This Day In History - Page 7

Genetic Defect · 02-27-2009, 10:43 PM

Colonel Potter kicked ass

icehog3 · 02-27-2009, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Vito

Colonel Potter kicked ass

And terrorized this guy.

MedicCook · 02-28-2009, 10:01 PM

March 1st

1790
The U.S. Congress authorized the first census.

1803
Ohio became the 17th state in the United States.

1867
Nebraska became the 37th state in the United States.

1872
Yellowstone became the world's first National Park.

1912
Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.

1932
The 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped.

1936
The Hoover Dam is completed.

1940
"Native Son" by Richard Wright was published.

1961
President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

1969
Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball.

2001
The final episode of "La Femme Nikita" aired.

Birthdays
83 Robert Clary Actor ("Hogan's Heroes")
82 Harry Belafonte Singer
74 Robert Conrad Actor
65 Roger Daltrey Rock Singer (The Who)
62 Alan Thicke Actor ("Growing Pains")
55 Catherine Bach Actress ("The Dukes of Hazzard")
55 Ron Howard Actor-director
53 Tim Daly Actor ("Wings")
46 Ron Francis Hockey Hall of Famer
46 Russell Wong Actor
43 John David Cullum Actor
42 George Eads Actor ("CSI")
40 Javier Bardem Actor ("No Country for Old Men")
36 Jack Davenport Actor
36 Ryan Peake Rock musician (Nickelback)
35 Mark-Paul Gosselaar Actor
31 Donovan Patton TV host ("Blues Clues")
?? O-Danger Cigar Asylum Inmate

40 Glenn Miller 3/1/1904 - 12/16/1944 American composer and band leader
83 Harry Caray 3/1/1914 - 2/18/1998 American radio and TV broadcaster for four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with a long tenure doing the games of the St. Louis Cardinals and ending as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs
60 Robert Lowell 3/1/1917 - 9/12/1977 American poet
70 William Maxwell Gaines 3/1/1922 - 6/3/1992 American publisher of Mad magazine

icehog3 · 02-28-2009, 10:50 PM

March 1st

1961
President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

1969
Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball.

Birthdays

40 Javier Bardem Actor ("No Country for Old Men")

MedicCook · 03-01-2009, 10:06 PM

March 2nd

1836
Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

1877
Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way.

1904
The "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" were adopted.

1917
Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship.

1923
The first issue of Henry Luce's TIME magazine appeared on newsstands.

1933
King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premiered in New York City.

1949
Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around the world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute.

1956
Morocco gained independence from France.

1962
Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points in a basketball game.

1996
The first episode of "Pacific Blue" aired.

2008
Blind guitarist Jeff Healey died at the age of 41.

Birthdays
79 John Cullum Actor ("Northern Exposure")
78 Tom Wolfe Author
78 Mikhail Gorbachev Former President of the Soviet Union
67 John Irving Author
67 Lou Reed Rock musician
66 Peter Straub Authur
58 Cassie Yates Actress
57 Laraine Newman Actress, comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
54 Jay Osmond Singer
47 Jon Bon Jovi Rock musician
46 Alvin Youngblood Hart Blues singer, musician
41 Daniel Craig Actor
32 Chris Martin Rock singer (Coldplay)
32 Heather McComb Actress ("Party of Five")
27 Ben Roethlisberger Football player (Super Bowl Champion Steelers)
24 Robert Iler Actor ("The Sopranos")

87 Theodor Seuss Geisel 3/2/1904 - 9/24/1991 American author and illustrator (Dr. Seuss)
49 Mel Ott 3/2/1909 - 11/21/1958 Hall of Fame baseball player (New York Giants)

MedicCook · 03-14-2009, 11:42 PM

Some add on's for today.

1869
The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game. They were the first professional baseball team.

1912
Pitcher Cy Young retired from baseball.

1985
The first episode of "Mr. Belvedere" aired on ABC.

WildBlueSooner · 03-15-2009, 09:27 AM

Just wanted to say I love this thread and check it often. Keep up the good work!

03-15-2009, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WildBlueSooner

Just wanted to say I love this thread and check it often. Keep up the good work!

