1666 - Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, who built the Taj Mahal, dies in Agra, India, at age 74

1673 - Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated

1840 - Under the leadership of British statesman Edward G. Wakefield, the first British colonists to New Zealand arrive at Port Nicholson on Auckland Island

1850 - Alta California becomes a daily paper, first such in California

1857 - National Association of Baseball Players founded, in New York
 
1859 - Brahms' First Piano Concerto (in D minor) premieres, in Hanover Germany

1864 - First session of the Legislative Council of British Columbia opens at Sapperton

1867 - First meeting of the Peel County (Ontario) Council, after split from York County

1881 - Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park, NY City

1882 - The Fifth Street Presbyterian Church of Troy, New York, became the first church in the US to be illuminated by electric lighting

1901 - Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for 63 years (the 4th longest among longest-reigning monarchs and the longest for queens)

1905 - 500 workers were killed by the Czar's troops in "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg

1922 - Banting & Best give themselves the first injection of insulin at the University of Toronto

1931 - Tyrone Guthrie broadcasts the first episode of The Romance of Canada from Montreal; first series of radio dramas produced in Canada

1938 - Thornton Wilder's play Our Town first performed publicly in Princeton, N.J.

1939 - Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco CA, is dedicated

1947 - The first US television station west of the Mississippi River, KTLA-TV in Hollywood goes on the air

1963 - The Drifters record "On Broadway"

1966 - The Beach Boys record "Wouldn't It Be Nice"

1968 - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC

1969 - Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose

1970 - The Boeing 747 makes its first commercial flight, for Pan Am, from New York to London in 6½ hours

1972 - "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV

1973 - In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters

1973 - Lyndon B Johnson, President (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64

1980 - PGA begins a senior golf tour

1983 - Houston becomes the first NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime; Portland Trail Blazers outscore them 17-0 & win 113-96

1992 - Roberta Bondar, a Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, blasts into Space from the Kennedy Space Center on an eight-day flight aboard the shuttle Discovery with six other astronauts

1995 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F Kennedy, dies at 104

1997 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state

1998 - NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild

1998 - Rickey Henderson, rejoins the Oakland A's for 4th time

 

 

Birthdays

1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, London England - essayist: Novum Organum, The New Atlantis
1775 - André Marie Ampère, France - physicist/mathematician; invented the astatic needle and the ampere was named for him
1788 - Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, Aberdeen Scotland - poet: Don Juan, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
1875 - D[avid] W Griffith, La Grange Kentucky - movie producer/director: Birth of a Nation
1906 - Robert E[rvin] Howard - sci-fi author: Conan the Conqueror
1907 - Marie Dressler - actress: Anna Christie, Dinner at 8
1909 - Ann Sothern, Harriette Lake North Dakota - actress: Lady in a Cage, My Mother the Car
1909 - [Sithu] U Thant, Burma - 3rd UN Secretary-General (1962-72)
1915 - Bill Durnan - NHL goaltender: was born on this day in 1915; Montreal Canadiens
1918 - Richard Eastham, Opelousas Louisiana - actor: Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest
1923 - Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda - actress: The Cowboys
1924 - Margaret Whiting - big band singer
1930 - Roy Cooper, London England - actor: Amistad, Julian Po, Trevor-Beacon Hill
1932 - Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs] Detroit Michigan - actress: Twin Peaks
1934 - Bill Bixby, San Francisco California - actor: Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian
1934 - Graham Kerr - TV chef: Galloping Gourmet
1935 - Sam Cooke, Clarksdale Mississippi - singer: You Send Me, Another Saturday Night, Twisting The Night Away
1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - author: Onion Fields
1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ - singer: Shirelles -Soldier Boy
1940 - John Hurt, England - actor: Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express
1946 - Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Massachusetts - actor: Hometown, Joe Bash
1949 - Steve Perry, Hanford California - singer: Journey -Open Arms, Oh Sherry
1952 - Karen Moe [Thornton] - US Olympic swimmer
1952 - Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne Alabama - singer: Alabama -Mountain Music, Take Me Down
1957 - Mike Bossy, Montreal Quebec - NHL forward: New York Islanders; total of 573 career goals
1959 - Linda Blair, St Louis Missouri - actress: Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St
1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australia - singer: INXS -Need You Tonight, Dogs in Space
1961 - Barb Thomas Whitehead, Sibley Indiana - LPGA golfer
1962 - Robert Mailhouse, New Haven Connecticut - actor: Brian -Days of our Life
1963 - Diane Lane, NY City - actress: Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town, The Perfect Storm
1964 - Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland - actress: Katrina -Santa Barbara
1964 - Stojko Vrankovic - NBA center: Los Angeles Clippers
1964 - Wayne Kirby, Williamsburg Virginia - baseball outfielder: Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers
1965 - Steven Adler, Cleveland Ohio - drummer: Guns & Roses -Sweet Child
1985 - John Mitchell, Oakville Ont - NHL player: Toronto Maple Leafs

 

 

Senior Thoughts

 

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
 
Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
 
I've still got it, but nobody wants to see it.
 
I'm getting into swing dancing. Not on purpose. Some parts of my body are just prone to swinging.
 
It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffeemaker.
 
These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, "For fast relief."
 
Don't think of it as getting hot flashes. Think of it as your inner child playing with matches.
 
Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up!
 
Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing.