Wednesday, May 27, 2020

History for May 27

Image result for cornelius vanderbilt quotes
History for May 27 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794 - Entrepreneur (shipping and railroads), Wild Bill Hickok 1837 - gunfighter, scout, lawman, Vincent Price 1911 - Actor
Image result for cornelius vanderbilt quotesImage result for Wild Bill HickokImage result for Vincent Price

Herman Wouk 1915 - Author, Henry Kissinger 1923 - Former U.S. Secretary of State, Louis Gossett, Jr. 1936 - Actor
Image result for Herman Wouk BooksImage result for henry kissinger quotesImage result for Louis Gossett,

1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
Image result for Alice Young executed "witch."

1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
See the source image

No comments: