NATIONAL PAUL BUNYAN DAY
1519 ― Charles I of Spain, who by birth already held sway over much of Europe and Spanish America, is elected the successor of his late grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
1709 ― Peter the Great of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, one of the battles of the Great Northern War.
1778 ― The Liberty Bell was returned home to Philaelphia after the British departure.
1857 ― James Donnelly (Irish-Canadian) becomes engaged in a drunken brawl with Patrick Farrell, who suffers a fatal blow to the head. Farrell dies two days later, which makes James Donnelly a wanted man and draws the Donnelly family into the notorious feud. His clam became known as the Black Donnellys.
1890 ― In South Africa, Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi in Matabeleland. Rhodes and C.D. Rudd founder the DeBeers Consolidated Minds company (diamond mining).
1893 ― The NY Stock Exchange Panic of 1893 takes place.
1905 ― Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" and sail for Odessa.
1914 ― On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. On June 28, 1919, five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand’s death, Germany and the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially marking the end of World War I.
1919 ― At the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles with the Allies, officially ending World War I. The English economist, John Maynard Keynes, who had attended the peace conference but then left in protest of the treaty, was one of the most outspoken critics of the punitive agreement.
1929 ― President Paul Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I.
1934 ― The Federal Savings and Loan Association is created.
1519 ― Charles I of Spain, who by birth already held sway over much of Europe and Spanish America, is elected the successor of his late grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
1709 ― Peter the Great of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, one of the battles of the Great Northern War.
1778 ― The Liberty Bell was returned home to Philaelphia after the British departure.
1857 ― James Donnelly (Irish-Canadian) becomes engaged in a drunken brawl with Patrick Farrell, who suffers a fatal blow to the head. Farrell dies two days later, which makes James Donnelly a wanted man and draws the Donnelly family into the notorious feud. His clam became known as the Black Donnellys.
1864 ― The Union Army's Atlanta Campaign: the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA, is fought during the American Civil War. General William T. Sherman lead the Union and Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederates.
1893 ― The NY Stock Exchange Panic of 1893 takes place.
1905 ― Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" and sail for Odessa.
1914 ― On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. On June 28, 1919, five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand’s death, Germany and the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially marking the end of World War I.
1919 ― At the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles with the Allies, officially ending World War I. The English economist, John Maynard Keynes, who had attended the peace conference but then left in protest of the treaty, was one of the most outspoken critics of the punitive agreement.
1929 ― President Paul Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I.
1934 ― The Federal Savings and Loan Association is created.
1940 ― General Charles de Gaulle, having set up headquarters in England upon the establishment of a puppet government in his native France, is recognized as the leader of the Free French Forces, dedicated to the defeat of Germany and the liberation of all France.
1950 ― North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea,Harry Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict.
1953 ― Workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.
1954 ― The world's first atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia).
1962 ― NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes the North American X-15 to 4,104 mph and 123,688 feet.
1963 ― USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth in X-15 reaches 285,000 feet.
1967 ― A race ace riot in Buffalo, NY results in 200 arrests.
1969 ― Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days.
1970 ― Following the arrest of Bernadette Devlin, intense riots erupt in Derry and Belfast leading to a prolonged gun battle between Irish republicans and loyalists.
1972 ― President Richard Nixon announces that no more draftees will be sent to Vietnam unless they volunteer for such duty.
1973 ― White House Counsel, John W.Dean, tells the Congressional Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list".
1976 ― In South Africa, the National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots in Soweto have lead to a new era of political consciousness.
1980 ― The first female state police graduates (New Jersey).
1992 ― Two of the strongest earthquakes ever to hit California strike the desert area east of Los Angeles (Landers, CA) on this day in 1992.
1993 ― Eagles founder, Don Henley, is booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Bill Clinton.
2001 ― Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country. How far the papacy has fallen. First Benedict now that Leftist.
2003 ― The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
BORN TODAY
1950 ― North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea,Harry Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict.
1953 ― Workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.
1954 ― The world's first atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia).
1962 ― NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes the North American X-15 to 4,104 mph and 123,688 feet.
1963 ― USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth in X-15 reaches 285,000 feet.
1967 ― A race ace riot in Buffalo, NY results in 200 arrests.
1969 ― Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days.
1970 ― Following the arrest of Bernadette Devlin, intense riots erupt in Derry and Belfast leading to a prolonged gun battle between Irish republicans and loyalists.
1972 ― President Richard Nixon announces that no more draftees will be sent to Vietnam unless they volunteer for such duty.
1973 ― White House Counsel, John W.Dean, tells the Congressional Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list".
1976 ― In South Africa, the National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots in Soweto have lead to a new era of political consciousness.
1980 ― The first female state police graduates (New Jersey).
1992 ― Two of the strongest earthquakes ever to hit California strike the desert area east of Los Angeles (Landers, CA) on this day in 1992.
1993 ― Eagles founder, Don Henley, is booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Bill Clinton.
2001 ― Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country. How far the papacy has fallen. First Benedict now that Leftist.
2003 ― The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
BORN TODAY
1491 – Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat (d. 1640)
1703 – John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (d. 1791)
1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (d. 1778)
1873 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1947 – Mark Helprin, American novelist and journalist
1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat (d. 1640)
1703 – John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (d. 1791)
1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath (d. 1778)
1873 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1947 – Mark Helprin, American novelist and journalist
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