November 11, 1778---During the Revolutionary War, Iroquois Indians - TopicsExpress



          

November 11, 1778---During the Revolutionary War, Iroquois Indians destroy the fortified settlement of Cherry Valley, NY, in reprisal for earlier American destruction of two Indian towns. 1885, Nathan Adler, chief rabbi of the British Empire, founds Jews College (a teachers college) in London, England. 1918, At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, World War I ends. 1921, The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia by President Warren G. Harding. 1933, A massive dust storm rips through South Dakota, one of a series of disastrous windstorms that devastated the West during the droughts of the 1930s--a region that became known as the Dust Bowl. 1938, Typhoid Mary, blamed as the prime carrier of infection during the 1904 typhoid epidemic, dies in New York following a paralytic stroke. 1942, The American comedy THE ROAD TO MOROCCO opens. It was the third in the series of road pictures that brought fame and fortune to its stars: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorthy Lamour. BORN ON THIS DAY: U.S. Army general George Patton (1885), Author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922), Actor/comedian/author Jonathan Winters (1925), Actress Demi Moore (1962), Actress Calista Flockhart (1964), and Actor Leonardo DiCaprio (1974). DIED ON THIS DAY: Snuffy Smith cartoonist Billy DeBeck (1942), Civil rights activist Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr (1984), 1st successful heart and lung transplant patient Stormie Dawn Jones (1990), Entrepreneur/pot-pie mogul Marie Callender (1995), Mississippi-born professional footballer Leon Gray (2001), and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (2004). QUOTE FOR TODAY: You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake---Legendary comedian Bob Hope. ON A PERSONAL NOTE: May we all pause, if only for a moment, today to remember and reflect on the great sacrifices the men and women of this country have made on our behalf. Not only the ones who served and are serving, but the families they left behind while doing so. They are veterans and heroes as well. The immortal words, All gave some...some gave all, rings so true each and every day we are allowed and blessed to live with the freedom given us by these great men and women.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:41:58 +0000

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