Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Books "Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking . . . . It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity." — Christopher Morley
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Treaties No, New Nukes Yes
"The Secretary of State,
Washington, May 5, 2003.
Hon. John Warner,
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,
U.S. Senate
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I am writing to express support for the President's FY2004 budget request to the feasibility and cost study for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP), and to repeal the FY1994 legislation that prohibits the United Sates from conducting research and development on low yield nuclear weapons. I do not believe that these legislative steps will complicate our ongoing efforts with North Korea. Inasmuch as work on the RNEP was authorized and funded in last year's National Defense Authorization Act, I believe that North Korea already has factored the RNEP into its calculations and will not vary those calculations depending on how Congress acts on this element of the FY2004 budget request.
Thank you for your important work on these issues and please do not hesitate to ask if I can be of further assistance in the future.
Sincerely,
Colin L. Powell" — Congressional Record, S6679, 5-20-03.
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From Politics "There is a mandate to impose a voluntary return to traditional values." — Ronald Reagan
Thought for the day: "Mistakes are oft the stepping stones to failure."
{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
Kalamalka Lake Eclipse
Credit & Copyright: Yuichi Takasaka
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 5598 B.C.E. - Origin of Grecian Mundane Era
● 5509 B.C.E. - Epoch of the late Byzantine calendar.
● 5508 B.C.E. - Origin of Civil Era of Constantinople
● 5492 B.C.E. - Origin of Ecclesiastical Era of Antioch
● 312 B.C.E. - Origin of Greek Era-Start of Indiction of Constantinople
● 69 - Traditional date of the destruction of Jerusalem
● 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
● 891 Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France
● 1267 - Ramban (Nachmanides) arrives in Jerusalem to establish Jew community
● 1355 - Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki.
● 1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée, King Henry VIII of England.
● 1558 - Dutch Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons, 62, confessed in a letter: 'There is nothing upon earth my heart loves more than it does the church.'
● 1614 - Vincent Fettmich expells Jews from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany
● 1644 - Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause.
● 1646 - The Cambridge Synod of Congregational Churches convened in Mass. It formulated the 'Cambridge Platform,' outlining the proper polity (religious government) to be followed by the New England Congregational churches.
● 1666 - Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed
● 1715 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.
● 1739 - 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
● 1752 - The Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
● 1763 - Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
● 1772 - Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
● 1803 - In Boston, the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) was instituted. It was the first tract society established in North America.
● 1804 - Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
● 1807 - Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason, he was accused of plotting to set up an empire in the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.
● 1810 - The first plow with interchangeable parts was patented by John J. Wood.
● 1836 - A wagon train of Presbyterian missionaries, led by pioneer missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman, reached the site of modern Walla Walla, WA. Whitman's wife Narcissa became the first white woman to cross the North American continent.
● 1836 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
● 1836 - Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem
● 1849 - California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey
● 1858 - 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
● 1858 - Cavalry, infantry, and artillery defeat Kamiakan's Yakama forces near Spokane River, ending three-year Yakama War.
● 1859 - RC Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare
● 1859 - The Pullman sleeping car was placed into service.
● 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly - Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
● 1863 - RR & ferry connection between SF & Oakland inaugurated
● 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
● 1865 - Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery
● 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory; Napoleon III captured.
● 1873 - Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
● 1874 - Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia
● 1875 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
● 1878 - Emma M. Nutt became the first female telephone operator in the U.S. The company was the Telephone Dispatch Company of Boston.
● 1887 - Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone. It is a device that is better known as a record player.
● 1894 - Great Hinckley Fire: A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, kills more than 400 people.
● 1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
● 1902 - A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France. {This landmark film has copies stolen by Thomas Edison, who then reaps the profits from showings in the United States with the French film makers never receiving compensation.}
● 1905 - Saskatchewan and Alberta became the ninth and tenth provinces of Canada.
