2011 May

10 Things You Should Know About the American Stock Exchange

May 29, 2011 By Dom

The American Stock Exchange

The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) is a stock exchange in the U.S. where trading of equity securities takes place. Traders buy and sell in a variety of financial products such as closed-end funds, ETFs, cash equities and structured products. There are many interesting facts about the AMEX that would capture your interest in this stock exchange.

10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE

1. The exchange is currently known as NYSE Amex Equities.

2. Located in New York, the American Stock Exchange is owned and operated by NYSE Euronext (NYX), the world’s leading and most diverse exchange group.

3. The NYSE Euronext acquired the AMEX on October 1, 2008 to become the third-largest U.S. options marketplace.

4. The AMEX handles nearly 5% of all securities traded in the U.S.

5. It started its operations in the early 19th century to nurture the financial needs of the new manufacturing companies that were ineligible to be listed on the registered stock exchanges. Trading took place out in the street by brokers called the curbstone brokers.

6. The original crude and unnamed version of the AMEX was later on modified and renamed as the New York Curb Market Agency in 1908, the New York Curb Market in 1911, the New York Curb Exchange in 1929 and finally, the American Stock Exchange in 1953.

7. Under NYSE Euronext, the AMEX equities were branded firstly as “NYSE Alternext US” and then rebranded as NYSE Amex Equities.

8. The trading hours at the American Stock Exchange are from Monday through Friday between 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. with the exception of the declared holidays.

9. On June 2, 1978, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places.

10. The movement of the AMEX equities market is determined by the Amex Composite Index.

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June 1st In History: It Happened Today

May 29, 2011 By Dom

Prince Dipendra Bikram Shah

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, June 1st. On this day in history, June 1, 2001, Nepal Crown Prince Dipendra Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal massacres his family during a royal dinner. King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and seven others were slain by Prince Dipendra who had argues with his family over his choice of bride. After shooting the royals, the Crown Prince turned the gun onto himself and died 30 hours later.

BORN APRIL 1ST:
June 1, 719 – Yang Yuhuan (d. 756)
June 1, 1076 – Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
June 1, 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
June 1, 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
June 1, 1503 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
June 1, 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
June 1, 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
June 1, 1653 – Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
June 1, 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
June 1, 1754 – Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Austrian governor of the Duchy of Milan and Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
June 1, 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
June 1, 1771 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
June 1, 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
June 1, 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist (d. 1832)
June 1, 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
June 1, 1801 – Brigham Young, American colonizer and religious leader (d. 1877)
June 1, 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
June 1, 1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
June 1, 1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate cavalry general (d. 1864)
June 1, 1831 – John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
June 1, 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
June 1, 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
June 1, 1844 – John J. Toffey, American army officer (d. 1911)
June 1, 1878 – John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
June 1, 1881 – Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
June 1, 1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
June 1, 1898 – Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
June 1, 1899 – Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
June 1, 1901 – John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
June 1, 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
June 1, 1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian bishop (d. 1973)
June 1, 1907 – Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine (d. 1996)
June 1, 1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-born Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist (d. 1971)
June 1, 1909 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
June 1, 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1987)
June 1, 1913 – Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
June 1, 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
June 1, 1917 – William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
June 1, 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
June 1, 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
June 1, 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American actress (d. 1991)
June 1, 1922 – Joan Copeland, American actress
June 1, 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
June 1, 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher
June 1, 1925 – Marie Knight, American gospel singer (d. 2009)
June 1, 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor
June 1, 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
June 1, 1928 – Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
June 1, 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
June 1, 1929 – James Billington – American librarian
June 1, 1930 – John Lemmon, English logician (d. 1966)
June 1, 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
June 1, 1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and social critic (d. 1994)
June 1, 1933 – Charles Wilson, American politician (d. 2010)
June 1, 1933 – Haruo Remeliik, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
June 1, 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer
June 1, 1935 – Reverend Ike, American televangelist (d. 2009)
June 1, 1936 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician
June 1, 1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Albanian actor (d. 2010)
June 1, 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
June 1, 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor
June 1, 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
June 1, 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds)
June 1, 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
June 1, 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor
June 1, 1940 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress and poet (d. 1993)
June 1, 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist
June 1, 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
June 1, 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
June 1, 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer
June 1, 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
June 1, 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, British actor
June 1, 1947 – Ron Dennis, F1 team principal (McLaren)
June 1, 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist (Rolling Stones)
June 1, 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor
June 1, 1948 – Tomáš Halík, Czech priest and public intellectual
June 1, 1948 – Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
June 1, 1948 – Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner
June 1, 1950 – Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band)

June 1, 1953 – David Berkowitz, American serial killer known as the Son of Sam
June 1, 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
June 1, 1955 – Tony Snow, American news anchor, former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush (d. 2008)
June 1, 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 58th Yokozuna
June 1, 1956 – Lisa Hartman, American actress
June 1, 1957 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
June 1, 1958 – Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
June 1, 1959 – Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator
June 1, 1959 – Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
June 1, 1960 – Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
June 1, 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician
June 1, 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
June 1, 1961 – Peter Machajdik, Slovakian composer
June 1, 1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
June 1, 1964 – Tribhuvan, Indian Poet and journalist
June 1, 1964 – Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
June 1, 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
June 1, 1965 – Nigel Short, English chess player
June 1, 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football coach
June 1, 1967 – Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
June 1, 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
June 1, 1968 – Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
June 1, 1968 – Karen Mulder, Dutch model
June 1, 1969 – René Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
June 1, 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
June 1, 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
June 1, 1970 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor
June 1, 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
June 1, 1971 – Roldán González, Cuban singer
June 1, 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor
June 1, 1972 – Mike Dunham, American hockey player
June 1, 1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
June 1, 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
June 1, 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
June 1, 1973 – Heidi Klum, German model
June 1, 1974 – Ashok Jadeja, Indian fraudster
June 1, 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
June 1, 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
June 1, 1974 – Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
June 1, 1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
June 1, 1975 – James Storm, American professional wrestler
June 1, 1975 – Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player
June 1, 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
June 1, 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
June 1, 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
June 1, 1977 – Richard Williams, British racing driver
June 1, 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
June 1, 1980 – Oliver James, British actor
June 1, 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
June 1, 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter
June 1, 1981 – Smush Parker, American basketball player
June 1, 1982 – Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
June 1, 1983 – Jake Silbermann, American actor
June 1, 1984 – Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian athlete
June 1, 1984 – Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
June 1, 1985 – Ari Herstand, American Singer/Songwriter
June 1, 1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
June 1, 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian athlete
June 1, 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
June 1, 1985 – Sam Young, American basketball player
June 1, 1986 – Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan beauty queen and Miss Universe 2008 winner
June 1, 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player
June 1, 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian soccer player
June 1, 1987 – Juan Hernandez, Mexican soccer player
June 1, 1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
June 1, 1988 – Javier Hernandez Balcazar, Mexican soccer player
June 1, 1988 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer

DIED APRIL 1ST:
June 1, 195 BC – Gaozu of Han of China
June 1, 193 – Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (b. 133)
June 1, 1434 – Wladislaus II of Poland (b. 1362)
June 1, 1571 – John Story, English Catholic (b. 1504)
June 1, 1616 – Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)
June 1, 1625 – Honoré d’Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)
June 1, 1639 – Melchior Franck, German composer (b. 1579)
June 1, 1660 – Mary Dyer, English Quaker (b. 1611)
June 1, 1710 – David Mitchell, British admiral (b. 1642)
June 1, 1740 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
June 1, 1769 – Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689)
June 1, 1795 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist (b. 1744)
June 1, 1815 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (b. 1753)
June 1, 1823 – Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b. 1770)
June 1, 1826 – Jean Frédéric Oberlin, Alsatian pastor (b. 1740)
June 1, 1830 – Swaminarayan, Indian Hindu figure (b. 1781)
June 1, 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish artist (b. 1785)
June 1, 1846 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
June 1, 1861 – John Quincy Marr (b. 1825), first Confederate States soldier (officer) killed in the American Civil War
June 1, 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel,build Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
June 1, 1868 – James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
June 1, 1872 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1795)
June 1, 1873 – Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
June 1, 1879 – Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial son of Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
June 1, 1927 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
June 1, 1935 – Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austro-Hungarian Colonel General (d. 1857)
June 1, 1941 – Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (b. 1873)
June 1, 1943 – Leslie Howard, English actor (b. 1893)
June 1, 1943 – Wilfrid B. Israel, Jewish activist
June 1, 1946 – Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1882)
June 1, 1948 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (b. 1914)
June 1, 1948 – Alex Gard, Russian-born caricaturist (b. 1900)
June 1, 1952 – John Dewey, American philosopher and educational theorist (b. 1859)
June 1, 1954 – Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (b. 1869)
June 1, 1955 – Kathleen, Duchess of Newcastle, British duchess (b. 1872)
June 1, 1959 – Sax Rohmer, English author (b. 1883)
June 1, 1960 – Lester Patrick, Canadian hockey player (b. 1883)
June 1, 1960 – Paula Hitler, sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
June 1, 1965 – Earl “Curly” Lambeau, American football coach (b. 1898)
June 1, 1966 – Papa Jack Laine, American musician (b. 1873)
June 1, 1968 – Helen Keller, American humanitarian (b. 1880)
June 1, 1968 – André Laurendeau, French Canadian writer, journalist and politician (b. 1912)
June 1, 1969 – Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian ice skater (b. 1904)
June 1, 1971 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
June 1, 1973 – Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915)
June 1, 1979 – Werner Forssmann, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1904)
June 1, 1980 – Rube Marquard, baseball player (b. 1886)
June 1, 1980 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (b. 1897)
June 1, 1981 – Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (b. 1883)
June 1, 1983 – Prince Charles of Belgium (b. 1903)
June 1, 1985 – Richard Greene, British actor (b. 1918)
June 1, 1986 – Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (b. 1958)
June 1, 1987 – Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (b. 1921)
June 1, 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari) (b. 1917)
June 1, 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1941)
June 1, 1994 – Frances Heflin, American actress (b. 1923)
June 1, 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of India (b. 1913)
June 1, 1998 – Darwin Joston, American actor (b. 1937)
June 1, 1999 – Christopher Sydney Cockerell, British engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
June 1, 2001 – Queen Aiswarya of Nepal (b. 1949)
June 1, 2001 – King Birendra of Nepal (b. 1945)
June 1, 2001 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
June 1, 2002 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
June 1, 2004 – William Manchester, American writer (b. 1922)
June 1, 2005 – George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
June 1, 2006 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
June 1, 2007 – Arn Shein, American sports writer (b. 1928)
June 1, 2007 – Tony Thompson, American R&B singer (Hi-Five) (b. 1975)
June 1, 2008 – Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
June 1, 2008 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
June 1, 2009 – Thomas Berry, American theologian, deep ecologist (b. 1914)
June 1, 2009 – Vincent O’Brien, Irish horse trainer (b.1917)
June 1, 2010 – William H. Ginn Jr., U.S. Air Force officer (b. 1928)

APRIL 1ST MEMORABLE EVENTS:
June 1, 193 – Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
June 1, 987 – Hugh Capet is elected King of France.
June 1, 1204 – King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen.
June 1, 1215 – Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing.
June 1, 1252 – Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.
June 1, 1298 – Residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
June 1, 1495 – Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
June 1, 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
June 1, 1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
June 1, 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
June 1, 1670 – In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the secret treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
June 1, 1679 – The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
June 1, 1779 – Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
June 1, 1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
June 1, 1794 – The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
June 1, 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
June 1, 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
June 1, 1813 – James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: “Don’t give up the ship!”
June 1, 1815 – Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
June 1, 1831 – James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
June 1, 1855 – American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
June 1, 1857 – Charles Baudelaire’s “Fleurs du mal” is published.
June 1, 1861 – American Civil War, Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861), first land battle of American Civil War after Battle of Fort Sumter, first Confederate combat casualty.
June 1, 1862 – American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
June 1, 1868 – Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
June 1, 1869 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
June 1, 1879 – Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
June 1, 1886 – The railroads of the Southern United States convert 11,000 miles of track from a five foot rail gauge to standard gauge, beginning May 31.
June 1, 1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine to count census returns.
June 1, 1891 – The Johnstown Inclined Plane opens in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
June 1, 1910 – Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition leaves England.
June 1, 1916 – Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
June 1, 1918 – World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
June 1, 1920 – Adolfo de la Huerta becomes President of Mexico.
June 1, 1921 – Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
June 1, 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
June 1, 1929 – The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
June 1, 1935 – The first driving tests are introduced in the United Kingdom.
June 1, 1939 – Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (D-OPZE) fighter aeroplane
June 1, 1940 – The Leninist Communist Youth League of the Karelo-Finnish SSR holds its first congress.
June 1, 1940 – The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation goes out of business, giving the City of New York full control of the subway system in the city.
June 1, 1941 – World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
June 1, 1941 – The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad.
June 1, 1942 – World War II: the Warsaw paper Liberty Brigade publishes the first news of the concentration camps.
June 1, 1943 – British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
June 1, 1946 – Ion Antonescu, “Conducator” (leader) of Romania during World War 2, is executed.
June 1, 1956 – First international flight (to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport – YUL) from the Atlanta Municipal Airport (ATL); now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and currently the world’s busiest airport)
June 1, 1958 – Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
June 1, 1960 – New Zealand’s first official television broadcast commences at 7.30pm from Auckland.
June 1, 1963 – Kenya gains internal self-rule (Madaraka Day).
June 1, 1974 – Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
June 1, 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
June 1, 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
June 1, 1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
June 1, 1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
June 1, 1989 – Oba Chandler murders an Ohio family on their Florida vacation by drowning them in Tampa Bay.
June 1, 1990 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
June 1, 1993 – Dobrinja mortar attack: 13 are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
June 1, 1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
June 1, 2001 – Nepalese royal massacre : Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya.
June 1, 2001 – Dolphinarium massacre: an Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
June 1, 2003 – The People’s Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
June 1, 2007 – Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.
June 1, 2009 – Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
June 1, 2009 – General Motors files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” (Helen Keller)

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May 31st In History: It Happened Today

May 28, 2011 By Dom

The Seinfeld Crew

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, May 31st. On this day in history, May 31, 1990, “Seinfeld”, starring Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Marie Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George Constanza (Jason Alexander), and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), first airs on NBC TV in the U.S. The show is known for its take on the minutiae of life. Despite its success, the show did not crack the ratings’ top 30 until its fourth season. However, by its sixth season, it was number one.

BORN MAY 31ST:
May 31, 1443 – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
May 31, 1469 – Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
May 31, 1535 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607)
May 31, 1557 – Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)
May 31, 1613 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
May 31, 1640 – Michael of Poland (d. 1673)
May 31, 1641 – Dositheos, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (d. 1707)
May 31, 1656 – Marin Marais, French composer (d. 1728)
May 31, 1732 – Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian Roman Catholic Archbishop (d. 1812)
May 31, 1753 – Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French statesman (d. 1793)
May 31, 1754 – Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (d. 1817)
May 31, 1773 – Ludwig Tieck, German writer (d. 1853)
May 31, 1801 – Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist (d. 1887)
May 31, 1818 – John Albion Andrew, American politician (d. 1867)
May 31, 1819 – Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892)
May 31, 1835 – Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader (d. 1869)
May 31, 1838 – Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (d. 1900)
May 31, 1852 – Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (d. 1919)
May 31, 1857 – Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
May 31, 1860 – Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)
May 31, 1863 – Francis Younghusband, British explorer (d. 1942)
May 31, 1872 – Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944)
May 31, 1882 – Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian politician (d. 1956)
May 31, 1883 – Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician (d. 1942)
May 31, 1885 – Alois Hudal, Austrian Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1963)
May 31, 1887 – Saint-John Perse, French diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
May 31, 1892 – Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (d. 1968)
May 31, 1892 – Erich Neumann, German Nazi politician (d. 1951)
May 31, 1892 – Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian writer (d. 1968)
May 31, 1892 – Gregor Strasser, German Nazi politician (d. 1934)
May 31, 1894 – Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
May 31, 1898 – Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (d. 1993)
May 31, 1901 – Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
May 31, 1902 – Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer.
May 31, 1905 – Florence Desmond, English actress and comedian (d. 1993)
May 31, 1908 – Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)
May 31, 1908 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (d. 2000)
May 31, 1909 – Aurore Gagnon, French Canadian child abuse victim (d. 1920)
May 31, 1911 – Maurice Allais, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
May 31, 1912 – Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979)
May 31, 1914 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (d. 2006)
May 31, 1916 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1997)
May 31, 1919 – Robie Macauley, American novelist and literary critic (d. 1995)
May 31, 1921 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (d. 2006)
May 31, 1921 – Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)
May 31, 1922 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992)
May 31, 1923 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)
May 31, 1930 – Clint Eastwood, American film director and actor
May 31, 1931 – John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 31, 1931 – Shirley Verrett, American soprano (d. 2010)
May 31, 1932 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian musician and album producer
May 31, 1932 – Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d. 1994)
May 31, 1933 – Henry B. Eyring, American religious figure; son of Henry Eyring
May 31, 1935 – Jim Bolger, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand
May 31, 1938 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer (d. 2003)
May 31, 1938 – John Prescott, English politician
May 31, 1938 – Peter Yarrow, American folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
May 31, 1939 – Terry Waite, British humanitarian
May 31, 1940 – Gilbert Shelton, American underground comics illustrator
May 31, 1941 – Louis J. Ignarro, American pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 31, 1943 – Sharon Gless, American actress
May 31, 1943 – Joe Namath, American football player
May 31, 1945 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director (d. 1982)
May 31, 1945 – Laurent Gbagbo, Fourth President of Côte d’Ivoire
May 31, 1945 – Bernard Goldberg‎, American journalist
May 31, 1946 – Ted Baehr, American media critic
May 31, 1946 – Steve Bucknor, West Indian Cricket Umpire
May 31, 1947 – Junior Campbell, British musician and songwriter (The Marmalade)
May 31, 1948 – John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
May 31, 1948 – Duncan Hunter, American politician
May 31, 1949 – Tom Berenger, American actor
May 31, 1949 – Nancy Shade, American opera singer
May 31, 1950 – Gregory Harrison, American actor

