June 25, 2008
June Is Perennial Gardening Month
Here are a few links to websites that will help you with your perennials:
Ohio State University Garden Tips - Here you can find a link to a searchable FAQ database, a database of images or how-to videos.
Gardening with Perennials - from the University of Illinois Extension. Here you will find information on: planting & transplanting, dividing, after planting care and much more.
Perry's Perennial Page -Dr. Leonard Perry's Web pages for on-line perennial and related horticultural information.
Perennial Flower Gardening Tips - According to the website: There are several hundred perennial flower gardening tips articles on this website - ranging from growing specific plants to designing with them.
Plant Database - provided by Walters Gardens - detailed information on over 1,000 plants. It includes photos and detailed information.
Attached is a Perennial Wordsearch Puzzle - the puzzle is in PDF format. Download the Perennial Wordsearch Puzzle
Download the Answer Key
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June 10, 2008
Did you know that June is National Oceans Month?
Did you know that on June 2nd, 2008 President declared that proclaimed
June 2008 as National Oceans Month? You can read the press release at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080602-8.html.
For more information on oceans visit:
Ocean Resources - MarineBio.org
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
List of Ocean Resources for Kids
Here is some trivia from Ocean Planet: OCEANOGRAPHIC FACTS
Ninety percent of all volcanic activity occurs in the oceans. In 1993, scientists located the largest known concentration of active volcanoes on the sea floor in the South Pacific. This area, the size of New York state, hosts 1,133 volcanic cones and sea mounts. Two or three could erupt at any moment.
If the ocean's total salt content were dried, it would cover the continents to a depth of 5 feet.
At the deepest point in the ocean the pressure is more than 8 tons per square inch, or the equivalent of one person trying to support 50 jumbo jets.For more facts on oceans, go to Ocean Planet Oceangraphic Facts.
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February 29, 2008
All about Leap Year and Leap Day
From Wired:
Feb. 29, 45 B.C.: Julius Caesar Takes the Leap
By Randy Alfred 02.29.08 | 12:00 AM
Great Caesar's ghost! Julius Caesar fixed the calendar for centuries to come.Continue reading the article at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/dayintech_0229
Wa/Courtesy National Archaeological Museum, Naples 45 B.C.: Roman dictator-for-life Julius Caesar, alarmed that the calendar is growing out of whack with the seasons, adds an extra day to the month of February every four years.Caesar was reforming a calendar based on 364 days, with an occasional extra leap month. But the Roman religious officials in charge of minding the calendar had been asleep at the switch, chronologically speaking. Caesar consulted with Egypt's top astronomers, who told him the year was 365¼ days long. While he was making the fix, Julius also decided to give his name to the month of July.
Although Caesar decreed the new calendar in 46 B.C., that year had 15 months to make up for the accumulated discrepancy. The first add-a-day leap year was 45 B.C.
From Leapzine.com Fun Facts and Trivia:
Leap Year Day Babies born in 1884 had no birthday during their entire teen-age years. Why? Because 1900 was not a Leap Year. In 1888 they were 4 at 1. In 1892 they were 8 at 2. In 1896 they were 12 at 3. Since 1900 was not a Leap Year, there were 8 years before they could celebrate again on February 29. So, in 1904 they were 20 at 5. Not one single teenage year was celebrated ON their birth date.Read more Leap Year/Leap Day Trivia
What Happened on Feb. 29th from http://www.mystro.com/feb29today.htm
1288 - Scotland established this day as one when a woman could propose marriage to a man! If he refused, he was required to pay a fine.
1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to win an Oscar. She won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind". GWTW also won Best Picture, Best Actress for Vivien Leigh's performance and Best Director for Victor Fleming, Best Screenplay for Sidney Howard's writing plus awards for Color Cinematography, Interior Decoration and Film Editing. Other Oscar winners on this night were Best Actor, Robert Dunat in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", and Best Supporting Actor, Thomas Mitchell in "Stagecoach".
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August 07, 2007
Today in History: August 7th
The following information is from: History.com - This Day in History
1782: Washington creates the Purple Heart
At his headquarters in Newburgh, New York, General George Washington, the commander in chief of the Continental Army, creates the "Badge for Military Merit," a decoration consisting of a purple, heart-shaped piece of silk, edged with a narrow binding of silver, with the word Merit stitched across the face in silver. The badge was to be presented to soldiers for "any singularly meritorious action" and permitted its wearer to pass guards and sentinels without challenge. The honoree's name and regiment were also to be inscribed in a "Book of Merit." Read the complete article.Cite this article: Washington creates the Purple Heart. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:25, Aug 7, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5239.
1942: Garrison Keillor is born
Writer and radio personality Garrison Keillor is born this day in Anoka, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. After years of submitting stories to the New Yorker, Keillor finally began contributing to the magazine in 1969. In 1974, while researching a story about the Grand Ole Opry, he struck upon the idea for a folksy and humorous radio program. He launched the show, A Prairie Home Companion, on Minnesota Public Radio in 1974. The show first aired nationally in 1979 and has continued to run, with some interruptions, ever since.Cite this article: Garrison Keillor is born. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:31, Aug 7, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3512.
1957: Oliver Hardy dies
Comedian Oliver Hardy dies, three years after a stroke debilitated him. Together with his partner, Stan Laurel, Hardy was one of the most beloved comedians of early Hollywood. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Oliver Hardy dies. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:34, Aug 7, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3511.
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August 06, 2007
Today in History: August 6th
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History:
1890: First execution by electric chair
At Auburn Prison in New York, the first execution by electrocution in history is carried out against William Kemmler, who had been convicted of murdering his lover, Matilda Ziegler, with an axe. Read the complete article.Cite this article: First execution by electric chair. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:38, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5238.
Books in the GSU Library:
Author: Banner, Stuart, 1963-
Title: The death penalty : an American history / Stuart Banner.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: HV8699.U5 B3672002
Author: Shipman, Marlin.
Title: The penalty is death : U.S. newspaper coverage of women’s executions / Marlin Shipman.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: HV8699.U5 S472002
1928: Andy Warhol is born
Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the latter part of the 20th century, is born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A frail and diminutive man with a shock of silver-blond hair, Warhol was a major pioneer of the pop art movement of the 1960s but later outgrew that role to become a cultural icon. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Andy Warhol is born. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:44, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6981.
Books and videos in the GSU Library:
Title: Andy Warhol [videorecording] / an RM Arts production ; producer/director, Kim Evans ; edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Location: Video
Call Number: FLM-VDO. N6537.W28 A85X1987VIDEORECORD941
Author: Warhol, Andy, 1928-
Title: America / Andy Warhol.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: N6537.W28 A41985
Author: Ratcliff, Carter.
Title: Andy Warhol / Carter Ratcliff.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: N6537.W28 R371983
1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:51, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=2751.
Books about Hiroshima in the GSU Library:
Author: Yoneyama, Lisa, 1959-
Title: Hiroshima traces : time, space, and the dialectics of memory / Lisa Yoneyama.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: D767.25.H6 Y661999
Author: BUNGEI SHUNJU SENSHI KENKYUKAI.
Title: The day man lost : Hiroshima, 6 August 1945, by the Pacific War Research Society.
Location: Main Stacks
Call Number: D767.25.H6 B85
Author: Kodama, Tatsuharu, 1928-
Uniform Title: Shin-chan no sanrinsha. English
Title: Shin’s tricycle / Tatsuharu Kodama ; illustrations by Noriyuki Ando ; English translation by Kazuko Hokumen-Jones.
