Today in History

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

  this could also be the day gustave flaubert died, the best novelist of the 
 19th century, 120 years ago. at least my literature calendar told me so, my   
 general lexicon, however, says this was yesterday. 
                                                        frédéric moreau   

HenryMus schrieb:

> >From Yahoo:
>
> Today is Monday, May 8, the 129th day of 2000. There are 237 days left in
> the year.
>
> Today's Highlight in History:
>
> On May 8, 1945, President Truman announced in a radio address that World War
> II had ended in Europe.
>
> On this date:
>
> In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River.
>
> In 1846, the first major battle of the Mexican War was fought at Palo Alto,
> Texas, resulting in victory for Gen. Zachary Taylor's forces.
>
> In 1884, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was born
> near Lamar, Mo.
>
> In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invented the flavor syrup
> for Coca-Cola.
>
> In 1944, the first eye bank was established, in New York City.
>
> In 1958, Vice President Nixon was shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by
> anti-American protesters in Lima, Peru.
>
> In 1970, construction workers broke up an anti-war protest on New York's
> Wall Street.
>
> In 1973, militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of
> Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
>
> In 1978, David R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom to the
> ``Son of Sam'' killings that had terrified New Yorkers.
>
> In 1987, Gary Hart, dogged by questions about his personal life, including
> his relationship with Miami model Donna Rice, withdrew from the race for the
> Democratic presidential nomination.
>
> Ten years ago: One crewman was killed, 18 others injured in a fire aboard
> the guided-missile destroyer USS Conyngham in the Atlantic, about 100 miles
> southeast of Norfolk, Va.
>
> Five years ago: Fifty years after Nazi Germany's capitulation in World War
> II, leaders representing the victorious powers gathered in Berlin to
> remember the dead and pledge peace for the future. A monster storm began
> dumping 18 inches of rain on southeast Louisiana, flooding homes and killing
> five people.
>
> One year ago: NATO expressed regret for a mistaken attack on the Chinese
> Embassy in Belgrade, but pledged to pursue the bombing campaign.
> Demonstrators in Beijing threw rocks and smashed cars at the U.S. Embassy.
> The Citadel, South Carolina's formerly all-male military school, graduated
> its first female cadet, Nancy Ruth Mace. British actor Sir Dirk Bogarde died
> in London at age 78.
>
> Today's Birthdays: Comedian Don Rickles is 74. Environmentalist Sir David
> Attenborough is 74. Author Peter Benchley is 60. Singer John Fred (John Fred
> and His Playboy Band) is 59. Actor James Mitchum is 59. Jockey Hall-of-Famer
> Angel Cordero Jr. is 58. Singer Toni Tennille is 57. Singer Philip Bailey
> (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 49. Rock musician Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) is
> 49. Rock musician Billy Burnette is 47. Actor David Keith is 46. Actor
> Stephen Furst is 46. Rock musician Alex Van Halen is 45. Actress Melissa
> Gilbert is 36. Rock musician Dave Rowntree (Blur) is 36. Country musician
> Del Gray is 32. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 25. Actress Julia Whelan (``Once
> and Again'') is 15.
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> Keep cool, but care.
>
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