Busy day today in history

So many things happened this day in history it just couldn't be ignored. Here are a few: 1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by Malcolm, son of King Duncan 1519 Panama City is founded 1620 Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims 1769 Born today: Napoleon Bonaparte resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) 1771 Born today: Sir Walter Scott Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) 1845 Born today: Walter Crane England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) 1860 Born today: President Harding’s wife Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding 1867 Second Reform Bill extends suffrage in England 1870 United States Transcontinental Railway actually completed 1879 Born today: Ethel Barrymore, Philadelphia, actress 1887 Born today: Ferber Edna, Michigan, writer 1888 Born today: T.E. Lawrence, soldier/writer (you know, Lawrence of Arabia!) 1898 Born today: Lillian Carter Pres Carter's mom 1899 Ford exits Edison (Go here to see why this is important) 1904 Born today: Bill Baird, Nebraska, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie, Muppet Show) 1912 Born today: Julia Child, Pasadena California, chef (French Chef) 1912 Born today: Wendy Hiller actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield) 1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in one game 1914 Japan gives ultimatum to Germany to withdraw from Japanese environs 1914 Panama Canal open to traffic 1918 1st full length cartoon released (Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Lusitania) 1920 Born today: Huntz Hall actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) 1923 Born today: Rose Marie NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) 1924 Born today: Phyllis Schlafly, St Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president 1924 Born today: Robert Bolt playwright (Man for All Seasons, Dr Zhivago) 1925 Born today: Mike Connors, Fresno Calif, actor (Joe Mannix-Mannix, Night Kill) 1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed in plane crash in Alaska 1935 Born today: Abby Dalton Las Vegas NV, actress (Joey Bishop Show) 1939 "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood 1941 "Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams" was recorded by Ben Bernie and his orchestra. 1941 Born today: Don Rich, Olympia Washington, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw) 1944 Born today: Linda Ellerbee, Bryan Texas, newscaster (NBC News Overnight) 1945 Wartime Gas rationing ends in the United States 1945 Hirohito announces unconditional surrender officially ending WW2 1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1946 Born today: Jimmy Webb Elk City, Oklahoma, songwriter (MacArthur Park) 1946 Born today: Kathryn Jean Whitmire Houston, Texas, (4 time Mayor of Houston) 1947 Ferrari makes racing debut 1947 Born today: Gerald Velez congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1947 India becomes independent, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1950 8.6 quake kills over 1,000 in Assam, India 1950 Born today: Princess Anne England (daughter of Queen Elizabeth II) 1952 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34 1955 Born today: Larry Mathews Burbank California, actor (Dick Van Dyke Show) 1958 Buddy Holly and Maria Elena Santiago were married in Lubbock, Texas 1960 Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France (National Day) 1960 Born today: Tommy Aldridge heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man) 1964 Khrushchev announces he is ready to begin arms talks 1964 Race riots for two days in Chicago suburb Dixmoor, Ill 1964 Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1965 Beatles set attendance record 56,000at a concert at Shea Stadium in New York 1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1967 England's Marine Offense Bill makes pirate radio stations a crime 1967 Pirate station Radio 355 closes down 1968 Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair began in Bethel, NY. 24 bands, 400,000 spectators 1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando) 1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain 1971 President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents 1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination 1975 Joanne Little acquitted of murdering a prison guard in self defense 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup 1978 House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA 1979 Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador 1980 George Harrison's book "I Me Mine" went on sale. 1983 Hurricane Alicia pounds Texas coast 1983 Anthony Costello actor, dies at 42 1986 President Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger 1988 NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments 1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park 1991 Marietta Tree (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 1994 The terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal was captured

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