This Day In History

[MedicCook]

Originally Posted by Big Vito

You could always fill Tom's shoes Perry.

[Genetic Defect]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

You could always fill Tom's shoes Perry.

not really he got feet like a freaking clown

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[MedicCook]

July 12th

1543
England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

1690
Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.

1862
Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.

1960
The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.

1976
The TV game show "Family Feud" premiered with Richard Dawson as the host.

1990
The first episode of "Northern Exposure" aired on CBS.

2008
New York Yankee & broadcaster Bobby Murcer died at age 62.

Birthdays
72 Bill Cosby Actor, comedian
66 Christine McVie Rock singer, musician (Fleetwood Mac)
65 Denise Nicholas Actress
64 Butch Hancock Singer, songwriter
61 Walter Egan Singer
61 Richard Simmons Fitness guru
61 Jay Thomas Actor
60 Rick Hendrick Racecar team owner, and car dealer
58 Cheryl Ladd Actress ("Charlie's Angels")
58 Jamey Sheridan Actor
54 Bambi Woods Adult film star ("Debbie Does Dallas")
53 Mel Harris Actress
53 Julie Miller Country singer
52 Buddy Foster Actor
47 Dan Murphy Rock guitarist (Soul Asylum)
47 Julio César Chávez Boxer
45 Judi Evans Actress
44 Robin Wilson Rock singer (Gin Blossoms)
42 John Petrucci Rock musician (Dream Theater)
40 Lisa Nicole Carson Actress ("Ally McBeal")
38 Kristi Yamaguchi Figure skater
36 Shannon Lawson Country singer
33 Anna Friel Actress ("Pushing Daisies")
32 Steve Howey Actor ("Reba")
32 Brock Lesnar Mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
31 Michelle Rodriguez Actress
31 Topher Grace Actor ("That 70's Show")
25 AllOGistics Cigar Asylum Inmate
18 Erik Per Sullivan Actor ("Malcolm in the Middle")
?? MadAl Cigar Asylum Inmate

55 Julius Caesar 7/12/c100 BC - 3/15/44BC Roman imperial general and statesman
77 George Eastman 7/12/1854 - 3/14/1932 American manufacturer; founded Eastman Kodak Company
65 Oscar Hammerstein ll 7/12/1895 - 8/23/1960 American lyricist and producer of musical theater
93 Milton Berle 7/12/1908 - 3/27/2002 Emmy-winning American comedian and actor

[Starscream]

I'm surprised that Cosby is only 72. He looks much older than that nowadays.

[Genetic Defect]

72 Bill Cosby Actor, comedian

[MedicCook]

I am in the mood for some Jello now.

[Genetic Defect]

[MedicCook]

July 13th

1863
The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City.

1923
The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.

1930
The first World Cup soccer competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay.

1943
The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history—involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft—ended in German defeat.

1977
A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.

1978
Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co.

1985
The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.

Birthdays
69 Patrick Stewart Actor
68 Robert Forster Actor
67 Harrison Ford Actor
67 Roger McGuinn Rock singer, musician (The Byrds)
63 Cheech Marin Actor-comedian
61 Daphne Maxwell Reid Actress
58 Didi Conn Actress
55 Louise Mandrell Singer
52 Cameron Crowe Director
47 Gonzalo Martinez De La Cotera Rock musician (Marcy Playground)
47 Victoria Shaw Country singer, songwriter
46 Kenny Johnson Actor ("Saving Grace," "The Shield")
44 Michael Jace Actor
44 Neil Thrasher Country singer
36 Deborah Cox R&B singer
35 Stephen "Steve-O" Gilchrist Glover Stunt performer and television personality
31 Will Champion Rock musician (Coldplay)
?? TideRoll Cigar Asylum Inmate

[MedicCook]

July 14th

1789
The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.

1798
Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government.

1881
Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid, was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.

