On This Date In 1821 Andrew Jackson ended his reign as military governor in Florida. The executions, and Jackson's invasion of territory belonging to Spain, a country with which the U.S. was not at war, created an international incident. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams used Jackson's conquest, and Spain's own weakness, to get Spain to cede Florida to the United States by the Adams-Onís Treaty. Jackson was subsequently named military governor and served from March 10, 1821 to December 31, 1821.
On This Date In 1851 James Gadsden secured land to serve as the dividing line for the two Californias. Gadsden had supported nullification in 1831, and advocated secession by South Carolina in 1850 when California was admitted to the Union as a free state. Gadsden considered slavery “a social blessing” and abolitionists as “the greatest curse of the nation.”
When that secession failed, Gadsden, working with his cousin Isaac Edward Holmes, who had moved to San Francisco in 1851 to practice law, and the California state senator Thomas Jefferson Green, attempted to divide California in two with the southern half allowing slavery. Gadsden planned to establish a slave holding colony based on rice, cotton, and sugar, while building with slave labor, a railroad and highway, originating in either San Antonio or on the Red River, that would transport people to the California gold fields. Towards this end, on December 31, 1851, after signing the Gadsden Purchase treaty as American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, Gadsden asked Green to secure from the state legislature a large land grant located between the 34th and 36th parallels that would eventually serve as the dividing line for the two California states.
On This Date In 1878 Karl Benz finishes making his two-stroke gas engine. He showed his real genius through his successive inventions registered while designing what would become the production standard for his two-stroke engine. Benz soon patented the speed regulation system, the ignition using sparks with battery, the spark plug, the carburetor, the clutch, the gear shift, and the water radiator.
On This Date In 1913 Louis Armstrong, age 12, was arrested for firing a gun during a New Year’s celebration. He was tried and convicted in court, and was sent to the Colored Waifs’ Home for Boys, in New Orleans, Lousiana. During his time in the home, Louis fell under the tutelage of Peter Davis, who taught Louis to play the cornet & bugle.
On This Date In 1929 The Indian National Congress raised the Tricolor Flag of India, authorizating the launching of a civil disobedience campaign for independence from Britain.
On This Date In 1931 "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", a horror film directed by Rouben Mamoulian. and starring Fredric March, was release.
On This Date In 1954, shortly after the completion of The Seven Year Itch, Marilyn Monroe formed Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc., with photographer Milton Greene. The Seven Year Itch was released and became a success, earning an estimated $8 million. Monroe received positive reviews for her performance and was in a strong position to negotiate with 20th Century Fox. On New Year's Eve 1955, they signed a new contract which required Monroe to make four films over a seven-year period. The newly formed Marilyn Monroe Productions would be paid $100,000 plus a share of profits for each film. In addition to being able to work for other studios, Monroe had the right to reject any script, director or cinematographer she did not approve of.
On This Date In 1970 Passage of the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970, leading to the adoption of catalytic converters, was also significant in that it was the first major environmental law in the United States to include a provision for citizen suits.
On This Date In 1985 Ricky Nelson, an American singer, musician and actor, died. He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973, including 19 top-ten hits. Nelson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
On This Date In 1999 "Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century", a compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, published in Time magazine, named Albert Einstein Person of the Century. Time called him a "genius, political refugee, humanitarian, locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the Universe".
On This Date In 2007 The Jonas Brothers performed their singles "Hold On" and "S.O.S." at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. It has been hosted by Dick Clark since its first airing on Sunday, December 31, 1972.
On This Date In 2009 AT&T announced the end to its sponsorship deal with Tiger Woods.
On This Date In 2009 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2010 was broadcast by ABC on Thursday, December 31st from 10 to 11 P.M. EST, and continued from 11:30 P.M. to 2:05 A.M.
