On This Date In 1779 The
court-martial of Benedict Arnold convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After a relatively clean record in the early days of the American Revolution, Arnold was charged with 13
counts of misbehavior, including misusing government wagons and illegally
buying and selling goods. Although his notorious betrayal was still many months
away, Arnold's
resentment over this order and the perceived mistreatment by the American Army
would fuel his traitorous decision.
On This Date In 1792 Kentucky
became the fifteenth state in the Union and
Isaac Shelby, a Revolutionary War hero and convention delegate, was named the
first governor of the new Commonwealth.
On This Date In 1796 Tennessee
was admitted to the Union as the 16th state.
It was the first state created from territory under the jurisdiction of the United States
federal government. Apart from the former Thirteen Colonies only Vermont and Kentucky
predate Tennessee's
statehood, and neither was ever a federal territory.
On This Date In 1809 Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, who helped establish the Romantic school of poetry, began to publish
his own periodical, The Friend. The
essays that Coleridge published in The
Friend are later collected into a book.
On This Date In 1846 Pope Gregory XVI died
after a severe attack of facial erysipelas. Born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari
(September 18, 1765 – June 1, 1846), he was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
from 1831 to 1846.
On This Date In 1869 Thomas Edison's first
patent was issued, this for the Electric Vote Recorder for use by legislative
bodies such as Congress.
On This Date In 1899 The annual parade of
the New York City Police Department (NYPD), “New York's Finest” was filmed in Union
Square. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun01.html
On This Date In 1914 “The Fatal Mallet,”
an American-made motion picture starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, was
released by Keystone Studios. The film was written and directed by Mack
Sennett, who also portrays one of Chaplin's rivals for Normand's attention
(Sennett and Normand were offscreen lovers during this period).
On This Date In 1916 During World War I,
as German and British naval forces clashed in the North Sea during the Battle
of Jutland and the French resisted the persistent German siege at Verdun,
German army troops launched a major attack on British lines in the Ypres
Salient on the Western Front.
On This Date In 1918 Through June 26, 1918,
the Battle of Belleau Wood occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in
World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought
between the U.S.
Second (under the command of Major General Omar Bundy) and Third Infantry
Divisions, and an assortment of German units including elements from the 237th,
10th, 197th, 87th, and 28th Divisions. This battle ended in an Allied victory.
On This Date In 1925 New York Yankee Lou
Gehrig pinch hit for shortstop Pee Wee Wanninger. This was the first of 2,130
games Gehrig played consecutively. The streak ended 14 years later when Gehrig
benched himself for poor play. He was suffering at the time from a still undiagnosed
case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, or
ALS.
On This Date In 1926 Norma Jeane Mortensen
Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was born. Professionally recognized as
Marilyn Monroe, she was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a
major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion
pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
On This Date In 1934 The Tokyo-based
Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha (Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in English)
took on a new name: Nissan Motor Company.
On This Date In 1937 Pilot Amelia
Earhart's second attempt to fly around the world began, departing from Miami. This ill-fated
flight would result in the disappearance of Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan
on July 2, 1937.
On This Date In 1940 Ronald Reagan stars
as Lieutenant “Brass” Bancroft in the film release of “Murder in the Air”.
Directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Raymond L. Schrock (original
screenplay), the movie also stars John Litel and Lya Lys.
On This Date In 1941 The Battle of Crete,
a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete,
ended in its surrender to German and Italian forces. It was fought from May 20
- June 1, 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Operation Mercury. Greek and
Allied forces, along with Cretan civilians, defended the island.
On This Date In 1942 A Warsaw
underground newspaper, the Liberty
Brigade, made public for the first time the news of the gassing of tens of
thousands of Jews at Chelmno, a death camp in Poland - almost seven months after
extermination of prisoners began.
On This Date In 1943 BOAC Flight 777a, a
scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation civilian airline flight from Portela Airport
in Lisbon, Portugal
to Whitchurch Airport
near Bristol, United
Kingdom, was attacked by eight German Junkers Ju 88s and
crashed into the Bay of Biscay, killing
several notable passengers, including actor Leslie Howard. http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/BOAC_Flight_777
On This Date In 1943 Frank Sinatra signed
with Columbia Records as a solo artist with initially great success,
particularly during the musicians' recording strikes.
On This Date In 1967 “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band” (often shortened to Sgt.
Pepper), the eighth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, was
released on the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin. The album is
widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, and has since been
recognized as one of the most important albums in the history of popular music.
