Happy Carl Sagan Day! November 9: In 1494 the Family de Medici are expelled from Florence; in 1620 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts; in 1887 the United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; in 1888 Mary Jane Kelley is murdered in London, she is believed to be the fifth and final victim of Jack the Ripper; in 1906 Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country when he goes to inspect progress on the Panama Canal; the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people; in 1935 the Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor; in 1967 NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket; in 1967 the first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published; in 1989 Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany, a key event that led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany and fall of communism in eastern Europe including Russia; in 1998 capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences. Birthdays: condensed milk inventor Gail Borden (1801); King Edward VII (1841); red telephone box designer Giles Gilbert Scott (1880); actor Ed Wynn (1886); actress Hedy Lamarr (1914); astronomer Carl Sagan (1934); Peter, Paul, and Mary singer Mary Travers (1936); Creedence Clearwater Revival singer/guitarist Tom Fogerty (1941); actor/bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno (1951). Music: In 1956 Buddy Holly begins his first solo tour; in 1961 Brian Epstein goes to the lunchtime show at Liverpools Cavern Club to check out some band hes heard a lot about; in 1963 The Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand becomes the first-ever UK single to receive advance orders of one million copies; in 1967, in a battle of egos, The Byrds Roger McGuinn boots David Crosby from the group; in 1962 The Miracles release Youve Really Got A Hold On Me, in 1963 The Kingsmen release Louie Louie, in 1964 Elvis Presley releases Blue Christmas, in 1973 Billy Joel releases the LP Piano Man; in 1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrives You Aint Seen Nothing Yet hits #1.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 23:37:01 +0000
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