This Day in History

Gravdigr · 05-02-2016, 08:47 AM

May 2, 1885

The magazine 'Good Housekeeping' goes on sale for the first time.

1918

General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company.

1952

The De Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner, makes its maiden flight.

1955

Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

1969

The Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.

1982

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.

1986

The city of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the nuclear power plant there explodes and burns.

2000

President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.

2011

Osama bin Laden is killed by U.S. Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Births

1729 – Catherine the Great; 1859 – Jerome K. Jerome; 1892 – Manfred von Richthofen 'The Red Baron'; 1903 – Dr. Benjamin Spock; 1907 – Pinky Lee; 1922 – Roscoe Lee Browne; 1929 – Link Wray; 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck; 1945 – Judge Dread (No, really); 1945 – Bianca Jagger; 1946 – Lesley Gore, David Suchet; 1947-James Dyson; 1948 – Larry Gatlin; 1950 – Lou Gramm; 1951 – John Glascock; 1955 – Donatella Versace; 1962 – Big Boss Man; 1967 – Mika Brzezinski; 1972 – Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson; 1975 – David Beckham; 1985 – Lily Allen, Kyle Busch

Deaths

1519 – Leonardo da Vinci; 1880 – Eberhard Anheuser; 1957 – Joseph McCarthy; 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover; 1984 – Jack Barry; 1990 – David Rappaport; 1999 – Oliver Reed; 2006 – Louis Rukeyser; 2009 – Jack Kemp; 2010 – Lynn Redgrave; 2011 – Osama bin Laden; 2012 – Junior Seau; 2014 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.; 2015 – Ruth Rendell

05-02-2016, 08:47 AM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	May 2, 1885 The magazine 'Good Housekeeping' goes on sale for the first time. 1918 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company. 1952 The De Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner, makes its maiden flight. 1955 Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 1969 The Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. 1982 Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. 1986 The city of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the nuclear power plant there explodes and burns. 2000 President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. 2011 Osama bin Laden is killed by U.S. Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Births 1729 – Catherine the Great; 1859 – Jerome K. Jerome; 1892 – Manfred von Richthofen 'The Red Baron'; 1903 – Dr. Benjamin Spock; 1907 – Pinky Lee; 1922 – Roscoe Lee Browne; 1929 – Link Wray; 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck; 1945 – Judge Dread (No, really); 1945 – Bianca Jagger; 1946 – Lesley Gore, David Suchet; 1947-James Dyson; 1948 – Larry Gatlin; 1950 – Lou Gramm; 1951 – John Glascock; 1955 – Donatella Versace; 1962 – Big Boss Man; 1967 – Mika Brzezinski; 1972 – Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson; 1975 – David Beckham; 1985 – Lily Allen, Kyle Busch Deaths 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci; 1880 – Eberhard Anheuser; 1957 – Joseph McCarthy; 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover; 1984 – Jack Barry; 1990 – David Rappaport; 1999 – Oliver Reed; 2006 – Louis Rukeyser; 2009 – Jack Kemp; 2010 – Lynn Redgrave; 2011 – Osama bin Laden; 2012 – Junior Seau; 2014 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.; 2015 – Ruth Rendell __________________ 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.

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