On This Day In History

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Let's take a look back on what happened today in history. 1814 In Paris, France the funeral for Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, inventor of the execution device that holds his name, took place. The first execution using the guillotin was held on April, 25, 1792 when Nicolas Pelletier was put to death for armed robbery. 1834 President Andrew Jackson became the first President to be censured by Congress. During his first term as President he wanted to take apart the Bank of the United States and find a friendlier source of funds for his western expansion plans. He didn't like the bank because of it having too many foreign investors, favored the rich over the poor and resisted lending funds to develop commercial interests in America’s Western territories. The Senate passed legislation to restart the banks charter however President Jackson vetoed it, causing friction between Congress and the President. When he ran for a second term against Whig candidate Henry Clay, Jackson was reelected for a second term. Clay went back to Congress as Senator and fought against President Jackson bringing the censor against him. 1915 The first US causality of WW1 happened on this day. A German U 28 submarine torpedoed a cargo passenger ship, the Falaba, killing 31 year Leon Thrasher along with 104 others of 242 on board. 1939 The 3 year Spanish Civil War officially ended. In 1931 Spanish King Alfonso XII consented to have elections to decide the government of Spain, and voters overwhelmingly chose to end the monarchy in favor of a liberal republic. The church, and a large military clique increasingly employed violence in their opposition to the Second Republic, and in July 1936 General Francisco Franco led a right-wing army revolt in Morocco, which prompted the division of Spain into two key camps: the Nationalists and the Republicans. 1969 Dying at age 78 was our 34th President, Dwight D Eisenhower. 1984 NFL owner Bob Irsay moved the Baltimore Colts from Maryland to Indianapolis. Happy birthday to American geographer, geologist and ethnologist ( a person who studies different societies and cultures) who found the source of the Mississippi River, Henry Schoolcraft Canadian-born American naturalist and conservationist (discovered and helped preserve Mariposa's Grove of giant Sequoia trees), Galen Clark American orchestra leader (George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"), Paul Whiteman Queen Mother of Denmark and wife of King Frederik IX, Ingrid American equestrian (Olympic 2 gold/4 silver-1976,84), Michael Plumb American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Utah Jazz 1988-2011) and shooting guard (NBA All-Star 1967, 69; Chicago Bulls), Jerry Sloan Basketball forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors), Rick Barry American actress, Dianne Wiest Country Singer, Reba McEntire American actor, Vince Vaughn We said goodbye to Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan the Terrible, age 54 French enlightenment philosopher, Marquis de Condorcet, age 50 US Supreme Court Justice, David Josiah Brewer, age 73 American Baseball Hall Of Fame executive (founder, President American League), Ban Johnson, age 67 British author, Virginia Woolf, age 59 American athlete (Olympic gold decathlon, pentathlon 1912; College & Pro Football Hall of Fame), Jim Thorpe, age 65 American composer and musician known as the Father of the Blues, W.C. Handy, age 84 English actor (second Doctor in Doctor Who), Patrick Troughton, age 67