Saturday, June 14, 2008

Happy Birthday to Me!

Here are some other important things that happened this day in history (I've Highlighted some of my favorites):

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Rome becomes a republic (one suggested date)


1594: Orlando di Lasso died in Munich. He was 62. Orlando was one of the first composers to routinely compose polyphonic music, multiple melodies going at one time. Without Orlando, Bach might not have been possible

1642: 1st compulsory education law in America passed, by Massachusetts

1775: United States Army founded

1777: Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts Stars and Stripes as U.S. flag, replacing Grand Union flag


1841: The first Canadian parliament opened in Kingston


1847: Bunson invents a gas burner


1900: Hawaiian Territorial Government begins

1909: Actor and folk singer Burl Ives born


1917: Gen. Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during World War I


1919: First direct airplane crossing of the Atlantic


1922: Baltimore radio station WEAR first to put on a President (Harding)


1940: German forces occupied Paris during World War II


1944: First B-29 raid against mainland Japan


1946: Real estate developer Donald Trump born

1948: TV Guide is first published


1951: Univac 1, the world's first commercial computer was unveiled and demonstrated in Philadephia PA. It was designed for use by the U.S. Bureau of the Census


1954: President Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance


1961: Androgynous rock musician George "Boy George" Dowd, (Culture Club) born


1968: Actress Jasmine Bleeth born

1969: Tennis player Steffi Graf (in West Germany) born

1971: Actress Traylor Howard ("Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place") born


1976: The Gong Show premiers

1977: M. L. King killer James Earl Ray recaptured after prison break


1983: Health Secretary Margaret Heckler said her department would give top priority to finding the cause and a cure for AIDS


1989: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was arrested for slapping a Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman

1989: Smoking in closed areas and smoke commercials were forbidden

1990: The Supreme Court, 6-3, upheld police checkpoints that examine drivers for signs of intoxication


1992: The Chicago Bulls won the NBA championship, beating the Portland Trailblazers in game six, 97-to-93


1997: Hong Kong's future legislature rammed through two laws Saturday to curb political freedoms and civil rights when China takes back the 156-year-old British colony in little more than two weeks' time


1998: The Chicago Bulls clinched their sixth NBA championship, defeating the Utah Jazz in game six played in Salt Lake City, 87-to-86


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

My favorite:
1976: The Gong Show premiers

Lance said...

Hey, are you calling Katie the Gong Show?

Anonymous said...

:) No. (but funny) Do you remember watching the Gong show? I do. When I was in Edmonton, the phrase "its a gong show" became popular for situations that were crazy/out of control/unorganized. Unfortunately, when asked, most who used this phrase were completely unaware of the actual show.

The Darlings said...

Happy Birthday! My favorite is 1989: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was arrested for slapping a Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman.

We'll celebrate better in Hawaii, maybe we'll even slap a few "patrolmen"

Anonymous said...

Hey Katie,
Hope you had a great day! Mom B