Lost and Found – January 20th Edition

What to remember about January 20th…

• 1732  American Patriot and statesman Richard Henry Lee is born in Virginia; President of  Continental Congress and Senator
• 1783  Gret Britain signs peace treaty with France and Spain ending last hostilities of the American Revolution
• 1801  President John Adams nominates John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; establishes Court role and tradition
• 1841  China cedes Hong Kong to Britain in bid to end 1st Opium War; in 1898 2nd Convention of Peking grants 99 more years of British rule; Hong Kong turned back over to China in 1997
• 1920  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded
• 1942  Wansee Conference is held to inform senior Nazi officials of Hitler’s “final solution to the Jewish question” and their roles in it
• 1945  Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st and only President elected to 4 terms in office; in 1947 22nd Amendment to the Constitution is passed limiting office holders to 2 terms
• 1981  20 minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President Iran releases American hostages it has held for 444 days
• 1996  Terrorist and founder of Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat elected president of Palestinian National Council

Lost and Found – January 14th Edition

What to remember about January 14th…

• 1639  Fundamental Orders are adopted in Connecticut; 1st written constitution in the colonies
• 1741  American General turned traitor Benedict Arnold is born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1801)
• 1784  War for Independence ends officially as Continental Congress ratifies second Treaty of Paris; Britain acknowledges colonies now as United States; known in U.S. as Ratification Day
• 1875  Nobel Prize-winning physician, theologian, and musician Dr. Albert Schweitzer is born (d. 1965)
• 1942  President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Presidential Proclamation No. 2537, persons from Axis nations of Italy, Germany and Japan required to register with Department of Justice; opened door to full-scale internment
• 1950  1st flight of the Soviet Union’s MiG-17 jet fighter
• 1963  George Wallace is inaugurated as Democrat governor of Alabama; ran on platform of  “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!”
• 1969  Accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise kills 27 and injures over 300; serious safety flaws revealed aboard the 1st nuclear aircraft carrier
• 2005  World Health Organization reports that worldwide polio cases have doubled since Islamic boycott on vaccines began; Muslims claim an American plot
• 2008  Bobby Jindal is sworn in as the 56th Governor of Louisiana; 1st Indian-American governor elected in the U.S.

Lost and Found – January 12th Edition

What to remember about January 12th…

• 1876  American author and journalist Jack London is born (d. 1916)
• 1932  Democrat Ophelia “Hattie” Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas becomes the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate
• 1942  President Franklin D. Roosevelt re-establishes National War Labor Board to regulate business-labor relations
• 1943  Soviet forces penetrate the year-and-a-half long German siege of Leningrad
• 1951  American talk show personality and political commentator Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
• 1986  Bill Nelson (D-FL) is second sitting Congressman (now Senator) legislator to take flight aboard Space Shuttle as a mission specialist
• 1991  U.S. House of Representatives and Senate both approve a resolution authorizing use of force against Iraq to liberate Kuwait
• 2010  7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes the island of Haiti; estimates of 200,000 dead and over 800,000 homeless

Lost and Found – January 10th Edition

What to remember about January 10th…

• 1776  Exiled loyalist and Governor of North Carolina calls for subjects to rise up against patriot “Insurrection”, only 1500 answer the call
• 1861  Florida secedes from the Union ahead of the Civil War
• 1862  Pioneering firearms manufacturer and businessman Samuel Colt dies of gout in Hartford, Connecticut (b. 1814)
• 1917  Medal of Honor recipient, hunter, and showman William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody dies in bed in Denver, Colorado (b. 1846)
• 1920  Covenant of the League of Nations goes into effect; formally establishes the League of Nations even without U.S. membership
• 1941  President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces lend-lease program to support allies without direct military confrontation with the Axis
• 1946  General Assembly of the United Nations convenes for 1st time meeting at Westminster Central Hall in London; 51 nations represented
• 1984  United States and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations
• 2016  Musician, actor, songwriter, and cultural icon David Bowie (David Robert Jones) dies from liver cancer at home in New York City (b. 1947)

Lost and Found – January 3rd Edition

What to remember about January 3rd…

• 106 BC  Roman philosopher and statesman Cicero is born (d. 43 BC)
• 1521  Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther from the Catholic Church, declares Luther an outlaw and heretic
• 1777  While evading a superior British force, Patriot troops ambush straggling rear guard at Battle of Princeton
• 1834  Founder of Texas colonies Stephen Austin is imprisoned by President Santa Ana after delivering their new Constitution
• 1861  Vote to secede from the Union fails in Delaware
• 1892  English author J.R.R. Tolkien is born (d. 1973), creator of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
• 1919  Emir Faisal and Chaim Weizmann sign agreement at the Paris Peace Conference to develop a Jewish homeland
• 1938  President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; later renamed the March of Dimes foundation
• 1959  President Eisenhower signs proclamation admitting Alaska as the 49th state in the Union
• 1987 Aretha Franklin becomes 1st woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• 1990  During invasion of Panama, dictator Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. forces after 10-day standoff
• 1999  NASA launches Mars Polar Lander atop Delta II rocket

Lost and Found – January 1st Edition

What to remember about January 1st…

• 1781  1500 Patriot troops under General Anthony Wayne mutiny over not being paid; they march off on their own to capture Princeton
• 1808  As the 20-year constitutional prohibition against legislation in relation to slavery expires, Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves goes into effect in any U.S. jurisdiction
• 1863  As promised, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in rebellious America; Union army is instructed to liberate any they find
• 1892  Federal immigration receiving station opens on Ellis Island
• 1934  Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring goes into effect in Nazi Germany; court ordered sterilization
• 1942  President Roosevelt and Minister Churchill issue proclamation at end of the Arcadia Conference vowing to create United Nations
• 1958  At San Quentin Johnny Cash plays his 1st prison performance; inmate Mearle Haggard is inspired to change his life
• 1959  Communist led by Fidel Castro force Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista to flee the country for the Dominican Republic
• 1962  United States Navy’s Sea, Air, and Land Teams (SEALs) are established
• 1966  Advance units of 1st Marine Division arrive in Vietnam; by march 20,000 Marines will be in country
• 1984  As a result of 1974 anti-trust lawsuit brought by Justice Department, AT&T is broken into 7 holding companies known as “Baby Bells”
• 2004  Roman Catholic and Protestant Boy Scout organizations reunite after almost a century of division

Lost and Found – November 28th Edition

What to remember about November 28th…

• 1777  John Adams is appointed commissioner to France by Continental Congress
• 1785  Signer of the Declaration of Independence for New Hampshire, William Whipple dies riding circuit as a judge (b. 1730)
• 1925  Country and western music goes national with 1st radio broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry
• 1943  President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Teheran Conference
• 1964  NASA launches Mariner IV spacecraft to perform 1st successful flyby of the planet Mars
• 1987  New York teenager Tawana Brawley falsely claims she was kidnapped, held for 4 days, and raped by 4 whites, 1 a policeman
• 1994  Cannibal and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death by a fellow inmate claiming God told him to do it
• 2002  Palestinian terrorists detonate suicide bomb targeting hotel for Israeli tourists; 13 killed and 80 injured
• 2010  Canadian-born American comedian and actor Leslie Nielson dies of pneumonia in Florida (b. 1926)

Lost and Found – November 15th Edition

What to remember about November 15th…

November 15th is America Recycles Day – celebration of education and motivation promote recycling in communities across America

• 1777  Continental Congress approves Articles of Confederation; precursor to the U.S. Constitution
• 1806  American explorer Zebulon Pike observes high mountaintop later known as Pike’s Peak
• 1859  Athens holds 1st modern revival of the Olympic Games
• 1864  Sherman begins his March to the Sea by stripping Atlanta of supplies and setting hundreds of buildings on fire
• 1867  The 1st stock ticker is unveiled in New York City
• 1939  Franklin D. Roosevelt lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• 1943  Heinrich Himmler publishes order that Gypsies be treated like Jews and sent to concentration camps
• 1956  Elvis Presley makes his film debut in Love Me Tender
• 1977  President Carter plays host to Shah of Iran during state visit to the United States; hold talks on energy and regional peace issues
• 1988  Palestinian National Council proclaims the establishment of an independent Palestinian state
• 2011   Just after midnight, NYPD begins evicting Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti park citing public health; 70 arrested

Lost and Found – November 7th Edition

What to remember about November 7th…

• 1811  Surprise attack by Native American Confederation is repulsed by forces of Indiana Territory at Battle of Tippecanoe
• 1872  “Ghost ship” Mary Celeste sets sail from New York; she will be found deserted at sea still under sail
• 1874  Cartoon in Harper’s Weekly by Thomas Nast is 1st use of the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party (pic below)
• 1916  Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes 1st woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
• 1917  British forces defeat forces of Ottoman Empire at 3rd Battle of Gaza taking control of the province
• 1917  Bolshevik revolutionaries overthrow Kerensky’s provisional government; Leninists come to power in Russian Revolution
• 1944  Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term as president
• 1973  Congress overrides President Nixon’s veto of War Powers Resolution
• 1980 Hollywood leading man Steve McQueen dies of mesothelioma; cancer may have come from asbestos in his racing suits
• 1983  Bomb detonated inside U.S. Senate by May 19th Communist Movement to protest policies of the government
• 1991  NBA star Magic Johnson announces he is infected with HIV and will be retiring from basketball

Lost and Found – October 30th Edition

What to remember about October 30th…

• 1735  Founding Father and 2nd President of the United States John Adams is born in Braintree, Massachusetts (d. 1826)
• 1831  Escaped slave Nat Turner is captured after bloody slave rebellion that killed over 60; after a trial he hangs on November 11
• 1938  Orson Welles radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds” causes nationwide panic
• 1941  President Franklin Roosevelt approves $1 billion Lend Lease aid program for Soviet Union; hopes to stay out of the war
• 1944  Anne Frank and her sister are moved from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
• 1961  Soviet Union test 50 megaton hydrogen bomb; still the largest explosive device ever detonated
• 1974  Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle
• 1995  Vote for establishing an independent Quebec fails in Canada