Thread: 5-16-12: Today in History
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#1 5-16-12: Today in History
05-16-2012, 08:29 PM
Lead Story
First Academy Awards ceremony, 1929
American Revolution
Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett receives fatal wound in duel, 1777
Automotive
GM dedicates new technical center, 1956
Civil War
Union wins the Battle of Champion Hill, 1863
Cold War
U.S.-Soviet summit meeting collapses, 1960
Crime
A nurse steals another woman's unborn baby, 1975
Disaster
New York City establishes hospital for cholera victims, 1849
General Interest
Louis marries Marie Antoinette, 1770
Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends, 1943
Protests mount in France, 1968
Japanese woman scales Everest, 1975
Hollywood
First Academy Awards ceremony, 1929
Literary
Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille, 1717
Music
Mary Wells gives Motown Records its first #1 hit with "My Guy", 1964
Old West
Outlaw Dick Fellows is released, 1881
Presidential
Senate acquits Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors, 1868
Sports
Magic plays center as a rookie, wins championship, 1980
Vietnam War
Accident at Bien Hoa kills 27 U.S. servicemen, 1965
Navy Corpsman receives Medal of Honor for action, 1968
U.S. bombing destroys main fuel line, 1972
World War I
U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act, 1918
World War II
As Brits launch Operation Chastise, Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron, 1943
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-historyWoe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
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05-16-2012, 08:40 PM
1843 - Two ships from the Texas Navy, the Austin and the Wharton, won a battle with two Mexican ships off the coast of the Yucatán. The four ships involved had fought before on April 30.
1888 - The capitol of Texas was dedicated in Austin. Construction and planning took more than seven years.
1898 - In San Antonio, Teddy Roosevlet arrived to recruit and train "Rough Riders" for the First Volunteer Cavalry.
1902 - Texas Ranger Anderson Yancey Baker killed suspected cattle rustler Ramón de la Cerda. The incident led to a feud that cost the lives of several more men.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi
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