sábado, 9 de julio de 2011

On This Day: July 9

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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.

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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.

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On This Date

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

Current Birthdays

Actor Tom Hanks turns 55 years old today.

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Actor Chris Cooper turns 60 years old today.

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

Historic Birthdays

Hassan II7/9/1929 - 7/23/1999Moroccan king (1961-99)Go to obituary »

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