RF Godfather
02-12-2004, 03:07 AM
HB Jonny! Hope you have a tremendous day, all my best to you.
So what are you planning on today?
PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Arsenio Hall
Scott Turow
Chynna Phillips
Joanna Kerns
Judy Blume
Charles Darwin
One Man Gang
Sarah Lancaster
Christina Ricci
Raylene
Ron "The Truth" Killings
Louisa Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Ted Mack
Tex (Gordon) Beneke
Dom DiMaggio
Forrest Tucker
Joe Garagiola
Bill Russell
Josh Brolin
Darren Aronofsky
Tara Strong
FAMOUS EVENTS
Queen of England Lady Jane Grey and husband Lord Guildford Dudley beheaded (1554).
Toothpick machine patented (1872).
First public performance of Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (1924).
The five-week impeachment trial of Bill Clinton comes to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the president on both articles of impeachment: perjury and obstruction of justice (1999).
Congress passes the first fugitive slave law, requiring all states, including those that forbid slavery, to forcibly return slaves who have escaped from other states to their original owners. The laws stated that "no person held to service of labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such labor or service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due" (1793).
The Rev. Dr. Henry Highland Garnet, the first African American to address the U.S. House of Representatives, delivers a sermon to a crowded House chamber. His sermon commemorated the victories of the Union army and the deliverance of the country from slavery (1865).
Hsan-T'ung, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen's republican revolution. A provisional government was established in his place, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule. The former emperor, only six years old, was allowed to keep up his residence in Beijing's Forbidden City, and he took the name of Henry Pu Yi (1912).
After spending eight years in Soviet prisons and labor camps, human rights activist Anatoly Scharansky is released. The amnesty deal was arranged by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan at a summit meeting three months earlier (1986).
The first network radio program to be sponsored by advertising debuts. The show, The Eveready Hour, was sponsored by the National Carbon Company and broadcast in New York, Washington, and Providence. The show was the first of many radio variety shows, featuring music, stories, and celebrity appearances (1924).
Ragtime piano composer Eubie Blake dies, five days after his 100th birthday. Along with Scott Joplin, Blake helped launch the ragtime piano genre. His many hit songs include "Charleston," "I'm Just Wild About Harry," and "Love Will Find a Way." He performed regularly almost until his death and once said, "If I knew I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself" (1983).
the first telephone news dispatch was called into the Boston Globe in Boston from Salem, Massachusetts, using equipment provided by Alexander Graham Bell (1877).
some 300 people visit Voltaire following his return to Paris. Voltaire had been in exile for 28 years (1778).
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 BIRTHSTONE: AmethystPOSITIVE TRAITS: Conservative, unequivocal, imaginativeNEGATIVE TRAITS: Inflexive, moody, pugnacious
http://hometown.aol.com/nycsmart/images/douglassig2%20copy.jpg
"Time to make a little noise!" --Shane Douglas
So what are you planning on today?
PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Arsenio Hall
Scott Turow
Chynna Phillips
Joanna Kerns
Judy Blume
Charles Darwin
One Man Gang
Sarah Lancaster
Christina Ricci
Raylene
Ron "The Truth" Killings
Louisa Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Ted Mack
Tex (Gordon) Beneke
Dom DiMaggio
Forrest Tucker
Joe Garagiola
Bill Russell
Josh Brolin
Darren Aronofsky
Tara Strong
FAMOUS EVENTS
Queen of England Lady Jane Grey and husband Lord Guildford Dudley beheaded (1554).
Toothpick machine patented (1872).
First public performance of Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (1924).
The five-week impeachment trial of Bill Clinton comes to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the president on both articles of impeachment: perjury and obstruction of justice (1999).
Congress passes the first fugitive slave law, requiring all states, including those that forbid slavery, to forcibly return slaves who have escaped from other states to their original owners. The laws stated that "no person held to service of labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such labor or service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due" (1793).
The Rev. Dr. Henry Highland Garnet, the first African American to address the U.S. House of Representatives, delivers a sermon to a crowded House chamber. His sermon commemorated the victories of the Union army and the deliverance of the country from slavery (1865).
Hsan-T'ung, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen's republican revolution. A provisional government was established in his place, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule. The former emperor, only six years old, was allowed to keep up his residence in Beijing's Forbidden City, and he took the name of Henry Pu Yi (1912).
After spending eight years in Soviet prisons and labor camps, human rights activist Anatoly Scharansky is released. The amnesty deal was arranged by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan at a summit meeting three months earlier (1986).
The first network radio program to be sponsored by advertising debuts. The show, The Eveready Hour, was sponsored by the National Carbon Company and broadcast in New York, Washington, and Providence. The show was the first of many radio variety shows, featuring music, stories, and celebrity appearances (1924).
Ragtime piano composer Eubie Blake dies, five days after his 100th birthday. Along with Scott Joplin, Blake helped launch the ragtime piano genre. His many hit songs include "Charleston," "I'm Just Wild About Harry," and "Love Will Find a Way." He performed regularly almost until his death and once said, "If I knew I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself" (1983).
the first telephone news dispatch was called into the Boston Globe in Boston from Salem, Massachusetts, using equipment provided by Alexander Graham Bell (1877).
some 300 people visit Voltaire following his return to Paris. Voltaire had been in exile for 28 years (1778).
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 BIRTHSTONE: AmethystPOSITIVE TRAITS: Conservative, unequivocal, imaginativeNEGATIVE TRAITS: Inflexive, moody, pugnacious
http://hometown.aol.com/nycsmart/images/douglassig2%20copy.jpg
"Time to make a little noise!" --Shane Douglas