Post by Professor Snape on Aug 5, 2005 17:01:30 GMT
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ON This Day IN History aug. 5, 2005...............................[/glow][/shadow]
1305 - Sir William Wallace, Scottish hero and champion of Scottish independence who beat Edward I at the battle of Stirling Bridge, was captured by the English and later executed as a traitor.
1844 - The Statue of Liberty's cornerstone was laid at Bedloe’s Island, now Liberty Island, New York. On October 28, 1886, the actual statue was accepted as a gift to the United States, from the people of France, by United States President Grover Cleveland. The statue would become a symbol of freedom to immigrants who passed it on their way to Ellis Island and admittance to the United States.
1914 - The first intersection in the United States to have an electric traffic light was at Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio.
1943 - In World War II, British troops entered Catania and Paterno in Sicily.
1949 - Some 6,000 people were killed 100,000 people left homeless when an earthquake measuring 6.75 on the Richter scale struck Ecuador.
1957 - American Bandstand made its national television debut on ABC, with boy thingy Clark as host. Clark's first guests were The Chordettes. The national show proved to be rock and roll's most enduring television program.
1962 - Actress Marilyn Monroe died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills, in Los Angeles, California. Her death was viewed by many critics as suicide, by others as murder. Others felt she accidentally killed herself. Questions concerning Monroe's death are still unanswered.
1966 - Beatle John Lennon told the press that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ, leading many United States radio stations to yank Beatles' songs off the air in protest of the statement.
1974 - United States President Richard Nixon admitted he had withheld information about the Watergate break-in; he announced his resignation three days later.
1975 - To that date, singer Stevie Wonder signed the recording industry’s largest contract for $13 million over a seven-year time period. While other Motown artists left the label over creative differences and money disputes Wonder stayed with his original label, Tamla/Motown. Those who jumped ship included Diana Ross, Gladys Knight and The Four Tops.
1984 - Show business mourned the loss of one of its great actors when Richard Burton, age 58, died of a stroke.
1990 - A Tempe, Arizona, man was interviewed on ABC's 20/20, claiming to be the child actor who played Buckwheat in the classic 1930s Our Gang film-short series. It was later discovered by the show's executive producer that the man, Doc English, was an imposter, and that there was a lapse in the follow-up research by the production team. The son of William "Billy" Thomas and George "Spanky" McFarland, phoned to report that the real Buckwheat had died in 1980. A formal apology for the error was made during the show's next broadcast.
1996 - In Los Angeles, Scott Bakula (of TV's Quantum Leap) was granted a restraining order against Tina Marie Ledbetter that ordered her to stay at least 100 yards from the actor, his ex-wife, and his girlfriend. In 1989, Ledbetter was sentenced to 3 years probation after pleading guilty to felony charges of making terrorist threats to actor Michael J. Fox. She had sent more than 5,000 letters to the actor. Bakula submitted to the court a missive he received from Ledbetter: "Please announce on nationwide TV that you are NOT divorcing Krista and Chelsea is NOT pregnant with your baby!!"...How can you betray your fans!! Do NOT divorce Krista!!!" An agency that scanned fan mail alerted Bakula to Ledbetter's past.
1997 - 226 people died when a South Korean jumbo jet crashed and burst into flames on the island of Guam.
If you know anymore feel free to post them!!!!
ON This Day IN History aug. 5, 2005...............................[/glow][/shadow]
1305 - Sir William Wallace, Scottish hero and champion of Scottish independence who beat Edward I at the battle of Stirling Bridge, was captured by the English and later executed as a traitor.
1844 - The Statue of Liberty's cornerstone was laid at Bedloe’s Island, now Liberty Island, New York. On October 28, 1886, the actual statue was accepted as a gift to the United States, from the people of France, by United States President Grover Cleveland. The statue would become a symbol of freedom to immigrants who passed it on their way to Ellis Island and admittance to the United States.
1914 - The first intersection in the United States to have an electric traffic light was at Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio.
1943 - In World War II, British troops entered Catania and Paterno in Sicily.
1949 - Some 6,000 people were killed 100,000 people left homeless when an earthquake measuring 6.75 on the Richter scale struck Ecuador.
1957 - American Bandstand made its national television debut on ABC, with boy thingy Clark as host. Clark's first guests were The Chordettes. The national show proved to be rock and roll's most enduring television program.
1962 - Actress Marilyn Monroe died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills, in Los Angeles, California. Her death was viewed by many critics as suicide, by others as murder. Others felt she accidentally killed herself. Questions concerning Monroe's death are still unanswered.
1966 - Beatle John Lennon told the press that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ, leading many United States radio stations to yank Beatles' songs off the air in protest of the statement.
1974 - United States President Richard Nixon admitted he had withheld information about the Watergate break-in; he announced his resignation three days later.
1975 - To that date, singer Stevie Wonder signed the recording industry’s largest contract for $13 million over a seven-year time period. While other Motown artists left the label over creative differences and money disputes Wonder stayed with his original label, Tamla/Motown. Those who jumped ship included Diana Ross, Gladys Knight and The Four Tops.
1984 - Show business mourned the loss of one of its great actors when Richard Burton, age 58, died of a stroke.
1990 - A Tempe, Arizona, man was interviewed on ABC's 20/20, claiming to be the child actor who played Buckwheat in the classic 1930s Our Gang film-short series. It was later discovered by the show's executive producer that the man, Doc English, was an imposter, and that there was a lapse in the follow-up research by the production team. The son of William "Billy" Thomas and George "Spanky" McFarland, phoned to report that the real Buckwheat had died in 1980. A formal apology for the error was made during the show's next broadcast.
1996 - In Los Angeles, Scott Bakula (of TV's Quantum Leap) was granted a restraining order against Tina Marie Ledbetter that ordered her to stay at least 100 yards from the actor, his ex-wife, and his girlfriend. In 1989, Ledbetter was sentenced to 3 years probation after pleading guilty to felony charges of making terrorist threats to actor Michael J. Fox. She had sent more than 5,000 letters to the actor. Bakula submitted to the court a missive he received from Ledbetter: "Please announce on nationwide TV that you are NOT divorcing Krista and Chelsea is NOT pregnant with your baby!!"...How can you betray your fans!! Do NOT divorce Krista!!!" An agency that scanned fan mail alerted Bakula to Ledbetter's past.
1997 - 226 people died when a South Korean jumbo jet crashed and burst into flames on the island of Guam.
If you know anymore feel free to post them!!!!
