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Children's Books Month Children's Eye Health and Safety Month National Childhood Injury Prevention Month National Honey Month National Piano Month National Rice Month National School Success Month National Sewing Month National Sickle Cell Month National Youth Pastors Appreciation Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Southern Gospel Music Month |
American Buisness Women's Day - Celebrate the
contributions of America's business women. Formerly sponsored by the American
Buisness Women's Association.
Dear Diary Day - Be sure to write in your diary today -- if you don't have a
diary, perhaps it's time to start one. Sponsor: Wellness Permission League.
Fantasies Are Fabulous Day - This is the birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, use this
day to create and celebrate fantasies. Sponsor: Book Marketing Update.
Hobbit Day - Celebrate the birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, our furry footed
friends. The Hobbit was published this day in 1937. Sponsor: American Tolkien
Society.
Long Count Day - In a 1927 fight with a disputed long count, Gene Tunney won the
world heavyweight championship from Jack Dempsey.
National Centenarians Day - Honor those you know who are over 100 years of age.
Sponsor: Williamsport Retirement Village.
Proposal Day - This twice-yearly celebration encourages men and women to propose
marriage to their true loves. Today day and night are of equal length --
symbolizing that although men and women are as different as night and day, they
are equal. Sponsor: Lady, Lad and Delia Company.
You Light Up My Life Day - Celebrated on the birthday of singer Debbie Boone,
who sang the hit song "You Light Up My Life." Light up someone's life,
do something special for them. Debbie was born on this day in 1956, in
Hackensack, New Jersey.
Born on this Day
1415: Frederick, III as Holy Roman Emperor, IV as King of
Germany, V as ArchDuke of Austria
1452: Girolamo Savonarola, Florentine monk, preacher,
reformer. A Dominican from 1474, he was famous for his religious zeal. For
14 years he led in the reformation of Florence, before attacks on Alexander
VI led to his excommunication. In 1498, he was convicted of heresy, hanged
and burned.
1645: Louis Joliet, French-Canadian explorer of the
Mississippi River
1756: John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface
(asphalt)
1788: First Lady Margaret Taylor (Smith) (wife of 12th U.S.
President, Zachary Taylor)
1866: Author and historian H.G. Wells
1874: Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham, England. Holst's
instrument was the trombone, though he also played keyboards. One of his
best works, a concerto for two violins, is seldom played because one of the
parts was made simple enough for one his students to play.
1902: British publisher Sir Allen Lane, who first introduced
the low-priced paperback book
1912: Cartoon animator Chuck Jones
1931: Actor Larry Hagman
1934: Poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen
1935: Actor-comedian Henry Gibson
1944: Author-comedian Fannie Flagg
1947: Author Stephen King
1947: Musician Don Felder (The Eagles)
1950: Actor-comedian Bill Murray
1954: Rock musician Philthy Animal (Motorhead)
1958: Movie producer-writer Ethan Coen ("Fargo")
1960: Actor David James Elliott ("JAG")
1961: Actress Nancy Travis ("Almost Perfect")
1962: Actor Rob Morrow
1967: Country singer Faith Hill
1967: Rock musician Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies)
1968: Actress-talk show host Ricki Lake
1968: Rapper Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul)
1971: Actor Alfonso Ribeiro ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "In the House")
0019: Death of Vergil
0454: Murder of Aetius by Valentinian III, Western Roman
Emperor
1327: Edward II murdered.
1397: Beheading of Richard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey
1520: Death of Selim, Sultan of Turkey
1520: Suliman "the Lawgiver" ("the
Magnificent") becomes Sultan
1522: Martin Luther first published his German translation
of the New Testament. His translation of the entire Bible was completed in
1534.
1529: Turks under Suleiman I lay siege to Vienna
1549: Death of Marguerite d'Anguoleme, Queen of Navarre
1558: Death of Charles V, King of Spain
1576: Death of Jerome Cardanus, mathematician
1745: A Scottish Jacobite army of the Pretender Prince
Charles Edward Stuart commanded by Lord George Murray routs the Royalist
army of General Sir John Cope at Prestonpans.
1784: America's first daily paper, "The Pennsylvania
Packet and Daily Advertiser" was published in Philadelphia.
1792: The French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy.
1893: The first successful American-made, gasoline-operated
motor car appeared on the streets of Springfield, Mass. It was designed and
built by Charles and Frank Duryea.
1897: The New York "Sun" ran its famous editorial
that answered a question from eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon: "Is
there a lanta Claus?" Francis P. Church wrote, in part: "Yes,
Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and
generosity and devotion exist, ahd you know that they abound and give to
your life its highest beauty and joy."
1899: A painting of a dog listening to a record player was
purchased by the Gramophone Company, parent of RCA Victor, for use as a
trademark.
1915: Stonehenge is sold by auction for 6,600 pounds
sterling ($11,500) to a Mr. Chubb, who buys it as a present for his wife. He
presents it to the nation three years later.
1929: Fighting between China and the Soviet Union breaks out
along the Manchurian border.
1931: Britain went off the gold standard.
1937: "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first
published.
1937: Women’s airspeed record set at 292 mph by American
pilot Jacqueline Cochran.
1938: A hurricane struck parts of New York and New England,
causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.
1949: The People's Republic of China was proclaimed by its
Communist leaders.
1957: "Perry Mason," starring Raymond Burr,
premiered on CBS TV. It continued for 9 years becoming the longest running
lawyer series ever to appear on TV.
1964: Malta gained independence from Britain.
1977: President Carter defended budget director Bert Lance
as he announced Lance's resignation. Lance had been accused of a series of
illegal acts in banking.
1978: Two Soviet astronauts set a space endurance record
after 96 days in space.
1982: National Football League players began a 57-day
strike, their first regular-season walkout ever.
1986: Delegates to the 35-nation East-West security
conference in Stockholm, Sweden, agreed on information-sharing measures
designed to reduce the risk of accidental war in Europe.
1987: A US helicopter gunship disabled an Iranian vessel,
the "Iran Ajr," that was caught laying mines in the Persian Gulf;
four Iranian crewmen were killed, 26 wounded and detained. NFL players went
on strike, mainly over the issue of free agency.
1991: An 18-hour hostage drama ended in Sandy, Utah, as
Richard L. Worthington, who had killed a nurse and seized control of a
hospital maternity ward, finally freed his nine captives, including a baby
who was born during the hostage situation.
1992: President Bush addressed the UN General Assembly,
offering US support to strengthen international peacekeeping.
1992: Former defense secretaries Melvin Laird and James R.
Schlesinger told a congressional committee the Pentagon had known American
airmen were alive in Laos at the end of the Vietnam War and were not
returned.
1996: John F. Kennedy Junior married Carolyn Bessette in a
secret ceremony on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
1996: The board of all-male Virginia Military Institute
voted to admit women.
1996: President Clinton and Republican rival Bob Dole agreed to face off in two debates without Ross Perot.
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