On this Day in History.....

[Big Panda]

....the following people were BORN:

Toni Braxton 1967

Simon Cowell 1959

Yo Yo Ma 1955

John "Cougar" Mellencamp 1951

Ok, it was a slow day for Birthdays

BUT on this day, the following events occurred:

1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1919 – KLM of the Netherlands is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed from a merger of 5 French airlines.
1940 – World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
1944 – World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jews burn down the crematoria.
1949 – German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed.
1952 – The bar code is patented.
1955 – Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
1958 – President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits first ever photographs of the far side of the moon.
1962 – U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, U.S.S.R.
1963 – John F. Kennedy signs ratification for Partial Test Ban Treaty.
1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1985 – The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
1993 – The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2003 – Gray Davis is recalled as Governor of California, three years before the official end of his office term. Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor.
2004 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.

[BigWarpGuy]

That was very informative. Thanks.

[sato7]

now I feel like I acomplished nothing today in comparison.... maybe tomorrow I'll mow the grass.. maybe.

[jetfuel]

Originally Posted by sato7

now I feel like I acomplished nothing today in comparison.... maybe tomorrow I'll mow the grass.. maybe.

...when you're done come do mine...

jetfuel...I'll keep the fuel tank full for ya....

[rolly]

Born today also:
Vladimir Putin was born on 7th of October in 1952
1943 - Oliver North, U.S. Marine and politician

Events:
3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
336 - Pope Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1492 - Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course.
1506 - Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna.
1513 - Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
1520 - First public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain.
1542 - Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast.
1571 - The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
1637 - Prince Frederick Henry of Orange occupies Breda.
1690 - English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade.
1702 - English/Dutch troops under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough occupy Roermond.
1714 - Beer tax riots in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
1737 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India).
1763 - George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
1765 - Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY.
1769 - English explorer, Captain Cook, discovers New Zealand.
1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: Americans beat the British in the Battle of Second Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights.
1780 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
1806 - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood.
1816 - The first double-decked steamboat, the "Washington," arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1826 - Granite Railway (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations.
1828 - The city of Patras, Greece is liberated by the French expeditionary force in Peloponnese under General Maison.
1840 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1864 - Battle of Darbytown Road (American Civil War): the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.
1864 - American Civil War: Capture of the C.S.S. "Florida" � Union Warship captures the U.S.S. "Wachusett" � Confederate raider ship while in port in Bahia, Brazil.
1865 - The Morant Bay Rebellion starts in Jamaica.
1868 - Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the most at any American university to that date.
1870 - Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon.
1879 - Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
1882 - Baseball: First World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0.
1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
1900 - The term "orienteering" is first used for an event.
1904 - Baseball: New York Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12).
1907 - France's Henry Farman flies 30 m in a double decker plane.
1908 - Crete revolts against the Ottoman Empire and aligns with Greece.
1908 - Serbia and Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact.

[jetfuel]

Originally Posted by rolly

1776 - Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.

...WTH kind of name is that?

jet 2/3 and 1/8 fuel

[chieftmc]

Some people have WAY too much free time

Hey Panda,

Aren't you supposed to be working at that time (3:17 pm)

[Krootie]

Great post. I remember when the daily paper included these lists - as well as many web sites.

[Kermit]

Panda, it's the 8th now. You're supposed to update this thread every day from now on. It has now been said, make it so.

[yuckmoon]

This day in History, in 1946, my mother was born