.
1951 - Baseball pitcher Billy Joe Davidson of Marion, North Carolina
signed with the Cleveland Indians for a record bonus that was said to
be $120,000.
1953 - The summit of Mount Everest was reached for the first time.
Everest is the highest mountain in the world, with a summit altitude
of 29,028 feet (8,850 meters) above sea level. The summit was reached
by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary. Sherpa
culture was changed as a result of Norgay's feat.
1961 - Ricky Nelson reached the top spot on the "Billboard" singles
hit. "Poor Little Fool" made it to the top in August of 1958.
previously been a scout with the Cubs organization.
1965 - Ralph Boston set a world record in the broad jump at 27-feet,
4-3/4 inches, at a meet held in Modesto, California.
1968 - The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution imposing
mandatory sanctions on white-ruled Rhodesia.
1970 - Mike Cuellar of Baltimore became one of just 11 major-league
hurlers since 1900 to strike out four batters in one inning -- because
the catcher dropped the third strike of the third out.
1972 - The Osmonds received a gold record for the album, "Phase III".
1973 - Tom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles.
1974 - The British government brought Northern Ireland under direct
rule from Westminster one day after the collapse of the Northern
Ireland executive. A crippling general strike in the province ended.
1977 - Car racer Janet Guthrie became the first woman to qualify for
and participate in the prestigious Indy 500 race. Although she had to
abandon the race after the 27th lap due to mechanical problems, the
following year she participated again and finished ninth, defeating
some of the best car racers in the world.
1978 - The 13-cent postage stamp became the 15-cent postage stamp when
new U.S. rates to mail letters went into effect.
1979 - Bishop Abel Muzorewa was sworn in as first black prime minister
of "Zimbabwe Rhodesia," as the country was briefly known prior to
independence.
1982 - Pope John Paul II, in the first papal visit to Britain since
1531, prayed alongside the archbishop of Canterbury, head of the
Church of England, in Canterbury Cathedral.
1985 - The Philadelphia Phillies moved Golden Glove third baseman Mike
Schmidt to first base. He was replaced at third base with rookie Rick
Schu.
1985 - Death and hundreds of injuries resulted from a riot at a soccer
match in Brussels, Belgium. The European Cup Final at Heysel stadium
between Liverpool and Juventus of Turin was televised throughout
Europe. Just before the match was to begin, soccer fans rioted killing
39 and injuring 400 or more. 26 British soccer fans identified from
the video tapes were extradited to Belgium to stand trial. The riot
prompted increased security at later British soccer games.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic in
the third round of balloting by the Russian parliament.
1997 - Laurent Kabila took office as president of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, the former Zaire, promising to hold elections in
April 1999 and bury the legacy of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
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