RIP Walter Cronkite
Posted 7/18/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Rome Burns, with or without Nero Fiddling. Jane Austine Dies as does Horatio Alger. What does Mark Twain have to say about that? The Aomic Energy comes online for the first time, Intel incorporates (coming of the semi-conductor chip) and the Titanic is viewed for the first time by the Public. . . . .
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Herstory today
Posted 7/17/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The Spanish American War is ended. Female FBI agents are admitted to Quantico in 1972. Billy Holiday Dies at 44. the British humor magazine "Punch" is created and Congress authorizes Paper Money. . . . .
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Herstory today
Posted 7/16/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The district of Columbia is established., The first parking meter is installed and the first (public) farmers market opens in LA. the first A Bomb is detonated, J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye is published and Forbes Field is replaced by 3 Rivers Stadium. . . . .
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Nixon in China
Posted 7/15/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Today in Herstory: Napoleon Boaparte surrenders to the British, Margarine is patented. Commodore Perry Arrives in Japan and the first Airport Hotel opens. In 1971 Pres. Nixon announces a trip to China. . . . .
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Bastille day
Posted 7/14/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
It’s Bastile Day in France. Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted of murder and Ice is made in a refrigerator for the first time. Greyhound buys trailways. In birthdays Pancho Barnes and Emmeline Pankhurst. . . . .
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herstory today
Posted 7/13/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
French Revolutionary Jean Paul Marat is murdered by Charlotte Corday. The first convention of for women suffrage is held in Seneca Falls . Anti draft mobs kill 1,000 in NYC. Horace Greeley says to go west . . . . .
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herstory today
Posted 7/12/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The first Flower show takes place in Ireland. The 16 th amendment is passed (power to tax income). Babe Ruth makes his debut as a Major league pitcher The first echo satellite is launched as is the first space shuttle Enterprise and the Russian Sputnick with two dogs. . . . .
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herstory today
Posted 7/11/2009 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The marine corps. is created and Aaron Burr Kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The Supremes go #1 for the first time, George Gershwin dies and Jesus Christ Superstar opens on stage. In Birthdays, Ethel Barrymore, E.B.White, Tab Hunter and Yul Brynner. . . . .
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