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Gravdigr · 08-02-2016, 07:42 AM

August 2

216 BC – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. Hannibal loved it when a plan came together.

1274 – Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.

1343 – After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.

1610 – During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.

1869 – Japan's samurai class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.

1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.

1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.

1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.

1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

1943 – World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.

1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.

1962 - Robert Allen Zimmerman legally became Bob Dylan having signed a music publishing deal with Witmark Music on 12th July of this year.

1964 - The Beatles appeared at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth. One of the supporting acts, billed as a 'new and unknown London group', was The Kinks.

After an intense search the bodies of Jim Reeves and Dean Manuel were found in the wreckage of an aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States announced Reeves' death formally. The single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls had crashed 42 hours earlier during a thunderstorm. Thousands of people traveled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves' final resting place near Carthage, Texas.

1973 - The Mamas and the Papas filed a lawsuit against their record label, Dunhill, for over a million dollars in unpaid royalties.

1976 - Peter "Puddy" Watts, road manager with Pink Floyd, and father to Naomi Watts, died of a heroin overdose. Watts supplied the crazed laughter on the groups The Dark Side of The Moon album.

1983 - James Jamerson died of complications stemming from cirrhosis of the liver, heart failure and pneumonia in Los Angeles, he was 47 years old. As one of The Funk Brothers he was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s. He eventually performed on nearly 30 No.1 pop hits.

1991 - Rick James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested in Hollywood charged with assault with a deadly weapon aggravated mayhem torture, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation. James was released on $1 million bail.

2000 - Jerome Smith from KC and the Sunshine Band died after being crushed by a bulldozer he was operating.

Births

1754 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant (designed Washington, D.C.); 1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

(designed the Statue of Liberty); 1835 – Elisha Gray (co-founded Western Electric); 1892 – Jack L. Warner (co-founded Warner Bros.); 1900 – Holling C. Holling; 1905 – Myrna Loy; 1911 – Ann Dvorak; 1919 – Nehemiah Persoff; 1923 – Shimon Peres; 1924 – Carroll O'Connor; 1932 – Lamar Hunt (co-founded the American Football League), Peter O'Toole; 1935 – Hank Cochran♪ ♫; 1937 – Garth Hudson

(The Band); 1939 – Wes Craven

; 1944 – Jim Capaldi

; 1945 – Joanna Cassidy; 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low♪ ♫; 1950 – Lance Ito; 1951 – Joe Lynn Turner♪ ♫(Rainbow), Andrew Gold; 1957 – Mojo Nixon♪ ♫; 1959 – Victoria Jackson (SNL); 1959 – Apollonia Kotero♪ ♫; 1964 – Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds); 1970 – Kevin Smith; 1976 – Sam Worthington; 1992 – Hallie Eisenberg

Deaths

1788 – Thomas Gainsborough

; 1859 – Horace Mann; 1876 – "Wild Bill" Hickok; 1921 – Enrico Caruso♪ ♫; 1922 – Alexander Graham Bell; 1923 – Warren G. Harding (29th POTUS); 1934 – Paul von Hindenburg; 1976 – Fritz Lang; 1979 – Thurman Munson; 1983 – James Jamerson

; 1986 – Roy Cohn; 1997 – William S. Burroughs; 1998 – Shari Lewis

08-02-2016, 07:42 AM	#192
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	August 2 216 BC – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. Hannibal loved it when a plan came together. 1274 – Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later. 1343 – After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports. 1610 – During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay. 1869 – Japan's samurai class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. 1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system. 1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding. 1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal. 1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. 1943 – World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew. 1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998. 1962 - Robert Allen Zimmerman legally became Bob Dylan having signed a music publishing deal with Witmark Music on 12th July of this year. 1964 - The Beatles appeared at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth. One of the supporting acts, billed as a 'new and unknown London group', was The Kinks. After an intense search the bodies of Jim Reeves and Dean Manuel were found in the wreckage of an aircraft and, at 1:00 p.m. local time, radio stations across the United States announced Reeves' death formally. The single-engine Beechcraft Debonair aircraft, with Reeves at the controls had crashed 42 hours earlier during a thunderstorm. Thousands of people traveled to pay their last respects at his funeral two days later. The coffin, draped in flowers from fans, was driven through the streets of Nashville and then to Reeves' final resting place near Carthage, Texas. 1973 - The Mamas and the Papas filed a lawsuit against their record label, Dunhill, for over a million dollars in unpaid royalties. 1976 - Peter "Puddy" Watts, road manager with Pink Floyd, and father to Naomi Watts, died of a heroin overdose. Watts supplied the crazed laughter on the groups The Dark Side of The Moon album. 1983 - James Jamerson died of complications stemming from cirrhosis of the liver, heart failure and pneumonia in Los Angeles, he was 47 years old. As one of The Funk Brothers he was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s. He eventually performed on nearly 30 No.1 pop hits. 1991 - Rick James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested in Hollywood charged with assault with a deadly weapon aggravated mayhem torture, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation. James was released on $1 million bail. 2000 - Jerome Smith from KC and the Sunshine Band died after being crushed by a bulldozer he was operating. Births 1754 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant (designed Washington, D.C.); 1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (designed the Statue of Liberty); 1835 – Elisha Gray (co-founded Western Electric); 1892 – Jack L. Warner (co-founded Warner Bros.); 1900 – Holling C. Holling; 1905 – Myrna Loy; 1911 – Ann Dvorak; 1919 – Nehemiah Persoff; 1923 – Shimon Peres; 1924 – Carroll O'Connor; 1932 – Lamar Hunt (co-founded the American Football League), Peter O'Toole; 1935 – Hank Cochran♪ ♫; 1937 – Garth Hudson (The Band); 1939 – Wes Craven; 1944 – Jim Capaldi; 1945 – Joanna Cassidy; 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low♪ ♫; 1950 – Lance Ito; 1951 – Joe Lynn Turner♪ ♫(Rainbow), Andrew Gold; 1957 – Mojo Nixon♪ ♫; 1959 – Victoria Jackson (SNL); 1959 – Apollonia Kotero♪ ♫; 1964 – Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds); 1970 – Kevin Smith; 1976 – Sam Worthington; 1992 – Hallie Eisenberg Deaths 1788 – Thomas Gainsborough; 1859 – Horace Mann; 1876 – "Wild Bill" Hickok; 1921 – Enrico Caruso♪ ♫; 1922 – Alexander Graham Bell; 1923 – Warren G. Harding (29th POTUS); 1934 – Paul von Hindenburg; 1976 – Fritz Lang; 1979 – Thurman Munson; 1983 – James Jamerson; 1986 – Roy Cohn; 1997 – William S. Burroughs; 1998 – Shari Lewis __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.