The FReeper Foxhole - Memorial Day Tribute - May 26th, 2003

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[dansangel]

The opening montage of photos is breathtaking. You have selected pictures that tell the harrowing story of the sacrifices that our Military make for us. How fortunate *we* are that these brave men and women have chosen this as their destiny.

WE MUST NEVER FORGET!

Include the military in your daily prayers. Adopt a military member from the Presidential prayer team. Take the time each and every day, not just Memeorial Day, to remember these brave men and women who have given us so much.

Thank-you Vets and thank-you (((((((snippy_about_it))))))))

PS - You have FReepmail!

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks dansangel.

Folks while you are perusing FR today please be sure and stop by FR's Finest Memorial Day tribute.

Another good place to visit today.

A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-26-03....Memorial Day - Remembering SSGT. Richard A. Fitts

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[The Mayor]

Wow!

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you.

Congratulations on your new job... I can't imagine moving from Virginia back to Buffalo but I hope it's a happy one for you.

[weldgophardline]

Good Morning snippy_ Thank You for the great post today MAY GOD BLESS all the troops and ones that have fallen in the fight for FREEDOM in our great country.

[The Mayor]

There are many reasons why the move, too many to list.

All I can say is it is where the Lord has guided us!

and Yes it's a Happy one for all of us..

[snippy_about_it]

Then Praise God and don't forget your password to FR as you change ISP providers. lol. Let us know when you've arrived and have a safe trip.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning weldgophardline. Thank you for your post and prayer.

[Aquamarine]

Beautiful job Snip!

Mr. Aqua lost an uncle in the Phillipines in WWII. He just never came home even though his mother looked for him to for years. He has a headstone up the road in the church graveyard...but he's still missing.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks Aqua. Sorry to hear about your husbands uncle still MIA. We can remember him today. Please post his name for us so he can be in our prayers for those who so choose.

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on May 26:
1478 Clement VII [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
1566 Mohammed III sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
1591 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck composer
1667 Abraham De Moivre French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1689 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu English essayist, feminist, eccentric
1700 Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf German evangelist
1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin writer/mother of Mary Shelley
1771 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin German saloon owner/author
1773 Hans Georg Nageli composer
1782 Joseph Drechsler composer
1788 ? Clark England, baby of Mary Clark born without a brain
1799 Alexander S Pushkin Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
1799 August Kopisch German writer (Die Heinzelmännchen von Köln)
1806 Henry Knox Thatcher Commander (Union Navy), died in 1880
1822 E de Goncourt writer
1825 Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza composer
1835 Edward Porter Alexander Brigadier General of artillery (Confederate Army)
1846 Arthur Coquard composer
1850 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman Dutch actress (Stupid force)
1853 Monroe A Althouse composer
1856 George Templeton Strong composer
1859 Alfred Edward Housman Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)
1865 Akseli V Gallen-Kallela Finnish painter/graphic artist/illustrator
1866 John Eigenhuis writer (Tough Workers)
1867 Mary queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1871 Camille Huysmans Belgian premier (1946-47)
1873 Cornelis G N de Vooys translator/founder (New Taalgids)
1874 Henry Farman French aviation pioneer (double decker)
1876 Jack Root boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
1877 Isadora Duncan San Fransisco CA, free form/interpretative dancer
1877 Jean Schlumberger French writer (La Mort de Sparte)
1877 Sadao Araki Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34)
1884 Charles Winninger Athens WI, actor (Charlie Farrell Show)
1886 Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson] jazz singer/silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee)
1890 Kurt Edzard German sculptor (nudes/portraits)
1893 Norma Talmadge Jersey City NJ, actress (Sign on the Door, Camille)
1893 Sir Eugene Goossens London England, conductor/composer (Perseus)
1895 Dorothea Lange US documentary photographer
1895 Paul Lukas Budapest Hungary, actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx)
1898 Ernst Bacon composer
1898 Gerard Bertouille composer
1899 Otto E Neugebauer Austrian/US math historian
1899 Pieter Menten Dutch war criminal
19-- Robyn Bernard singer/actress (Terry-General Hospital)
1903 Estes Kefauver (Senator-D-TN)
1905 Hans Holewa composer
1907 Carleton Young New York NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery)
1907 John "Duke" Wayne [Marion Michael Morrison] Winterset IA, actor (True Grit)
1908 Malando [Arie Maasland] composer/orchestra leader (Olé Guapa)
1908 Robert Morley Semley Wiltshire England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen)
1909 Matt Busby Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)
1909 Richard Maibaum New York NY, screenwriter (Goldfinger)
1910 Adolfo Lopez Mateos President of México
1910 Laurence S Rockefeller New York NY, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
1911 Ben Alexander Goldfield NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off)
1912 János Kádár premier Hungary (1956-58)
1913 Fred Bertrand Belgian politician
1913 Peter Cushing Kenley Surrey England, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles, Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who)
1913 Robert Shaw town planner
1914 Archie Duncan Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
1919 Jay Silverheels actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger)
1919 Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh journalist
1920 Jack Cheetham cricketer (South African batsman, Test captain early 50's)
1920 Peggy Lee [Norma Egstrom] Jamestown ND, singer (Fever, Why Don't You Do Right)
1921 Frank Mooney cricketer (dependable wicket-keeper for New Zealand in 13 Tests)
1923 Horst Tapper German director/actor (Derrick)
1923 James Arness Minneapolis MN, actor (Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing)
1923 Oren Lee Staley 1st president of National Farmers Organization (1955-79)
1923 Roy Dotrice Guernsey Channel Island, actor (The Wizard)
1924 Cooper Evans (Representative-R-IA, 1981-87)
1924 Victor Herbert Irish/US composer (Kiss in Dark)
1925 Alec McCowen Turnbridge Wells Kent England, actor (Never Say Never Again, Frenzy, Hanover Street, Stevie)
1926 Maria de Lourdes Martins composer
1926 Miles Davis Alton IL, jazz trumpeter/pioneered cool jazz (Porgy & Bess)
1927 Jacques Bergerac Biarritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques France, actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in the Sun)
1929 Hugo Raes Flemish writer (Horses Jump & Fresh Sea)
1934 Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar South African attorney/UDF-leader
1937 Yehuda Yannay composer
1938 Jackie Liebesit rocker (Can)
1938 Teresa Stratas [Anastasia Stratakis] Toronto Ontario Canada, soprano (Salome)
1938 William Elden Bolcom Seattle WA, composer (Oracles)
1939 Brent Musburger sportscaster (CBS-TV)
1939 Gerald Ronson English multi-millionaire
1941 Imants Kalnins composer
1942 Levon Helm drummer/singer (Band)
1942 Ray Ennis England, guitar (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
1943 Erica G Terpstra Olympic swimmer/Dutch MP (VVD)
1944 Verden "Phally" Allen keyboardist (Mott the Hoople)
1945 Garry Peterson rocker (Guess Who)
1947 Glenn Turner cricketer (masterful New Zealand opening batsman)
1947 Piers Gray critic/writer
1947 Sherry Bain Redlands CA, actress (Pipe Dreams)
1948 Geoff Greenidge cricketer (no relation to Gordon, West Indies opener 1972-74)
1948 Stevie [Stephanie Lynn] Nicks Phoenix AZ, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna)
1949 Dan Pastorini NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders)
1949 Dayle Haddon Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Bedroom Eyes)
1949 Hank Williams Jr Shreveport LA, country singer (All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight, There's A Tear In My Beer)
1949 Pam Grier Winston-Salem NC, actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough)
1949 Philip Michael Thomas Columbus OH, actor (Miami Vice)
1950 ? 1st whooping crane hatched in captivity
1951 Muhammed Ahmad Faris Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3)
1951 Sally Kristen Ride Los Angeles CA, 1st US woman astronaut (STS-7, STS 41G)
1955 Candace L Collins Dupo IL, playmate (December 1979)
1956 Barbara Stock Downers Grove IL, actress (Susan-Spenser For Hire)
1956 Joe Penny actor (Jake & the Fatman)
1957 Candace L Collins Dupo IL, playmate (December 1979)
1957 Margaret Colin actress (Now and Again, Independence Day, Three Men & a Baby)
1959 Beverly Lee rocker
1959 Brian Peaker London Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1959 Nancy White-Brophy Montague Prince Edward Island, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's-25th)
1959 Wayne Hussey rocker (Mission-Lover for Life)
1959 Wayne Hussey rocker (The Mission-Lover for Life)
1961 Stephen Robert Pate Ventura CA, PGA golfer (1987 Southwest Classic)
1962 Bob[cat] Goldthwait Syracuse NY, comedian (Police Academy, Scrooged)
1962 Colin Vearncombe rocker (Black-Wonderful Like)
1962 Genie Francis Englewood NJ, actress (General Hospital, Bare Essence)
1963 Charles Van Eman Pittsburgh PA, actor (Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II)
1963 Eddie Martin Jr jockey
1964 Kevin Kennedy baseball manager (Texas Rangers)
1964 Lenny Kravitz singer/guitar (911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way?)
1965 Greg Lloyd NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1965 Jacqueline Mary Nelson Upper Hutt New Zealand, points race cyclist (Olympics-96)
1966 Anthony Edwards NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 Billy Downes Camden NJ, Nike golfer (1994 New England Classic)
1966 Grant Bradburn cricketer (son of Wynne New Zealand off-spinner 1990- )
1966 Zola Budd Pieterse Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Olympics-1988)
1966 Zola Budd Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Olympics-1988)
1967 Igor Zemlyanoy hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
1967 Jean Bartholomew Queens NY, LPGA golfer (1989 Duke University Champion)
1968 Frederik Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark
1968 Rachael Sporn Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
1970 Sam Mack NBA forward/guard (Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 Sebastian Barrie NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1971 Darwin Ireland NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1971 Lewis Capes WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs)
1971 Steven Rice Kitchener, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
1975 Christopher Lindsey Donaldson Dunedin New Zealand, 100 meter/200 meter runner (Olympics-96)
1975 Travis Lee San Diego CA, baseball 1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
1976 Benji Gregory Encino CA, actor (Brian Tanner-Alf)
1976 Markus Wieland hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1976 Scott Humphries Greely CO, tennis star (1995 doubles Binghampton)
1990 Zenouska Mowatt granddaughter of English princess Alexandra
1996 Austin Michael Luciano actor (Dante Carlino-Another World)

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Deaths which occurred on May 26:
0604 605? Augustinus van Canterbury bishop/apostle of England, dies
0735 Beda Venerabilis English speaking church historian, dies at about 62
1421 Mohammed I sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies
1512 Bajezid II Governor of Amasja/8th Sultan of Turkey, dies
1595 Philippus Nerius [Filippo Neri] Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1609 Cornelis Claesz mapmaker, buried
1685 Karel monarch of Palts, dies
1703 Samuel Pepys English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70
1753 Willem Maurits Earl of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies
1818 Michael A Barclay de Tolly Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies
1831 Georg Hermes German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies
1832 François-Louis Perne composer, dies at 59
1864 Ch Sealsfield writer, dies at 71
1868 Michael Barrett Irish nationalist, last British public execution
1871 Aime Maillart composer, dies at 54
1873 August Conradi composer, dies at 51
1876 Frantisek Palacky Czechoslovakia, historian/MP, dies at 77
1880 John Curwen composer, dies at 63
1883 Abd el-Kader Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74
1891 Frederick Bowen Jewson composer, dies at 67
1905 Alphonse de Rothschild French banker, dies
1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69
1912 Jan Blockx Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
1924 Johann Heinrich Beck composer, dies at 67
1924 Victor Herbert Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
1926 S V Petlura Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
1933 Jimmie Rodgers country singer, dies at 35
1939 Charles H Mayo US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74
1939 Cornelis J Cutters supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies
1943 Edsel Ford owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49
1944 C M Francois cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for South Africa), dies
1946 Friedrich A H von Waldeck monarch of Waldeck, dies
1950 Antonina Neshdanova Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies
1951 Lincoln Ellsworth Arctic explorer, dies at 71
1952 Dámaso Alonso Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55
1954 Franz Pfemfert writer, dies at 74
1956 Al Simmons Outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting average of .334, dies at 54
1958 Francis Carco(pino) French author/critic (L'homme traqué), dies at 71
1959 Ed Walsh baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78
1959 Joe Kelly TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57
1963 Sharon Lynn actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
1966 Don Castle actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
1966 Neal Dodd actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86
1967 Antoon Spinoy Belgian politician, dies at 60
1967 George E Stone actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64
1968 William E "Little Willie" John US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)
1969 Kathryn Minner entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77
1971 John Longden actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70
1973 Jacques Lipchitz US cubist sculptor, dies at 81
1974 Kitty Gordon entertainer, dies at 96
1976 Martin Heidegger German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86
1977 Jim Boles actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63
1977 William Powell rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
1979 George Brent actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75
1991 Tom Cassidy anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41
1991 Tom Eyen playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50
1992 Danny Biasone basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83
1993 Carleton Morse radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
1993 Cor de Great pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1993 Marvin Young producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90
1994 George Wildman Ball under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1994 Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock US free-jazz Guitarist, dies at 53
1995 Isadore "Friz" Freling cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88
1995 Ron Weatherburn jazz pianist, dies at 61
1995 Severn Darden comedian (Second City), dies at 65
1996 Halka Grossman resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76
1996 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso musician, dies at 45
1997 Manfred Von Ardenne German scientific pioneer, dies at 90