Same here

G G · 03-15-2009, 04:20 PM

Cool thread, been meanin to check it out and finally did.

03-15-2009, 04:36 PM

I wonder if Dave gave Gordie those cigars?

icehog3 · 03-15-2009, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ahc4353

I wonder if Dave gave Gordie those cigars?

Only if Dave was smoking at age 6!

MedicCook · 03-15-2009, 11:14 PM

I can not believe that Flavor Flav is 50 years old.

Powers · 03-17-2009, 03:09 PM

diggin' the Douglas MacArthur pic......looks familiar

Powers · 03-20-2009, 07:10 AM

its my birthday too!

MedicCook · 03-20-2009, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UFPowersmoker320

its my birthday too!

Happy B-Day.

Make sure to smoke something special today.

MedicCook · 03-20-2009, 10:36 PM

March 21st

1556
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was burned at the stake as a heretic.

1804
The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was officially put forth.

1871
Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.

1963
Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed.

1965
Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

1980
On the TV show Dallas, J.R. Ewing was shot.

1994
Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.

Birthdays
78 Al Freeman Jr. Actor
65 Marie-Christine Barrault Actress
63 Timothy Dalton Actor
60 Eddie Money Rock singer
59 Roger Hodgson Rock musician (Supertramp)
58 Conrad Lozano Rock musician (Los Lobos)
51 Sabrina LeBeauf Actress ("The Cosby Show")
51 Gary Oldman Actor
47 Rosie O'Donnell Actress, comedian
47 Matthew Broderick Actor
41 Andrew Copeland Rock musician (Sister Hazel)
35 Laura Allen Actress
31 Kevin Federline Britney Spears ex-husband & baby daddy.
?? D_A Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? Sancho Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? doblemaduro Cigar Asylum Inmate

65 Johann S. Bach 3/21/1685 - 7/28/1750 German composer of the Baroque era
72 John D. III Rockefeller 3/21/1906 - 7/10/1978 American philanthropist

icehog3 · 03-20-2009, 11:15 PM

March 21st

1994
Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals.

MedicCook · 03-21-2009, 10:14 PM

March 22nd

1622
Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.

1765
The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.

1820
U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.

1894
The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.

1895
Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.

1923
The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.

1963
The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in Great Britain.

1987
A barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage left Islip, N.Y., on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload. The barge was turned away by several states and three countries before space was found back in Islip.

1989
Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.

1990
A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.

1991
High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy.

1997
Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.

Birthdays
97 Karl Malden Actor
78 William Shatner Actor ("Star Trek," "Boston Legal")
74 M. Emmet Walsh Actor
62 James Patterson Author
61 Wolf Blitzer Broadcast journalist
61 Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer
60 Fanny Ardant Actress
57 Bob Costas Sportscaster
54 Lena Olin Actress
50 Matthew Modine Actor
34 Anne Dudek Actress
34 Cole Hauser Actor
33 Kellie Williams Actress
33 Reese Witherspoon Actress
32 John Otto Rock musician (Limp Bizkit)
21 Kasubot Cigar Asylum Inmate

74 Leonard 'Chico' Marx 3/22/1887 - 10/11/61 American actor, one of the Marx brothers
80 Louis L'Amour 3/22/1908 - 6/10/1988 American best-selling author of more than 100 books

MedicCook · 03-25-2009, 11:08 PM

1931
Boston Bruins coach Art Ross became the first NHL coach to pull his goalie for an extra attacker. The Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals.

1989
The first episode of "Quantum Leap" aired on NBC.

1995
"Johnny Bravo" was aired for the first time.

icehog3 · 03-26-2009, 12:49 AM

March 26th

1989
The first episode of "Quantum Leap" aired on NBC.

02-27-2009, 10:43 PM	#1
Genetic Defect difetosso Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Perry Location: An elevator Posts: 5,204 Trading: (5)	Re: This Day In History Colonel Potter kicked ass __________________ I'm an outcast riding into town alone I got wanderlust branded deeper than the bone

