July 23, 2008

Ugg Boot

Today in History, July 23:

636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire

685 John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1253 Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III. The Jews always get a bad rap.

1298 Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany. See what I mean?

1798 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt

1829 William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter)

1877 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed

1886 Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge

1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo

1940 "Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London

1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph

1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside
in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage

1965 Beatles "Help" is released in the UK

1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens

1966 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"

1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die

1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya

1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude

1986 Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson


HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
1961 Woody Harrelson Midland Tx, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers)


Deaths on this Day:
1885 Ulysses S Grant 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor, NY, at 63

1979 Keith Godchaux rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 32

1982 Vic Morrow killed during filming of "Twilight Zone" at 53