(1611) English explorer’s storied career ends in mutinyHenry Hudson’s last known voyage begins as he, his teenage son, and seven crewmen are ordered on board a small open boat in what will later be called Hudson Bay. After enduring a brutal winter, Captain Hudson’s crew has mutinied and set the famous English explorer adrift. He and his boat mates will never be seen again.Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumored Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609 he landed in North America and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area, looking for a Northwest Passage to Asia on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. He sailed up the Hudson River, which was later named for him, and thereby laid the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region.
Born: 1565 · England Died: 1611 · Hudson Bay Spouse: Katherine Hudson Children: John Hudson (Son) · Richard Hudson (Son) · Henry Hudson (Son) · David Hudson (Son) · Oliver Hudson (Son) Parents: Henry Hudson (Father) · Katherine Hudson (Mother) · Barbara Alderman (Mother) Founded: Muscovy Company
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1607: In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumored Northeast Passage to Cathay (present-day China) via a route above the Arctic Circle.
1608: In 1608, English merchants of the East India and Muscovy Companies again sent Hudson in the Hopewell to attempt to locate a passage to the Indies, this time to the east around northern Russia.
1609: In 1609 he landed in North America and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area, looking for a Northwest Passage to Asia on behalf of the Dutch East India Company.
1609: On 6 September 1609 John Colman of his crew was killed by Indians with an arrow to his neck.
1610: In 1610, Hudson obtained backing for another voyage, this time under the English flag.
1611: In 1611, after wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied.
wiki/Henry_Hudson(1937) A new force in boxing wins his first heavyweight titleAn Alabama sharecropper’s son, Joe Louis, knocks out Jim Braddock in the 8th round, becoming the world heavyweight boxing champion. The first African American to hold the title since Jack Johnson, Louis will remain champ for 140 months, and will later be named history’s greatest heavyweight boxer.Joseph Louis Barrow, best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed the “Brown Bomber”, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Louis’ championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights. The 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles in 1950, was a challenge for Charles’ heavyweight title and so is not included in Louis’ reign. Louis was victorious in 26 title defenses, a world record second only to Julio César Chávez with 27. In 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, and was ranked number one on The Ring magazine’s list of the “100 greatest punchers of all time.”
Lived: May 13, 1914 – Apr 12, 1981 (age 66) Height: 6′ 2″ (1.87 m) Spouse: Martha Jefferson (m. 1959 – 1981) · Rose Morgan (m. 1955 – 1958) · Marva Trotter (m. 1946 – 1949) · Marva Trotter (m. 1935 – 1945) Children: Joseph Louis Barrow Jr. (Son) · Joe Louis Barrow Jr. (Son) · Jacqueline Barrow (Daughter) Boxer weight division: Heavyweight Martial art: Boxing
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1935: Joe Louis married Marva Trotter on September 24, 1935; their marriage lasted 10 years till March 27, 1945.
1937: Louis’s manager Mike Jacobs attempted to arrange a rematch in 1937, but negotiations broke down when Schmeling demanded 30% of the gate.
1939: world light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis who, attempting to move up a weight class, was knocked out in the first round by Louis on January 25, 1939.
1939: “Two Ton” Tony Galento, who was able to knock Louis to the canvas with a left hook in the third round of their bout on June 28, 1939, before letting his guard down and being knocked out in the fourth.
1947: After trouble finding another suitable opponent, on December 5, 1947, Louis met Jersey Joe Walcott, a 33-year-old veteran with a 44–11–2 record.
1981: Louis died of cardiac arrest in Desert Springs Hospital near Las Vegas on April 12, 1981, just hours after his last public appearance viewing the Larry Holmes–Trevor Berbick Heavyweight Championship.
wiki/Joe_Louis(1945) Battle in the Pacific finally grinds to a haltOne of the deadliest Pacific battles of World War II ends as US forces secure the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa, a few hundred miles from the Japanese mainland. Some will say that the ferocious Japanese defense is a major factor in the US decision to use atomic bombs to try to end the war without invading Japan.The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the April 1, 1945 invasion of Okinawa itself. The 82-day-long battle lasted from April 1 until June 22, 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations for the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands.
Start date: Apr 01, 1945 End date: Jun 22, 1945
wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa(1969) Cleveland’s polluted river catches fire and spurs changeA reporter witnesses an oil slick burning near a steel mill on Cleveland, Ohio’s Cuyahoga River and the resulting feature in Time magazine, despite using images from a previous fire on the river, will be instrumental in furthering the growing environmental movement in the US.The Cuyahoga River is a river in the United States, located in Northeast Ohio, that feeds into Lake Erie. The river is famous for having been so polluted that it “caught fire” in 1969. The event helped to spur the environmental movement in the US.
Source elevation: 1,093 feet (333.15 m) Length: 84.90 miles (136.63 km) Basin area: 810.81 sq miles (2,100 km²) Mouth elevation: 571 feet (174 meter) Cities: Cleveland · Akron Mouth: Cleveland · Lake Erie
(1701) Infamous privateer and possible pirate executedOnce a pirate hunter of great repute, and now convicted of piracy and treason himself, Scottish sailor Captain William Kidd is hung in London, his body then gibbeted over the River Thames as a gruesome warning to other would-be pirates.William Kidd, also Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd was a Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. Some modern historians deem his piratical reputation unjust.
Born: 1645 · Dundee, Scotland Died: May 23, 1701 · Wapping, United Kingdom Romance: Elizabeth Kidd · Sarah Kidd Children: Sarah Latham (Daughter) · Elizabeth Troup (Daughter) · Henry Rousby (Son) · William Rousby (Son) · Christopher Rousby (Son) Parents: John Kyd (Father) · Bessie Kidd
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1691: On 16 May 1691, Kidd married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort, an English woman in her early twenties, who had already been twice widowed and was one of the wealthiest women in New York, largely because of her inheritance from her first husband.
1696: In September 1696, Kidd weighed anchor and set course for the Cape of Good Hope.
1697: Kidd killed one of his own crewmen on 30 October 1697.
1698: On 1 April 1698, Kidd reached Madagascar.
1701: He was hanged on 23 May 1701, at Execution Dock, Wapping, in London.
1701: William Kidd died on May 23, 1701 in Wapping, United Kingdom.
wiki/William_Kidd(1873) North-West Mounted Police patrol the provincesRiflemen on horseback are needed to maintain order in Canada’s newly acquired North-West Provinces, so the ‘North-West Mounted Rifles’ are founded. US officials will be wary of the militaristic name, so the force is renamed the North-West Mounted Police and, later, the ‘Royal Canadian Mounted Police.’The North-West Mounted Police was a Canadian police force. It was established in 1873, and in 1904 the name was changed to Royal Northwest Mounted Police. In 1920 it merged with the Dominion Police to become the current Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Founded: 1873
wiki/North-West_Mounted_Police(1934) Notorious outlaw couple gunned down in LouisianaA stolen Ford Deluxe is met with a hail of bullets as it passes an ambush of lawmen lying in wait on a rural highway in Louisiana’s Bienville Parish. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow’s car is hit by 130 rounds, and the FBI’s most wanted criminals are brought down after a 2-year manhunt.Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow a.k.a. Clyde Champion Barrow were American criminals who traveled the central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing people and killing when cornered or confronted. At times, the gang included his older brother Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche, Raymond Hamilton, W. D. Jones, Joe Palmer, Ralph Fults, and Henry Methvin. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the “Public Enemy Era,” between 1931 and 1935. Though known today for their dozen-or-so bank robberies, the two preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and several civilians. The couple were eventually ambushed and killed by law officers near the town of Sailes, in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Their reputation was revived and cemented in American pop folklore by Arthur Penn’s 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde(1969) The Who release rock opera ‘Tommy’The Who release the double-album rock opera ‘Tommy’—the story of a ‘deaf, dumb, and blind’ boy who finds redemption through pinball and becomes a spiritual leader. The album will go on to sell tens of millions of copies and be adapted as a film and a stage musical.Tommy is the fourth studio album by the English rock band The Who, a double album first released in May 1969. The album was mostly composed by guitarist Pete Townshend as a rock opera that tells the story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy, including his experiences with life and his relationship with his family.
Release year: 1969 Genre: Rock, Classic Rock Label: Geffen Artists: The Who · London Symphony Orchestra Adaptations: Tommy (1975) · The Who’s Tommy Awards: Grammy Hall of Fame · Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
(1570) Ortelius maps the known worldFlemish geographer and cartographer Abraham Ortelius’ bound book of 53 maps, ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum,’ an extensive work of cartography that will be quickly reprinted in multiple languages and prove immensely popular, is issued. It will be the world’s first modern atlas.Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp, it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and sustaining text bound to form a book for which copper printing plates were specifically engraved. The Ortelius atlas is sometimes referred to as the summary of sixteenth-century cartography.
Author: Abraham Ortelius First published: 1570 Genre: Atlas
wiki/Theatrum_Orbis_Terrarum(1932) Aviator Amelia Earhart tries for the history books Taking to the skies from a Newfoundland starting point in her single-engine Lockheed Vega 5B, Amelia Earhart hopes to become the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. Fourteen hours and 56 minutes later she will achieve her goal, landing in Northern Ireland.Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. In 1935, Earhart became a visiting faculty member at Purdue University as an advisor to aeronautical engineering and a career counselor to women students. She was also a member of the National Woman’s Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Lived: Jul 24, 1897 – Jul 02, 1937 (age 39) Height: 5′ 7″ (1.70 m) Spouse: George P. Putnam (m. 1931) Founded: Ninety-Nines Education: Hyde Park Academy High School · Columbia University · Central Senior High School Siblings: Grace Muriel Earhart (Sister)
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1929: Putnam, who was known as GP, was divorced in 1929 and sought out Earhart, proposing to her six times before she finally agreed to marry him.
1931: After substantial hesitation on her part, they married on February 7, 1931, in Putnam’s mother’s house in Noank, Connecticut.
1935: On January 11, 1935, Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.
1936: Early in 1936, Earhart started to plan a round-the-world flight.
1937: During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.
1937: On July 2, 1937, midnight GMT, Earhart and Noonan took off from Lae Airfield in the heavily loaded Electra.
wiki/Amelia_Earhart(1969) Bloody Battle of ‘Hamburger Hill’ ends in South VietnamTen days of fierce fighting win US Airborne forces the scarred and decimated Hill 937 on Ap Bia Mountain. Hundreds were wounded or killed, almost 20,000 artillery rounds were fired, and 500 tons of ordinance dropped to secure what battle-weary GIs call ‘Hamburger Hill.’The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a battle of the Vietnam War that was fought by the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnamese forces from May 10–20, 1969. Although the heavily fortified Hill 937 was of little strategic value, U.S. command ordered its capture by a frontal assault, only to abandon it soon thereafter. The action caused a controversy both in the American military and public.
Start date: May 10, 1969 End date: May 20, 1969
wiki/Battle_of_Hamburger_Hill(1993) ‘Cheers’ closes up after 11 seasonsThe fictional bar ‘where everybody knows your name’ has its last call on TV, with an estimated 90 million viewers tuning in to make it one of the most-watched finales. The show had nearly been canceled for low ratings during its first season before becoming a mainstay of NBC’s Thursday-night lineup.The regulars of the Boston bar Cheers share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
First episode: Sep 30, 1982 Episode duration: 30 minutes Creators: James Burrows · Glen Charles Theme song: Where Everybody Knows Your Name Producers: James Burrows · Phoef Sutton · Dan O’Shannon Awards: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series · Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy · Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
(1915) WWI’s Second Battle of Ypres shocks with chemical weapon useA battle to secure the Belgian town of Ypres introduces the world to the large-scale use of chemical weapons when the Germans release 168 long tons of chlorine gas on the Allied lines. Wind-borne poison gas kills 6,000 French troops in minutes.During World War I, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium after the First Battle of Ypres the previous autumn. It was the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front. For the first time, a former colonial force defeated a European power on European soil.
Start date: Apr 22, 1915 End date: May 25, 1915
wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres(1969) Londoner sails solo nonstop around the worldNine sailors take on the challenge of becoming the first to sail nonstop around the globe single-handedly, but only Robin Knox-Johnston completes the journey. The former sailor in the Royal Naval Reserve steers his 32-foot boat ‘Suhaili’ through the world’s oceans for 10 months.Sir William Robert Patrick “Robin” Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD and bar is an English sailor. In 1969 he became the first man to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe and was the second winner of the Jules Verne Trophy, together with Sir Peter Blake.
Born: Mar 17, 1939 (age 78) · London, England Movies: Deep Water Education: Berkhamsted School
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1965: In 1965 he sailed his William Atkins design ketch Suhaili from Bombay to England.
1967: His wife left him when he proposed taking her and the child back to England in his new boat Suhaili, and they were divorced in 1967.
1994: Knox-Johnston and Peter Blake (who both acted as co-skippers) won the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest circumnavigation in 1994.
1996: In 1996 Knox-Johnston established the first Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and has since worked with the Clipper Ventures company as chairman to progress the race to higher levels every year.
2006: In 2006 he became at 67 the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race.
2007: He completed his second solo circumnavigation of the world in the yacht Saga Insurance on 4 May 2007, finishing in fourth place in the Velux 5 Oceans Race.
wiki/Robin_Knox-Johnston(1970) First Earth DayPeace activist John McConnell, US Senator Gaylord Nelson, and coordinator Denis Hayes create a day to honor and promote protection of the Earth and its ecosystems. Earth Day will gain in popularity, and grow to include observances in more than 192 countries.Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day events in more than 193 countries are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.
wiki/Earth_Day(2004) Pat Tillman shot in AfghanistanThe former Arizona Cardinal who enlisted in the US Army following the September 11 attacks is killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Military officials will initially inform Tillman’s family he died in a firefight with enemy forces.Patrick Daniel Tillman was a professional American football player in the National Football League who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. His service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and subsequent death, were the subject of much media attention.
Lived: Nov 06, 1976 – Apr 22, 2004 (age 27) Height: 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) Spouse: Marie Tillman (m. 2002 – 2004) Education: Arizona State University · Leland High School Siblings: Richard Tillman (Brother) · Kevin Tillman (Brother) Movies: The Tillman Story
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1994: He started his college career as a linebacker for Arizona State University in 1994, when he secured the last remaining scholarship for the team.
1998: In the 1998 National Football League Draft, Tillman was selected as the 226th pick by the Arizona Cardinals.
2002: Pat Tillman married Marie Tillman on May 04, 2002.
2003: In addition to his military awards, Pat Tillman received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award from ESPN in 2003, as part of that year’s ESPY Awards ceremony.
2003: Another article quotes Tillman as having told then-general manager of the Seattle Seahawks Bob Ferguson in December 2003, “You know I’m not religious.”
2004: On April 22, 2004, he was initially reported to have been killed by enemy combatants.
(461) Patrick, Irish bishop, dies Legend has it that on this day the Christian missionary and bishop Patrick dies in Ireland. He will be revered for his works and life, and by the seventh century he will have become Ireland’s patron saint. Patrick’s thoughts on green beer and ‘Kiss me I’m Irish’ t-shirts will be lost to the ages.Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the “Apostle of Ireland”, he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, along with saints Brigit of Kildare and Columba. He is also venerated in the Anglican Communion, the Old Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland.
Born: 387 AD · Banwen, United Kingdom Death place: Ireland Parents: Calpurnius (Father) · Conchessa (Mother) Siblings: Darerca of Ireland (Sister)
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396 AD: A. B. E. Hood suggests that the Victoricus of St. Patrick’s vision may be identified with Saint Victricius, bishop of Rouen in the late fourth century, who had visited Britain in an official capacity in 396.
403 AD: At the age of 16 in 403 AD Saint Patrick was captured and enslaved by the Irish and was sent to Ireland to serve as a slave herding and tending sheep in Dalriada.
431 AD: The date 432 was probably chosen to minimise the contribution of Palladius, who was known to have been sent to Ireland in 431, and maximise that of Patrick.
457 AD: In 457 “the elder Patrick” (Irish: Patraic Sen) is said to have died: this may refer to the death of Palladius, who according to the Book of Armagh was also called Patrick.
535 AD: The death of Patrick’s disciple Mochta is dated in the annals to 535 or 537, and the early hagiographies “all bring Patrick into contact with persons whose obits occur at the end of the fifth century or the beginning of the sixth”.
2008: Confession of Saint Patrick written by Saint Patrick was first published on November 26, 2008.
wiki/Saint_Patrick(1337) Edward, the ‘Black Prince,’ is England’s first dukeBeloved for his military heroism, King Edward III’s son, Edward of Woodstock, receives the first duchy granted in England, becoming Duke of Cornwall. The “Black Prince” will die before his father and never ascend the throne.Edward of Woodstock KG, called the Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, and the father of King Richard II of England. He was the first Duke of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales and the Prince of Aquitaine.
Lived: Jun 15, 1330 – Jun 08, 1376 (age 45) Spouse: Joan of Kent (m. 1361) Children: Richard II of England (Son) · Edward of Angoulême (Son) Buried: Canterbury Cathedral Parents: Edward III of England (Father) · Philippa of Hainault (Mother) Siblings: Joan of England (Sister) · John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (Brother) · Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (Brother) · Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (Brother) · Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
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1341: In 1348 he was made a Founding Knight of the Garter.
1360: The Poitiers Campaign in the Aquitaine-Loire region, which crippled the French army for the next 13 years, fomenting the anarchy and chaos which would cause the Treaty of Brétigny to be signed in 1360.
1361: Edward gained permission for the marriage from Pope Innocent VI and absolution for marriage to a blood-relative (as had Edward III when marrying Philippa of Hainault, his second cousin) and married Joan on 10 October 1361 at Windsor Castle.
1367: Peter of Castile, thrust from his throne by his illegitimate brother Henry of Trastámara, offered Edward the lordship of Biscay in 1367, in return for the Black Prince’s aid in recovering his throne.
1372: In 1372, he sailed on an expedition with King Edward III but failed to land on the French Coast due to contrary winds.
1376: Edward the Black Prince contracted an illness on this expedition that would ail him until his death in 1376.
wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince(1905) Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt marryArguably the most accomplished power couple in American political history is united in marriage, as Eleanor Roosevelt’s uncle Teddy gives away his niece at her wedding to a distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt.Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, having held the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office, and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the “First Lady of the World” in tribute to her human rights achievements.
Lived: Oct 11, 1884 – Nov 07, 1962 (age 78) Height: 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) Spouse: Franklin D. Roosevelt (m. 1905 – 1945) Children: Elliott Roosevelt (Son) · Anna Roosevelt Halsted (Daughter) · James Roosevelt (Son) · Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (Son) · John Aspinwall Roosevelt (Son) · Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Son) Education: The New School · Allenswood Academy (1899 – 1902) Parents: Anna Hall Roosevelt (Mother) · Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (Father)
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1905: Returning to the U.S., she married her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1905.
1905: Eleanor married Franklin on March 17, 1905 (St. Patrick’s Day), in a wedding officiated by Endicott Peabody, the groom’s headmaster at Groton School.
1918: The Roosevelts’ marriage was complicated from the beginning by Franklin’s controlling mother, Sara, and after discovering an affair of her husband’s with Lucy Mercer in 1918, Roosevelt resolved to seek fulfillment in a public life of her own.
1940: The Roosevelts’ marriage was complicated from the beginning by Franklin’s controlling mother, Sara, and after discovering an affair of her husband’s with Lucy Mercer in 1918, Roosevelt resolved to seek fulfillment in a public life of her own.
1954: In 1954, Tammany Hall boss Carmine DeSapio led the effort to defeat Eleanor’s son, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., in the election for New York Attorney General.
1962: Eleanor and Miller’s relationship is said to have continued until her death in 1962.
wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt(1969) Israel elects its first female prime ministerGolda Meir makes history as Israel’s first woman prime minister and only the fourth woman in the world to lead a national government. She will be nicknamed ‘The Iron Lady’ and hold office until she resigns five years later.Golda Meir was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman and politician and the fourth elected Prime Minister of Israel.
Lived: May 03, 1898 – Dec 08, 1978 (age 80) Spouse: Morris Meyerson (m. 1917 – 1951) Movies: Golda Previous offices: Ministry of Interior (1970 – 1970) · Prime Minister of Israel (1969 – 1974) · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1956 – 1966) · Labor Minister of Israel (1949 – 1956) Children: Sarah Meyerson (Daughter) · Menachem Meyerson (Son) Siblings: Tzipke Mabovitch (Sister) · Sheyna Mabovitch (Sister)
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1913: In 1913 she had begun dating Morris Meyerson (Myerson).
1916: She attended the teachers college Milwaukee State Normal School (now University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), in 1916, and probably part of 1917.
1917: When Golda and Morris married in 1917, settling in Palestine was her precondition for the marriage.
1956: In 1956, she became Foreign Minister under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.
1969: Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister.
1978: On December 8, 1978, Meir died of lymphatic cancer in Jerusalem at the age of 80.
(1611) English explorer’s storied career ends in mutiny
(1937) A new force in boxing wins his first heavyweight title
(1945) Battle in the Pacific finally grinds to a halt
(1969) Cleveland’s polluted river catches fire and spurs change
