Wednesday, May 23, 2012

May 23 - Dino




Dino




This Day In History
1609
Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
1788
South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.
1829
Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna.
1873
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
1911
The New York Public Library is dedicated.
1958
Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
1974
 Commissioner Maurice Nadon announces that the RCMP would begin to accept applications from females as regular members of the force.
1995
The first version of the Java programming language is released.
2006
Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.


Famous Birthdays
1707
Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
1734
Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician/hypnotist (d. 1815)
1820
James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. 1887)
1834
Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1848
Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. 1896)
1883
Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939)
1898
Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989)
1910
Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
Franz Kline, American Expressionist painter (d. 1962)
Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004)
1919
Robert Bernstein, American comic book writer (d. 1988)
1921
James Blish, American fantasy & science fiction author (d. 1975)
1928
Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
1933
Joan Collins, English actress
1934
Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
1935
Susan Cooper, is an English-born American children's author
1946
H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
1954
Marvelous* Marvin Hagler, American boxer
1958
Drew Carey, American actor, comedian and game show host
1965
Charlie Hayes, American baseball player
1974
Jewel, American singer


* - No, really. He had it legally changed in 1982 because he was annoyed that announcers didn't always use his nickname.

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