May 4
It's May 4th
Shut up dork.
On this day in 1886 – Haymarket affair: In Chicago, United States, a homemade bomb is thrown at police officers trying to break up a labor rally, killing one officer. Ensuing gunfire leads to the deaths of a further seven officers and four civilians.
Wood engraving depicting the Haymarket riot. It shows Methodist pastor Samuel Fielden speaking, the bomb exploding, and the riot beginning simultaneously; in reality, Fielden had finished speaking before the explosion.
In 1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for "The Old Man and the Sea".
In 1970 - The Kent State Shootings
In 1973 - The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world's tallest building.
In 1984 - Echo & The Bunnymen releases "Ocean Rain"
In 1989 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches to deploy the Venus-bound Magellan space probe.
Birthdays:
Mike Dirnt
Will Arnet
Ana Gasteyer
Jay Aston
Keith Haring
"Barking Dog" sculpture in Dortmund, Germany
"Tuttomondo" mural at the church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Pisa, Italy
Colin Bass
Dick Dale
Robert Machray
as Mr. Conklin in "Cutting Class"
Felix Vasquez Jr. of Film Threat wrote, "Pallenberg's creaky slasher film is one that you'll either love or hate, and while many will opt for the latter, it's good campy fun with some of the dumbest scenes you can grab from a slasher of this decade."
Ron Carter
Audrey Hepburn
as Regina Lampert in "Charade"
as Susy Hendrix in "Wait Until Dark"
Eric Sykes
"It's Your Move"
Edo Murtić
Mosaic by Edo Murtić on the Šeferov family tomb at the Mirogoj Cemetery
Entrance to the Garden at Mirogoj Cemetary
Luther Adler
as Pete Mendoza in "Crashout"
Franklin Carmichael
"Old Orchard"
"Untitled" (Industrial Building)
Andrew Dasburg
"Improvisation"
"Lucifer"
Thomas Dewing
"Summer"
Frederic Edwin Church
"Aurora Borealis"
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Manuel Tolsá
François Gérard
"Cupid and Psyche"
Augustus Le Plongeon
Chacmool statue from the Chichen Itza site
Shut up dork.
On this day in 1886 – Haymarket affair: In Chicago, United States, a homemade bomb is thrown at police officers trying to break up a labor rally, killing one officer. Ensuing gunfire leads to the deaths of a further seven officers and four civilians.
Wood engraving depicting the Haymarket riot. It shows Methodist pastor Samuel Fielden speaking, the bomb exploding, and the riot beginning simultaneously; in reality, Fielden had finished speaking before the explosion.
In 1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for "The Old Man and the Sea".
In 1970 - The Kent State Shootings
In 1973 - The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world's tallest building.
In 1984 - Echo & The Bunnymen releases "Ocean Rain"
In 1989 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches to deploy the Venus-bound Magellan space probe.
Birthdays:
Mike Dirnt
Will Arnet
Ana Gasteyer
Jay Aston
Keith Haring
"Barking Dog" sculpture in Dortmund, Germany
"Tuttomondo" mural at the church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Pisa, Italy
Colin Bass
Dick Dale
Robert Machray
as Mr. Conklin in "Cutting Class"
Felix Vasquez Jr. of Film Threat wrote, "Pallenberg's creaky slasher film is one that you'll either love or hate, and while many will opt for the latter, it's good campy fun with some of the dumbest scenes you can grab from a slasher of this decade."
Ron Carter
Audrey Hepburn
as Regina Lampert in "Charade"
as Susy Hendrix in "Wait Until Dark"
Eric Sykes
"It's Your Move"
Edo Murtić
Mosaic by Edo Murtić on the Šeferov family tomb at the Mirogoj Cemetery
Entrance to the Garden at Mirogoj Cemetary
Luther Adler
as Pete Mendoza in "Crashout"
Franklin Carmichael
"Old Orchard"
"Untitled" (Industrial Building)
Andrew Dasburg
"Improvisation"
"Lucifer"
Thomas Dewing
"Summer"
Frederic Edwin Church
"Aurora Borealis"
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Manuel Tolsá
François Gérard
"Cupid and Psyche"
Augustus Le Plongeon
Chacmool statue from the Chichen Itza site
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