Happy Birthday Grumpy Old Rockstar!!! Happy Birthday Dobie Gillis! May 18: In 1152 Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine; in 1593 playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe; in 1652 Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal; in 1756 the Seven Years War begins when Great Britain declares war on France; in 1763 fire destroys a large part of Montreal; in 1860 Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward; in 1896 mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people; in 1910 Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley; in 1917 the Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription; in 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority; in 1953 Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier; in 1958 an F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h); in 1969 Apollo 10 is launched; in 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage; in 1990 a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph) in France; in 2005 a second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra. Birthdays: photographer Mathew Brady (1822); English philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872); composer/playwright Meredith Willson (1902); singer Perry Como (1912); actor Pernell Roberts (1928); Mad Magazine cartoonist Don Martin (1931); actor Dwayne Hickman (1934); baseball player Brooks Robinson (1937); Yes keyboardist Grumpy Old Rick Wakeman (1949); Devo singer Mark Mothersbaugh (1950); Finnish hockey player Jari Kurri (1960); actress/screenwriter Tina Fey (1970). Music: In 1967 The Beatles are selected to represent the UK in the first global satellite broadcast, One World, and John writes All You Need Is Love for the event; in 1978 the film The Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey as Holly premiers in Dallas, TX; in 1994 Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley are married in the Dominican Republic; in 1968 Tiny Tim releases Tiptoe Through The Tulips, in 1970 The Beatles release their album Let It Be, in 1973 Yes release the triple live album Yessongs; in 1963 Lesley Gores Its My Party enters the charts.
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 12:38:51 +0000
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