This Day In History

[MedicCook]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Happy Birthday Charlie Hustle! He'll make the Hall of Fame one day (probably after he dies).

Originally Posted by icehog3

It would be a shame if he doesn't live to see it.

I rank Rose not being in the HOF right up there with the 61*. Both are tragedys.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

I rank Rose not being in the HOF right up there with the 61*. Both are tragedys.

And 756.....no, wait....that's a travesty.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

I rank Rose not being in the HOF right up there with the 61*. Both are tragedys.

Originally Posted by icehog3

And 756.....no, wait....that's a travesty.

[MedicCook]

Originally Posted by icehog3

And 756.....no, wait....that's a travesty.

Don't worry A-Rod will break... oh wait he is a cheater also.

Originally Posted by MedicCook

Don't worry A-Rod will break... oh wait he is a cheater also.

That he is Ryan, that he is.

[MedicCook]

April 15th

1755
Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language.

1817
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Conn.

1850
The city of San Francisco was incorporated.

1865
Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson is then sworn in as the 17th President of the United States.

1892
The General Electric Company is formed.

1912
Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg.

1924
Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.

1945
Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated by Canadian and British forces.

1947
Jackie Robinson made his Brooklyn Dodger debut and scored the game-winning run. On April 15, 1997, his number, 42, was retired.

1952
The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress

1955
Ray Kroc acquired McDonald's and opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., today the official McDonald’s Corporate Museum.

1990
Actress Greta Garbo died at age 84.

2000
Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles became the 24th major league player to reach 3,000 hits.

2001
Joey Ramone the lead singer for the Ramones died at age 49.

Birthdays
87 Michael Ansara Actor
76 Roy Clark Country musician
65 Dave Edmunds Rock musician
62 Lois Chiles Actress
59 Amy Wright Actress
43 Samantha Fox Singer
41 Ed O'Brien Rock musician (Radiohead)
39 Flex Alexander Actor
37 shvictor Cigar Asylum Inmate
35 Danny Pino Actor ("Cold Case")
27 Seth Rogen Actor
26 Alice Braga Actress
25 De'Mar Hamilton Rock musician (Plain White T's)
19 Emma Watson Actress ("Harry Potter" movies)

[icehog3]

April 15th

1865
Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson is then sworn in as the 17th President of the United States.

[SmokeyJoe]

Samantha Fox...

"Naughty Girls Need Love, Too"

[Whee]

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

Samantha Fox...

"Naughty Girls Need Love, Too"

[MedicCook]

April 16th

1912
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

1917
Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.

1943
Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.

1947
Financier Bernard Baruch coined the term “cold war” in a speech in South Carolina.

1947
Most of Texas City, Tex., destroyed when French ship Grandcamp exploded.

1962
Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."

1972
China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.

1990
The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, goes through with his first assisted suicide.

1999
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.

2003
Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers

2007
A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.

Birthdays
82 Pope Benedict XVI
82 Peter Mark Richman Actor
74 Bobby Vinton Singer
62 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Hall of Famer
62 Gerry Rafferty Rock singer
57 Bill Belichick Football coach (New England Patriots)
56 Peter Garrett Rock singer (Midnight Oil), Australia's environment minister
55 Ellen Barkin Actress
47 Jason Scheff Rock musician (Chicago)
46 Jimmy Osmond Singer
45 David Pirner Rock singer (Soul Asylum)
44 Jon Cryer Actor ("Two and a Half Men")
44 Martin Lawrence Actor, comedian
43 Dan Rieser Rock musician
37 Peter Billingsley Actor ("A Christmas Story")
33 Lukas Haas Actor

45 Wilbur Wright 4/16/1867 - 5/30/1912 American inventor and aviation pioneer
88 Sir Charlie Chaplin 4/16/1889 - 12/25/1977 English-born American motion- picture actor and director
73 Dick "Night Train" Lane 4/16/1928 - 1/29/2002 Football Hall of Famer

[icehog3]

April 16th

1972
China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.


1999
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.


2003
Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers


Birthdays

55 Ellen Barkin Actress

[MedicCook]

April 17th

1492
Christopher Columbus received a commission from Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to seek a westward ocean passage to Asia.

