A repository of anniversaries.Tumblr (3.0; @historyoftheday)http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo68z0TNW1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 2009: Kim Peek, inspiration for the movie Rain Man, dies of a heart attack.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2382037186http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2382037186Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:29:06 -08002009<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo5ycBqP81qfcytco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1848: Emily Bronte dies of complications from a cold.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2380509413http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2380509413Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:39:06 -08001848Emily BronteLiterature History<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo5ovDK2r1qfcytco1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1940: Phil Ochs, folk singer, was born in El Paso, Texas</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2379203957http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2379203957Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:55:07 -08001940Phil OchsMusic History<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo5cs32b91qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1918: Professor Longhair was born. He was an incredible jazz pianist, famous for such songs as “Tipitina” and “Mardi Gras in New Orleans”.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2377798680http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2377798680Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:58:07 -08001918Professor LonghairMusic History<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo4pomYAZ1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1957: Meredith Wilson debuted his musical “The Music Man” at the Majestic Theatre, New York City</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2376469770http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2376469770Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:06:06 -08001957Meredith WilsonMusical History<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-V03f74P4_o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1960: Neil Sedaka releases the criminally catchy “Calendar Girl”.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2375234372http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2375234372Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:14:07 -08001960Neil SedakaMusic History<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo4jrgVbb1qfcytco1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1777: George Washington’s Continental Army enters the military camp Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Cold and starvation ensue.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2374180747http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2374180747Sun, 19 Dec 2010 07:23:06 -08001777George Washington<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo4ftgZx51qfcytco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1918: Robert Ripley debuts his Ripley’s Believe it or Not! cartoon in the New York Globe. Back then, it was known as Champs and Chumps, and focused on sports.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2373320118http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2373320118Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:34:07 -08001918Comic HistoryRobert Ripley<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo48vIdkM1qfcytco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1974: Ron Wood joins the Rolling Stones.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2372616923http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2372616923Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:42:07 -0800Rolling StonesMusic History1974<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo3w0uTbN1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1941: Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire is born in Memphis, Tennessee.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371984803http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371984803Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:51:06 -0800Earth Wind and FireMusic History1941<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo2ujhJ4G1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1915: Edith Piaf, amazing singer, was born in Paris, France.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371689952http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371689952Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:03:06 -0800Edith PiafMusic History1915<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldo24zweFL1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1998: Bill Clinton is impeached for having an affair with intern Monica Lewinsky.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371457725http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371457725Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:28:13 -0800Bill Clinton1998<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnzfpZiXK1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1941: Sam Andrew, guitarist for Big Brother and the Holding Company, is born in Taft, California.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371010150http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2371010150Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:28:37 -0800Big Brother and the Holding CompanyMusic History1941<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnyl29aYC1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1938: Chas Chandler, founding member of the Animals, and manager of Jimi Hendrix, Soft Machine, and Slade, is born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370854708http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370854708Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:10:14 -0800Chas ChandlerThe AnimalsJimi HendrixSoft MachineSladeMusic History1938<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldny1fwUAr1qfcytco1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1848: Famed composer Karl Schroeder II is born.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370749139http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370749139Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:58:27 -0800Karl Schroeder IIMusic History1848<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnxtyN6Qf1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1912: Anthropologists discover the hoax Piltdown Man and unintentionally provide argument fodder for <strike>dumbasses</strike> creationists.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370707662http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370707662Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:53:58 -08001912<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnxl2IKYY1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1968: The movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang opens in New York.</p> <p>FUN FACT: Roald Dahl co-wrote the script, which was based on an Ian Fleming novel.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370657785http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370657785Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:48:37 -0800Ken HughesDick Van DykeSally Howes1968Movie History<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnwylV3g71qfcytco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1620: The Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock, and the Pilgrims aboard set up a colony, giving birth to the fattest country today.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370529100http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2370529100Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:35:09 -0800America1620<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldnt34EUBx1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1888: Archduke Franz Ferdinand is born in Graz, Austria. He is known for being the reason for the start of World War I, and a great rock band.</p> <p>P.S. He’s the one in the ridiculous palm tree hat.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2369629096http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2369629096Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:11:00 -0800Archduke Franz Ferdinand1888<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldns8wo7kb1qfcytco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On this day in 1963, immensely talented actor/pretty man Brad Pitt is born in Shawnee, Oklahoma.</p>http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2369418098http://historyoftheday.tumblr.com/post/2369418098Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:53:20 -0800Brad PittMovie History1963