Post by mnhermit on Jan 1, 2012 6:06:40 GMT -5
G'mornin' - not hungover from the Bailey's and coffee I consumed last night, but then I went to bed at 10. 25F and cloudy.
Today in History:
1502 - Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
1622 - Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
1660 - 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
1772 - 1st traveller's checks issued (London)
1808 - Congress prohibits importation of slaves
1847 - Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment
1858 - Canada begins using decimal currency system
1862 - 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
1886 - 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena Calif)
1896 - Wilhelm Roentgen announces his discovery of x-rays
1902 - 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Stanford-0)
1916 - 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
1922 - Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
1935 - 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl
1956 - Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1960 - US census at 179,245,000
1962 - Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful
1966 - Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1
1978 - Pres Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
1985 - US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
1993 - Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovak
1995 - Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)
1998 - US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
born today:
1449 - Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence
1735 - Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot
1752 - Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker
1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)
1879 - Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)
1895 - J Edgar Hoover
1900 - Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader
1919 - J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, NYC, novelist
1942 - Country Joe McDonald, Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist
Today in History:
1502 - Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
1622 - Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
1660 - 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
1772 - 1st traveller's checks issued (London)
1808 - Congress prohibits importation of slaves
1847 - Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment
1858 - Canada begins using decimal currency system
1862 - 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
1886 - 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena Calif)
1896 - Wilhelm Roentgen announces his discovery of x-rays
1902 - 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Stanford-0)
1916 - 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
1922 - Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
1935 - 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl
1956 - Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1960 - US census at 179,245,000
1962 - Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful
1966 - Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1
1978 - Pres Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
1985 - US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
1993 - Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovak
1995 - Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)
1998 - US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
born today:
1449 - Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence
1735 - Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot
1752 - Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker
1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)
1879 - Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)
1895 - J Edgar Hoover
1900 - Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader
1919 - J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, NYC, novelist
1942 - Country Joe McDonald, Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist