On this day in 1877, rioting in Baltimore, Maryland by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers was put down by the state militia, resulting in nine deaths.
Pere Marquette Railway Disaster
On July 20, 1907 an excursion train of 800 passengers from Ionia to Detroit collided near Salem with
a freight train, killing 31 and injuring 101. The accident apparently happened because of a hand-written
schedule on unlined paper whose columns did not line up, and were misread by the freight crew. The
Interstate Commerce Commission investigation also cited various safety violations including use of pine
instead of oak for car walls and an omission of steel plates required for mail cars. This remains Michigan's
worst rail disaster.
On this day in 1932, in Washington, D.C., police fired tear gas on World War I
veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force who were attempting to march
to the White House. The protesters had hoped that they could convince Congress
to make payments that would be granted to veterans immediately, which would
have provided relief for the marchers who were unemployed due to the Depression.
The bill had passed the House of Representatives on June 15 but was blocked in the
Senate.
On this day in 1933, Two hundred Jewish merchants were arrested in Nuremberg
and paraded through the streets. At the same time, in London, 500,000 marched
against anti-semitism.
On this day in 1934, Labor unrest in the US was widespread. Police in Minneapolis fired upon striking truck drivers during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven. In Seattle, police fired tear gas on and clubbed 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon called out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
On this day in 1944, Adolf Hitler survived an assassination attempt
(known as the 20 July plot) led by German Army Colonel Claus von
Stauffenberg.
On the same day, Franklin D. Roosevelt won the
Democratic Party nomination for the fourth and
final time at the 1944 Democratic National Convention
in Chicago, Illinois.
Born This Day:
356 BC: Alexander the Great, who said:
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is
excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.
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1918:Cindy Walker, who wrote:
you give your hand to me
and then you say hello
and I can hardly speak
my heart is beating so
and anyone can tell
you think you know me well
but you don't know me
No, you don't know the one
who dreams of you each night
and longs to kiss your lips
and longs to hold you tight
to you I am just a friend
that's all I've ever been
no you don't know me
http://youtu.be/EpmNMLmSaDk
1932: Nam June Paik
1938: Dame Diana Rigg
http://youtu.be/zg9uF1329G0
1933: Buddy Knox
http://youtu.be/Y6LlqqXYC44
1955: Jem Finer
http://youtu.be/6vEUy8wZJmM
1956:Paul Cook
http://youtu.be/zmHhB9zV_rQ
Died This Day:
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1616: Aodh Mór Ó Néill, anglicised as
Hugh The Great O'Neill
1923: Pancho Villa, whose last words
were reported to be: "Don't let it end like
this. Tell them I said something".
Above is his death mask. His skull was
stolen from his grave in 1926.
2007: Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
Happy Birthday to Jem and jeez OB you really have a thing for Emma Peel!