Location: Materials Center Teachers Resources
Call Number: MAT-CTR. D767.25.H6 S513151995
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Today in History: August 3rd
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History:
1861: Last installment of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is published
The last entry of the serialized novel Great Expectations is published on this day in 1861. The book had been serialized in Dickens' literary circular, All the Year Round. The novel tells the story of young Pip, a poor orphan who comes to believe he will inherit a fortune. Read the complete article.
1926: Tony Bennett is born
On this day in 1926, singer Tony Bennett is born Antonio Dominick Benedetto in Queens, New York. Bennett's career will span more than 50 years. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Tony Bennett is born. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:29, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3501.
1940: Wall Street star is born
Today marks the 1940 birthday of Martin Sheen, star of Wall Street, Oliver Stone's take on the heady days of 1980s insider trading. Sheen played a labor leader who gets sold down the river by his money-hungry son, played by real life son, Charlie Sheen.Cite this article: Wall Street star is born. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:35, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5955.
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Today in History: August 2nd
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History:
1905: Myrna Loy born
Actress Myrna Loy is born Myrna Adele Williams near Helena, Montana, on this day in 1905. Loy's family moved to Los Angeles after her father's death in 1918. Loy danced in a chorus line as part of the stage show at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Starting in 1925, she played bit parts and was frequently cast as a mysterious vamp. Her career took a comic turn in 1934 with the success of The Thin Man, in which she played fast-talking, wise-cracking Nora Charles, wife of detective Nick Charles, played by William Powell. The low-budget film became an unexpected box office success and five more "Thin Man" movies were made, making both Loy and Powell immensely popular. Loy continued to make film appearances into her 70s. She died in 1993.Cite this article: Myrna Loy born. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:13, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3499.
1933: Lawrence of Arabia star is born
Irish actor Peter O'Toole is born on this day. In his teens, he worked as a copy boy and cub reporter. He began appearing onstage in amateur performances in Leeds, England. He made his first film appearances in British movies in the 1960s and received the first of six Oscar nominations in 1962 for his performance as the title character in Lawrence of Arabia. He was also nominated for roles in Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969).Cite this article:
Lawrence of Arabia star is born. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:09, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3500.
1934: Hitler becomes fuhrer
With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fuhrer, or "Leader." The German army took an oath of allegiance to its new commander-in-chief, and the last remnants of Germany's democratic government were dismantled to make way for Hitler's Third Reich. The Fuhrer assured his people that the Third Reich would last for a thousand years, but Nazi Germany collapsed just 11 years later. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Hitler becomes fuhrer. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:11, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6977.
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Today in History: August 1st
The following information comes from: History.com - This Day in History
1498: Columbus lands in South America
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Columbus lands in South America. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 01:43, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5224.
1910: New York issues first license plates
The state of New York issued its first license plates on this day in 1910. Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to issue plates, had been doing so since 1893, when it introduced iron plates with the registration number etched on top. The current New York plate, which features the Statue of Liberty, has been in use since 1986.Cite this article: New York issues first license plates. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 01:45, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7536.
1914: First World War erupts
Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany and Russia declare war against each other, France orders a general mobilization, and the first German army units cross into Luxembourg in preparation for the German invasion of France. During the next three days, Russia, France, Belgium, and Great Britain all lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and the German army invaded Belgium. The "Great War" that ensued was one of unprecedented destruction and loss of life, resulting in the deaths of some 20 million soldiers and civilians. Read the complete article.Cite this article: First World War erupts. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 01:45, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6976.
1943: PT-109 sinks; Lieutenant Kennedy is instrumental in saving crew
On this day in 1943, a Japanese destroyer rams an American PT (patrol torpedo) boat, No. 109, slicing it in two. The destruction is so massive other American PT boats in the area assume the crew is dead. Two crewmen were, in fact, killed, but 11 survived, including Lt. John F. Kennedy. Read the complete article.Cite this article: PT-109 sinks; Lieutenant Kennedy is instrumental in saving crew. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 01:49, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6537.
1973: American Graffiti opens
On this day in 1973, American Graffiti, directed and co-written by George Lucas and starring Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, opens in Los Angeles. Lucas, age 29, made the film for only $700,000. Graffiti, a film about West Coast teenagers in the 1960s, was a huge success, later earning more than $55 million in rentals alone. While not a financial success for Lucas himself, who received only $20,000 to make the film, the movie nevertheless firmly established his reputation and paved the way for 1977's Star Wars, one of the biggest box office blockbusters of all time.Cite this article: American Graffiti opens. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 01:55, Aug 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3497.
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July 30, 2007
Today in History: July 30th
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History
1932: Disney's first color cartoon
Walt Disney releases his first cartoon in color. The cartoon, Flowers and Trees, was made in three-color Technicolor; Disney was the only studio that used the process for the next three years, because of an exclusive contract.Cite this article:
Disney's first color cartoon. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:28, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3491.
1943: Hitler gets news of Italy's imminent defection
On this day in 1943, Adolf Hitler learns that Axis ally Italy is buying time before negotiating surrender terms with the Allies in light of Mussolini's fall from power. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
Hitler gets news of Italy's imminent defection. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:30, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6535.
1994: The death of a child leads to Megan's Law
Jesse Timmendequas is charged with the murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka in New Jersey. Kanka's death inspired Megan's Law, a statute enacted in 1994 requiring that information about convicted sex felons be available to the public. Versions of Megan's Law have been passed in many states since her murder. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
The death of a child leads to Megan's Law. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:33, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1083.
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Today in History: July 27th
The following information comes from: Those Were the Days - Today in History
1921: Insulin isolated in Toronto
At the University of Toronto, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin--a hormone they believe could prevent diabetes--for the first time. Within a year, the first human sufferers of diabetes were receiving insulin treatments, and countless lives were saved from what was previously regarded as a fatal disease. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Insulin isolated in Toronto. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:58, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5211.
1923: Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution
John Herbert Dillinger joins the Navy in order to avoid charges of auto theft in Indiana, marking the beginning of America's most notorious criminal's downfall. Years later, Dillinger's reputation was forged in a single 12-month period, during which he robbed more banks than Jesse James did in 15 years and became the most wanted fugitive in the nation. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:01, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1080.
1940: Bugs Bunny's debut
On this day in 1940, Bugs Bunny first appears on the silver screen in "A Wild Hare." The wisecracking rabbit had evolved through several earlier short films. As in many future installments of Bugs Bunny cartoons, "A Wild Hare" featured Bugs as the would-be dinner for frustrated hunter Elmer Fudd. Read this complete article.Cite this article: Bugs Bunny's debut. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:17, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3482.
1974: Baryshnikov's U.S. debut
On this day in 1974, Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov makes his U.S. debut in a performance of Giselle with the American Ballet Theater (ABT) in New York. The dancer had defected from the Soviet Union while on tour in Canada earlier in 1974. Baryshnikov became the artistic director of ABT in 1980 and later formed the White Oak Dance Project with Mark Morris. He also appeared in films, including The Turning Point (1977) and White Knights (1985).Cite this article: Baryshnikov's U.S. debut. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:15, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3484.
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July 26, 2007
This Day in History: July 26th
July 26, 1775:, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed:
That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary.
That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Falmouth in New England to Savannah in Georgia, with as many cross posts as he shall think fit.
This simple statement signaled the birth of the Post Office Department, the predecessor of the U.S. Postal Service and the second oldest federal department or agency of the United States.
Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General. Under him and his immediate successors, the postal system mainly carried communications between Congress and the armies.
