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Today in History May 27
1564           John Calvin, one of the dominant figures of the Protestant Reformation, dies in Geneva.
1647           Achsah Young becomes the first woman known to be executed as a witch in Massachusetts.
1668           Three colonists are expelled from Massachusetts for being Baptists.
1907           The Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco.
1919           A U.S. Navy seaplane completes the first transatlantic flight.
1935           The Supreme Court declares President Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Act unconstitutional.
1937           San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opens.
1941           The German battleship Bismarck is sunk by British naval and air forces.
1942           German General Rommel begins a major offensive in Libya with his Afrika Korps.
1944           American General MacArthur lands on Biak Island in New Guinea.
1969           Construction begins on Walt Disney World in Florida.
1972           President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev sign an arms reduction agreement.
1999           The international war crimes tribunal indicts Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for war atrocities.

Born on May 27
1332           Dante Alighieri, Italian writer.
1794           Cornelius Vanderbilt, American industrialist and philanthropist.
1819           Julia Ward Howe, writer of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
1837           Wild Bill [James Butler] Hickok, American frontiersman and lawman.
1878           Isadora Duncan, dancer and choreographer.
1894           (Samuel) Dashiell Hammett, detective writer (The Maltese Falcon).
1907           Rachel Carson, biologist and writer (Silent Spring, The Sea Around Us).
1911           Hubert Humphrey, U.S. politician.  One of the truly great American political leaders of all time.
1923           Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under President Nixon.

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Today in History May 28
1805           Napoleon is crowned in Milan, Italy.
1830           Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to the western Prairie.
1863           The 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of African-American recruits, leaves Boston, headed for Hilton Head, South Carolina.
1871           The Paris commune is suppressed by troops from Versailles.
1900           Britain annexes the Orange Free State in South Africa.
1940           Belgium surrenders to Germany.
1953           Melody, the first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, premiers.

Born on May 28
1759           William Pitt the Younger, prime minister of England (1783-1801).
1738           Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotine, French inventor of the execution device which bears his name.
1818           P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general during the American Civil War.
1888           Jim Thorpe, American athlete.
1908           Ian Fleming, British novelist, created the character James Bond.

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Today in History May 28
1805           Napoleon is crowned in Milan, Italy.
1830           Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to the western Prairie.
1863           The 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of African-American recruits, leaves Boston, headed for Hilton Head, South Carolina.
1871           The Paris commune is suppressed by troops from Versailles.
1900           Britain annexes the Orange Free State in South Africa.
1940           Belgium surrenders to Germany.
1953           Melody, the first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, premiers.

Born on May 28
1759           William Pitt the Younger, prime minister of England (1783-1801).
1738           Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotine, French inventor of the execution device which bears his name.
1818           P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general during the American Civil War.
1888           Jim Thorpe, American athlete.
1908           Ian Fleming, British novelist, created the character James Bond.

Auntie Barb refused to leave her estate to her dear nephew (as did his parents), instead left him this piece of clothing to remember her by:

Hey Rhonda....this is for you.

trust fund idiot baby

Today in History May 29
1453           Constantinople falls to Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660           Charles II is restored to the English throne, succeeding the short-lived Commonwealth.
1721           South Carolina is formally incorporated as a royal colony of England.
1790           Rhode Island becomes last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1848           Wisconsin becomes the thirtieth state.
1849           A patent for lifting vessels is granted to Abraham Lincoln.
1862           Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard retreats to Tupelo, Mississippi.
1911           The first running of the Indianapolis 500.
1916           U.S. forces invade the Dominican Republic.
1922           The U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport not subject to antitrust laws.
1951           C. F. Blair becomes the first man to fly over the North Pole in single engine plane.
1953           Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
1974           President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts.

Born on May 29
1630           Charles II, king of England (1660-1685).
1736           Patrick Henry, American revolutionary and governor of Virginia.
1903           Bob Hope, comedian and actor.
1906           T.H. White, British writer (The Sword in the Stone).
1917           John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (1961-1963).

