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sábado, 5 de mayo de 2012

On This Day: May 5

Updated May 4, 2012, 2:28 PM

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On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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On May 5, 1864, Nellie Bly, the American newspaper writer who challenged herself in an around-the-world race, was born. Following her death on Jan. 27, 1922, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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1818	Political philosopher Karl Marx was born in Prussia.
1821	Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the island of St. Helena.
1891	Carnegie Hall (then named Music Hall) opened in New York City.
1892	Congress extended the Chinese Exclusion Act for 10 years.
1893	Panic hit the New York Stock Exchange; by year's end, the country was in the throes of a severe depression.
1904	Cy Young of the Boston Americans pitched the first perfect game in modern major league baseball history in a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.
1925	John T. Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
1955	West Germany became a sovereign state.
1981	Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died in prison in Northern Ireland on his 66th day without food.
1985	President Ronald Reagan attended a wreath-laying ceremony at a military cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany. The visit drew worldwide condemnation because 49 members of the Waffen SS were buried there.
2002	French President Jacques Chirac was re-elected in a landslide victory over extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.
2010	Preliminary plans for a mosque and cultural center near ground zero in New York were unveiled, setting off a national debate over whether the project was disrespectful to 9/11 victims and whether opposition to it exposed anti-Muslim biases.

Soul singer Adele turns 24 years old today.

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NBC News anchor Brian Williams turns 53 years old today.

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1927	Pat Carroll, Actress, turns 85
1934	John Sweeney, Former AFL-CIO president, turns 78
1943	Michael Palin, Actor, comedian (Monty Python), turns 69
1944	Roger Rees, Actor, director, turns 68
1944	John Rhys-Davies, Actor, turns 68
1945	Kurt Loder, Music journalist (MTV), turns 67
1958	John Miller, Assistant FBI director, former journalist, turns 54
1970	Kyan Douglas, TV personality ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"), turns 42
1973	Tina Yothers, Actress ("Family Ties"), turns 39
1979	Vincent Kartheiser, Actor ("Mad Men"), turns 33
1981	Craig David, Rock singer, turns 31
1989	Chris Brown, R&B singer, turns 23

Historic Birthdays

Nellie Bly5/5/1864 - 1/27/1922American journalist and adventurer.Go to obituary »

77	Arthur L. Schawlow 5/5/1921 - 4/28/1999 American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1981)
44	Leopold II 5/5/1747 - 3/1/1792 Holy Roman emperor (1790-92)
79	Frederick Barnard 5/5/1809 - 4/27/1889 American president of Columbia College (1864-1889)
42	Soren Kierkegaard 5/5/1813 - 11/11/1855 Danish religious philosopher
64	Karl Marx 5/5/1818 - 3/14/1883 German political philosopher and economist; wrote "The Communist Manifesto"
85	Hubert Howe Bancroft 5/5/1832 - 3/2/1918 American historian of the American West
60	Peter Cooper Hewitt 5/5/1861 - 8/25/1921 American electrical engineer; invented the mercury-vapor lamp
66	Christopher Morley 5/5/1890 - 3/28/1957 American novelist and columnist for the Saturday Review (1924-41)
76	Dorothy Garrod 5/5/1892 - 12/18/1968 English archaeologist
82	Sir Gordon Richards 5/5/1904 - 11/10/1986 English jockey and racehorse trainer
44	Tyrone Power 5/5/1914 - 11/15/1958 American motion-picture and stage actor

sábado, 17 de marzo de 2012

On This Day: March 17

Updated March 16, 2012, 2:28 PM

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On March 17, 1942, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
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On March 17, 1902, Bobby Jones, the American golfer who was the first winner of the Grand Slam, was born. Following his death on Dec. 18, 1971, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1776	British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1905	Franklin D. Roosevelt married his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York City. President Theodore Roosevelt, FDR's fifth cousin, gave his niece away.
1910	The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded in Thetford, Vt.
1941	The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
1942	Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
1959	The Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India in the wake of a failed uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule.
1969	Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel.
2005	Baseball players Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified before Congress that they hadn't used steroids; Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had.
2009	U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained by North Korea while reporting on North Korean refugees living across the border in China. (They were freed in August.)
2009	The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition.
2011	The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action to protect civilians and impose a no-fly zone over Libya.

Actor Rob Lowe turns 48 years old today.

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Actor Gary Sinnise ("CSI: NY") turns 57 years old today.

