On this day in 1842 John J. Greenough patented the sewing machine.
In 1848 The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
In 1878 the first telephone directories issued in the U.S. were distributed to residents in New Haven, CT. It was a single page of only fifty names.
In 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims.
And in 1988, in Baton Rouge, LA, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart confessed to his congregation that he was guilty of an unspecified sin. He announced that he was leaving the pulpit temporarily.
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Quote of the Day
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
On this day in 1809 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government was greater than that of any individual state.
In 1815 the USS Constitution, under Captain Charles Stewart fought the British ships Cyane and Levant. The Constitution captures both, but lost the Levant after encountering a British squadron. The Constitution and the Cyane returned to New York safely on May 15, 1815. The Cyane was purchased and became the USS Cyane.
In 1931 the U.S. Congress allowed California to build the Oakland Bay Bridge.
In 1933 the U.S. House of Representatives completed congressional action on the amendment to repeal Prohibition.
In 1965 Ranger 8 crashed on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of its surface.
And in 1998 American Tara Lipinski, at age 15, became the youngest gold medalist in winter Olympics history when she won the ladies’ figure skating title at Nagano, Japan.
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Quote of the Day
“Don’t fire until you see the white’s of their eyes.”
Some of the photos I received will not load properly into the header. Something to do with pixel count. I’m too much of an amateur to figure it out properly. But they are lovely none the less. And I have figured out how to load them correctly on the page though. 🙂
This one makes me think of Spring, when all is new again. 🙂 It’s from Phos/Roscuro
On this day in 1807 former Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested in Alabama. He was later tried and acquitted on charges of treason.
In 1846 the formal transfer of government between Texas and the United States took place.
In 1878 Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).
In 1942 President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.
In 1942 the New York Yankees announced that they would admit 5,000 uniformed servicemen free to each of their home ball games during the coming season.
In 1945, during World War II, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
And in 2003, in West Warwick, RI, 99 people were killed when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for Great White, was one of the victims in the fire.
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Quote of the Day
“As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I’m not going to get the girl, and second, I’ll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over.
On this dayin 1564 the artist Michelanglelo died in Rome.
In 1685 Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, and thus formed the basis for France’s claim to Texas.
In 1861, in Montgomery, AL, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the President of the Confederate States.
In 1885 Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published in the U.S. for the first time.
In 1932 Sonja Henie won her 6th world women’s figure skating title in Montreal, Canada.
And in 2001 NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., was killed in a crash during the Daytona 500 race.
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Quote of the Day
“I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.”
On this day in 1801 the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.
In 1876 Julius Wolff was credited with being the first to can sardines.
In 1933 Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead three years after Chic Young’s popular strip first debuted.
In 1944, during World War II, the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll began. U.S. forces won the battle on February 22, 1944.
And in 1992 serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison.
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Quote of the Day
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
On this day in 1778 the Stars and Stripes was carried to a foreign port, in France, for the first time. It was aboard the American ship Ranger.
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell filed an application for a patent for the telephone. It was officially issued on March 7, 1876.
In 1889, in Los Angeles, CA, oranges began their first trip to the east.
In 1912 the first diesel engine submarine was commissioned in Groton, CT.
In 1929 the “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed.
And in 1989 the first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.
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Quote of the Day
1 Corinthians 13
¹If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Since it’s all about love today, I guess the music should be too. 🙂
On this day in 1633 Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition.
In 1741 “The American Magazine,” the first magazine in the U.S., was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1935, in Flemington, New Jersey, a jury found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed for the crimes.
In 1945, During World War II, the Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the German army. Allied aircraft also began bombing the German city of Dresden.
In 1955 Israel acquired 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls.
And in 2000 Charles M. Schulz’s last original Sunday “Peanuts” comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before.
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Quote of the Day
“Christ told his disciples not to be anxious about tomorrow, but he never said not to consider tomorrow. Intelligent problem solving demands careful consideration of the future effects of present solutions.”
R. C. Sproul
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On this day in 1867 Johann Strauss’ magnificent “Blue Danube Waltz” was played for the first time at a public concert in Vienna, Austria.
It’s Tennessee Ernie Ford’s birthday. So here’s Mr. Ford and Mr. Cash.
On this dayin 1752 The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America.
In 1808 Judge Jesse Fell experimented by burning anthracite coal to keep his house warm. He successfully showed how clean the coal burned and how cheaply it could be used as a heating fuel.
In 1812 the term “gerrymandering” had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party.
In 1936 pumping began the process to build San Francisco’s Treasure Island.
Today is also composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf’s. From bartje11, who has like 2,000 videos. 😯
These guys performed their first US concert in D.C. today in 1964, 2 days after their Ed Sullivan Show US debut. Warning! It’s hard to hear the first 2 minutes with all the teenage girls losing their minds.
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