1853-OTD the NY Sate Legislature approved the allotment of land on Manhattan Island for the purpose of a “Central Park”. Frederick Law Olmsted designed what is widely acknowledged as one of the great jewels of urban life in NYC. Bravo!🙏❤️🌲

1969- OTD the USA rose to JFK’S challenge by putting Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong of the Apollo 11 crew onto the moon. We were able to watch it live on TV too! “One small step for a man, One Giant Leap for mankind” - Still gives me goosebumps to this day. Bravo #NASA 👏🏻🇺🇸❤️

1950- OTD the #NYYankees signed their 1st black player, Elston Howard.He didn’t appear in an MLB game till 1955 but was a huge contributor 2 Yankee pennants & won an AL MVP. As a catcher/outfielder he was very versatile with a cannon 4 an arm & the clutch gene.He’s in the monuments at the Stadium⚾️👏🏻❤️

2008-OTD Billy Joel celebrated the imminent destruction of Shea Stadium in Queens,NYC by staging a sellout 2 day concert called Last Play At Shea. It was SRO. And it featured a very special guest for the last set- Sir Paul McCartney🎸🎶🙏😎 share.google/BA7sEqTSkJk5...

Remembering the 1935 bday of the late Canadian born actor Donald Sutherland. He was incredibly versatile in comedic, action, thriller roles Some of my favs are MASH, All the President’s Men, Animal House,Kelly’s Heroes, the Eagle has Landed, and Ordinary People.He left us in 2024. 👏🏻❤️🎥🙏

1945-OTD the infamous Trinity Test of the Atomic Bomb at Los Alamos was performed.The massive destructive power that Robert Oppenheimer’s team had created convinced Truman that this was the wild card needed 2 exact Japanese surrender. The Atomic age began🙏 encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn...

1898-OTD Italian MD/physiologists announces his discovery of an organelle that now bears his name- the Golgi apparatus.This structure helps process proteins in the human cell. His findings wins him the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physiology. Bravo! 🥇👏🏻

1077-OTD the incredible 230’ Bayeux Tapestry depicting the victory of the Normans at the battle of Hastings was presented 2 William the Conquerer.The detail & artistry of the tapestry is amazing.It normally lies in a special museum in Bayeux,but will be traveling 2 the British museum in London🙏🇬🇧🇫🇷

Happy 84th birthday Roger McGuinn, lead singer and guitarist for the iconic band #theByrds. His 12 string guitar defined a sound that help start the country rock movement. He is still performing. Bravo! 👏🏻🎶🎸 music.apple.com/us/album/tur...

1979-OTD, White Sox Owner Bill Veeck has a promotion at Comiskey park between games of a doubleheader to encourage fans to bring in Disco records that would be destroyed as part of “Disco Demolition Night”. The crowd literally went wild and the 2nd game was forfeited. But Disco did die out by 1980😱

1914- OTD the amazing George Herman “Babe” Ruth made his MLB debut pitching for the #BostonRedSox. His bat was awesome and eventually he was sold to the Yankees where he became the Sultan of Swat in the “House that Ruth Built”.Before Shohei no one had ever seen a 2way player like that. 😊👏🏻⚾️❤️

Remembering the 1921 bday of graphic artist Harvey Ball of Worcester MA. In 1966 he came up with the smiley face symbol that is ubiquitous in these days of emojis. He never copyrighted it, saying his sole goal was to make people think happy thoughts. Such a concept!!!😊

(2) The few Japanese left including Koreans indentured 2 the Army threw themselves off of the “Suicide Cliffs”’at Mari Point 2 the horror of onlooking Marines.This showed our brass the Japanese would not surrender & how costly a land invasion of Japan would be.The A-Bomb was their solution. 😞🇺🇸

(1) 1944-OTD the Battle 4 the Island of Saipan was declared over,not b4 a horrific 3K person Banzai charge killed the last of the 30K Japanese garrison.The campaign had taken 3 weeks not 3 days,but it secured the 1st airfield suitable 4 use by B-29’s 2 reach & return from bombing runs over Japan…

