Today in History

[Bikerbettyboop]

Is anyone interested in a new thread called Today In History? Here we can post things that have happened on that particular day in history. I'd like to start with this historical fact:

On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. Long before President Lyndon Johnson appointed him the first African-American Supreme Court justice, Marshall had established himself as the nation's leading legal civil rights advocate.

Anyone know of anything else that happened on October 2?

[richard kolasch]

Guadalcanal Battle Aug.1942 Jan.1943

[Bikerbettyboop]

Singer-actor Sting is 57 today. Today is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 276th day of 2008. There are 90 days left in the year.

[Bikerbettyboop]

Today is Friday, Oct. 3, the 277th day of 2008. There are 89 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 3, 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.

[Betty36]

Today is October 7 2008

On this day in history in 2003 Arnold Schwarzeneger becomes California's governor

[Bikerbettyboop]

1956.... Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0 in Game 5.

[Betty36]

Today is John Lennon's Birthday!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

I hope that today won't go down in history as another bad day on Wall Street! The stock market needs help. People should be buying stock since it's so low right now!

[Betty36]

Today in History:: Magellan reaches the Pacific in 1520

i agree with BikerBettyBoop .... buy buy buy stock

[Bikerbettyboop]

Today is December 1st! I don't know what happened to make this a famous day but I'm sure something did!!

[MrsBoopster]

Today in history December 1, 1913 U.S.A. Ford Introduces Assembly Line

December 1st, 1913 : The Ford Motor Company introduced the continuous moving assembly line which could produce a complete car every two-and-a-half minutes. This change is one of the most significant changes in Car production and allowed Ford to sell cars cheaper than any other manufacturer which forced the others to also move to automated production lines.

[richard kolasch]

1946--Trials of the Germans at Nuremberg.

[MrsBoopster]

1954 U.S.A. Burger King

December 4th, 1954 : The first Burger King ( Insta Burger King )is opened in Miami, Florida by James McLamore and David Edgerton. Burger King continued to grow slowly and in 1967 followed other fast food chains by allowing franchise restaurants. The idea was copied from the fast food restaurant concept introduced by Dick and Mac McDonald ( Ray Kroc bought out Dick and Mac McDonald in 1955 ) .

[Betty36]

January 15, 1967

Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl



i thought it would be nice to post a fact about football since the superbowl is coming up!!!:D;)