2008 Woodie Awards
On this day...May 2
Adriene Similton
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: News
1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
1230 - William de Braose, 10th Baron Abergavenny was hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
1335 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
1568 - Mary I of Scotland escapes from Loch Leven Castle, where she had been imprisoned by Sir William Douglas.
1670 - King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
1808 - Beginning of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation.
1863 - American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia
eight days later.
1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1920 - The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1955 - Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
2000 - Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the U.S. military.
2005 - The Pontiac Grand Am ceases production at the 100 year-old Lansing Car Assembly plant.
Births
1458 - Leonor of Viseu, queen of
Portugal
1551 - William Camden, English
historian
1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
1740 - Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress
1887 - Eddie Collins, American
baseball player
1890 - E. E. Smith, American writer
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian- born singer
1950 - Lou Gramm, American rock vocalist and songwriter
1972 - The Rock, American professional wrestler and actor
Deaths
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter
1960 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1998 - Gene Raymond, American actor
information adn pictures from wikipedia.org
1230 - William de Braose, 10th Baron Abergavenny was hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
1335 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
1568 - Mary I of Scotland escapes from Loch Leven Castle, where she had been imprisoned by Sir William Douglas.
1670 - King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
1808 - Beginning of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation.
1863 - American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia
eight days later.
1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1920 - The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1955 - Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
2000 - Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the U.S. military.
2005 - The Pontiac Grand Am ceases production at the 100 year-old Lansing Car Assembly plant.
Births
1458 - Leonor of Viseu, queen of
Portugal
1551 - William Camden, English
historian
1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
1740 - Elias Boudinot, President of the American Continental Congress
1887 - Eddie Collins, American
baseball player
1890 - E. E. Smith, American writer
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian- born singer
1950 - Lou Gramm, American rock vocalist and songwriter
1972 - The Rock, American professional wrestler and actor
Deaths
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter
1960 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist
1972 - J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1998 - Gene Raymond, American actor
information adn pictures from wikipedia.org
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