● 1906 - Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time
● 1906 - Papua placed under Australian administration
● 1906 - the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is established.
● 1907 - Birth of Walter Reuther, socialist and leader of United Auto Workers.
● 1911 - M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
● 1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia changes its name to Petrograd.
● 1914 - The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
● 1916 - Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)
● 1918 - US troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920
● 1919 - Communist Party USA founded.
● 1922 - NYC law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billards"
● 1923 - The Great Kantō earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 106,000.
● 1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
● 1932 - NYC Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges)
● 1934 - SMJK Sam Tet was founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
● 1939 - George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
● 1939 - Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes"
● 1939 - Switzerland mobilises its forces and parliament elects Henri Guisan as head of army (an event that can only happen during war or during mobilisation)
● 1939 - The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross was also instituted on this date.
● 1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning World War II.
● 1941 - Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews in the Reich to wear
● 1942 - A federal judge in Sacramento, CA, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.
● 1943 - World War II: Italy accepts armistice terms.
● 1945 - The U.S. received official word of Japan's formal surrender that ended World War II. In Japan, it was actually September 2nd.
● 1947 - Three thousand demonstrate for No More War, Berlin. {Fails again.}
● 1948 - Communist form North China People's Republic
● 1948 - UN's World Health Organization forms
● 1950 - West Berlin granted a constitution
● 1951 - The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
● 1956 - Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
● 1957 - Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400
● 1960 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company.
● 1960 - Game on for British betting shops; Britain's first betting shops will be allowed to open for business from May 1961, the government announces.
● 1961 - USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia
● 1962 - 10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
● 1962 - UN announces Earth population has hit 3 billion
● 1969 - A revolution in Libya brings Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi to power, which was later transferred to the People's Committees.
● 1970 - Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerillas, who attacked his motorcade.
● 1971 - Qatar declares independence from Britain
● 1973 - 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
● 1974 - Indigenous resistance shuts down Panguna copper mine at Bougainville. It's still shut.
● 1974 - The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London: 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
● 1975 - NYC transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents
● 1976 - Water crisis deepens; The first of 11,500 standpipes are connected in Yorkshire as local reservoirs reach their lowest levels in years.
● 1976 - NASA launches space vehicle S-197
● 1976 - Wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray)
● 1979 - The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.
● 1980 - Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea after the resignation of Choi Kyu-ha.
● 1981 - A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
● 1981 - Albert Speer, a close associate of Adolf Hitler who ran the Nazi war machine, died at a London hospital at age 76.
● 1982 - Canada adopts a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of its Constitution.
● 1982 - Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH
● 1982 - Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon
● 1982 - The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
● 1983 - U.S.S.R. shoots down Korean Air flight 007 over Sea of Okhtsk, killing 267 civilians, includung US Congressmen Lawrence McDonald. Evidence released years later suggests the U.S. may have been using the civilian flight for intelligence purposes.
● 1985 - The HQ of Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry moved to its present location in Bellmawr, NJ. Founded in 1938 by Victor Buksbazen, F.I.G.M. works through evangelism and Bible distribution.
● 1985 - The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition. The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast.
● 1985 - To avert Senate's passage of South African sanctions, Pres. Reagan announces more restrained sanctions (11 western nations have already imposed sanctions). {In the House then Rep. Dick Cheney vehemently opposes sanctions.}
● 1986 - Charles Liteky and George Mizo begin Fast For Life against U.S. support of Nicaraguan contras, Washington D.C.
● 1986 - The Soviet Union announced the accident involving the Admiral Nakhimov the night before. 448 people died in the ship collision.
● 1987 - During a nonviolent protest at Concord Naval Weapons Station, a Navy munitions train runs over blockader Brian Willson. Willson loses both legs but has remained an active and articulate leader in the anti- military movement.
