A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.
TODAY IN HISTORY:
1787 – The newly completed United States Constitution was voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
1789 – The first Federal Congress passed a resolution to ask President George Washington to recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. Several days later Washington issued a proclamation that named Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a “Day of Public Thanksgiving.” On December 26, 1941, the date for Thanksgiving Day was set as the fourth Thursday of November.
1820 – The tomato was publicly proven safe when Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson stood on the steps of the Salem, NJ, courthouse and ate a large number of them without any adverse effects.
1835 – The Detroit Free Press began publication.
1850 – The U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment.
1892 – The first nighttime football game under electric lights took place in the United States. The game was between the Mansfield State Normal School and the Wyoming Seminary.
1895 – “The Detroit Free Press” became a daily newspaper.
1912 – In Michigan, the Muskegon High School football team beat Hastings High 216-0. It was believed at the time to be the most lopsided high school football game in world history.
1922 – The first stop-and-go traffic signal was installed in Grand Rapids, MI at the Fulton-Sheldon-Monroe intersection. Prior to the installation, the traffic signal was manually operated.
1924 – Two U.S. Army planes completed the first around-the-world flight when they landed in Seattle, WA. It took 175 days to complete the trip.
1928 – Sir Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1951 – CBS made the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product was discontinued less than a month later.
1955 – The World Series was seen on TV in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1961 – The TV show “Dr. Kildare” debuted on NBC.
1961 – The TV show “Hazel” premiered on NBC.
1963 – The animated antics of “Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales” began as the cartoon premiered on TV.
1963 – The song “She Loves You”, by the Beatles, was played on the radio in New York, NY, by Murray The K. It was the first time a Beatles song was played in the U.S.
1974 – First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland to remove a lump in her breast.
1980 – The thirteen part TV series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”, starring Carl Sagan, premiered on PBS.
1983 – The movie “The Big Chill” premiered in theaters.
1987 – The TV show “Star Trek:The Next Generation” premiered. It would run until May 23, 1994.
1990 – The handheld video game, “The Game Boy”, was released in Europe.
1991 – Former Washington, DC Mayor, Marion Barry, was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of crack cocaine.
1997 – The DVD format was introduced at the Audio Engineering Society convention.
2001 – The movie “Zoolander” premiered in theaters.
2004 – The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill.
2004 – Nate Olive and Sarah Jones arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border to complete the first known continuous hike of the 1,800 mile trail down the U.S. Pacific Coast. They started their journey on June 8.
2004 – Randy Travis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2008 – SpaceX launched the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1, into orbit.
2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 2 billion applications downloaded.
2012 – Facebook hit 1 billion users.
2015 – NASA scientists announced the discovery of flowing water on the planet Mars.
2021 – After an 18 month delay, the James Bond film “No Time To Die”, the last starring Daniel Craig, premiered.
BIRTHDAYS:
Brigitte Bardot – 90 years old (1934) – Actress, model, animal rights crusader.
Joel Higgins – 81 years old (1943) – Actor (TV’s “Search for Tomorrow”, “Salvage 1”, “Best of the West”, “Silver Spoons”)
Nick St. Nicholas – 81 years old (1943) – Guitarist, singer (Steppenwolf)
Jeffrey Jones – 78 years old (1946) – Actor (“Amadeus”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “Beetlejuice”)
Janeane Garofalo – 60 years old (1964) – Actress, comedian, radio personality
Mira Sorvino – 57 years old (1967) – Actress (“Mighty Aphrodite”, “Mimic”, “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion”, “Summer of Sam”, “Beautiful Girls”)
Moon Unit Zappa – 57 years old (1967) – Actress
Carré Otis – 56 years old (1968) – Actress, model (“Wild Orchid”)
Naomi Watts – 56 years old (1968) – Actress (“The Impossible”, “21 Grams”, “The Divergent Series: Insurgent”, “Birdman”, “St. Vincent”, “J. Edgar”, “Eastern Promises”, “King Kong”, “The Ring”, “Mulholland Drive”, “Tank Girl”)
Peter Cambor – 46 years old (1978) – Actor (TV’s “NCIS: Los Angeles”, “Grace and Frankie”, “Roadies”)
Bam Margera – 45 years old (1979) – TV personality (“Jackass”)
Hilary Duff – 37 years old (1987) – Actress (“Material Girls”, “The Perfect Man”, “Cheaper by the Dozen”, “The Lizzie McGuire Movie”, TV’s “Lizzie McGuire”)
TODAY IS:
National Strawberry Cream Pie Day
For additional information check out websites like: www.on-this-day.com, www.born-today.com, www.famousbirthdays.com, www.daysoftheyear.com, and www.nationaldaycalendar.com.
