What to remember about May 29th…
- 1780 Patriots defeated at Battle of Waxhaws in South Carolina; troops surrendering to Colonel Tarelton’s cavalry are murdered on his orders
- 1790 Rhode Island is the last of original 13 colonies to ratify U.S. Constitution; becomes 13th state in the Union
- 1848 Wisconsin enters the Union as 30th state
- 1917 Future 35th President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts
- 1922 Supreme court rules unanimously in Federal Baseball Club v. National League that Major League Baseball did not violate anti-trust laws and that baseball was not “interstate commerce”; games are state affairs
- 1932 Over 1000 World War I veterans arrive in Washington, D.C. as part of “Bonus Expeditionary Force”; protesting to receive payments promised for their service in the war
- 1942 Adolf Hitler orders that all Jews in occupied Paris must wear a yellow Star of David on the left side of their coats
- 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Nepalese Shepra Tenzing Norgay become 1st to reach summit of Mount Everest
- 1954 In the Netherlands, 1st annual meeting of the influential members of the Bilderberg Group is held
- 1998 U.S. Senator (R-AZ) and presidential candidate Barry Goldwater dies (b. 1909); responsible for rise of modern conservative movement
- 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery completes the 1st successful docking at the International Space Station (ISS)
- 2003 English-born American actor, comedian, and USO icon Bob Hope celebrates his 100th birthday in Hollywood revelry
- 2004 President George W. Bush dedicates U.S. National World War II Memorial; critics from Boston Herald call it “vainglorious”
- 2005 Danica Patrick becomes 1st woman driver to lead a lap at Indianapolis 500; 4th female to participate in that race and highest finish at 4th
Danica Patrick did not win the race in 2005. She wa however the first woman to lead laps in the Indy 500.
Got ahead of myself. Corrected and scheduled for the right date. 1st female winner at Japan 500 in 2008. She was 1st female to lead a lap at Indianapolis 500 in 2005.
Do I get a door prize? lol
Sorry. Fresh out of doors. How about a gorilla cookie?
Chocolate Chip?
Too plain. Oatmeal with craisins… Yum!
Hmmmm, why not both? lol They both sound good!