America’s present Postal Service descends in an unbroken line from the system Franklin planned and placed in operation. History rightfully accords him major credit for establishing the basis of the system that has well served the growing and changing needs of the American people.Did You Know?
A Postmaster delivered mail to Revolutionary War soldiers on foot because he lacked the money to buy a horse.
Cite this webpage:
The Postal Service begins - The U.S. Postal Service begins. Retrieved July 26, 2007, from USPS - The Postal Service Begins Web site: http://www.usps.com/postalhistory/postal_service_begins.htm
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1908: FBI founded
On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte orders a group of newly hired federal investigators to report to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of Justice. One year later, the Office of the Chief Examiner was renamed the Bureau of Investigation, and in 1935 it became the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read the complete article.Cite the article:
FBI founded. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 11:23, Jul 26, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6970.
Books in the GSU Library about the FBI:
Author: Schmidt, Regin.
Title: Red scare : FBI and the origins of anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943 / Regin Schmidt.
Call Number: E743.5 .S3552000
Title: The FBI : a comprehensive reference guide / edited by Athan G. Theoharis with Tony G. Poveda, Susan Rosenfeld, Richard Gid Powers.
Call Number: REF. HV8144.F43 T48 1999
Find more books about the FBI in the GSU Library.
1931: Grasshoppers bring ruin to Midwest
On this day in 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers descends on crops throughout the American heartland, devastating millions of acres. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, already in the midst of a bad drought, suffered tremendously from this disaster. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
Grasshoppers bring ruin to Midwest. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 11:46, Jul 26, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=857.
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July 25, 2007
This Day in History: July 25th
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History
1832: The first railroad accidentThe first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurs when four people are thrown off a vacant car on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts. The victims had been invited to view the process of transporting large and weighty loads of stone when a cable on a vacant car snapped on the return trip, throwing them off the train and over a 34-foot cliff. One man was killed and the others were seriously injured. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
The first railroad accident. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 07:18, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5205.
1904: Workers hit the picket line in Fall River
Children working in the spinning room in Fall River, Mass., 1912Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries the booming textile mills in Fall River, Mass., were lightning rods for labor action. Mill managers and textile honchos, who had first descended upon Fall River in 1811, pushed their largely female work force to toil for long hours in abysmal conditions. By 1871, Fall River had become one of the textile capitals of the United States and many of the mill owners had raked in hefty profits. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Workers hit the picket line in Fall River. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 07:44, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5937.
Read about the social conditions in Fall River:
Author: Cumbler, John T.
Title: Working-class community in industrial America : work, leisure, and struggle in two industrial cities, 1880-1930 / John T. Cumbler.
Call Number: HD8085.L963 C85
1969: Nixon announces new doctrine
President Richard Nixon, at a briefing in Guam for the news media accompanying him on his trip to Asia, discusses at length the future role the United States should play in Asia and the Pacific region after the conclusion of the Vietnam War. Nixon said that while the United States would continue to have primary responsibility for the defense of its allies against nuclear attack, the noncommunist Asian nations would have to bear the burden of their own defense against conventional attack and assume responsibility for internal security. The president's remarks were nicknamed the "Nixon Doctrine."
Cite this article:
Nixon announces new doctrine. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 07:56, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1987.
Read about the Nixon Doctrine:
Author: Laird, Melvin R.
Title: The Nixon doctrine; [proceedings, by Melvin R. Laird [and others].
Call Number: E855 .N477
2000: Concorde jet crashes
An Air France Concorde jet crashes upon takeoff in Paris on this day in 2000, killing everyone onboard as well as four people on the ground. The Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial jet, had enjoyed an exemplary safety record up to that point, with no crashes in the plane’s 31-year history. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Concorde jet crashes. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 08:05, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=856.
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July 24, 2007
This Day in History: July 24th
The following information comes from: History.com - This Day in History
1567: Mary Queen of Scots deposed
During her imprisonment at Lochleven Castle in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate in favor of her one-year-old son, later crowned King James VI of Scotland. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Mary Queen of Scots deposed. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:43, Jul 24, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5202.
Books in the GSU Library Mary, Queen of Scots:
Author: Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805.
Uniform Title: Maria Stuart. English.
Title: Mary Stuart / freely translated and adapted from Schiller’s play by Stephen Spender.
Call Number: PT2473.M3 S61980
Author: Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945.
Title: In my end is my beginning, by Maurice Baring.
Call Number: DA787.A1 B3
Search the Library Catalog for more books on Mary, Queen of Scots.
1832: Bonneville leads first wagon crossing of South Pass
Benjamin Bonneville, an inept fur trader who some speculate may have actually been a spy, leads the first wagon train to cross the Rocky Mountains at Wyoming's South Pass. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Bonneville leads first wagon crossing of South Pass. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 06:53, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4591.
Read about Benjamin Bonneville:
Author: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Title: The adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West, digested from his journal and illustrated from various other sources. New York, Putnam.
Call Number: F592 .I7331973
1915: Hundreds drown in Eastland disaster
On this day in 1915, the steamer Eastland overturns in the Chicago River, drowning between 800 and 850 of its passengers who were heading to a picnic. The disaster was caused by serious problems with the boat’s design, which were known but never remedied. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Hundreds drown in Eastland Disaster. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:00, Jul 24, 2007 from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=855.
Read about the ghosts from Eastland disaster that still haunt Chicago today:
Author: Kaczmarek, Dale.
Title: Windy City ghosts / by Dale Kaczmarek.
Call Number: BF1472.U6 K322000
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July 23, 2007
Today in History: July 23rd
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History
1903: First Ford model delivered to buyer
The 1929 Ford Model 'A' RoadsterThe first two-cylinder Ford Model A was delivered to its owner, Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, on this day in 1903. The Model A was the result of a partnership between Henry Ford and Detroit coal merchant Alexander Malcomson. Ford had met Malcomson while working at Edison Illuminating Company: Malcomson sold him coal. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
First Ford model delivered to buyer. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:17, Jul 23, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7523.
Books in the GSU Library about the history of the automobile:
Title: Automobile quarterly’s world of cars / produced by the editors of Automobile quarterly.
Call Number: TL155 .A8
Author: Wherry, Joseph H.
Title: Automobiles of the world : the story of the development of the automobile, with many rare illustrations from a score of nations / Joseph H. Wherry.
Call Number: TL15 .W47
Author: Rae, John Bell, 1911-
Title: The American automobile : a brief history / by John B. Rae.
Call Number: HD9710.U52 R29
1918: A string of mysterious deaths surrounds a Nebraska woman
Della Sorenson kills the first of her seven victims in rural Nebraska by poisoning her sister-in-law's infant daughter, Viola Cooper. Over the next seven years, friends, relatives, and acquaintances of Sorenson repeatedly died under mysterious circumstances before anyone finally realized that it had to be more than a coincidence. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
A string of mysterious deaths surrounds a Nebraska woman. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:21, Jul 23, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1076.
Books in the GSU Library about serial killers:
Author: Ramsland, Katherine M., 1953-
Title: Inside the minds of mass murderers : why they kill / Katherine Ramsland.
Call Number: HV6515 .R2532005
Author: McLaren, Angus.
Title: A prescription for murder : the Victorian serial killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream / Angus McLaren.
Call Number: HV6535.G6 L65641993
Author: Hickey, Eric W.
Title: Serial murderers and their victims / Eric W. Hickey.
Call Number: HV6529 .H531997
1967: The 12th Street riot
In the early morning hours of July 23, 1967, one of the worst riots in U.S. history breaks out on 12th Street in the heart of Detroit's predominantly African-American inner city. By the time it was quelled four days later by 7,000 National Guard and U.S. Army troops, 43 people were dead, 342 injured, and nearly 1,400 buildings had been burned. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
The 12th Street riot. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:40, Jul 23, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6967.
Books in the GSU Library on the Detroit riots:
Author: Fine, Sidney, 1920-
Title: Violence in the model city : the Cavanagh administration, race relations, and the Detroit riot of 1967 / Sidney Fine.
Call Number: F574.D49 N43941989
Author: Gordon, Leonard.
Title: A city in racial crisis; the case of Detroit pre- and post- the 1967 riot.
Call Number: F574.D4 G66
Search the library catalog for more books on the above topics.
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July is National Ice Cream Month
July is almost over, but there is still time to celebrate National Ice Cream Month.
The following Ice Cream Trivia can be found at: CyberSpace Ag: Dairy Cattle – Ice Cream Trivia
• It takes approximately 1.4 gallons of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream.
• The first ice cream parlor opened in New York City in 1776.
• George Washington liked ice cream so much he reportedly had a bill for $200 for ice cream one summer.
• Dolly Madison created a sensation when she served ice cream at a White House inaugural ball in 1812.
• The first ice cream cone was made, served, and eaten in New York City on September 22, 1886. The maker, Italo Marchiony, was granted a patent on his cone mold in 1903.
• The waffle cone was invented in 1904 at the St. Louis Worlds’ Fair.
• The first hand-cranked ice cream maker was developed by Nancy Johnson in 1846.
For more information about ice cream:
Ice Cream: Selected Internet Sources (Science Reference Services, Library of Congress)
How many different flavors of ice cream can you name? I'll start the list with:
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Peppermint
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July 19, 2007
Today in History: July 19th
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History
1553: Lady Jane Grey deposed
After only nine days as the monarch of England, Lady Jane Grey is deposed in favor of her cousin Mary. The 15-year-old Lady Jane, beautiful and intelligent, had only reluctantly agreed to be put on the throne. The decision would result in her execution. Read the complete article.Cite the above article:
Lady Jane Grey deposed. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:18, Jul 19, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5190.
The following reference book in the GSU Library has information on Lady Jane Grey:
Author: Jackson, Guida.
Title: Women who ruled / Guida M. Jackson.
Call Number:REF. D107 .J331990
1799: Rosetta Stone found
On this day in 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles nor ... Watch the video clip.
For more information on the Rosetta Stone, the GSU Library has the following book available:
Author: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.
Title: The Rosetta stone.
Call Number:PJ1531.R5 R6X1950
1898: Emile Zola flees France
Novelist Emile Zola flees France on this day in 1898 to escape imprisonment after being convicted of libel against the French army in the notorious Dreyfus affair. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
Emile Zola flees France. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:11, Jul 19, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4037.
If you are interested in finding out more information about Emile Zola, the GSU library has several books in the collection. Here are two titles:
Author: Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922.
Title: Émile Zola, novelist and reformer; an account of his life & work.
Call Number: PQ2528 .V61971
Author: Josephson, Matthew, 1899-1978.
Title: Zola and his time : the history of his martial career in letters, with an account of his circle of friends, his remarkable enemies, cyclopean labors, public campaigns, trials, and ultimate glorification / by Matthew Josephson.
Call Number: PQ2528 .J61969
Search the library catalog for more titles.
1935 : Parking meters debut
A woman feeding the meter in New York, 1948The first automatic parking meter in the U.S., the Park-O-Meter invented by Carlton Magee, was installed in Oklahoma City by the Dual Parking Meter Company. Twenty-foot spaces were painted on the pavement, and a parking meter that accepted nickels was planted in the concrete at the head of each space. The city paid for the meters with funds collected from them. Today parking meters are big business. Companies offer digital parking meters, smart parking meters, and, even more remarkably, user-friendly parking meters. The user-friendly parking meters are an attempt to stem the tide of "violent confrontations" between users and their meters.Cite this article:
Parking meters debut. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:25, Jul 19, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7518.
1979: Oil tankers collide in Caribbean Sea
On this day in 1979, two gigantic supertankers collide off the island of Little Tobago in the Caribbean Sea, killing 26 crew members and spilling 280,000 tons of crude oil into the sea. At the time, it was the worst oil-tanker accident in history and remains one of the very few times in history when two oil tankers have collided. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
Oil tankers collide in Caribbean Sea. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:30, Jul 19, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=850.
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July 17, 2007
Today in History: July 17th
The following information is from History.com: This day in History
1793: French assassin Charlotte Corday is guillotined
Assassin Charlotte Corday is executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
The 25-year-old woman had killed leading French politician Jean Paul Marat four days earlier in his home. Blaming him for the revolutionary war that was breaking out in France, Corday confessed to the murder. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
French assassin Charlotte Corday is guillotined. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:00, Jul 17, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1070.
Books in the GSU Library:
Author: Bowen, Marjorie, pseud.
Title: The angel of the assassination; Marie-Charlotte de Corday d’Armont, Jean-Paul Marat, Jean-Adam Lux; a study of three disciples of Jean-Jacque Rousseau, by Joseph Shearing.
Call Number: DC146.C8 S41935A
1870: "Wild Bill" Hickok kills a soldier
A drunken brawl turns deadly when "Wild Bill" Hickok shoots two soldiers in self-defense, mortally wounding one of them. Read the complete article.
Cite the article:
"Wild Bill" Hickok kills a soldier. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:03, Jul 17, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4584.
Books in the GSU Library:
Author: Holbrook, Stewart Hall, 1893-1964.
Title: Wild Bill Hickok tames the West; illustrated by Ernest Richardson.
Call Number: MAT-CTR. PZ7.H696 WI
1938: "Wrong Way" Corrigan crosses the Atlantic
Douglas Corrigan, the last of the early glory-seeking fliers, takes off from Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn, New York, on a flight that would finally win him a place in aviation history. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
"Wrong Way" Corrigan crosses the Atlantic. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:26, Jul 17, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5184.
1955: Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, Califo ... View video clips.
Read about Walt Disney:
Author: Watts, Steven, 1952-
Title: The Magic Kingdom : Walt Disney and the American way of life / Steven Watts.
Call Number: NC1766.U52 D5927 1997
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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
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July 10, 2007
Today in History: July 10th
The following information comes from: Those Were the Days - Today in History
1890 - Wyoming, the state with the smallest population entered the Union this day. The 44th state was named after an Algonquin Indian word meaning ‘large prairie place’. Appropriately, the Indian paintbrush that covers much of the large prairie is the state flower and the meadowlark, frequently seen circling the prairie land, is the state bird. Another Indian term, Cheyenne, is also the name of the state capital. Wyoming is called the Equality State because it is the first state to have granted women the right to vote (1869).
1900 - One of the most famous trademarks in the world, ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Talking Machine Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone machine.
1920 - One of the greatest horse races in America was run as Man o’ War defeated John P. Grier in the Dwyer Stakes. Man o’ War set a world-record time of 1 minute, 49-1/5 seconds in the 1-1/8 mile event.
1929 - The U.S. government began issuing paper money in the small size we currently carry.
1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson was defeated for only the second time in 133 fights. 7-2 underdog Randy Turpin took the middleweight crown from Robinson in a 15-round referee’s decision in London, England. (Sugar Ray took the title back September 12th at the Polo Grounds in New York.)
1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced that the former (regular) Coke was coming back to share shelf space with the New Coke, after a consumer furor. The original formula was renamed Coca-Cola Classic.
1991 - After 1,000 years, the Russian people were finally permitted to elect a president. Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office this day, after he had resoundingly defeated the Communist Party candidate.
1998 - Lethal Weapon 4 premiered, garnering $34.05 box-office bucks its opening weekend. Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) are on the hit list of the nasty Chinese Triads. Riggs and Murtaugh are helped(?) by Leo Getz (Joe Pesci) and Lee Butters (Chris Rock). Lorna Cole (played by Rene Russo) is Riggs’ sweetie this time around.
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July 09, 2007
Today in History: July 9th
The following entries are from: This Day in History: History.com
1850: President Taylor dies of cholera
Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, dies suddenly from an attack of cholera morbus. He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. Read the complete article.
President Taylor dies of cholera. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:17, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5164.
Books in the GSU Library about Zachary Taylor:
Title: The presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore / Elbert B. Smith
Call Number: E421 .S651988
1892: Showdown at Homestead steel plant
Henry Clay FrickBy the late nineteenth century, the workers at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead, PA plant had eked out a modicum of power. They won a key strike in 1889, and in the process became a potent unit of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. Still, these victories hardly erased the harsh working conditions at the Homestead mills. Nor did they mean that the Carnegie Company was pleased with or readily recognized the union. Read the complete article.
Showdown at Homestead steel plant. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:19, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5921.
1941: Enigma key broken
On this day in 1941, crackerjack British cryptologists break the secret code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front. Read the complete article.
Enigma key broken. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:43, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6514.
1947: First female army officer
In a ceremony held at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, General Dwight D. Eisenhower appoints Florence Blanchfield to be a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, making her the first woman in U.S. history to hold permanent military rank.Read the complete article.
First female army officer. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:41, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5165.
1983: Police's "Every Breath You Take" hits No. 1
The first single released from The Police's 1983 hit album Synchronicity tops the charts. The British group had been together since 1977 and had released five albums. Synchronicity was their most successful, and also their last, studio album. The band took a "sabbatical" after the album, and although the members played together live a few more times, they never recorded together again.
Police's "Every Breath You Take" hits No. 1. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:48, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3438.
1993: Romanov remains identified
British forensic scientists announce that they have positively identified the remains of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II; his wife, Czarina Alexandra; and three of their daughters. The scientists used mitochondria DNA fingerprinting to identify the bones, which had been excavated from a mass grave near Yekaterinburg in 1991. Read the complete article.
Romanov remains identified. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 12:50, Jul 9, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5166.
Books in the GSU Library on Czar Nicholas II:
Title: Nicholas and Alexandra / Robert K. Massie
Call Number: DK258 .M32000
Title: The file on the Tsar / Anthony Summers, Tom Mangold
Call Number: DK258 .S861976
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July 06, 2007
Today in History: July 6th
The following information is from: This Day in History: History.com
1862: Mark Twain begins reporting in Virginia City
Writing under the name of Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens begins publishing news stories in the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.Read the complete article.
Mark Twain begins reporting in Virginia City. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:12, Jul 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4573.
Books in the GSU Library about Mark Twain:
Title: Mark Twain : a literary life / Everett Emerson.
Call Number: PS1331 .E48 2000
Title: The ordeal of Mark Twain / by Van Wyck Brooks.
Call Number: PS1331 .B71977
1942: Frank family takes refuge
In Nazi-occupied Holland, 13-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family are forced to take refuge in a secret sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse. The day before, Anne's older s ...View the video.
Read Anne Frank's diary:
Title: The diary of a young girl : the definitive edition / Anne Frank ; edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler ; translated by Susan Massotty.
Call Number: DS135.N6 F733131995
1946: George "Bugs" Moran is arrested
FBI agents arrest George "Bugs" Moran, along with fellow crooks Virgil Summers and Albert Fouts, in Kentucky. Once one of the biggest organized crime figures in America, Moran had been reduced to small bank robberies by this time. He died in prison 11 years later.Read the complete article.
George "Bugs" Moran is arrested. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:19, Jul 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1058.
1971: Satchmo dies
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, dies in New York City at the age of 69. A world-renowned jazz trumpeter and vocalist, he pioneered jazz improvisation and the style known as swing.Read the complete article.
Satchmo dies. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:27, Jul 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6950.
Books in the GSU Library about Louis Armstrong:
Title: Louis Armstrong, his life and times / by Mike Pinfold.
Call Number: ML419.A75 P551987
Title: Louis Armstrong / by Hugues Panassie ; photograph collection by Jack Bradley.
Call Number: ML419.A75 P33
1988: Explosion on North Sea oil rig
On this day in 1988, an explosion rips through an oil rig in the North Sea, killing 167 workers. It was the worst offshore oil-rig disaster in history.Read the complete article.
Explosion on North Sea oil rig. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 02:28, Jul 6, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=837.
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July 05, 2007
Today in History: July 5th
The following information is from: This Day in History: History.com
1865: Conspirators court-martialed for plotting to kill Lincoln, Grant and Andrew Johnson
On this day in 1865, President Andrew Johnson signs an executive order that confirms the military conviction of a group of people who had conspired to kill the late President Abraham Lincoln, then commander in chief of the U.S. Army. With his signature, Johnson ordered four of the guilty to be executed. Read the complete article.
Conspirators court-martialed for plotting to kill Lincoln, Grant and Andrew Johnson. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 08:01, Jul 5, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=772.
1916: Children banned from theaters
On this day in 1916, children under 16 are banned from New York City theaters due to an outbreak of polio. Some 200 theaters shut down throughout the summer. In 1919, a similar incident took place when the worldwide flu epidemic results in the closure of many theaters and the temporary halt of new film releases.
Children banned from theaters. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 08:04, Jul 5, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3426.
1946: Bikini introduced
On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Reard dubbed "bikini," inspired by a news-making U.S. atomic test that took place off the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier that week. Read the complete article.
Bikini introduced. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 08:35, Jul 5, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6949.
1954: Elvis records "That's All Right, Mama"
On this day in 1954, Elvis Presley records "That's All Right, Mama," which became a local hit. Presley had caught the interest of recording executive Sam Phillips when he cut a record for his mother's birthday in 1953. Phillips later asked him to record a few songs. Phillips was unimpressed with the session--which took place on July 5, 1954--until Presley and a friend started playing rhythm and blues between takes. Impressed with an improvised version of Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right, Mama," Phillips asked Presley to record the song, and two days later it became a sensation on a Memphis radio station. This recording is considered by many as the official "birth of rock and roll."
Elvis records "That's All Right, Mama". (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 09:17, Jul 5, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3427.
1996: First successful cloning of a mammal
On this day in 1996, Dolly the sheep--the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell--is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. Originally code-named "6LL3," the clo ... Watch the video clip.
1996 - First Cloned Mammal Born
On July 5, 1996, researches in Scotland create the lamb "Dolly" from the DNA of an adult sheep. ... Watch the video clip.
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July 03, 2007
Today in History: July 3rd
The following information is from This Day in History: History.com:
1863: Pickett leads his infamous charge at Gettysburg
Troops under Confederate General George Pickett begin a massive attack against the center of the Union lines at Gettysburg on the climactic third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest engagement of the war. General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia encountered George Meade's Army of the Potomac in Pennsylvania and battered the Yankees for two days. The day before Pickett's charge, the Confederates had hammered each flank of the Union line but could not break through. Read the complete article.
Pickett leads his infamous charge at Gettysburg. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 03:23, Jul 3, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=2233.
