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Today In History
"The Past Is A Portal To The Future"

Wednesday, May 14th
Day 135 Of The Year 2008

A forced remembrance of the crucial, and trivial, people and events that have painted the canvas of human achievement.
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   On This Day:
      649:Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
      1264:Baron's War is fought in England
      1509:Battle of Agnadello: French beat Venitians in Northesn Italy
      1607:The first permanent English-speaking settlement of the “New World”, Jamestown, is founded by 143 emigrants in what later becomes the state of Virginia (the lost colony of Roanoke was THE first; some consider Jamestown to be where the United States began)
      1787:Delegates begin gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to create the U.S. Constitution
      1796:The first smallpox vaccination is administered, by English physician Edward Jenner, to 8-year-old James Phipps (Jenner for the first time used cowpox to create smallpox immunity; previously smallpox itself was used, in a process known as variolation, which made people sicken and possibly die)
      1804:Lewis and Clark leave St. Louis for their exploration of the Louisiana Territory
      1811:Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day)
      1848:The Associated Press (AP) service begins operating
      1853:Gail Borden Jr. applies for a patent for making condensed milk in vacuum (but... it is 1856 before he receives American and British patents; he then fails twice to create a milk business in Connecticut [1856 and 1858], but Civil War demand for condensed milk for the troops finally assures his success)
      1856:Sitting in the study of his country home in Down England, Charles Darwin begins writing his book “The Origin of Species”
      1862:Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland is granted a patent for the chronograph
      1874:Paid Admission is first charged at a college football game (Harvard beats McGill 3-0)
      1878:The name “Vaseline” is registered as a trademark for the petroleum jelly developed by English-born chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough ()
      1894:A rubbish fire at Boston's South End Grounds “Grand Pavillion” (Boston's first and only double-decked ballpark), set by several boys under the right-field bleachers, spreads to 170 adjoining buildings in Roxbury
      1903:President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco
      1904:The first Olympic games to be held in the United States opens in St. Louis
      1908:The first passenger flight is made in an airplane
      1914:Chicago Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0
      1935:Plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies its independence agreement
      1940:The Netherlands surrenders to Germany
      1942:The U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is established
      1948:Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion signs the documents establishing the State of Israel (British rule in Palestine ends)
      1949:Truman signs the bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
      1949:Vaughn Monroe's song, “Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (RCA Victor 47-2902), first appears on Billboard's charts and goes on to become the first 45 rpm record to become a #1 hit (it is the year's biggest hit)
      1955:The Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries sign the Warsaw Pact in Poland
      1963:A laser light beam link first carries the TV signal during a network broadcast in a demonstration during the CBS program “I've Got a Secret” (the signal from a studio camera is used to modulate a laser beam that travels two feet to a receiver that decodes the signal from the beam and then sends the signal to a control room to be broadcast nationally)
      1970:Harry A Blackmun is appointed to the Supreme Court
      1970:NYC local newspaper, “Our Town,” begins publishing
      1973:Gold hits a record $102.50 an ounce in London
      1973:United States launches its first space station, “Skylab 1” (it remains in orbit until July, 1979, when it is allowed to descend and break up in the Earth's atmomsphere)
      1974:The Symbionese Liberation Army is destroyed in a shoot-out (6 killed)
      1977:THe Montreal Canadiens sweep the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup
      1981:NASA launches space vehicle S-192
      1986:Reggie Jackson hits his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
      1989:For the first time since 1948, a basball player hits 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
      1989:The first Tour de Trump bicycle race is run (Atlanta)
      1990:The Dow Jones Average hits a record 2,821.53
      1992:Former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the members of the U.S. Congress to ask for passage of a foreign aid bill earmark to assist the people of the former Soviet Union
      1996:A tornado destroys 80 villages in nothern Bangladesh, killing more than 440 people
      1998:Singer Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack at age 82
      1998:TV series “Seinfeld” airs its final episode after nine years on NBC
      2001:The Supreme Court rules 8-0 that there is no exception in federal law for people to use marijuana to ease their pain from cancer, AIDS or other illnesses

   Born On This Day:
      1316:Charles IV, king of Bohemia (1346-78), emperor (1355-78) (692 years ago)
      1686:Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, Prussian physicist (introduced the mercury thermometer) (322 years ago)
      1771:Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist (237 years ago)
      1787:Thomas Gainsborough, baptized, England, artist (The Blue Boy) (221 years ago)
      1881:Ed Walsh, pitcher, whose lifetime ERA of 182 is the lowest ever (127 years ago)
      1883:Julian Eltinge, Massachusetts, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator (125 years ago)
      1885:Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor (Das Ziel) (123 years ago)
      1895:Lew Lehr, Philadelphia, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One) (113 years ago)
      1904:Billie Dove, NYC, actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride) (104 years ago)
      1906:James Flavin, Portland Me, actor (Man With a Camera) (102 years ago)
      1909:Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR, International Chess Master (1950) (99 years ago)
      1917:Lou Harrison, Portland Oregon, composer (Rapunzel) (91 years ago)
      1919:Heloise, & her helpful hints (or 04/15/1921?) (89 years ago)
      1923:Diane Arbus, NYC, photographer (Nudists) (85 years ago)
      1925:Patrice Munsel, Spokane Washington, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show) (83 years ago)
      1926:Eric Morecambe, London, comedian (Morecambe & Wise, Picadilly Palace) (82 years ago)
      1929:Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964) (79 years ago)
      1930:Edward V “Ned” Regan, Planfield NJ, (Controller-R-NY, 1978- ) (78 years ago)
      1936:Bobby Darin, Bronx, singer (Mack the Knife) (72 years ago)
      1943:Jack Bruce, Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room) (65 years ago)
      1944:Francesca Annis, actress (Cleopatra, Flipper's New Adventures) (64 years ago)
      1944:George Lucas, film director of Star Wars (64 years ago)
      1946:Robert Jarvik, inventor (Jarvik 7 artificial heart) (62 years ago)
      1951:Jay Beckenstein, saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) (57 years ago)
      1951:Season (Susan) Hubley, NYC, actress (PrettyKill, Vice Squad, Hardcore) (57 years ago)
      1952:David Byrne, Dunbartin Scotand, rocker (Talking Heads-Psycho Killer) (56 years ago)
      1952:Donald R McMonagle, Flint Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 39) (56 years ago)
      1953:Joe Schram, SigOp of VOA (55 years ago)
      1959:Mike Quick, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles) (49 years ago)
      1962:C C Deville, rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me) (46 years ago)
      1962:Ian Astbury, rocker (The Cult-Fire Woman) (46 years ago)
      1966:Fabrice Morvan, Guadeloupe, singer (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know) (42 years ago)
      1969:David William Wood, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever) (39 years ago)
      1970:Natasha Ryan, Los Angeles, actress (Amy-Ladies' Man) (38 years ago)
      1973:Shanice Wilson, rocker (Discovery) (35 years ago)

   And Don't Forget, Today Is:
      (Guinea) Guinea Democratic Party Anniversary
      (Liberia) Unification Day/Integration Day
      (Malawi) Kamuzu Day
      (Paraguay) Independence Day (1811)
      (Philippines) Carabao Festival/Constitution Day/Feast of St Isidro
      (U.S.) National Dance Like A Chicken Day

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