06-23-2016, 12:41 PM
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1683 - William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1700 - Russia gave up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire.
1758 - British and Hanoverian armies defeated the French at Krefeld in Germany.
1760 - The Austrians defeated the Prussians at Landshut, Germany.
1757 - Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal.
1836 - The U.S. Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.
1848 - A bloody insurrection of workers in Paris erupted.
1865 - Confederate General Stand Watie, who was also a Cherokee chief, surrendered the last sizable Confederate army at Fort Towson, in the Oklahoma Territory.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer."
1884 - A Chinese Army defeated the French at Bacle, Indochina.
1902 - Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy renewed the Triple Alliance for a 12 year duration.
1904 - The first American motorboat race got underway on the Hudson River in New York.
1926 - The first lip reading tournament in America was held in Philadelphia, PA.
1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.
1934 - Italy gained the right to colonize Albania after defeating the country.
1938 - The Civil Aeronautics Authority was established.
1938 - Marineland opened near St. Augustine, Florida.
1947 - The U.S. Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft- Hartley Act.
1951 - Soviet U.N. delegate Jacob Malik proposed cease-fire discussions in the Korean War.
1952 - The U.S. Air Force bombed power plants on Yalu River, Korea.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1964 - Henry Cabot Lodge resigned as the U.S. envoy to Vietnam and was succeeded by Maxwell Taylor.
1966 - Civil Rights marchers in Mississippi were dispersed by tear gas.
1972 - U.S. President Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation.
2003 - Apple Computer Inc. unveiled the new Power Mac desktop computer.
2004 - The U.S. proposed that North Korea agree to a series of nuclear disarmament measures over a three-month period in exchange for economic benefits.
2005 - Roger Ebert received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2013 - In Arizona, aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a quarter mile tightrope walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge.
2015 - NASA's Mars Odyssey completed its 60,000th orbit around Mars. The spacecraft entered orbit on October 23, 2001.
2015 - Verizon announced it had completed its $4.4 billion purchase of AOL, Inc.
Today's Birthday's
Edward Patrick David 1894
Edward P. Morgan 1910
Jean Marie Anouilh 1910
David Ogilvy 1911
Alan Turing 1912
Irene Worth 1916
Larry Blyden 1925
Bob Fosse 1927
June Carter Cash 1929
Adam Faith 1940
Diana Trask 1940
Wilma Rudolph 1940
James Levine 1943
Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons) 1944
Ted Shackelford 1946
Bryan Brown 1947
Clarence Thomas 1948 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Jim Metzler 1954
Randy Jackson (Randall Darius Jackson) 1956 - Musician, judge on "American Idol"
Frances McDormand 1957 - Actress
Karin Gustafson 1959
Paul La Greca 1962
Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) 1962
Joss Whedon 1964 - Writer, director
Chico DeBarge 1970
Selma Blair 1972 - Actress
Virgo Williams (Ghostowns DJs) 1975
KT Tunstall 1975 - Singer
Melissa Rauch 1980 - Actress ("Big Bang Theory")
Duffy 1984 - Singer
Today's: Misc. history
1941 - Lena Horne recorded "St. Louis Blues."
1965 - The Supremes made the studio recording of "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart."
1965 - The Miracles released "Tracks Of My Tears."
1970 - Chubby Checker and 3 others were arrested in Niagra Falls after marijuana and unidentified drug capsules were found in Checker's car.
1987 - Madonna was on the cover of "Cosmopolitan" magazine.
1998 - Aqua released the home video "The Diary."
2003 - In London, Eminem gave a $450,000 necklace to a fan in the front row of a concert. He had announced while from the stage that "I'm going to give this to the sexiest woman I see."
1683 - William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1700 - Russia gave up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire.
1758 - British and Hanoverian armies defeated the French at Krefeld in Germany.
1760 - The Austrians defeated the Prussians at Landshut, Germany.
1757 - Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal.
1836 - The U.S. Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.
1848 - A bloody insurrection of workers in Paris erupted.
1865 - Confederate General Stand Watie, who was also a Cherokee chief, surrendered the last sizable Confederate army at Fort Towson, in the Oklahoma Territory.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer."
1884 - A Chinese Army defeated the French at Bacle, Indochina.
1902 - Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy renewed the Triple Alliance for a 12 year duration.
1904 - The first American motorboat race got underway on the Hudson River in New York.
1926 - The first lip reading tournament in America was held in Philadelphia, PA.
1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.
1934 - Italy gained the right to colonize Albania after defeating the country.
1938 - The Civil Aeronautics Authority was established.
1938 - Marineland opened near St. Augustine, Florida.
1947 - The U.S. Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft- Hartley Act.
1951 - Soviet U.N. delegate Jacob Malik proposed cease-fire discussions in the Korean War.
1952 - The U.S. Air Force bombed power plants on Yalu River, Korea.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1964 - Henry Cabot Lodge resigned as the U.S. envoy to Vietnam and was succeeded by Maxwell Taylor.
1966 - Civil Rights marchers in Mississippi were dispersed by tear gas.
1972 - U.S. President Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation.
2003 - Apple Computer Inc. unveiled the new Power Mac desktop computer.
2004 - The U.S. proposed that North Korea agree to a series of nuclear disarmament measures over a three-month period in exchange for economic benefits.
2005 - Roger Ebert received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2013 - In Arizona, aerialist Nik Wallenda completed a quarter mile tightrope walk over the Little Colorado River Gorge.
2015 - NASA's Mars Odyssey completed its 60,000th orbit around Mars. The spacecraft entered orbit on October 23, 2001.
2015 - Verizon announced it had completed its $4.4 billion purchase of AOL, Inc.
Today's Birthday's
Edward Patrick David 1894
Edward P. Morgan 1910
Jean Marie Anouilh 1910
David Ogilvy 1911
Alan Turing 1912
Irene Worth 1916
Larry Blyden 1925
Bob Fosse 1927
June Carter Cash 1929
Adam Faith 1940
Diana Trask 1940
Wilma Rudolph 1940
James Levine 1943
Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons) 1944
Ted Shackelford 1946
Bryan Brown 1947
Clarence Thomas 1948 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Jim Metzler 1954
Randy Jackson (Randall Darius Jackson) 1956 - Musician, judge on "American Idol"
Frances McDormand 1957 - Actress
Karin Gustafson 1959
Paul La Greca 1962
Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) 1962
Joss Whedon 1964 - Writer, director
Chico DeBarge 1970
Selma Blair 1972 - Actress
Virgo Williams (Ghostowns DJs) 1975
KT Tunstall 1975 - Singer
Melissa Rauch 1980 - Actress ("Big Bang Theory")
Duffy 1984 - Singer
Today's: Misc. history
1941 - Lena Horne recorded "St. Louis Blues."
1965 - The Supremes made the studio recording of "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart."
1965 - The Miracles released "Tracks Of My Tears."
1970 - Chubby Checker and 3 others were arrested in Niagra Falls after marijuana and unidentified drug capsules were found in Checker's car.
1987 - Madonna was on the cover of "Cosmopolitan" magazine.
1998 - Aqua released the home video "The Diary."
2003 - In London, Eminem gave a $450,000 necklace to a fan in the front row of a concert. He had announced while from the stage that "I'm going to give this to the sexiest woman I see."
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