Well, I recently found a program called "This Day in History," I believe that it was made by World Book, and it gives a list of historical events that occured today, in past years. I will postt to this thread every day, telling what happened today, in history. If anybody else has any interesting little facts or tidbits of information, feel free to post.
Sir Anthony Van Dyck, a Flemmish painter, was born in 1559.
Randolph Caldecott, an English illustrator, was born in 1846.
Robert Millikan, an American physicist, was born in 1868.
And also, this is the source of my information, or atleast it's where I downloaded it.
Can I post too, I like this threads? Here what I found people born today: 1519 â" Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1981 â" Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel
1974:Elli Overton,Canada,Australian swimmer(Olympics-5th- 92,96) 1975ave Roche,Lindsay,NHL left wing(Pitts Penguins) 1977:Alexei Kariozhny,NHL forward(Team Belarus,Oly-98) 1978:Alison Dickey, Miss Iowa Teen USA(1996) 1986:Ashley Fuller Olsen and Mary Kate Olsen,twin actress (Michelle-Full House) 1992:Tyler Davison, was world's smallest baby at 6 inches, 11 ounces.
There is actually one of these on the history channel right after the intro on Modern Marvels. It's really interesting and not just about people although it is relatively recent (1750 onwards).
June 13 Events: 1774 Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves. 1917 World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries. 1934 Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
Born this day: 1888 Fernando Pessoa Portuguese poet 1944 Ban Ki-moon, the current U.N. Secretary General 1980 Florent Malouda, French footballer
June 14 Events: 1789 Mutiny on the Bounty: Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,000-mile) journey in an open boat. 1800 The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy. 1807 Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition. 1900 Hawaii becomes a United States territory 1938 Action Comics issue one was released, introducing Superman. 1942 Anne Frank begins to keep a diary. 1966 The Vatican announces the abolition of the index librorum prohibitum (index of prohibited books), which was originally instituted in 1557
Born this day: 1946 Donald Trump, American businessman and entrepreneur 1976 Massimo Oddo, Italian football player
1094:Rodrigo Diaz De Vivar [El Cid]occupies Valencia on the Moren. 1215:King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede,England 1219:King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark. 1389:Battle at Kossovo;Turks defeat Serbs,Bosnians. 1567:Genoa Italy expels Jews. 1643:Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania. 1752:Ben Franklin'sperform his kite-flying experiment. 1808:Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain. 1836:Arkansas becomes 25th state.
~Born~
1979:Alita Dawson,Miss Connecticut Teen USA(1997) 1979:Julia Schultz, San Diego CA,playmate(Feb 1998) 1996:Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France,tennis pro(USA open final-93)
~Death~
1994:Nadia Gray,actress (La Dolce Vita,Naked Summer), dies at 70. 1996:Fitzroy Maclean,the original James Bond,dies 85.
June 16 Events: 1858 Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois. 1903 Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
Births: 1829 Geronimo, Apache leader 1941 Aldrich Ames, American Soviet spy 1952 George Papandreou, junior, Greek politician
June 17 1876 Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud - 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. 1940 World War II: Operation Ariel begins - Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation. 1944 Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic 1972 Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
Biths: 1898 M. C. Escher, Dutch artist 1945 Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
