This Day In History

MedicCook · 04-06-2009, 10:12 PM

April 7th

1862
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh.

1891
P.T. Barnum an American showman remembered for hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus died at age 81.

1913
5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. , seeking the vote for women.

1927
U.S. secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover’s Washington speech was seen and heard in New York in the first long-distance television transmission.

1947
Auto pioneer Henry Ford died at age 83.

1948
The World Health Organization, a UN agency, was founded.

1949
Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize winner, South Pacific opened on Broadway.

1957
New York City's last electric trolley completed its final run from Queens to Manhattan.

2003
Cécile de Brunhoff, creator of Babar the elephant, died.

Birthdays
92 R.G. Armstrong Actor
91 Bobby Doerr Baseball Hall of Famer
81 James Garner Actor
77 Cal Smith Country singer
76 Wayne Rogers Actor ("MASH")
74 Bobby Bare Country singer
70 Francis Ford Coppola Director
60 John Oates Rock singer (Hall and Oates)
58 John Dittrich Country musician (Restless Heart)
58 Janis Ian Singer
55 Jackie Chan Actor
55 Tony Dorsett Football Hall of Famer
45 Russell Crowe Actor
44 Bill Bellamy Actor
43 n3uka Cigar Asylum Inmate
34 Tiki Barber Football player, sportscaster
34 Heather Burns Actress

91 W. K. Kellogg 4/7/1860 - 10/6/1951 American industrialist and founder of the W.K. Kellogg Company
61 John McGraw 4/7/1873 - 2/25/1934 American baseball player and manager of the New York Giants (1902-1932)
44 Billie Holiday 4/7/1915 - 7/17/1959 American jazz singer from the 1930's to the 1950's

04-06-2009, 10:12 PM	#11
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 April 7th 1862 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh. 1891 P.T. Barnum an American showman remembered for hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus died at age 81. 1913 5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. , seeking the vote for women. 1927 U.S. secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover’s Washington speech was seen and heard in New York in the first long-distance television transmission. 1947 Auto pioneer Henry Ford died at age 83. 1948 The World Health Organization, a UN agency, was founded. 1949 Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize winner, South Pacific opened on Broadway. 1957 New York City's last electric trolley completed its final run from Queens to Manhattan. 2003 Cécile de Brunhoff, creator of Babar the elephant, died. Birthdays 92 R.G. Armstrong Actor 91 Bobby Doerr Baseball Hall of Famer 81 James Garner Actor 77 Cal Smith Country singer 76 Wayne Rogers Actor ("MASH") 74 Bobby Bare Country singer 70 Francis Ford Coppola Director 60 John Oates Rock singer (Hall and Oates) 58 John Dittrich Country musician (Restless Heart) 58 Janis Ian Singer 55 Jackie Chan Actor 55 Tony Dorsett Football Hall of Famer 45 Russell Crowe Actor 44 Bill Bellamy Actor 43 n3uka Cigar Asylum Inmate 34 Tiki Barber Football player, sportscaster 34 Heather Burns Actress 91 W. K. Kellogg 4/7/1860 - 10/6/1951 American industrialist and founder of the W.K. Kellogg Company 61 John McGraw 4/7/1873 - 2/25/1934 American baseball player and manager of the New York Giants (1902-1932) 44 Billie Holiday 4/7/1915 - 7/17/1959 American jazz singer from the 1930's to the 1950's