Today in History in 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison in Scotland; in 1880 the Salvation Army formed in London; and in 1989 four hole-in-ones were recorded at the US Open, all on the 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price), only 17 had been recorded in the history of the tournament.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
1624 - Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown
1858 - Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" accepting Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the Senate
1880 - Salvation Army forms in London
1903 - Ford Motors under Henry Ford incorporates
Ford Motor Company Founder Henry FordFord Motor Company Founder Henry Ford 1903 - Pepsi Cola company forms
1903 - Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
1904 - Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
1909 - Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals
1932 - President Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention
1935 - US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"
1961 - Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host
1989 - Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US Open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
2000 - Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
Famous Birthdays
1829 - Geronimo, Apache leader (d. 1909)
1838 - Cushman Davis, American politician (d. 1900)
1890 - Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
1956 - British Poet and Poet Laureate Ted Hughes marries American writer and poet (The Bell Jar) Sylvia Plath at St George the Martyr Holborn, London.
1973 - Talk show host Jerry Springer (29) weds Micki Velton
1989 - Actor Hugh Laurie (30) weds theatre administrator Jo Green in Camden, London
1996 - Soap opera actress-singer Kassie Wesley (35) weds James De Paiva (39) in Morganfield, Kentucky
2005 - "American Idol" singer Bo Bice (29) weds Caroline Fisher at New Hope Presbyterian Church in Alabama
2007 - "Two and a Half Men" actor Jon Cryer (41) weds entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner (40) at the Chapel at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2007 - Rock singer Rod Stewart (62) weds model Penny Lancaster (36) in a cloistered medieval abbey at La Cervara
2012 - Supermodel Agyness Deyn (29) weds "Avatar" actor Giovanni Ribisi (36) in Los Angeles
2012 - "Superbad" actress Aviva Farber (27) weds actor Ken Baumann (22) in Malibu, California
2012 - "Think Like a Man" and "Jumping the Broom" actress Meagan Good (30) weds Columbia Pictures VP DeVon Franklin (33) in Malibu, California
Famous Divorces
2006 - Lady Victoria White (43) divorces legendary Hollywood film producer Robert Evans (76) due to irreconcilable differences only 10 months after getting married
Famous Deaths
1959 - George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at 45
1970 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
1977 - Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking
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