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Post by steelers1954 on Sept 30, 2016 8:50:19 GMT -5
Today in History
September 30,1630-John Billington,one of the original pilgrims who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower,becomes the first man executed in the English colonies. He is hanged for having shot another man during a quarrel.
September 30,1955-Actor and teen idol James Dean is killed in a car crash while driving his Porsche on his way to enter it into a race in Salinas,California.
Born on this day
September 30,1861-William Wrigley Jr.,founder of the Wrigley chewing gum empire and owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team,born in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
September 30,1931-Angie Dickinson,[Angeline Brown],actress (Police Woman) born in Kulm,North Dakota.
Today in Sports
September 30,1972-Roberto Clemente is 11th to get 3,000 hits.
September 30,1973-Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 1, 2016 10:56:24 GMT -5
Today in History
October 1,331 BC-Alexander the Great decisively shatters King Darius III's Persian army at Gaugamela (Arbela),in a tactical masterstroke that leaves him master of the Persian Empire.
October 1,1890-Yosemite National Park is dedicated in California.
October 1,1957-"In God We Trust" appears on US paper currency as an act to distinguish the US from the officially atheist USSR; the motto had appeared on coins at various times since 1864.
Born on this day
October 1,1910-Bonnie Parker,American outlaw of Bonnie & Clyde fame, born in Rowena,Texas.
October 1, 1924-Jimmy Carter,American politician,39th US President,born in Plains Georgia.
October 1,1935-Julie Andrews (Julia Elizabeth Wells),actress and singer whose films include Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.
October 1,1963-Mark McGwire,MLB 1ST baseman,born in Pomona,California.
Today in Sports
October 1,1961-Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs (off Tracy Stallard).
October 1,1977-Brazilian soccer great Pele retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games.
October 1,1989-Dallas Cowboy, Ed Too Tall Jones,records his 1,000th NFL tackle.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 2, 2016 7:56:21 GMT -5
Today in History
October 2,1909-Orville Wright sets an altitude record,flying at 1,600 feet.This exceeded Hubert Latham's previous record of 508 feet.
October 2,1980-Congressional Representative Mike Myers is expelled from the US House for taking a bribe in the Abscam scandal,the first member to be expelled since 1861.
Born on this day
October 2,1869-Mahatma Gandhi,Indian pacifist and spiritual leader,born in Porbandar,Kathiawar Agency,India.
October 2,1942-Steve Sabol,American filmmaker (35 Emmy Awards,founder of NFL Films),born in Moorestown,New Jersey.
October2,1949-Annie Leibovitz,American photographer (Rolling Stones),born in Waterbury,Connecticut.
Today in Sports
October2,1947- Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series home run.
October 2,1983-Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions.
October 2,1991-Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 professional tennis matches.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 3, 2016 9:32:07 GMT -5
Today in History
October 3,1776-Congress borrows 5 million dollars to halt the rapid depreciation of paper money in the colonies.
October 3,1955-Two children's television programs and a family sitcom all destined to become classics debut;Captain Kangaroo,Mickey Mouse Club,and the Dick Van Dyke Show.
October 3,1990-After forty years of division,East and West Germany are reunited as one nation.
Born on this day
October 3,1941-Chubby Checker (Earnest Evans),singer,songwriter who popularized the dance The Twist,born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
October 3,1951-Kathryn Sullivan,geologist and astronaut (1st American woman to walk in space),born in Paterson,New Jersey.
Today in Sports
October 3,1920-NFL (then American Pro Football Association)plays 1st games.
October 3,1970-Baseball umpires call their 1st strike.
October 3, 1971-Billie Jean King became the 1st female athlete to win $100,000.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 4, 2016 12:54:23 GMT -5
Today in History
October 4,1905-Orville Wright pilots the first flight longer than 30 minutes.The flight lasted 33 minutes,17 seconds and covered 21 miles.
October 4,1965-Pope Paul VI arrives in New York, the first Pope to ever visit the United States and the Western Hemisphere.
Born on this day
October 4,1879-Edward Murray East,botanist whose research led to the development of hybrid corn,born in Du Quoin,Illinois.
October 4,1946-Susan Sarandon,actress ; won Academy Award for Dead Man Walking (1995),born in Jackson Heights, New York City,New York.
Today in Sports
October 4,1953-Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in the World Series.
October 4,1970-KC Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55 yard field goal.
October 4,1987-1st "Scrub Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 5, 2016 9:25:21 GMT -5
Today in History
October 5,1880-The first ball-point pen is patented on this day by Alonzo T.Cross.
October 5,1947-US President Harry S. Truman delivers the first televised White House address.
October 5,1962-The Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do".
Born on this day
October 5,1902-Ray Kroc,founder of the McDonald's franchise in 1955 and owner of baseballs San Diego Padres,born in Oak Park,Illinois.
October 5,1943-Steve Miller,rocker (Abracadabra,Space Cowboy)born in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
Today in Sports
October 5,1921-1st World Series radio broadcast,Yanks beat Giants 3-0.
October 5,1969-Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55 yard field goal.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2016 10:42:56 GMT -5
Oct 5th 1995.. Craig440 finishes work and goes into a bar to have a beer. A girl and her friend sit next to him at the bar. One girl says "you got any money to play keno with?" They play keno and talk. Craig asks her out. She goes to work and calls Craig a few days later. Twenty one years later she is still here.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 6, 2016 15:18:54 GMT -5
Today in History
October 6,1536-William Tyndale,the English translator of the New Testament,is strangled and burned at the stake for heresy at Vilvorde,France.
October 6,1781-Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown;the last battle of the American Revolutionary War.
October 6,1973-Israel is taken by surprise when Egypt,Syria,Iraq and Jordan attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur,begining the Yom Kippur War.
Born on this day
October 6,1917-Fannie Lou Hamer,,US civil rights advocate ;became vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,born in Montgomery County,Mississippi.
October 6,1951-Kevin Cronin,rock vocalist (REO Speedwagon),born in Evanston,Illinois.
Today in Sports
October 6,1923-1st unassisted triple play(Ernie Padgett,Braves against Phillies).
October 6,1983-New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 7, 2016 11:13:06 GMT -5
Today in History
October 7,1780-British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain,South Carolina.
October 7,1913-In attempting to find ways to lower the cost of the automobile and make it more affordable to ordinary Americans,Henry Ford took note of the work of efficiency experts like Fredrick Taylor,"the father of scientific management".The result was the assembly line that reduced the it took to manufacture a car,from 12 hours to 93 minutes.
October 7,1993-The Great Flood of 1993 on the Mississippi and Missouri riversends, the worst US flood since 1927.
Born this day
October 7,1885-Niels Bohr,physicist whose model of atomic structure helped establish quantum theory,born in Copenhagen,Denmark.
October 7,1958-Judy Landers,American actress (BJ & the Bear,Madame's Place),born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
October 7,1951-John Cougar Mellencamp,rocker (Jack & Diane),born in Seymour,Indiana.
Today in Sports
October 7,1916-Georgia Tech,coached by John Heisman,defeat Cumberland 222-0,the most lopsided score in the history of college football.
October 7,1950-Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game 5-2.
October 7,1984-Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader.
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Post by Doc on Oct 7, 2016 12:26:18 GMT -5
John Cougar Mellencamp(Jack & Diane) Can't tell you how many times I heard this song growing up. My parents had a large record collection, and this was one of my mom's favorite songs.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 8, 2016 10:47:59 GMT -5
Today in History
October 8,1871-The Great Chicago Fire begins in southwest Chicago,possibly in a barn owned by Patrick and Katherine O'Leary. Fanned by strong southwesterly winds,the flames raged for more than 24 hours,eventually leveling 3 1/2 square miles and wiping out one-third of the city. Approximately 250 people were killed in the fire;98,500 people were left homeless;17,450 buildings were destroyed.
October 8,1918-US Army corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 in the Argonne Forest;promoted to sergeant and awarded US Medal of Honor and French Croix de Guerre.
Born on this day
October 8,1890-Eddie Rickenbacker,aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI) born in Columbus,Ohio.
October 8,1949-Sigourney Weaver [Susan Alexandra],American actress (Alien,Working Girl),born in Manhattan, New York.
Today in Sports
October 8,1908-NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920).
October 8,1972-Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions.
October 8,1995-Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton's NFL career completions record.
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 9, 2016 10:58:44 GMT -5
Today in History
October 9,1781-Americans begin shelling the British surrounded at Yorktown.
October 9,1888-The Washington Monument,designed by Robert Mills,opens to the public.
October 9,1950-U.N.Forces,led by the First Cavalry Division,cross the 38th parallel in South Korea and begin attacking northward towards the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
Born on this day
October 9,1873-Charles Rudolph Walgreen,"the father of the modern drugstore,born in Knoxville,Illinois.
October 9,1950-Jody Williams,American teacher and aid worker,recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize,born in Putney,Vermont.
Today in Sports
October 9,1916-Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings.
October 9,1986-Gilbert Perreault,Buffalo,became 12th NHL player to score 500 goals.
October 9,1989-1st NFL game coached by an African American (Art Shell),his Raiders beat NY Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football..
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Post by steelers1954 on Oct 10, 2016 11:32:44 GMT -5
Today in History
October 10,1845-The U.S. Naval Academy is founded at Annapolis,MD.
October 10,1965-"Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the first known map of America,drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson.
October 10,1978-US Congress approves Dollar coin honoring women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony.
Born on this day
October 10,1731-Henry Cavendish,physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen) born in Nice,France.
October 10,1900-Helen Hayes,actress (Caesar & Cleopatra,Happy Birthday) born in Washington D.C.
October 10,1969-Brett Favre,NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31),born in Gulfport,Mississippi.
Today in Sports
October 10,1904-Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games -an AL record,also record for total complete games AL 1,098,NL 1,089.
October 10,1920-Indian's Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st World Series grand slam.
October 10,1979-Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game.
October 10,1994-NY Giants retire Lawerence Taylor's #56.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 18:32:11 GMT -5
On Oct 10th 19 AD Julius Ceasar 33 died of mysterious causes. Probably poisoning. On Oct 10th 1966 the Beach Boys Good Vibrations was released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdt0SOqPJcg
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Post by Blue Meanie on Oct 11, 2016 11:19:16 GMT -5
On October 11th the greatest man in the history of history was born. Me.
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