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

Like this:
Like Loading...
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Buzz Aldrin, Civil War, history, Islam, Israel, Movies, NASA, Navy, Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration, Special Olympics, Syria, Terrorism, unions, USS Constitution, WWII
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

Like this:
Like Loading...
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged abortion, Civil Rights, history, Islam, Music, Navy, Nobel Prize, Oklahoma, Terrorism, unions, USS Constitution, Warren G. Harding, Womens Rights, WWII
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
Like this:
Like Loading...
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged anti-Semetism, B-25 Mitchell, Bill Clinton, espionage, Google, history, Navy, riots, Soviet Union, Star Trek, The Beatles, USS Constitution, Vietnam, War of 1812, WWII
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”

Like this:
Like Loading...
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Buzz Aldrin, Civil War, history, Islam, Israel, Movies, NASA, Navy, Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration, Special Olympics, Syria, Terrorism, unions, USS Constitution, WWII
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

Like this:
Like Loading...
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”

Like this:
Like Loading...
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Buzz Aldrin, Civil War, history, Islam, Israel, Movies, NASA, Navy, Neil Armstrong, Space Exploration, Special Olympics, Syria, Terrorism, unions, USS Constitution, WWII
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

Like this:
Like Loading...
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

Like this:
Like Loading...
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged abortion, Civil Rights, history, Islam, Music, Navy, Nobel Prize, Oklahoma, Terrorism, unions, USS Constitution, Warren G. Harding, Womens Rights, WWII
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
Like this:
Like Loading...
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged anti-Semetism, B-25 Mitchell, Bill Clinton, espionage, Google, history, Navy, riots, Soviet Union, Star Trek, The Beatles, USS Constitution, Vietnam, War of 1812, WWII