Post by thomasallencummins on Nov 28, 2007 21:28:50 GMT -5
Events
1777 - San Jose, California, founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781 - The crew of the slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance.
1830 - November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1845 - The Sonderbund defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 - Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850 - The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc meant diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
1864 - Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre - Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1872 - Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1890 - The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
1890 - In West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game.
1893 - Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, was founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne was approved by the Qing Government.
1899 - Spanish football club FC Barcelona founded.
1910 - The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system was issued to Ernest Sirrine.
1915 - Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island in California.
1922 - Howard Carter opened the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public.
1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
1943 - The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
1944 - The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
1945 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia declared.
1947 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (The Partition Plan)
1950 - Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
1952 - Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 - Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission - Enos, a chimpanzee, launched into space (the spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico).
1963 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963 - Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
1965 - Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
1967 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 - Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) released Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, Calif.
1975 - The name "Micro-soft" (for "microcomputer software") is first used in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen.
1982 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
1987 - A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
1990 - Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing "use all necessary means to uphold and implement" United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 "to restore international peace and security" if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
2005 - New Croatian Communist Party (KPH) founded in Vukovar.
[edit] Births
1338 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)
1427 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
1484 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
1627 - John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
1690 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
1752 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1781 - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, teacher, philosopher and sociologist (d. 1865)
1797 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
1798 - Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer and educator (d. 1888)
1802 - Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and novelist (d. 1827)
1803 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
1803 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
1813 - Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
1816 - Morrison Waite, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1888)
1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
1831 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
1835 - Empress Dowager Cixi, de facto Chinese ruler (1868-1908; d. 1908)
1849 - Sir John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)
1856 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, 5th Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1921)
1857 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
1874 - Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
1874 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1876 - Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
1879 - Jacob Gade, Danish Composer(d. 1963)
1881 - Julius Raab, 3rd Chancellors of the Second (Austrian) Republic (d. 1964)
1894 - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1895 - Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)
1895 - William V.S. Tubman, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)
1896 - Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
1898 - C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
1899 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1901 - Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
1904 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1905 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
1908 - N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1910 - Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
1915 - Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
1916 - Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
1917 - Merle Travis, American singer (d. 1983)
1918 - Madeleine L'Engle, American author (d. 2007)
1920 - Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
1921 - Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
1922 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1927 - Vin Scully, American baseball announcer
1928 - Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1928 - Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1929 - Laurie Main, English actor
1929 - Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and personality
1930 - Shirley Porter, English politician
1931 - Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, star of Zatoichi movies (d. 1997)
1932 - Jacques Chirac, 5th President of the Fifth (French) Republic
1932 - Diane Ladd, American actress
1933 - John Mayall, British blues musician
1933 - James Rosenquist, American artist
1939 - Peter Bergman, American comedian
1939 - Meco, American record producer
1939 - Gene Okerlund, American wrestling interviewer
1940 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (d. 2007)
1940 - Chuck Mangione, American musician
1941 - Bill Freehan, American baseball player
1942 - Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss baritone
1943 - Sue Miller, American author
1944 - Felix Cavaliere, American musician
1946 - Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1947 - Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
1949 - Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949 - Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
1949 - Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
1949 - Garry Shandling, American comedian
1951 - Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
1951 - Roger Troutman, Funk musician and master of the talkbox. (d. 1999)
1953 - Alex Grey, American artist
1953 - Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter
1954 - Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
1954 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
1955 - Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
1956 - Hinton Battle, American dancer
1956 - Leo Laporte, American television personality
1956 - Eric Laakso, Retired Miami Dolphins NFL Offensive tackle
1958 - Michael Dempsey, American musician (The Cure)
1959 - Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
1959 - Kim Delaney, American actress
1960 - Howard Johnson, American baseball player
1960 - Cathy Moriarty, American actress
1961 - Tom Sizemore, American actor
1961 - Masayoshi Yamanutsa, Japanese bassist
1962 - Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
1963 - Andrew McCarthy, American actor
1964 - Don Cheadle, American actor
1965 - Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian
1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1967 - John Layfield, Professional wrestler
1968 - Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
1969 - Kasey Keller, American soccer player
1969 - Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
1970 - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
1972 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1972 - Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player
1972 - Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973 - Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1973 - Sarah Jones, American playwright
1974 - Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
1974 - Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player
1976 - Anna Faris, American actress
1976 - Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1976 - Ehren McGhehey, American actor
1977 - Younis Khan, International Cricketer for Pakistan
1977 - Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
1978 - Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
1978 - Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer
1979 - Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
1979 - The Game (Jayceon Terrell Taylor), American rapper.
1981 - Nicholas Teo, Taiwanese singer and actor
1982 - Ashley Force, American race car driver
1982 - Krystal Steal, American pornographic actress
1982 - Lucas Black, American actor
1984 - Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
1985 - Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1985 - Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
1987 - Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETPEA!!!!
