sábado, 9 de julio de 2011

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: July 9

On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan caused a sensation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with his "cross of gold" speech denouncing supporters of the gold standard. Bryan went on to win the party's nomination.
On July 9, 1929, Hassan II, who ruled Morocco from 1961 to 1999, was born. Following his death on July 23, 1999, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1776The Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Gen. George Washington's troops in New York.
1816Argentina declared independence from Spain.
1850Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., after serving only 16 months in office.
1947The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth, the future queen, to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.
1974Former Chief Justice Earl Warren died at age 83.
1992Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton tapped Sen. Al Gore of Tennessee to be his running mate.
1995The Grateful Dead played their last concert, at Soldier Field in Chicago. (Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia died the following month.)
1997Boxer Mike Tyson was banned from the ring and fined $3 million for biting opponent Evander Holyfield's ear.
2001A court in Chile ruled that Gen. Augusto Pinochet could not be tried on human rights charges because of his deteriorating physical and mental health.
2002The baseball All-Star game in Milwaukee finished in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings when both teams ran out of pitchers.
2004A Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded the CIA had provided unfounded assessments of the threat posed by Iraq that the Bush administration relied on to justify going to war.
2004The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's planned barrier in the West Bank barrier violated international law.
2008Prosecutors cleared JonBenet Ramsey's parents and brother in the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old beauty queen in Boulder, Colo.

Current Birthdays

Tom Hanks, Actor
Actor Tom Hanks turns 55 years old today.
AP Photo/Matt Sayles
Chris Cooper, Actor
Actor Chris Cooper turns 60 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
1927Ed Ames, Actor, singer, turns 84
1932Donald Rumsfeld, Former defense secretary, turns 79
1938Brian Dennehy, Actor, turns 73
1942Richard Roundtree, Actor, turns 69
1945Dean Koontz, Author, turns 66
1947O.J. Simpson, Football Hall of Famer, turns 64
1952John Tesh, Musician, TV personality, turns 59
1955Jimmy Smits, Actor, turns 56
1955Lindsey Graham, U.S. senator, R-S.C., turns 56
1957Kelly McGillis, Actress, turns 54
1959Jim Kerr, Rock singer (Simple Minds), turns 52
1964Courtney Love, Rock singer, turns 47
1971Scott Grimes, Actor, turns 40
1973Enrique Murciano, Actor ("Without a Trace"), turns 38
1975Jack White, Rock musician (The White Stripes), turns 36
1976Fred Savage, Actor ("The Wonder Years"), turns 35

Historic Birthdays

40Thomas De La Warr 7/9/1577 - 6/7/1618
English official; one of the founders of the Virginia colony
48Thomas Davenport 7/9/1802 - 7/6/1851
American inventor; developed successful electric motor
48Elias Howe 7/9/1819 - 10/3/1867
American inventor of the sewing machine
56Ottorino Respighi 7/9/1879 - 4/18/1936
Italian composer
66Mikhail Borodin 7/9/1884 - 5/29/1951
Russian Comintern agent
88Samuel Eliot Morison 7/9/1887 - 5/15/1976
American biographer and historian
67Dorothy Thompson 7/9/1893 - 1/30/1961
American journalist and writer
92Albert Wedemeyer 7/9/1897 - 12/17/1989
American military leader during W. W. II
87Carmen Franco 7/9/1900 - 2/6/1988
Spanish consort of Francisco Franco
57Mervyn Peake 7/9/1911 - 11/17/1968
English novelist, poet, playwright and illustrator
89Edward Heath 7/9/1916 - 7/17/2005
British prime minister (1970-1974)

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