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1933	Myrlie Evers-Williams, Former NAACP chairwoman, turns 79
1941	Paul Kantner, Rock musician (Jefferson Airplane/Starship), turns 71
1944	John Sebastian, Rock musician (Lovin' Spoonful), turns 68
1949	Patrick Duffy, Actor, turns 63
1951	Kurt Russell, Actor, turns 61
1954	Lesley-Anne Down, Actress, turns 58
1960	Vicki Lewis, Actress, turns 52
1967	Billy Corgan, Rock musician (Smashing Pumpkins), turns 45
1972	Mia Hamm, Soccer player, turns 40
1974	Marisa Coughlan, Actress, turns 38

Historic Birthdays

Bobby Jones3/17/1902 - 12/18/1971American golfer; first to win the Grand Slam.Go to obituary »

69	Jean-Baptiste Oudry 3/17/1686 - 4/30/1755 French Rococo painter, designer and illustrator
87	Roger Brooke Taney 3/17/1777 - 10/12/1864 5th chief justice of the United States; noted for the Dred Scott decision (1857)
55	Kate Greenaway 3/17/1846 - 11/6/1901 English artist and book illustrator
80	Charles Brush 3/17/1849 - 6/15/1929 American inventor and industrialist
92	Walter Rudolf Hess 3/17/1881 - 8/12/1973 Swiss Nobel Prize-winning physiologist
75	Bayard Rustin 3/17/1912 - 8/24/1987 American civil rights activist
45	Nat King Cole 3/17/1919 - 2/15/1965 American musician
54	Rudolf Nureyev 3/17/1938 - 1/6/1993 Russian ballet dancer

martes, 13 de marzo de 2012

On This Day: March 13

Updated March 13, 2012, 2:28 PM

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On March 13, 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the United States Senate.

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On March 13, 1855, Percival Lowell, the American astronomer who helped discover Pluto and believed that there was life on Mars, was born. Following his death on Nov. 12, 1916, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1639	New College was renamed Harvard College for clergyman John Harvard.
1781	The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
1852	"Uncle Sam" made his debut as a cartoon character in the New York Lantern.
1868	The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate.
1884	Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
1901	Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States, died in Indianaoplis at age 67.
1938	Defense attorney Clarence S. Darrow died at age 80.
1964	Kitty Genovese, 28, was stabbed to death near her Queens, New York, home. The case came to be a symbol of urban apathy, though initial reports that 38 neighbors ignored Genovese's calls for help have been disputed.
1969	Apollo 9 returned to Earth after a mission to test the lunar module.
1996	A gunman opened fire on a class of kindergarteners at an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and one teacher before killing himself.

Actor William H. Macy turns 62 years old today.

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Dana Delany, Actress (“Body of Proof,” “China Beach”)

Actress Dana Delany ("Body of Proof," "China Beach") turns 56 years old today.

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1933	Mike Stoller, Songwriter, turns 79
1939	Neil Sedaka, Singer, songwriter, turns 73
1957	John Hoeven, U.S. senator, R-N.D., turns 55
1960	Adam Clayton, Rock musician (U2), turns 52
1962	Terrence Blanchard, Jazz trumpeter, turns 50
1971	Annabeth Gish, Actress, turns 41
1972	Common, Rapper, actor, turns 40
1976	Danny Masterson, Actor ("That 70s Show"), turns 36
1985	Emile Hirsch, Actor, turns 27

Historic Birthdays

Percival Lowell3/13/1855 - 11/12/1916American astronomer; helped discover Pluto.Go to obituary »

59	Montdory 3/13/1594 - 11/10/1653 French actor
73	Charles Bonnet 3/13/1720 - 5/20/1793 Swiss naturalist and philosophical writer
81	Charles Grey 3/13/1764 - 7/17/1845 English Whig party leader and prime minister (1830-34)
60	Karl Schinkel 3/13/1781 - 10/9/1841 German architect and painter
68	William Glackens 3/13/1870 - 5/22/1938 American artist
63	Albert Stevens 3/13/1886 - 3/26/1949 American army officer, balloonist and aerial photographer
86	Janet Flanner 3/13/1892 - 11/7/1978 American writer and Paris correspondent for The New Yorker
71	George Seferis 3/13/1900 - 9/20/1971 Greek Nobel Prize-winning poet, essayist and diplomat
74	William J. Casey 3/13/1913 - 5/6/1987 American director of the C.I.A. (1981-87)