Legs presents ~ On This Day

[Legs]

On this Day ~ May 14th

649
Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

964
Pope John XII dies of injuries inflicted eight days prior by a jealous husband who caught him in flagrante delicto with his wife.

1004
Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy

1027
Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France

1264
Baron's War fought in England

1483
Coronation of Charles VIII of France

1607
Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.

1610
Fanatical monk François Ravaillac jumps aboard the coach of King Henry IV and stabs him twice through the open window.

1767
British government disbands Americans import duty on tea

1787
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States.

1796
Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

1804
The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.

1853
Gail Borden applies for patent for condensed milk

1861
The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.

1900
The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris.

1940
World War II: The Netherlands surrender to Germany.

1961
American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston,

1973
Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

1976
Keith Relf, former vocalist of the Yardbirds, is electrocuted in his London home while either tuning or playing a guitar belonging to either him or his son, in either the basement or the bathtub.

1987
Rita Hayworth, American actress

1989
Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs

1998
Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack shortly after the airing of the final Seinfeld episode.

2003
Robert Stack dies

2005
Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood

[Legs]

On this Day ~ May 15th

392
Valentinianus II emperor of Rome, dies

756
Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain

884
Marinus I [Martinus II] Pope, dies

1004
Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy

1252
Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.

1525
German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war

1536
Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest

1567
Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell

1602
Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold

1672
1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts

1718
James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun

1756
The Seven Years' War begins when England declares war on France.

1785
Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29

1896
Tornado kills 78 in Texas

1821
John Wall Calcott composer, dies at 54

1822
Christian Ludwig Dieter composer, dies at 64

1823
Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, dies at 69

1824
Alexander Campbell composer, dies at 60

1832
Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, dies at 73

1858
Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London

1886
Emily Dickinson US poet, dies at 55

1902
Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft

1905
Las Vegas NV founded

1918
1st regular airmail service (between New York, Philadelphia & Washington DC) inaugurated

1919
The Winnipeg General Strike began. By 11:00, virtually the entire working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.

1926
British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike

1930
Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (San Fransisco to Cheyenne)

1933
1st voice amplification system to be used in US Senate

1934
Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive

1940
Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (US)

1940
Winston Churchill flies to Paris France

1941
Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music

1943
Halifax bombers sinks U-463

1944
14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz

1951
AT&T becomes 1st corporation to have one million stockholders

1957
18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade

1958
USSR launches Sputnik III

1960
Sputnik IV launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed

1960
Taxes took 25% of earnings in US

1963
Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)

1965
Canadian Football Players Association organizes

1967
Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman

1968
Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host

1970
Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US
Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named 1st female US generals

1972
Hoping to gain everlasting infamy, Arthur Bremer pumps five bullets into Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace during a campaign stop in Laurel, Maryland.

1976
"Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91

1981
"Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs

1990
Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.

1991
President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game

1997
ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com

2003
June Carter Cash, American musician and singer, dies

[Legs]

On this Day ~ May 16th

955
Alberich II, illegitimate son of Octavianus elected pope

1527
Florence becomes a republic

1568
Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England

1605
Paul V becomes Pope.

1747
Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands

1763
Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London

1770
Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France

1792
Denmark abolishes slave trade

1817
Mississippi River steamboat service begins

1866
Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer

1872
Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time

1874
1st recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg MA)

1891
George A Hormel & Company introduce Spam

1894
Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings

1901
Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Priory School"

1920
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) canonized a saint in Rome

1922
White Star Line Majestic completes 5½ day maiden voyage

1929
1st Academy Awards

1936
1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France

1939
Food stamps are 1st issued

1941
Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)

1943
German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw

1944
1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz

1948
Egyptians enter the Gaza

1952
Pierce Brosnan: actor, born

1955
Olga Korbut: gymnast, born

1960
Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US

1965
Spaghetti-O's 1st sold

1967
Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium

1971
1st class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢)

1975
Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1977
5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am Building in NYC

1977
Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1981
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks

1985
Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium

1986
"Top Gun" premieres

1986
Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas

1988
US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant

1990
Jim Henson muppeteer & Sammy Davis Jr entertainer, die

1991
Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress

1993
Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head

1994
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Orlando FL on WTKS 104.1 FM

1994
Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment

2003
In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.