May 31, 1952 – Karl Bartos, German musician (Kraftwerk, Electronic)
May 31, 1953 – Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor
May 31, 1954 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (d. 2000)
May 31, 1954 – Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
May 31, 1955 – Susie Essman, American actress
May 31, 1955 – Tommy Emmanuel, Australian Guitarist CGP
May 31, 1956 – Fritz Hilpert, German musician and sound engineer (Kraftwerk)
May 31, 1957 – Jim Craig, American hockey player
May 31, 1959 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver
May 31, 1960 – Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player
May 31, 1960 – Chris Elliott, American comedian
May 31, 1961 – Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
May 31, 1961 – Lea Thompson, American actress
May 31, 1961 – Justin Madden, Australian politician and footballer
May 31, 1962 – Corey Hart, Canadian musician
May 31, 1962 – Sebastian Koch, German actor
May 31, 1963 – Hugh Dillon, Canadian musician and actor
May 31, 1963 – Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician
May 31, 1963 – Wesley Willis, American musician (d. 2003)
May 31, 1964 – Leonard Asper, Canadian businessman
May 31, 1964 – Scotti Hill, American rock guitarist
May 31, 1964 – Darryl McDaniels, American musician (Run-D.M.C.)
May 31, 1965 – Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player
May 31, 1965 – Brooke Shields, American actress and supermodel
May 31, 1966 – Jeremy Hotz, Canadian stand-up comedian
May 31, 1966 – Nick Scotti, American actor and singer
May 31, 1967 – Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
May 31, 1967 – Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television personality
May 31, 1967 – Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
May 31, 1967 – Vampiro, Canadian professional wrestler
May 31, 1968 – John Connolly, Irish author
May 31, 1969 – Mindi Abair, American smooth jazz saxophonist
May 31, 1971 – Diana Damrau, German soprano
May 31, 1972 – Frode Estil, Norwegian cross-country skier
May 31, 1972 – Sarah Murdoch, Australian model
May 31, 1972 – Karl Geary, Irish actor
May 31, 1972 – Dave Roberts, American baseball player
May 31, 1972 – Archie Panjabi, English actress
May 31, 1972 – Antti Niemi, Finnish footballer
May 31, 1973 – Dominique Van Roost, Belgian tennis player
May 31, 1974 – Chad Campbell, American golfer
May 31, 1974 – Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian light heavyweight boxer
May 31, 1974 – Adrian Tomine, American cartoonist
May 31, 1974 – Sean Kent, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
May 31, 1975 – Yiasoumis Yiasoumi, Greek-Cypriot footballer
May 31, 1976 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
May 31, 1976 – Matt Harpring, American basketball player
May 31, 1976 – Tonka Tomicic, Chilean model and television presenter
May 31, 1977 – Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
May 31, 1977 – Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-born Greek volleyball player
May 31, 1977 – Debbie King, English TV presenter
May 31, 1977 – Scott Klopfenstein, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
May 31, 1977 – Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
May 31, 1977 – Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
May 31, 1977 – Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player
May 31, 1977 – Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete
May 31, 1977 – Joel Ross, British disc jockey
May 31, 1977 – June Sarpong, British television presenter
May 31, 1977 – Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
May 31, 1977 – Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player
May 31, 1980 – Craig Bolton, Australian rules footballer
May 31, 1980 – Andy Hurley, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
May 31, 1981 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player
May 31, 1981 – Tasha Reid, Korean rapper
May 31, 1982 – Jonathan Tucker, American actor
May 31, 1983 – David Hernandez, American singer
May 31, 1983 – Dustin Wells, New Zealand footballer
May 31, 1983 – Reggie Yates, English television presenter
May 31, 1984 – Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
May 31, 1984 – Nate Robinson, American basketball player
May 31, 1984 – Jason Smith, Australian actor
May 31, 1985 – Ian Vougioukas, Greek basketball player
May 31, 1986 – Waka Flocka Flame, American rapper
May 31, 1989 – Marco Reus, German footballer

DIED MAY 31SR:
May 31, 1162 – Géza II of Hungary (b. 1130)
May 31, 1246 – Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England (b. 1188)
May 31, 1349 – Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)
May 31, 1408 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
May 31, 1410 – King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)
May 31, 1495 – Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (b. 1415)
May 31, 1558 – Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)
May 31, 1567 – Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
May 31, 1594 – Tintoretto, Italian painter (b. 1518)
May 31, 1680 – Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)
May 31, 1740 – King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (b. 1688)
May 31, 1747 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
May 31, 1799 – Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
May 31, 1809 – Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732)
May 31, 1809 – Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769)
May 31, 1831 – Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)
May 31, 1832 – Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)
May 31, 1837 – Joseph Grimaldi, British clown (b. 1779)
May 31, 1846 – Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)
May 31, 1847 – Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)
May 31, 1848 – Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)
May 31, 1908 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (b. 1839)
May 31, 1910 – Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b. 1821)
May 31, 1931 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
May 31, 1945 – Odilo Globocnik, Austrian Nazi officer (b. 1904)
May 31, 1954 – Antonis Benakis, Greek politician and art collector (b. 1873)
May 31, 1957 – Stefanos Sarafis, Greek Greek Resistance figure (b. 1890)
May 31, 1957 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
May 31, 1960 – Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (b. 1882)
May 31, 1960 – Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890)
May 31, 1961 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877)
May 31, 1962 – Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (b. 1874)
May 31, 1962 – Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi official (b. 1906)
May 31, 1967 – Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist and arranger (b. 1915)
May 31, 1970 – Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (b. 1929)
May 31, 1972 – Walter Freeman, American physician (b. 1895)
May 31, 1976 – Jacques Monod, French biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
May 31, 1977 – William Castle, American film director (b. 1914)
May 31, 1978 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
May 31, 1983 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b. 1895)
May 31, 1985 – Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
May 31, 1986 – Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank), American artist (b. 1918)
May 31, 1986 – James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
May 31, 1987 – John Abraham (director), Indian film director (b. 1937)
May 31, 1993 – Francis Lynch, American state legislator (b. 1920)
May 31, 1994 – Herva Nelli, Italian-born soprano (b. 1909)
May 31, 1996 – Timothy Leary, American professor and LSD advocate (b. 1920)
May 31, 1997 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)
May 31, 1998 – Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (b. 1912)
May 31, 2000 – Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
May 31, 2000 – Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
May 31, 2001 – Arlene Francis, American television personality (b. 1907)
May 31, 2004 – Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)
May 31, 2004 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
May 31, 2006 – Ryan Bennett, American sportscaster (b. 1970)
May 31, 2006 – Miguel Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (b. 1933)
May 31, 2006 – Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
May 31, 2006 – Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
May 31, 2009 – Millvina Dean, British survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (b. 1912)
May 31, 2009 – George Tiller, American abortion doctor (b. 1941)
May 31, 2009 – Danny La Rue, British entertainer (b. 1927)
May 31, 2010 – Louise Bourgeois, French-born American sculptor (b. 1911)
May 31, 2010 – Brian Duffy, British photographer and film producer (b. 1933)
May 31, 2010 – William A. Fraker, American cinematographer (b. 1923)
May 31, 2010 – Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist (b. 1947)
May 31, 2010 – Benjamin Lees, American composer (b. 1924)
May 31, 2010 – Merata Mita, New Zealander filmmaker (b. 1942)

MAY 31ST MEMORABLE EVENTS:
May 31, 1279 BC – Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
May 31, 526 – A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
May 31, 1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River – Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans.
May 31, 1578 – Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool’s gold, used to pave streets in London.
May 31, 1578 – King Henri III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris.
May 31, 1669 – Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
May 31, 1678 – The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
May 31, 1759 – The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.
May 31, 1775 – American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions adopted in the Province of North Carolina
May 31, 1790 – Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
May 31, 1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
May 31, 1790 – French Revolution: the Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
May 31, 1805 – French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock
May 31, 1813 – In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
May 31, 1854 – The civil death procedure is abolished in France.
May 31, 1859 – The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
May 31, 1862 – American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) – Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
May 31, 1864 – American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
May 31, 1866 – In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O’Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian’s 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
May 31, 1884 – Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria
May 31, 1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
May 31, 1902 – Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
May 31, 1910 – Creation of the Union of South Africa.
May 31, 1911 – The ocean liner R.M.S. Titanic is launched.
May 31, 1916 – World War I: Battle of Jutland – The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
May 31, 1921 – Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
May 31, 1924 – The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an “integral part of the Republic of China”, whose “sovereignty” therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
May 31, 1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
May 31, 1929 – The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, “The Karnival Kid”, is released.
May 31, 1935 – A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
May 31, 1941 – A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland claims 38 lives.
May 31, 1941 – Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns ‘Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
May 31, 1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
May 31, 1943 – Zoot Suit Riots begin
May 31, 1961 – Republic of South Africa created.
May 31, 1962 – The West Indies Federation dissolves.
May 31, 1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
May 31, 1970 – The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
May 31, 1971 – In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
May 31, 1973 – The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
May 31, 1977 – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed.
May 31, 1981 – Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century.
May 31, 1985 – 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
May 31, 1991 – Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations’ UNAVEM II mission.
May 31, 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.
May 31, 2010 – In the international waters, Shayetet 13 soldiers attacked with firearms to flotilla that wanted to break the blockade on Gaza Strip. During the armed aggression on the MV Mavi Marmara ship, a violent attack had started. 9 activists killed by soldiers on board, and lots of activist injured.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“I am as bad as the worst, but thank God I am as good as the best.” (Walt Whitman)

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May 30th In History: It Happened Today

May 28, 2011 By Dom

Saint Joan of Arc

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, May 30th. On this day in history, May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc is burned at the stale in Rouen, France. Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed The Maid of Orléans (French: ”Jeanne d’Arc”, 1412 – 30 May 1431) is considered a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years’ War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII. She was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court, and burned at the stake when she was 19 years old.