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Today in History May 29
1453           Constantinople falls to Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660           Charles II is restored to the English throne, succeeding the short-lived Commonwealth.
1721           South Carolina is formally incorporated as a royal colony of England.
1790           Rhode Island becomes last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1848           Wisconsin becomes the thirtieth state.
1849           A patent for lifting vessels is granted to Abraham Lincoln.
1862           Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard retreats to Tupelo, Mississippi.
1911           The first running of the Indianapolis 500.
1916           U.S. forces invade the Dominican Republic.
1922           The U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport not subject to antitrust laws.
1951           C. F. Blair becomes the first man to fly over the North Pole in single engine plane.
1953           Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
1974           President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts.

Born on May 29
1630           Charles II, king of England (1660-1685).
1736           Patrick Henry, American revolutionary and governor of Virginia.
1903           Bob Hope, comedian and actor.
1906           T.H. White, British writer (The Sword in the Stone).
1917           John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (1961-1963).

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Today in History May 29
1453           Constantinople falls to Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660           Charles II is restored to the English throne, succeeding the short-lived Commonwealth.
1721           South Carolina is formally incorporated as a royal colony of England.
1790           Rhode Island becomes last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1848           Wisconsin becomes the thirtieth state.
1849           A patent for lifting vessels is granted to Abraham Lincoln.
1862           Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard retreats to Tupelo, Mississippi.
1911           The first running of the Indianapolis 500.
1916           U.S. forces invade the Dominican Republic.
1922           The U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport not subject to antitrust laws.
1951           C. F. Blair becomes the first man to fly over the North Pole in single engine plane.
1953           Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
1974           President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts.

Born on May 29
1630           Charles II, king of England (1660-1685).
1736           Patrick Henry, American revolutionary and governor of Virginia.
1903           Bob Hope, comedian and actor.
1906           T.H. White, British writer (The Sword in the Stone).
1917           John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (1961-1963).

Today in History: June 1
1774           The British government orders the port of Boston closed.
1789           The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths becomes law.
1812           American navy captain James Lawrence, mortally wounded in a naval engagement with the British, exhorts to the crew of his vessel, the Chesapeake, "Don't give up the ship!"
1862           General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate army outside Richmond after General Joe Johnston is injured at Seven Pines.
1864           The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, begins as Confederate general Robert E. Lee tries to turn Union general Ulysses S. Grant's flank.
1868           James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, dies.  If you are ever in Lancaster, PA - a visit to Buchanan's home, Wheatland, is a must see.  
1877           U.S. troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
1915           Germany conducts the first zeppelin air raid over England.
1916           The National Defense Act increases the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1921           A race riot erupts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing 85 people.
1939           The Douglas DC-4 makes its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York.
1941           The German Army completes the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ends.
1942           America begins sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.
1963           Governor George Wallace vows to defy an injunction ordering integration of the University of Alabama.

Born on June 1
1563           Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury.
1801           Brigham Young, American religious leader.
1814           Philip Kearney, Union general.
1831           John B. Hood, Confederate general.
1926           Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker), film actress and icon.

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May 11, 1934:  Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states

This environmental disaster along with the Great Depression were the results of failed Republican leadership in Washington.   In many ways, modern-day Republicans have proven that they never learned from those past mistakes ---- they still advocate tax cuts for the rich, subsidies and government handouts to their wealthy cronies and a "screw the poor and middle class"-philosophy.

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May 11, 1934:  Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states

This environmental disaster along with the Great Depression were the results of failed Republican leadership in Washington.   In many ways, modern-day Republicans have proven that they never learned from those past mistakes ---- they still advocate tax cuts for the rich, subsidies and government handouts to their wealthy cronies and a "screw the poor and middle class"-philosophy.

Ron proving, as he just stated in another area, that he doesn't go "any way the wind blows," agreeing that the Republicans are the reason that the wind blew wrong.  At least we know he's in the same boat as Al Gore on this subject...

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Ron proving, as he just stated in another area, that he doesn't go "any way the wind blows," agreeing that the Republicans are the reason that the wind blew wrong.  At least we know he's in the same boat as Al Gore on this subject...

The Republicans are to blame for the Dust Bowl -- because of poor farm policy in the 1920's that led to many farms going under and the tens of thousands of acres of former farmland lands left uncared for just waiting to be blown away  (read your history -- the Depression hit America's great plains long before 1929) and by not promotion soil conservation methods.   And the Republicans controlled both Congress and the White House ... and most state governorships and state legislatures.