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Author Topic: On This Date in History Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-19-2005 09:45 PM                        Rated G November 19 On this day in history .. 1493 - Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico 1582 - Puerto Rico Discovery Day 1620 - Mayflower pgrims reach Cape Cod 1644 - 1st protestant ministry society in New England 1863 - Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address 1895 - Pencil invented 1919 - Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations rejected by US Senate 1959 - Ford cancels Edsel 1970 - Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal State Historical Landmark 1971 - Ft Wilderness opens 1977 - Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel 1977 - Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer failed on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders 1978 - Rev Jim Jones leads 911 people in suicide in Jonestown Guyana Famous birthdays for this day .. 1600 - Charles I, king of England (1625-49); executed by Parliament 1752 - George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat built Suez Canal 1831 - James A Garfield, 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19 1881) 1888 - Jose Ra£l Capablanca, of Cuba world chess champion (1921-27) 1905 - Tommy Dorsey, band leader 1917 - Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister (1966-77 1980-84) 1919 - Alan Young, English actor 1921 - Roy Campanella, baseball player 1926 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, US ambassador to UN 1933 - Larry King, radio talk show host 1936 - Dick Cavett, TV talk show host 1938 - Ted Turner, broadcasting mogul 1941 - Dan Haggerty, actor (Grizzly Adams) 1942 - Calvin Klein, clothes designer 1949 - Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore), NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings) 1954 - Kathleen Quinlan, in Mill Valley Cal (Rose Garden Twilight Zone) 1956 - Glynnis O'Connor, in NYC 1962 - Jodie Foster, LA (Bugsy Malone) - Pulls Hinckley's string  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-19-2005 09:50 PM                        Rated G On November 20 in history .. 1780 - Britain declares war against Holland 1789 - NJ became 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights. 1888 - William Bundy invents 1st timecard clock 1894 - US intervenes in Bluefields Nicaragua 1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico led by Francisco I. Madero. 1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports 1931 - Commercial teletype service began 1942 - NHL abolishes regular season overtime 1943 - American forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Is. 1945 - 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg Germany. 1947 - Meet the Press makes network TV debut on NBC. 1947 - UN General assembly looks into printing their own stamps 1947 - Britain's Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten 1953 - 1st airplane to exceed 1300 mph - Scott Crossfield 1967 - At 11 AM Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million. 1975 - Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco dies in Madrid at 82 1977 - Walter Payton of Bears rushes for NFL-record 275 yards 1977 - Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israel Knesset 1980 - Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight 1980 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's) 1980 - UA withdraws $44 million movie `Heaven's Gate' for reediting. 1981 - Anatoly Karpov USSR retains world chess championship 1983 - 100 million watch ABC-TV movie `The Day After' 1985 - Yankee Don Mattingly named AL MVP 1986 - UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS Famous birthdays on November 20 .. 1602 - Otto von Guericke, invented air pump 1620 - Peregrine White, son of William & Susanna White born aboard Mayflower 1726 - Oliver Wolcott, governor of Conn. signer of Declaration of Indep 1781 - Andres Bello, Venezuelan diplomat author humanist 1841 - Sir Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian prime minister (1896-1911) 1858 - Selma Lagerl”f, Swedish novelist (Tales of a Manor) (Nobel 1909) 1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge 1st commissioner of baseball 1886 - Karl von Frisch, zoologist bee expert (Nobel 1973) 1889 - Edwin Hubble, US astronomer discoverer of galaxies red shift 1900 - Chester Gould, cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job) 