George Westinghouse 1846 - Founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems, Carole Lombard 1908, Thor Heyerdahl 1914
Britt Ekland 1942, Klaus Dibiasi 1947, Elisabeth Shue 1963
1683 - The first Mennonites arrived in America aboard the Concord. The German and Dutch families settled in an area that is now a neighborhood in Philadelphia, PA.
1847 - "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte was first published in London.
1880 - The National League kicked the Cincinnati Reds out for selling beer.
1889 - The Kinescope was exhibited by Thomas Edison. He had patented the moving picture machine in 1887.
1890 - Polygamy was outlawed by the Mormon Church.
1928 - War-torn China was reunited under the Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek.
1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag.
1961 - U.S. president John F. Kennedy advised American families to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
1962 - Robert Goulet began the role of Sir Lancelot in "Camelot".
1973 - Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in an attempt to win back territory that had been lost in the third Arab-Israel war. Support for Israel led to a devastating oil embargo against many nations including the U.S. and Great Britain on October 17, 1973. The war lasted 2 weeks.
1991 - Elizabeth Taylor married Larry Fortensky. The ceremony was held at Michael Jackson's estate near Los Angeles, CA. It was Taylor's 8th marriage and Fortensky's 3rd.
No comments:
Post a Comment