On This Day In History
On this day in 1960, six years after Brown v. Board of Education, South Carolina’s legislature passed a bill to stall the integration of racially-segregated public schools. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/lobXNOdbE8
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) May 13, 2022
13 May 1961. Hollywood legend, Gary Cooper, died (aged 61). He won Best Actor Oscar twice, one for his memorable performance in High Noon and the other for Sergeant York. The American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him No 11 in its list of 25 Greatest Male Stars of Hollywood Cinema. pic.twitter.com/xbqrvYgfRO
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 13, 2022
13 May 2019. Hollywood legend, Doris Day (Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff), died (aged 97). She was biggest box-office female film star from 1960 to 1964. Her many films include: Calamity Jane, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Pillow Talk, Move Over, Darling and Love Me or Leave Me. pic.twitter.com/QcVGoxIheG
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 13, 2022
13 May 1995. Alison Hargreaves (aged 33), became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest without using auxilliary oxygen. On 13 August 1995, she was killed descending K2 Mountain. Rescuers concluded that she had been blown off the mountain during a storm. pic.twitter.com/mFx9jieDCz
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 13, 2022
May 14th
1787 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US Constitution
1796 English country doctor Edward Jenner administers his revolutionary cowpox-based vaccine for smallpox, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire
1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition commissioned by Thomas Jefferson sets out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
1948 Israel declares independence from British administration
Did You Know?
Lina Medina of Peru becomes the world's youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five
Today in History in 1939
Would You Believe?
Physician Joseph G. Hamilton injects misdiagnosed cancer patient Albert Stevens (CAL-1) with 131 kBq (3.55 µCi) of plutonium without his knowledge. Stevens lives another 20 years, surviving the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human
Today in History in 1945
This day 286 years ago - 14 May 1734 - Irish economist Richard Cantillon died in mysterious circumstances, his home having caught fire.
Born to a Catholic family near Ballyheigue, Co Kerry, Cantillon later emigrated to France. He is credited with coining the term “entrepreneur.” pic.twitter.com/VoQtX3h1By
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) May 14, 2020
#OTD in 1805 Sacagawea, the Shoshone interpreter for the famous Lewis and Clark expedition in the US, saved items from a capsized boat. These included the white explorers' journals. She had given birth to a son three months previously. Lewis and Clark named the river after her. pic.twitter.com/aul5ghVqgU
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) May 14, 2022
On this day in 1961, a mob of 50 white men in Anniston, AL, armed with pipes, chains, and bats, attacked the Freedom Riders who had traveled by Greyhound bus during a desegregation campaign. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/O3gwk68JVw
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) May 14, 2022
14 May was a big day for German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld – the day he was born (1868), the day he founded the first gay rights group in history (1897), and the day he died (1935). #AYearofStrangeFlowers https://t.co/RPR5KPoluM pic.twitter.com/FjMFIw06Hu
— James J. Conway (@James_J_Conway) May 14, 2022
14 May 1998. Singing legend, Frank Sinatra, died (aged 82). He is one of the greatest popular singers and one of the best-selling solo music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. His signature tune was My Way pic.twitter.com/o1N8VQ2EVW
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 14, 2022
14 May 2015. American blues singing and guitar legend, B.B. King (Riley B. King), died (aged 89). He’s one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nicknames “The King of the Blues” and “King of the Blues Guitar”. He won 15 Grammy Awards. pic.twitter.com/RK89hhGDty
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 14, 2022
PHOTO OF THE DAY: First morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left to driving on the right (1967). pic.twitter.com/eiThFiORyQ
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) May 14, 2022
May 15th
1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition
1618 German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws his "harmonics law"
1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the 1st McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California
1951 AT&T becomes the 1st US corporation to have a million stockholders after young car salesman Brady Denton purchases 7 shares worth $1,078
1988 USSR begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan
Did You Know?
Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film "Plane Crazy"
Today in History in 1928
Would You Believe?
James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
Today in History in 1718
This day 14 ago – 15 May 2007 – Bertie Ahern became the first Taoiseach to address both houses of the British parliament.
“Ours is a close, complex and difficult history... No two nations and no two peoples have closer ties of history and geography and of family and friendship.” pic.twitter.com/18puQEYYoP
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) May 15, 2021
#OTD in 1958, Hilda Harding became the manager of a @Barclays bank in London, making her the UK's first female bank manager. 'It will take some time for the City to return to normal' reported The Star. This and other jaw-dropping quotes can be read here: https://t.co/h9gyeAOJOT pic.twitter.com/Np6psEdEWR
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) May 15, 2022
On this day in 1970, police opened fire on a crowd of students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, killing two students and injuring dozens more. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/k8EzlzPCEo
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) May 15, 2022
Remembering June Carter Cash who died this day 2003 pic.twitter.com/IlGHVRmtL1
— 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕃𝕒𝕟𝕖 🌶🎶 (@TwangNation) May 15, 2015
Remembering June Carter Cash, who died 17 years ago today. Here she is in the late 1950s singing “It’s My Lazy Day” with The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle. pic.twitter.com/nXTQjxI3dq
— Far Out Magazine (@FarOutMag) May 15, 2020
Emily Dickinson died today in 1886; her younger sister Lavinia discovered at least 2,000 poems, heavily edited and published in 1890. Not until 1955 were her complete, unedited poems released. https://t.co/APOvpXyvgx pic.twitter.com/P54pbP0uTq
— American Literature (@amlitreader) May 15, 2022