1800-OTD Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse,one of the cofounders of the #HarvardMedicalSchool, became the 1st in the US 2 inoculate a young boy against smallpox using a cowpox vaccine.Until skeptics like our current HHS Sec’y & the COVID vaccine deniers,vaccination was the cornerstone of preventive medicine🩺😞

1948-OTD the Cleveland Indians signed legendary Negro Leagues star pitcher Satchel Paige at age 42. He helped them win the World Series that year. Satchel wasn’t the fire baller he had been in years past , but he knew how to pitch. He didn’t retire until 1965!!! An amazing Hall of Famer. ⚾️👏🏻🙏❤️

Remembering what would have been the 101st bday of the Father of Rock and Roll, #BillHaley. His Rock Around the Clock song and it being used in the movie Blackboard Jungle made it a #1 hit. music.apple.com/us/album/roc...

1863-It was a joyous 4th of July 4 Pres. Lincoln receiving news that the Siege of Vicksburg was won by Gen. Grant & the Inion at the same time as Lee retreated from Gettysburg in defeat.The Army of Northern BA was no longer an offensive force.The Confederacy was cut in half. Things were looking up.

(2) 2 send a massive head-on march of Gen. Pickett’s Division 2 the center of the Union linesThe results were disastrous 4 the South. Pickett’s troops were decimated.Lee was forced 2 retreat from the North never 2 be able 2 mount an offensive campaign again.But the war dragged on for ~2 more yrs😢

(1)1863-At a Gettysburg, PA OTD CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee makes his biggest blunder of the war.Having tried for 2 days 2 dislodge the Union Army under George Meade with failed flanking maneuvers,he orders his most trusted lieutenant Gen. Longstreet …..sion at the Union center.

OTD when baseball greats still walked the earth, HOFer Willie Mays of the #SFGiants spoiled HOFer Warren Spahn’s 16 inning complete game shutout for the #MilwaukeeBraves with a homer. The idea of pitchers pitching that long and even hitters playing that long is absurd today. Amazing!

1898-OTD Lt Col Teddy Roosevelt and his 1st Volunteer Cavalry,aka the Roughriders, charged up San Juan Hill in the Battle of Santiago, Cuba in the Spanish American War.This American victory propelled TR into the political limelight and drove McKinley to make him his VP.A momentous charge!🇺🇸🙏

1909-OTD the #PittsburghPirates played their 1st game at mighty Forbes Field in the heart of the Oakland district.It was beautiful with unbelievable dimensions.Very reachable LF 4 pull hitters like Ralph Kiner.459’ 2 dead center-hard 2 poke a HR but good 4 extra base hits! Lasted till ‘71. ⚾️🙏❤️

Remembering what would have been the 90th bday of Minnesota Twin HOF slugger, he of 574 HR’s some of which are probably still orbiting the earth. His nickname was “Killer” but he was a gentle giant. 🙏⚾️

1914-OTD Austria-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian anarchist Gavrilo Princip in the streets of Sarajevo.This was truly a shot heard round the world,as a cascade of entangling alliances led 2 the start of WWI the next month.In some ways,that war bled into WW2 & beyond.😞🙏

1% of Corgis have a genetic disease that causes loss of hindquarters function that progressively ascends. That’s how I lost my Corgi Pivot. We struggled with the paralysis for almost 2 years but then we let go. Hope you heal after your loss🙏

1973-OTD White House Counsel John Dean testified at the Watergate Committee that Nixon had an enemies list he wanted 2 destroy.VP Vance may downplay the importance of Watergate,but it showed a bipartisan resolve in reaffirming the rule of law & that a president was not above it-what a concept!🙏🇺🇸⚖️

Coronet Blue- a summer replacement mystery show in 1967 starring Frank Converse. It wasn’t picked up so the mystery was not solved.

(2) His techniques were used 2 protect workers in the successful build of the Panama Canal. His name is in the chief US Army Hospital in DC. Reed died of appendicitis 12 years before the canal was opened. 😢🙏🩺

(1) 1900-OTD DR Walter Reed begins his fight against the yellow fever epidemic amongst our troops in Cuba during the Spanish American War.He realized the vector of the disease was the mosquito.By applying techniques 2 thwart the breeding/biting - he beats the spread……