27 September 2007

Feliz Cumpleaños, Mi Amor

Today is Leo's birthday.

In 1965...

Sir Stanley Mathews played his final soccer game for Stoke City (in England) at age 50. Later that year he became the first soccer player to be knighted for services to sport.

The Mariner 4 spacecraft returns the first images of Mars.

Cigarette advertising is banned on British television.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into Law.

The Beatles performed the first stadium concert in the history of rock n' roll at Shea Stadium in New York.

Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs.

The first group of Cuban refugees travel to the US after Fidel Castro announced that anyone who wants to can emigrate to the United States.

Pope Paul VI announced that the ecumenical council had decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of Christ.

The St. Louis Gateway Arch is completed.

A Charlie Brown Christmas debuts.

The city of Montevideo, Uruguay welcomes its newest member.

Te amo.

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