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 GLANDON GARY A. POWELL TN.
1966 GRIFFEY TERRANCE H. FORT DODGE IA.
1967 MECLEARY READ BLAINE OLD GREENWICH CT.
(03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98)


POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
0961 German King Otto II crowned
1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
1521 Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers
1538 Genève throws out Calvijn
1596 England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
1637 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven CT kills 500 Indians
1647 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
1736 Battle of Ackia (Louisiana), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat the French
1781 Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia
1788 Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain
1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1798 British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
1805 Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains
1805 Napoleon is crowned king of Italy
1824 Brazil is recognized by US
1834 Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates
1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
1861 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South
1861 Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL
1864 Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA
1864 Territory of Montana is formed
1865 Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
1868 President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
1874 2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56½
1876 HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration
1883 11th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Jacobus wins in 2:42½
1884 Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 vs England XI in 4 hours
1887 Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state
1894 Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
1896 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY
1896 Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
1896 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1898 32nd Belmont Stakes: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
1898 San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies
1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the 3 Gables" (BG)
1905 A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia
1906 Archaeological Institute of America forms
1907 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
1909 Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
1913 Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
1915 H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England
1917 Walt Cruise hit 1st homerun out of Braves Field
1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
1922 Lenin suffers a stroke
1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance was run
1923 Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
1924 German Government of Marx resigns
1924 President Coolidge signs Immigration Law (restricting immigration)
1925 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery
1925 Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)
1926 Lebanon adopts constitution
1927 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile
1928 A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yankees 7-4
1930 Joe Sewell, hardest to strike out, is struck out twice by Pat Caraway
1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
1932 Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo
1933 2nd emergency Dutch Government of Colijn forms
1933 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for the cycle vs St Louis Cardinals
1934 Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
1936 1st Government of Zealand in Belgium ends
1937 Dutch Rail NV at law forms
1937 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
1938 House Committee on Un-American Activities begins work
1940 Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk
1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia
1941 Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
1941 German occupiers begin youth labor
1942 Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London
1942 Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
1942 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army
1943 1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)
1943 Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
1943 Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa
1944 82nd Airborne division D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mère Eglise
1945 US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
1946 2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball
1946 Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague
1946 Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia
1946 Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
1948 Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers
1948 South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy
1951 Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress" premieres in London
1953 Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
1955 "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances
1955 Conservatives win British parliamentary election
1955 Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off Rhode Island, killing 103
1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in the 10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
1957 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
1958 Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
1958 Union Square, San Fransisco becomes state historical landmark
1958 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1959 Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
1961 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta
1961 USAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
1962 "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 performances
1963 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1963 Organization of African Unity forms
1963 Wes Stock becomes the only Baltimore Oriole to win a double header
1964 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
1965 Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
1965 Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
1965 Revised international Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
1966 Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam
1966 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1969 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
1969 John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal)
1971 Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance
1972 Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1972 Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players hits #15
1973 "Super Fly Meets Shaft" by John & Ernest hits #31
1973 Bahrain adopts it's constitution
1973 Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1
1973 Tippett's 3rd Piano sonata, premieres
1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
1974 Joanne Carner wins Hoosier LPGA Golf Classic
1975 Tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
1977 "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway
1977 George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts
1978 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
1979 "Dancin' Fool" by Frank Zappa hits #45
1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
1980 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st National League-er to record 6, 1-hitters
1980 Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
1981 Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
1981 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth
1982 Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam
1982 British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war
1983 29th Walker Cup: US 13½-Great Britain/Ireland 10½
1983 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
1983 Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
1983 NASA launches Exosat
1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
1984 Tulsa OK gets 13" of rain, 14 die
1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
1985 Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die
1985 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1987 Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe
1987 Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
1987 Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
1987 William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA
1988 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 second silence, honoring radio
1989 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
1989 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1990 Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
1991 Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1992 Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour
1993 Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
1993 Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a homerun
1993 Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich
1994 Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)
1996 "Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 66 performances
1996 Indianapolis 500 race; Buddy Lazier wins with an average speed of 147.956 mph
1996 Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
1996 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
1997 Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park homeruns
1998 Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs President Clinton

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Guyana : Independence Day (1966)
US : Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Confederate Memorial Day (1868) - - - - - ( Monday )

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Religious Observances
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Eleutherius, pope [175-178], martyr
Roman Catholic, Anglican : Memorial of Augustine, English Apostle, 1st abp of Canterbury (optional)
Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Philip Neri, priest

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Religious History
1232 Pope Gregory IX sent the first Inquisition team to Aragon in Spain, after turning its details over to the Dominicans the previous year.
1811 Birth of William Hunter, American Methodist clergyman. The author of three collections of hymns, published during his lifetime, Hunter is best remembered today for the hymn entitled, "The Great Physician Now is Near."
1858 In Pittsburgh, the Associate Presbyterian and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches merged to form the United Presbyterian Church in North America.
1899 Future President William McKinley, 56, wrote in his notebook: 'My belief embraces the Divinity of Christ and a recognition of Christianity as the mightiest factor in the world's civilization.' (McKinley had been "born again," at age 10, during a revival meeting, and later joined a Methodist church.)
1957 The religious program "The Fourth R" aired for the last time over NBC television. Produced by several different religious organizations, this short-lived series aired on Sunday mornings.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"If reality wants to get in touch with me, it knows where I am."

[Do the Dew]

Good Morning Snippy.

This is an outstanding thread. Thanks for reminding us of our past heroes that gave their life for this great country.

[Aquamarine]

His name is Robert Summerour.

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you and good morning.

[snippy_about_it]

Robert Summerour - Missing - Philippines - WWII.

Thank you Aquamarine.

[SAMWolf]

IN MEMORY

Memorial Day this year stirs pride and pain for the families of seven young men from Oregon and Southwest Washington who were killed in the U.S. war in Iraq.

Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras

Age: 31
Graduate of Sherwood High School
Family:
Wife, Janelle; children Aidan, 11, Taylor, 8, Ashley, 4; parents, Ed and Rosary Contreras

Died: March 31, 2003, in a helicopter crash in Iraq

"I will always remember him as being very loving. He had a habit of putting his arms around me every once in a while and just holding me."
-- Ed Contreras, father

Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone

Age: 40
Graduate of Benson High School and Oregon State University
Family:
Sons, Alex, 11, Josh, 7

Died: March 25, 2003, in a grenade attack in Kuwait

"Nothing will ever be the same, no matter, nothing will ever be the same."
-- Betty Lenzi, mother

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Anthony Stever

Age: 36
Graduate of Pendleton High School
Family:
Wife, Cyndi; daughter, Nichole, 10

Died: April 8, 2003, saving another soldier from the rocket-propelled grenade that killed him

"Tony was a hero long before that fateful day in Iraq. He always put the needs of others before his own."
-- Sgt. Thomas Pemberton, who served with Stever

Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorny Jr.

Age: 31
Was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C.,
graduated from Oregon State University
Family:
Wife, Chelle; daughter, Taylor, 3

Died: March 23, 2003, in combat in Iraq

"He was the ultimate American. I have to keep his legacy alive for our daughter. That's my job now."
-- Chelle Pokorny, wife

Army Spc. Brandon S. Tobler

Age: 19
Graduate of Franklin High School
Family:
Single; parents Gail and Leon Tobler

Died: March 22, 2003, in a motor vehicle crash during a sandstorm

"I hope that in Kuwait some of the friends will stop and drink a Coke to his memory. They won't let them have beer."
-- Gail Tobler, mother

Army Sgt. Donald Walters

Age: 33
Graduate of North Salem High School
Family:
Parents, Norm and Arlene Walters; wife, Stacie; daughters Monica, 7, Danielle, 5, Amber Rose, 9 months

Died: March 23, 2003, in an ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company in Southern Iraq

"I think he'd want us all to get together and have a family barbecue."
-- Arlene Walters, mother

Marine Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns

Age: 22
Graduate of Prairie High School
Family:
Single; parents, Peter and Deborah Bruns

Died: May 9, 2003, in a vehicle accident in a sandstorm in Kuwait.

"Now when we go to the ceremony, it won't just be names in the cemetery. Now we will know someone dear to our hearts."
-- Deborah Bruns, mother

[SAMWolf]

WOW is right, Snippy did an excellent job on the thread.

[SAMWolf]

1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution

One Supreme Court ruling that actually made sense.

[Soaring Feather]

Memorial Day 2003 Lest We Forget

We honor the fallen in freedoms fight
to keep the world in open sun light
We honor those whose bravery
gave us all some serenity and peace
in times of trouble and strive...
We thank you all for giving your life.
May we never forget you on this your day
May we always remember the price you paid
May your head be covered in crowns displayed
your families walk in pride for the reason you died.
We honor you on this Memorial Day...

Thank You for the life you gave
to let FREEDOM RING Across your grave.

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