Post by Rhonda on Dec 10, 2007 4:48:30 GMT -5
About This Date
Nightgown Day
In 16th century France, tight corsets, layered clothes and powered wigs were all the rage. No wonder everybody wanted to wear something comfortable at night. The word "nightgown" described a long, loose frock with long sleeves. Besides being comfortable, it also kept people warm. Men and women both wore this same basic garment to bed for the next 150 years. Eventually, the nightgown for men grew shorter and was called a "nightshirt".
1884
Levant Richardson of Chicago, Illinois patented the ball-bearing roller skate.
1917
Turkish troops surrendered Jerusalem to British troops led by Viscount Allenby.
1926
The United States Golf Association legalized steel-shaft golf clubs.
1934
Because of ground conditions, the New York Giants football team wore basketball sneakers as they beat the Chicago Bears, 30-13, to win the NFL championship.
1941
China formally issued a declaration of war against Japan, Germany and Italy.
1948
The United Nations General Assembly approved the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
1952
Frank Sinatra recorded "Young At Heart", a song turned down by Nat King Cole and other artists. In March of 1954, tt became a hit in the United States.
1958
The John Birch Society was founded in the United States, vowing to fight communism.
1960
Sperry Rand Corporation, of St. Paul, Minnesota, debuted a new computer, the as Univac 1107, which used what was known as thin-film memory.
1965
Nikolai Podgorny replaced Anastas Mikoyan as Soviet president.
1966
Barbados became the 122nd member of the United Nations.
1973
After Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned, House Speaker Gerald Ford became the United Statess first, appointed Vice President. Later, Ford would become the nations first, non-elected President when Richard Nixon resigned.
1987
The first riots of the intifada, or Palestinian uprising, erupted on the Gaza Strip.
1989
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, winner of several gold medals as a teenager at the 1976 Olympics, defected to southern Florida. Accompanying her was Constantin Panait, a roofer who was married and the father of four children.
1992
United States Marines stormed into Mogadishu, spearheading an international effort to overcome one of the worst famines this century.
1993
United States astronauts finished a grueling five-day repair work on the $3 billion Hubble Space Telescope.
1996
The United Nations authorized the start of a long-delayed oil-for-food deal with Iraq, enabling Baghdad to make a limited return to the world oil market for the first time since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
1997
Police in South Carolina investigated a complaint by a woman who claimed actor Edward James Olmos forced "her to do things she didn't want to do," in the words of one source quoted in New York Post, in a hotel room there last October. The acclaimed actor, age 50 and married, couldn't comment on the case, but his attorney Richard Harpootlian told the Post that the accuser - described as a 38-year-old housewife - was a stalker-type looking for money who failed a lie-detector test about her encounter with Olmos. "We have one witness who says the woman stalked and followed Mr. Olmos to his hotel, then came back the next morning," Harpootlian said. The sex probe was abandoned by police a few days later when the charges were dropped.
Birthdays
1902
Margaret Hamilton
actress d: 1985
1909
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
actor d: 2000
1911
Lee J. Cobb [Leo Jacoby]
actor d: 1976
1911
Broderick Crawford [William Pendergast]
actor d: 1986
1916
Kirk Douglas [Isadore Demsky/Issur Danielovitch]
actor
1928
thingy Van Patten
actor
1933
Morton Downey, Jr.
talk show host
1941
Beau [Lloyd Vernet III] Bridges
director, actor
1947
Thomas Andrew Daschle
U.S. Senator
1957
Donny Osmond
singer
1961
Joe Lando
actor
Music
1961
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
Goodbye Cruel World - James Darren
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
1969
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
1977
You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
Baby, What a Big Surprise - Chicago
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
1985
Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Never - Heart
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) - Lee Greenwood
Today's Quote
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
Nightgown Day
In 16th century France, tight corsets, layered clothes and powered wigs were all the rage. No wonder everybody wanted to wear something comfortable at night. The word "nightgown" described a long, loose frock with long sleeves. Besides being comfortable, it also kept people warm. Men and women both wore this same basic garment to bed for the next 150 years. Eventually, the nightgown for men grew shorter and was called a "nightshirt".
1884
Levant Richardson of Chicago, Illinois patented the ball-bearing roller skate.
1917
Turkish troops surrendered Jerusalem to British troops led by Viscount Allenby.
1926
The United States Golf Association legalized steel-shaft golf clubs.
1934
Because of ground conditions, the New York Giants football team wore basketball sneakers as they beat the Chicago Bears, 30-13, to win the NFL championship.
1941
China formally issued a declaration of war against Japan, Germany and Italy.
1948
The United Nations General Assembly approved the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
1952
Frank Sinatra recorded "Young At Heart", a song turned down by Nat King Cole and other artists. In March of 1954, tt became a hit in the United States.
1958
The John Birch Society was founded in the United States, vowing to fight communism.
1960
Sperry Rand Corporation, of St. Paul, Minnesota, debuted a new computer, the as Univac 1107, which used what was known as thin-film memory.
1965
Nikolai Podgorny replaced Anastas Mikoyan as Soviet president.
1966
Barbados became the 122nd member of the United Nations.
1973
After Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned, House Speaker Gerald Ford became the United Statess first, appointed Vice President. Later, Ford would become the nations first, non-elected President when Richard Nixon resigned.
1987
The first riots of the intifada, or Palestinian uprising, erupted on the Gaza Strip.
1989
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, winner of several gold medals as a teenager at the 1976 Olympics, defected to southern Florida. Accompanying her was Constantin Panait, a roofer who was married and the father of four children.
1992
United States Marines stormed into Mogadishu, spearheading an international effort to overcome one of the worst famines this century.
1993
United States astronauts finished a grueling five-day repair work on the $3 billion Hubble Space Telescope.
1996
The United Nations authorized the start of a long-delayed oil-for-food deal with Iraq, enabling Baghdad to make a limited return to the world oil market for the first time since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
1997
Police in South Carolina investigated a complaint by a woman who claimed actor Edward James Olmos forced "her to do things she didn't want to do," in the words of one source quoted in New York Post, in a hotel room there last October. The acclaimed actor, age 50 and married, couldn't comment on the case, but his attorney Richard Harpootlian told the Post that the accuser - described as a 38-year-old housewife - was a stalker-type looking for money who failed a lie-detector test about her encounter with Olmos. "We have one witness who says the woman stalked and followed Mr. Olmos to his hotel, then came back the next morning," Harpootlian said. The sex probe was abandoned by police a few days later when the charges were dropped.
Birthdays
1902
Margaret Hamilton
actress d: 1985
1909
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
actor d: 2000
1911
Lee J. Cobb [Leo Jacoby]
actor d: 1976
1911
Broderick Crawford [William Pendergast]
actor d: 1986
1916
Kirk Douglas [Isadore Demsky/Issur Danielovitch]
actor
1928
thingy Van Patten
actor
1933
Morton Downey, Jr.
talk show host
1941
Beau [Lloyd Vernet III] Bridges
director, actor
1947
Thomas Andrew Daschle
U.S. Senator
1957
Donny Osmond
singer
1961
Joe Lando
actor
Music
1961
Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
Goodbye Cruel World - James Darren
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
1969
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
1977
You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
Baby, What a Big Surprise - Chicago
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
1985
Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Never - Heart
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) - Lee Greenwood
Today's Quote
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw