Dec 12 • • • Holiday Observances Today: Constitution Day (Russia-1993) Guadalupe Day (Mexico-since 1531) Independence Day (Kenya-1963- from UK) Neutrality Day (Turkmenistan-1995) ¤ ¤ Gingerbread House Day National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day National Ding-a-Ling Day National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day Official Lost & Found Day Poinsettia Day Observances This Week: 7-13 National Hand Washing Awareness Week Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week Computer Science Education Week 10-17 Human Rights Week • • • • • • • Historical Highlights for Today 1098 - 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria 1800 - Washington DC established as capital of US 1899 - 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii 1900 - National Negro Anthem, Lift Every Voice & Sing, composed 1911 - Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India 1925 - Arthur Heinman coins term motel; opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo 1946 - Tide detergent introduced 1953 - Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane 1956 - Commencement of the Irish Republican Armys Border Campaign 1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped 1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis 1975 - Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill US President Gerald Ford 1980 - USs copyright law amended to include computer programs 1982 - $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC 1988 - NYC Subway system adds new stations (Z line) 1997 - Carlos the Jackal, professional revolutionary, goes on trial in Paris • • • • • • • Birthday’s Today Bob Barker, game show emcee (Price is Right) is 91 Connie Francis, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are) is 76 Dionne Warwick, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose) is 74 Cathy Rigby McCoy, gymnast (Olympic-4th-1968) is 62 Remembered for being born today John Jay, statesman, 1st US Chief Justice [1745-1829] Henry Wells, founder (American Express\Wells Fargo & Co) [1805-1878] Gustave Flaubert, France, novelist (Madame Bovary) [1821-1880] Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (10 Commandments) [1893-1973] Frank Sinatra, singer/actor (old blue eyes), [1915-1998] Edward I Koch, NYC, (Mayor- NYC/judge (Peoples Court), [1924-2013] • • • • • • • Historical Obits Today Dee Brown, author (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee), 2002, @94 Charles Goodnight, Texas cattle baron, 1929, @93 Van Johnson, actor (war films), 2008, @92 John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VIs court vicar, 1600, @88 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), 1889, @77 Mo Udall, US Rep-AZ, 1998, @76 Ike Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner, OD, 2007, @76 Peter Boyle, actor, myeloma, 2006, @71 Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos n Andy), heart attack, 1965, @67 Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), pneumonia, 1968, @65 Anne Baxter, actress (All About Eve), stroke, 1985, @62 Jack Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Ted Baxter-MTM), fire, 1976, @49 • • • • • • •
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:31:42 +0000
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