BORN MAY 30TH:
May 30, 1010 – Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
May 30, 1423 – Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
May 30, 1623 – John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)
May 30, 1653 – Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)
May 30, 1713 – Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1757)
May 30, 1718 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793)
May 30, 1719 – Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
May 30, 1757 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, British statesman (d. 1844)
May 30, 1768 – Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French cavalry commander (d. 1815)
May 30, 1768 – Karl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)
May 30, 1800 – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose French archbishop of Rouen and senator (d. 1883)
May 30, 1814 – Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)
May 30, 1814 – Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (d. 1894)
May 30, 1819 – William McMurdo, British army officer (d. 1894)
May 30, 1820 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (d. 1890)
May 30, 1844 – Félix Arnaudin, French poet and folklorist (d. 1921)
May 30, 1845 – King Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1890)
May 30, 1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
May 30, 1858 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
May 30, 1871 – Olga Engl, Austrian actress (d. 1946)
May 30, 1874 – Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)
May 30, 1875 – Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944)
May 30, 1878 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)
May 30, 1879 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
May 30, 1881 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
May 30, 1882 – Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915)
May 30, 1886 – Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918)
May 30, 1887 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian artist (d. 1964)
May 30, 1890 – Roger Salengro, French politician (d. 1936)
May 30, 1892 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
May 30, 1895 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
May 30, 1896 – Howard Hawks, American film director (d. 1977)
May 30, 1899 – Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936)
May 30, 1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (d. 1979)
May 30, 1902 – Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (d. 1985)
May 30, 1906 – Bruno Gröning, German mystic (d. 1959)
May 30, 1907 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (d. 2007)
May 30, 1907 – Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008)
May 30, 1908 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
May 30, 1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
May 30, 1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986)
May 30, 1909 – Jacques Canetti, French talent-spotter (d. 1997)
May 30, 1910 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978)
May 30, 1910 – Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)
May 30, 1910 – Harry Bernstein, British-born American writer
May 30, 1912 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
May 30, 1912 – Erich Bagge, German physicist (d. 1996)
May 30, 1912 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)
May 30, 1912 – Joseph Stein, American playwright (d. 2010)
May 30, 1914 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)
May 30, 1916 – Justin Catayée, French politician (d. 1962)
May 30, 1918 – Guadalupe “Pita” Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
May 30, 1918 – Bob Evans, American restaurateur (d. 2007)
May 30, 1919 – René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
May 30, 1920 – Franklin Schaffner, American film director (d. 1989)
May 30, 1922 – Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003)
May 30, 1926 – Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual activist (d. 1989)
May 30, 1927 – Clint Walker, American actor
May 30, 1928 – Agnès Varda, French director
May 30, 1928 – Kevin Charles “Pro” Hart, Australian artist (d. 2006)
May 30, 1929 – Georges Gilson, French Catholic bishop
May 30, 1930 – Mark Birley, British nightclub owner (d. 2007)
May 30, 1930 – Robert Ryman, American painter
May 30, 1932 – Pauline Oliveros, American composer and accordionist
May 30, 1934 – Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut
May 30, 1934 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach
May 30, 1935 – Lee Gunther, American television producer and editor (d. 1998)
May 30, 1936 – Keir Dullea, American actor
May 30, 1936 – Ruta Lee, Canadian actress
May 30, 1937 – Harry Statham, American basketball coach
May 30, 1939 – Michael J. Pollard, American actor
May 30, 1939 – Dieter Quester, Austrian racing driver
May 30, 1940 – Gilles Villemure, Canadian ice hockey player
May 30, 1943 – James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
May 30, 1943 – Gale Sayers, American football player
May 30, 1944 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
May 30, 1944 – Stav Prodromou, American technology executive
May 30, 1945 – Norman Eshley, English actor
May 30, 1946 – Allan Chapman, English historian of science
May 30, 1947 – Jocelyne Bourassa, French Canadian golfer
May 30, 1948 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
May 30, 1949 – P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
May 30, 1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician

May 30, 1950 – Dann Glenn, American Guitarist and Composer
May 30, 1950 – Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
May 30, 1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor
May 30, 1951 – Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer
May 30, 1951 – Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan politician
May 30, 1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor
May 30, 1955 – Jake “The Snake” Roberts, American wrestler
May 30, 1955 – Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash)
May 30, 1958 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette)
May 30, 1958 – Steve Israel, American politician
May 30, 1958 – Ted McGinley, American actor
May 30, 1958 – Michael Lopez-Alegria, Spanish American astronaut
May 30, 1959 – Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
May 30, 1959 – Phil Brown, English football manager (Hull City)
May 30, 1961 – Harry Enfield, British comedian
May 30, 1961 – Ralph Carter, American actor
May 30, 1961 – Bob Yari, Iranian-born American film producer
May 30, 1962 – Kevin Eastman, American comic book creator (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
May 30, 1962 – Tonya Pinkins, American actress
May 30, 1963 – Élise Lucet, French journalist and television host
May 30, 1963 – Helen Sharman, British chemist, the first Briton in space
May 30, 1964 – Wynonna Judd, American country singer
May 30, 1964 – Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
May 30, 1964 – Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver
May 30, 1965 – Billy Donovan, American college basketball coach
May 30, 1966 – Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement)
May 30, 1967 – Tim Burgess, English singer (The Charlatans)
May 30, 1968 – Zacarias Moussaoui, French convicted terrorist
May 30, 1968 – Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
May 30, 1969 – Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese filmmaker
May 30, 1969 – Naomi Kawase, Japanese film director
May 30, 1970 – Flora Chan, Hong Kong television actress
May 30, 1970 – Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist
May 30, 1971 – Idina Menzel, American actress and singer
May 30, 1972 – Manny Ramírez, Dominican Republic baseball player
May 30, 1972 – Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese seiyuu
May 30, 1973 – Leigh Francis, British comedian
May 30, 1974 – Cee-Lo Green, American musician
May 30, 1974 – Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
May 30, 1974 – Konstantinos Chalkias, Greek footballer
May 30, 1974 – Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor
May 30, 1974 – David Wilkie, American ice hockey player
May 30, 1975 – Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
May 30, 1975 – Brian Fair, American singer
May 30, 1975 – Andrew Farrell, English rugby league and union footballer
May 30, 1976 – Rasho Nesterovič, Slovenian basketball player
May 30, 1976 – Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
May 30, 1976 – Margaret Okayo, Kenyan athlete
May 30, 1977 – Akwá, Angolan footballer
May 30, 1977 – Rachael Stirling, British actress
May 30, 1978 – Eric Searle American Musician
May 30, 1978 – Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist
May 30, 1979 – Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
May 30, 1979 – Kugimiya Rie, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
May 30, 1979 – Clint Bowyer, American NASCAR driver
May 30, 1980 – Steven Gerrard, English footballer
May 30, 1981 – Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter
May 30, 1981 – Blake Bashoff, American actor
May 30, 1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver
May 30, 1981 – Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
May 30, 1981 – Remy Ma, American rapper
May 30, 1981 – Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
May 30, 1981 – Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
May 30, 1982 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
May 30, 1982 – James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player
May 30, 1983 – Jennifer Ellison, English actress, model, singer
May 30, 1984 – Matt Maguire, Australian rules footballer
May 30, 1984 – Jordan Palmer, American football player
May 30, 1984 – Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer
May 30, 1987 – Joyce Cheng, Hong Kong musician, writer, actress and performer
May 30, 1988 – Antonio Winterstein, Australian rugby league footballer
May 30, 1989 – Kevin Covais, American singer
May 30, 1990 – Dean Collins, American actor
May 30, 1990 – Yoona (Im Yoon-a), South Korean singer (Girls’ Generation)