1933
In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.

1946
Dr. Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care was published.

Birthdays
92 Arthur Laurents Playwright ("West Side Story," "Gypsy")
86 Dale Robertson Actor
83 Harry Dean Stanton Actor
81 Nancy Olson Actress
79 Polly Bergen Actress, singer
63 Vincent Pastore Actor ("The Sopranos")
57 Jerry Houser Actor
57 Stan Shaw Actor
57 Eric Laneuville Actor, director
49 Kyle Gass Rock musician (Tenacious D)
49 Ray Herndon Country musician
49 Jane Lynch Actress
48 Jackie Earle Haley Actor
43 Tanya Donelly Rock singer, musician
43 Matthew Fox Actor ("Lost")
43 Ellen Reid Rock musician (Crash Test Dummies)
39 Missy Gold Actress
36 SquareNoble Cigar Asylum Inmate
34 Jamey Johnson Country singer
34 taboo Hip-hop musician (Black-Eyed Peas)
30 Scott Porter Actor ("Friday Night Lights")

69 James McNeill Whistler 7/14/1834 - 7/17/1903 American painter and designer
55 Woody Guthrie 7/14/1912 - 10/3/1967 American folk singer and songwriter
93 Gerald Ford 7/14/1913 - 12/26/2006 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974

[icehog3]

July 14th

1881
Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid, was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.



Birthdays

63 Vincent Pastore Actor ("The Sopranos")


93 Gerald Ford 7/14/1913 - 12/26/2006 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974

[MedicCook]

July 15th

1799
The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.

1869
Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries.

1870
Georgia became the last of the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union.

1876
George Washington Bradley of St. Louis pitched the first no-hitter in baseball in a 2-0 win over Hartford.

1916
William Boeing founded Pacific Aero Products, the forerunner of the Boeing Co., in Seattle.

1918
The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.

1940
The world's tallest man (8 feet, 11.1 inches), Robert Wadlow, died.

1948
John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, DC.

1968
ABC-TV premiered "One Life to Live."

1997
Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death outside his home in Miami; suspected gunman Andrew Phillip Cunanan was found dead eight days later.

2006
Robert H. Brooks the found of the Hooters of America restaurant chain died at age 69.

Birthdays
78 Clive Cussler Author
74 Alex Karras Actor
74 Ken Kercheval Actor
70 Patrick Wayne Actor
65 Millie Jackson R&B singer
65 Jan-Michael Vincent Actor
64 Peter Lewis Rock singer, musician (Moby Grape)
63 Linda Ronstadt Singer
62 Peter Banks Rock guitarist (Yes)
62 Professor Mike Cigar Asylum Inmate
61 Artimus Pyle Rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
58 Jesse 'The Body' Ventura Professional wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota
57 Terry O'Quinn Actor ("Lost")
57 John Stallworth Football Hall of Famer
53 Marky Ramone Rock musician (The Ramones)
53 Barry Melrose Hockey player, coach, and commentator
53 Joe Satriani Rock musician
52 Mac McAnally Country singer, songwriter
49 Kim Alexis Model
49 Willie Aames Actor ("Eight is Enough")
48 Lolita Davidovich Actress
48 Forest Whitaker Actor ("The Last King of Scotland")
46 Brigitte Nielsen Actress
43 Jason Bonham Rock musician (Led Zeppelin)
43 Kristoff St. John Actor ("The Young and the Restless")
42 Phillip Fisher Rock musician
41 Eddie Griffin Actor, comedian
41 Stan Kirsch Actor
40 Reggie Hayes Actor
37 John Dolmayan Rock musician
37 Scott Foley Actor ("The Unit," "Felicity")
37 Beth Ostrosky Stern Model, wife of Howard Stern
36 Brian Austin Green Actor ("Beverly Hills 90210")
33 Diane Kruger Actress
32 Lana Parrilla Actress ("Swingtown")
36 Ray Toro Rock musician (My Chemical Romance)
31 -Sam- Cigar Asylum Inmate
30 Travis Fimmel Actor

63 Rembrandt Van Rijn 7/15/1606 - 10/4/1669 Dutch painter, draftsman and etcher
83 Clement Moore 7/15/1779 - 7/10/1863 American scholar; wrote "The Night Before Christmas"

[icehog3]

July 15th

Birthdays
58 Jesse 'The Body' Ventura Professional wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by icehog3

July 15th

Birthdays
58 Jesse 'The Body' Ventura Professional wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota

The Body!

[MedicCook]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

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[MedicCook]

July 16th

1790
The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government.

1918
Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.

1935
The first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City.

1945
The first atomic bomb was tested in Alamogordo, N.M.

1951
J. D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye was published.

1964
Little League Baseball Incorporated was granted a Federal Charter unanimously by the United States Senate and House of Representatives.

