GOOD MORNING
Good morning to all you good hearted, yet deplorable Dawgs…..Sunday….June 28th……..Today is National Tapioca Day……Tapioca Pudding…..It’s OK, but I doubt I’ll eat any on its holiday……Take care fellow Dawgs…….
UGA SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
I’m gonna mention a Dawg great in the UGA sports spotlight section this morning, just to make sure at least something Dawg is mentioned today in this “DAWGChat” forum…Today the Georgia Bulldog in the spotlight is former Dawg Lineman Milton “Red” Leathers, Jr………
Milton Leathers graduated from Athens High School as the only athlete to letter in all four sports at old Athens High: football, basketball, baseball and track.
At the University of Georgia, ''Red'' Leathers was a football letterman in 1929, 1930, and 1931……….
At UGA, he was a baseball letterman in 1930 and 1931…….
Red was one of the ''Flaming Sophomores'' of 1929 that defeated Yale in the dedication game for new Sanford Stadium………
He was named to several All Conference and All America teams……
He was drafted in 1933 by the Philadelphia Eagles…….
He was the first UGA interior lineman to play Pro football……
He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1982……..
He has a place on the Bulldog Wall of Fame…….
He is the recipient of the National Football Leagues' Distinguished Alumnus Award……..
During World War II, while stationed at the Pentagon, Mr. Leathers distinguished himself by developing an ordinance distribution plan that the British government said, ''shortened the war by months.'' For this, Colonel Leathers received the Legion of Merit, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, as well as awards from the French and Russian governments........
Milton “Red” Leathers……..a DGD………May he RIP………
SOME STUFF ON THIS DATE
1491 Henry VIII of England born. He had a reputation for being self indulgent, and was frequently represented eating a large drumstick
1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress
1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack
1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
1778 Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.
1820 Tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey
1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London
1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph "Adolfe" Sax
1855 The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University
1859 1st dog show held in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
1865 The Army of the Potomac is disbanded
1870 U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees
1874 The Freedmen's Bank, created to assist former slaves in the United States, closes. Customers of the bank lose $3 million.
1887 Coca-Cola syrup and extract were patented.
1894 Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees
1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
1902 US Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
1902 US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
1904 SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall, North Atlantic, more than 635 die, largest maritime loss of life until Titanic
1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
1911 Samuel J. Battle becomes the first African-American policeman in New York City.
1916 Raggedy Ann doll invented
1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees
1919 Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence
1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France….Germany signs under protest
1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
1926 Mercedes Benz forms when the world's oldest automobile manufacturers DMG and Benz & Cie merge
1928 Alfred E Smith (NY-Governor) nominated for US President at Democratic Convention
1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempts rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
1930 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs
1931 Junior Johnson, American auto racer and team owner (Daytona 500 1960; NASCAR Hall of Fame), born in Wilkes County, North Carolina (d. 2019)
1932 Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita was born. A Japanese American actor, one of his roles was Arnold, cook and owner of Arnold’s Drive In restaurant on the TV show ‘Happy Days’ (1974-1984).
1935 FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky
1938 Congress creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.
1939 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
1940 : Following the German occupation of France General Charles De Gaulle, set up headquarters in England for free French Forces and is recognized as their Leader.
1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1942 German troops launch an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad
1945 General Douglas MacArthur announces the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines.
1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
1947 "Temptation" (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #
1948 US and British begin airlift operations to West Berlin
1949 The last U.S. combat troops are called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.
1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
1952 - South Africa Nelson Mandela Jailed
1953 Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan
1953 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Betsy Rawls wins an 18-hole Sunday playoff by 6 strokes over runner-up Jackie Pung
1954 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1954 French troops begin to pull out of Vietnam
1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
1957 Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters…Commissioner Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team
1958 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
1958 US Open Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Mickey Wright wins 1st of 4 Open titles by 5 from Louise Suggs; 1st player to win Open & LPGA in same year
1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
1959 Meldrim trestle disaster; freight train derails over Ogeechee River in Georgia causing IPG tanks to explode killing 23
1960 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated American-owned oil refineries without compensation.
