MY BREAKFAST TABLE SET BY ME FOR ME.
Today is my birthday, I am 66 years old. In 1945 I was a Thursday's child. I was awakened today by a 4.2 Quake located just 30 miles from my home. When I went to the barn to do the chores I got another startling present. A nice size salt and pepper king snake jumped out of the weeds (he was as startled as I).
In Googling to see what happened on my birthday I found this:
Evidently Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a column for a newspaper on June 7, 1945.
When I read it I was shocked to see so little had changed in 66 years.
The following are some more happenings on this day in history.
Famous Birthdays- Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria
Famous Deaths- Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74
- Ruben Marcos Campos, composer, dies at 69
June 7, 1946 "Eensie Weensie Spider" by Yola De Meglio was copyright registered.
1953 The first network color telecast in compatible color was broadcast from a station in Boston.
On this day in history, June 7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold vs. Connecticut, upholds the right of married couples to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives. By a vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court invalidated the law on the grounds that it violated the “right to marital privacy”.7th June 1982 : Graceland is opened to the public for the first time, almost five years after the death of Elvis Presley.
1992 Brazil UN Conference on Environment and Pollution 7th June 1992 : The United States is causing a storm at the UN Conference on Environment and Pollution as standing alone amongst the westernised world by refusing to sign the document to reduce carbon dioxide emissions . The current Bush administration believed global warming is not a problem that can be proved.
7th June 1954 : Ford Motor Company formed a styling team to take on the project of designing an entirely new car that would later be named the Edsel .
7th June 1977 : The Queen of England "Queen Elizabeth II" celebrates 25 years as the monarch and more than one million people line the streets of London to watch the Royal Family on their way to St Paul's at the start of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations
7th June 1929 : Vatican City becomes a sovereign independent State. Vatican City is approx 110 acres with a population of around 800 and is ruled by the Bishop of Rome — the Pope. Vatican City also includes most of the area of St. Peter's Square. The Euro is the official currency of Vatican City with coins issued by the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State featuring the effigy on the current pope on all coins.
1942 Midway Island Battle of Midway 7th June 1942 : After a three day sea battle the United States destroy large numbers of Japanese Navy ships with the damage to only one US ship The USS Yorktown. The Commander-in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Chester Nimitz, said two enemy aircraft carriers ten Japanese warships were also sunk or damaged.
7th June 1955 : "The $64,000 Question" the popular US television game show that reached the number one rating spot
7th June 1998 : James Byrd Jr, a 49-year-old African-American man accepts a ride from three drunk men Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King. Instead of taking him home, the three men beat up him behind a convenience store, tie him to their pickup truck with a chain and drag and kill him by dragging him for three miles.
1998 Pakistan Bomb Attack 7th June 1998 : A terrorist bomb planted on a packed commuter train in Khairpur, Pakistan has left at least 23 dead and dozens more injured.
2007 U.S.A. Stem Cell Research 7th June 2007 : The US House of Representatives votes to ease restrictions on federal funds for stem-cell research. President George W Bush has vowed use his Veto for a second time because he believes stem cell legislation crosses a moral line. Scientists believe stem cell research will one day allow them to repair tissue affected by disease or injury and that the research could provide breakthroughs in the treatment of debilitating diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
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