Today In History...............

In 1494.............

Columbus discovered Jamaica future home of some of the the finest rum made. -grin-

In 1607.............

Some natives were having a little cookout on the beach in Virginia when three big Europeans ships pulled up and a bunch of strangely dressed folks came ashore, nudged them off the beach and into the woods. This was the beginnings of the Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America.

However, it is not recorded if the natives were heard to say, "Well there goes the neighborhood"

In 1796.............

Dr. Edward Jenner, performed the first successful vaccination against smallpox on a 8 year old boy in England. This laid the foundation of modern immunology.

In 1948.............

The independent state of Israel was proclaimed 8 hours before the British mandate over Palestine was set to expire.

In 1955.............

A slightly rotund gentleman with a spit curl plastered to his forehead and his band changed musical history forever when their song, "Rock Around The Clock" hit the charts. It had been little noticed when first released, but it was used as the opening song for the movie "Blackboard Jungle" It took off from there. Bill Haley and the Comets never had another hit as successful as this song, but this song is considered as one of the pivotal songs of all of Rock and Roll. Not bad for a one hit wonder band.