This Day In History

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

This Day In History

Man In Black · Anime Mod

April 23rd 2007:

GHC World Champion Takeshi Morishima received the highest honor at the 2007 Cauliflower Alley Club 42nd Annual Banquet & Awards. Morishima was given the "future legends" award. He also rubbed shoulders with some of the sports greatest champions like Bret Hart and Harley Race.

April 23rd 1977:

John Felix Anthony Cena was born

April 23, 1954:

Filmmaker Michael Moore was born

April 23, 1939:

Six Million Dollar Man star Lee Majors was born

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

On this day (24th April)

1900
First issue of British newspaper the Daily Express. Founded by Arthur Pearson.

NymVette · Movie Producer

25th April

1915: Allied troops land on the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, beginning the disastrous Dardanelles campaign.

1920: Britain is given mandates for the former Ottoman territories of Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Palestine.

1953: Geneticists James Watson and Francis Crick publish their discovery of the structure of DNA.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Celeb birthdays for today:

Al Pacino - April/25/1940

Bjorn Ulvaeus - April/25/1945

Hank Azaria - April/25/1964

Jason Lee - April/25/1970

Renee Zellweger - April/25/1969

Russ Conway - April/25/1913

Man In Black · Anime Mod

April 26th 1938 - Guitar legend Duane Eddy was born.

NymVette · Movie Producer

April 27th

1908: London hosts its first Olympic Games, at White City, after the orginal host, Rome, drops out.

1968: Abortion is legalised in Britain after royal assent is given to the 1967 Abortion Act.

1994: The first post-Apartheid, non-racial election is held in South Africa. Nelson Mandela's ANC party wins.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Celeb birthday's for April 27th:

Casey Kasem - April/27/1932

Jack Klugman - April/27/1922

Ace Frehley - April/27/1951

Sheena Easton - April/27/1959

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

April 30th in history

1789 - George Washington took the oath as the first President of the United States Of America at Federal Hall in New York City.

1945 - As Allied forces were closing in on Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führerbunker after being married for one day

1975 - North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, ending the Vietnam War with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam

-- Edited by DoctorOfDesire at 12:35, 2008-04-30

braxious · 500 Club Member

1851. Great Exhibition opens On May 1, 1851, the Great Exhibition opens to wide acclaim in the Crystal Palace in London. Inside the Crystal Palace, a giant glass-and-iron hall designed by Sir Joseph Paxton

1916
End of the Easter Rising in Ireland following a week of bitter fighting in Dublin after Irish Nationalists rose against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24th. More than 400 lost their lives.
1912
A statue of Peter Pan is put in Kensington Gardens in London- commissioned and paid for by Peter Pan creator J.M.Barrie. Children are told it has been put there by fairies!
1904
Japanese Army attacks and defeats Russian forces at Xinyizhou.
1875
Official opening of Alexandra Palace in London.
1851
Opening of the Great Exhibition at Hyde Park in London.
1840
The first penny black stamps showing Queen Victoria's head go on sale five days before the official issue date.
1707
Proclamation of the official union between England and Scotland.

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

May the 5th in History:

1865 - In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.

1945 - World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz, leader of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.

2005 - The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-elected for a third, consecutive term.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

May5th celebrity birthdays:

Craig David - May/05/1981

John Rhys- Davies - May/05/1944

Michael Palin - May/05/1943

Richard E. Grant - May/05/1957

Tina Yothers - May/05/1973

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

May the 6th in History

1937 The German zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed while trying to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, killing over 30 people on board.

1954 At Oxford's Iffley Road Track, English athlete Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.

1994 The Channel Tunnel officially opened.

Born on May 6th

Tony Blair (1953)
George Clooney (1961)
Orson Welles (1915)
Sigmund Freud (1939)

NymVette · Movie Producer

11th May

1310 - 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics.
1820 - Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
1969 - Vietnam War: Operation Apache Snow Near the Laos border, American and South Vietnamese forces fight North Vietnamese troops for Ap Bia Mountain (aka Hill 937 or "Hamburger Hill").
2000 - Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.

Births

1911 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian
1964 - John Parrott, English snooker player
1983 - Holly Valance, Australian-born actress and singer

Man In Black · Anime Mod

1983 - Holly Valance, Australian-born actress and singer

One for the Trades Description Act methinks....

braxious · 500 Club Member

12 may

1971
British pop star Mick Jagger marries Bianca Oerez Morena de Macias.
1969
Minimum voting age in Britain is lowered from 21 to 18.
1967
Pop Classic release: 'Whiter Shade of Pale' by British group Procul Harem.
1961
Founding of the United States of Congo with Leopoldville its federal capital.
1949
Ending of the Russian blockade of Berlin after 11 months. The Berlin Airlift by the Allies, including Britain & United States, had cost £200m.
1943
World War II: the German commander in North Africa, General von Arnim, surrenders to the Allies.
1937
Coronation of King George VI of England at Westminster Abbey in London.
1935
A self-help group, Alcoholics Anonymous, is launched in Ohio, USA by its founder William Wilson.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Today 15th May

1990
Vincent Van Gogh's 'Portrait of Doctor Gachet' is sold for $82.5 million at Christies' Auction House in New York - setting a new world record for a single painting (previous £53.9m). (Worth every penny Im sure)

1995
British Police Federation votes against the routine arming of police officers. (Silly fools)

1718
The first machine gun is patented by London lawyer James Puckle who, as a keen fisherman, intended to use it at sea!

2000
Ric Flair defeated Jeff Jarrett for the WCW Heavyweight title and his 15th Heavyweight title reign

2000
Crowbar & Daffney defeated Chris Candido & Tammy Sytch for the WCW Cruiserweight title(huh? Oh the glory days of Russo's booking...)

2002
Nova defeated The Prototype (John Cena) for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title

neuman · A List Star

19th May

1935: Lawrence of Arabia dies

T. E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. During World War I, Arab forces revolting against the Turks adopted the charismatic Lawrence, a British archeologist and intelligence officer, as their strategic and inspirational leader. After the war, he lobbied hard for Arab independence, refusing a medal from King George V and appearing at the Paris peace conference in Arab robes. A legendary figure in his own lifetime, his autobiography, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, was widely read. In 1922, he gave up higher paying appointments to enlist in the RAF under an assumed name, John Hume Ross. He hoped to escape his fame and acquire material for a new book. Found out by the press, he was discharged, but in 1923 managed to enlist as a private in the Royal Tanks Corps under another assumed name, T. E. Shaw. He later rejoined the RAF and legally changed his last name to Shaw. In 1935, shortly after retiring from military service to concentrate on his writing, he was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident.

1997

British Government controversially announces it is banning sports sponsorship by tobacco companies - but gives a temporary exemption for Formula One motor-racing, who's owner had donated £1m to the Labour Party only a few months earlier.

1993

All 132 passengers and crew are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes into a jungle mountain shortly before landing at Medellin, northwest Colombia.

1992

Two doctors, who performed an autopsy on the body of American President John F Kennedy, confirm he had been killed by two bullets - one fired from above, one from behind.

1982

Italian actress Sophia Loren is jailed for a month for tax evasion.

1906

The official opening by the King of Italy and the President of the Swiss Republic of the 20 kilometre Simplon rail tunnel linking Switzerland and Italy through the Alps.

1906

Joao Franco becomes Prime Minister of Spain with dictatorial powers.

1900

The Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean (numbering around 170) become a British Protectorate.

1849

In England, Irishman William Hamilton is arrested for firing blank shots at Queen Victoria in London.

1802

Napoleon Bonaparte creates the French Legion d'Honeur - an order of distinction for either civil or military service.

1642

In America, the towns of Connecticut, Plymouth and New Haven form a Confederation of the United Colonies of New England as protection in the wars with the native Indians.

1588

Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon in Portugal to attack England.

1536

Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth) is executed outside the Tower of London for alleged adultery.

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

The 21st of May in history:

1904 -The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international sport governing body of association football, was founded in Paris.

1927 -Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, American aviator Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from Roosevelt Field near New York City to Le Bourget Airport near Paris.

1941 - World War II: 950 miles off the coast of Brazil, the freighter SS Robin Moor becomes the first United States ship sunk by a German U-boat.

1991 - Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.

Birthdays include:

1948 - Leo Sayer
1967 - Chris Benoit
1972 - The Notorious B.I.G.

-- Edited by DoctorOfDesire at 11:33, 2008-05-21

bobbaf3nn · On The Casting Couch

1999 Owen Hart tragically passes away after an accident at WWE's Over The Edge PPV in Kansas City.

-- Edited by bobbaf3nn at 11:11, 2008-05-23

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

June 8th in history:

1953 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.

1966 - Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.