02-28-2009, 10:01 PM	#3
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History March 1st 1790 The U.S. Congress authorized the first census. 1803 Ohio became the 17th state in the United States. 1867 Nebraska became the 37th state in the United States. 1872 Yellowstone became the world's first National Park. 1912 Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane. 1932 The 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped. 1936 The Hoover Dam is completed. 1940 "Native Son" by Richard Wright was published. 1961 President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. 1969 Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball. 2001 The final episode of "La Femme Nikita" aired. Birthdays 83 Robert Clary Actor ("Hogan's Heroes") 82 Harry Belafonte Singer 74 Robert Conrad Actor 65 Roger Daltrey Rock Singer (The Who) 62 Alan Thicke Actor ("Growing Pains") 55 Catherine Bach Actress ("The Dukes of Hazzard") 55 Ron Howard Actor-director 53 Tim Daly Actor ("Wings") 46 Ron Francis Hockey Hall of Famer 46 Russell Wong Actor 43 John David Cullum Actor 42 George Eads Actor ("CSI") 40 Javier Bardem Actor ("No Country for Old Men") 36 Jack Davenport Actor 36 Ryan Peake Rock musician (Nickelback) 35 Mark-Paul Gosselaar Actor 31 Donovan Patton TV host ("Blues Clues") ?? O-Danger Cigar Asylum Inmate 40 Glenn Miller 3/1/1904 - 12/16/1944 American composer and band leader 83 Harry Caray 3/1/1914 - 2/18/1998 American radio and TV broadcaster for four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with a long tenure doing the games of the St. Louis Cardinals and ending as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs 60 Robert Lowell 3/1/1917 - 9/12/1977 American poet 70 William Maxwell Gaines 3/1/1922 - 6/3/1992 American publisher of Mad magazine

02-28-2009, 10:50 PM	#4
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,970 Trading: (60)	Re: This Day In History March 1st 1961 President John F. Kennedy signed a signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. 1969 Mickey Mantle announced his retirement from baseball. Birthdays 40 Javier Bardem Actor ("No Country for Old Men") __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

03-01-2009, 10:06 PM	#5
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History March 2nd 1836 Texas declared its independence from Mexico. 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way. 1904 The "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" were adopted. 1917 Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship. 1923 The first issue of Henry Luce's TIME magazine appeared on newsstands. 1933 King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premiered in New York City. 1949 Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around the world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute. 1956 Morocco gained independence from France. 1962 Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points in a basketball game. 1996 The first episode of "Pacific Blue" aired. 2008 Blind guitarist Jeff Healey died at the age of 41. Birthdays 79 John Cullum Actor ("Northern Exposure") 78 Tom Wolfe Author 78 Mikhail Gorbachev Former President of the Soviet Union 67 John Irving Author 67 Lou Reed Rock musician 66 Peter Straub Authur 58 Cassie Yates Actress 57 Laraine Newman Actress, comedian ("Saturday Night Live") 54 Jay Osmond Singer 47 Jon Bon Jovi Rock musician 46 Alvin Youngblood Hart Blues singer, musician 41 Daniel Craig Actor 32 Chris Martin Rock singer (Coldplay) 32 Heather McComb Actress ("Party of Five") 27 Ben Roethlisberger Football player (Super Bowl Champion Steelers) 24 Robert Iler Actor ("The Sopranos") 87 Theodor Seuss Geisel 3/2/1904 - 9/24/1991 American author and illustrator (Dr. Seuss) 49 Mel Ott 3/2/1909 - 11/21/1958 Hall of Fame baseball player (New York Giants)

03-14-2009, 11:42 PM	#6
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History Some add on's for today. 1869 The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game. They were the first professional baseball team. 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retired from baseball. 1985 The first episode of "Mr. Belvedere" aired on ABC.

03-15-2009, 09:27 AM	#7
WildBlueSooner I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: James Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,322 Trading: (19)	Re: This Day In History Just wanted to say I love this thread and check it often. Keep up the good work! __________________ "To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory"-- Douglas MacArthur

03-15-2009, 04:20 PM	#9
G G BR549 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: Taylor, FL. Posts: 12,748 Trading: (10)	Re: This Day In History Cool thread, been meanin to check it out and finally did.

