Antimind
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« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2005, 04:28:27 AM » |
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Ok, here's my full "stats" from da wiki:
Events 1593 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. 1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal. 1631 - In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. 1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec. 1783 - First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States. 1803 - Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate. 1848 - Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. 1863 - American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins, ending on July 4). 1869 - Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan. 1896 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional. 1900 - The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. 1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. 1917 - World War I: The Selective Service Act passes the U.S. Congress giving the President the power of conscription. 1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California, beach. 1927 - The Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school board member in Michigan. 1933 - New Deal: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1944 - World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino - Germans evacuate Monte Cassino and Allied forces take the stronghold after a struggle that claimed 20,000 lives. 1944 - Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. 1944 - World War II: SS troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south western Slovenia. 1948 - The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. 1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier (she flew in a F-86 Sabrejet at an average speed of 652.337 miles per hour (1049.835 km/h) at Rogers Dry Lake, California). 1958 - An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h). 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 launches. 1974 - Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. 1974 - Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991. 1980 - 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. 1995 - Alain Juppé becomes Prime Minister of France. 1998 - Microsoft antitrust case: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft. 2004 - Randy Johnson pitches a perfect game for the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. the Atlanta Braves. [edit] Births 1048 - Omar Khayyam, Persian poet (d. 1123) 1711 - Rudjer Josip Boscovich, Croatian atomic theorist (d. 1787) 1778 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British noble 1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854) 1797 - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854) 1850 - Oliver Heaviside, physicist (d. 1925) 1872 - Lord Bertrand Russell, mathematician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1950 (d. 1970) 1883 - Walter Gropius, architect, founder of Bauhaus (d. 1969) 1889 - Thomas Midgley, chemist and inventor (d. 1944) 1891 - Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (d. 1970) 1892 - Pops Foster, jazz musician (assumed birthdate) (d. 1969) 1892 - Ezio Pinza, Italian-born bass opera singer (d. 1957) 1897 - Frank Capra, producer, director, writer (d. 1991) 1902 - Meredith Willson, composer (d. 1984) 1911 - Big Joe Turner, blues singer (d. 1985) 1912 - Walter Sisulu, anti-apartheid activist (d. 2003) 1912 - Perry Como, singer (d. 2001) 1918 - George Welch, pilot and war hero (d. 1954) 1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballet dancer (d. 1991) 1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005) 1920 - Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) 1922 - Kai Winding, jazz musician (d. 1983) 1928 - Pernell Roberts, actor 1931 - Don Martin, cartoonist (d. 2000) 1931 - Robert Morse, actor 1937 - Brooks Robinson, Baseball Hall of Famer 1937 - Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman 1939 - Hark Bohm, film director 1942 - Albert Hammond, musician, composer 1944 - Justus Frantz, pianist 1946 - Reggie Jackson, Baseball Hall of Famer 1949 - Rick Wakeman, musician ("Yes"), composer 1949 - Bill Wallace, musician The Guess Who, Winnipeg 1950 - Thomas Gottschalk, show master 1950 - Rodney Milburn, American athlete (d. 1997) 1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, composer, musician 1952 - George Strait, country musician 1955 - Chow Yun-Fat, actor 1960 - Jari Kurri, Hockey Hall of Famer 1960 - Yannick Noah, tennis player 1969 - Martika, Cuban-American singer 1970 - Tina Fey, writer, comedienne, actress 1975 - John Higgins, Scottish snooker player 1975 - Jack Johnson, musician 1978 - Ricardo Carvalho, football player 1982 - Eric West, singer, actor [edit] Deaths 1799 - Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (b. 1732) 1807 - John Douglas, Anglican bishop (b. 1721) 1808 - Elijah Craig, important to the invention of bourbon 1900 - Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813) 1909 - George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828) 1910 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, singer, composer (b. 1821) 1911 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860) 1956 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895) 1973 - Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives (b. 1880) 1975 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908) 1980 - Ian Curtis, musician Joy Division (b. 1956) 1981 - William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908) 1988 - Daws Butler, voice actor (b. 1916) 1995 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (b. 1933) 1995 - Alexander Godunov, ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949) 1995 - Elisha Cook Jr., actor 1999 - Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954) 1999 - Betty Robinson, Olympic runner (b. 1911) 2000 - Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946) 2003 - Anna Santisteban, organizer of the Miss Universe contest (b. 1914) 2003 - Barb Tarbox, anti-smoking crusader (b. 1961) 2004 - Elvin Jones, jazz drummer (b. 1927)
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