Lost and Found – January 13th Edition

What to remember about January 13th…

• 1776  British marines raid Rhode Island to steal sheep and supplies; ambushed by Minutemen, redcoats go home empty-handed
• 1842  Lone British survivor reaches friendly guard post; 16,000 British and allied troops were ambushed and slaughtered in Afghanistan
• 1847  Treaty of Cahuenga ends hostilities in Mexican-American War; Treaty of Hidalgo will cede California in 1848
• 1910  Opera performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York becomes first public radio broadcast
• 1966  President Lyndon Johnson appoints Robert C. Weaver as head of Department of Housing and Urban Development; 1st African-American cabinet member
• 1968  Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison; the recording is an unexpected smash hit
• 1990  Douglas Wilder becomes takes office in Virginia as 1st African-American governor
• 1999  Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan retires for the second time; he’ll return to the sport in 2001
• 2002  President George W. Bush chokes on a pretzel and passes out while watching Miami Dolphins-Baltimore Ravens game

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 – December 8th Edition

What to remember about December 8th…

• 1775  Colonial troops under Benedict Arnold and General Montgomery begin siege of Quebec; disaster awaits American forces
• 1863  Looking ahead to reunification after the war, President Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconciliation
• 1941  Congress votes to declare war on Japan; Representative Jeanette Rankin is sole vote against going to war
• 1980  English musician and former member of the Beatles John Lennon is murdered in New York City by Mark David Chapman
• 1987  President Reagan and Soviet Leader Gorbachev sign 1st treaty agreeing to reductions in both nation’s nuclear arsenals
• 1993  President Clinton signs into law North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); creates worlds largest free-trade zone
• 2010  SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is launched; 1st commercially developed spacecraft to orbit Earth and return
• UPDATE:  2016  Death of American pilot, engineer, Mercury 7 astronaut, and US Senator John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. 1921); first American to orbit the Earth and later became the oldest person to fly in space.

Mark David Chapman reads Catcher in he Rye while waiting to assassinate John Lennon in New York City.

Lost and Found – December 6th Edition

What to remember about December 6th…

• 1790  U.S. Congress moves, seat of American government transferred from New York City to Philadelphia
• 1865  With Georgia vote, 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified; slavery officially abolished
• 1884  Crowning pyramid is placed atop the Washington monument; federal law ensures that it will remain the tallest building in the capital
• 1889  Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans (b. 1808); infamous 1st and only president of the Confederate States of America
• 1947  Everglades National Park is dedicated in Florida by President Truman
• 1957  America’s 1st attempt to put a satellite into orbit ends when launch vehicle explodes on the pad
• 1969  Altamont Music Festival ends marred by death Meredith Hunter, Hells Angels “security guard” claims self-defense
• 1973  House of Representatives votes in agreement with Senate confirmation of Gerald Ford as Vice President
• 1998  After coming to power six years earlier in bloody military coup, Hugo Chavez is elected president of Venezuela
• 2004  Al Qaeda terrorists detonate bomb in attempt to assault U.S. consulate in Jedda, Saudi Arabia

Lost and Found – October 4th Edition

What to remember about October 4th…

• 1535  Coverdale Bible is published; the 1st complete and modern English-language translation of the Bible
• 1777  Though Continental forces lost, Battle of Germantown demonstrates American strategic abilities to potential allies
• 1822  President Rutherford B. Hayes is born in Delaware, Ohio (d. 1893)
• 1876  Classes begin at Texas A&M University; 1st public institution of higher education in Texas
• 1918  Germany sends telegraph a message to President Wilson requesting an armistice with the Allied powers
• 1927  Sculpting begins on the face of Mount Rushmore
• 1957  Soviet Union surprises the world by launching the world’s 1st artificial satellite – Sputnik; the “Space Race” begins
• 1970  Rock-and-roll icon Janis Joplin dies of heroin overdose
• 1997  Hundreds of thousands of Christian men gather as Promise Keepers hold their Stand in the Gap assembly in Washington, D.C.
• 2003  Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide bombing of Maxim restaurant in Haifa, Israel kills 21 and injures 51 more
• 2004  SpaceShipOne wins the $10 million Ansari X Prise by reaching 100km in altitude twice in a two-week period

Lost and Found – September 7th Edition

What to remember about September 7th…

• 1776  World’s 1st submarine attack; American submersible Turtle attempts to destroy British flagship in New York harbor
• 1813  Nickname Uncle Sam is coined for the United States; attributed to businessman Samuel Wilson
• 1864  Union General William Tecumseh Sherman orders residents of Atlanta to evacuate the city
• 1896  Electric car wins the 1st automobile race held in America
• 1936  American musician and songwriter Charles Harden “Buddy” Holley is born in Lubbock, Texas
• 1940  300 German aircraft bomb London for the 1st of 57 consecutive nights, the “blitz” has begun
• 1977  President Carter signs treaty giving up American control of the Panama Canal
• 1997  American F-22 Raptor flies for the 1st time
• 2008  Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are taken over by the federal government

Lost and Found – August 29th Edition

What to remember about August 29th…

• 1862  After days of maneuvering the 2nd Battle of Bull Run begins; Confederates win a path to invade the north
• 1945  President Truman orders the U.S. Navy to seize control of oil refineries and transportation to break strike by union workers
• 1949  Soviet Union successfully detonates its 1st atomic bomb at test site in Kazakhstan
• 1958  Pop musician, songwriter Michael Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana
• 2005  Hurricane Katrina comes ashore for the second time; worst natural disaster in U.S. history
• 2007  Hero security guard Richard Jewel dies; discovered bomb planted by Eric Robert Rudolph in Centennial Olympic Park; saves hundreds of lives but is falsely accused of planting device

Lost and Found – August 15th Edition

What to remember about August 15th…

• 1780  Irregulars led by LTC Frances “Swamp Fox” Marion rout crown loyalists at Port’s Ferry, South Carolina
• 1914  Opening of the American-built Panama Canal is inaugurated with the transit of the U.S. ship Ancon, President Carter signs canal over to Panamanian control December 31, 1977
• 1935  Famed aviator Wiley Post and celebrated actor and journalist Will Rogers die in plane crash in Alaska
• 1939  Classic film The Wizard of Oz premiers at Grauman’s Chinese Theater
• 1945  Emperor Hirohito announces to his people that Japan has surrendered to the Allies
• 1947  200 years of English rule ends and the nations of India and Pakistan become independent
• 1969  The Woodstock Music Festival opens in upstate New York; performers includes Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, CCR and more
• 1971  President Nixon imposes a 90-day freeze on wages and prices; ends the convertibility of U.S. dollars into gold
• 1979  Francis Ford Coppola film Apocalypse Now opens in U.S.
• 2003  Libya formally accepts responsibility for 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland; express no remorse and admit no guilt

Lost and Found – July 13th Edition

What to remember about July 13th…

• 1787  Congress passes the Northwest Ordinance; creates a structure for settling western territories and creating new states, limits slavery
• 1863  3-day New York City Draft Riots begin protesting the draft and $300 exemption for the wealthy; many working-class people felt that emancipated slaves would compete for their jobs
• 1886  Father Edward Joseph Flanagan born; founder of Boys Town
• 1919  British airship R-34 lands in Norfolk, England; completes 1st round trip journey across the Atlantic and back
• 1923  On Mount Lee in Los Angeles, the Hollywood sign is dedicated; 1st read “HOLLYWOODLAND” to advertise housing development
• 1942  American actor and producer Harrison Ford is born in Chicago
• 1943  Battle of Kursk ends; largest tank battle in history
• 1978  Lee Iacocca is fired from post as President of Ford Motor Corp.
• 1985  Live Aid charity mega-concert held in London and Philadelphia simultaneously, raises nearly $50 million
• 2005  Deal is reached to end year-long lockout of National Hockey League
• 2010  George Steinbrenner, longtime owner of New York Yankees dies in Tampa, Florida
• UPDATE:  2013  Hispanic neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman is acquitted of all charges in self-defense shooting death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin