Today in History in in 1841 the first emigrant wagon train left Independence, Missouri bound for California; in 1931 the Empire State Building opened in New York City; and in 1967 singer, actor, and songwriter Tim McCraw was born in Louisiana.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
1707 - England, Wales & Scotland form United Kingdom of Great Britain
1753 - Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
1841 - 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri, for California
1886 - US general strike for 8-hour working day begins
1898 - George Dewey commands "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila
1931 - Empire State Building opens in NYC
1997 - Tony Blair elected Prime Minister of UK
Famous Birthdays
1738 - Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (1782-1819) (d. 1819)
1769 - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and British Prime Minister (Tory) (1828-30)
1852 - Calamity Jane [Martha Jane Canary], Princeton Missouri, American frontierswoman (Wild Bill Hickok)
1939 - Judy Collins, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds), born in Seattle, Washington
1954 - Ray Parker Jr, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit, Michigan
1967 - Tim McGraw, American musician
1975 - Jodhi May, British actress (A World Apart, The Other Boleyn Girl), born in London, England
Famous Weddings
1576 - Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1840 - Women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (24) weds fellow abolitionist Henry Brewster Stanton (34)
1850 - Soldier William Tecumseh Sherman (30) weds Eleanor Boyle Ewing in Washington, D.C.
1881 - Physiologist Ivan Pavlov (32) weds Seraphima Karchevskaya
1884 - "Poems of Passion" author Ella Wheeler Wilcox (33) weds Robert M. Wilcox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1917 - Country singer Jimmie Rodgers (19) weds Stella Kelley
1929 - American poet e.e (Edward Estlin) Cummings marries 2nd wife Anne Minnerly Barton
1954 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (36) weds Imelda Romualdez (24) in a Catholic church
1967 - King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley (32) weds actress Priscilla Beaulieu (21) at Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
1980 - Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko (49) weds Bobi Ladawa
1982 - Actress Kate Jackson (33) weds business executive David Greenwald in Beverly Hills, California
1991 - Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy
1996 - Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (26) weds film actor Mark Consuelos (25) in Las Vegas
1998 - "Reality Bites" actor Ethan Hawke (27) weds "Pulp Fiction" actress Uma Thurman (28)
Professional Road Cyclist and Testicular Cancer Survivor Lance ArmstrongProfessional Road Cyclist and Testicular Cancer Survivor Lance Armstrong (1998) 1998 - Cyclist Lance Armstrong weds Kristin Richard (divorced 2003)
1999 - "Dixie Chicks" singer Emily Erwin (26) weds singer-songwriter Charlie Robison (34) at Lone Star State in Texas
1999 - "As Good As It Gets" actor Greg Kinnear (35) weds British model Helen Labdon (29)
2009 - Olympic swimmer gold medalist Amanda Beard (27) weds photographer Sacha Brown (34) in Wakatobia, Indonesia
2010 - Actor-producer Seth Green (36) weds actress Clare Grant (30) at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Nacasio, California
Famous Divorces
1978 - Actress and model Bianca Jagger files for divorce from Rolling Stone rocker Mick Jagger after 7 years of marriage on the grounds of his adultery with model Jerry Hall
Famous Deaths
1873 - David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60
1945 - Paul Joseph Goebbels, German Nazi Minister of Propoganda, commits suicide aged 47 with his wife and arranges the death of his 6 children
1997 - Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40
1998 - Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935)
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