On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on January 26:
1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster composer
1763 Charles XIV French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
1804 Eugane "Marie Joseph" Sue France, novelist (Wandering Jew)
1814 Rufus King Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
1816 Lloyd Tilghman Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1831 Mary Mapes Dodge New York City NY, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) (No! Not THAT Mary Mapes.)
1852 Pierre Brazza explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)
1880 Douglas MacArthur Little Rock AR, General of the Army (WWII), he did return!
1887 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher US Lieutenant-Admiral (WWII-Task Force 58)
1902 Laurence "Bill" Craigie jet pioneer
1905 Maria Augusta von Trapp Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music"
1913 Jimmy Van Heusen songwriter (Love & Marriage)
1918 Nicolae Ceausescu Romanian "President" (1967-90)
1925 Paul Newman Cleveland OH, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler)
1927 José Simón Azcona Hoyo President of Honduras (1986-90)
1928 Eartha Kitt South Carolina, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
1928 Roger Vadim France, director (And God Created Women, Barbarella)
1928 Philip José Farmer Indiana, science fiction novelist (Riverworld)
1929 Jules Feiffer New York City NY, cartoonist (Passionella) author (Little Murders)
1934 Huey "Piano" Smith pianist (Having a Good Time)
1935 Bob Uecker Milwaukee WI, catcher/actor (Mr Belvedere)
1942 Scott Glenn (actor: The Right Stuff, Silverado, The Hunt for Red October, The Silence of the Lambs)
1944 Angela Yvonne Davis communist/professor
1952 Mario Runco Jr Bronx NY, Lieutenant-Commander USN/astronaut (STS 44, 54, 77)
1957 Eddie Van Halen Nijmegan Netherlands, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
1958 Ellen DeGeneres New Orleans LA, comedienne (Ellen Morgan-Ellen)
1961 Wayne Gretzky (hockey: Edmunton Oilers, LA Kings: NHL Season Point Record [215][1985-86]; MVP nine times [1980-'87 & 1989]; Stanley Cup Individual Career Record: 110 goals, 346 points scored [1979-1993])
1977 Cindy Cesar Miss Mauritius-Universe (1997)
Deaths which occurred on January 26:
1109 Albericus of Cîteaux French saint, dies
1824 Edward Jenner discoverer (vaccination), dies
1885 Charles George Gordon British Governor-General, executed (slain with troops by Sudanese in Khartoum) at 51
1891 Nicholaus Otto auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies
1893 Abner Doubleday credited with inventing baseball, dies
1932 William K Wrigley owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies
1942 Gerard L F Philips Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83
1949 Victor Fleming director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
1962 Charles "Lucky" Luciano New York City NY Mafia gangster, dies at 65
1973 Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79
1979 Nelson Rockefeller former Vice President & 4 time Governor of NY, dies at 70
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant college football coach, dies in Alabama at 69
1992 José Ferrer Puerto Rico, actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80
1998 S P Leary Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties
Iraq
26-Jan-2005 37 | US: 37 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Taylor J. Burk Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Staff Sergeant Dexter S. Kimble Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Captain Lyle L. Gordon Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Captain Paul C. Alaniz Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Fred L. Maciel Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Stephen P. Johnson Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Michael L. Starr Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US 1st Lieutenant Travis J. Fuller Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Timothy A. Knight Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Nathan A. Schubert Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Joseph B. Spence Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Darrell J. Schumann Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Mourad Ragimov Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Allan Klein Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Brian C. Hopper Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Nathaniel K. Moore Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US 1st Lieutenant Dustin M. Shumney Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Kyle J. Grimes Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Staff Sergeant Brian D. Bland Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Richard A. Gilbert Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Matthew R. Smith Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal James Lee Moore Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Hector Ramos Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Timothy M. Gibson Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Gael Saintvil Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Sergeant Michael W. Finke Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Jonathan Edward Etterling Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Sean P. Kelly Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Tony L. Hernandez Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Petty Officer 3rd Class John Daniel House Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Christopher L. Weaver Hadithah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Sergeant Jesse W. Strong Hadithah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Lance Corporal Karl R. Linn Hadithah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Corporal Jonathan W. Bowling Hadithah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Sergeant William S. Kinzer Jr. Ad Duluiyah (near, nr. Balad) - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
Afghanistan
A GOOD DAY
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On this day...
