Lost and Found – July 20th Edition

What to remember about July 20th…

• 1864  Confederates attack in Battle of Peachtree Creek outside Atlanta; fail to drive Union from river crossing
• 1934  Teamsters violence during strike in Minneapolis leads to shooting by police; 2 strikers die and 67 wounded
• 1938  Department of Justice files suit against motion picture studios vor violation of anti-trust laws; leads to break-up of industry in 1948
• 1944  Claus von Stauffenberg’s plot to assassinate Hitler fails
• 1949  Syria and Israel sign armistice; final step to ending 1948 Arab-Israeli War
• 1951  Palestinian nationalist murders King Abdulla I of Jordan while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem
• 1968  1st Special Olympic Games begin in Chicago
• 1969  Command module of Apollo 11 lands on the moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will become 1st humans to walk on Moon
• 1973 American martial-arts film actor Bruce Lee dies (b. 1940)
• 1979  NASA’s Viking I makes 1st landing on another planet; sends back 1st photos and data from Martian surface
• 1993  Former Clinton White House counsel Vincent Foster found dead in Fort Marcy Park, VA of apparent suicide
• 1997  Completely restored USS Constitution sets sail to celebrate her 200th birthday; 1st voyage in 116 years
• 2012  In Aurora, Colorado a shooter opens fire at midnight showing of new Batman movie The Dark Night Rises ; 12 dead and 50 wounded

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Lost and Found – October 21st Edition

What to remember about October 21st…

• 1797  USS Constitution is launched in Boston Harbor; 44-gun frigate was commissioned to defend American shipping from muslim pirates of the Barbary Coast
• 1833  Swedish chemist, manufacturer, and founder of the Nobel Prize Alfred Nobel is born (d. 1896); inventor of dynamite
• 1867  Leaders of Plains Indian tribes sign Medicine Lodge Treaty establishing system of reservations in Oklahoma
•  1910  Los Angeles Times building is destroyed in bombing attack orchestrated by union organizers
• 1917  Legendary jazz musician John Birks “Dizzy” Gilespie is born in South Carolina (d. 1993)
• 1921  President Harding gives a speech in Alabama condemning lynchings
• 1944  1st recorded Japanese kamikaze attack occurs as Battle of Leyte Gulf begins
• 1945  Women in France are allowed to vote for the st time
• 2003  U.S. Senate votes to ban partial birth abortions

Lost and Found – August 19th Edition

What to remember about August 19th…

• 1812  USS Constitution earns the nickname “Old Ironsides” as British cannon-shot bounce off her hull
• 1921  Screenwriter and producer Gene Roddenberry is born in El Paso, Texas; creator of Star Trek
• 1934  Adolf Hitler becomes President of Germany
• 1940  1st flight of the B-25 Mitchell bomber
• 1942  Allied forces raid seaport of Dieppe, France gaining intel that will aid the D-Day landings in Normandy
• 1945  Following the Japanese surrender on August 14, Communist Viet Minh under Ho Chi Minh seize city of Hanoi in Vietnam
• 1946  42nd President of the United States William Jefferson Blythe III (Bill Clinton) is born in Hope, Arkansas
• 1960  Captured American U-2 pilot Frances Gary Powers is convicted of espionage by the Soviets
• 1964  The Beatles begin their first concert tour in America at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California
• 1991  Crown Heights Riot: Mob of African-Americans murder a Jewish student in New York City after Gavin Cato dies in a car accident
• 2004  Google, Inc. becomes a publicly traded company

USS Constitution – Old Ironsides

Lost and Found – July 20th Edition

What to remember about July 20th…

• 1864  Confederates attack in Battle of Peachtree Creek outside Atlanta; fail to drive Union from river crossing
• 1934  Teamsters violence during strike in Minneapolis leads to shooting by police; 2 strikers die and 67 wounded
• 1938  Department of Justice files suit against motion picture studios vor violation of anti-trust laws; leads to break-up of industry in 1948
• 1944  Claus von Stauffenberg’s plot to assassinate Hitler fails
• 1949  Syria and Israel sign armistice; final step to ending 1948 Arab-Israeli War
• 1951  Palestinian nationalist murders King Abdulla I of Jordan while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem
• 1968  1st Special Olympic Games begin in Chicago
• 1969  Command module of Apollo 11 lands on the moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will become 1st humans to walk on Moon
• 1973 American martial-arts film actor Bruce Lee dies (b. 1940)
• 1979  NASA’s Viking I makes 1st landing on another planet; sends back 1st photos and data from Martian surface
• 1993  Former Clinton White House counsel Vincent Foster found dead in Fort Marcy Park, VA of apparent suicide
• 1997  Completely restored USS Constitution sets sail to celebrate her 200th birthday; 1st voyage in 116 years
• 2012  Aurora, Colorado a shooter opens fire at midnight showing of new movie The Dark Night Rises ; 12 dead and 50 wounded in “gun-free zone”

