Ray"s Today In History – July 5

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Ray’s Today in History – July 5


The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies, that the Congress represented, and Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. However, the petition was followed by the July 6 Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, making its success in London improbable.[1] In August 1775 the colonies were formally declared to be in rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion, and the petition was rejected in fact, although not having been received by the king before declaring the Congress-supporting colonists traitors.[2]


 


 












































  • 1954 Elvis Presley records “That’s All Right (Mama)” and is immediately the most controversial performer of that era and still considered by many to be the most talented performer of that era.


  • 1966 America’s Governors express support for U.S. global commitments to the Vietnam War. The hippie movement is born out of Vietnam protests nationwide.

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    • 1975 Tennis star Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win Wimbledon


    • 1996 First successful cloning of a mammal was Dolly the sheep was pampered throughout her life but had to be euthanized at the age of 6 1/2 because of severe arthritis in a hind leg and a tumor growing inside her. Since then there have been many cloning’s of birds and animals.

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      2015 Greeks went to the polls in record number today and overwhelmingly voted no to remaining with the euro and putting Greece’s role in the European common market in great jeopardy. The no vote was more than 60%. The ripple effect of this decision could shake many other nations financially.


       



1776 The Second Continental Congress paid a lucrative sum to have Irish born John Dunlop print the first 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence – a declaration of rebellion as it broke all ties with Britain.

1814 U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeat a superior British force at Chippewa, Canada.
1832 The German government begins curtailing freedom of the press after German Democrats advocate a revolt against Austrian rule.
 
  • 1865 Salvation Army is founded by William and Catherine Booth in London, England. Since then it has spread to many nations including America. It is the second largest charity in America next only to United Way, and it exists to bring the poor to Christ and provide for them.

 



1892 Inventor Andrew Beard was born a slave but was emancipated when he was 15. On July 5, 1892, he was issued a patent for the first rotary engine. A few years later he invented the “coupler” for trains, saving many a man from losing his fingers, arms, or lives. Beard was inspired to invent it after losing his own leg in a coupling accident.
1943 The Battle of Kursk in Russia became the largest tank battle in history. It began on July 5.

On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Reard dubbed a “bikini,” inspired by a news-making U.S. atomic test that took place off the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier that week. 


1950 – First casualties begin immediately as the American military, for the first time since World War II, entered into the Korean War at Oson, South Korea.




Thanks to ESPN SportsCenter for this Flashback:




Eighty years ago, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox from baseball. On Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, ESPN Classic will present a special look back at the Black Sox scandal. SportsCenter Flashback: Chicago Black Sox – Banned from Baseball uses testimony, photos, film and experts on the subject to bring the scandal into focus.


Key moments in the Black Sox scandal



My July 5th choice from history today took place in 1921: Eight Chicago Black Sox are banned from baseball forever.






October 9, 1919

The fix is in


Amid rumors that the World Series is fixed, the Chicago White Sox lose the eighth and deciding game to Cincinnati, 10-5, on the 48-year anniversary of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow causing the worst fire in Chicago history. The Reds win the best-of-nine Series five games to three.


Chicago starter Lefty Williams was 23-11 during the season but had lost his first two Series starts. He doesn’t last long today, removed with one out in the first after allowing two singles followed by two doubles. In 1921, Williams will be one of eight Black Sox banned from baseball by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis for throwing the Series.


The Reds score four runs in the first on the way to a 10-1 lead in Chicago. Hod Eller gains his second complete-game victory as Cincinnati wins its first Series.


Chicago’s Shoeless Joe Jackson, who also will be suspended, leads all hitters (with at least eight at-bats) with a .375 batting average and his six RBI top the White Sox.


September 29, 1920

“Say it ain’t so, Joe”


Yesterday, a Cook County (Illinois) grand jury voted indictments against eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox after pitcher Eddie Cicotte and outfielder “Shoeless” Joe Jackson told how the 1919 World Series was fixed for the Cincinnati Reds to win.


Today’s Chicago Herald and Examiner reports that after Jackson left the courthouse, “one little urchin in the crowd grabbed him by the coat sleeve.


” ‘It ain’t true, is it?’ he said.


” ‘Yes, kid, I’m afraid it is,’ Jackson replied.


” ‘Well, I’d never have thought it,’ the boy exclaimed.”


Passed down over the years, it is from this newspaper story that we get the famous tale — one that many think is apocryphal — of a young boy saying, “Say it ain’t so, Joe.”


March 12, 1921

Suspension


While the eight Chicago White Sox accused of throwing the 1919 World Series await trial, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, just two months on the job, suspends the players. Landis’ ruling follows a report that the trial in Chicago will be delayed.


“I deeply regret the postponement of these cases,” Landis says. “However, baseball is not powerless to protect itself. All of the indicted players have today been placed on the ineligible list.”


The eight players are Shoeless Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver, Claude “Lefty” Williams, “Happy” Felsch and Fred McMullen. They will be acquitted by a jury in August, but Landis will ban the Black Sox for life.


August 3, 1921

Clean Sox are banned


Last night, several hundred spectators in a Chicago courtroom boomed “Hooray for the clean Sox!” when seven former White Sox players and two gamblers were acquitted by a jury on charges that they conspired to defraud the public through the throwing of the 1919 World Series.


The players’ joy doesn’t last 24 hours. Today, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans the eight Black Sox for life. Landis issues this statement: “Regardless of the verdict of juries, no player that throws a ballgame; no player that undertakes or promises to throw a ballgame; no player that sits in a conference with a bunch of crooked players and gamblers where the ways and means of throwing games are planned and discussed and does not promptly tell his club about it, will ever play professional baseball.”


The seven Chicago players who were acquitted and banned are Shoeless Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Buck Weaver, Swede Risberg, Chick Gandil, Happy Felsch and Lefty Williams. The eighth man out is Fred McMullin, whose case didn’t go to trial.


January 13, 1922

Weaver appeal denied


In the summer of 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted the Black Sox of conspiracy to defraud the public concerning the 1919 World Series. Two days later, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the eight players for life.


The New York Times reports today that Buck Weaver, one of the eight, had personally appealed last week to Landis for reinstatement to organized baseball. The third baseman told Landis that though he was offered the bribe to throw the Series, he never accepted the money and played his best.


Landis will never lift the ban for Weaver — or any of the Black Sox.


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Ray"s Today In History – July 5