|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:28 AM Original message |
Today in History - April 23 |
Today in History - April 23
By The Associated Press – 10 hours ago Today is Wednesday, April 23, the 114th day of 2008. There are 252 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: April 23, 1564, is believed to be the birthdate of English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare; he died 52 years later, also on April 23. On this date: In 1789, President-elect George Washington moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House, in New York. In 1791, James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, was born in Franklin County, Pa. In 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was publicly demonstrated in New York City. In 1940, about 200 people died in the Rhythm Night Club Fire in Natchez, Miss. In 1958, the film noir thriller "Touch of Evil," starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles, who also directed, was released. In 1968, student protesters began occupying buildings on the campus of Columbia University in New York; police put down the protests a week later. In 1968, the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged to form the United Methodist Church. In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for assassinating New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. (The sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment.) In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company announced it was changing the secret flavor formula for Coke. (Negative public reaction forced the company to resume selling the original version). In 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours or less went into effect. Ten years ago: James Earl Ray, the ex-convict who'd confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 and then insisted he'd been framed, died at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital at age 70. Five years ago: Global health officials warned travelers to avoid Beijing and Toronto, where they might get the SARS virus and export it to new locations. U.S. negotiators met with North Korean and Chinese representatives in Beijing for the first three-way meeting by the governments since the Korean War. American Airlines reported a billion-dollar first-quarter loss. One year ago: Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected Russian president, died in Moscow at age 76. Congressional Democratic leaders agreed on legislation requiring the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1, 2007, with a goal of a complete pullout six months later; President Bush pledged to veto such a measure. Classes at Virginia Tech resumed a week after the killings of 32 victims by a suicidal gunman. Journalist and author David Halberstam died in a car crash in Menlo Park, Calif., at age 73. Thought for Today: "...We are such stuff/ As dreams are made on, and our little life/ Is rounded with a sleep." — William Shakespeare (1564-1616), from "The Tempest." AP |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. More.... |
1635—The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded.
1928—American child actress Shirley Temple is born. 1968—Students protesting the Vietnam War at Columbia University take over the administrative buildings, forcing the university to shut down. 1984—Scientists find the AIDS virus, a variant of a known human cancer virus called HTLV-3. 1014 - King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf 1154 - Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo 1348 - 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter) 1500 - Pedro Cabral lands and annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz) 1501 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral and 6 ships return to Lisbon 1504 - King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria 1616 - Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1633 - Sweden and Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn 1661 - English king Charles II crowned in London 1662 - Connecticut chartered as an English colony 1705 - Richard Steele’s “Tender Husband,” premieres in London 1723 - Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht 1775 - Opera “Il R‚ Pastore” is produced (Salzburg) 1789 - President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY 1795 - William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1798 - Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution 1826 - Missolonghi captured by Turks 1838 - English steamship “Great Western” crossing Atlantic docks in NYC 1851 - Canada issues its 1st postage stamps 1860 - Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery 1861 - Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith 1861 - Battle of San Antonio, TX 1864 - Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett’s Ferry) 1867 - Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 1871 - Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up 1878 - 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram 1881 - Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera “Patience” produced in London 1883 - John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt 1891 - Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia 1896 - Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (NYC) 1896 - Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, NYC) 1900 - 1st know occurrence of word “hillbillie” (NY Journal) 1903 - NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2 1904 - American Academy of Arts and Letters forms 1908 - Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth and Sweden signs North Sea accord 1910 - International Exhibition opens in Brussels 1915 - ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 1916 - Lord Dunsany’s “Night at an Inn,” premieres in NYC 1918 - National Urban League forms 1918 - Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea 1918 - Battle of Zeebrugge ends 1919 - Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season 1920 - Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1921 - Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs) 1924 - British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley 1925 - Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms 1925 - 1st London performance of operetta “Fasquita” staged 1932 - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon 1933 - Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal 1936 - Carl Hubbell’s 1st start of season is his 17th straight win 1938 - Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government 1939 - 1st performance of B‚la Bart¢k’s 2nd Concerto for violin 1939 - Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR 1940 - Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss) 1940 - NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert 1941 - Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt 1942 - 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins 1942 - Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1943 - British and US offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta 1945 - US troops in Italy cross river Po 1945 - Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated 1946 - Bkln Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1948 - KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast 1949 - Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing 1949 - Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF 1949 - Netherlands annexes Elten and Tudderen 1950 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 3 1950 - Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island 1950 - 4th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2 1950 - 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women’s Golf Open 1952 - Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed 1952 - NY Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only HR 1952 - Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter 1953 - General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA 1953 - KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 - WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 - Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers 1955 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open 1955 - “Kismet” closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances 1956 - US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses 1958 - Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game 1959 - “Destry Rides Again” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 perfs 1959 - 1st heliport in Britain opens in London 1960 - 1st performance of Ferde Grof‚’s “San Francisco Suite” 1961 - “Tenderloin” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances 1961 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1962 - Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1962 - NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 1962 - 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched 1963 - “She Loves Me” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 302 perfs 1963 - Jerry Bock and S Harnick’s musical “She Loves Me,” premieres in NYC 1964 - Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0 1964 - New York State Theater opens 1964 - James Baldwin’s “Blues for Mr Charlie,” premieres in NYC 1965 - Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite 1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational 1967 - Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty 1968 - United Methodist Church forms 1968 - 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 and 10 pence) 1968 - “I’m Solomon” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 7 performances 1969 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney 1969 - LA Laker Jerry West scores 53 points 1969 - Over 1000ý mi flooded in Shantung Province China 1969 - Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy 1971 - Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1971 - Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1972 - Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic 1972 - Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface 1972 - 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and 2 Gentlemen of Verona win 1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR 1975 - Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land,” premieres in London 1977 - ADO The Hague soccer team forms 1977 - Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops 1977 - Milt workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa 1977 - Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10 1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1978 - Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd 1978 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic 1980 - Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1983 - David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka 1984 - AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) 1985 - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal’s invitational 1985 - Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula 1985 - Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead 1985 - New Coke debuts 1986 - Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec) 1986 - Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking 1987 - 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct 1987 - NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY 1988 - Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06) 1988 - Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hrs or less 1988 - A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles 1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic 1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker 1989 - Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning 1989 - Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts 1990 - 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1991 - Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off 1991 - Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home 1991 - USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions 1992 - McDonald’s opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China 1992 - Marion Berry (former mayor of Wash DC) let out of prison 1992 - “Shirnada” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances 1993 - Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia 1993 - M”tley Crue’s Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn 1993 - Peter Townshend’s musical “Tommy,” premieres in NYC 1994 - Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of NY 1994 - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke 1994 - Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti 1995 - Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship 1995 - Pres Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Okla City 1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM 1996 - Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million 1997 - “Titanic,” opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC 1997 - 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Wed May 08th 2024, 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC