What to remember about January 19th…
- 1807 Confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee born in Virginia (d. 1870); formerly superintendent of U.S. Military Academy
- 1809 American poet and author Edgar Allen Poe is born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1849)
- 1861 Georgia joins other Southern states in seceding from the Union
- 1915 German zeppelins bomb Britain; 1st major bombing of civilian targets kill 20 people
- 1920 Despite President Wilson’s efforts, United States Senate votes against America joining the League of Nations
- 1978 Last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany rolls off production line; some minor production continues at South American facilities until 2003
- 1981 Agreement is signed securing release of 52 hostages taken from American Embassy in Teheran, Iran
- 1983 Klaus Barbie, “butcher of Lyon”and Former Nazi Gestapo chief, is arrested in Bolivia for crimes against humanity
- 2006 NASA launches New Horizons probe; 1st mission destined to examine Pluto
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Tagged automotive industry, Aviation, Civil War, Georgia, history, iran, Iran Hostage Crisis, Islam, League of Nations, NASA, Robert E. Lee, Space Exploration, Woodrow Wilson, WWI, WWII
What to remember about January 2nd…
- 1776 Congress publishes Tory Act to advise colonies on how to deal with persons remaining loyal to Britain
- 1788 Georgia becomes 4th state in the Union by voting to ratify the U.S. Constitution
- 1909 Father of modern conservatism and 5-term U.S. Senator Barry Morris Goldwater is born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 1998)
- 1923 Albert Fall, Secretary of the Interior under President Harding resigns over corruption charges in Teapot Dome scandal
- 1935 Bruno Hauptman goes on trial for the murder of the infant son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh
- 1974 President Nixon signs Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act to establish a national speed limit during oil crisis
- 1980 President Carter reacts to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by delaying implementation of SALT-II Treaty; Soviets unimpressed
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Tagged Afghanistan, American Revolution, Barry Goldwater, Charles Lindbergh, Congress, Constitution, Georgia, history, Jimmy Carter, Oil, Richard Nixon, Soviet Union, Warren G. Harding
What to remember about December 6th…
- 1790 U.S. Congress moves, seat of American government transferred from New York City to Philadelphia
- 1865 With Georgia vote, 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified; slavery officially abolished
- 1884 Crowning pyramid is placed atop the Washington monument; federal law ensures that it will remain the tallest building in the capital
- 1889 Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans (b. 1808); infamous 1st and only president of the Confederate States of America
- 1947 Everglades National Park is dedicated in Florida by President Truman
- 1957 America’s 1st attempt to put a satellite into orbit ends when launch vehicle explodes on the pad
- 1969 Altamont Music Festival ends marred by death Meredith Hunter, Hells Angels “security guard” claims self-defense
- 1973 House of Representatives votes in agreement with Senate confirmation of Gerald Ford as Vice President
- 1998 After coming to power six years earlier in bloody military coup, Hugo Chavez is elected president of Venezuela
- 2004 Al Qaeda terrorists detonate bomb in attempt to assault U.S. consulate in Jedda, Saudi Arabia
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Tagged 13th Amendment, Civil Rights, Civil War, Congress, Georgia, Gerald Ford, Harry S. Truman, history, Hugo Chavez, Islam, Jefferson Davis, Music, slavery, Space Exploration, Terrorism
What to remember about July 15th…
- 1783 The first successful steamboat Pyroscaphe sails in France on the River Saône; built by Claude-François-Dorothée de Jouffroy
- 1799 The Rosetta Stone is found in an Egyptian village during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign; allows translation of hieroglyphics
- 1862 Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas attacks Admiral Farragut’s Union fleet damaging more than a dozen vessels
- 1870 Georgia is readmitted to the Union; it is that last state to rejoin after the end of the Civil War
- 1933 American Wiley Post begins first solo flight around the world
- 1964 Barry Goldwater nominated for President by Republican Party
- 1975 In simultaneous launches, Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 are launched to begin joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
- 1979 President Jimmy Carter gives speech on television about our national “crisis of confidence”; misquoted as the “malaise” speech
- 1988 Movie “Die Hard” opens; actor Bruce Willis rises to stardom
- 2002 “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh accepts plea bargain of 20-years; he was captured fighting for the Afghan Taliban
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Tagged Afghanistan, Aviation, Barry Goldwater, Civil War, economy, Georgia, history, Invention, Islam, Jimmy Carter, Movies, NASA, Soviet Union, Space Exploration, treason
What to remember about June 9th…
- 68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide (b. 37)
- 1732 James Oglethorpe granted royal charter for Province of Georgia
- 1772 Colonists angered by rising taxes capture and burn British customs vessel Gaspee that ran ashore off Rhode Island
- 1856 500 Mormon pioneers set out from Iowa for Salt Lake City carrying all they owned in handcarts; similar groups follow through 1860
- 1863 Though losing the day, Union cavalry shows that they are now a force to be reckoned with at Battle of Brandy Station
- 1891 Composer/songwriter Cole Porter born – I’ve got you under my skin, Kiss Me Kate, Anything Goes
- 1898 Britain obtains 99-year lease to Hong Kong from China
- 1915 Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over President Wilson’s aggressive handling of Lusitania sinking fearing war could result
- 1942 Nazis order the extermination of the entire town of Lidice Czechoslovakia in retaliation for death of Reinhard Heydrich
- 1954 Attorney Joseph Welch confronts Senator Joseph McCarthy at hearings investigating the Army saying “Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
- 1967 Israeli troops assault and capture Golan Heights from Syria
- 1973 Secretariat becomes 1st horse to win Triple Crown since 1948
- 1993 “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss arrested in LAPD sting
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Tagged China, Civil War, Communism, Congress, crime, Georgia, history, Israel, Music, Rome, Six-Day War, Woodrow Wilson, WWI, WWII
What to remember about February 12th…
- 1733 British general and MP James Oglethorpe founds Georgia as 13th English colony with Savannah as its 1st city
- 1789 American patriot Ethan Allen dies of stroke in Vermont (b. 1738); famous leader of Green Mountain Boys and victor of Fort Tigonderoga
- 1809 Future 16th President Abraham Lincoln is born in Hodgeville, Kentucky (d. 1865)
- 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded
- 1924 In New York City, George Gershwin’s jazz classic Rhapsody in Blue is performed for the 1st time; billed as “exeriment in modern music”
- 1935 Navy airship USS Macon crashes and sinks in bad weather off California coast just 2 years after the loss of sister ship USS Akron
- 1973 142 of the last 591 U.S. POW’s are released in Hanoi as required by Paris peace settlement talks
- 1999 Senate fails to impeach President Bill Clinton on either perjury or obstruction of justice charges; votes were 45 – 55 and 50 – 50
- 2000 American cartoonist and author of “Peanuts”, Charles Monroe “Sparky” Schulz dies (b. 1922)
- 2004 San Francisco begins issuing marriage liscences to same-sex couples at the direction of Mayor Gavin Newsom
What to remember about January 27th…
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 1756 Musical prodigy and composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born in Austria (d. 1791)
- 1776 Expedition of Colonel Henry Knox finishes 3-month trek through frozen countryside with 60-tons of captured British artillery
- 1785 Georgia incorporates 1st state-funded university; it is first named Franklin College and will become University of Georgia
- 1862 President Lincoln attempts to command Union forces into action by issuing General War Order No. 1; finds tactics better left to the soldiers
- 1888 33 explorers, geographers, scientists, soldiers, and teachers meet in Washington, D.C. to found the National Geographic Society
- 1939 1st flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter-bomber
- 1943 Over 90 bombers strike U-Boat construction yards; first attack by American aircraft on Germany
- 1967 Fire aboard NASA’s Apollo 1 spacecraft during simulation kills astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chafee
- 1973 Paris Peace Accords are signed; President Nixon’s promise fulfilled as American participation in Vietnam War officially ends
- 1998 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on “Today” show and declares “vast right-wing conspiracy” behind her husband’s impeachment
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, Aviation, Civil War, Georgia, Hillary Clinton, history, Holocaust, Music, NASA, P-38 Lightning, Richard Nixon, Space Exploration, Vietnam, warbirds, WWII
What to remember about January 19th…
- 1807 Confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee born in Virginia (d. 1870); formerly superintendent of U.S. Military Academy
- 1809 American poet and author Edgar Allen Poe is born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1849)
- 1861 Georgia joins other Southern states in seceding from the Union
- 1915 German zeppelins bomb Britain; 1st major bombing of civilian targets kill 20 people
- 1920 Despite President Wilson’s efforts, United States Senate votes against America joining the League of Nations
- 1978 Last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany rolls off production line; some minor production continues at South American facilities until 2003
- 1981 Agreement is signed securing release of 52 hostages taken from American Embassy in Teheran, Iran
- 1983 Klaus Barbie, “butcher of Lyon”and Former Nazi Gestapo chief, is arrested in Bolivia for crimes against humanity
- 2006 NASA launches New Horizons probe; 1st mission destined to examine Pluto
Posted in History, Lost and Found
Tagged automotive industry, Aviation, Civil War, Georgia, history, iran, Iran Hostage Crisis, Islam, League of Nations, NASA, Robert E. Lee, Space Exploration, Woodrow Wilson, WWI, WWII
What to remember about January 2nd…
- 1776 Congress publishes Tory Act to advise colonies on how to deal with persons remaining loyal to Britain
- 1788 Georgia becomes 4th state in the Union by voting to ratify the U.S. Constitution
- 1909 Father of modern conservatism and 5-term U.S. Senator Barry Morris Goldwater is born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 1998)
- 1923 Albert Fall, Secretary of the Interior under President Harding resigns over corruption charges in Teapot Dome scandal
- 1935 Bruno Hauptman goes on trial for the murder of the infant son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh
- 1974 President Nixon signs Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act to establish a national speed limit during oil crisis
- 1980 President Carter reacts to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by delaying implementation of SALT-II Treaty; Soviets unimpressed
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Tagged Afghanistan, American Revolution, Barry Goldwater, Charles Lindbergh, Congress, Constitution, Georgia, history, Jimmy Carter, Oil, Richard Nixon, Soviet Union, Warren G. Harding
What to remember about December 6th…
- 1790 U.S. Congress moves, seat of American government transferred from New York City to Philadelphia
- 1865 With Georgia vote, 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified; slavery officially abolished
- 1884 Crowning pyramid is placed atop the Washington monument; federal law ensures that it remain the tallest building in the capital
- 1889 Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans (b. 1808); infamous 1st and only president of the Confederate States of America
- 1947 Everglades National Park is dedicated in Florida by President Truman
- 1957 America’s 1st attempt to put a satellite into orbit ends when launch vehicle explodes on the pad
- 1969 Altamont Music Festival ends marred by death Meredith Hunter, Hells Angels “security guard” claims self-defense
- 1973 House of Representatives votes in agreement with Senate confirmation of Gerald Ford as Vice President
- 1998 After coming to power six years earlier in bloody military coup, Hugo Chavez is elected president of Venezuela
- 2004 Al Qaeda terrorists detonate bomb in attempt to assault U.S. consulate in Jedda, Saudi Arabia
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Tagged 13th Amendment, Civil Rights, Civil War, Congress, Georgia, Gerald Ford, Harry S. Truman, history, Islam, Jefferson Davis, slavery, Space Exploration, Terrorism
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