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Post by LuLu on Jan 6, 2013 1:01:31 GMT -5
Today in History
On Jan. 6, 1963,
"Oliver!," Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist," opened on Broadway.
In 1540,
England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The marriage lasted about six months.)
In 1759,
George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Va.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 7, 2013 1:01:37 GMT -5
Today in History
On Jan. 7, 1973,
sniper Mark Essex laid siege at a Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in downtown New Orleans for about 10 hours, killing seven people before he himself was slain by sharpshooters.
In 1610,
astronomer Galileo Galilei began observing three of Jupiter's moons (he spotted a fourth moon almost a week later).
In 1789,
the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 8, 2013 1:03:39 GMT -5
Today in History
On Jan. 8, 1963,
Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," on loan to the United States from the Louvre Museum in Paris, went on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with...
In 1790,
President George Washington delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress in New York.
In 1815,
U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans — the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 9, 2013 1:03:45 GMT -5
Today in History
On Jan. 9, 1913,
Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, Calif.
In 1788,
Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1793,
Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, N.J.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 10, 2013 1:25:31 GMT -5
Today in History
On Jan. 10, 1863
the London Underground had its beginnings as the Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened to the public with service between Paddington and...
In 1776,
Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, "Common Sense," which argued for American independence from British rule.
In 1860,
the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Mass., collapsed and caught fire, killing up to 145 people, mostly female workers from Scotland and Ireland.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 11, 2013 3:01:21 GMT -5
Today In History
On Jan. 11, 1913,
the first enclosed sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, went on display at the 13th National Automobile Show in New York.
In 1805,
the Michigan Territory was created by an act of Congress.
In 1861,
Alabama became the fourth state to withdraw from the Union.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 12, 2013 1:22:14 GMT -5
Today Iin History
On Jan. 12, 1948,
the U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.
In 1519,
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
In 1773,
the first public museum in America was organized in Charleston, S.C.
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Post by LuLu on Jan 13, 2013 1:31:55 GMT -5
Today In History
On Jan. 13, 2012,
the Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio and flipped onto its side; 32 people were killed. (Ship's captain Francesco Schettino...
In 1733,
James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, S.C., while en route to settle in present-day Georgia.
In 1794,
President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The number...
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Post by LuLu on Jan 14, 2013 1:48:18 GMT -5
Today In History
Jan. 14, 1914
Henry Ford announced the newest advance in assembly line production of cars. The new continuous motion method reduced assembly time of a car from 12½ hours to 93 minutes.
1954
Marilyn Monroe married baseball great, Joe DiMaggio. The marriage lasted nine months. After her death (in 1962), DiMaggio had red roses delivered to her crypt two to three times a week for some twenty years.
1990
The Fox network’s animated show The Simpsons premiered. “D’oh!”
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Post by LuLu on Jan 15, 2013 1:52:47 GMT -5
Today In History
Jan. 15,1920
The Dry Law goes into effect in the United States. Selling liquor and beer becomes illegal
1865
Union troops capture Fort Fisher, North Carolina
1965
Sir Winston Churchill suffers a severe stroke.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 7, 2013 19:54:18 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 7, 1943,
during World War II, the government abruptly announced that rationing of shoes made with leather would go into effect in two days, limiting consumers to buying three pairs per...
In 1795,
the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with states' sovereign immunity, was ratified.
In 1812,
author Charles Dickens was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 8, 2013 3:04:41 GMT -5
Today In History
On Feb. 8, 1973,
Senate leaders named seven members of a select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal, including its chairman, Sen. Sam J. Ervin, D-N.C.
In 1587,
Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1693,
a charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the Virginia Colony.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 9, 2013 14:44:10 GMT -5
Today in History
Feb9,1864
Union General George Armstrong Custer marries Elizabeth Bacon in their hometown of Monroe, Mich.
1951
Actress Greta Garbo gets U.S. citizenship
1773
Birth of William Henry Harrison, ninth U.S. President and the first to die in office.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 10, 2013 16:41:56 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 10, 1763,
Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War in North America).
In 1840,
Britain's Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
In 1841,
Upper Canada and Lower Canada were proclaimed united under an Act of Union passed by the British Parliament.
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Post by LuLu on Feb 11, 2013 3:05:43 GMT -5
Today in History
On Feb. 11, 1963,
American author and poet Sylvia Plath was found dead in her London flat, a suicide; she was 30.
In 1812,
Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a re-districting law favoring his Democratic-Republican Party — giving rise to the term "gerrymandering."
In 1858,
a French girl, Bernadette Soubirous (soo-bee-ROO'), reported the first of 18 visions of a lady dressed in white in a grotto near Lourdes. (The Catholic Church later accepted...
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