DIED MAY 30TH:
May 30, 1159 – Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)
May 30, 1252 – King Ferdinand III of Castile (b. 1199)
May 30, 1416 – Jerome of Prague, Czech theologian (b. 1379)
May 30, 1431 – Joan of Arc, French military figure and Catholic saint (b. 1412)
May 30, 1434 – Prokop the Great, Hussite general
May 30, 1469 – Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop (b. 1382)
May 30, 1574 – King Charles IX of France (b. 1550)
May 30, 1576 – Harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai
May 30, 1593 – Christopher Marlowe, English playwright (b. 1564)
May 30, 1640 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (b. 1577)
May 30, 1696 – Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638)
May 30, 1712 – Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. c. 1645)
May 30, 1718 – Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch noble (b. 1670)
May 30, 1730 – Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648)
May 30, 1744 – Alexander Pope, English writer (b. 1688)
May 30, 1770 – François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)
May 30, 1778 – Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)
May 30, 1829 – Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French military figure (b. 1774)
May 30, 1832 – James Mackintosh, Scottish jurist, politician and historian (b. 1765)
May 30, 1865 – John Catron, American jurist (b. 1786)
May 30, 1868 – Okita Sōji, Japanese law enforcement figure (b. 1823)
May 30, 1901 – Victor D’Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841)
May 30, 1911 – Milton Bradley, American game pioneer (b. 1836)
May 30, 1912 – Wilbur Wright, American aviatior (b. 1867)
May 30, 1918 – Georgi Plekhanov, Russian Marxist theoretician (b. 1856)
May 30, 1925 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (b. 1876)
May 30, 1926 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian physicist (b. 1864)
May 30, 1934 – Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
May 30, 1939 – Floyd Roberts, American race care driver (b. 1904)
May 30, 1941 – King Prajadhipok of Thailand (b. 1893)
May 30, 1946 – Louis Slotin, Canadian scientist (b. 1910)
May 30, 1947 – Georg Ludwig von Trapp, Austrian submarine commander (b. 1880)
May 30, 1948 – József Klekl, Slovene politician (b. 1874)
May 30, 1949 – Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1874)
May 30, 1951 – Hermann Broch, Austrian author (b. 1886)
May 30, 1953 – Dooley Wilson, American musician and actor (b. 1886)
May 30, 1955 – Bill Vukovich, American race care driver (b. 1918)
May 30, 1960 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
May 30, 1961 – Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, Dominican Republic dictator (b. 1891)
May 30, 1964 – Leó Szilárd, Hungarian nuclear physicist (b. 1898)
May 30, 1964 – Eddie Sachs, American auto racer (b. 1927)
May 30, 1964 – Dave MacDonald, American auto racer (b. 1936)
May 30, 1965 – Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist (b. 1899)
May 30, 1967 – Claude Rains, English actor (b. 1889)
May 30, 1967 – Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian film director (b.1885)
May 30, 1971 – Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)
May 30, 1975 – Steve Prefontaine, American distance runner (b. 1951)
May 30, 1975 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist (b. 1908)
May 30, 1975 – Michel Simon, French actor (b. 1895)
May 30, 1976 – Max Carey, American baseball player (b. 1890)
May 30, 1980 – Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (b. 1942)
May 30, 1981 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
May 30, 1981 – Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi statesman (b. 1936)
May 30, 1986 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (b. 1940)
May 30, 1988 – Robert O’Reilly, Australian singer (b. 1940)
May 30, 1993 – Sun Ra, American musician (b. 1914)
May 30, 1994 – Ezra Taft Benson, American religious figure (b. 1899)
May 30, 1994 – Marcel Bich, French industrialist (b. 1914)
May 30, 1994 – Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (b. 1955)
May 30, 1995 – Ted Drake, English footballer (b. 1912)
May 30, 1995 – Lofty England, English automotive engineer (b. 1911)
May 30, 1995 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (b. 1951)
May 30, 1996 – Léon-Etienne Duval, French Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1903)
May 30, 2000 – Tex Beneke, American bandleader and musician (b. 1914)
May 30, 2000 – Doris Hare, Welsh actress (b. 1905)
May 30, 2003 – Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938)
May 30, 2005 – Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
May 30, 2005 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b. 1958)
May 30, 2005 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player [AAGPBL] (b. 1918)
May 30, 2006 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (b. 1926)
May 30, 2006 – Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)
May 30, 2006 – David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist (b. 1938)
May 30, 2007 – Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and author (b. 1933)
May 30, 2007 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet (b.1927)
May 30, 2008 – Lorenzo Odone, American medical figure (b. 1978)
May 30, 2008 – Noel Moore, British civil servant (b. 1928)
May 30, 2008 – Auguste Legros, French politician (b.1922)
May 30, 2009 – Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (b. 1926)
May 30, 2010 – Duff Roblin, Canadian politician (b. 1917)
May 30, 2010 – Joan Rhodes, British performer and stuntwoman (b. 1921)
May 30, 2010 – Peter Orlovsky, American poet (b. 1933)

MAY 30TH MEMORABLE EVENTS:
May 30, 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.
May 30, 1416 – The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
May 30, 1431 – Hundred Years’ War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because of this the Catholic Church remember this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
May 30, 1434 – Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars): Battle of Lipany – effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
May 30, 1536 – King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
May 30, 1539 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
May 30, 1574 – Henry III becomes King of France.
May 30, 1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
May 30, 1631 – Publication of La Gazette, first French newspaper.
May 30, 1635 – Thirty Years’ War: the Peace of Prague (1635) is signed.
May 30, 1642 – From this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament.
May 30, 1806 – Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson’s wife of bigamy.
May 30, 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition – the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to Elba.
May 30, 1815 – The East Indiaman ship Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
May 30, 1832 – End of the Hambach Festival in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
May 30, 1832 – The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
May 30, 1834 – Joaquim António de Aguiar issue a law extinguishing “all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses of the regular religious orders”, earning him the nickname of “The Friar-Killer”.
May 30, 1842 – John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill, London with Prince Albert.
May 30, 1854 – The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
May 30, 1859 – Westminster’s Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
May 30, 1868 – Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern “Memorial Day”) is observed in the United States for the first time (By “Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic” John A. Logan’s proclamation on May 5).
May 30, 1871 – The Paris Commune falls.
May 30, 1876 – Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
May 30, 1879 – New York City’s Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
May 30, 1899 – Female Old West outlaw Pearl Hart robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
May 30, 1883 – In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
May 30, 1911 – At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
May 30, 1913 – First Balkan War: the Treaty of London, 1913 is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
May 30, 1914 – The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
May 30, 1917 – Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
May 30, 1922 – In Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
May 30, 1925 – May 30 Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shot 13 protesting workers to death.
May 30, 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika.
May 30, 1942 – World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
May 30, 1948 – A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
May 30, 1958 – Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
May 30, 1959 – The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Lord Cobham.
May 30, 1961 – Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
May 30, 1963 – A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam‘s National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
May 30, 1966 – Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
May 30, 1966 – launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to achieve landing on an extraterrestrial body.
May 30, 1967 – The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
May 30, 1968 – Charles De Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 in France.
May 30, 1971 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
May 30, 1972 – The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
May 30, 1972 – In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
May 30, 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high “Goddess of Democracy” statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
May 30, 1998 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
May 30, 1998 –Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt.
May 30, 2002 – 272 days after the September 11 attacks, closing ceremonies are held for the clean up/recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site in New York City. The last remaining steel beam is removed and transported to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.
May 30, 2003 – Depayin massacre: at least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” (Voltaire)

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Facts and Figures

May 28, 2011 By Dom

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, is an event that deeply marked the American psyche. Dubbed Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, the attack came as a profound shock to the American people and led directly to the American entry into World War II in both the Pacific and European theaters. The following day, December 8, the United States declared war on Japan.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME IMPORTANT STATS, FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

1. LOCATION: Oahu, Hawaii.

2. DATE: December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan).

3. COMMANDERS AND FORCES

US: Pacific Fleet (Kimmel, 70 warships and 24 auxiliaries), US Army (Short). Total number of US aircraft: 300.

JAPAN: Carrier Striking Task Force (Nagumo), 18 warships, 3 submarines, 423 aircraft.

4. CASUALTIES

US: In total, 21 vessels sunk or damaged, 3,000 Navy personnel killed, 876 wounded, 226 Army personnel killed and 396 wounded, 200 aircraft destroyed.

JAPAN: 29 aircraft destroyed, 5 midget submarines lost.

5. KEY ACTIONS

Strict radio silence allowed the Japanese fleet to approach Hawaii undetected. On December 7, the US battleships in Pearl Harbor were not protected by antisubmarine nets, there were no barrage balloons over the harbor, and there was no equipment to put up a smoke screen over the anchored ships.

6. KEY EFFECTS

The damage to the US Pacific Fleet was not fatal, as all three fleet carriers were absent from Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack outraged the US public, who rallied behind their government. The United States had now entered World War II, and would become a military and economic giant in the next four years.

7. FAMOUS PEARL HARBOR QUOTES

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan… No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people will through their righteous might win through to absolute victory… With confidence in our armed forces-with the unbounded determination of our people-we will gain the inevitable triumph-so help us God. I, therefore, ask that the Congress declare that since the dastardly and unprovoked attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.” (President Franklin D. Roosevelt)

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” (Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto).

“As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America” (Joe Baca).

“By all means, let someone else have Pearl Harbor.” (Charles Lockwood)

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May 29th In History: It Happened Today

May 28, 2011 By Dom

Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, May 29th. On this day in history, May 29, 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. On Hillary’s return to England, the BBC asked how the men reacted when they reached the top of the world. “We shook hands and gave each other the odd thump on the back,” he responded. Their stay would last a mere 15 minutes since their oxygen reserves were low.

BORN MAY 29TH:
May 29, 1594 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
May 29, 1627 – Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and famous heiress (d. 1693)
May 29, 1630 – King Charles II of England (d. 1685)
May 29, 1675 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
May 29, 1716 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
May 29, 1722 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
May 29, 1736 – Patrick Henry, American patriot, 1st & 6th Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
May 29, 1773 – Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
May 29, 1794 – Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
May 29, 1823 – John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
May 29, 1860 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
May 29, 1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
May 29, 1874 – G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
May 29, 1880 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
May 29, 1892 – Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
May 29, 1893 – Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (d. 1944)
May 29, 1894 – Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
May 29, 1894 – Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
May 29, 1897 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
May 29, 1903 – Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
May 29, 1905 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
May 29, 1906 – T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
May 29, 1907 – Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
May 29, 1911 – Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989)
May 29, 1913 – Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
May 29, 1914 – Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
May 29, 1915 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
May 29, 1917 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
May 29, 1920 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
May 29, 1921 – Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (Mr Squiggle) (d. 2010)
May 29, 1922 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect (d. 2001)
May 29, 1923 – Bernard Clavel, French novelist (d. 2010)
May 29, 1924 – Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer (d. 1999)
May 29, 1926 – Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
May 29, 1927 – Jean Coutu, Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group)
May 29, 1927 – Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor (d. 2011)
May 29, 1929 – Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher
May 29, 1932 – Richie Guerin, American basketball player
May 29, 1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
May 29, 1933 – Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
May 29, 1937 – Charles W. Pickering, American jurist
May 29, 1937 – Irmin Schmidt, German musician (Can)
May 29, 1937 – Hibari Misora, Japanese singer (d. 1989)
May 29, 1938 – Fay Vincent, American baseball commissioner
May 29, 1939 – Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver
May 29, 1940 – Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician
May 29, 1940 – Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna
May 29, 1941 – Doug Scott, British mountaineer
May 29, 1942 – Pierre Bourque, French-Canadian politician
May 29, 1942 – Kevin Conway, American actor
May 29, 1943 – Robert W. Edgar, American theologian
May 29, 1945 – Gary Brooker, English musician (Procol Harum)
May 29, 1945 – Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
May 29, 1946 – Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
May 29, 1947 – Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
May 29, 1947 – Anthony Geary, American actor
May 29, 1948 – Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
May 29, 1949 – Robert Axelrod, American actor
May 29, 1949 – Andrew Clements, American author
May 29, 1949 – Brian Kidd, English footballer
May 29, 1949 – Francis Rossi, British musician
May 29, 1950 – Rebbie Jackson, American musician

