627 – Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen 1098 – First Crusaders capture and plunder Mara Syria 1791 – Bank of US opens 1792 – In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven at the age of 22 receives first lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn 1915 – First all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test...
Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13,
while still married to his first wife Jane Mitchamr.
359 – Honoratus, first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office. 1620 – 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1792 – France’s King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1844 – First dental use of nitrous oxide, in Hartford, Connecticut 1866 – First yacht race across Atlantic Ocean 1913 –...
Bernie Madoff is an American fraudster and a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier.
43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated. 1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die. 1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London. 1787 – Delaware becomes the...
Home Sweet Home.
One of the most widely known photographs of Earth, this image was taken by the crew of the final Apollo mission as the crew made its way to the Moon.
963 – Leo VIII elected Pope 1631 – First predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia 1825 – Pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory 1862 – Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians 1877 – First sound recording...
V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor grabbing and kissing a stranger-a woman in a white dress-on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945
771 – Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1456 – Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1766 – London auctioneers Christie’s hold their first sale 1792 – George Washington re-elected president 1876 – Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death 1893 –...
1110 – Syrian harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders 1154 – Pope Hadrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 1534 – Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad 1783 – General Washington bids officers farewell at...
On December 4th, 1783, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers in the Long Room at Fraunces Tavern located on the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets.
Actor Ian Kahn, who portrayed George Washington in the TV series Turn: Washington's Spies, reenacted the General's brief speech at Fraunces Tavern on Sunday Dec 3.
"With a heart full of love and gratitude I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable"