On This Date In 1967 “David Bowie,” the
debut album by pop musician David Bowie, was released in the UK by Deram Records. Later released
in the US in August 1967,
the album and its associated singles were all commercial failures at the time,
and Bowie did
not release another record until Space
Oddity, two years later.
On This Date In 1968 Helen Adams Keller
(June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) died in her sleep at her home, Arcan Ridge,
located in Easton, Connecticut. Keller was an American author,
political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a
Bachelor of Arts degree.
On This Date In 1971 In support of President
Richard Nixon and his administration's conduct of the Vietnam War, a group
named the Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace declared that it represented the
majority of the U.S.
veterans that had served in Southeast Asia,
and called the protests and congressional testimony of the Vietnam Veterans
Against the War “irresponsible.”
On This Date In 1972 “Amazing Grace,” a
Gospel album by Gospel/Soul singer Aretha Franklin, was released. It ultimately
sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a
Double Platinum certification. It is still the biggest selling disc of Aretha's
entire fifty-plus year recording career. It won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best
Soul Gospel Performance and also stands as the biggest selling Gospel album in
history.
On This Date In 1980 CNN (Cable News
Network), the world's first 24-hour television news network, made its debut.
The network signed on at 6 p.m. EST from its headquarters in Atlanta,
Georgia, with a lead story
about the attempted assassination of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan.
On This Date In 1982 “Still Life”
(American Concert 1981), a live album by The Rolling Stones, was released.
Recorded during the band's American Tour 1981 in the latter portion of that
year, it was released in time for their European Tour 1982 continuation the
following summer. Still Life (American
Concert 1981) was a commercial success, reaching #4 in the UK and #5 in the US, going platinum there.
On This Date In 1983 “Synchronicity,” the
fifth and final studio album by The Police, was released. The band's most
popular release, Synchronicity topped
the album charts in both the UK
and the USA (interrupting
the dominance of Michael Jackson's Thriller
in the US).
It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
On This Date In 1987 “R.I.P.,” the first
album by the Swiss thrash metal trio, Coroner, was released. This album marks
the first chapter of the band's progression (thus it is less focused) and is
characterized by raw speed and power (save for the two instrumentals), very
typical of thrash metal at this time.
On This Date In 1990 At a superpowers
summit meeting in Washington,
D.C., U.S.
President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed an
historic agreement to end production of chemical weapons and begin the
destruction of both nations' sizable reserves of them. According to the
agreement, on-site inspectors from both countries would observe the destruction
process.
On This Date In 1992 The 1992 Stanley Cup
Final NHL championship series was contested by the Prince of Wales Conference
and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Clarence
Campbell Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks. The Blackhawks were making
their first appearance in the Final since 1973. After the Blackhawks jumped to
an early 4-1 lead in Game 1, Mario Lemieux and the Penguins came back to win
the game, sweep the series in four games, and win their second straight and
second overall Stanley Cup. It was the 99th year of the Stanley Cup. It was the
last final for Chicago's
Stadium as it closed in 1994.
On This Date In 1999 “Enema of the State,”
the third studio album by American pop punk band Blink-182, was first released
in the United States
on MCA Records. Recorded at various locations throughout California with producer Jerry Finn, the
album was a major commercial success worldwide. It has sold over 15 million
copies worldwide, making it the trio's highest selling album.
On This Date In 2001 The Dolphinarium
discotheque suicide bombing took place. A terrorist attack by suicide bomber
Saeed Hotari, a millitant linked to the Palestinian group Hamas, blew himself
up outside a discotheque on a beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 Israeli
teenagers and injuring 132.
On This Date In 2007 “Knocked Up,” an
American romantic comedy drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Judd
Apatow, was released. The movie stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd,
and Leslie Mann. The film has grossed $148,768,917 domestically and $70,307,601
in foreign territories, totaling $219,076,518.
On This Date In 2009 Air France Flight
447, a scheduled Airbus A330-200 commercial flight from Galeão International
Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in
Paris, France, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 216 passengers and
12 crew. The accident was the deadliest in the history of Air France and has also been described
as the worst accident in French aviation history. It was the deadliest
commercial airliner accident to occur since the crash of American Airlines
Flight 587 in New York City
in 2001, and the first fatal accident involving an Airbus A330 airliner in
passenger service. The final report into the causes of the crash will be
released at a news conference on July 5, 2012. http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-30/news/31901854_1_final-report-air-france-crash-pilot-error
On This Date In 2009 Automaker General
Motors filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in the Manhattan New York
federal bankruptcy court. The filing reported US$82.29 billion in assets and
US$172.81 billion in debt. As ranked by total assets, GM's bankruptcy marks one
of the largest corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcies in U.S. history. The Chapter 11 filing
was the fourth-largest in U.S.
history, following Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Washington Mutual and
WorldCom Inc.