May 29, 1951 – Peter Chernin, American television executive
May 29, 1953 – Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
May 29, 1953 – Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008)
May 29, 1954 – Jerry Moran, American politician, junior senator of Kansas
May 29, 1955 – John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin
May 29, 1955 – Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
May 29, 1955 – David Kirschner, American film producers
May 29, 1955 – Ken Schrader, American race car driver
May 29, 1956 – LaToya Jackson, American singer
May 29, 1957 – Jeb Hensarling, American politician
May 29, 1957 – Ted Levine, American actor
May 29, 1958 – Annette Bening, American actress
May 29, 1958 – Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
May 29, 1958 – Karen Maruyama, Japanese-American actress and comedienne
May 29, 1958 – Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (d. 2011)
May 29, 1959 – Rupert Everett, English actor
May 29, 1959 – Adrian Paul, English actor
May 29, 1960 – Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter
May 29, 1960 – Neil Crone, Canadian actor
May 29, 1961 – Melissa Etheridge, American musician
May 29, 1962 – Eric Davis, American baseball player
May 29, 1962 – John D. LeMay, American actor
May 29, 1962 – Fandi Ahmad, Singapore footballer
May 29, 1963 – Blaze Bayley, British singer (Iron Maiden)
May 29, 1963 – Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
May 29, 1963 – Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
May 29, 1963 – Lisa Whelchel, American actress
May 29, 1964 – Howard Mills III, American politician
May 29, 1967 – Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
May 29, 1967 – Mike Keane, Canadian hockey player
May 29, 1967 – Steven Levitt, American economist
May 29, 1967 – Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (d. 2008)
May 29, 1968 – Tate George, American basketball player
May 29, 1969 – Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
May 29, 1970 – Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
May 29, 1971 – Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
May 29, 1971 – Bernd Mayländer, Formula One Safety Car driver
May 29, 1972 – Közi, Japanese visual kei artist
May 29, 1972 – Stanislas Renoult, French singer
May 29, 1972 – Bill Curley, American basketball player
May 29, 1972 – Simon Jones, British musician (The Verve)
May 29, 1973 – Anthony Azizi, American actor
May 29, 1973 – Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
May 29, 1973 – Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
May 29, 1974 – Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter TV personality
May 29, 1974 – Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player
May 29, 1974 – Aaron McGruder, American cartoonist
May 29, 1975 – Melanie Brown, English musician and actress (Spice Girls)
May 29, 1975 – Daniel Tosh, American comedian
May 29, 1975 – Anthony Wall, English golfer
May 29, 1976 – David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
May 29, 1976 – Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
May 29, 1976 – Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
May 29, 1976 – Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
May 29, 1976 – Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
May 29, 1976 – Egor Titov, Russian footballer
May 29, 1977 – Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
May 29, 1977 – Scott Allen, American figure skater
May 29, 1977 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
May 29, 1977 – Danny Gerard, American actor
May 29, 1978 – Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
May 29, 1978 – Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
May 29, 1978 – Lorenzo Odone, American patient (d. 2008)
May 29, 1978 – Adam Rickitt, British actor
May 29, 1979 – Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
May 29, 1979 – Arne Friedrich, German football player
May 29, 1979 – John Rheinecker, American baseball player
May 29, 1979 – Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
May 29, 1979 – Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, Singapore footballer
May 29, 1979 – Shweta Gulati, Indian television actress
May 29, 1980 – Ernesto Farías, Argentine footballer
May 29, 1981 – Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
May 29, 1981 – Justin Chon, American actor
May 29, 1982 – Ailyn, Spanish singer (Sirenia)
May 29, 1982 – Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
May 29, 1982 – Joanne Borgella, American model and singer
May 29, 1982 – Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
May 29, 1982 – Matt Macri, American baseball player
May 29, 1983 – Joanna Higson, English actress
May 29, 1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
May 29, 1986 – Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican fashion model
May 29, 1986 – Hornswoggle, American professional wrestler
May 29, 1987 – Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian athlete
May 29, 1987 – Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer
May 29, 1987 – Timur Özgöz, German footballer
May 29, 1987 – Noah Reid, Canadian actor
May 29, 1987 – Alessandra Torresani, American actress
May 29, 1989 – Riley Keough, American model
May 29, 1991 – Kristen Alderson, American actress
May 29, 1992 – Gregg Sulkin, British Actor

DIED MAY 29TH:
May 29, 1259 – King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
May 29, 1379 – King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
May 29, 1405 – Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
May 29, 1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
May 29, 1453 – Constantine XI Palaiologos, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404)
May 29, 1500 – Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
May 29, 1546 – David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
May 29, 1593 – John Penry, Welsh Protestant leader (b. 1559)
May 29, 1628 – Anaukpetlun, King of Burma (b. 1578)
May 29, 1660 – Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
May 29, 1691 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
May 29, 1790 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
May 29, 1796 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
May 29, 1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
May 29, 1829 – Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)
May 29, 1847 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
May 29, 1866 – Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
May 29, 1868 – Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
May 29, 1873 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
May 29, 1882 – Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
May 29, 1892 – Bahá’u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1817)
May 29, 1896 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
May 29, 1903 – Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)
May 29, 1903 – Bruce Price, American architect (b. 1845)
May 29, 1910 – Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
May 29, 1911 – W. S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)
May 29, 1917 – Kate Harrington, American teacher, writer and poet (b. 1831)
May 29, 1919 – Robert Bacon, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
May 29, 1935 – Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)
May 29, 1939 – Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865)
May 29, 1942 – John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
May 29, 1946 – Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905)
May 29, 1948 – Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
May 29, 1951 – Fanny Brice, American singer/comedian (b. 1891)
May 29, 1951 – Dimitrios Levidis, Greek composer (b. 1885)
May 29, 1953 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
May 29, 1958 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
May 29, 1970 – John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
May 29, 1972 – Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (b. 1902)
May 29, 1972 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
May 29, 1973 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
May 29, 1977 – Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
May 29, 1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
May 29, 1979 – John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
May 29, 1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
May 29, 1983 – Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899)
May 29, 1989 – John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
May 29, 1993 – Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
May 29, 1994 – Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)
May 29, 1996 – Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (b. 1919)
May 29, 1997 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)
May 29, 1997 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
May 29, 1998 – Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
May 29, 2002 – Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905)
May 29, 2003 – David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
May 29, 2004 – Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)
May 29, 2004 – Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)
May 29, 2005 – George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
May 29, 2005 – Hamilton Naki, South African medical assistant (b. 1926)
May 29, 2006 – Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
May 29, 2006 – Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930)
May 29, 2007 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
May 29, 2007 – Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian politician (b. 1927)
May 29, 2008 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
May 29, 2008 – Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)
May 29, 2009 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder and Olympic champion (b. 1978)
May 29, 2010 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b. 1936)

MAY 29TH MEMORABLE EVENTS:
May 29, 363 – Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
May 29, 1167 – Battle of Monte Porzio – A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
May 29, 1176 – Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
May 29, 1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
May 29, 1414 – Council of Constance.
May 29, 1453 – Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. Although the date of May 29, 1453, is that of the Julian Calendar, the event is commemorated in Istanbul on this day of the present Gregorian calendar.
May 29, 1660 – English Restoration: Charles II (on his birthday – see below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
May 29, 1677 – Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.
May 29, 1727 – Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
May 29, 1733 – The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
May 29, 1780 – American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford’s continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
May 29, 1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States’ colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
May 29, 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
May 29, 1848 – Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
May 29, 1864 – Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
May 29, 1867 – The Austro-Hungarian agreement known as Ausgleich (“the Compromise”) is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Franz Joseph is crowned King of Hungary.
May 29, 1868 – The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
May 29, 1886 – Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
May 29, 1900 – N’Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil
May 29, 1903 – May coup d’etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
May 29, 1913 – Igor Stravinsky’s ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.
May 29, 1914 – Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
May 29, 1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
May 29, 1919 – Einstein’s theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington’s observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
May 29, 1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje founded
May 29, 1924 – AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
May 29, 1931 – Born October 19, 1899 in Sardinia, Michele “Mike” Schirru, Anarchist against Fascism, U.S. Citizen is executed by Italian military firing squad for INTENT to kill Mussolini. The U.S. Government did nothing to help Mike Schirru.
May 29, 1932 – World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
May 29, 1939 – Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
May 29, 1940 – The first flight of the F4U Corsair.
May 29, 1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
May 29, 1945 – First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
May 29, 1948 – Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation
May 29, 1950 – The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia .
May 29, 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay’s (adopted) 39th birthday.
May 29, 1954 – First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
May 29, 1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
May 29, 1969 – General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
May 29, 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
May 29, 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
May 29, 1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: At the European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses after Liverpool F.C. fans breach a fence separating them from Juventus F.C. fans.
May 29, 1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
May 29, 1988 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
May 29, 1989 – Signing of an agreement Egypt – U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
May 29, 1990 – The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of the Russian SFSR.
May 29, 1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
May 29, 1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
May 29, 2001 – U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
May 29, 2004 – The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” (Bob Hope)

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6 Facts About Operation Typhoon aka. The Battle of Moscow.

May 27, 2011 By Dom

Soviet Offensive Moscow, December 1941

World War II was marked with countless battles and blood baths. Operation Typhoon was the name given to the strategic German offensive against Moscow in the fall of 1941. The Battle of Moscow (Russian: Битва под Москвой, Romanized: Bitva pod Moskvoy, German: Schlacht um Moskau) is the name given by Soviet historians to two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II.

HERE ARE 8 KEY FACTS ABOUT OPERATION TYPHOON

1. LOCATION: USSR.

2. DATE: September 30 – December 8, 1941.

3. COMMANDERS AND FORCES

German: Army Group Center (von Bock): 1,929,000 troops, 14,000 artillery pieces, 1,000 tanks, 1,390 aircraft.

Soviet: Western Front (Konev), Reserve Front (Budenny), Bryansk Front (Eremenko): 1,250,000 troops, 7,600 artillery pieces, 990 tanks, 670 aircarft.

4. CASUALTIES:

German: 250,000

Soviet: 650,000

5. KEY ACTIONS: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin deployed 100,000 troops from the east to the Moscow front to confront the Germans, who were being hampered by a lack of supplies and the increasingly severe winter weather.

6. KEY EFFECTS: The end of Typhoon in December marked the start of a Soviet counteroffensive all along the eastern front.

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May 28th In History: It Happened Today

May 27, 2011 By Dom

Peter Benenson Amnesty International

The following is your daily snapshot of what happened on this day in history, May 28th. On this day in history, May 28,1981, Peter Benenson celebrated the 20th anniversary of Amnesty International by relighting the original candle, which he first lit when he founded the humanitarian organization in 1961, on the steps of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

BORN MAY 28TH:
May 28, 1140 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
May 28, 1371 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419)
May 28, 1524 – Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)
May 28, 1582 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)
May 28, 1588 – Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
May 28, 1641 – Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)
May 28, 1660 – King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
May 28, 1676 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
May 28, 1692 – Joseph Butler, English philosopher (d. 1752)
May 28, 1738 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)
May 28, 1759 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
May 28, 1763 – Manuel Alberti, Argentine priest and head of state (d. 1811)
May 28, 1779 – Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)
May 28, 1807 – Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (d. 1873)
May 28, 1818 – P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (d. 1893)
May 28, 1836 – Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
May 28, 1836 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German composer, conductor, and pianist (d. 1916)
May 28, 1837 – George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. 1921)
May 28, 1837 – Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (d. 1908)
May 28, 1841 – Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (d. 1887)
May 28, 1853 – Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)
May 28, 1858 – Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)
May 28, 1872 – Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. 1917)
May 28, 1878 – Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)
May 28, 1879 – Milutin Milanković, Serbian geophysicist (d. 1958)
May 28, 1883 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian revolutionary and politician (d. 1966)
May 28, 1883 – Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (d. 1978)
May 28, 1884 – Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. 1948)
May 28, 1886 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (d. 1954)
May 28, 1888 – Jim Thorpe/Wa-Tho-Huk, American pentathlete, decathlete, fotball, baseball and basketball player (d. 1953)
May 28, 1888 – Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1942)
May 28, 1888 – Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, Strange first wife of American poet, T.S. Eliot (d. 1947)
May 28, 1889 – Richard Réti, Austrian-Czech chess grandmaster (d. 1929)
May 28, 1892 – Sepp Dietrich, German officer (d. 1966)
May 28, 1900 – Tommy Ladnier, American musician (d. 1939)
May 28, 1908 – Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)
May 28, 1909 – Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (d. 2005)
May 28, 1910 – Georg Gaßmann, German politician (d. 1987)
May 28, 1910 – Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003)
May 28, 1910 – T-Bone Walker, American singer (d. 1975)
May 28, 1911 – Dame Thora Hird, British actress (d. 2003)
May 28, 1911 – Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright (d. 1986)
May 28, 1912 – Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
May 28, 1912 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (d. 1992)
May 28, 1914 – W. G. G. Duncan Smith, British World War II pilot (d. 1996)
May 28, 1915 – Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. 2001)
May 28, 1916 – Walker Percy, American author (d. 1990)
May 28, 1917 – Papa John Creach, American fiddler (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) (d. 1994)
May 28, 1918 – Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 1990)
May 28, 1921 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (d. 1999)
May 28, 1922 – Lou Duva, American boxing trainer
May 28, 1922 – Roger Fisher, American law professor
May 28, 1923 – György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
May 28, 1923 – Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (d. 1996)
May 28, 1925 – Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006)
May 28, 1925 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone
May 28, 1931 – Carroll Baker, American actress
May 28, 1934 – Annette Dionne, Dionne quintuplets
May 28, 1934 – Cecile Dionne, Dionne quintuplets
May 28, 1934 – Emilie Dionne, Dionne quintuplets (d. 1954)
May 28, 1934 – Marie Dionne, Dionne quintuplets (d. 1970)
May 28, 1934 – Yvonne Dionne, Dionne quintuplets(d. 2001)
May 28, 1936 – Betty Shabazz, American civil rights activist (d. 1997)
May 28, 1936 – Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician
May 28, 1938 – Jerry West, American basketball player
May 28, 1938 – Prince Buster, Jamaican ska and rocksteady musician
May 28, 1940 – Shlomo Riskin, American rabbi, founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue
May 28, 1940 – Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist
May 28, 1941 – Beth Howland, American actress
May 28, 1942 – Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 28, 1943 – Terry Crisp, Canadian hockey coach
May 28, 1943 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004)
May 28, 1944 – Rudy Giuliani, 107th Mayor of New York City
May 28, 1944 – Gladys Knight, American R&B and soul singer and actress
May 28, 1944 – Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor
May 28, 1944 – Patricia Quinn, Northern Irish actress
May 28, 1944 – Gary Stewart, American singer (d. 2003)
May 28, 1944 – Billy Vera, American actor and singer-songwriter
May 28, 1944 – Faith Brown, British actress
May 28, 1945 – Hunter “Patch” Adams, American physician and social activist
May 28, 1945 – John Fogerty, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
May 28, 1945 – John N. Bambacus, American politician
May 28, 1946 – Satchidanandan, Indian poet
May 28, 1946 – Skip Jutze, American baseball player
May 28, 1947 – Sondra Locke, American actress
May 28, 1947 – Zahi Hawass, Egyptian egyptologist
May 28, 1947 – Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist
May 28, 1949 – Wendy O. Williams, American vocalist (Plasmatics) (d. 1998)
May 28, 1950 – Ian Bradley, British writer and academic
May 28, 1950 – Kamala, American professional wrestler

May 28, 1952 – Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
May 28, 1953 – Arto Lindsay, American guitarist and singer
May 28, 1954 – John Tory, Canadian politician
May 28, 1954 – Townsend Coleman, American voice actor
May 28, 1954 – Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (d. 1988)
May 28, 1955 – John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd.) (d. 2004)
May 28, 1955 – Mark Howe, American ice hockey player
May 28, 1956 – Julie Peasgood, British actress
May 28, 1956 – Jerry Douglas, American dobro player
May 28, 1956 – Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1980)
May 28, 1957 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
May 28, 1957 – Ben Howland, American college basketball coach
May 28, 1957 – Colin Barnes, English footballer
May 28, 1959 – John Morgan, British etiquette expert (d. 2000)
May 28, 1960 – Mark Sanford, 115th Governor of South Carolina and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
May 28, 1961 – Michelle Collins, British actress
May 28, 1962 – Roland Gift, English singer (Fine Young Cannibals)
May 28, 1962 – Brandon Cruz, American actor
May 28, 1962 – James Michael Tyler, American actor
May 28, 1963 – Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist
May 28, 1963 – Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree)
May 28, 1964 – Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
May 28, 1964 – Armen Gilliam, American basketball player
May 28, 1964 – Christa Miller, American actress
May 28, 1964 – David Baddiel, British comedian and television presenter
May 28, 1964 – Phil Vassar, American country singer
May 28, 1965 – Chris Ballew, American bassist (The Presidents of the United States of America)
May 28, 1966 – Ashley Laurence, American film and television actress
May 28, 1967 – Glen Rice, American basketball player
May 28, 1967 – Emma Kennedy, English television presenter and actress
May 28, 1968 – Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer
May 28, 1969 – Mike DiFelice, American baseball player
May 28, 1969 – Justin Kirk, American actor
May 28, 1969 – Rob Ford, 64th Mayor of Toronto
May 28, 1970 – Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate
May 28, 1970 – Jimi Goodwin, British bassist, vocalist and guitarist (Doves)
May 28, 1970 – Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator
May 28, 1970 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
May 28, 1970 – Bobby Bognar, American singer (The Piper Downs)
May 28, 1970 – Paul Sinha, British stand-up comedian
May 28, 1971 – Isabelle Carré, French actress
May 28, 1971 – Marco Rubio, American politician, senator elect from Florida
May 28, 1971 – Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater
May 28, 1972 – Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
May 28, 1972 – Kate Ashfield, British actress
May 28, 1972 – Doriva, Brazilian footballer
May 28, 1973 – Marco Paulo, Portuguese footballer
May 28, 1974 – Alicia Minshew, American actress
May 28, 1975 – Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress
May 28, 1976 – Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer
May 28, 1976 – Glenn Morrison, Australian rugby league player
May 28, 1976 – Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
May 28, 1976 – Liam O’Brien, American voice actor
May 28, 1977 – Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer
May 28, 1977 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View)
May 28, 1978 – Rufa Mae Quinto, Filipino actress and comedienne
May 28, 1979 – Jesse Bradford, American actor
May 28, 1979 – Ronald Curry, American football player
May 28, 1979 – Joeri Jansen, Belgian athlete
May 28, 1979 – Monica Keena, American actress
May 28, 1980 – Mark Feehily, Irish vocalist (Westlife)
May 28, 1980 – Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
May 28, 1981 – Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
May 28, 1981 – Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player
May 28, 1981 – Adam Green, American singer-songwriter
May 28, 1981 – Aaron Schock, American politician
May 28, 1982 – Alexa Davalos, American actress
May 28, 1982 – Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player
May 28, 1982 – Desiree del Valle, Filipino actress
May 28, 1983 – Steve Cronin, American footballer
May 28, 1983 – Toby Hemingway, British actor
May 28, 1983 – Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player
May 28, 1984 – Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
May 28, 1985 – Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter
May 28, 1985 – Carey Mulligan, British actress
May 28, 1985 – Konstantinos Mendrinos, Greek footballer
May 28, 1986 – Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
May 28, 1986 – Joseph Cross, American actor
May 28, 1986 – Charles N’Zogbia, French footballer
May 28, 1986 – Michael Oher, American football player
May 28, 1988 – Percy Harvin, American football player
May 28, 1988 – David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player
May 28, 2010 – Prince Louis of Bourbon, elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou

DIED MAY 28TH:
May 28, 576 – Saint Germain of Paris, French bishop (b. 496)
May 28, 1023 – Wulfstan, English archbishop and writer (b. ?)
May 28, 1357 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
May 28, 1509 – Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forli (b. 1463)
May 28, 1556 – Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494)
May 28, 1672 – John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
May 28, 1747 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
May 28, 1750 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
May 28, 1787 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1719)
May 28, 1805 – Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
May 28, 1808 – Richard Hurd, English Bishop of Worcester and writer (b. 1720)
May 28, 1811 – Henry Dundas, Scottish politician (b. 1742)
May 28, 1816 – Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord (b. c. 1745)
May 28, 1828 – Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)
May 28, 1831 – William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1756)
May 28, 1843 – Noah Webster, American writer and lexicographer (b. 1758)
May 28, 1849 – Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
May 28, 1864 – Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician (b. 1808)
May 28, 1878 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
May 28, 1916 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856)
May 28, 1927 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)
May 28, 1937 – Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. 1870)
May 28, 1940 – Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (b. 1868)
May 28, 1947 – August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1907)
May 28, 1948 – Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914)
May 28, 1953 – Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
May 28, 1968 – Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Soviet sniper (b. 1908)
May 28, 1971 – Audie Murphy, American actor and soldier (b. 1924)
May 28, 1971 – Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912)
May 28, 1972 – King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
May 28, 1975 – Ezzard Charles, American heavyweight boxing champion (b. 1921)
May 28, 1976 – Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
May 28, 1978 – Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
May 28, 1980 – Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
May 28, 1981 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Cardinal Archbishop of Warsaw (b. 1901)
May 28, 1981 – Mary Lou Williams, American singer (b. 1910)
May 28, 1982 – Lt Col H. Jones VC, British army officer (b. 1940)
May 28, 1983 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (b. 1909)
May 28, 1984 – Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise) (b. 1926)
May 28, 1988 – Sy Oliver, American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (b. 1910)
May 28, 1994 – Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
May 28, 1994 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (b. 1916)
May 28, 1998 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian (b. 1948)
May 28, 2000 – George Irving Bell, American mountaineer (b. 1926)
May 28, 2001 – Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
May 28, 2001 – Joe Moakley, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts (b. 1927)
May 28, 2001 – Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-born French musician and novelist (b. 1929)
May 28, 2002 – Jean Berger, German composer (b. 1909)
May 28, 2003 – Oleg Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1933)
May 28, 2003 – Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born Belgian physical chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
May 28, 2003 – Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
May 28, 2004 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (b. 1934)
May 28, 2004 – Francis Brunn, German juggler (b. 1922)
May 28, 2006 – Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. 1920)
May 28, 2007 – Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
May 28, 2007 – David Lane, American white nationalist (b. 1938)
May 28, 2007 – Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
May 28, 2008 – Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)
May 28, 2010 – Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)

MAY 28TH MEMORABLE EVENTS:
May 28, 585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
May 28, 1503 – James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
May 28, 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
May 28, 1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).
May 28, 1644 – Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby.
May 28, 1754 – French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
May 28, 1798 – The United States Congress empowers president John Adams to enlist 10,000 men for service in case of a declaration of war or invasion of the country’s domain. It also authorizes Adams to instruct commanders of ships-of-war to seize armed French vessels preying upon or attacking American merchantmen about the coast.
May 28, 1830 – President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
May 28, 1863 – American Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union.
May 28, 1892 – In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
May 28, 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Togo Heihachiro and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
May 28, 1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
May 28, 1926 – 28th May 1926 coup d’état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
May 28, 1930 – The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
May 28, 1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
May 28, 1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
May 28, 1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
May 28, 1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
May 28, 1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
May 28, 1942 – World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
May 28, 1952 – The women of Greece are given the right to vote.
May 28, 1961 – Peter Benenson’s article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
May 28, 1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
May 28, 1974 – Northern Ireland’s power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
May 28, 1975 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
May 28, 1977 – In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
May 28, 1979 – Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
May 28, 1982 – Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
May 28, 1987 – 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained and will not be released until August 3, 1988.
May 28, 1991 – The capital city of Addis Ababa, falls to the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
May 28, 1993 – Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations.
May 28, 1995 – The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population.
May 28, 1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton‘s former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
May 28, 1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
May 28, 1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
May 28, 2002 – NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
May 28, 2002 – The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
May 28, 2003 – Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.
May 28, 2004 – The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq’s interim government.
May 28, 2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.

MEMORABLE QUOTE:
“A medium Vodka dry Martini – with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.” (Ian Fleming, Creator of James Bond)

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Memorial Day: 10 Things That Make This Day Special for Americans

May 27, 2011 By Dom

10 Facts About Memorial Day

This weekend, May 30, 2011 is Memorial Day in the United States. This federal holiday is truly a special day, for more reasons than one. Formerly known as “Decoration Day”, the holiday honors American service members who died for their country during military service. In addition, Memorial Day often marks the start of the summer vacation season, and Labor Day its end.

10 FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY

1. Memorial Day was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars. At first, it had been enacted to honor Union and Confederate soldiers following the American Civil War.

2. Memorial Day is always celebrated on the last Monday in May.

3. Until about 1870, the Memorial Day speech served as an occasion for veterans, politicians and ministers to commemorate the war – and at first to recall the atrocities of the enemy.

4. Ironton, Ohio lays claim to the nation’s oldest continuously running Memorial Day parade, since 1868.

5. In 1882, the name of Decoration Day was formally changed to Memorial Day in “memory” and ‘honor” of those who gave their lives fighting for a common cause, America.

6. Beginning in 1866 the Southern states had their own Memorial Days, ranging from April 26 to mid June. Columbus, Mississippi at its Decoration Day on April 25, 1866, commemorated both the Union and Confederate casualties buried in its cemetery.

7. On Memorial Day the flag is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day. The half-staff position remembers the more than one million men and women who gave their lives in service of their country. At noon their memory is raised by the living, who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to rise up in their stead and continue the fight for liberty and justice for all.

8. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries and memorials. A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3 p.m. local time.

9. One of the longest-standing traditions is the running of the Indianapolis 500, an auto race which has been held in conjunction with Memorial Day since 1911.

10. The National Memorial Day Concert takes place on the west lawn of the United States Capitol. The concert is broadcast on PBS and NPR. Music is performed, and respect is paid to the men and women who died in war.

FAMOUS MEMORIAL DAY QUOTES

For love of country they accepted death… (James A. Garfield)

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. (Benjamin Disraeli)

And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
(Lee Greenwood)

Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth;
Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth…
(Thomas Moore)

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave. (Joseph Drake)

The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree. (Thomas Campbell)

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What You Need to Know About the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban.

May 27, 2011 By Dom

Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban

If you’ve been involved in domestic violence and have been convicted, you might be surprised to find out that you are no longer able to own, transport or ship a gun or purchase ammunition. It’s true. There is a Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban that was passed by amending the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act. This amendment also goes by “the Lautenberg Amendment”, as Senator was the sponsor.

Until 1997 when the amendment was enacted, crimes of domestic violence were too often overlooked by the nation, indicated by the fact that no law prevented individuals with a history of domestic violence from owning a gun. This law pertains to all 50 U.S. states and further makes it unlawful to sell or otherwise provide ammunition or a firearm to an individual that doesn’t meet the requirements.

In fact, anyone with misdemeanor or felony domestic violence convictions, as well as those under an order of protection or restraining order will be prohibited from purchasing, owning or using a firearm or ammunition.

Like the majority of laws, the amendment was met with opposition. The main argument was that the law violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by turning the right to keep and bear arms into a privilege instead of a fundamental right to protection.

Of course, proponents of this amendment defend it by using the U.S. Constitution, using the interstate commerce clause to justify federal regulation. Many courts have upheld the choice to restrict the rights of certain people, mainly criminals or the mentally ill, in order to more carefully ensure the safety of the people.

When the amendment was enacted, many military servicemen were discharged, as were police officers, because they could no longer lawfully possess a weapon. However, the law that governed firearm possession by military or police on during the course of duty was somewhat contradictory, which met with huge uproar.

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