Lost and Found – December 29th Edition

What to remember about December 29th…

• 1778  Redcoats, mercenaries, and loyalist militia surprise Patriots at Savannah; city remains British controlled until 1782
• 1808  Future 17th President Andrew Johnson is born in Raleigh, N.C. (d. 1875); he will be impeached for opposing reconstruction
• 1812  HMS Java engages USS Constitution off Brazil; though damaged and with her captain wounded, “Old Ironsides” captures the British ship
• 1845  Texas is admitted to the Union as the 28th state
• 1862  Union forces repulsed at Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs at Vicksburg, Mississippi; Sherman will learn from the mistake
• 1890  U.S. Cavalry massacre over 100 Souix at Wounded knee following a scuffle and accidental shooting
• 1939  1st flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
• 1975  Bomb explodes in main terminal at La Guardia Airport killing 11 and injuring 79; remains unsolved

Lost and Found – July 20th Edition

What to remember about July 20th…

• 1864  Confederates attack in Battle of Peachtree Creek outside Atlanta; fail to drive Union from river crossing
• 1934  Teamsters violence during strike in Minneapolis leads to shooting by police; 2 strikers die and 67 wounded
• 1938  Department of Justice files suit against motion picture studios vor violation of anti-trust laws; leads to break-up of industry in 1948
• 1944  Claus von Stauffenberg’s plot to assassinate Hitler fails
• 1949  Syria and Israel sign armistice; final step to ending 1948 Arab-Israeli War
• 1951  Palestinian nationalist murders King Abdulla I of Jordan while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem
• 1968  1st Special Olympic Games begin in Chicago
• 1969  Command module of Apollo 11 lands on the moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will become 1st humans to walk on Moon
• 1973 American martial-arts film actor Bruce Lee dies (b. 1940)
• 1979  NASA’s Viking I makes 1st landing on another planet; sends back 1st photos and data from Martian surface
• 1993  Former Clinton White House counsel Vincent Foster found dead in Fort Marcy Park, VA of apparent suicide
• 1997  Completely restored USS Constitution sets sail to celebrate her 200th birthday; 1st voyage in 116 years
• 2012  Aurora, Colorado a shooter opens fire at midnight showing of new movie The Dark Night Rises ; 12 dead and 50 wounded in “gun-free zone”

Lost and Found – December 29th Edition

What to remember about December 29th…

• 1778  Redcoats, mercenaries, and loyalist militia surprise Patriots at Savannah; city remains British controlled until 1782
• 1808  Future 17th President Andrew Johnson is born in Raleigh, N.C. (d. 1875); he will be impeached for opposing reconstruction
• 1812  HMS Java engages USS Constitution off Brazil; though damaged and with her captain wounded, “Old Ironsides” captures the British ship
• 1845  Texas is admitted to the Union as the 28th state
• 1862  Union forces repulsed at Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs at Vicksburg, Mississippi; Sherman will learn from the mistake
• 1890  U.S. Cavalry massacre over 100 Souix at Wounded knee following a scuffle and accidental shooting
• 1939  1st flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
• 1975  Bomb explodes in main terminal at La Guardia Airport killing 11 and injuring 79; remains unsolved

Lost and Found – October 21st Edition

What to remember about October 21st…

• 1797  USS Constitution is launched in Boston Harbor; 44-gun frigate was commissioned to defend American shipping from muslim pirates of the Barbary Coast
• 1833  Swedish chemist, manufacturer, and founder of the Nobel Prize Alfred Nobel is born (d. 1896); inventor of dynamite
• 1867  Leaders of Plains Indian tribes sign Medicine Lodge Treaty establishing system of reservations in Oklahoma
•  1910  Los Angeles Times building is destroyed in bombing attack orchestrated by union organizers
• 1917  Legendary jazz musician John Birks “Dizzy” Gilespie is born in South Carolina (d. 1993)
• 1921  President Harding gives a speech in Alabama condemning lynchings
• 1944  1st recorded Japanese kamikaze attack occurs as Battle of Leyte Gulf begins
• 1945  Women in France are allowed to vote for the st time
• 2003  U.S. Senate votes to ban partial birth abortions

Lost and Found – August 19th Edition

What to remember about August 19th…

• 1812  USS Constitution earns the nickname “Old Ironsides” as British cannon-shot bounce off her hull
• 1921  Screenwriter and producer Gene Roddenberry is born in El Paso, Texas; creator of Star Trek
• 1934  Adolf Hitler becomes President of Germany
• 1940  1st flight of the B-25 Mitchell bomber
• 1942  Allied forces raid seaport of Dieppe, France gaining intel that will aid the D-Day landings in Normandy
• 1945  Following the Japanese surrender on August 14, Communist Viet Minh under Ho Chi Minh seize city of Hanoi in Vietnam
• 1946  42nd President of the United States William Jefferson Blythe III (Bill Clinton) is born in Hope, Arkansas
• 1960  Captured American U-2 pilot Frances Gary Powers is convicted of espionage by the Soviets
• 1964  The Beatles begin their first concert tour in America at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California
• 1991  Crown Heights Riot: Mob of African-Americans murder a Jewish student in New York City after Gavin Cato dies in a car accident
• 2004  Google, Inc. becomes a publicly traded company

USS Constitution – Old Ironsides