● 1989 - White House staffers decide to purchase some crack cocaine so Pres. Bush {HW} can hold the illegal drug in his hands during a national address. But on the first attempt, the drug dealer didn't show up. On the second try, an undercover drug agent's body microphone didn't work. Today, trying for the third time, Bush's team scores the crack, but the camera operator videotaping the deal misses the action as a homeless person assaults him. He could have just asked his son.
● 1989 - Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti died of a heart attack at age 51. {Many feel Pete Rose contributed to this early death with his gambling bullshit.}
● 1990 - The Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist is founded, following a split from the Communist Labour Party of Turkey.
● 1991 - Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
● 1992 - Shen Tong, a pro-democracy leader, arrested on return from voluntary exile, China.
● 1993 - Louis Freeh was sworn in as the director of the FBI.
● 1995 - Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds announced his resignation. He had been convicted of having sex with an underage campaign volunteer.
● 1996 - Sixteen activists in Stuttgart, Germany are arrested at EUROCOM, the U.S. Armed Forces command HQ for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (and central NATO command), in a protest of NATO expansion into Eastern Europe.
● 1997 - In France, the prosecutor's office announced that the driver of the car, in which Britain's Princess Diana was killed, was over the legal alcohol limit. The driver was also killed in the accident.
● 1997 - Kurdish and British activists blockade an arms trade exhibition outside London. 89 arrested.
● 1998 - Vietnam released 5,000 prisoners, including political dissidents, on National Day.
● 2001 - Almost every single commercial television station in Vancouver, British Columbia switches network affiliations after a round of ownership changes in 2000 - the largest change in North America.
● 2001 - The first orca calf (later named Nakai) is born through artificial insemination, to parents Kasatka and Tillikum.
● 2003 - Widow tells Hutton Kelly felt 'betrayed;' The widow of Dr David Kelly tells the Hutton inquiry he ended his life feeling let down by his political masters.
● 2004 - More than 1,100 people were taken hostage by heavily armed Chechen militants at a school in Beslan in southern Russia; more than 330 people, most of them children, were killed during the three-day ordeal.
● 2005 - Seven members and former members of the AFL-CIO form a new trade union organization, the Change to Win Federation.
BIRTHS
● 1453 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
● 1566 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
● 1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)
● 1608 - Giacomo Torelli, Italian stage designer and engineer (d. 1678)
● 1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
● 1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
● 1711 - William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)
● 1795 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (d. 1872)
● 1848 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
● 1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)
● 1855 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)
● 1856 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)
● 1866 - James J. Corbett, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1933)
● 1868 - Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)
● 1871 - J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
● 1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)
● 1876 - Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961)
● 1877 - Francis William Aston, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
● 1883 - Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)
● 1884 - Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (d. 1947)
● 1887 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)
● 1888 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
● 1889 - Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
● 1895 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)
● 1896 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977)
● 1897 - Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
● 1898 - Marilyn Miller, American musical comedy actress (d. 1936)
● 1899 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (d. 1951)
● 1902 - Carlo Gambino, Italian-born American organized crime leader (d. 1976)
● 1904 - Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (d. 1974)
● 1905 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
● 1906 - Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
● 1906 - Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)
● 1907 - Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (d. 1970)
● 1909 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)
● 1910 - Dame Peggy van Praagh, English-born ballet dancer; founder of the Australian Ballet (d. 1990)
● 1913 - Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993)
● 1920 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)
● 1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
● 1922 - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
● 1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)
● 1923 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