1969
Apollo 11 took off on the first manned flight to the moon.

1979
Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.

1999
John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren, died in a plane crash near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

2004
Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge in New York for lying about a stock sale.

Birthdays
75 Denise LaSalle Soul singer
70 William Bell Soul singer
70 Corin Redgrave Actor
67 Margaret Smith Court Tennis Hall of Famer
66 Jimmy Johnson Football coach
61 Ruben Blades Singer, actor
57 Stewart Copeland Rock musician (The Police)
55 Phil Hellmuth Poker player
46 Phoebe Cates Actress
44 Daryl "Chill" Mitchell Actor
42 Will Ferrell Actor
41 Barry Sanders Football Hall of Famer
40 Rain Pryor Actress
38 Corey Feldman Actor
38 Ed Kowalczyk Rock musician (Live)
35 Ryan McCombs Rock singer (Drowning Pool)
35 Chris Pontius Actor and Jackass cast member
22 AnnaLynne McCord Actress ("Nip/Tuck")
19 MikeGates Cigar Asylum Inmate
15 Mark Indelicato Actor ("Ugly Betty")

63 Shoeless Joe Jackson 7/16/1888 - 12/5/1951 American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century, part of the 1919 Black Sox Scandel
88 Orville Redenbacher 7/16/1907 - 9/19/1995 Founder of Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn
83 Ginger Rogers 7/16/1911 - 4/25/1995 American stage and screen dancer and actress

[MedicCook]

July 17th

1821
Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

1898
Spain surrendered to the United States at Santiago, Cuba, ending the Spanish-American War.

1938
"Wrong Way Corrigan" took off from New York, purportedly aiming for California and landing in Ireland.

1941
The longest hitting streak in baseball history ended when the Cleveland Indians pitchers held New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitless for the first time in 57 games. The streak had begun on May 15, 1941.

1945
President Harry Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at the opening of the Potsdam Conference.

1955
Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif.

1959
Jazz singer Billie Holiday died at age 44.

1961
Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb died at age 74.

1975
The American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft linked up for the first time.

Birthdays
97 Art Linkletter TV personality
92 Phyllis Diller Comedian
84 Jimmy Scott Jazz singer
74 Diahann Carroll Actress, singer
74 Donald Sutherland Actor
67 Spencer Davis Rock singer, musician
67 Connie Hawkins Basketball Hall of Famer
60 Terry "Geezer" Butler Rock musician (Black Sabbath)
58 Lucie Arnaz Actress
57 David Hasselhoff Actor ("Baywatch," "America's Got Talent")
57 Fran Smith Jr. Rock musician (The Hooters)
57 Phoebe Snow R&B singer
53 Bryan Trottier Hockey Hall of Famer
49 Mark Burnett TV producer ("Survivor," "The Apprentice")
49 Nancy Giles Actress
46 Regina Belle R&B singer
45 Craig Morgan Country singer
43 Lou Barlow Rock musician
42 Opusfxd Cigar Asylum Inmate
41 Andre Royo Actor ("The Wire")
41 Bitty Schram Actress
40 Jason Clarke Actor
33 Luke Bryan Country singer
33 Eric Winter Actor
30 SmokeyNL Cigar Asylum Inmate
21 Summer Bishil Actress
?? Bigwaved Cigar Asylum Inmate
?? RPmark Cigar Asylum Inmate

70 Elbridge Gerry 7/17/1744 - 11/23/1814 American Revolutionary leader and U.S. vice president (1813-14)
84 John Jacob Astor 7/17/1763 - 3/29/1848 German-born American founder of the Astor dynasty
86 James Cagney 7/17/1899 - 3/30/1986 American motion-picture actor
73 William Gargan 7/17/1905 - 2/16/1979 American motion-picture and television actor

[Starscream]

Ty Cobb. Baseball's greatest player. RIP.

[MedicCook]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Ty Cobb. Baseball's greatest player. RIP.

Did you ever watch the movie Cobb? Great great movie.

[icehog3]

July 17th

Birthdays

? Bigwaved Cigar Asylum Inmate

[Genetic Defect]

Originally Posted by icehog3

July 17th

Birthdays

? Bigwaved Cigar Asylum Inmate

whats amazing about this photo is the building that is hiding behind your 610mm Pythons

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