1790
Benjamin Franklin, U.S. patriot, diplomat, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Philadelphia at age 84.

1937
Daffy Duck made his debut in Porky's Duck Hunt.

1951
Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle made his major league debut with the New York Yankees.

1961
Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.

1964
Geraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.

1964
The Ford Motor Co. unveiled the Mustang.

1969
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.

1970
The Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight.

1987
NBC aired the final episode of "Remington Steele."

1998
Linda McCartney, wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, died at age 55.

Birthdays
58 Olivia Hussey Actress
57 Clarke Peters Actor
55 Rowdy Roddy Piper Professional wrestler
50 Sean Bean Actor
48 Boomer Esiason Football player and commentator
45 Maynard James Keenan Rock singer (Tool)
45 Lela Rochon Actress
44 William Mapother Actor ("Lost")
42 Leslie Bega Actor
42 Kimberly Elise Actress
42 Liz Phair Rock singer
37 Jennifer Garner Actress
36 Craig Anderson Country musician (Heartland)

70 Samuel Chase 4/17/1741 - 6/19/1811 American jurist and signer of the Declaration of Independence
76 J. P. Morgan 4/17/1837 - 3/31/1913 American financier; formed U. S. Steel
78 Thornton Wilder 4/17/1897 - 12/7/1975 American novelist and playwright

[icehog3]

April 17th

1951
Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle made his major league debut with the New York Yankees.


1961
Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.


1969
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.


1987
NBC aired the final episode of "Remington Steele."

[icehog3]

April 17th

Birthdays
35 Victoria Beckham Original Spice Girl



76 J. P. Morgan 4/17/1837 - 3/31/1913 American financier; formed U. S. Steel

[MedicCook]

April 19th

1775
The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord, Mass., starting the American Revolution.

1882
Naturalist Charles Darwin, developer of the theory of evolution, died at age 73.

1897
The first Boston Marathon was run.

1933
The United States went off the gold standard.

1943
The Warsaw ghetto uprising began, one of the first mass rebellions against the Nazis.

1960
Baseball uniforms began displaying player's names on their backs.

1971
Charles Manson is sentenced to death for the Sharon Tate murders.

1987
The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show

1992
English comedian, actor and singer Benny Hill died at age 68.

1993
The siege at Waco, Texas, ended when FBI moved into the Branch Davidian compound with tear gas and cult members set fire to the compound killing over 80 people.

1995
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., was destroyed by a car bomb. 168 people, including 19 children were killed in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history up to that time.

1999
Cal Ripken Jr. (Baltimore Orioles) was placed on the disabled list for the first time in his 19 year career. He was suffering from a back problem.

Birthdays
84 Hugh O'Brian Actor
72 Elinor Donahue Actress ("Father Knows Best")
67 Alan Price Rock musician (The Animals)
66 Jack Roush Racing entrepreneur
63 Tim Curry Actor
62 Mark "Flo" Volman Singer (The Turtles, Flo and Eddie)
57 Tony Plana Actor ("Ugly Betty")
55 Bob Rock Record producer & musician
47 Al Unser, Jr. Race car driver
46 BirdDok Cigar Asylum Inmate
44 Suge Knight Record company executive (Tha Row)
41 Ashley Judd Actress
40 Jesse James Television personality and motorcycle builder
31 James Franco Actor ("Milk," "Spider-Man")
30 Kate Hudson Actress
28 Hayden Christensen Actor
28 Catalina Sandino Moreno Actress
28 Troy Polamalu Football player
22 Courtland Mead Actor
22 Maria Sharapova Tennis player

72 Roger Sherman 4/19/1721 - 7/23/1793 American statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence
54 Eliot Ness 4/19/1903 - 5/16/1957 American crime fighter; headed the "Untouchables" in Chicago
34 Jayne Mansfield 4/19/1933 - 6/29/1967 American motion picture actress
66 Dudley Moore 4/19/1935 - 3/27/2002 English actor, comedian and musician

[icehog3]

April 19th

1987
The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show


Birthdays

63 Tim Curry Actor


44 Suge Knight Record company executive (Tha Row)

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by icehog3

[b][center][size="4"]44 Suge Knight Record company executive (Tha Row)

Props to Suge for hanging Vanilla Ice over the balcony rail and making him cry like a little girl.

