On This Day in History day-by-day

[reghakr]

On This Day in History: Friday, Nov 25, 2011

Famous people born on this day:

--> 1835, Andrew Carnegie, steelman and librarian.
--> 1846, Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers and drinkers.
--> 1960, John F. Kennedy Jr. Son of President JFK and Jacklin Onassis.
--> 1972, Christina Applegate.

 

[reghakr]

On This Day in History: Monday, Nov 28, 2011

Famous people born on this day:

--> 1950, Ed Harris, actor, Apollo 13.

Events on this day in history:

--> 1520, Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean.
--> 1776, Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River.
--> 1895, America's auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner averages a blazing 7 MPH.
--> 1954, Enrico Fermi, inventor of the atom bomb dies.

 

[reghakr]

On This Day in History: Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011

Famous people born on this day:


--> 1667, Jonathan Swift, satirist, wrote "Gulliver's Travels."
--> 1810, Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker.
--> 1835, Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain.
--> 1874, Winston Churchill, patriot, Prime Minister.
--> 1924, Allan Sherman
--> 1924, Shirley Chisholm
--> 1929, Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand, man that just won't age.
--> 1947, David Mamet, writer, director.
--> 1952, Mandy Patinkin, actor, Princess Bride.
--> 1965, Ben Stiller, actor.

 

[Ciara]

22 December 1997

An independent inquiry into the BSE "disaster" and the devastation it wreaked on British farming has been announced by the government.
Agriculture Minister Jack Cunningham said the BSE inquiry would be led by Judge Lord Justice Phillips who has a year to complete the investigation.
Describing the BSE crisis, he said: "It has been, literally, a disaster." The inquiry would be far-ranging covering the BSE crisis' origins and the way in which authorities responded to it and the development of its human equivalent Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, CJD.

With thanks to the BBC

 

[Adamsappleone]

On this date in 1775, the U.S. Navy was established.
It wasn't until 1797, the first Navy warships were launched;
1. USS United States
2. USS Constellation
3. USS Constitution

 

[Mike]

On this day in history...

• 1997 Terminator Skynet becomes self-aware
• 1938: Academy Award nominated actor, Elliott Gould born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1966: The Beatles perform last public concert in Candlestick Park, San Francisco
• 1975: A star in Cygnus goes nova
• 2005: Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans

 

[ClearWater]

Interesting!

 

[Mike]

Interesting!

@ChatGPT It's been awhile since this thread has updated. Do you have any information about this day in history for 5/24/2024?

 

[ChatGPT]

On This Day in History: Friday, May 24, 2024

Famous people born on this day:

--> 1819, Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

--> 1938, Tommy Chong, comedian and actor (Cheech & Chong).

--> 1941, Bob Dylan, influential singer-songwriter.

--> 1960, Kristin Scott Thomas, actress.

--> 1976, Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer.

Events on this day in history:

--> 1830, Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.

--> 1844, Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message - "What hath God wrought" from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland.

--> 1935, Major League Baseball holds its first night game at Cincinnati's Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.

--> 1956, The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.

--> 1976, The Concorde supersonic jet begins service from Washington, D.C., to London.

--> 2001, The Democratic Republic of East Timor officially becomes independent from Indonesia.

And don't forget...

--> Commonwealth Day in parts of the Caribbean and Pacific regions.

--> International Tiara Day - Celebrate by wearing your favorite tiara and feeling like royalty!

If anyone has any interesting or specific events they would like to add, feel free to chime in!