THIS DAY IN HISTORY 10/05

This Day in History 10/05

MAY 10TH

1503 – Columbus discovers Cayman Islands

1775 – 2nd Continental Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time

1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.

1908 – 1st Mother’s Day observed (Phila)

1936 – Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt

1940 – Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister

1994 – Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa’s 1st black president

2012 – The Red Cross suspends all humanitarian work in Pakistan after a worker was kidnapped and killed

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln)

1899 – Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)

1909 – Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)

1957 – Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], London England, bassist (Sex Pistols)

1960 – Bono [Paul Hewson], Dublin, Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)

FAMOUS DEATHS

1798 – George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40

1818 – Paul Revere, American patriot, dies

1829 – Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies

1864 – Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union brig-general, dies at about 27

1920 – John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies

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THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 18/02

This day in #history 18/02

FEBRUARY 18TH

1685 – Fort St. Louis is established by a
Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the
basis for France’ s claim to Texas.

1900 – British troops occupy Monte Christo, Natal

1901 – Winston Churchill makes his maiden
speech in the British House of Commons

1932 – Japan declares Manchuria independent

1957 – Dedan Kimathi , a Kenyan rebel leader is
executed by the British colonial government .

1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from
the United Kingdom .

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1745 – Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta, Como, Italy, physicist and inventor (battery )

1933 – Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John
Lennon] , Tokyo Japan, singer and artist

1965 – Dr . Dre , [ Andre Romelle Young], Compton, California , American rapper and record producer

FAMOUS DEATHS

901 – Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and
mathematician (b . 826 )

1546 – Martin Luther, biblical scholar / religious
reformer, dies at 62

1564 – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor /
painter (David), dies at 88

1583 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer
(b . 1503 )

1587 – Mary Stuart , Queen of Scots (1560 -87) ,
beheaded at 44 [OS = Feb 8 ]

1902 – Charles Lewis Tiffany , American founder of Tiffany & Co. (b . 1812 )