THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
31 AD First Easter
421 Venice is founded (at noon)
1199 Richard I is wounded by cross-brow eventually leading
to his death
1306 Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland (cool)
1584 Sir Walter Raleigh is granted patent to colonize
Virginia (I bet the Wanchese have something to say about that!!)
1634 Settlement of Maryland
1655 Saturn’s largest moon is discovered
1774 British Parliament passes the Boston Port Tax
1802 Treaty of Amiens is signed between England and France (Definitive
Treaty of Peace)
1807 Swansea and Mumbles Railway (The Oystermouth Railway) becomes
first passenger railway in world
1911 Famous Triangle Factory Fire in New York, NY Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia
1934 1st Augusta Invitational Tournament (The Masters). Horton
Smith wins with 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole, 1 stroke ahead of Craig
Wood
1939 Billboard Magazine introduces Hillbilly Music
Chart
1942 Aretha Franklin is born
1947 Sir Elton John was born (and stock in large
sunglasses, platforms shoes and rhinestones went up)
1954 RCA comes out with 1st Color TV (12 -1/2”
screen for $1,000)
1957 Europe’s Common Market founded
1958 Sugar Ray Robinson wins Middleweight title
1958 Canada’s Avro Arrow makes its first flight Avro Canada
CF-105 Arrow - Wikipedia
1960 First guided missile launched (from Nuclear Sub)
1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. completed his walk from Selma to
Montgomery, AL
1969 John Lennon and new bride Yoko Ono, on honeymoon, hold
their “Bed in Peace”
1976 Wladimir Klitschko, former Heavyweight Champion, and
current Mayor of Kviv, Ukraine, was born
1979 First fully assembled Space Shuttle, Columbia is
delivered to Kennedy Space Center for its first flight
1992 Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns from Mir Space
Station after a 10 month stay
1995 WikiWikiWeb, world’s first “wiki” is made by Ward
Cunningham
1996 European Union’s Veterinary Committee bans the export
of British Beef due to Mad Cow Disease
2022 Introduction of First Issue of The Incredible Hoperman
HOPERMAN TO THE RESCUE - World Golf Tour (wgt.com)