This day in history..

[dshans]

Originally Posted by BGIF

July 27, 1952 was a big day to dshans but October 27, 1951 was a BIGGER one to daddyshans.

Nice story, but on 7/27/52 I was six days old and sharinh an incubator with my twin sis. We were born, prematurely, on the 21st. She weighed all of 4 lbs 1 oz and I weighed a hefty 4 lbs 3 ozs. My older sister was born 9/1/51 and my brother 7/7/49 (7-7-7 squared). It was a great day for me and my twin, but it was a bit of a pinch for the folks. Not only were they a bit surprised that they were pregnant again so soon, they had no idea that twins were involved until it happened. [No ultrasounds and such back then].

There was a great deal of concern that we wouldn't survive, which is why our original birth certificates have us as "shans baby "A" and shans baby "B." Always the gentleman, I ascribed to "ladies go first." I'm shans baby B. Our given names were added (with a Notary in attendance) a little over a month later.

Living in a two bedroom apartment in Queens with four kids, the oldest 3 years and two weeks, was a bit of a pinch so they loaded up the subway and LIRR cars and moved to Lung Eyeland ... Syosset, that is. Potato and corn fields. And suburban housing developments (a la Levittown) ...

Daddyshans was a good Irish Catholic. In spite of his background as a math major, CPA and MBA his rhythm method calculations may have been a tich off.

[Irishnuke]

Originally Posted by Grahambo

July 14, 1789 – Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.

Hopefully we can add a "this date in history" for Mackenzie Alexander one day joining the Irish too.

[BobD]

From the History Channel

July 14th 1881

Sheriff Pat Garrett shoots Henry McCarty, popularly known as Billy the Kid, to death at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. Garrett, who had been tracking the Kid for three months after the gunslinger had escaped from prison only days before his scheduled execution, got a tip that Billy was holed up with friends. While Billy was gone, Garrett waited in the dark in his bedroom. When Billy entered, Garrett shot him to death.

Back on April 1, 1878, Billy the Kid ambushed Sheriff William Brady and one deputy in Lincoln, New Mexico, after ranch owner John Tunstall had been murdered. Billy had worked at Tunstall's ranch and was outraged by his employer's slaying-vowing to hunt down every man responsible. Sheriff Brady and his men, who had been affiliated with rival ranchers, were involved with the gang that killed Tunstall on February 18. Billy's retaliatory attack left Brady and Deputy George Hindman dead. Although only 18 years old at the time, Billy had now committed as many as 17 murders.

Following his indictment for the murder of Sheriff Brady, Billy the Kid was the most wanted man in the West. Evading posses sent to capture him, he eventually struck a deal with the new governor of New Mexico: In return for his testimony against the perpetrators of the ongoing ranch wars in the state, Billy would be set free. Although he kept his word about the testimony, he began to distrust the promise that he would be released and so he escaped.

Once a fugitive, Billy killed a few more men, including the gunslinger Joe Grant, who had challenged him to a showdown. Legend has it that Billy managed to get a hold of Grant's gun prior to the fight and made sure that an empty chamber was up first in the man's revolver. When it came time to fire, only Billy's gun went off and Grant was left dead.

Legendary Sheriff Pat Garrett finally brought Billy the Kid in to stand trial. The judge sentenced Billy the Kid to hang until "you are dead, dead, dead." Billy reportedly responded, "And you can go to hell, hell, hell." Two weeks before his scheduled execution, Billy escaped, killing two guards in the process.

Garrett mounted yet another posse to bring in the Kid. After tracing him to the Maxwell Ranch, Garrett shot him to death. No legal charges were brought against him since the killing was ruled a justifiable homicide.

[notredomer23]

Today is actually a pretty big day in history if I do remember correctly. I know for a fact that today is the day Napoleon surrendered aboard the ship Bellerophon I want to say in 1815.

I am pretty sure in 1099 on this day Crusaders captured the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem during the first crusade.

I also want to say that the 2nd battle of the Marne either began today or July 15th was a key day in the battle during World War 1.... not entirely sure some one correct me if I am wrong.


As a history major, I am good with all this trivial stuff haha

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by notredomer23

As a history major, I am good with all this trivial stuff haha

You'll be the life of your Occupy camp, I'm sure.

[BobD]

July 15th 1939 - A disputed call on a fly ball down the LF foul line at the Polo Grounds touches off a melee in which New York Giants Billy Jurges and umpire George Magerkurth spit at each other. Both will be fined $150 and suspended for 10 days. National League President Ford Frick announces that 2-foot screens are to be installed inside all foul poles to prevent future arguments. The American League eventually also adopts the rule. The Giants lose, 8 - 4 to the Cincinnati Reds, and will add another eight in a row to take them out of contention.

So thats how those screens came to be....Who knew?

Ford Frick....What a name! He succeeded a guy named Happy. Really.

$150 bucks in 1939 was huge!

1099 – First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.