Tuesday, August 14, 2012

August 14 - Easy Rider





Easy Rider





This Day In History
1183
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.
1848
Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
1880
Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
1888
An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
1959
Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
2003
Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.


Famous Birthdays
1575
Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)
1642
Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
1714
Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
1851
Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist (d. 1887)
1863
Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)
1865
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (d. 1952)
1882
Gisela Richter, British-born art historian (d. 1972)
1912
Frank Oppenheimer, American particle physicist (d. 1985)
1941
David Crosby, American musician
1945
Steve Martin, American actor and comedian
1950
Gary Larson, American cartoonist (The Far Side)
1959
Magic Johnson, American basketball player
1965
Brannon Braga, American television writer and producer
1968
Catherine Bell, American actress
1974
Christopher Gorham, American actor

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