[MedicCook]

April 20th

1769
Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac murdered.

1836
The Territory of Wisconsin was established by Congress.

1841
The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.

1902
Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.

1912
The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park. They beat the N.Y. Highlanders (who in 1913 would become known as the Yankees) 7-6.

1912
Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, died at age 64.

1916
Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings

1939
Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox.

1972
The manned lunar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon.

1999
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. 14 students (including the shooters) and 1 teacher were killed; 23 others were wounded.

1999
Professional wrestler "Ravishing" Rick Rude died at age 40.

2002
Lead singer of Alice in Chains, Layne Staley's body was found. He was 34 years old.

2008
Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history, capturing the Indy Japan 300 in her 50th career start.

Birthdays
85 Leslie Phillips Actor ("Harry Potter" films)
72 George Takei Actor ("Star Trek")
70 Johnny Tillotson Singer
68 Ryan O'Neal Actor ("Love Story," "Paper Moon")
65 Doyle Lawson Bluegrass musician (Quicksilver)
64 Steve Spurrier College football coach
63 Mel Winkler Voice actor
61 Craig Frost Rock musician (Grand Funk Railroad, Silver Bullet Band)
61 Gregory Itzin Actor ("The Mentalist")
60 Veronica Cartwright Actress
60 Jessica Lange Actress
55 ca21455 Cigar Asylum Inmate
50 Clint Howard Actor
48 Don Mattingly Baseball player
45 Crispin Glover Actor
42 Mike Portnoy Musician (Dream Theater)
40 Wade Hayes Country singer
39 Shemar Moore Actor
38 Mikey Welsh Rock musician
37 Carmen Electra Actress
37 Stephen Marley Reggae singer
33 Joey Lawrence Actor
33 JetDr Cigar Asylum Inmate
31 Clay Cook Country musician (Zac Brown Band)

64 Napoleon III of France 4/20/1808 - 1/9/1873 Emperor of the French
81 Daniel Chester French 4/20/1850 - 10/7/1931 American sculptor; works included Lincoln's Memorial
93 Charles G. Curtis 4/20/1860 - 3/10/1953 American inventor; devised a steam turbine
56 Adolf Hitler 4/20/1889 - 4/30/1945 German leader of the Nazi party and dictator of Germany (1933-45)
78 Harold Lloyd 4/20/1893 - 3/8/1971 American motion-picture comedian

[icehog3]

April 20th

1841
The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.


1916
Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings


1939
Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox.


Birthdays
37 Carmen Electra Actress



64 Napoleon III of France 4/20/1808 - 1/9/1873 Emperor of the French

[MedicCook]

April 21st

1836
Texan army under Sam Houston defeated Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto.

1910
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), author of the novel Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of 74.

1918
Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.

1977
The musical "Annie" opened on Broadway.

1980
Rosie Ruiz won the Boston Marathon when she crossed the finish line in a record time of 2 hours, 31 minutes and 56 seconds. After an investigation, she was stripped of the honor when evidence showed that she had not run the entire race.

1982
The final episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" aired on CBS.

1993
The first episode of "Walker, Texas Ranger" aired on CBS.

1995
Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

1997
The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.

2008
The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk.

Birthdays
83 Britian's Queen Elizabeth II
77 Elaine May Actress, writer
74 Charles Grodin Actor
62 Iggy Pop Rock musician
60 Patti LuPone Actress, singer
58 Tony Danza Actor ("Taxi," "Who's the Boss?")
52 Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake Professional wrestler
51 Andie MacDowell Actress
50 Robert Smith Rock musician (The Cure)
49 Michel Goulet Hockey Hall of Famer
46 John Cameron Mitchell Actor, director ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch")
39 Nicole Sullivan Actress, comedian ("MadTV," "King of Queens")
30 James McAvoy Actor
29 Tony Romo Football player

39 Charlotte Bronte 4/21/1816 - 3/31/1855 English novelist; wrote "Jane Eyre"
90 Joe McCarthy 4/21/1887 - 1/13/1978 Baseball Hall of Famer