(Fox News) – Archaeologists in Israel say that they have found
a clay seal mark that may bear the signature of the Biblical
Prophet Isaiah.
The 2,700-year-old stamped clay artifact was found during an
excavation at the foot of the southern wall of Jerusalem’s
Temple Mount. In ancient times a seal stamp, or bulla, was
used to authenticate documents or items.
A painting of the Prophet Isaiah.
Drew Barrymore in a 1979 Pillsbury cookie dough commercial.
1984
Drew Blythe Barrymore was born in Culver City, California.
Drew Barrymore gained fame as a child actress in Steven Spielberg‘s
film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She won a Screen Actors Guild
Award in 2010 for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens. Drew
made her directorial debut with the 2009 film Whip It!
Drew Barrymore as Gertie in the Steven Spielberg
movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
The Washington Monument was officially dedicated in Washington,
DC. on this day in 1885. It opened to the public in 1889.
Artist’s rendering of the capstone being placed by
hand on the top of the Washington Monument. It
was the tallest building in the world at the time of
its completion in 1884, standing 555 feet, 5.125
inches.
NOTE: The Washington Monument is closed until spring 2019. The National Park Service is modernizing the elevator to increase long
term reliability.
ROSS SIMPSON
Iraqi insurgents destroyed a Shite shrine’s golden dome on this day
in 2006.
The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men’s
ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid,
New York on this day in 1980. It was played between the hosting
United States, and the defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union.
It was on this day in 1987.
Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola)
(August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)
Warhol died in Manhattan at 6:32 a.m. on February 22, 1987
at age 58. According to news reports, he had been making
a good recovery from gallbladder surgery at New York
Hospital before dying in his sleep from a sudden post-
operative irregular heartbeat.
Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to graduate from
a dental school, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in
Cincinnati.