1908 - Alistair Cooke, raconteur (Masterpiece Theatre) 1914 - Emilio Pucci, fashion designer 1916 - Robert A. Bruce, pioneer in exercise cardiology 1916 - Judy Canova, in Fla 1917 - Robert Byrd, (D-Sen-WV) majority leader 1919 - Evelyn Keyes, actress 1920 - Gene Tierney, actress (Laura Razor's Edge) 1921 - Phyllis Thaxter, in Portland Maine 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer (Lying Days) 1925 - Maya Plisetkaya, prima ballerina 1925 - Robert Kennedy, in Brookline Mass (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated 1926 - Kaye Ballard, in Ohio Actress-comedian 1927 - Estelle Parsons, actress (Rachel Rachel Bonnie and Clyde) 1932 - Richard Dawson, (Family Feud Hogan's Heroes) 1939 - Dick Smothers, comedian 1942 - Joseph R. Biden Jr., (D-Sen-Del) 1943 - Veronica Hamill, Phila (Hill Street Blues) 1946 - Judy Woodruff, newscaster 1949 - Ahmad Rashad, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota) sportscaster 1956 - Bo Derek, Long Beach Cal (10 Tarzan Ape Man)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-20-2005 08:48 PM                        Rated G On November 21 in history .. 1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Providencetown MA harbor 1624 - Jakob B”hme German philosophical mystic dies (birth date unknown) 1783 - Pilƒtre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight 1789 - NC becomes 12th state 1794 - Honolulu Harbor discovered 1847 - Phoenix is lost on Lake Michigan 1933 - 1st US ambassador to USSR - WC Bullitt 1934 - Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals 1952 - 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced 1959 - Jack Benny (Violin) & Richard Nixon (Piano) play their famed duet 1964 - World's longest suspension bridge Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened 1980 - Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager 1980 - Who Shot JR episode of Dallas Famous birthdays on November 21 .. 1694 - Voltaire of France, thinker 1785 - William Beaumont, surgeon studied digestion 1787 - Sir Samuel Cunard, founded 1st regular Atlantic steamship line 1854 - Benedict XV, 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22) 1898 - Rene Magritte, painter (This is Not a Pipe) 1904 - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz 1907 - Jim Bishop, author 1912 - Eleanor Powell, in Springfield Mass 1916 - Sid Luckman, NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears) 1920 - Ralph Meeker, actor (Anderson Tapes Night Stalker) 1920 - Stan Musial, baseball player 1923 - Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls) 1932 - Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay Philadelphia) 1933 - Henry W. (Hank) Hartsfield, U.S. astronaut (STS-4 41D 61A) 1937 - Marlo Thomas, in Detroit Michigan aka Mrs Phil Donahue 1940 - Natalia Maskarova, in Lenningrad ballerina 1941 - Juliet Mills, in London England 1943 - Marlo Thomas, actress (That Girl! Jenny) 1943 - Larry Mahan, rodeo champ 1945 - Goldie Hawn, Wash DC (Butterflies Are Free Foul Play) 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, actress (Halloween Trading Places)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 02:06 PM                        Rated G On this day in history .. November 22, 2005. 1906 - Intl Radio Telegraphic Convention adopts "SOS" as new call for help 1925 - Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college 1943 - Lebanon gains independence from France (Natl Day) 1944 - Arthur S Eddington dies 1945 - end Jim Benton of Cleveland gains 303 yards (NFL record) 1957 - Mickey Mantle beats Ted Williams by 1 vote for MVP 1963 - JFK assasinated in Dallas 1967 - UN Security council passes resol 242 - Israel must give back land 1968 - Beatles release "The Beatles" there only double album 1972 - Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak 1974 - Lake Buena Vista Club opens Famous birthdays for this day .. 1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer son of J.S. Bach 1819 - George Eliot, in England novelist (Silas Marner) 1868 - John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41) 1869 - Andr‚ Gide, French novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures) (Nobel 1947) 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, pres of France (1958-69) 1898 - Wiley Post, American aviator parachutist 1899 - Hoagie Carmichael, American actor songwriter (Stardust Lazybones) 1913 - Benjamin Britten, English composer 1924 - Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo (Interiors Trip to Bountiful) 1930 - Owen K. Garriott, astronaut (Skylab 3 STS-9) 1932 - Robert Vaughn, actor (Napoleon Solo of I Spy) 1943 - Billie Jean King, tennis pro Cal 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, in LA Cal - Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh's daughter 1961 - Mariel Hemingway, in Ketchum Idaho (Manhattan Personal Best)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 02:09 PM                        Rated G Today In History search for November 23. 