Happy b-day, Jeff.
On your birthday:
1841 - U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
1858 - U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1896 - Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1920 - Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
1930 - The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
1975 - Serial killer Ted Bundy originally arrested for suspicion of burglary, only to later escape twice.
1984 - Carmaker John De Lorean is acquitted of all eight counts of possessing and distributing cocaine.
1992 - In response to an appeal by President Fernando Collor de Mello to wear green and yellow as a way to show support for him, thousands of Brazilians take to the streets dressed in black.
Born on your birthday: James Cameron(1954), Kathie Lee Gifford(1953), Madonna(1958), Angela Bassett(1958), and pornstress Taylor Rain(1981).
Died on your birthday: Babe Ruth(1948), Bela Lugosi(1956), Elvis Presley(1977), and Shamu(1991).
On your birthday:
1841 - U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
1858 - U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1896 - Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1920 - Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.
1930 - The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
1975 - Serial killer Ted Bundy originally arrested for suspicion of burglary, only to later escape twice.
1984 - Carmaker John De Lorean is acquitted of all eight counts of possessing and distributing cocaine.
1992 - In response to an appeal by President Fernando Collor de Mello to wear green and yellow as a way to show support for him, thousands of Brazilians take to the streets dressed in black.
Born on your birthday: James Cameron(1954), Kathie Lee Gifford(1953), Madonna(1958), Angela Bassett(1958), and pornstress Taylor Rain(1981).
Died on your birthday: Babe Ruth(1948), Bela Lugosi(1956), Elvis Presley(1977), and Shamu(1991).
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