I HOPE YOU HAVE THE MOST WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!! ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
1777 - San Jose, California, founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781 - The crew of the slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance.
1830 - November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1845 - The Sonderbund defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 - Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850 - The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc meant diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
1864 - Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre - Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1872 - Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1890 - The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
1890 - In West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game.
1893 - Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, was founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne was approved by the Qing Government.
1899 - Spanish football club FC Barcelona founded.
1910 - The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system was issued to Ernest Sirrine.
1915 - Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island in California.
1922 - Howard Carter opened the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public.
1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
1943 - The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
1944 - The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
1945 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia declared.
1947 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (The Partition Plan)
1950 - Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
1952 - Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 - Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission - Enos, a chimpanzee, launched into space (the spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico).
1963 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963 - Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
1965 - Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
1967 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 - Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) released Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, Calif.
1975 - The name "Micro-soft" (for "microcomputer software") is first used in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen.
1982 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
1987 - A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
1990 - Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing "use all necessary means to uphold and implement" United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 "to restore international peace and security" if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
2005 - New Croatian Communist Party (KPH) founded in Vukovar.
[edit] Births
1338 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)
1427 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
1484 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
1627 - John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
1690 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
1752 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1781 - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, teacher, philosopher and sociologist (d. 1865)
1797 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
1798 - Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer and educator (d. 1888)
1802 - Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and novelist (d. 1827)
1803 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
1803 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
1813 - Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
1816 - Morrison Waite, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1888)
1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
1831 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
1835 - Empress Dowager Cixi, de facto Chinese ruler (1868-1908; d. 1908)
1849 - Sir John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)
1856 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, 5th Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1921)
1857 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
1874 - Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
1874 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1876 - Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
1879 - Jacob Gade, Danish Composer(d. 1963)
1881 - Julius Raab, 3rd Chancellors of the Second (Austrian) Republic (d. 1964)
1894 - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1895 - Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)
1895 - William V.S. Tubman, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)
1896 - Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
1898 - C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
1899 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1901 - Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
1904 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1905 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
1908 - N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1910 - Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
1915 - Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
1916 - Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
1917 - Merle Travis, American singer (d. 1983)
1918 - Madeleine L'Engle, American author (d. 2007)
1920 - Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
1921 - Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
1922 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1927 - Vin Scully, American baseball announcer
1928 - Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1928 - Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1929 - Laurie Main, English actor
1929 - Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and personality
1930 - Shirley Porter, English politician
1931 - Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, star of Zatoichi movies (d. 1997)
1932 - Jacques Chirac, 5th President of the Fifth (French) Republic
1932 - Diane Ladd, American actress
1933 - John Mayall, British blues musician
1933 - James Rosenquist, American artist
1939 - Peter Bergman, American comedian
1939 - Meco, American record producer
1939 - Gene Okerlund, American wrestling interviewer
1940 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (d. 2007)
1940 - Chuck Mangione, American musician
1941 - Bill Freehan, American baseball player
1942 - Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss baritone
1943 - Sue Miller, American author
1944 - Felix Cavaliere, American musician
1946 - Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1947 - Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
1949 - Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949 - Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
1949 - Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
1949 - Garry Shandling, American comedian
1951 - Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
1951 - Roger Troutman, Funk musician and master of the talkbox. (d. 1999)
1953 - Alex Grey, American artist
1953 - Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter
1954 - Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
1954 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
1955 - Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
1956 - Hinton Battle, American dancer
1956 - Leo Laporte, American television personality
1956 - Eric Laakso, Retired Miami Dolphins NFL Offensive tackle
1958 - Michael Dempsey, American musician (The Cure)
1959 - Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
1959 - Kim Delaney, American actress
1960 - Howard Johnson, American baseball player
1960 - Cathy Moriarty, American actress
1961 - Tom Sizemore, American actor
1961 - Masayoshi Yamanutsa, Japanese bassist
1962 - Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
1963 - Andrew McCarthy, American actor
1964 - Don Cheadle, American actor
1965 - Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian
1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1967 - John Layfield, Professional wrestler
1968 - Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
1969 - Kasey Keller, American soccer player
1969 - Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
1970 - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
1972 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1972 - Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player
1972 - Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973 - Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1973 - Sarah Jones, American playwright
1974 - Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
1974 - Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player
1976 - Anna Faris, American actress
1976 - Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1976 - Ehren McGhehey, American actor
1977 - Younis Khan, International Cricketer for Pakistan
1977 - Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
1978 - Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
1978 - Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer
1979 - Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
1979 - The Game (Jayceon Terrell Taylor), American rapper.
1981 - Nicholas Teo, Taiwanese singer and actor
1982 - Ashley Force, American race car driver
1982 - Krystal Steal, American pornographic actress
1982 - Lucas Black, American actor
1984 - Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
1985 - Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1985 - Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
1987 - Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETPEA!!!!
I HOPE YOU HAVE THE MOST WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!! ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
