ghostxdreams2 1,488 Report post Posted January 28, 2014 this is remember space shuttle Challenger day let us not forgetU.S. space shuttle Challenger explodes 72 seconds after liftoff, killing the seven crew members. Among the crew was school teacher Christa McAuliffe. (1986) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted January 30, 2014 Sorry I missed this post and I do remember - I couldn't believe when I saw it, then tears started to flow I'm still sad when I think about what happend 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saa212 570 Report post Posted January 30, 2014 k ... 30 January is the date observed at the national level in INDIA . The date was chosen as it marks the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1948 .... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghostxdreams2 1,488 Report post Posted January 30, 2014 January 30 1649 King Charles I of England was beheaded. 1933 Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany. 1948 Gandhi was assassinated. 1968 North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet offensive. 1972 British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre. 1979 The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed to return. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 425 3,942 Report post Posted January 30, 2014 I just hate sad days 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghostxdreams2 1,488 Report post Posted January 31, 2014 This Day in History for Friday 31st January 2014 Historical Events 314 - St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 876 - Charles becomes king of Italy 1504 - By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon 1531 - Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other 1578 - Battle of Gembloers (Gembloux); Dutch and English forces overcame the Spanish 1596 - Catholic League disjoins 1609 - Wisselbank of Amsterdam established 1627 - Spanish government goes bankrupt 1675 - Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft 1679 - Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris 1696 - Revolt by undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam) 1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. 1779 - Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog 1804 - British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. Today's Historical Events » Famous Birthdays Born Today Composer Franz Schubert (1797) 36 BC - Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor (d. 38 AD) 877 - Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) 1512 - King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) 1517 - Gioseffo Zarlino, composer 1543 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) 1550 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) 1573 - Ambrosius Metzger, composer 1573 - Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer 1597 - John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) 1601 - Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter 1607 - James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby 1612 - Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia 1614 - Nicolas Saboly, composer 1620 - Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief 1623 - Francois-Xavier de Laval Famous Weddings 1560 - Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois 1842 - 10th US President John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House 1960 - Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress/singer Phyllis Newman in NYC 1974 - "The Outlaw" actress Jane Russell (52) weds real-estate broker John Calvin People (45) in Santa Barbara, California 2009 - "Stay" singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb (40) weds Late Night with Conan O'Brien music supervisor Roey Hershkovitz (30) at Manhattan restaurant in New York City Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 1 of 1 1957 - Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding) Famous Deaths Passed Away Today English Catholic Conspirator Guy Fawkes (1606) Deaths 1 - 15 of 90 743 - Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) 1398 - Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) 1435 - Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) 1561 - Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies 1561 - Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar 1580 - Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80 (b. 1512) 1606 - Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 1615 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543) 1632 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) 1665 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622) 1686 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (b. 1604) 1720 - Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English privy councillor (c. 1654) 1729 - Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659) 1736 - Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678) 1788 - Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghostxdreams2 1,488 Report post Posted February 1, 2014 This Day in History for Saturday 1st February 2014 Historical Events 772 - Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1539 - Emperor Karel & King Francois I sign anti-English treaty 1587 - Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots 1662 - Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders to Chinese pirates 1669 - French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion 1709 - Alexander Selkirk [basis of Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez 1713 - The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. 1717 - Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France 1720 - Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty 1732 - Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions 1742 - Sardinia and Austria sign alliance 1783 - William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex 1788 - 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet 1789 - Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghostxdreams2 1,488 Report post Posted February 4, 2014 Deaths in History for Tuesday 4th February 2014 Deaths 211 - Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64 708 - Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies 856 - Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies 869 - Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827) 1189 - Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 1222 - Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies 1503 - Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies 1505 - Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 1508 - Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459) 1553 - Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 1590 - Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73 1615 - Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552) 1615 - Giovanni Battista della Porta, Italian scholar, polymath and child prodogy (b. 1535) 1617 - Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 1640 - Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies 1694 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) 1714 - Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies 1746 - Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 1774 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) 1781 - Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 1781 - Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59 1799 - Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) 1815 - Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 1815 - Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58 1816 - Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63 1834 - Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66 1844 - Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 1854 - Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 1869 - Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 1894 - Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 1895 - Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 1896 - Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 1905 - Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841) 1911 - Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 1921 - Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1927 - Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 1928 - Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 1933 - Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846) 1936 - Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895) 1939 - Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 1939 - Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72 1940 - Nikolai Yezhov, Head of Soviet NKVD (b. 1895) 1941 - Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79 1943 - Frank Calder, 1st NHL president, dies 1944 - Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867) 1944 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (b. 1872) 1946 - Margarete Boie, writer, dies 1953 - Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60 1954 - Vaclav Vackar, composer, dies at 72 1956 - Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56 1956 - Peder Gram, composer, dies at 74 1957 - Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 1957 - Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies 1958 - Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46 1959 - Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78 1964 - Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71 1965 - U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33 1966 - Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90 1967 - Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886) 1968 - Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 1968 - Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New), dies at 67 1968 - Neal Cassady, American writer (b. 1926) 1969 - Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63 1974 - Mihail Andricu, composer, dies at 79 1974 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1894) Musician Louis Jordan (1975)1975 - Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908) 1975 - Howard Hill, American archer (b. 1899) 1976 - Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62 1977 - Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904) 1978 - Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73 1982 - Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack 1982 - Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (b. 1935) 1982 - Georg Konrad Morgen, German judge (b. 1909) 1983 - Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68 1983 - Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32 1983 - Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89 1987 - Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67 1987 - Carl Rogers, American psychologist (b. 1902) 1989 - Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69 1990 - Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1917) Pianist Liberace (1987)1991 - Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64 1992 - Fred Slyter, dialogue coach, dies after long illness at 56 1992 - John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76 1994 - Han Jansen, Dutch painter, dies at 62 1994 - Harold Schneider, US producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 1994 - Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84 1994 - Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at 79 1995 - Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies 1995 - Patricia Highsmith, [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss, dies at 74 1995 - Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62 1997 - James Friell, political cartoonist, dies at 84 2000 - Carl Albert, American politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908) 2000 - Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1941) 2000 - Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919) 2001 - J. 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Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (b. 1924) 2001 - Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect (b. 1922) 2002 - George Nader, American film and television actor (b. 1921) 2003 - Charlie Biddle, Canadian jazz bassist (b. 1926) 2003 - Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Algerian politician (b. 1920) 2003 - André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931) Writer Betty Friedan (2006)2006 - Betty Friedan, American writer and feminist, dies of congestive heart failure at 85 2006 - Myron Waldman, American animator (b. 1908) 2007 - Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938) 2007 - José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925) 2007 - Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (b. 1959) 2007 - Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor (b. 1922) 2007 - Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934) 2008 - Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (b. 1942) 2009 - Lux Interior, Frontman of the garage rock band The Cramps (b. 1946) 2012 - Florence Green, last surviving veteran of World War One, dies at 110 2012 - Robert Glaser, American educational psychologist, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 91 2012 - Istvan Csurka, Hungarian writer and politician, dies at 77 2012 - Robert Daniel, five term American congressman for Virginia, dies at 75 2013 - Pat Halcox, British trumpeter, dies at 82 2013 - Reg Presley, English rocker, dies from lung cancer at 71 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
