Capitol Hill Blue Forums Hot Topics & Breaking News The RoundTable Roundtable for the week of June 6-12

Sunday, June 6

1813 - The U.S. invasion of Canada was halted at Stony Creek, Ontario.

1925 - Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.

1934- U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Securities Exchange Act, which established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

1944 - The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.

1968 - U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was was shot the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

2005 - The United States Supreme Court ruled that federal authorities could prosecute sick people who smoke marijuana on doctor's orders. The ruling concluded that state medical marijuana laws did not protect uses from the federal ban on the drug.

June 6 is Bjorn Borg's Birthday


Monday, June 7

1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.

1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.

1965 - In the U.S., the Gemini 4 mission was completed. The mission featured the first spacewalk by an American.

1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor.

This is Anna Kournikova's birthday


Tuesday, June 8

0452 - Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun.

0632 - The prophet Mohammed died.

1786 - In New York City, commercial ice cream was manufactured for the first time.

1947 - "Lassie" debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute show.

2001 - Marc Chagall's painting "Study for 'Over Vitebsk" was stolen from the Jewish Museum in New York City. The 8x10 painting was valued at about $1 million. A group called the International Committee for Art and Peace later announced that they would return the painting after the Israelis and Palestinians made peace. The painting was discovered in a Topeka, Kansas Post Office in 2002 when postal workers opened a package marked "Undeliverable"

Above is the stolen "Study for Over Vitebsk"
below, The final work "Over Vitebsk"
Both painted in 1914. The painting symbolizes
the plight of the Eastern European Jewish population who was being forced to move regularly. Chagall's probable intention was to show the world how it felt to be on the outside of a marginalized culture, and how it felt to be disembodied from the community and the world during times of persecution.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born June 8, 1867


Wednesday, June 9

68 A.D. - Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide.

1934 - Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen."

1980 - Richard Pryor was severely burned by a "free-base" mixture that exploded. He was hospitalized more than two months.

Johny Depp was born June 9, 1963

Thursday, June 10

1801 - The North African State of Tripoli declared war on the U.S. The dispute was over merchant vessels being able to travel safely through the Mediterranean.

1916 - Mecca, under control of the Turks, fell to the Arabs during the Great Arab Revolt.

1924 - The Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti was kidnapped and murdered by Fascists in Rome.

1948 - Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.

F/A-18F Super Hornet flies through "Sonic Boom Cloud"

Despite its name, the sonic boom cloud doesn't always come with a sonic boom, and it's not a shock wave of the sound barrier being broken. The clouds only occur in unique weather conditions, when aircraft fly fast enough to cool the air around them, causing moisture in the air to condense into clouds. These halos of vapor appear for only a few seconds when aircraft reach speeds just below or just above the speed of sound (741 miles an hour/1,193 kilometers an hour).

1954 - General Motors announced the gas turbine bus had been produced successfully.

1993 - It was announced by scientists that genetic material was extracted from an insect that lived when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

Judy Garland was born in 1922

Friday, June 11

1770 - Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia when he ran aground.

1919 - Sir Barton became the first horse to capture the Triple Crown when he won the Belmont Stakes in New York City.

1930 - William Beebe dove to a record-setting depth of 1,426 feet off the coast of Bermuda. He used a diving chamber called a bathysphere.

1955 - In France, 80 people were killed and more than 100 were injured when three cars crashed on the Le Mans racetrack. The cars had ploughed into the spectator's grandstand.

1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Florida for trying to integrate restaurants.

1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit "hate crimes" could be sentenced to extra punishment. The court also ruled in favor of religious groups saying that they indeed had a constitutional right to sacrifice animals during worship services.

2001 - Timothy McVeigh was executed by the U.S. federal government for his role in the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City.

Born on June 11
Jacques Cousteau 1910
Vince Lombardi 1913

Saturday, June 12

1839 - Abner Doubleday created the game of baseball, according to the legend. However, evidence has surfaced that indicates that the game of baseball was played before 1800.

1923 - Harry Houdini, while suspended upside down 40 feet above the ground, escaped from a strait jacket.

1931 - Al Capone and 68 of his henchmen were indicted for violating U.S. Prohibition laws.

1935 - U.S. Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2 hours and was filled by 150,000 words.

1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, MS.

1979 - Bryan Allen flew the Gossamer Albatross, man powered, across the English Channel.

2003 - In Arkansas, Terry Wallis spoke for the first time in nearly 19 years. Wallis had been in a coma since July 13, 1984, after being injured in a car accident.

George H.W. Bush was born in 1924
Anne Frank was born in 1929

As we put May behind us, let's celebrate its passage with:
The May Song

by Rüdiger Oppermann



This clip starts off a little bit rough, Maybe Coleman Hawkins was a little past his prime Maybe the sound man hadn't dialed things in yet. The word 'genius' seldom comes up where drummers are concerned, Jo Jones was probably the best Jazz drummer who ever lived. Here is joy, innovation, efficiency, and drumming at it's finest.

Great intro, Greger~love the graphics and video clips!

Will be back later...

Or at least postponed until after the second election of President George W. Bush

Hahaha! Funny, Greger.
Cats are the sleepiest of all mammals. A cat sleeps for sixteen to eighteen hours a day

Very nice today. I love the May Song and the various versions of the painting.
Wow, it was a happening week as far as stuff.

Hi everybody.
I've been having trouble getting here early. I've projects going. Spring cleaning, gardening, getting ready to paint and experimental cooking.

I've decided I am finally certifiably old. I've got children in my building now and it's driving me crazy. They are just as cute and well behaved as can be but they run in packs all around my new car and my front yard flower garden. Mr O says soon I'll be pulling a rocking chair out on the sidewalk and start glaring at them.
I love kids I really do. Nobody could be cuter and funner than my grand kids but our condos just aren't that children compatible anymore. Woe is me!

Cats sleep 'til they're hungry, then eat 'til they're tired.

Just back from 5 fabulous days with son and grandson in Yosemite. Tons of pictures to select, edit and post.

I can't wait to see them, Phil!

Well, my beloved last cat could do both at the same time.
I'm trying to find the picture.
It will have to wait until I go work first though.

Phil, I've been there but it's been so long ago I can't wait for the reminders in your photos.

Morning all.

If she can't find the photo I will bear witness. I smile every time I think of that cat, Olyve - she was a gift, that way!