1992 - The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Birthdays include:

1943 - Colin Baker, British actor
1951 - Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer and guitarist
1975 - Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
1977 - Kanye West, American rapper
1983 - Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player

braxious · 500 Club Member

1963
The world's first woman astronaut, Russian Valentina Tereshkova, is launched into space aboard Vostok 6.
1961
Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West after landing at Paris Airport with other members of the Kirov Ballet..
1958
Hungarian politician Imre Nagy, prime minister of Hungary in 1956 when Russian tanks were used to help quell a popular uprising, is hanged for treason.
1955
President Juan Peron survives an attempted coup led by Argentine naval officers.
1919
League of Red Cross Societies open headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
1904
The day at the centre of the James Joyce novel Ulysses. Now celebrated internationally as 'Bloomsday' after the novel's main character Leopold Bloom.
1903
American car manufacturer Henry Ford forms the Ford Motor Company.
1824
In Britain, the founding of the RSPCA - the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
1779
Spain declares war on Britain and lays siege to the British territory of Gibraltar.
1487
The last major battle in the War of the Roses in England between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. At least 6,000 are killed during the Battle of Stoke.
1942
Italian motor cycling champion Giacomo Agostini - winner of 15 world titles.
1941
American songwriter Lamont Dozier born in Detroit.
1927
English cricketer Tom Graveney.
1917
American newspaper proprietor Katherine Graham.
1912
English politician Enoch Powell.
1896
French car manufacturer Jean Peugeot.
1890
English comedian Stan Laurel born in Ulverston, Lancashire - real name Arthur Stanley Jefferson. Partners Oliver Hardy in America to become one of the world's most successful film comedy double acts - Laurel and Hardy.
1858
King Gustav V of Sweden (1907-1950).
1977
German scientist and engineer Wernher von Braun - designer of the German V1 and V2 rockets used in World War II. After 1945 he worked for the United States Space Agency, NASA.
1971
Scottish engineer Lord John Reith - first director-general of the British Broadcasting Company, aged 81.
1969
British World War II Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis. Commanded the Dunkirk evacuation of the British and French troops in 1940.
1930
American inventor Elmer Ambrose Sperry - designer of the gyroscope compass.
1901
German writer Hermann Grimm.
1722
English military commander John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough. Led British armies against the French during the War of the Spanish Succession.

neuman · A List Star

July 4th

1776: United States declares independence

After a decade of economic conflict with Great Britain, the 13 colonies answer King George III's flat refusal of political reform with a call for revolution. On July 4, 1776, more than 14 months after the first volleys of the war were fired at Lexington, the Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. Seven years later, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris with Britain, the United States officially became a free and independent nation.

1997
The unmanned American space probe 'Pathfinder' lands on Mars.
1996
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales delivers his terms for a divorce from Diana, Princess of Wales - an offer of £15m reportedly backed by the Queen.
1969
British group The Rolling Stones release Honky Tonk Women.
1969
British tennis player Ann Jones wins the Wimbledon women's singles title beating American Billie Jean King in the final.
1968
British yachtsman Alex Rose brings his ship, Lively Lady, into Portsmouth Harbour after completing his single-handed voyage around the world.
1948
In Britain, the beginning of the NHS - the National Health Service.
1946
Independence for the Philippine Islands from the United States of America.
1943
Polish prime minister Wladyslaw Sikorski, leader of the Polish Government in exile during World War II, is killed in an aircrash.
1919
In Toledo, Ohio, American boxer Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard to become heavyweight champion of the world. Williard is knocked down 7 times before retiring in the third round.
1906
Britain, France and Italy guarantee the independence of Ethiopia.
1904
Start of construction work to build the Panama Canal.
1903
USA President Theodore Roosevelt inaugurates the Pacific Communications Cable by sending a message around the world.
1892
James Keir Hardie is elected MP for Holytown, Lanarkshire to become the first socialist to win seat in British parliament.
1884
The Statue of Liberty is presented to America by the people of France.
1881
American outlaw William H Bonney, known as Billy the Kid, is shot dead by lawman Pat Garrett.
1863
American Civil War: Union forces defeat the Confederates at the Battle of Vicksburg.
1848
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish their Communist Manifesto.
1840
The Cunard Shipping Line begins its first Atlantic crossing when the paddle steamer Britannia sails from Liverpool en route to Halifax. The voyage takes 14 days.
1829
First regular scheduled bus service starts in London - a horse drawn service between Marylebone Road and the Bank of England.

NymVette · Movie Producer

10th July

1940: Luftwaffe launches Battle of Britain

1943: Western Allies invade Sicily

1985: Rainbow Warrior sinks after explosion

1564: William Shakespeare born

19th May

1935: Lawrence of Arabia dies

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