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Gravdigr · 01-18-2017, 11:48 AM

January 18

1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.

1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, the capital of Peru.

1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama.

1778 – James Cook is the first known European to visit the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".

1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.

1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.

1886 – Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.

1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.

1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.

1960 – Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, [Charles City County, VA is not a misprint] killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.

1967 – Albert DeSalvo, "The Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.

1974 – A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.

1974 - Former members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell), formed Bad Company. The band went on to score a US No.1 album with their debut release.

1977 – Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium, Legionella, as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.

1981 – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).

1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.

1989 - At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder became the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession (crack cocaine) in an FBI sting.

1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.

2000 - Spencer Goodman was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. Goodman was convicted of kidnapping and murdering the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Ham was present for the execution.

2003 – A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.

2007 – The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. [Peak wind gust of 155 mph.]

2016 - The Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey died at the age of 67 in New York City from complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia.

Births

1782 – Daniel Webster; 1854 – Thomas A. Watson (assistant to Alexander Graham Bell); 1882 – A. A. Milne (author Winnie-The-Pooh); 1888 – Thomas Sopwith (Sopwith Camel); 1892 – Oliver Hardy (Laurel & Hardy); 1904 – Cary Grant; 1911 – Danny Kaye; 1933 – John Boorman; 1933 – Ray Dolby (founded Dolby Laboratories); 1938 – Curt Flood; 1941 – Bobby Goldsboro♪ ♫; 1941 – David Ruffin♪ ♫(The Temptations); 1943 – Paul Freeman ('Belloq' in Raiders of the Lost Ark); 1944 – Paul Keating; 1950 – Gilles Villeneuve

; 1954 – Tom Bailey♪ ♫(The Thompson Twins); 1954 – Ted DiBiase; 1955 – Kevin Costner; 1961 – Mark Messier; 1969 – Dave Bautista; 1969 – Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order, Rent); 1971 – Jonathan Davis♪ ♫(Korn); 1971 – Christian Fittipaldi

(Emerson Fittipaldi's nephew); 1973 – Luther Dickinson

(North Mississippi All Stars); 1980 – Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Despicable Me, Forgetting Sarah Marshall)

Deaths

1862 – John Tyler (10th POTUS); 1936 – Rudyard Kipling; 1952 – Curly Howard (The Three Stooges); 1954 – Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca); 1966 – Kathleen Norris; 2005 – Lamont Bentley (Moesha, The Parkers); 2010 – Kate McGarrigle♪ ♫; 2011 – Sargent Shriver; 2015 – Dallas Taylor

(Crosby, Stills, & Nash); 2016 – Glenn Frey

(The Eagles)

01-18-2017, 11:48 AM	#514
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	January 18 1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV. 1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, the capital of Peru. 1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama. 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to visit the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands". 1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay. 1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom. 1886 – Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. 1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. 1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France. 1960 – Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, [Charles City County, VA is not a misprint] killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years. 1967 – Albert DeSalvo, "The Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment. 1974 – A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War. 1974 - Former members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell), formed Bad Company. The band went on to score a US No.1 album with their debut release. 1977 – Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium, Legionella, as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. 1981 – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). 1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. 1989 - At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder became the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession (crack cocaine) in an FBI sting. 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states. 2000 - Spencer Goodman was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. Goodman was convicted of kidnapping and murdering the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Ham was present for the execution. 2003 – A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia. 2007 – The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. [Peak wind gust of 155 mph.] 2016 - The Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey died at the age of 67 in New York City from complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia. Births 1782 – Daniel Webster; 1854 – Thomas A. Watson (assistant to Alexander Graham Bell); 1882 – A. A. Milne (author Winnie-The-Pooh); 1888 – Thomas Sopwith (Sopwith Camel); 1892 – Oliver Hardy (Laurel & Hardy); 1904 – Cary Grant; 1911 – Danny Kaye; 1933 – John Boorman; 1933 – Ray Dolby (founded Dolby Laboratories); 1938 – Curt Flood; 1941 – Bobby Goldsboro♪ ♫; 1941 – David Ruffin♪ ♫(The Temptations); 1943 – Paul Freeman ('Belloq' in Raiders of the Lost Ark); 1944 – Paul Keating; 1950 – Gilles Villeneuve; 1954 – Tom Bailey♪ ♫(The Thompson Twins); 1954 – Ted DiBiase; 1955 – Kevin Costner; 1961 – Mark Messier; 1969 – Dave Bautista; 1969 – Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order, Rent); 1971 – Jonathan Davis♪ ♫(Korn); 1971 – Christian Fittipaldi(Emerson Fittipaldi's nephew); 1973 – Luther Dickinson(North Mississippi All Stars); 1980 – Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Despicable Me, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) Deaths 1862 – John Tyler (10th POTUS); 1936 – Rudyard Kipling; 1952 – Curly Howard (The Three Stooges); 1954 – Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca); 1966 – Kathleen Norris; 2005 – Lamont Bentley (Moesha, The Parkers); 2010 – Kate McGarrigle♪ ♫; 2011 – Sargent Shriver; 2015 – Dallas Taylor(Crosby, Stills, & Nash); 2016 – Glenn Frey(The Eagles) __________________ 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.