1852 - just past midnight a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30 feet 1863 - Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1911 - Post Hospital at Presidio SF renamed Letterman General Hospital 1948 - Lens to provide zoom effects patented - FG Back 1979 - Merle Oberon dies at 68 1980 - Mae West dies at 88 Famous birthdays on November 23 .. 0912 - Otto I (the Great), German king Holy Roman emperor (962-73) 1221 - Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile and Leon (1252) 1749 - Gov. Edward Rutledge, of S.C. signer of Declaration of Independence 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th Pres (1853-1857) 1859 - Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney), criminal 1860 - Karl Branting, Swedish statesman diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921) 1887 - Boris Karloff, bogeyman (Frankenstein Isle of the Dead) 1930 - William Brock, Sen 1930 - Vera Miles, in Okla 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (Hiroshima Threnody) 1935 - Vladislav N. Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 7 11) 1952 - Francie Larrieu, Track runner  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 07:36 PM                        Rated G On November 24 in history .. 1759 - Destructive eruption of Vesuvius 1832 - SC passes Ordinance of Nullification 1874 - Patent granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire 1954 - 1st US Presial airplane christened 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) 1963 - 1st live murder on TV - Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald 1969 - Apollo 12 returns to Earth 1971 - D B Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200, 000 1979 - Kings' Charley Simmer failed on 8th penalty shot against Islanders Famous birthdays on November 24 .. 1632 - Baruch Spinoza, philosopher 1700 - Benjamin Spinoza, 1713 - Father Junipero Serra, who had a mission in Cal 1713 - Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist satirist (Tristram Shandy) 1784 - Zachary Taylor, (Whig) 12th Pres (Mar 5 1849-July 9 1850) 1864 - Henre de Toulouse-Lautrec, in France painter 1868 - Scott Joplin, American musician composer 1877 - Alben W. Barkley, (D) 35th U.S. vice-president (1949-53) 1888 - Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People) 1912 - Eric Severide, 1921 - John V. Lindsay, (R-NY-mayor) 1925 - William F. Buckley Jr., right-wing curmudgeon 1930 - Dante Lavelli, AAFC NFL end (Cleveland Browns) 1938 - Oscar Robertson (Big O), basketball player  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 07:39 PM                        Rated G On November 25 in history .. 1867 - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite 1758 - Britain captures Ft Duquesne (Pittsburgh) 1783 - Britain evacuated NY their last military position in US 1884 - John B Meyenberg of St Louis patented evaporated milk 1885 - VP Thomas A Hendricks died at 66 8 months after taking office 1920 - WTAW of College Station Tx broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1933 - 1st Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261 ft 1948 - Ft Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed 1952 - Agatha Christie's "Mouse Trap" opens in London 1957 - Pres Eisenhower suffered a slight stroke 1960 - 1st atomic reactor for research & development Richland Wa 1973 - Greek Pres George Papadopoulos ousted in a bloodless military coup 1974 - UN Secretary-General U Thant dies in NY of cancer at 65 1975 - Netherlands grants Surinam independence (Natl Day) 1976 - O.J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Det 1980 - Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welterweight championship 1983 - Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth 149 days after take-off 1984 - William Schroeder becomes 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart Famous birthdays on November 25 .. 1835 - Andrew Carnegie, steel industrialist library builder 1846 - Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers and drinkers 1881 - John XXIII, 261st pope (1958-63) (Angelo Roncalli) near Bergamo It 1896 - Virgil Thomson, Composer and music critic 1914 - Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper 1920 - Ricardo Montalban, Welcome to Fantasy Island Khan 1933 - Lenny Moore, NFL back (Baltimore Colts) 1933 - Kathryn Grant Crosby, in Houston 1937 - John Larroquette, 1939 - Martin Feldstein, economist 1940 - Tina Turner, in Brownsville Tx 1960 - John F. Kennedy Jr, 1966 - Stacy Lattislaw,  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 07:42 PM                        Rated G On November 26 in history .. 1716 - 1st lion to be exhibited in America (Boston) 1778 - Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands) 1789 - 1st natl celebration of Thanksgiving 1793 - Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France 1825 - 1st fraternity Kappa Alpha formed at Union College (Schenectady) 1832 - 1st horse drawn American street car -NYC- fare: 12› 1865 - Alice in Wonderland published 1868 - 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF at 25th & Folsom 1883 - Sojourner Truth abolitionist women's rights advocate dies 1885 - 1st Meteor photograph 1895 - Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assn formed 1940 - Nazis force 4.5 mil Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto 1949 - India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic 1950 - China enters Korean conflict 1962 - 1st recording session under the name Beatles 1965 - France launches 1st satellite a 92-pound A1 capsule 1966 - 1st major tidal power plant opened at Rance estuary France 1973 - Nixon's personal sec Rose Mary Woods told a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18-minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1975 - Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination 1980 - Rachael Roberts dies at age 53 1982 - Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki 1982 - Clyde King named Yankee manager 1985 - 23rd Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 2 is launched Famous birthdays on November 26 .. 1607 - John Harvard, English clergyman scholar founder of Harvard Univ 1731 - William Cowper, English poet 1792 - Sarah Moore Grimk‚, American antislavery women's rights advocate 1832 - Louisa May Alcott, little woman 1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, American doctor women's rights leader 1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist 1876 - Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment 1892 - Joe Guyon, NFL halfback (Canton Cleveland Oorang Rock I. etc.) 1894 - Norbert Wiener, inventor of cybernetics 1912 - Eric Sevareid, newscaster 1922 - Charles M Schultz, cartoonist (Peanuts) 1925 - Lois Hunt, in Morriston NJ 1933 - Robert Goulet, Singer in Canada 1935 - Marian Mercer, Actress-singer 1937 - Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1) 1938 - Tina Turner, Singer 1938 - Rich Little, Impressionist in Canada 1942 - Jan Stenerud, NFL place kicker (Kansas City Chiefs)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 07:44 PM                        Rated G On November 27 in history .. 1095 - Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade 1582 - Advent Sunday 1815 - Cracow declared a free republic 1890 - 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation 1901 - Army War College was established in Wash DC 1910 - NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal 1937 - Pro-labor musical revue `Pins & Needles'opens produced by ILGWU 1942 - French navy at Toulon scuttled its ships & submarines to prevent them from falling into hands of Nazis 1945 - Gen George C Marshall named special US envoy to China 1947 - Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP beating Ted Williams by 1 vote 1951 - 1st rocket to intercept an airplane White Sands NM 1953 - Playwright Eugene O'Neill dies in Boston at 65 1966 - in highest-scoring NFL game Wash Redskins defeat NY Giants 72-41 1967 - Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour" 1970 - Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest 1970 - George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" 1971 - Mars 2 1st crash land on Mars 1972 - Yanks trade Ellis Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses 1973 - Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as VP 1978 - SF Mayor George Moscone & City Sup Harvey Milk shot by Dan White 1980 - Soyuz T-3 is launched 1981 - Singer-actress Lotte Lenya dies in NY at 83 1982 - 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0 1985 - Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland 1985 - Space shuttle Atlantis makes 2nd flight carries 7 (1 Mexican) Famous birthdays on November 27 .. 