The pre-taped musical segments for the first time originated from America's Party in Las Vegas, with musical guests in the segments taped there including The Black Eyed Peas, Colbie Caillat, Robin Thicke, Keri Hilson, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, David Guetta, and Orianthi. Once more, Fergie served as hostess for these pre-taped music segments.
Jennifer Lopez and Daughtry performed live in Times Square during the special, while Good Morning America's Melissa Rycroft reported on festivities there.
The next edition of "New Year's Rockin' Eve" will be broadcast on December 31, 2010 from 10 to 11 P.M. ET/PT, and from 11:30 P.M. to 2:11 A.M. local in each time zone. Ke$ha and Taio Cruz will perform live from Times Square on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2011.”
After a year's hiatus, the pre-taped musical performances will once again be recorded in Los Angeles. Singer Fergie will appear as hostess of the segments taped in Los Angeles, while actress Jenny McCarthy will appear as a hostess of the Times Square festivities.
Among the performers scheduled to appear are Avril Lavigne, along with her new single "What The Hell", Natasha Bedingfield, Jennifer Hudson, Ne-Yo, Train, Mike Posner, Willow Smith, Jason Derülo, Britney Spears, Far East Movement, La Roux, Ke$ha, Drake, Justin Bieber and closing the show Backstreet Boys featuring New Kids on The Block.
Sources: Wikipedia; http://timelines.com/what-happened-on/12/31
Happy Birthday Anthony Hopkins (1937), Sarah Miles (1941), Andy Summers (1942), Ben Kingsley (1943). Barbara Carrera (1945), Tim Matheson (1947), Donna Summer (1948), George Thorogood (1952), Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Val Kilmer (1959), and Heather McCartney (1962).
RIP Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), Andreas Vesalius (Andries Van Wesel) (1514-1564), Pat Brady (1914-1972), and John Denver (1943-1997).
Quotes
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow. -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it. -Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible. -Stanislaw Lem (1921 - 2006)
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. -J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. -Thomas Bailey Aldrich, O Magazine, October 2003
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. -Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture. -Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. -W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. -Russell Baker (1925 - )
The future ain't what it used to be. -Yogi Berra (1925 - )
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD), Meditations, 200 A.D.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. -Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Robbie Maddison's 2008 New Year's Eve jump
Robbie Maddison achieves the impossible, jumping his motorcycle to the top of the Arc de Triomphe at the Paris Las Vegas. Then he came down.
New Years Eve 2009, Sydney, Australia MIDNIGHT FIREWORKS!!
With the theme of Creation, the event was 15 months in the making, with a dazzling array of more than 100,000 individual pyrotechnics firing from the bridge, six barges around the harbour and the top of several skyscrapers. There is a link to Part 2!
U2 - New Years Day - Live
Live at Slane Castle!
Jimi Hendrix - Psychedelic Christmas and New Year Medley (Instrumental)
Jimi Hendrix - Psychedelic Christmas and New Year Medley : The Little Drummer Boy / Silent Night / Military March Taps / Auld Lang Syne (From: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Album) - Had to!
From Our Military: Bagram Welcomes the New Year
Video of service members in Afghanistan celebrating New Years Eve. Scenes include service members discussing celebrating New Years Eve in Afghanistan, various views of service members celebrating and various views of the New Years ball the service members constructed. Provided by 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.
For Our Miiltary: I'm Already There (Message From Home)-Military Tribute
Tribute To Our Armed Forces with I'm Already Ther (Message From Home) by Lonestar. All Gave Some...Some Gave ALL. God Bless us all for the warriors of freedom. Always Remember. NEVER Forget.
It is the Soldier, NOT the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet,
who has given us FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
It IS the Soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL.
IT IS THE SOLDIER who salutes the flag,
serves the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who gives the protester the right to burn the flag.
To our men and women in uniform...Past, Present and Future...God Bless you...and thank you.
May your New Year bring you God's Blessings, with Peace and Love, and may you find yourself always looking to the future, knowing the present is all we have, and leaving the past a memory, not a place to live.
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