July 6 - Corny

Corny

This Day In History

1189

Richard I "the Lionheart" is crowned King of England.

1484

Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.

1785

The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.

1885

Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

1908

Robert Peary's final Polar expedition sets sail from New York aboard the Roosevelt.

1919

The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

1942

Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annex" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

2003

The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.

Famous Birthdays

1678

Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian opera librettist, composer, theatre manager and performer, and numismatist (d. 1729)

1736

Daniel Morgan, American pioneer, soldier, and U.S. Representative from Virginia (d. 1802)

1747

John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)

1897

Richard Krautheimer, German-American art historian (d.1994)

1907

Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)

1921

Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States

1925

Bill Haley, American singer (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)

1927

Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)

1946

George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

1951

Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor