On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on July 15:
1573 Inigo Jones London, architect; restored St Paul's cathedral
1606 Rembrandt van Rijn Leiden, Netherlands, painter (Night Watch)
1704 August Gottlieb Spangenberg founder of Moravian Church in N America
1779 Clement Clarke Moore US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)
1796 Thomas Bulfinch mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology)
1850 St Frances Xavier Cabrini [Mother Cabrini], 1st US saint
1875 Frank "Pop" Morgenweck basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
1902 Jean Rey Belgium, pres of European Commission (1967-70)
1933 Julian Bream, guitarist, born
1935 Alex Karras Gary Ind, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster, Mongo, Blazing Saddles)
1944 Jan-Michael Vincent Denver, actor (Hooper, Tribes, Buster & Billie)
1945 Gene Upshaw NFL offensive tackle (Oakland Raider)
1946 Linda Ronstadt Tucson Az, singer/leftwing nutcase (Different Drum)
1952 Jesse Ventura, [James Janos], wrestler/actor/blowhard (mayor-Brooklyn Pk-MN Gov. MN.)
1960 Kim Alexis Lockport NY, model (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover)
1962 Brigitte Nielsen Eisinore Denmark, actress(?) (Red Sonja, Rocky IV)
Deaths which occurred on July 15:
0668 Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37
1274 John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies
1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies
1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged
1738 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed
1862 David Emanuel Twiggs, US Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72
1869 A J Hayne black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated
1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney killed by Pat Garrett
1883 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44
1904 Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44
1931 Clive Cussler (author: Raise the Titanic, Deep Six, Sahara, Cyclops)
1940 Robert Wadlow world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32
1948 John J Persing US General (WW I), dies at 87
1958 Julia Lennon mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident
1982 Wendy Caulfield 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1983 Eddie Foy Jr actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1991 Bert Convy actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57
1997 Gianni Versace, designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50
2003 Tex Schramm (83), owner Dallas Cowboys dies
GWOT Casualties
Iraq
15-Jul-2003 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal Cory Ryan Geurin Al Hillah Non-hostile - accidental fall
15-Jul-2004 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Staff Sergeant Paul C. Mardis Jr. Walter Reed Medical Ctr. Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Afghanistan
A Good Day
http://icasualties.org/oif/ Data research by Pat Kneisler
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On this day...
1099 1st Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem (dead numbered about 3,000)
1205 Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus
1410 Poland & Lithuania defeat Teutonic Knights at Tannenberg
1662 Charles II grants charter to establish Royal Society in London
1779 US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY
1795 "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem (Marseillaise, isn't that French for surrender?)
1806 Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte captured
1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri
1856 Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony
1862 CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet and Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R
1863 Confederate raider "bloody" Bill Anderson and his Bushwackers attack Huntsville, Missouri, stealing $45,000 from the local bank.
1864 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard
1869 Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by French Navy
1870 Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US
1870 Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada
1870 Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created
1876 Baseballs 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford
1888 Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1890 A Charlois discovers asteroid #294 Felicia
1904 1st Buddhist temple in US established, Los Angeles
1909 Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
1911 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Phillipines
1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect
1916 22.22" of rain falls in Altapass NC
1916 The Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products, founded in Seattle
1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I (Casualties: French (95,000), British (13,000), United States (12,000), estimated German casualties 168,000)
1922 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo
1929 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca
1932 President Hoover cuts own salary 15%
1933 Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around the world
1937 Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens
1940 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il
1941 Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Pencillin)
1942 The first supply flight from India to China over the 'Hump' was flown to help China's war effort.
1944 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb
1946 British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown
1948 Pres Truman nominated for another term
1952 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins
1954 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
1958 Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1960 Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle
1964 Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans (John Chancellor ejected from the convention for blocking an aisle during a demonstration by the delegates.)
1965 US scientists display close-up photos of Mars from Mariner IV
1968 "One Life to Live" premieres on TV
1969 Rod Carew ties the record with his 7th steal of home in a season
1971 Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China
1975 Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later
1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 schoolchildren & their bus driver in Calif
1982 Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0
1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
1987 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
1991 US troops leave northern Iraq
1992 Arkansas Gov. Bill "Willard" Clinton becomes Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
1996 MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
1996 Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers
1996 An Algerian court sentences 128 Muslim terrorists to death in absentia for their involvement in guerilla activities. Another 67 were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment
1998 3 days of ceremonies to bury Russia's last czar and his family, who were killed by the Bolsheviks, begins in the city of Yekaterinburg
1999 The Religious Liberty Protection Act was signed by 107 House Democrats and 199 Republicans
2000 China reports that an attack force of 700,000 ducks and chickens, trained to hunt and eat insects at the sound of a whistle, were placed in the locust-plagued fields of Xinjiang province
2002 US Senate votes 97-0 for a bill to crack down on corporate accounting abuses (BOLD AND RECKLESS move alert!)
2002 Pakistani court sentenced British-born Islamic terrorist Sheikh Ahmed Omar Saeed & 4 others to death for the kidnap and murder of U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Brunei : Sultan's Birthday
Japan : Bon Festival/Feast of Lanterns/Black Ship Day (1853)
Pakistan : Mohammed's Ascension
National Therapeutic Recreation Week (Day 6)
Ice Cream Cone Day
Tapioca Pudding Day
Cow Appreciation Day-give Maureen Dowd a hug
National Eye Exam Month
Religious Observances
Anglican : St Swithin's Day
Muslim-Pakistan : Mohammed's Ascension
RC : Commemoration of Bl Anne Mary Javouhey, French virgin
Luth : Commemor of Vladimir, 1st Christian ruler of Russia
Old Catholic : Feast of St Henry II, Holy Roman emperor (1014-24)
RC : Commemoration of St Bonaventure, bishop/confessor/doctor
Religious History
1099 The Muslim citizens of Jerusalem surrendered their city to the armies of the FirstCrusade. The Crusaders then proceeded, through misguided religious zeal, to massacrethousands of unarmed men, women and children.
1779 Birth of Clement C. Moore, American Episcopal educator. His fame endures today,not as a theologian, but as the author of a completely mythical poem: 'Twas the Night BeforeChristmas' (1823).
1814 Birth of Edward Caswall, English clergyman and hymn translator. Today we stillsing Caswall's English versions of the hymns 'Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee' and 'WhenMorning Gilds the Skies.'
1823 In Rome, the church known as St Paul's Outside the Walls was destroyed by a fire.Its original edifice was erected in AD 324 by the Roman emperor Constantine.
1951 The First Southern Baptist Church to be constituted in the state of Wyoming wasformed in Casper by a group of families principally related to the oil industry.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
GOT RUDE NEIGHBORS?
HERE'S HOW TO GET RID OF 'EM!
By ROMAN LYNCH
FED UP with noisy, rude, inconsiderate, sloppy neighbors? Don't pick up and move -- make them move instead!
That's the philosophy of Dr. Harlan Merkin, an expert in psychological warfare employed by the Defense Department.
"After putting up with a family of thoroughly irritating idiots next door for several years," says Merkin, "I finally decided to apply my professional skills to a personal situation."
Merkin's techniques worked like a charm -- his neighbors from hell bolted within two weeks. And now the Harvard-trained psychologist shares some of his favorite methods of "moron vanquishing" exclusively with Weekly World News.
1 Make frequent, unexpected visits to your neighbors -- in your underwear. Says Merkin: "Going out nude would get you in trouble, but it's perfectly legal -- and almost as disturbing -- if you turn up asking to borrow a cup of sugar in your tighty whities. For added effect write something creepy on your bare chest in lipstick, like: 'Love to love you, baby' or 'I'm too sexy for my shirt.' Note: This works best if you're a paunchy middle-aged man. If you're an attractive woman, it won't work at all. In fact, it might have the opposite of the desired effect."
2 Get a big, powerful stereo if you don't already have one and build a hidden room to house it. "Place the speakers in windows facing your neighbors," says Merkin. "Make sure there's no illumination from behind the windows so no one can see in from outside.
"At about 3 in the morning, play the worst music you can find at top volume. Anything from Motley Crue to Michael Bolton to John Tesh should do the trick. Keep your eyes peeled for the arrival of the police. As soon as you see the flashing blue lights approaching, turn off the stereo. When the cops ring the doorbell, answer the door acting like they just roused you out of a sound sleep.
"Explain that your neighbors are nut-cases and that you don't even own a stereo or boom box of any kind. Insist that the cops take a look around your house to prove you're telling the truth. About five minutes after the officers apologize for bothering you and leave, crank up the tunes again. If your idiot neighbors keep calling the law, the cops will eventually just ignore them, and they'll have no choice but to put up with the racket. Sleep deprivation will soon drive them to the brink of insanity."
3 Spend an afternoon driving around scooping up as much roadkill as you can. Wait until your neighbors are asleep, then plant the rotting animals under and around their house, close to the surface. Be sure to replace the sod neatly so your digging is not apparent. "This works especially well in the summer," says Merkin. "The stench is often unbearable -- just like your neighbors, who will soon hightail it outta there."
Thought for the day :
"A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works."
Bill Vaughan
