Today In History From JJDR........July 5

1687 - Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
1811 - Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
1852 - Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave, delivers his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester in which he condemns the celebration as a hypocritical sham in a land where slavery still exists
1865 - US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department
2004 - First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.

Today's Historical Events

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 220

David Farragut (1801)

Dolly the Sheep (1996)

Eugen Fischer (1874)

Georges Pompidou (1911)

Today's Famous Birthdays

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 11
1870 - Prime Minister of Canada John Thompson (24) weds Annie E. Affleck (25) in Portland, Maine
1911 - "Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada
1920 - Foreign Minister of the German Reich Joachim von Ribbentrop (27) weds Anna Elisabeth Henkell
1943 - Actress Betty Grable (26) weds big band leader Harry James (27)
1980 - Actress Raquel Welch (39) weds producer André Weinfeld

Today's Famous Weddings

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 2 of 2
1957 - Singer/actor Frank Sinatra and movie star Ava Gardner divorce after 6 years of marriage
2007 - Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese (34) divorces rocker Marilyn Manson (38) due to irreconcilable differences after a year of marriage

Today's Famous Divorces