● 1923 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
● 1925 - Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982)
● 1926 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh
● 1926 - Gene Colan, American comic book artist
● 1928 - Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician
● 1928 - George Maharis, American actor
● 1929 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
● 1931 - Boxcar Willie, American country musician (d. 1999)
● 1933 - Ann W. Richards, American politician (d. 2006)
● 1933 - Conway Twitty, American singer (d. 1993)
● 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
● 1937 - Ron O'Neal, American actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
● 1937 - Al Geiberger, American golfer
● 1939 - Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian
● 1942 - C. J. Cherryh, American writer
● 1943 - Don Stroud, American actor
● 1944 - Leonard Slatkin, American conductor
● 1944 - Archie Bell, Singer
● 1945 - Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer
● 1946 - Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)
● 1946 - Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea
● 1946 - Greg Errico, American drummer (Sly & the Family Stone)
● 1947 - Al Green, American politician
● 1948 - Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher
● 1949 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
● 1950 - Phillip Fulmer, American football coach
● 1950 - Dr. Phil McGraw, American talk show host {Oprah sycophant and general all around idiot and asshole}
● 1951 - Nicu Ceauşescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)
● 1952 - Phil Hendrie, American radio personality
● 1954 - Dave Lumley, Canadian professional ice hockey player
● 1955 - Billy Blanks, American martial artist
● 1955 - Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam)
● 1957 - Gloria Estefan, Cuban singer
● 1957 - Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach
● 1958 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002)
● 1959 - Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist
● 1961 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
● 1961 - Boney James, Jazz saxophonist
● 1961 - Dee Dee Myers, Former White House Press Secretary
● 1962 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer
● 1962 - Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer
● 1963 - Carola Smit, Dutch singer
● 1963 - Grant Lee Phillips, Actor
● 1964 - Charlie Robison, Country singer, songwriter
● 1964 - Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1964 - Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model
● 1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player
● 1967 - David Whissell, Quebec politician
● 1968 - Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
● 1969 - Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer
● 1970 - Hwang Jeong-min, South Korean actor
● 1970 - Vanna, Croatian singer
● 1970 - Mitsou, Quebec singer, television and radio host, actress
● 1970 - Spigg Nice, Rap DJ (Lost Boyz)
● 1971 - Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor ("Desperate Housewives")
● 1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer
● 1971 - Lââm, French singer
● 1971 - Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler
● 1971 - Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
● 1973 - J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)
● 1973 - Zach Thomas, American football player
● 1974 - Jason Taylor, American football player
● 1974 - Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist
● 1975 - Scott Speedman, English-born actor ("Felicity")
● 1975 - Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer (Rogue Traders)
● 1975 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist
● 1975 - Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
● 1976 - Jada Fire, American pornographic actress
● 1976 - Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
● 1976 - Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
● 1976 - Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
● 1976 - Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
● 1977 - Aaron Schobel, American football player
● 1977 - Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver
● 1977 - Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
● 1977 - David Albelda, Spanish footballer
● 1978 - Max Vieri, Australian soccer player
● 1978 - Lucie Blackman, English murder victim (d. 2000)
● 1979 - Robert P. Olsson, Swedish actor
● 1979 - James O'Connor, Irish footballer
● 1980 - Chris Riggott, English footballer
● 1980 - Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
● 1981 - Clinton Portis, American football player
● 1981 - Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
● 1982 - Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
● 1982 - Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
● 1982 - Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
● 1983 - José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
● 1984 - Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
● 1984 - Nick Noble, American soccer player
● 1986 - Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
● 1986 - Anthony Allen (rugby player)
● 1987 - Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore)
● 1987 - Ayman Ashraf, Bangladeshi Politician
● 1989 - Tom Kaulitz, German lead guitarist (Tokio Hotel)
● 1989 - Bill Kaulitz, German singer (Tokio Hotel)
● 1989 - Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress
● 1993 - Ilona Mitrecey, French singer
● 1994 - Bianca Ryan, American singer
DEATHS
● 1067 - Baldwin V of Flanders
● 1159 - Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
● 1256 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)
● 1414 - William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (b. 1369)
● 1557 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (b. 1491)
● 1581 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)
● 1600 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician (b. 1525)
● 1615 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer (b. 1529)
● 1648 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (b. 1588)
● 1685 - Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)
● 1687 - Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
● 1715 - François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
● 1715 - King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
● 1818 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (b. 1745)
● 1943 - Charles Atangana, Cameroonian chief (b. 1880)
● 1957 - Dennis Brain, English musician (b. 1921)
● 1967 - Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (b. 1886)
● 1967 - Ilse Koch, Nazi war criminal (b. 1906)
● 1969 - Drew Pearson, American newspaper columnist (b. 1897)
● 1970 - François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
● 1977 - Ethel Waters, American singer (b. 1896)
● 1981 - Albert Speer, Nazi official (b. 1905)
● 1981 - Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)
● 1982 - Haskell Curry, American mathematician (b. 1900)
● 1982 - Wladyslaw Gomulka, Polish communist leader (b. 1905)
● 1983 - Henry M. Jackson, American politician (b. 1912)
● 1983 - Larry McDonald, American congressman (b. 1935)
● 1985 - Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
● 1985 - Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
● 1986 - Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
● 1988 - Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
● 1989 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, American baseball commissioner (b. 1938)
● 1989 - Tadeusz Sendzimir, American inventor (b. 1894)
● 1994 - Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
● 1998 - Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (b. 1930)
● 1998 - Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
● 1999 - W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist (b. 1951)
● 2001 - Brian Moore British sports commentator (b. 1932)
● 2003 - Sir Terry Frost, British artist (b. 1915)
● 2004 - Ahmed Kuftaro, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
● 2005 - R.L. Burnside, American musician (b. 1926)
● 2005 - Thanos Leivaditis, Greek actor (b. 1934)
● 2006 - Sir Kyffin Williams, Welsh landscape painter (b. 1918)
● 2006 - Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (b. 1944)
● 2006 - Nellie Connally, wife of Texas governor John Connally (b. 1919)
● 2006 - Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Agia
● St. Ammon
● St. Anna the Prophetess
● St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses
● St. Constantius
● St. Fiacre
● St. Giles, Abbot
● St. Lupus of Sens
● St. Lythan
● St. Nivard
● St. Regulus
● St. Terentian
● St. Verena
● St. Victorious
● Sts. Vincent & Laetus
● Bl. Michael Ghebre
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for August 19 (Civil Date: September 1)
● Afterfeast of the Dormition.
● Martyr Andrew Stratelates and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia
● Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla of Palestine.
● St. Pitirim, Bishop of Perm.
● Opening of the Relics of St. Gennadius, abbot of Kostroma.
● St. Theophanes, new Wonderworker of Macedonia (Mt. Athos.).
● Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Don".
● Anglican:
● St. Giles
● Commemoration of David Pendleton Oakerhater
● Christian:
● Feast of Adjutor Day
● St. Drithelm of Northumbria
● Brunei - Revelation of the Koran
● Cameroon - Jour d'Union Nationale Camerounaise.
● Lybia, Egypt - Revolution Day (1969)
● Malaysia - National Day
● Mexico - Presidental Message Day/Opening of congress
● Michigan - Mackinac Bridge Walk Day
● New Zealand - National R.A.K. (Random Act of Kindness) Day
● Pakistan - Quaid-i-Azam's Death
● Puerto Rico - Labor Day (1894)
● Russia - Knowledge Day.
● Singapore - Teachers' Day.
● Slovakia - Constitution Day.
● Syria : United Republic's Unity Day
● Tanzania : Heroes' Day
● Uzbekistan - Independence Day (from USSR, 1991).
● First day of Spring in Australia and New Zealand.
● Start of the partridge-shooting season ("St. Partridge").
● Start of the season when oysters are fit to eat (when month names contain an "R").
● These Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
● Namibia, South Africa : Settlers' Day - ( Monday )
● US, Canada, Guam, Virgin Islands : Labor Day (1894) - ( Monday )
Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.
Additional facts taken from:
On this day in the New York Times
The BBC’s Take on the day
On This Day Website
Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.
Scope Systems Any Day Website
Roman Catholic Saint of the Day
Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar
Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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