1701 - Anders Celsius, invented centigrade temperature scale 1746 - Robert Livingston, delivered oath of office to George Washington 1804 - Sir Julius Benedict, composer 1809 - Fanny Kemble, English actress 1874 - Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman 1874 - Charles A. Beard, American historian 1903 - John McNally, a.k.a. Johnny Blood early NFL halfback 1903 - Mona Washbourne, Actress 1912 - David Merrick, Bdwy producer 1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith, 1921 - Alexander Dubcek, head of Czech Communist Party (1968-69) 1932 - Benigno Aquino Jr., Philippine opposition leader; assassinated 1937 - Gail Sheehy, Writer 1941 - Eddie Rabbitt, singer 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, guitarist 1951 - Jayne Kennedy, in Wash DC 1957 - Caroline Kennedy,  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 07:46 PM                        Rated G On November 28 in history .. 1520 - Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean 1853 - Olympia established as capital of Washington Territory 1895 - America's auto race starts; 6 cars 55 miles winner avg 7 MPH 1912 - Albania declares independence from Turkey 1929 - Adm RE Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight 1929 - Ernie Nevers scores 40 points for Cardinals vs Bears (NFL record) 1943 - Roosevelt Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran 1960 - Mauritania gains independence from France (Natl Day) 1964 - Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars 1974 - Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years 1976 - Rosalind Russell dies at age 68 1983 - 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 is launched 1986 - Reagan adm exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time Famous birthdays on November 28 .. 1628 - John Bunyan, English cleric author (Pilgrim's Progress) 1632 - Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer musician 1757 - William Blake, poet (Songs of Innocence and Experience) 1820 - Friedrich Engels, Marx's collaborator 1881 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian poet essayist dramatist translator 1908 - Claude L‚vi-Strauss, Belgian social anthropologist 1929 - Gloria Grahame, 1933 - Hope Lange, in London 1937 - Gary Hart, (D-Sen-Colo) 1942 - Paul Warfield, NFL WFL wide receiver (Cleveland Miami Memphis) 1943 - Randy Newman, singer (Raindrops) 1949 - Alexander Godunov, composer  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 07:48 PM                        Rated G On November 29 in history .. 1530 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey adviser to England's King Henry VIII died. 1847 - Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore 1864 - Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians 1887 - US receives rights to Pearl Harbor on Oahu Hawaii 1890 - 1st Army-Navy football game Score: Navy 24 Army 0 1916 - US declares martial law in Dominican Republic 1924 - Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels 1929 - Richard Byrd & crew flies over South Pole 1934 - Chicago Bears beat Detroit in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally 1944 - Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day) 1945 - Yugoslav Republic Day 1947 - UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews. 1951 - 1st underground atomic explosion Frenchman Flat Nevada 1952 - Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war. 1961 - Mercury 5 launches a chimp (Ham/Enos) 1963 - Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1963 - LBJ sets up Warren comm to investigate assassination of JFK 1967 - US Sec of Def McNamara becomes president of the World Bank. 1971 - 1st Prof Golf Championship at Walt Disney World 1975 - Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii 1976 - Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with Yankees 1981 - Actress Natalie Wood drowns off Santa Catalina Calif. at 43 1986 - Cary Grant dies in Davenport Iowa at 82 1987 - It was later ruled that he should not be credited with the goal 1987 - Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) Famous birthdays on November 29 .. 