Saturday, November 10, 2012

November 10 - Kitty!



Kitty!




This Day In History
1619
René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
1766
The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
1775
The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
1871
Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
1954
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.
1958
The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
1969
National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.
1975
The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
1984
The first Breeders' Cup takes place at Hollywood Park Racetrack.


Famous Birthdays
1483
Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
1695
John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
1697
William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)
1810
George Jennings, English sanitary engineer (d. 1882)
1888
Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
1889
Claude Rains, English actor (d. 1967)
1924
Russell Johnson, American actor
1925
Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
1929
W. E. B. Griffin. American author
1932
Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
1944
Sir Tim Rice, English lyricist
1948
Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
1960
Neil Gaiman, English writer
1963
Hugh Bonneville, English actor
1980
Donté Stallworth, American football player
1983
Miranda Lambert, American singer

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