1.) Swamp Fox - 05/06/2014

1527 - Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance
1626 - Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets
1682 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
1733 - 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
1757 - Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
Deere & Company Founder John Deere 1833 - John Deere makes 1st steel plough
1851 - Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
1851 - Linus Yale patents Yale lock
1853 - 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut)
1861 - Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th states to secede from US
1861 - Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy
1864 - Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA
Confederate General James Longstreet 1864 - Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
1864 - General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia
1890 - Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
1902 - Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa
1903 - Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers
1915 - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15
1925 - Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
1929 - AL announces it will discontinue MVP award
1934 - Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters
1937 - German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die)
1941 - Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia
1941 - At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1942 - Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies Entertainer
1945 - Gen J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
1945 - World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941).
1959 - Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
1960 - US President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1962 - 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
1966 - Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
[B]1969 - Ventilator greets the world; receives Mossy Oak baby blanket[/B]
1973 - 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1
1974 - Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
1974 - Smallest attendance at Phila's Veterans Stadium (4,149)
1977 - "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl" released in UK
1982 - Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
1987 - Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
1987 - Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH
1988 - Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
1990 - Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC
1994 - Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show
1994 - House passes the assault weapons ban
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM
1996 - The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
1997 - Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1997 - NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
2001 - During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
2002 - Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by an animal rights activist.



Happy Birthday, Kenny! Many more! ;)

2.) Deerminator - 05/06/2014

:-):re:

3.) DParker - 05/06/2014

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;19512]1997 - Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame[/QUOTE]

One of the lesser known signs of the Apocalypse.

4.) bluecat - 05/06/2014

1970 - Ventilator achieves Grand Slam of all North American species.

5.) DParker - 05/06/2014

[QUOTE=bluecat;19515]1970 - Ventilator achieves Grand Slam of all North American species.[/QUOTE]

I didn't get my Grand Slam until I was 21. But that was at a Vegas Denny's at 4am after an all-nighter.

6.) bluecat - 05/06/2014

[QUOTE=DParker;19518]I didn't get my Grand Slam until I was 21. But that was at a Vegas Denny's at 4am after an all-nighter.[/QUOTE]

The fact that you got it down at all is worth some kind of record.

7.) billy b - 05/06/2014

Nice cut & paste.

8.) Swamp Fox - 05/07/2014

Thanks...(I think.) :-)

I'm trying...:wink

9.) Ventilator - 05/07/2014

lol, thanks guys, had a good one. Work, workout, baseball game & beers . Pretty much in that order. Couldn't drink at work or at Lukes middle school game. :tu: