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July 11, 2007
Today in History: July 11th
The following information can be found at: This Day in History: History.com
1804: Alexander Hamilton is killed in a duel
A duel between the prominent Americans Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton leaves Hamilton dead. Burr was angry over hearing that Hamilton had insulted his character, and challenged the former general to a duel. Although both men were New Yorkers, they crossed the Hudson to Weehawken, New Jersey for the duel, since New Jersey did not have a law against dueling at the time, but New York did. Ironically, the men's home state had banned the practice partly due to Hamilton's own efforts after his son was killed in a duel. Some believe that, because of his aversion to the practice, Hamilton intentionally wasted his shot. Read the complete article.Alexander Hamilton is killed in a duel. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:31, Jul 11, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1063.
Books in the GSU Library about Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr:
Title: Alexander Hamilton / Henry Cabot Lodge ; introduction by Mary-Jo Kline.
Call Number: E302.6.H2 L81980
Title: The young Hamilton : a biography / James Thomas Flexner
Call Number: E302.6.H2 F58
Author: Melton, Buckner F.
Title: Aaron Burr : conspiracy to treason / Buckner F. Melton, Jr.
Call Number: E334 .M452002
Author: Lomask, Milton.
Title: Aaron Burr, the conspiracy and years of exile, 1805-1836 / Milton Lomas
Call Number: E302.6.B9 L711982
1938: Orson Welles' radio show debuts
On this day in 1938, radio drama Mercury Theater on the Air debuts, featuring Orson Welles and John Houseman, founders of the Mercury Theater in New York. The show, a dramatic anthology program, is best remembered for its 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds, a fictional drama about a Martian invasion in Grovers Mill, New Jersey. The program, which aired on Halloween, sparked a panic among listeners who believed the play was a real news broadcast.Orson Welles' radio show debuts. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:37, Jul 11, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3443.
Read War of the Worlds:
Author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Title: The War of the worlds.
Call Number: PR5774 .W3
1944: Hitler is paid a visit by his would-be assassin
On this day in 1944, Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a German army officer, transports a bomb to Adolf Hitler's headquarters in Berchtesgaden, in Bavaria, with the intention of assassinating the Fuhrer. Read the complete article.Hitler is paid a visit by his would-be assassin. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:38, Jul 11, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6516.
1970: "Mama Told Me Not to Come" tops the charts
"Mama Told Me Not to Come," recorded by Three Dog Night, hits No. 1 on the Billboard charts. This was the only song by Randy Newman to hit No. 1, although Newman's own recording of his song "Short People" rose to No. 2 in 1978. Newman, the nephew of two film composers, became a singer-songwriter in the early 1960s and his wry humor quickly gained a following. Over the years, Judy Collins, Joe Cocker, Peggy Lee, Elvis Costello, Barbra Streisand, and many others have recorded his songs. Newman began composing for television and film in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and has won numerous Oscar nominations for his soundtracks."Mama Told Me Not to Come" tops the charts. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:37, Jul 11, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3444.
1979: Skylab crashes to Earth
Parts of Skylab, America's first space station, come crashing down on Australia and into the Indian Ocean five years after the last manned Skylab mission ended. No one was injured. Read the complete article.Skylab crashes to Earth. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:42, Jul 11, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5170.
Internet Resources on Skylab:
Author: Belew, Leland F.
Title: Skylab [electronic resource] : a guidebook / by Leland F. Belew and Ernst Stuhlinger
Related URL: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS70430
1985: "New Coke" is introduced
Robert Goizueta, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Co. toasts the ÝNew CokeÝ with Donald Keough, President and COO, in 1985Nineteen-eighty-five was a trying year for America's soda. With hopes of eking out a lead in the hotly contested "Cola Wars," soft drink giant Coca-Cola decided to muck about with the recipe for its namesake drink. As ill-conceived as the notion may sound to our ears now, Coke thought it had a winner at the time. Indeed, an expensive battery of market testing seemed to bode well for the new formula. Read the complete article."New Coke" is introduced. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:44, Jul 11, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5923.
Books and video's in the GSU Library about Coca Cola:
Author: Louis, J. C.
Title: The cola wars / J.C. Louis and Harvey Z. Yazijian
Call Number: HD9348.U54 C6341980
Title: Cola wars [videorecording] : message in a bottle / produced and directed by Arif Nurmohamed ; BBC Learning
Call Number: VIDEO. HF5415.12.M537 C662005
Author: Pendergrast, Mark
Title: For God, country and Coca-Cola : the unauthorized history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it / Mark Pendergrast.
Call Number: HD9349.S634 C6741994
Title: Coke’s first 100 years ... and a look into the future / Beverage World.
Call Number: HD9349.S634 C64X
Posted by d-nadler at July 11, 2007 04:32 PM