Today in History

[Merika]

I thought this would be a fun topic to add on this forum!

May 26th

1926 - Al Jolson, the singer, was born
1926 - So was Miles Davis
1907 - John Wayne was born
1953 - The first 3D sci-fi film opened
1969 - The Apollo 10 returns to Earth
1994 - Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley

any others?

[Duke]

My bum was itchy.

[Luba]

Originally Posted by Duke

My bum was itchy.

Do you remember when this actually began because I'm sure I noticed several posts of this very important item??....just want to make sure that the date is correct when it is remembered correctly in History

[Luba]

A grand idea started by Merika, great way to learn History, too

1896 - 255 people were killed when a tornado struck St. Louis and E. St. Louis

1933 - Walt Disney's Academy Award-winning animated short "The Three Little Pigs" was first released

1937 - the Newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif.m was opened to the public

1941 - The British navy sank the German battleship Bismarck of France, 2,300 lives lost.

1993 - five people were killed in a bombing at Uffizi museum of art in Florence, Italy; three dozen paintings were ruined or damaged

1995 - Christopher Reeve was left paralyzed when he was thrown from a horse at a jumping event in Charlottesville, Va.

2001 - Indy rooke Helio Castroneves won the Indy 500.

[Star]

Originally Posted by Duke

My bum was itchy.

you know duke, they have creams for this type of problem. hope it's only your bum's that itchy and nothing else. :P

I love "this day in history" topic. I sometimes put that on my front page at IG. I find it so interesting.

[Duke]

The funny thing is my bum is rarely (if ever) itchy yet I like coining the phrase now and again.

[Star]

Originally Posted by Duke

The funny thing is my bum is rarely (if ever) itchy yet I like coining the phrase now and again.

weirdo! :P

[BattleaxE]

May 31st..........

1678 -- Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes.

1790 -- US copyright law enacted.

1837 -- Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria.

1861 -- Mint at New Orleans closes.

1870 -- E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement.

1878 -- German battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed.

1878 -- US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation.

1884 -- Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal".
1889 -- Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania.

1891 -- Work on trans-Siberian railway begins.

1907 -- Taxi's 1st began running in NYC.

1913 -- 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified.

1916 -- British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6.

1917 -- 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)

1919 -- 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston TX)

1928 -- 1st aerial cross of the Pacific takes off from Oakland.

1929 -- In Beverly, MA, the first U.S. born reindeer were born.

1935 -- Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan.

1937 -- 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University)

1947 -- Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53.

1955 -- Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike.

1970 -- At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die)

1977 -- Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed.

1985 -- 41 Tornados in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York & Canada kill 88 & injure more than 1,000.

1991 -- Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia.

1994 - The U.S. announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.