0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
1802 Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.
1736 Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol
1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony
1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
1802 Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
1837 Michigan admitted as 26th US state
1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, New York City NY
1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede
1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive
(Jefferson Davis agrees that the union is offensive)
1863 War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops
1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
1870 Virginia rejoins the US
1871 US income tax repealed
1875 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor
1905 World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed
1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens
1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego CA
1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established
1918 US food administrator Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort
1926 Television 1st demonstrated (John L Baird, London)
1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
1934 Nazi Germany & Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years (That worked out real well)
1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
1939 Franco conquers Barcelona
1940 Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains
1942 1st US force in Europe during WWII goes ashore in Northern Ireland
1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel
1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
1951 Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
1956 Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1957 India annexes Kashmir
1961 1st woman "personal physician to President"-JG Travell
1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1
1962 US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km)
1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure & bans it from all Catholic schools
1962 Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard
1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone
1965 South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh
1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
1980 Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic
1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
1998 Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip
1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
1999 Pope John Paul II arrived in St. Louis and began his seventh pilgrimage to the United States. He was greeted by Pres. Clinton at Lambert Int'l. Airport and called on the president to protect unborn children and end armed conflict abroad.
2000 The UN appointed Hans Blix of Sweden to be the new weapons inspector for Iraq.
2001 A UN panel criticized Saudi Arabia for discriminating against women, harassing minors and for punishments that included flogging and stoning.
2004 President Hamid Karzai signed Afghanistan's new constitution into law,
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Arkansas : General Douglas MacArthur Day
Dominican Republic : Duarte's Day/Dia de Duarte
India : Republic Day (1950)
Michigan : Admission Day (1837)
Australia : Australia Day (1794 - Present)
US : Meat Week (Day 4)
US : All You Can Eat Day
National Soup Month
Religious Observances
Roman Catholic : Feast of St Paula
Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran : Memorial of SS Timothy & Titus, companions of Paul
old Roman Catholic : Feast of St Polycarp, bishop/martyr (now 2/23)
Moslem : Night of Power (Ramadan 27, 1418 AH)
Religious History
1564 Following the closing of the Council of Trent, Pius IV ratified its enactments by the bull "Benedictus Deus." Included among the Tridentine decisions were decrees concerning the creation of an Index of Prohibited Books (a list of condemned authors and their works).
1779 Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.'
1906 The first General Assembly of the Church of God convened. Headquartered today in Cleveland, TN, the Church of God is the oldest Pentecostal Church denomination in the U.S., with roots going back to 1886.
1951 The Temple Beth Israel of Meridian, Miss. became the first Jewish congregation to allow women to perform the functions of a rabbi.
1967 Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'What God has done is well done.'
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Thought for the day :
"There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and 'how well you look.'"
Nelson Rockefeller
Evening Grace Folks~
Northern Connecticut
Connecticut Facts and Trivia The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.
The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954.
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
In 1705, copper was discovered in Simsbury. Later, the copper mine became the infamous New-Gate Prison of the Revolutionary War. Doctor Samuel Higley of Simsbury started the first copper coinage in America in 1737.
The Scoville Memorial Library is the United States oldest public library. The library collection began in 1771, when Richard Smith, owner of a local blast furnace, used community contributions to buy 200 books in London. Patrons could borrow and return books on the third Monday of every third month. Fees were collected for damages, the most common being "greasing" by wax dripped from the candles by which the patrons read.
On April 9, 1810, a Salisbury town meeting voted to authorize the "selectmen draw upon the town treasurer for the sum of one hundred dollars" to purchase more books for the Scoville Memorial Library collection, making the library the first publicly supported free town library in the United States.
Mary Kies, of South Killingly was the first woman to receive a U.S. patent. On May 15th, 1809 for a method of weaving straw with silk.
On January 28, 1878, 21 venturous citizens of New Haven became the world's first subscribers to telephone exchange service.
America's first trade association was founded in Naugatuck Valley.
Cattle branding in the United States began in Connecticut when farmers were required by law to mark all of their pigs.
In Hartford, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands!
Connecticut is home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published: The Hartford Courant, established in 1764.
Connecticut has approx. 144 newspapers published in the State (daily, Sunday, weekly and monthly).
Connecticut is home to the first hamburger (1895), Polaroid camera (1934), helicopter (1939), and color television (1948).
The first automobile law was passed by the state of CT in 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour.
The first lollipop-making machine opened for business in New Haven in 1908. George Smith named the treat after a popular racehorse.
Ella Grasso was elected in her own right to be a state governor in 1974.
In 1937, Connecticut became the first state to issue permanent license plates for cars.
The World Wrestling Federation or the WWF is headquartered in Stamford.
Bristol, CT is considered the "Mum City" of the USA because of the many Chrysanthemums grown and sold to various states and Canada
In 1784, New Haven was incorporated as a city.
Danbury, An important military depot for the American Revolutionary armies was burned and looted in April 1777 by the British under Major General William Tryon.
The first blast furnace in Connecticut was built in Lakeville in 1762.
The Submarine Force Museum in Groton is home of the historic ship Nautilus (SSN 571). It is the official submarine museum of the United States Navy.
Connecticut State insect is the Praying Mantis.
Connecticut's most important crops are dairy, poultry, forest and nursery, tobacco, vegetables and fruit.
Connecticut's motto is Qui Transtulit Sustinet -- "He Who Transplanted Still Sustains".
In colonial New Haven cut pumpkins were used as guides for haircuts to ensure a round uniform style. Because of this fashion, these New Englanders were nicknamed "pumpkin-heads."
The name Middlebury derives from the central position the Town's meetinghouse occupies, six miles from three older neighbors, Waterbury, Southbury, and Woodbury.
The first human inhabitants of present-day Burlington were members of the Tunxis Tribe, who belonged to a confederation of Algonquian Indians. Legend holds they used the area as a hunting ground.
The first English settlers of Connecticut arrived in 1636, settling the plantations of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield.
The Monroe Town seal is in the form of a circle with the words "Town of Monroe Connecticut" written in the outer rim of the seal. Inside this outer circle is a profile of a bust of James Monroe, who was the fifth President of the United States, serving from 1817-1825.
Originally, Montville, along with Groton and Waterford, was a part of New London. New London was settled in 1646 under the name of Pequot, so called after the Pequot Indians, the name changing to New London in 1658.
B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill is the only steam-powered Cider Mill in the United States and is located in Mystic.
7-year-old James Thorsell designed the New Hartford "Town Bicentennial Emblem".
New Milford's worst disaster struck in 1902 when the main business section centered on Bank Street was almost completely leveled by the "Great Fire".
Named in 1724 for the stony character of the hilly countryside, North Stonington was incorporated in 1807.
To register to vote in Connecticut you must:
Be a U.S. citizen;
Be a resident of a Connecticut Town;
Be at least 18 years old on or before the next election
Not be convicted of a felony
The manufacturing of the first safety fuse started in Simsbury in 1836.
In 1728, the first steel mill operating in America was located in Simsbury.
Wallingford has earned a worldwide reputation for the production of silverware.
The first expert in the treatment of Asiatic cholera was Dr. Henry Bronson in 1832. He was a professor at Yale Medical School.
The first golf tournament in Connecticut for women only was held in Waterbury on June 12, 1917.
West Hartford is the birthplace of Noah Webster, the author of the first dictionary published in 1807.
Although West Haven is Connecticut's youngest city, being incorporated in 1972, it is a community that dates back over 360 years, making it one of the oldest settlements in the country.
PEZ® Candy is made in the city of Orange.
Thomas Sanford made the first friction matches in Beacon Falls in 1834.
Some of the world's most famous cloth is woven in the Stafford textile mills.
The town of Washington was incorporated in 1779, being named in honor of General George Washington.
Hartford has remained the capital city of Connecticut since 1875