blue water massey
Well-known Member
June 12
1665 English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out
1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br)
1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins
1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass
1838 Territory of Iowa organized
1839 1st baseball game played in America
1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky
1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1880 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)
1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll
1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control 1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to the Tigers
1913 "The Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
1922 St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above the ground in NYC
1925 William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4"
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] & United Air Lines
1935 Chaco War ends between Bolivia & Paraguay
1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa
1937 USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued
1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1948 Eddie Arcaro becomes 1st jockey to win the triple crown twice
1952 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, TX
1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
1959 SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
1964 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1965 The Beatles are awarded the MBE
1967 Israel wins 6 day war
1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1967 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
1967 Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
1970 Pitts Pirate Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch
1971 Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
1972 John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Attica State"
1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer 1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
1986 P W Botha declares South African national emergency
1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
1990 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
1990 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
Births
1920 Peter Jones England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
1921 James Houston Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak)
1924 George Herbert Walker Bush (R) 43rd VP (1981-89) 41st Pres
1927 Henry Slesar Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night)
1928 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (the Street Where You Live)
1929 Anne Frank Holland, diarist
1930 Barbara Harris famous African
1932 Jim Nabors Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle)
1932 Rona Jaffe novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
1941 Chick Corea Chelsea Mass, jazz musician (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
1941 Roy Harper Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus) 1943 Marv Albert NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV) 1943 Reg Presley rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1944 Linda Foster Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank)
1951 Brad Delp guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
1952 Ben E Carlos drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1952 Dale Krantz singer (Crossings-Collis Band)
1952 Oliver Knussen Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara)
1952 Seigfried Brietzke German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 Grace Jones Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48)
1953 Rebecca Holden Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider)
1953 Rocky Burnette Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line)
1957 Jim Morris impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
1957 Timothy Busfield East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
1959 Jenilee Harrison Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas)
1962 Michael Link Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
1665 English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out
1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br)
1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins
1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass
1838 Territory of Iowa organized
1839 1st baseball game played in America
1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky
1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1880 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)
1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll
1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control 1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1907 Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to the Tigers
1913 "The Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
1922 St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above the ground in NYC
1925 William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4"
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] & United Air Lines
1935 Chaco War ends between Bolivia & Paraguay
1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa
1937 USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued
1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1948 Eddie Arcaro becomes 1st jockey to win the triple crown twice
1952 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty, Bonham, TX
1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
1959 SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
1964 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1965 The Beatles are awarded the MBE
1967 Israel wins 6 day war
1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1967 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
1967 Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
1970 Pitts Pirate Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch
1971 Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
1972 John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Attica State"
1973 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer 1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
1986 P W Botha declares South African national emergency
1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
1990 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
1990 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
Births
1920 Peter Jones England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
1921 James Houston Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak)
1924 George Herbert Walker Bush (R) 43rd VP (1981-89) 41st Pres
1927 Henry Slesar Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night)
1928 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (the Street Where You Live)
1929 Anne Frank Holland, diarist
1930 Barbara Harris famous African
1932 Jim Nabors Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle)
1932 Rona Jaffe novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
1941 Chick Corea Chelsea Mass, jazz musician (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
1941 Roy Harper Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus) 1943 Marv Albert NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV) 1943 Reg Presley rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1944 Linda Foster Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank)
1951 Brad Delp guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
1952 Ben E Carlos drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1952 Dale Krantz singer (Crossings-Collis Band)
1952 Oliver Knussen Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara)
1952 Seigfried Brietzke German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 Grace Jones Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48)
1953 Rebecca Holden Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider)
1953 Rocky Burnette Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line)
1957 Jim Morris impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
1957 Timothy Busfield East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
1959 Jenilee Harrison Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas)
1962 Michael Link Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
