Thursday, May 17, 2012

May 17 - Gymboree




Gymboree


2012-05-12 12.08.35




This Day In History
1642
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
1673
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
1792
The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
1875
Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
1902
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1939
The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
1943
The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC.
1970
Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean.
2006
The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.


Famous Birthdays
1444
 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) (d. 1510)

1682
Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
1732
Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, British musician and composer (d. 1781)
1743
Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
1749
Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d. 1823)
1866
Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925)
1868
Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)
1911
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998)
1921
Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (d. 1998)
1934
Ronald Wayne, co-founder of Apple Computer
1936
Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (d. 2010)
1940
Alan Kay, American computer scientist
1946
F. Paul Wilson, American novelist
1950
Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
1955
Bill Paxton, American actor and film director
1961
Enya, Irish singer and songwriter
1962
Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor and comedian
1966
Hill Harper, American actor
1969
Alan Doyle, Canadian musician (Great Big Sea)
1973
Sasha Alexander, American television actress
1974
Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs)

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