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Tue Apr 06 2004 at 0:35:06
This Date In History
1639
: French dramatist
Jean Racine
is born.
1643
: The French explorer
Rene-Robert Cavelier
is born.
1666
: The squinty-eyed Italian painter
Guernica
dies.
1696
:
James Oglethorpe
, founding father of the
Georgia
colony, is born.
1744
:
Abigail Adams
, wife of President
John Adams
, is born. She is the first Presidential wife to be referred to as "the First Lady."
1807
: The
Embargo Act
is signed into law by
Thomas Jeffesron
, banning all trade with foreign countries. This indirectly leads to
The War of 1812
.
1809
: Further complicating issues, the
Non-Intercourse Act
is enacted by Congress, allowing trade with all foreign countries except Britain and France.
1856
: U.S. Secretary of War and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Frank Kellogg
is born. He is most famous for his Kellogg-Briand Pact, which outlawed war.
1858
: Noted composer
Giacomo Puccini
is born.
1862
: Legendary owner of the
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
is born.
1864
: General
William Tecumseh Sherman
captures
Savannah, Georgia
on his bloody and vicious "march to Atlanta" campaign during the U.S. Civil War.
1868
: U.S. Vice President
John Nance Garner
is born.
1869
: Noted poet
Edwin Arlington Robinson
is born.
1876
:
Futurism
founder and author of
The Futurist Manifesto
Filippo Marinetti is born.
1880
: Famed author
George Eliot
(pen name for Mary Ann Evans), died. She was 61.
1890
: French premier and war hero
Charles de Gaulle
is born.
1894
:
Alfred Dreyfus
' conviction for
treason
gives rise to the infamous
Drefyus Affair
.
1899
: Noted vaudeville composer
Hoagy Carmichael
("
Georgia on my Mind
") is born.
Tragic aviation pioneer
Wiley Post
is born.
1912
: Outspoken First Lady
Lady Bird Johnson
is born.
Tobacco heiress and famous murder victim
Doris Duke
is born.
1915
: The
Federal League
and
Major League Baseball
agree to a deal that will dissolve the Feds, for a handsome fee and stock ownership in several MLB teams.
1917
: "Match Game" host
Gene Rayburn
is born.
1922
: "Leave it to Beaver" actress
Barbara Billingsley
is born.
1936
: Actor
Hector Elizondo
(
Beverly Hills Cop III
, "
Chicago Hope
") is born.
1943
: Beloved children's author
Beatrix Potter
dies at 77.
1944
: Baseball
Hall of Famer
Steve Carlton
is born.
1945
: One-time Miss America and news anchor
Diane Sawyer
is born.
1946
:
Cheap Trick
frontman
Rick Nielsen
is born.
1948
: Actress
Lynne Thigpen
(
Lean On Me
, "
Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
") is born.
1949
: Twin members of
The Bee Gees
Maurice
and
Robin Gibb
are born.
1957
: Buzzcut fitness guru
Susan Powter
is born.
1962
: Hollywood actor
Ralph Fiennes
(
The English Patient
,
Quiz Show
) is born.
The Tornado
's instrumental "
Telstar
" reaches number 1 on America's top 40 charts, making it the first UK single to reach that position in the states.
1964
: Comedian
Lenny Bruce
is convicted of
obscenity
. He never recovers from the crime, and it takes nearly 40 years for his conviction to be overturned, well after his early demise.
1972
: A
7.2
earthquake strikes
Nicaragua
, killing nearly 13,000 people. Nine days later, while on a relief mission to the beleaguered country, baseball star
Roberto Clemente
dies when his plane crashes.
1974
: The island nation of
Comoros
gains its independence from
France
.
1979
: Legendary Hollywood producer
Daryl F. Zanuck
passes away.
1988
: Without lead guitarist
Johnny Marr
,
The Smiths
play their final performance at Wolfhamption Civic Hall. Nearly 30,000 attend, the price of admission being only to wear a Smiths shirt.
1989
: Samuel Beckett, poet, playwright, and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 82.
Nicolea Ceausescu
is ousted from power in
Romania
.
1990
: After years of Communist domination,
Lech Walesa
is named the first president of the new democratic
Poland
.
1993
: After thirty years of all-white rule,
South Africa
votes to end
apartheid
and hold open elections.
1995
: Oscar winner
Butterfly McQueen
(
Gone with the Wind
) dies of burns suffered in a horrific house accident.
2000
: Pop superstar
Madonna
and savvy directory
Guy Ritchie
are wed at a private ceremony at Skibo Castle in
Scotland
.
2001
: The infamous "shoe bomb" incident takes place aboard American Airlines Flight 63. A single passenger, British national
Richard Reid
, is stopped by fellow passengers before he can ignite plastic explosives hidden inside his shoe, arrested, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison.
2002
: Co-founder of
The Clash
Joe Strummer
dies of a heart attack. He was only 50 years old.
December 22, 2010
Maine
December 23
October 5, 2010
Maurice Gibb
manual labor
Federal League
Lynne Thigpen
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