June 17th History

June 17

I guess I never realized how many different things happened each day. I just thought I would let everyone know all the things about today you might not have known. Things like:

National Holidays (who comes up with this stuff?)

National Watergate Day - Okay, how many of you know that today is National Watergate Day? Do you have any clue what that is? Well, today marks the anniversary of the day that the Democratic Party's headquarter in the Watergate apartments was broken into in 1972. This would be the scandal that would eventually make President Richard Nixon resign. He would resign on August 9, 1974. (And they have a National Day for a break in? Really?)


National Eat Your Veggies Day - This was created, of course, to get you to eat your veggies, or at least be aware that veggies exist. It comes in the middle of Fresh Fruits and Veggies Month.

Here are some odd National Food Holidays. I can see them being this month.

National Ice Tea Month

National Papaya Month

National Dairy Month

National Fresh Fruits and Veggies Month

Here are some Celebrity Birthdays:

Barry Manilow, Born 1943
Venus Williams, Born 1980

Here are some things that happened today in the past. I left out a lot of things, but these were things that caught my eye.

1978 - 33 years ago today, Cedar Point Amusement park introduced the roller coaster named the Gemini. It has side by side trains so they sort of "race" each other. When the ride opened, it was the highest roller coaster at 125 feet tall. This week the same park opened up the Wind Seeker at 301 feet. How times have changed.

VIRTUAL RIDE ON THE GEMINI
Virtual Ride on the Gemini

1967 - Marks the Longest doubleheader in baseball. It lasted 9 hours and 15 minutes and was betwee the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics.

1963 - On this day the Supreme Court ruled that the Bible would not be read and there would be no prayer in public schools. :(

1960 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit his 500th home run. :)

1954 - Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title.

1950 - This marks the very 1st kidney transplant in Chicago.

1944 - This is Iceland's Independence Day. In 1944, it was announced that this would be the day.


1928 - Amelia Earhart left Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)

1938 - Japan declared war on China.

1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City.

1882 - A killer tornado spread through a 200 mile path to kill 130 people in Iowa. :(

1880 - John Ward, Providence, pitched perfect game against Buffalo

WORD SEARCH (I created. Has to do with the stuff from today's history)
June 17th Word Search