Wilmington, Delaware – August 24, 2008
Today is the 20th Anniversary of Linux, one of my favorites…
This Day in History (August 25)
1991 Release of Linux operating system
1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1981 Mark Chapman, John Lennon’s murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
1981 Voyager 2′s closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
1973 Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
1970 Elton John’s 1st U.S. appearance, Los Angeles
1967 Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1963 Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and his license is suspended for one year for speeding
1952 Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth
1950 President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
1944 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday
1940 1st parachute wedding
1932 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
1916 Department of Interior forms National Park Service
1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
1829 President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1814 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found
1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
Today’s Birthdays
1970 Claudia Schiffer, born in Rheinbach, Germany, super model, Elle, Rolling Stone
1964 Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor, Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident
1958 Tim Burton, American Director
1954 Elvis Costello, , Lon, rock vocalist, Allison
1949 Anson Williams, actor, Happy Days
1949 Gene Simmons, , Haifa Israel, rock guitarist, KISS-Beth
1949 John Savage, Old Bethpage, New York, actor, Deer Hunter, Maria’s Lovers
1947 Anne Archer, LA Cal, actress, Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games
1942 Walter Williams, U.S., rock vocalist, O’Jays-Use to Be My Girl
1933 Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan’s Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama
1933 Wayne Shorter, rocker, Weather Report
1931 Regis Philbin, host, Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
1930 Graham Javis, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Charlie-Mary Hartman
1930 Page Johnson, West Virginia, actress, Passages from Finnegan’s Wake
1930 Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, James Bond
1923 Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host, Lets Make a Deal
1919 George C. Wallace, American Politician
1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story
1918 Richard Greene, Plymouth England, composer/actor, Adv of Robin Hood
1917 Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet
1917 Mel Ferrer, born in New Jersey, actor in television, film and theater, film director and film producer
1916 Van Johnson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Brigadoon, always wore red socks
1913 Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator, Pogo
1909 Michael Rennie, England, actor, Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still
1909 Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer, Dames, 42nd Street
1905 Clara Bow, Brooklyn, actress, Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships
1860 George Fawcett, U.S. actor, Intolerance
1836 Bret Harte, U.S., Western author, Outcasts of Poker Flat
Today in History and Today’s Birthdays are digested from brainyhistory.com Visit their site to see full histories.