1803 - Christian Doppler, discovered Doppler Effect (color shift) 1811 - Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage antislavery prison reformer 1818 - George Brown, (L) Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe) PM (1858) 1832 - Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women) 1849 - Sir Ambrose Fleming, invented diode 1874 - Ant¢nio Egas Moniz, Portuguese lobotomist (Nobel 1949) 1895 - William V.S. Tubman, (Whig) 17th Liberian president (1943-70) 1907 - Merle Travis, U.S. country singer (Sixteen Tons) 1927 - Vin Scully, Sportscaster 1928 - Paul Simon, (Sen-D-Ill) pres candidate 1932 - Diana Ladd, 1933 - David Reuben, physician/Writer 1933 - John Mayall, blues singer 1940 - Chuck Mangione, jazz musician composer 1946 - Suzy Chaffee, Skier 1955 - Howie Mandel, (St Elsewhere's-Dr Fiscus) 1960 - Cathy Moriarty, Actress  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-22-2005 07:52 PM                        Rated G On November 30 in history .. 0030 - BC Cleopatra died 1752 - St Andrew's Day 1907 - Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle 1939 - USSR invades Finland over a border dispute 1940 - 1st game of only 2-game Grey Cup (Ottawa 8 Toronto Balmy Beach 2) 1947 - Day after UN decree for Israel Jewish settlements are attacked 1954 - 1st meteorite known to have struck a woman - Sylacauga Ala 1958 - 1st guided missile destroyer launched Dewey Bath Me 1964 - USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) 1967 - South Yemen (then Aden) gains independence from Britain 1974 - 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks) Famous birthdays on November 30 .. 1466 - Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman admiral 1554 - Philip Sidney, English poet statesman soldier (Arcadia) 1667 - Jonathan Swift, satirist (Gulliver's Travels A Modest Proposal) 1793 - Johann Lukas Sch”nlein, helped establish scientific medicine 1810 - Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker 1817 - Theodor Mommsen, German historian writer (Nobel 1902) 1835 - Samuel Clemens, AKA Mark Twain (Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn) 1863 - Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain 1874 - Sir Winston Churchill, (C) Brit. PM (1940-45 1951-55) (Nobel 1953) 1898 - Roy (Link) Lyman, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears) 1912 - Gordon Parks, film director 1915 - Henry Taube, chemist (Nobel 1983) 1920 - Virginia Mayo, in St Louis Mo 1923 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor (77 Sunset Strip) 1924 - Allan Sherman, comedian 1924 - Shirley Chisholm, (D-Rep) pres candidate 1927 - Richard Crenna, 1929 - Dick Clark, oldest teenager (American Bandstand) 1930 - G Gordon Liddy, 1936 - Abbie Hoffman, Yippie 1955 - Billy Idol, rocker (White Wedding)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-30-2005 07:00 AM                        Rated G On December 1 in history .. 1640 - Portugal becomes independent of Spain 1821 - Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain 1913 - 1st drive-up gasoline station opens in Pitts 1917 - Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town 1918 - Iceland becomes independent state under the Danish crown 1922 - 1st skywriting over US - "Hello USA" - by Capt Turner RAF 1929 - Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 1935 - Bernard Schmidt invented Schmidt camera dies 1951 - Golden Gate Bridge closed because of high winds 1955 - Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus 1958 - Central African Republic established (National Day) 1959 - 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space 1959 - International Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington 1962 - Grey Cup halted by fog resumed next day (Winnipeg 28 Hamilton 27) 1967 - Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch Isaac Newton Telescope Famous birthdays on December 1 .. 1800 - Mih ly V”r”smarty, Hungarian poet dramatist 1886 - Rex Stout, mystery writer 1899 - Robert Welch, founded John Birch Society 1902 - Morris (Red) Badgro, NFL end (Yankees Giants Brooklyn Dodgers) 1911 - Walter Alston, baseball manager 1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (World Trade Center NY) 1913 - Mary Martin Weatherford, Tx (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom 1935 - Lou Rawls, singer 1935 - Woody Allen, (Allen Stuart Konigsberg) Bkln (Zelig Annie Hall) 1936 - Lee Trevino, pro golfer 1939 - Dianne Lennon, singer 1940 - Richard Pryor, comedian actor (Lady Sings the Blues Stir Crazy) 1945 - Bette Midler, in Patterson NJ 1958 - Charlene Tilton, in San Diego Calif  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-01-2005 11:27 AM                        Rated G On December 2 in history .. 