This Day In History

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May 11th

1976
ABC aired the last episode of "Marcus Welby, MD."


1981
Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.


1983
The final episode of "Quincy, M.E." aired on NBC.

[MedicCook]

May 12th

1932
The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was found in a wooded area of Hopewell, N.J.

1967
At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first-ever quadraphonic rock concert.

1970
Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs) hit his 500th home run.

1982
The final episode of "The Incredible Hulk" aired.

1987
The final episode of "Hill Street Blues" aired.

1993
The final episode of "The Wonder Years" aired on ABC.

1999
The final episode of "The Nanny" was aired by CBS.

2000
Adam Petty was killed while practicing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, he was 19.

2001
Singer and television personality Perry Como dies at age 88.

2002
Jimmy Carter became the first present or former U.S. president to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro seized power in 1959.

2008
Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg died at age 82.

Birthdays
84 Yogi Berra Baseball Hall of Famer (New York Yankees)
81 Burt Bacharach Singer, songwriter
71 Millie Perkins Actress
66 Linda Dano Actress
64 Ian McLagan Rock musician (Small Faces, The Faces)
61 Lindsay Crouse Actress
61 Steve Winwood Rock musician (Traffic)
59 Gabriel Byrne Actor
59 Bruce Boxleitner Actor
59 Billy Squier Rock musician
54 Kix Brooks Country singer (Brooks and Dunn)
51 Kim Greist Actress
50 Ving Rhames Actor
48 Billy Duffy Rock musician (The Cult)
47 Emilio Estevez Actor
47 April Grace Actress
46 Vanessa Williams Actress
43 Stephen Baldwin Actor
41 Tony Hawk Skateboarder
41 Scott Schwartz Actor
40 Kim Fields Actress ("The Facts of Life")
39 Samantha Mathis Actress
38 Jamie Luner Actress
37 Christian Campbell Actor
36 Mackenzie Astin Actor
31 Malin Akerman Actress
31 Jason Biggs Actor ("American Pie" movies)
23 Emily VanCamp Actress
17 Malcolm David Kelley Actor ("Lost")
14 Sawyer Sweeten Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond")
14 Sullivan Sweeten Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond")

90 Florence Nightingale 5/12/1820 - 8/13/1910 English nurse; reformed nursing profession and medical care for soldiers
96 Katharine Hepburn 5/12/1907 - 6/29/2003 American actress of film, television and stage
71 George Carlin 5/12/1937 - 6/22/2008 American stand-up comedian, actor and author

[icehog3]

May 12th

1970
Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs) hit his 500th home run.


Birthdays
84 Yogi Berra Baseball Hall of Famer (New York Yankees)

[icehog3]

May 12th

Birthdays
59 Gabriel Byrne Actor


50 Ving Rhames Actor


46 Vanessa Williams Actress


43 Stephen Baldwin Actor


31 Jason Biggs Actor ("American Pie" movies)

[MedicCook]

May 13th

1568
Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England.

1607
An English colony was settled at Jamestown in present-day Virginia.

1846
The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.

1938
Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.

1940
Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

1958
Stan Musial became the 8th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits.

1961
Actor Gary Cooper died at age 60.

1973
Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide television audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.

1978
The final episode of "Bionic Woman" aired.

1981
Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.

1993
The final episode of "Knots Landing" aired.

2003
The government unveiled a new version of the $20 bill - the first to be colorized in an effort to thwart counterfeiters.

Birthdays
71 Buck Taylor Actor
70 Harvey Keitel Actor
62 Charles Baxter Author
60 Franklyn Ajaye Actor
60 Zoe Wanamaker Actress
59 Stevie Wonder Singer, musician
59 Bobby Valentine Baseball player & manager
52 Alan Ball Screenwriter, director, and producer ("Six Feet Under", "American Beauty")
48 Dennis Rodman Basketball player and actor
45 Stephen Colbert TV host ("The Colbert Report")
45 Tom Verica Actor ("American Dreams")
44 Lari White Country singer
44 massphatness Cigar Asylum Inmate
43 Darius Rucker Rock singer (Hootie and the Blowfish)
41 Susan Floyd Actress
41 Buckethead Rock guitarist
32 Samantha Morton Actress
30 Mickey Madden Rock musician (Maroon 5)
22 Hunter Parrish Actor ("Weeds")
?? robofan Cigar Asylum Inmate

66 Joe Louis 5/13/1914 - 4/12/1981 American boxer; world champion from 1937 to 1949
86 Beatrice Arthur 4/13/1922 - 4/25/2009 American actress, comedian, and singer
47 Jim Jones 5/13/1931 - 11/18/1978 American cult leader responsible for the Jonestown Massacre in 1978
17 Ritchie Valens 5/13/1941 - 2/3/1959 American singer, songwriter and guitarist

[MedicCook]

May 20th

1506
Christopher Columbus died in Spain at age 54.

1873
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

1902
Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the first President of Cuba.

1916
The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ("Boy with Baby Carriage").

1927
Charles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, departing from Long Island aboard the Spirit of Saint Louis.

1932
Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

1978
Mavis Hutchinson, 53, became the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day.

1982
The final episode of "Barney Miller" aired

1984
Roger Clemens got his first victory.

1989
Comedian Gilda Radner died of cancer at age 42.

1993
The final episode of "Cheers" aired on NBC.

1996
The final episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" aired on NBC.

1997
The final episode of "Roseanne" aired on ABC.

2002
East Timor became the newest nation.

2006
San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds tied Babe Ruth for second place on the career list with his 714th home run.

Birthdays
82 Bud Grant Hall of Fame football coach
79 James McEachin Actor
73 Anthony Zerbe Actor
67 David Proval Actor
65 Joe Cocker Rock singer
63 Cher Singer, actress
60 Dave Thomas Actor, comedian (SCTV)
57 Warren Cann Rock musician
55 David Paterson New York Gov
53 Dean Butler Actor
51 Jane Wiedlin Rock musician (The Go-Go's)
50 Bronson Pinchot Actor
49 John Billingsley Actor
49 Tony Goldwyn Actor
46 David 'Boomer' Wells Baseball player
44 Ted Allen TV personality ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy")
43 Mindy Cohn Actress ("The Facts of Life")
43 Gina Ravera Actress ("The Closer")
41 Timothy Olyphant Actor ("Deadwood," "Damages")
38 Tony Stewart Race car driver
37 Busta Rhymes Rapper
34 Ryan Martinie Rock musician (Mudvayne)
32 Matt Czuchry Actor ("The Gilmore Girls")
32 Angela Goethals Actress
4 Paige Cook Daughter of MedicCook (Ryan)
?? Don_Truini Cigar Asylum Inmate

63 William George Fargo 5/20/1818 - 8/3/1881 American businessman; co-founded Wells, Fargo & Company
85 John Jacob Astor 5/20/1886 - 7/19/1971 English journalist and chief proprietor of The London Times (1922-66)
42 R. J. Mitchell 5/20/1895 - 6/11/1937 English aircraft designer; developed the Spitfire fighter plane
89 James Stewart 5/20/1908 - 7/2/1997 American motion-picture actor

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[MedicCook]

May 21st

1542
Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto died while searching for gold on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1881
Clara Barton founded what became the American Red Cross.

1927
Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly across the Atlantic (from New York to Paris) in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis.

1932
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland).

1956
The first hydrogen bomb to be dropped by air exploded over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

1990
The final episode of "Newhart" aired on CBS.

1992
The final episode of "MacGyver" aired.

1999
Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 19th nomination.

Birthdays
68 Ron Isley R&B singer (The Isley Brothers)
68 Bobby Cox Baseball manager( Atlanta Braves)
66 Hilton Valentine Rock musician (The Animals)
64 Richard Hatch Actor ("Battlestar Galactica")
62 Bill Champlin Rock musician (Chicago)
61 Carol Potter Actress
61 Leo Sayer Singer
58 Al Franken Comedian, politician
57 Mr. T Actor ("The A Team")
54 Stan Lynch Rock musician, producer
52 Judge Reinhold Actor ("Beverly Hills cop" movies)
50 Nick Cassavetes Actor, director
48 Brent Briscoe Actor
41 Lisa Edelstein Actress ('House M.D.')
35 Fairuza Balk Actress
32 Ricky Williams Football player
28 Josh Hamilton Baseball player
22 Ashlie Brillault Actress ("Lizzie McGuire")
19 Scott Leavenworth Actor ("7th Heaven")
18 Sarah Ramos Actress ("American Dreams")

56 Alexander Pope 5/21/1688 - 5/30/1744 English poet and satirist
34 Jeffrey Dahmer 5/21/1960 - 11/28/1994 American serial killer
40 Chris Benoit 5/21/1967 - 6/24/2007 Professional wrestler
24 Christopher George Latore Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls & The Notorious B.I.G.) 5/21/1972 - 3/9/1997 American rapper

[MedicCook]

June 3rd

1851
The New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball team to wear uniforms. They wore straw hats, white shirts and blue trousers.

