This Week in History Series!

This Week in History: Week 33

 

August 10^th: 1898, Birth of Jack Haley [born John Joseph], who was an American actor. Best known for his role as the Tin man in The Wizard of Oz. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Jack Haley

 

August 11^th: 480 BC, the Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta.

 

August 12^th: 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.

 

August 13^th: 1792, In France, Revolutionaries imprisoned French royals including Marie Antoinette.

 

August 14^th: 1851, Birth of Doc Holliday. Birth name was John Henry Holliday. Born in Griffin Georgia. He was an American gambler, dentist and gunfighter. He was involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, alongside the Earp Brothers.

 

 August 15^th: 1040, King Duncan I of Scotland was killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth, who does succeed him as King.  (Unlike Shakespeare’s play where he is murdered in his sleep!) Also on this day 17 years later in 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, was slain by son of King Duncan.

 

August 16^th: 1977, the death of Elvis Presley. An American musician. He died at Graceland at the age 42. Official cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia.

Elvis!


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Claire
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