sábado, 16 de julio de 2011

On This Day: July 16

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On July 16, 1918, Russia's Czar Nicholas II, his wife and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks.

On July 16, 1911, Ginger Rogers, the American actress and dancer who partnered with Fred Astaire in many Hollywood musicals, was born. Following her death on April 25, 1995, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1790	The District of Columbia was established as the seat of the U.S. government.
1951	J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye" was published.
1957	Marine Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
1964	In accepting the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater said "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" and "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
1969	Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the moon.
1973	Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon's secret taping system during the Senate Watergate hearings.
1979	Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.
1980	Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Detroit.
1999	John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister died when the single-engine plane Kennedy was piloting plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
2004	Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge for lying about a stock sale.

Current Birthdays

AnnaLynne McCord, Actress (“Nip/Tuck,” “90210″)

Actress AnnaLynne McCord ("Nip/Tuck," "90210") turns 24 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders turns 43 years old today.

AP Photo/Jason DeCrow

1932	Dick Thornburgh, Former U.S. attorney general, turns 79
1942	Margaret Smith Court, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 69
1948	Ruben Blades, Singer, actor, turns 63
1952	Stewart Copeland, Rock musician (The Police), turns 59
1956	Tony Kushner, Playwright, turns 55
1958	Michael Flatley, Dancer, turns 53
1963	Phoebe Cates, Actress, turns 48
1967	Will Ferrell, Actor, comedian, turns 44
1971	Corey Feldman, Actor, turns 40

Historic Birthdays

Ginger Rogers7/16/1911 - 4/25/1995American stage and screen dancer and actressGo to obituary »

59	Clare of Assisi 7/16/1194 - 8/11/1253 Italian founder of the order of Poor Clares; canonized in 1255
44	Andrea Del Sarto 7/16/1486 - 9/28/1530 Italian painter and draftsman
86	Marc-Rene Montalembert 7/16/1714 - 3/29/1800 French general and military engineer
69	Sir Joshua Reynolds 7/16/1723 - 2/23/1792 English portrait painter
79	Camille Corot 7/16/1796 - 2/22/1875 French landscape painter
89	Mary Baker Eddy 7/16/1821 - 12/3/1910 American founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist
64	Fannie Zeisler 7/16/1863 - 8/20/1927 Austrian-born American pianist
55	Roald Amundsen 7/16/1872 - 6/18/1928 Norwegian explorer; the first to reach the South Pole
83	Barbara Stanwyck 7/16/1907 - 1/20/1990 American motion-picture and television actress
68	Guy Laroche 7/16/1921 - 2/17/1989 French couturier