1861
Stephen Douglas, U.S. politician, died.

1888
The poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.

1916
The Reserve Officer Training Corps or ROTC is established by the U.S. Congress.

1965
Maj. Edward White became the first U.S. astronaut to walk in space, during the Gemini 4 mission.

1968
Pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, The Factory, by actress Valerie Solanas.

1969
The final episode of "Star Trek" aired on NBC.

1979
The world's worst oil spill occurred when an exploratory oil well, Ixtoc 1, blew out, spilling over 140 million gallons of oil into the Bay of Campeche off the coast of Mexico.

1989
Chinese army troops head to Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.

1989
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini died.

1992
Bill Clinton, while campaigning for U.S. President, played saxophone on the "Arsenio Hall Show".

2003
Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) broke a bat when he grounded out against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The bat he was using was a corked bat.

Birthdays
84 Tony Curtis Actor
80 Chuck Barris Game show host ("The Gong Show")
74 Irma P. Hall Actress
70 Ian Hunter Rock musician (Mott the Hoople)
68 Raúl Castro Cuban statesman
66 Billy Cunningham Basketball Hall of Famer
66 Emmitt Thomas Football Hall of Famer
51 Scott Valentine Actor
45 Kerry King Rock musician (Slayer)
44 Mike Gordon Rock musician (Phish)
42 Anderson Cooper Broadcast journalist
34 Jose Molina Baseball player (New York Yankees)
23 Rafael Nadal Tennis player
22 Lalaine Actress ("Lizzie McGuire")
?? Harpo Cigar Asylum Inmate

81 Jefferson Davis 6/3/1808 - 12/6/1889 American; president of the Confederate States of America (1861-5)
86 Ransom Eli Olds 6/3/1864 - 8/26/1950 American inventor and automobile manufacturer
69 Josephine Baker 6/3/1906 - 4/12/1975 American-born French dancer and singer

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[MedicCook]

June 4th

781 BC
The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.

1892
The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.

1896
Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive.

1942
The Battle of Midway, a decisive Allied victory in World War II, began.

1944
The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II.

1968
Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.

1973
A patent for the ATM is granted.

1980
Gordie Howe announced his retirement from hockey. At the time he was playing for the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association.

1984
The album "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen was released.

1997
The final episode of "Married With Children" aired.

2003
Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.

Birthdays
73 Bruce Dern Actor
65 Roger Ball Rock musician
65 Michelle Phillips Singer, actress (The Mamas and the Papas)
57 Parker Stevenson Actor
53 Keith David Actor
51 Julie Gholson Actress
51 Eddie Velez Actor
48 Julie White Actress
41 Scott Wolf Actor ("Party of Five")
40 Horatio Sanz Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
38 Noah Wyle Actor ("ER")
36 St. Lou Stu Cigar Asylum Inmate
35 Stefan Lessard Rock musician (The Dave Matthews Band)
34 Angelina Jolie Actress
34 Russell Brand Actor, comedian ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall")
24 Bar Refaeli Model

81 George III 6/4/1738 - 1/29/1820 King of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820)
62 Gorilla Monsoon 6/4/1937 - 10/6/1999 American professional wrestler, play-by-play announcer, and booker

[MedicCook]

June 5th

1783
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration.

1884
Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”

1933
The United States went off the gold standard.

1956
Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

1968
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.

1977
The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.

2004
Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died in Los Angeles at age 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

Birthdays
84 Bill Hayes Actor, singer ("Days of Our Lives")
68 Floyd Butler R&B singer
64 Don Reid Country singer (The Statler Brothers)
63 Fred Stone Rock musician (Sly and the Family Stone)
62 Laurie Anderson Rock musician and performance artist
61 Gail Davies Country singer
57 Nicko McBrain Rock musician (Iron Maiden)
53 Richard Butler Rock singer (Psychedelic Furs)
53 Kenny G Jazz saxophonist
47 Jeff Garlin Actor
46 Karen Sillas Actress
42 Ron Livingston Actor
40 Brian McKnight R&B singer
38 Mark Wahlberg Actor
35 Chad Allen Actor
35 P-Nut Rock musician (311)
32 Navi Rawat Actress ("Numb3rs")
32 Liza Weil Actress ("The Gilmore Girls")
30 Pete Wentz Rock musician (Fall Out Boy)
28 Seb Lefebvre Rock musician (Simple Plan)
25 smitdavi Cigar Asylum Inmate
23 Amanda Crew Actress
?? billyrayvalentin Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? ashmaster Cigar Asylum Inmate

58 Pat Garrett 6/5/1850 - 2/29/1908 American sheriff; shot Billy the Kid
45 Pancho Villa 6/5/1878 - 6/20/1923 Mexican revolutionary guerrilla leader

[M1903A1]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

June 4th

1944
The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II.

On the same day, the German submarine U-505, now preserved in Chicago, is captured with her crew by a US Navy "hunter-killer" group off of Africa. This was the first enemy man-o-war captured on the high seas by the United States since the War of 1812.