1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h 11m) 7-7 15 innings tie
1964 Organization for Afro-American Unity formed in New York by Malcolm X
1965 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson
1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
1967 14 people are shot during race riots in Buffalo, New York.
1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
1969 Police carry out an early morning raid on gay bar Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days. Beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement
1971 US Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
1972 Nixon announces draftees will not go to Vietnam
1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
1973 Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected
1975 Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and playing partners Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns
1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1976 Three British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
1978 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
1982 Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, name their baby "William"
1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticutt collapses, killing 3
1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
1984 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
1986 Irish population condemns divorce
1987 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
1988 The poisoned olive oil trial. The longest trial in Spanish history ended after 15 months. 1,500 witnesses were questioned to help decide who was responsible for poisoning 25,000 Spaniards in the toxic olive oil case. More than 600 died from the cheap olive oil, and thousands more were left partially paralyzed or suffering from other ailments in one of the worst public health disasters in modern history.
1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock California
1992 LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
1994 NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges
1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
1996 - The Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school.
1996 - Charles M. Schulz got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1996 "Nutty Professor" starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
1997 Boxer Mike Tyson bites a big chunk off Evander Holyfield’s ear in the 3rd round of a boxing match. He was disqualified.
1998 - Poland, due to shortage of funds, is allowed to lease, U.S. aircraft to bring military force up to NATO standards.
1998 - The Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to Chiquita banana company and retracted their stories that questioned company's business practices. They also agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle legal claims.
1999 : Following nine straight years of economic growth in the US, the US Government says that its budget surplus will be $1,000bn which it plans to use for strengthening Medicare and paying off some of the countries $3,700bn national debt. The current National debt is $9.0 trillion or $90,000.0 billion or nearly 24 X what it was in 1990 just 9 years ago.
2000 Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court declared that a Nebraska law that outlawed "partial birth abortions" was unconstitutional. About 30 U.S. states had similar laws at the time of the ruling.
2000 - Darva Conger announced that she had done a layout for Playboy magazine. Conger had married Rick Rockwell on Fox-TV's "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire."
2000 - The European Commission announced that they had blocked the planned merger between the U.S. companies WorldCom Inc. and Sprint due to competition concerns.
2001 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set aside an order that would break up Microsoft for antitrust violations. However, the judges did agree that the company was in violation of antitrust laws.
2003 "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland
2004 Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation
2004 - The U.S. resumed diplomatic ties with Libya after a 24-year break.
2004 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatants could challenge their detention in U.S. Courts.
2005 A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
2006 The Republic of Montenegro admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264
2006 NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy) power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors
2007 The bald eagle was removed from the U.S. list of endangered and threatened species.
2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers
2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.
2011 Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
2012 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
2013 For the first time since 2010, gold falls below $1,200 per ounce
2013 Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole's final "Sportscentre" broadcast on TSN
2014 U.S. President Barack Obama requests $2 billion for emergency measures to address illegal immigration and enhance security at the border with Mexico; thousands of children have been caught in the last 8 months crossing the border without adults
2015 A SpaceX cargo rocket explodes shortly after launch; the unmanned vessel was carrying over two tons of food, provisions, supplies and equipment for the International Space Station
2015 David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border. 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility June 6
2015 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
2015 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
2017 Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
2017 "Spider-man: Homecoming" directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr. premieres in Los Angeles
2018 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organisation, first outbreak to use new Merck vaccine
2019 Highest-ever temperature recorded in France 45.9C in Gallargues-le-Montueux, southern France
2019 The EU and South American trade bloc Mercosur agree historic trade deal, the EU's biggest to date
2019 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir
(TO BE CONTINUED…………..SEE FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE)
Good morning to all you good hearted, yet deplorable Dawgs…..Sunday….June 28th……..Today is National Tapioca Day……Tapioca Pudding…..It’s OK, but I doubt I’ll eat any on its holiday……Take care fellow Dawgs…….
UGA SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
I’m gonna mention a Dawg great in the UGA sports spotlight section this morning, just to make sure at least something Dawg is mentioned today in this “DAWGChat” forum…Today the Georgia Bulldog in the spotlight is former Dawg Lineman Milton “Red” Leathers, Jr………
Milton Leathers graduated from Athens High School as the only athlete to letter in all four sports at old Athens High: football, basketball, baseball and track.
At the University of Georgia, ''Red'' Leathers was a football letterman in 1929, 1930, and 1931……….
At UGA, he was a baseball letterman in 1930 and 1931…….
Red was one of the ''Flaming Sophomores'' of 1929 that defeated Yale in the dedication game for new Sanford Stadium………
He was named to several All Conference and All America teams……
He was drafted in 1933 by the Philadelphia Eagles…….
He was the first UGA interior lineman to play Pro football……
He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1982……..
He has a place on the Bulldog Wall of Fame…….
He is the recipient of the National Football Leagues' Distinguished Alumnus Award……..
During World War II, while stationed at the Pentagon, Mr. Leathers distinguished himself by developing an ordinance distribution plan that the British government said, ''shortened the war by months.'' For this, Colonel Leathers received the Legion of Merit, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, as well as awards from the French and Russian governments........
Milton “Red” Leathers……..a DGD………May he RIP………
SOME STUFF ON THIS DATE
1491 Henry VIII of England born. He had a reputation for being self indulgent, and was frequently represented eating a large drumstick
1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress
1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack
1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
1778 Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.
1820 Tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey
1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London
1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph "Adolfe" Sax
1855 The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University
1859 1st dog show held in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
1865 The Army of the Potomac is disbanded
1870 U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees
1874 The Freedmen's Bank, created to assist former slaves in the United States, closes. Customers of the bank lose $3 million.
1887 Coca-Cola syrup and extract were patented.
1894 Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees
1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
1902 US Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
1902 US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
1904 SS Norge runs aground and sinks off Rockall, North Atlantic, more than 635 die, largest maritime loss of life until Titanic
1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
1911 Samuel J. Battle becomes the first African-American policeman in New York City.
1916 Raggedy Ann doll invented
1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees
1919 Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence
1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France….Germany signs under protest
1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93
1926 Mercedes Benz forms when the world's oldest automobile manufacturers DMG and Benz & Cie merge
1928 Alfred E Smith (NY-Governor) nominated for US President at Democratic Convention
1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempts rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
1930 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs
1931 Junior Johnson, American auto racer and team owner (Daytona 500 1960; NASCAR Hall of Fame), born in Wilkes County, North Carolina (d. 2019)
1932 Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita was born. A Japanese American actor, one of his roles was Arnold, cook and owner of Arnold’s Drive In restaurant on the TV show ‘Happy Days’ (1974-1984).
1935 FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky
1938 Congress creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.
1939 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
1940 : Following the German occupation of France General Charles De Gaulle, set up headquarters in England for free French Forces and is recognized as their Leader.
1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1942 German troops launch an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad
1945 General Douglas MacArthur announces the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines.
1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
1947 "Temptation" (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #
1948 US and British begin airlift operations to West Berlin
1949 The last U.S. combat troops are called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.
1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
1952 - South Africa Nelson Mandela Jailed
1953 Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan
1953 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Betsy Rawls wins an 18-hole Sunday playoff by 6 strokes over runner-up Jackie Pung
1954 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1954 French troops begin to pull out of Vietnam
1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago Illinois)
1957 Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters…Commissioner Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team
1958 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
1958 US Open Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Mickey Wright wins 1st of 4 Open titles by 5 from Louise Suggs; 1st player to win Open & LPGA in same year
1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
1959 Meldrim trestle disaster; freight train derails over Ogeechee River in Georgia causing IPG tanks to explode killing 23
1960 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated American-owned oil refineries without compensation.
1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h 11m) 7-7 15 innings tie
1964 Organization for Afro-American Unity formed in New York by Malcolm X
1965 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson
1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
1967 14 people are shot during race riots in Buffalo, New York.
1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
1969 Police carry out an early morning raid on gay bar Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days. Beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement
1971 US Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
1972 Nixon announces draftees will not go to Vietnam
1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
1973 Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected
1975 Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and playing partners Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns
1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1976 Three British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
1978 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
1982 Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, name their baby "William"
1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticutt collapses, killing 3
1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
1984 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
1986 Irish population condemns divorce
1987 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
1988 The poisoned olive oil trial. The longest trial in Spanish history ended after 15 months. 1,500 witnesses were questioned to help decide who was responsible for poisoning 25,000 Spaniards in the toxic olive oil case. More than 600 died from the cheap olive oil, and thousands more were left partially paralyzed or suffering from other ailments in one of the worst public health disasters in modern history.
1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock California
1992 LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
1994 NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges
1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
1996 - The Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school.
1996 - Charles M. Schulz got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1996 "Nutty Professor" starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
1997 Boxer Mike Tyson bites a big chunk off Evander Holyfield’s ear in the 3rd round of a boxing match. He was disqualified.
1998 - Poland, due to shortage of funds, is allowed to lease, U.S. aircraft to bring military force up to NATO standards.
1998 - The Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to Chiquita banana company and retracted their stories that questioned company's business practices. They also agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle legal claims.
1999 : Following nine straight years of economic growth in the US, the US Government says that its budget surplus will be $1,000bn which it plans to use for strengthening Medicare and paying off some of the countries $3,700bn national debt. The current National debt is $9.0 trillion or $90,000.0 billion or nearly 24 X what it was in 1990 just 9 years ago.
2000 Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court declared that a Nebraska law that outlawed "partial birth abortions" was unconstitutional. About 30 U.S. states had similar laws at the time of the ruling.
2000 - Darva Conger announced that she had done a layout for Playboy magazine. Conger had married Rick Rockwell on Fox-TV's "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire."
2000 - The European Commission announced that they had blocked the planned merger between the U.S. companies WorldCom Inc. and Sprint due to competition concerns.
2001 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set aside an order that would break up Microsoft for antitrust violations. However, the judges did agree that the company was in violation of antitrust laws.
2003 "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland
2004 Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation
2004 - The U.S. resumed diplomatic ties with Libya after a 24-year break.
2004 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatants could challenge their detention in U.S. Courts.
2005 A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
2006 The Republic of Montenegro admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264
2006 NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy) power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors
2007 The bald eagle was removed from the U.S. list of endangered and threatened species.
2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers
2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.
2011 Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
2012 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans
2013 For the first time since 2010, gold falls below $1,200 per ounce
2013 Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole's final "Sportscentre" broadcast on TSN
2014 U.S. President Barack Obama requests $2 billion for emergency measures to address illegal immigration and enhance security at the border with Mexico; thousands of children have been caught in the last 8 months crossing the border without adults
2015 A SpaceX cargo rocket explodes shortly after launch; the unmanned vessel was carrying over two tons of food, provisions, supplies and equipment for the International Space Station
2015 David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border. 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility June 6
2015 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
2015 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
2017 Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
2017 "Spider-man: Homecoming" directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr. premieres in Los Angeles
2018 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared "largely contained" by World Health Organisation, first outbreak to use new Merck vaccine
2019 Highest-ever temperature recorded in France 45.9C in Gallargues-le-Montueux, southern France
2019 The EU and South American trade bloc Mercosur agree historic trade deal, the EU's biggest to date
2019 3,400 year old Bronze Age palace from the Mittani Empire uncovered on the banks of the Tigris River, due to lack of rainfall dropping the water level in the Mosul Dam reservoir
(TO BE CONTINUED…………..SEE FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE)
