Wednesday, May 16, 2012

May 16 - Monster




Monster



Today is the feast day of Saint Brendan the Navigator.

This Day In History
1532
Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
1843
The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
1891
The International Electro-Technical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electrical current (the most common form today).
1919
A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
1929
In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
1951
The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
1960
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
1975
Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1991
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.


Famous Birthdays
1578
Everard Digby, English conspirator (d. 1606)
1801
William H. Seward, American politician and diplomat (d. 1872)
1831
David E. Hughes, British inventor and musician (d. 1900)
1905
Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
1906
Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996)
1919
Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)
1928
Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1944
Danny Trejo, American actor
1953
Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
1955
Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast
1959
Mare Winningham, American actress
1969
David Boreanaz, American actor
1970
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player

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