Today in History
This day in history
- National Weather Service: then known as the United States Weather Bureau, was founded; it used to alert fruit growers to the approach of stormy weather by telegraph (1870)
National Weather Service: then known as the United States Weather Bureau, was founded; it used to alert fruit growers to the approach of stormy weather by telegraph (1870) - Davis Cup: international tennis competition was played for the first time; its donor, Dwight F. Davis, won (1900)
Davis Cup: international tennis competition was played for the first time; its donor, Dwight F. Davis, won (1900) - war time: clocks were turned forward one hour in the US to aid the war effort; this change to daylight-saving time was year-round and lasted till the end of WWII (1942)
war time: clocks were turned forward one hour in the US to aid the war effort; this change to daylight-saving time was year-round and lasted till the end of WWII (1942) - Satchel Paige: became the first Negro League player elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame (1971)
Satchel Paige: became the first Negro League player elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame (1971)
Today's Birthdays
Today's Birthdays
- William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841): US president who served only 1 month before dying of pneumonia - Carole King (68)
Carole King (68): singer/songwriter, "You've Got a Friend"; plus, musicians Gasparo Angiolini (1731-1803) and Joe Ely (63), - Judith Light (61)
Judith Light (61): Claire Meade on Ugly Betty; also, actors Kathryn Grayson (88), Janet Suzman (71), Joe Pesci (67), Mia Farrow (65), Charles Shaughnessy (55), Julie Warner (45), Jason George (38), Charlie Day (34), A.J. Buckley (33), Zhang Ziyi (31) and David Gallagher (25) - Alice Walker (66)
Alice Walker (66): Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple; other writers born on this date include Amy Lowell (1874-1925) and J. M. Coetzee (70)
What defines the world today?
What defines the world today?