On This Date In 2009 Microsoft introduced
a prototype camera that can be used as a controller for the Xbox 360. Codenamed
“Project Natal,” the camera eliminates the need for a hand-held input device -
instead, the gizmo can track a player's full body movement, recognize their
face and voice, scan images of real items and respond to both physical and
vocal commands. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31050924/
On This Date In 2009 “The Tonight Show
with Conan O'Brien” premiered. It was an American late-night talk show that
featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of
NBC's long-running Tonight Show
franchise. The program's host, Conan O'Brien, previously hosted NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which
followed The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
for 16 years, until O'Brien's brief succession over Leno.
On This Date In 2010 Operation Unified
Response, the United States
military's relief mission response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, came to an end.
It was conducted by Joint Task Force Haiti, commanded by United States Southern
Command, and included personnel from all branches of the military. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/06/us-military-relief-mission-in-haiti-ends/
On This Date In 2010 US Attorney General
Eric Holder announced a criminal investigation into the Gulf Oil Spill http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-gulf-oil-spill-cut-cap-begins-president/story?id=10797393
as President Obama raised the possibility of criminal wrongdoing http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/06/president-obama-raises-possibility-of-criminal-wrongdoing-in-oil-spill/
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, http://www.-history.com/this-day-in-history
, http://timelines.com/
Happy Birthday Andy Griffith (1926), Chuck
Ortmann (1929), Morgan Freeman (1937), Brian Cox (1946), Powers Boothe (1948), Alan
Wilder (1959), Jason Donovan (1968), Mindy Smith (1972), Heidi Klum (1973), Alanis
Morissette (1974), Melissa Sagemiller (1974), Angela Perez Baraquio (1975), Danielle
Harris (1977), and Brandi Carlile (1981).
RIP Brigham Young (1801 – 1877), John
Masefield (1878 – 1967), Frank Morgan (1890 – 1949), Guy Morton (1893 – 1934), Robert
Newton (1905 – 1956), Joan Caulfield (1922 – 1991), Phillip Burton (1926 –
1983), Nargis (1929 – 1981), Edward Woodward, OBE (1930 – 2009), and Charlie
Wilson (1933 – 2010).
Quotes
We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that
we don't take time to enjoy where we are. Calvin & Hobbes
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because
they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. William
Feather
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain
place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way. Wayne Dyer
Suffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes
regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to
his body and soul. Zoroaster
We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made
for sharing. Billy Graham
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our
morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise. Oliver
Wendell Holmes Jr.
Courtesy You Tube et al
NASA astronaut Don Pettit had the forethought to bring along
some solar filters for the cameras on Station. He will deliver the first images
of a Venus Transit, taken by a human in Space from the Space Station's cupola.
Krista Branch releases "Lead Me On" in support of
the nation of Israel.
This is a remake of one of Krista's favorite iconic songs from her favorite
singer, Amy Grant.
Director: Jason Burks
Editors: Michael Branch & Ben Winterman - Soundmind
Productions
All Krista Branch Music is available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/3eznaxp
The songs and music videos are also available at: http://www.kristabranch.com
Former U.S. Marine Corporal Brian Gallagher began his 100
mile run May 26 around the 9/11 Memorial in New York to honor all United States
active duty military. Gallager, now a native of Fairfield, N.J., but born and
raised in Manhattan, served four years in the Marine Corps from 1990 to 1994
and said he is running the 100 miles in under 30 hours to raise $100,000 for
the 9/11 Memorial, the Disposable Heroes Project, and the Marine Corps
Scholorship Fund; and to also raise awareness of the sacrifices of our
military. Gallagher ran 200 half mile laps around the 9/11 Memorial and
finished his 100th mile May 27, 29 hours and 15 minutes after his start. This
run was Gallagher's first of many efforts toward his goal of raising $100,000.
He raised $25,000 so far. Marine Corps Public Affairs Office New York Video by Sgt. Lisa R. Strickland
(DVIDS)
Be an explorer...read, surf
the internet, visit customers, enjoy arts, watch children play...do anything to
prevent yourself from becoming a prisoner of your knowledge, experience, and
current view of the world. Charles Thompson
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