[MedicCook]

June 10th

323 BC
Alexander the Great ancient Greek[3] King (basileus) of Macedon (336–323 BC) died at age 32.

1801
The Tripolitan War, between the United States and the Barbary States, began.

1854
The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.

1865
Wagner's opera, Tristan and Isolde, premiered in Munich.

1921
Babe Ruth became baseball's all-time home run leader with 120.

1935
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by "Bill W."

1942
The entire male population of the Czech village of Lidice was massacred in retaliation for the death of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.

1946
Italy replaced its monarchy with a republic.

1947
Saab produces its first automobile.

1948
Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.

1967
The Six-Day War between Israel and Syria, Egypt, and Jordan ended.

1967
Academy Award winning actor of stage and screen, Spencer Tracy died at age 67.

1977
James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others; he was recaptured three days later.

1978
Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.

1989
HBO aired the first episode of "Tales from the Crypt."

2002
Organized crime figure John Gotti died in a prison hospital at age 61.

2004
Singer-musician Ray Charles died at age 73.

2007
The final episode of "The Sopranos" aired on HBO.

Birthdays
83 Lionel Jeffries Actor, director
76 F. Lee Bailey Attorney
70 Alexandra Stewart Actress
68 Jurgen Prochnow Actor
62 Ken Singleton Baseball player, broadcaster
58 Dan Fouts Football Hall of Famer
56 John Edwards Former U.S. senator, D-N.C.
54 Andrew Stevens Actor
50 Eliot Spitzer Former governor of New York
48 Kim Deal Rock musician (Pixies)
47 Gina Gershon Actress, singer
46 Jeanne Tripplehorn Actress
45 Jimmy Chamberlin Rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
45 Kate Flannery Actress ("The Office")
44 Joey Santiago Rock musician (Pixies)
44 Elizabeth Hurley Actress
43 Doug McKeon Actor
38 JoJo R&B singer
34 Hugh Dancy Actor
31 DJ Qualls Actor
31 Shane West Actor
27 Tara Lipinski Figure skater
27 Leelee Sobieski Actress
?? awsmith4 Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? K-1 Cigar Asylum Inmate

47 Judy Garland 6/10/1922 - 6/22/1969 American motion-picture actress

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Me and Elizabeth Hurley have the same b-day? Now I have a good reason to call her up

[icehog3]

June 10th

Birthdays

47 Gina Gershon Actress, singer

[MedicCook]

June 11th

1509
King Henry VIII married his first wife, Katharine of Aragon.

1770
Capt. James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia .

1919
Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to capture the Triple Crown.

1962
Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.

1963
Vivian Malone and James Hood successfully enrolled at the University of Alabama following Gov. George Wallace’s famous "stand in the schoolhouse door."

1977
Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.

1979
Actor John Wayne died at age 72.

1981
The first major league baseball player's strike began. It would last for 50 days.

2001
Timothy McVeigh, the 1995 Oklahoma City bomber, was executed.

2001
The first episode of "Fear Factor" aired on NBC.

2003
Pioneering broadcast journalist David Brinkley died at age 82.

Birthdays
90 Richard Todd Actor-producer
76 Gene Wilder Actor
72 Chad Everett Actor
69 Joey Dee Rock singer
64 Adrienne Barbeau Actress
60 Frank Beard Rock musician (ZZ Top)
57 Donnie Van Zant Rock singer (.38 Special)
56 Peter Bergman Actor ("The Young and the Restless")
53 Joe Montana Football Hall of Famer
50 Hugh Laurie Actor (House M.D.)
40 Peter Dinklage Actor
32 Ryan Dunn Actor (Jackass)
31 Joshua Jackson Actor ("Fringe," "Dawson's Creek")
23 Shia LaBeouf Actor
?? Commander Quan Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? KASR Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? PoodaWooda Cigar Asylum Inmate

57 Vince Lombardi 6/11/1913 - 9/3/1970 American professional football coach

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June 11th

1979
Actor John Wayne died at age 72.