BlueBlood
07-12-2006, 10:27 AM
On This Day
This Day in History
1906: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of treason in a case that divided French society at the turn of the century, is cleared of the charges. Soon after, he is awarded the Legion of Honor.
1974: Former Nixon White House adviser John D. Ehrlichman is convicted of a charge connected with his supervision of the "plumbers," a covert group aimed at stopping press leaks.
1984: Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman on a major-party presidential ticket in the U.S. when Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale chooses the New York congresswoman to be his running mate.
1990: Boris Yeltsin, chairman of the Russian congress of deputies, announces to a meeting of the Soviet Communist Party that he is resigning from the party.
1998: Led by two goals by midfielder Zinedine Zidane, host country France wins the soccer World Cup 3-0 over Brazil, the defending champion.
Born on This Day
Henry David Thoreau, writer and naturalist (1817)
Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater (1971)
Bill Cosby, comedian and actor (1937)
George Washington Carver, scientist and educator (1864)
Buckminster Fuller, engineer and inventor (1895)
Milton Berle, comedian (1908)
This Day in History
1906: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of treason in a case that divided French society at the turn of the century, is cleared of the charges. Soon after, he is awarded the Legion of Honor.
1974: Former Nixon White House adviser John D. Ehrlichman is convicted of a charge connected with his supervision of the "plumbers," a covert group aimed at stopping press leaks.
1984: Geraldine Ferraro becomes the first woman on a major-party presidential ticket in the U.S. when Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale chooses the New York congresswoman to be his running mate.
1990: Boris Yeltsin, chairman of the Russian congress of deputies, announces to a meeting of the Soviet Communist Party that he is resigning from the party.
1998: Led by two goals by midfielder Zinedine Zidane, host country France wins the soccer World Cup 3-0 over Brazil, the defending champion.
Born on This Day
Henry David Thoreau, writer and naturalist (1817)
Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater (1971)
Bill Cosby, comedian and actor (1937)
George Washington Carver, scientist and educator (1864)
Buckminster Fuller, engineer and inventor (1895)
Milton Berle, comedian (1908)