Today In History

1995 FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Oklahoma City bombing
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1974 Brice Hunter wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) born
1963 Dr Michael Ellis De Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
1930 Don Tyson founder, Tyson Foods) born
1910 Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] author(Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn), dies in Redding CT at 74
1892 ? 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park
1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington

Today in History

Well I seem to really be into History lately... I like to go back and see what has happened in the world on certain days.

Today I was doing it and here are some really interesting facts I learned!

1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
1994 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
1994 Former President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke & dies 4 days later
1977 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray hits his 1st homerun
1934 Hitler names Joachim von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament
1907 Fairmont Hotel opens

Those Born today

1976 Melissa Joan Hart Sayville NY, actress (Clarissa, Sabrina)
1956 Melody Thomas Scott Los Angeles CA, actress (Nikki-Young & Restless)
1953 Rick Moranis Toronto Ontario Canada, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs)
1946 Hayley Mills London England, actress (Parent Trap, Pollyanna)