1844
Joseph Smith killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois.
This is Joseph Smith getting killed. On the right is the gun (looks like a musket)
that shot him. To the left is the window he fell out of. Below that is a gaping mouth
with teeth, symbolizing the jeering mob. Below that is a telescope. (Shrug.) I don’t
know if I’m raising a religious fanatic or just a sick puppy. (Eh, you take a five-year-
old to Carthage Jail on his summer vacation, and this is what you get.)
- from the blogsite I Am The Giraffe
http://madhousewife.wordpress.com/category/those-wacky-mormons/
1864
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. 4,000 casualties.
Military historians have claimed that
William T "War Is Hell" Sherman's
attack at Kennesaw Mountain was
a needless waste of lives against a firmly
entrenched opponent. Sherman, however,
believed that his actions were justifiable,
since they showed Confederate Joseph E.
Johnston that he was "not afraid to fight."
When Sherman died, several decades later, Johnston was a pallbearer at his funeral.
During the procession in New York City on February 19, 1891, he kept his hat off as
a sign of respect in the cold, rainy weather. Someone had some concern for the old
general's health and asked him to put on his hat, to which Johnston replied "If I were
in his place and he standing here in mine, he would not put on his hat."
He caught pneumonia and died several weeks later.
1905
The Potemkin Uprising
The Potemkin (Russian: Князь Потёмкин Таврический, Knyaz’
Potyomkin Tavricheski, ‘Prince Potyomkin of Tauris’) was a
pre-dreadnought battleship (Bronenosets) of the Russian Black
Sea Fleet. It was built at the Nikolayev shipyard in 1898 and
commissioned in 1904.
On this day in 1905, the sailors of the Potemkin
mutinied over being fed maggots.They raised the
red flag.
On 8 July 1905, its crew handed the ship over to the Romanian authorities.
The Romanian government then returned the battleship to the Russian navy.
In October of 1905 it was renamed to Panteleimon (Пантелеймон).
In April of 1917 the ship was renamed to Potemkin-Tavricheski (Потёмкин-
Tаврический) once again, however, in May they changed it to Borets za
svobodu (Борец за свободу - Freedom Fighter). In 1918 it had been
captured by the Germans, then recaptured by the White movement. In
April of 1919, the interventionists blew it up in Sevastopol so it wouldn't
fall into Bolshevik hands. After the Russian Civil War, the wreck of the
Potemkin was raised from the bottom of the sea and dismantled because
of irreparable damage.
The name is in honour of Grigori
Aleksandrovich Potemkin, a military
figure of the 18th century.
1950
The US decides to send troops to Korea.
1969
Stonewall Riots
1974
Nixon went to the USSR.
1985
Route 66 ceased to be an official US highway.
Born This Day:
Charles Stewart Parnell
H. Ross Perot
Mary McAleese
Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Died This Day:
John Entwistle
