Today in History from BW: Today in History........ 1483...Tomas de Torquemada appointed Inquisitor General of Spain.... 1660...Nine Regicides,men who sat in judgment of Charles I,are hanged,drawn and quartered.... 1849...Fredric Chopin dies in Paris at 36 of tuberculosis... 1871...Pres Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus... 1888...first National Geographic Magazine published.... 1894...Ohio national guard kill 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man... 1931...Al Capone gets 11 years and an $80,000 fine for tax evasion... 1933...Albert Einstein arrives in Princeton,NJ,after leaving Germany.... 1939...Mr Smith goes to Washington premiers... 1957...Albert Camus awarded Nobel prize in Literature.... 1961...Battle of Paris..police kill 210 Algerians... 1961...NY museum of modern Art hangs Henri Matisse Le Bateau upside down...it isnt noticed and corrected until Dec 3rd..... 1967...the musical Hair opened in NY... 1973...OPEC began an oil embargo against Western nations and Japan... 1978...Pres Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship... 1989...a 6.9 earthquake hit San Fransisco.... 1994...the signing of a peace treaty ended 19 years of civil war in Angola... 1997...the remains of Ernesto Che Guevara were buried in Cuba... 2003...at 1,676 ft tall, Taipei 101 became the worlds tallest skyscraper... Todays Birthdays include...... 1711...Jupiter Hammon...First black author/poet to be published in America..... 1821...Alexander Gardner... 1903...Irene Ryan......Granny !!!!! 1909...Cozy Cole.... 1915...Arthur miller... 1918...Rita Hayworth... 1920...Montgomery Clift... 1923...Barney Kessel... 1939...Evel Knievel..... Remembering today.... 1849...Fredric Chopin... 1984...Alberta Hunter... 1990...Ralph Abernathy... 2008...Levi Stubbs... youtube/watch?v=THKo3nYZfkM
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:24:08 +0000