Herstory today
8/2/2009 - DB Metzger
Today in Herstory: Fifth Avenue in NY is founded. Wild Bill Hickok is shot from behind, the "dead man’s hand." .The first Lincoln head pennies are minted and Chester Arthur dies just before scandal breaks out. Hedy Lamarr is arrested for shoplifting and Shari Lewis and Roy Cohen pass. In Birthdays, Myrna Loy, Archie Bunker and Mary Louise Parker and Isabel Allende.
1776 The Declaration of Independence (adopted July 4th) was finally signed by all members of the Continental Congress.
1824 Fifth Avenue in New York is founded.
1858 1st street mailboxes-Boston, Mass
1876 what hand was Wild Bill Hickok holding when he was shot from behind? It’s known as "the dead man’s hand"
- 1909 1st Lincoln head pennies minted
1923 President Harding dies before scandals break (Teapot Dome)
1934 Hitler becomes German Fuhrer when Weimer Republic President dies.
1939 Einstein urges U.S. atomic action. He would change his mind and build a nice FBI file.
- 1943
PT-109 rammed & sunk. Imagine if the swift boat veterans had been around for JFK’s 1960 Presidential campaign. Here’s an article from 1944 that appeared in The New Yorker.
1965 Morley Safer reports we’re losing in Vietnam. This filing was the exception to the rule
1979 Yankee catcher Thurmon Munson. Died in a plane crash. There’s a long list of "notable" plane crashes. Playing what if, Would John Kerry be running for president today if Senator John Heniz hadn’t died in a 1991 crash?
1986 Roy M. Cohen dies at Bethesda Naval Hospital. You can rent Angel’s in America, or go here for more on Republicans caught with their pants down.
1988 Raymond Carver poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50
1990 Iraqi forces seize Kuwait. Here’s a timeline up to the 2002 invasion
1991 Hedy Lamarr is arrested for shoplifting. She was exonerated. Can you guess how many times she was married.
1998 Shari Lewis (Hurowitz) died (ventriloquist) Remember Lamb Chop
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- Birthdays of Note
1896 Sarah Tilghman Hughes born (judge)
1900(?): Helen Morgan born (singer)
1905-1993 Actress Myrna Loy has a birthday
1924-2001 Archie Bunker also known as Carroll O’Connor.
1924-1987 American Novelist James Baldwin who spent his most creative years in France, living in poverty rather Then segregated America.
1942 : Isabel Allende born (writer)
1964: Mary-Louise Parker born (actress) Presently starring in Weeds on Showtime.
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