Books in the GSU Library about the Battle of Gettysburg:
Title: The third day at Gettysburg: Pickett’s Charge [by] Alan M. Hollingsworth and James M. Cox
Call Number: E475.53 .H697
1890: Idaho becomes 43rd state
Title: Gettysburg, ed. by Earl Schenck Miers and Richard A. Brown. Maps by Harold C. Detje
Call Number: E475.51 .M5
1890: Idaho, the last of the 50 states to be explored by whites, is admitted to the union.
Exploration of the North American continent mostly proceeded inward from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and northward from Spanish Mexico. Therefore, the rugged territory that would become Idaho long remained untouched by Spanish, French, British, and American trappers and explorers. Even as late as 1805, Idaho Indians like the Shoshone had never encountered a white man. Read the complete article.
Idaho becomes 43rd state. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 03:17, Jul 3, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4570.
1957: Khrushchev consolidates his power
Nikita Khrushchev takes control in the Soviet Union by orchestrating the ouster of his most serious opponents from positions of authority in the Soviet government. Khrushchev's action delighted the United States, which viewed him as a more moderate figure in the communist government of Russia. Read the complete article.
Khrushchev consolidates his power. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 03:21, Jul 3, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=2717.
Books in the GSU Library about Khrushchev:
Title: Khrushchev’s double bind : international pressures and domestic coalition politics / James G. Richter.
Call Number: DK282 .R531994
Title: Khrushchev remembers, the last testament / translated and edited by Strobe Talbott ; with a foreword by Edward Crankshaw and an introd. by Jerrold L. Schecter.
Call Number: DK275.K5 A326
1971: Jim Morrison dies
On this day in 1971, singer Jim Morrison is found dead in a bathtub in Paris. Morrison, 27, was taking a sabbatical from his hit rock band, The Doors, when he died of heart failure, likely caused by a drug overdose. Rumors abounded that Morrison, tired of fame, had faked his own death. Read the complete article.
Jim Morrison dies. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 03:21, Jul 3, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3420.
1996: Union and Southern Pacific merger given go-ahead
Railroad workers in San Francisco protesting the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific mergerBy the summer of 1996, Union Pacific Railroad's bid to acquire fellow rail giant Southern Pacific probably seemed less like a savvy business move than a political and legal nightmare. The proposed $3.9 billion merger attracted a torrent of opposition shortly after it was announced in August of 1995. Read the complete article.
Union and Southern Pacific merger given go-ahead. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 03:20, Jul 3, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5915.
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July 02, 2007
Today in History: July 2nd
The following information can be found at: Those Were the Days - Today in History:
1964: CIVIL RIGHTS DAY
The 2nd of July, 1964 signifies the date it was no longer legal in the United States to discriminate against others because of their race. It was on this day that U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. The law included the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, not only where the registration of voters was involved, but also in public accommodations, in publicly owned or operated facilities, in employment and union membership.
Title VI of the bill provided for more than a slap on the hand to persistent lawbreakers who received federal funding. It allowed for the cancellation of such monies.
The law is still in effect ... with discrimination because of gender, age and religion also prohibited.
Books in the GSU Library:
Title: Encyclopedia of American civil rights and liberties / edited by Otis H. Stephens, Jr., John M. Scheb II, Kara E. Stooksbury.
Call Number: REF. KF4748 .E532006
Title: The American Civil Liberties Union & the making of modern liberalism, 1930-1960 / Judy Kutulas.
Call Number: JC599.U5 K972006
Find more books.
1867-
New York City’s first elevated railroad officially opened for business. Commuters soon called the mode of transportation the El.
1921 -
The first prize fight offering a million-dollar gate was broadcast on radio. Jack Dempsey knocked out George Carpentier in the fourth round of the bout in Jersey City, NJ.
Read about Jack Dempsey:
Title: When Dempsey fought Tunney : heroes, hokum, and storytelling in the Jazz Age / Bruce J. Evensen.
Call Number: GV1132.D4 E841996
1955 -
“Ah one anna two...” ABC Television premiered The Lawrence Welk Show. In Welk’s 24-piece band was the ’Champagne Lady’, Alice Lon.
1956 -
Elvis Presley recorded Hound Dog and Don’t Be Cruel for his new record label home, RCA Victor. In addition, Elvis recorded Any Way You Want Me for later release.
Read about Elvis Presley:
Title: Elvis culture : fans, faith, & image / Erika Doss.
Call Number: ML420.P96 D681999
Title: Last train to Memphis : the rise of Elvis Presley / Peter Guralnick.
Call Number: ML420.P96 G871994
1966 -
MAD magazine, featuring that lovable madcap dweeb, Alfred E. “What Me Worry?” Neuman, was promoting rental cars and shaving cream on postal stamps! Fifteen years later, the U.S. Congress, which didn’t find the stunt very funny, introduced ad stamp legislation of its own to relieve the post office deficit.
Read about Mad Magazine:
Title: American icons : an encyclopedia of the people, places, and things that have shaped our culture / edited by Dennis R. Hall and Susan Grove Hall.
Call Number: REF. E169.1 .A4721552006
1984 -
Epic Records set a record as two million copies of the Jacksons’ new album, Victory, were shipped to stores. It was the first time that such a large shipment had been initially sent to retailers. The LP arrived just days before Michael and his brothers started their hugely successful Victory Tour.
1997 -
Men in Black opened in the U.S. It’s a fun-filled sci-fi tale about a secret organization that’s been keeping track of extra-terrestrial aliens on Earth for over 40 years. This organization so secret that when you retire, your memory of it is erased! Agents Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Jay (Will Smith) expose a plot by intergalactic terrorist Edgar (Vincent D'Onofrio) who has beamed (or whatever) to Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. Complex, but hilarious, but action packed. Audiences beamed (or whatever) to theatres the first weekend, spending $51.07 million on the movie.
Read about Will Smith:
Title: Will Smith / by Stacey Stauffer.
Call Number: MAT-CTR. PN2287.S612 S72 1998
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June 30, 2007
Today in History: June 30th
The following information is from: Today in History: History.com:
1876: Soldiers are evacuated from the Little Big Horn by steamboat
After a slow two-day march, the wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Little Big Horn reach the steamboat Far West. Read the complete article.
Books and Video's in the GSU Library on Little Big Horn:
Title: Last stand at Little Big Horn [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation and Thirteen/WNET
Call Number: FLM-VDO. E83.876.L37 X1993VIDEORECORD3040
Title: Custer Battlefield : a history and guide to the Battle of the Little Bighorn / by Robert M. Utley
Call Number: DOCS. I29.9/5:132/CORR.
1934: Night of the Long Knives
In Germany, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler orders a bloody purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future. The leadership of the Nazi Storm Troopers (SA), whose four million members had helped bring Hitler to power in the early 1930s, was especially targeted. Hitler feared that some of his followers had taken his early "National Socialism" propaganda too seriously and thus might compromise his plan to suppress workers' rights in exchange for German industry making the country war-ready. Read the complete article.
Books in the GSU Library about Night of the Long Knives:
Title: The hundred days to Hitler / by Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel.
Call Number: DD247.H5 M251974
Title: The night of long knives. Translated from the French by Lily Emmet.
Call Number: MAT-CTR. DD247.R56 G3131972
1936: Gone with the Wind is published
Margaret Mitchell's only novel, Gone with the Wind, is published on this day in 1936. The book will become one of the bestselling novels of all time, selling some 25 million copies. The book sold 1 million copies within six months, with as many as 50,000 copies being bought on a single day. Read the complete article.
Read the book:
Author: Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.
Title: Gone with the wind / by Margaret Mitchell.
Call Number: PS3525.I972 G61964a
Watch the video:
Title: Gone with the wind [videorecording] / a Selznick International Picture, Selznick International in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by David O. Selznick ; screenplay by Sidney Howard ; directed by Victor Fleming.
Call Number: VIDEO. PS3525.I972 G622005
1953: First Corvette produced
The Chevy Corvette on the showroom floor in New York City, circa 1953The first Chevrolet Corvette, a white convertible roadster with a red interior, was produced in temporary facilities in Flint, Michigan. The Corvette was born as a dream car for the 1953 Motorama. The first all-fiberglass-bodied American sports car, the Vette turned heads with its release. The sleek lines of the 1953 edition are among the best produced by American car design. Read the complete article.
1969: Last Rambler rolls off line
The Chevy Corvette on the showroom floor in New York City, circa 1953The last of 4,204,925 Ramblers was produced, ringing in the final hour for the storied car line. The Nash Rambler had originally been developed by George Walter Mason after World War II. Mason realized before anyone else that the postwar "seller's market" would evaporate once the market was again saturated with cars. Read the complete story.
1981: A first-time offender ends up on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List
Glen Godwin, a young business owner, is convicted of murder in Riverside County, California, and sentenced to 26-years-to-life in prison. According to his roommate's testimony, Godwin stomped on, choked, and then stabbed Kim LeValley, an acquaintance and local drug dealer, 28 times before using homemade explosives to blow up his body in the desert near Palm Springs. Godwin, who had no previous record, eventually found his way onto the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. Read the complete article.
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June 29, 2007
Today in History: June 29th
The following information can be found at: This Day in History: History.com
1835: Texan William Travis prepares for war with Mexico
Determined to win independence for the Mexican State of Texas, William Travis raises a volunteer army of 25 soldiers and prepares to liberate the city of Anahuac. Read the complete article.
1915: Austria-Hungary protests shipment of U.S. munitions to Britain
On June 29, 1915, Foreign Minister Istvan von Burian of Austria-Hungary sends a note to the United States protesting the U.S. sale and shipment of munitions in enormous quantities to Britain and its allies for use against the Central Powers—Austria-Hungary and Germany—on the battlefields of World War I. Read the complete article.
1943: FDR writes to Manhattan Project physicist Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
On this day in1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt writes a letter marked “secret” to leading Manhattan Project physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. In the letter, Roosevelt sought to smooth over the growing antagonism between Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves, the military leader in charge of the project. Read the complete article.
Books in the GSU Library about Openheimer:
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Uniform Title: In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; transcript of hearing before Personnel Security Board
Title: In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: transcript of hearing before Personnel Security Board and texts of principal documents and letters. Foreword by Philip M. Stern.
Call Number: QC16.O62 U541971
Author: Wilson, Thomas Williams.
Title: The great weapons heresy [by] Thomas W. Wilson, Jr.
Call Number: QC16.O62 W5
1974: Isabela Peron takes office as Argentine president
With Argentine President Juan Peron on his deathbed, Isabela Martinez de Peron, his wife and vice president, is sworn in as the leader of the South American country. President Isabela Peron, a former dancer and Peron's third wife, was the Western Hemisphere's first female head of government. Two days later, Juan died from heart disease, and Isabela was left alone as leader of a nation suffering from serious economic and political strife. Read the complete article.
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June 28, 2007
Today in History: June 28th
The following information is from: Those Were the Days - Today in History:
1894 - U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed an act of Congress, making Labor Day a federal holiday in the U.S. The first Monday of September is when Labor Day is celebrated as a salute to working men and women across the country.
1914 - World War I began. Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated while at (what is now known as) Sarajevo, Bosnia.
1976 - Women entered the Air Force Academy for the first time on this day. President Gerald R. Ford had actually opened the door by signed legislation [Oct 7, 1975] allowing women to enter the nation’s military academies. The first Air Force Academy class with women graduated in May 1980.
1985 “Get your kicks...on Route...Six...Six” The words to the classic song made famous by Nat "King" Cole, The Manhattan Transfer, Rosemary Clooney and many others is remembered today, along with the TV show of the same name.
The 59-year-old highway of 2,200 miles of blacktop was decertified as a U.S. highway on this day in 1985. The highway that was a legendary part of Americana saw highway crews removing the classic roadway shield-markers that designated it as the highway west.
Route 66 started in Chicago, Illinois and continued into Santa Monica, California. Martin Milner and George Maharis took us for many spins on the famous highway through the TV series which aired in the early sixties. To travel from one end of Route 66 to the other, one would go through eight states and three time zones. Today, a very small portion of the highway is still open. In some places, grass and vegetation, as seen from the interstate highway or railroad tracks nearby, have all but obscured the once well-traveled Route 66. Some one-stop, out-of-the-way places such as gas stations and greasy-spoon diners are now nothing more than decaying shells of their once glorious past.
1992 - A very strong earthquake shook the high desert of Southern California at 4:57 a.m. The M7.3 earthquake was centered on the eastern side of the San Bernardino Mountains near the town of Landers. The quake was the largest to strike California since the Kern County M7.7 earthquake in 1952. Vigorous rocking and rolling was felt 100 miles away in L.A. and the quake was felt as far away as Central California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Property damage: $56 million, including collapsed buildings, ruptured utility lines and widespread nonstructural damage. Human toll: One killed, 25 seriously injured, 372 treated for some sort of earthquake-related injuries, millions awakened with nightmares for weeks.
1996 - The Citadel, which had fought to keep one woman from enrolling as a cadet in its all-male military academy in 1993, abruptly ended its opposition to enrolling qualified female cadets. The change of policy happened after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a similar all-male policy at the Virginia Military Institute was unconstitutional. The court said the school could not refuse to accept women while receiving federal or state tax dollars. Had the Citadel decided to retain its 153-year-old men-only policy, it would have lost public tax dollars. As usual, money talked.
1997 - The headlines screamed: “Fight Bites into MGM Earnings,” “Bit Part for Tyson,” “Pay-Per-Chew Bout,” and the one that said it all, “Tyson Disqualified After Ripping Piece of Holyfield’s Ear.” Needless to say (but we will anyway), Evander Holyfield retained his World Boxing Association heavyweight championship after Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfield, not once, but twice. The Nevada Athletic Commission revoked Mike Tyson’s boxing license for a year and fined him $3 million.
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June 27, 2007
Today in History: June 22nd
The following information is from: Those Were the Days - Today in History:
1874 - Dr. Andrew Taylor Still began the first known practice of osteopathy.
1937 - Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, knocked out James J. Braddock in a boxing match in Chicago, Illinois. The bout lasted eight rounds and Louis was announced as the world heavyweight boxing champion.
1938 - Joe Louis knocked out Germany's Max Schmeling in the first round, in a bout at Yankee Stadium.
1942 - V-Mail, or Victory-Mail, was sent for the first time. V-Mail used a special paper for letter writing during WWII. It was designed to reduce cargo space taken up by mail sent to and from members of the armed services. The letters written on this special paper were opened at the post office, censored and reduced in size by photography. One roll of film contained 1,500 letters.
1959 - "The Battle of New Orleans", by Johnny Horton, started week number four at the top of the nation’s music Tunedex. The song was number one for a total of six weeks. It was Horton’s only number one record and million-seller. He had big hits, however, with movie music: "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" (from the film by the same title, starring John Wayne) -- both in 1960. Horton, from Tyler, TX, married Billie Jean Jones, Hank Williams’ widow. Tragically, Johnny Horton was killed in a car crash on November 5, 1960.
1985 - "People" magazine had an interesting story in the week’s issue. It took a death count in Sylvester Stallone’s "Rambo" flick, finding that there were 44 people killed directly. The wizards at "People" figured out that this was an average of one body biting the "Rambo" dust every 2.1 minutes. There were also 70 explosions that killed an undetermined number of people, according to the magazine.
1992 - CBS "This Morning" co-host Paula Zahn announced, “Making headlines this morning: Bill Clinton comes up with a plan for the economy. Tax the rich, cut the deficit, and help just about everyone else.” Very similar to the Robin Hood system, wasn’t it?
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Today in History: June 27st
The following information can be found at: Today-in-History PAGE OF SCOPES SYSTEMS:
1693: 1st woman's magazine "The Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1847: NY & Boston linked by telegraph wires
1867: Bank of Calif opens doors
1915: 100ø F (38ø C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)
1917: 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
1922: Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)
1929: 1st color TV demo (NYC)
1942: FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island
1950: Pres Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
1950: UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea
1950: US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1955: 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
1966: 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premiers
1986: Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking
1990: Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims
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June 26, 2007
Today in History: June 26th
The following information can be found at: Today-in-History PAGE OF SCOPES SYSTEMS:
1797: Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to
farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!
1848: 1st pure food law enacted in US
1911: Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph)
1916: Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game)
1917: 1st American Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I
1934: FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act establishing credit unions
1934: W E B Du Bois resigns position at NAACP
1959: Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway
1960: British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain
1960: Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)
1962: Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
1963: Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)
1964: Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album
1990: 122ø F in Phoenix Arizona
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June 25, 2007
Today in History: June 25th
The following information can be found at: WSTM.com - Today in Entertainment:
On June 25th, 1951, the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
In 1967, The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love" live on the "Our World" program, which was seen worldwide.
In 1992, Billy Joel received his high school diploma. Twenty-five years earlier, he had overslept and missed his English and gym finals.
The following information can be found: The New York Times: On This Day:
1788 Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1868 Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina were readmitted to the Union.
1950 War broke out on the Korean peninsula as forces from the communist North invaded the South.
1996 A truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
1997 Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau died at age 87.
1997 An unmanned cargo ship crashed into Russia's Mir space station, knocking out half of the station's power and rupturing a pressurized laboratory.
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June 21, 2007
Today in History: June 21st
The following information is from: Those Were the Days - Today in History:
1788 - The colony of New Hampshire became the ninth state to enter the United States of America. It had been a long time coming. For 38 years, the fishing colony, first settled in 1623, and named in 1630 by Captain John Mason after his Hampshire, England home, was a part of the Massachusetts colony. Then, in 1679 it became a separate royal colony. Concord, the capital of the Granite State, was also central to much of the Revolutionary War. The official state bird is the purple finch, and has a matching state flower, the purple lilac.
1834 - Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical reaper for farming.
1853 - The envelope folding machine was patented by Dr. Russell L. Hawes of Worcester, MA.
1859 - Andrew Lanergan of Boston, MA received the first rocket patent. Did the receipt of this patent make Mr. Lanergan of Boston the first rocket scientist?
1948 - For those of us who have a garage full of those 12-inch round, black disks protected by flimsy cardboard covers, this note: Columbia Records announced that it was offering a new Vinylite long-playing record that could hold 23 minutes of music on each side. One of the first LPs produced was of the original cast of the Broadway show, "South Pacific". Critics quickly scoffed at the notion of LPs, since those heavy, breakable, 78 RPM, 10-inch disks with one song on each side, were selling at an all-time high. It didn’t take very long though, for the 33-1/3 RPM album -- and its 7-inch, 45 RPM cousin to revolutionize the music industry and the record buying habits of millions.
1958 - "Splish Splash", Bobby Darin’s first million-seller, was released by Atco Records. The song, written by Darin and Jean Murray, was Atco single #6117, recorded Apr 10, 1958.
1964 - Jim Bunning (later to become a U.S. Senator from Kentucky), a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, threw the first perfect game in the National League in 84 years, leading the Phils to a 6-0 win over the New York Mets. Bunning worked his magic in the first game of a Father’s Day doubleheader. Byrum Saam called the play-by-play on radio. In the second game of the twin-bill, 18-year-old Rick Wise won his first major-league game, 8-2, as the Phillies swept the Mets that summer day. (Bunning was also the first hurler in 61 years to get a no-hitter in both leagues.)
1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court in "Texas v. Johnson" ruled that burning the American flag as a political protest is protected by the First Amendment. In 1984, on Dallas City Hall property, Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American flag to protest Reagan administration policies. He was tried and convicted (one year in jail and $2,000 fine) under a Texas law outlawing flag desecration. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had reversed the conviction and the state then appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled 5-to-4 against the Texas law.
1995 - Microsoft and Netscape officials met at Netscape headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Notes taken by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen indicate that Microsoft offered to buy a share of its rival if Netscape would stop making Navigator for the Windows market. The Andreessen notes would be used later in the U.S. government’s massive antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft founder Bill Gates was painted as the master string-puller in a no-holds-barred plan to destroy Netscape Communications Corp. when it refused to collaborate on a plot to divide the market for Internet browser software.)
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June 20, 2007
Today in History: June 20th
The following information can be found at: TheHistoryNet: Today in History.
1756 Nearly 150 British soldiers are imprisoned in the 'Black Hole' cell of Calcutta. Most die.
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent.
1819 The paddle-wheel steamship Savannah arrives in Liverpool, England, after a voyage of 27 days and 11 hours--the first steamship to successfully cross the Atlantic.
1901 Charlotte M. Manye of South Africa becomes the first native African to graduate from an American University.
1910 Mexican President Porfirio Diaz proclaims martial law and arrests hundreds.
1920 Race riots in Chicago, Illinois leave two dead and many wounded.
1967 Boxing champion Muhammad Ali is convicted of refusing induction into the American armed services.
1972 President Richard Nixon names General Creigton Abrams as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1999 NATO declares an official end to its bombing campaign of Yugoslavia.
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June 19, 2007
Today in History: June 19th
The following information can be found at: Those Were the Days:Today in History:
1846 - The first organized baseball game was played on this day. The location was Hoboken, New Jersey. The New York Baseball Club defeated the Knickerbocker Club, 23 to 1. This first game was only four innings long. The New York Nine, as the winners were known, must have really studied the rules to have twenty-three runs batted in. The rules had been formulated just one year earlier by a Mr. Alexander Cartwright, Jr.
1911 - The first motion-picture censorship board was established -- in Pennsylvania.
1912 - The United States government adopted a new rule for all working folks. It established an 8-hour work day. Watch that lunch break, though. You never know if someone from the government might be clocking you...
1936 - Max Schmeling knocked out Joe Louis in the 12th round of their heavyweight boxing match. The German boxer earned his victory at Yankee Stadium in New York.
1943 - The National Football League approved the merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers (the Steagles), a team that lasted one 5-4-1 season; but turned down approval of a similar merger of the Chicago Cardinals and the Bears. The following year the Steelers merged with the Cardinals, another one season combo. The reason teams were merging in the 1940s: so many men were in the armed forces due to WWII, football players were at a premium.
1946 - The first championship prizefight to be televised was seen by boxing fans. Joe Louis tangled with Billy Conn in New York City. To see the fight in person, incidentally, would have cost you $100.
1978 - Whether you're a cat lover or not has nothing to do with whether you chuckle at the antics of the famous, fat, lazy, lasagna-eating, snide cat named Garfield. Garfield came into the world on this day by way of the talented pen of cartoonist Jim Davis. Readers of 41 newspapers throughout the U.S. were the lucky first-time readers of the Ga