03-15-2009, 04:36 PM	#10
ahc4353 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: This Day In History I wonder if Dave gave Gordie those cigars?

03-15-2009, 11:14 PM	#12
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History I can not believe that Flavor Flav is 50 years old.

03-17-2009, 03:09 PM	#13
Powers Swamp Ash member in exile Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: Michael Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Posts: 2,283 Trading: (17)	Re: This Day In History diggin' the Douglas MacArthur pic......looks familiar __________________ "There is true glory and true honor: the glory of duty done, the honor of integrity and principle" - Robert E. Lee

03-20-2009, 07:10 AM	#14
Powers Swamp Ash member in exile Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: Michael Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Posts: 2,283 Trading: (17)	Re: This Day In History its my birthday too! __________________ "There is true glory and true honor: the glory of duty done, the honor of integrity and principle" - Robert E. Lee

03-20-2009, 10:36 PM	#16
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History March 21st 1556 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was burned at the stake as a heretic. 1804 The French civil code, the Code Napoleon, was officially put forth. 1871 Journalist Henry M. Stanley began his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone. 1963 Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, a harsh maximum security jail which once housed gangster Al Capone, closed. 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr., led the start of a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. 1980 On the TV show Dallas, J.R. Ewing was shot. 1994 Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals. Birthdays 78 Al Freeman Jr. Actor 65 Marie-Christine Barrault Actress 63 Timothy Dalton Actor 60 Eddie Money Rock singer 59 Roger Hodgson Rock musician (Supertramp) 58 Conrad Lozano Rock musician (Los Lobos) 51 Sabrina LeBeauf Actress ("The Cosby Show") 51 Gary Oldman Actor 47 Rosie O'Donnell Actress, comedian 47 Matthew Broderick Actor 41 Andrew Copeland Rock musician (Sister Hazel) 35 Laura Allen Actress 31 Kevin Federline Britney Spears ex-husband & baby daddy. ?? D_A Cigar Asylum Inmate ?? Sancho Cigar Asylum Inmate ?? doblemaduro Cigar Asylum Inmate 65 Johann S. Bach 3/21/1685 - 7/28/1750 German composer of the Baroque era 72 John D. III Rockefeller 3/21/1906 - 7/10/1978 American philanthropist

03-20-2009, 11:15 PM	#17
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,970 Trading: (60)	Re: This Day In History March 21st 1994 Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

03-21-2009, 10:14 PM	#18
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History March 22nd 1622 Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population. 1765 The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain. 1820 U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron. 1894 The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals. 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris. 1923 The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt. 1963 The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in Great Britain. 1987 A barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage left Islip, N.Y., on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload. The barge was turned away by several states and three countries before space was found back in Islip. 1989 Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat. 1990 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil. 1991 High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy. 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397. Birthdays 97 Karl Malden Actor 78 William Shatner Actor ("Star Trek," "Boston Legal") 74 M. Emmet Walsh Actor 62 James Patterson Author 61 Wolf Blitzer Broadcast journalist 61 Andrew Lloyd Webber Composer 60 Fanny Ardant Actress 57 Bob Costas Sportscaster 54 Lena Olin Actress 50 Matthew Modine Actor 34 Anne Dudek Actress 34 Cole Hauser Actor 33 Kellie Williams Actress 33 Reese Witherspoon Actress 32 John Otto Rock musician (Limp Bizkit) 21 Kasubot Cigar Asylum Inmate 74 Leonard 'Chico' Marx 3/22/1887 - 10/11/61 American actor, one of the Marx brothers 80 Louis L'Amour 3/22/1908 - 6/10/1988 American best-selling author of more than 100 books

03-25-2009, 11:08 PM	#19
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: This Day In History 1931 Boston Bruins coach Art Ross became the first NHL coach to pull his goalie for an extra attacker. The Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals. 1989 The first episode of "Quantum Leap" aired on NBC. 1995 "Johnny Bravo" was aired for the first time.

03-26-2009, 12:49 AM	#20
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,970 Trading: (60)	Re: This Day In History March 26th 1989 The first episode of "Quantum Leap" aired on NBC. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!