Legs presents ~ On This Day

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On this Day ~ May 19th

715
St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1506
Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir

1535
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships,

1568
English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary

1571
Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines

1588
Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England

1635
France declares war on Spain

1643
Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut & New Harbor form United Colonies of New England

1780
About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day its cause is still unexplained

1792
Russian army enters Poland

1793
Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)

1848
México gives Texas to US, ending the war

1884
Ringling Brothers circus premieres

1892
Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer

1906
Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes

1921
Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system

1928
51 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp CA)

1934
Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature"; Males who solved puzzle become members of Baker Street Irregulars

1939
Churchill signs British-Russian anti-Nazi pact

1940
Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)

1943
Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)

1943
Churchill pledges England's full support to US against Japan

1944
German defense line in Italy collapsed

1958
"South Pacific" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks

1958
US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)

1962
A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's infamous rendition of Happy Birthday.

1967
USSR ratifies treaty with England & US banning nuclear weapons in space

1971
USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars

1975
27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh

1977
"Smokey & the Bandit" premieres

1979
"In The Navy" by Village People hits #3

1982
Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion

1987
Chet Fleming files for a patent on his method for keeping a severed head alive. The mechanism includes blood filtering, pumping equipment, and nutrient supply. Ultimately, US Patent 4,666,425 is granted.

1989
Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas

1991
Willy T Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500

1992
Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York


1992
Vice President Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values

1993
Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellín Colombia, kills 132

1994
Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run

1995
Emmy's 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time

2005
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is released into theaters worldwide, completing George Lucas' 28 year old saga which first appeared in 1977 and includes 6 episodes.