Mojo Friday - This Day In History Edition

I'm always fascinated when I hear the phrase; This Day In History. I always wonder if there is something I've been involved in or witnessed that will be the topic of that phrase years from now. Have you been part of something that a Keith Olbermann of the future will use as an example of This Day In History?
 
To get us started let's do some births on This Day In History;

0037   Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero emperor of Rome (54-68)
1519   Pedro Menéndez de Aviles explored Florida - founded St Augustine FL
1564   Galileo Galilei Pisa, Italy, astronomer/physicist
1797   Henry Engelhard Steinway piano maker (Steinway)
1809   Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor (Mechanical reaper)

1812   Charles Lewis Tiffany Killingly CT, jeweler (Tiffany)
1820   Susan Brownell Anthony Adams MA, women's suffragette
1907   Cesar Romero New York NY, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, The Thin Man)
1914   Kevin McCarthy Seattle WA, actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling)
1923   Yelena Bonner Moscow, soviet dissident/wife of Andre Sakharov
1929   James Schlesinger US Secretary of Defense (1973-75)
1951   Melissa Manchester Bronx NY, singer (Don't Cry Out Loud)
1951   Jane Seymour [Joyce Frankenberg], Middlesex England, actress (Dr Quinn, East of Eden, Lassiter, Solitaire in James Bond)
1960   Darrell Green NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins)
1964   Chris Farley actor (Saturday Night Live, Wayne's World, Coneheads)
1964   Mark Price NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic)
 
And the opposite, famous deaths on This Day In History;
 
1637   Ferdinand II King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
1744   John Hadley inventor (sextant), dies
1820   William Ellery US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 92
1831   Henry Maudslay inventor (metal lathe), dies
1887   Alexander Borodin composer, dies
1905   Lewis Wallace US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77
1943   Thomas "Fats" Waller US jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38
1959   Owen W Richardson English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69
1965   Nat King Cole singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 45
1973   Wally Cox actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), dies at 48
1984   Ethel Merman singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76
1988   Gardiner Means US economist, dies at 91
1995   Nabila Diahnine Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33
1996   McLean Stevenson actor (MASH, Hello Larry), dies at 66
1996   Tommy Rettig actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54
 
Notable events from This Day In History;

0399  Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death
1686  Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide" premieres in Paris
1764  St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
1768  1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
1799  1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania
1804  New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
1851  Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave
1862  Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson TN
1869  Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
1879  Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court
1903  1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom
1906  British Labour Party organizes
1919  American Legion organizes in Paris
1922  Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex
1929  St Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago)
1932  George Burns & Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "Guy Lombardo Show"
1933  President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
1933  Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwärts" banned again in Berlin
1936  - 60º F (- 51º C), Parshall ND (state record)
1936  Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympics figure skating gold
1936  Hitler announces building of Volkswagens (starting slug-bug game)
1939  German battleship Bismarck was launched
1941  Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train"
1942  Singapore surrenders to the Japanese
1942  German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery
1942  Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra
1943  Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid
1944  891 British bombers attack Berlin
1944  Bombing & shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins
1948  Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan
1957  Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister
1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964  Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
1964  Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton
1965  Canada replaces the Union Jack flag with the Maple Leaf
1965  John Lennon passes his driving test
1978  Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for world heavyweight crown
1980  Wayne Gretzky assists on NHL-record-tying 7 goals
1984  500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
1992  Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys
1993  Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester NY on WNVE 95.1 FM

These and many many more can be found at Any Day in History.
 
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