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November 05, 2009
This Day in History: Nov. 6:
1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. 1861: Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. 1869: The first intercollegiate soccer game took place (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4). 1893: Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53. 1913: Mohandas Gandhi led a march of miners in South Africa. He was arrested three times in the first four days of the march. -- from Infoplease website
Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Composer John Philip Sousa, 1854; Baseball inventor James Naismith, 1861; Director Mike Nichols, 1931; Country singer Stonewall Jackson, 1932; Actress Sally Field, 1946; Singer Glenn Frey,1948; Actress Lori Singer ("Fame," "Footloose"), 1957; Singer Corey Glover of Living Colour, 1964; Actor Peter DeLuise ("seaQuest DSV," "21 Jump Street"), 1966; Actress Kelly Rutherford ("Melrose Place"), 1968; Actor Ethan Hawke, 1970; Model-actress Rebecca Romijn, 1972; Actress Taryn Manning, 1978; Actress Emma Stone ("Zombieland," "Superbad"), 1988. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites
Posted by Lynn at November 5, 2009 08:59 PM