1804 - Napoleon becomes 1st French emperor placing crown on his own head 1805 - Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz 1816 - 1st savings bank in US opens as Phila Savings Fund Society 1822 - In San Salvador a congress proposes incorporation into US 1823 - Pres Monroe declares his doctrine 1852 - French monarchy restored; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor 1859 - John Brown hung 1899 - US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them 1927 - 1st Model A Fords sold for $385 1942 - 1st controlled nuclear reaction at University of Chicago 1952 - 1st human birth televised to public Denver Co 1954 - US Senate censures Joe McCarthy for his conduct 1957 - 1st full-scale atomic electric power plant - power generated Pa 1961 - 1st OT Grey Cup game (Winnipeg 21 Hamilton 14) 1971 - Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars 1971 - United Arab Emirates gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1972 - In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen 1974 - Soyuz 16 launched 1975 - Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1981 - Moscone Convention Center in SF opens 1982 - 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted Famous birthdays on December 2 .. 1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter pointillist 1885 - George Minot, US physician worked on anemia (Nobel 1934) 1885 - N¡kos Kazantazak¡s, Greek writer (Zorba the Greek) 1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV & LP records 1914 - Ray Walston, actor (South Pacific Sting) 1915 - Adolph Green, songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman) 1915 - William Randolph Hearst, publisher 1917 - Ezra Stone, American actor producer 1923 - Maria Callas, NY opera singer 1924 - Alexander Haig, (R) sec of state 1925 - Julie Harris, in Michigan 1931 - Edwin Meese III, AG 1940 - Willie Brown, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders) 1949 - Cathy Lee Crosby, in LA 1962 - Tracy Austin, tennis pro  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-03-2005 07:15 AM                        Rated G On this day in history .. December 3.. 1621 - Galileo invents telescope 1678 - Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College Oxford 1818 - Ill admitted as 21st state 1818 - Illinois becomes 21st state 1828 - Andrew Jackson elected pres 1833 - Oberlin College in Oh 1st truly coeducational college opens 1866 - Paid Fire Dept takes over from volunteer companies 1933 - Joe Lilliard QBed Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946 1947 - Tennessee Williams play `A Streetcar Named Desire ' opens 1948 - Pumpkin Papers came to light 1950 - Cleve Browns last NFL team with no pass game (beat Phila 13-7) 1952 - 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii 1954 - Joseph McCarthy condemned by Senate 1964 - Police arrests 800 at U of Cal at Berkeley 1967 - 1st human heart transplant performed (Capetown South Africa) 1967 - 20th Century Ltd famed NY-Chic luxury train final run 1973 - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) 1979 - 11 die at Riverfront Coliseum Cin at a Who concert 1980 - NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-NJ & Murphy D-NY guilty 1984 - 2000 die in Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal India 1985 - 23rd Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 2 returns to Earth Famous birthdays for this day .. 1368 - Charles VI, (the Well-Beloved) king of France (1380-1422) 1729 - Antonio Soler, Spain composer 1755 - Gilbert Stuart, American portrait painter painted Washington 1857 - Joseph Conrad, in Poland novelist (Lord Jim Heart of Darkness) 1879 - Sir Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp 1883 - Anton von Webern, Austrian 12-tone composer 1895 - Anna Freud, Sigmund's daughter 1900 - Richard Kuhn, Austrian biochemist worked with vitamins (Nobel '38) 1923 - Tom Fears, NFL end (LA Rams) 1924 - John Backus, inventor of FORTRAN computer language 1927 - Ferlin Husky, Country singer 1930 - Andy Williams, singer (Moon River) 1930 - Jean-Luc Godard, film maker 1930 - Phyllis Curtin, in West Virginia 1931 - Jaye P Morgan, in Mancos Cal 1934 - Viktor V. Gorbatko, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 8 24 37) 1943 - Jim Morrison, rock musician (Doors) 1948 - Ozzy Osbourne, eat a bat  |  IP: Logged

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