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Today in History:
1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. I didn't really know you could do that. Hmmm

1757 - On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty. Whoa!!! Peace, Love, and Happiness, Ya'll!!!!





















1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

1889 - German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"

1915 - World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.








1964 - A jury in Dallas, Texas find Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy.












1967 - The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

1995 - Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.


Happy Birthday:
1863 - Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (d. 1900) Also a Great Grateful Dead Song











1879 - Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)










1921 - S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A

1933 - Sir Michael Caine, British actor

1933 - Quincy Jones, American musician and composer

1945 - Michael Martin Murphey, American country music singer

1948 - Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian

1950 - Rick Dees, American disc jockey

1985 - Brianna Love, American porn Star. Shouldn't her name be Brianna Sex? What's love got to do with it? To see more pics of Brianna Love click here.


Deaths on this day:
1647 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584) brother of Prince of Green, Son of King Red and Queen Yellow.





1883 - Karl Marx, German political theorist (b. 1818)









1932 - George Eastman, American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)