Saturday, July 27, 2024 -Quote Of The Day...
* " Politics is either passing the buck or passing the dough. "
On This Day In History...
In 432 - St Celestine I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
In 1501- Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
In 1586- Sir Walter Raleigh brings 1st tobacco to England from Virginia
In 1661- Parliament confirms the Navigation Act
In 1689- Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie
In 1694- Bank of England chartered
In 1789- Congress establishes Dept of Foreign Affairs (State dept)
In 1816- Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay Fla, attacked by US Troops
In 1836- Adelaide, South Australia founded
In 1837- US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC
In 1844- Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC
In 1861- Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army
In 1862- Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico
In 1866- Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)
In 1879- C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene
In 1880- Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out
In 1897- 37.5 cm (14.75") of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)
In 1898- Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dancing Men" (BG)
In 1905- J Palisa discovers asteroid #569 Misa
In 1908- A Kopff discovers asteroid #668 Dora
In 1909- Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1h12m
In 1918- Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY
In 1919- Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured)
In 1920- Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
In 1924- 8th Olympic games closes in Paris
In 1933- G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1312 Vassar
In 1933- K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1284 Latvia
In 1940- Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
In 1941- Japanese forces land in Indo-China
In 1944- 1st British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)
In 1944- US regains possession of Guam from Japanese
In 1946- Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game
In 1947- Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
In 1949- Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight
In 1953- Armistice signed ending Korean War
In 1954- Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
In 1955- Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation
In 1955- Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1751 Herget
In 1960- VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago
In 1962- Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
In 1962- Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia
In 1968- Race Riot in Gary Indiana
In 1969- Pioneer 10 launched
In 1972- NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques
In 1973- Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
In 1974- House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
In 1976- 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese
In 1977- John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
In 1982- Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years
In 1987- John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel
In 1988- Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years
In 1988- Radio Shack announces the Tandy 1000 SL computer
In 1989- Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
In 1990- Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop
In 1991- Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown
In 1991- TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition
July 27 -Birthdays
In 1768- Charlotte Corday assassin of Jean-Paul Marat
In 1801- George Biddle Airyy 7th Astronomer Royal
In 1824- Alexandre Dumas fils France, playwright/novelist (Camille)
In 1835- GiosuS Carducci Italy, poet (Nobel 1906)
In 1857- Jos, Celso Barbosa Puerto Rico, found Federalist Party in 1900
In 1867- Enrique Granados L,rida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen)
In 1870- Joseph Hilaire Belloc England, author (Path to Rome)
In 1877- Ern" (Ernst von) Dohn nyi Hungary, composer (Msg to Posterity)
In 1880- Donald Crisp Scotland, actor (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana)
In 1880- Joseph Tinker baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo
In 1899- Harl McDonald near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa F, Trail)
In 19XX- Gwynne Gilford LA Calif, actress (Linda Harris-Waverly Wonders)
In 19XX- Kimberley Simms actress (Mindy-Guiding Light)
In 19XX- Mark Geary heavy metal rocker (Dangerous Toys-Hellacious Aces)
In 19XX- Michael Evans actor (Douglas Austin-Young & Restless)
In 19XX- Simon Jones Willshire England, comedian (The News is the News)
In 1904- Anton Dolin dancer (Girl From Petrovka)
In 1906- Leo Durocher Mass, baseball manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, NY Giants)
In 1912- Igor Markevitch Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Le Paradis Perdo)
In 1916- Kennan Wynn NYC, actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor)
In 1918- Leonard Rose Washington DC, concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51)
In 1920- Beatrice Pearson Texas, actress (Moving Finger)
In 1922- Lillian Hayman Balt Md, actress (Leslie Uggams Show)
In 1922- Norman Lear TV writer/producer (All in The Family)
In 1924- Vincent Canby critic (NY Times)
In 1929- Harvey Fuqua vocalist (Moonglows-Sincerely)
In 1931- Jerry Van Dyke Danville Ill, actor (My Mother the Car, Coach)
In 1932- Diane Webber LA Calif, playmate (May, 1955 & Feb, 1956)
In 1937- Chuck Jackson Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now)
In 1937- Don Galloway Brooksville Ky, actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside)
In 1938- Shirley Anne Field England, actress (Alfie, War Lover)
In 1939- Irv Cross NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV)
In 1939- James Victor Puerto Rico, actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA)
In 1942- Barbara Ferris London England, actress (Nice Girl Like Me)
In 1942- John Pleshette NYC, actor (Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue)
In 1943- Stu Gilliam Detroit, actor/comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company)
In 1944- Bobbie Gentry Mississippi, what did Billi-Jo throw off the bridge
In 1947- Betty Thomas St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues)
In 1948- Peggy Fleming San Jose Cal, ice figure skater (Olympic-gold-1968)
In 1949- Maureen McGovern Youngstown Oh, singer (Got to be a morning after)
In 1951- Janet Eilber Detroit Mich, actress (Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy)
In 1960- Jo Durie England, tennis player
In 1967- Sasha Mitchell LA Calif, actor (Spike of Bensonhurst)
July 27 -Deaths Which Occurred
In 1883- Montgomery Blair lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70
In 1974- Lightning Slim blues singer, dies at 61
In 1976- Ray Brennan becomes 1st to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease"
In 1980- Shah Mohammed Reza Pahavala of Iran, dies in Cairo at 60
In 1981- Ray Harrison dancer (American Song), dies at 64
In 1982- Dan Seymour actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67
In 1984- James Mason actor, dies at 75 of a heart attack
In 1986- Leroy Holmes orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
In 1990- Bobby Day rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 60
In 1990- Kim Thomas-Friedland news anchor (FNN), dies at 32
July 27 -Holidays
* Puerto Rico : Jos, Celso Barbosa Birthday (1857)
* Virgin Islands : Hurricane Supplication Day - - - - - ( Monday )
* Gilroy, California : Garlic Festival - - - - - ( Friday )
July 27 -Religious History
In 1741- Birth of Fran?ois H. Barth,l,mon, French Swedenborgian composer. Two of his manyworks later became hymn tunes: AUTUMN (Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus) and BALERMA (Oh, fora Closer Walk with God).
In 1861- Birth of Cyrus H. Nusbaum, an American Methodist clergyman who penned the hymn,'Would You Live for Jesus, and Be Always Pure and Good?' (aka 'His Way With Thee').
In 1901- Death of B.F. Westcott, 76, English N.T. scholar. In 1881, he and colleague F.J.A.Hort published the most precise critical text of the Greek New Testament ever compiled --still in use today.
In 1903- Death of Caroline (Lina) V. Sandell Berg, 71. Known as the 'Fanny Crosby ofSweden,' her most beloved hymns (in their English translation) include 'Day by Day' and'Children of the Heavenly Father.'
In 1913- In Oxford, PA, the first Victorious Life Conference closed. Founder Robert C.McQuilkin, inspired by England's Keswick Movement, emphasized in these meetings anattainment of spiritual freedom from the power of every known sin.