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Post by LuLu on Oct 1, 2013 0:03:12 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 1, 1908,
Henry Ford introduced his Model T automobile to the market.
In 1861,
during the Civil War, the Confederate navy captured the Union steamer Fanny in North Carolina's Pamlico Sound.
In 1910,
the offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a bomb explosion and fire; 21 Times employees were killed.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 3, 2013 11:22:44 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 3, 1990,
West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country.
In 1226,
St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died; he was canonized in 1228.
In 1789,
President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, a day of Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the creation of the United States of America.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 4, 2013 16:54:17 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 4, 1957,
the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. James R. Hoffa was elected president of the International Brotherhood of...
In 1777,
Gen. George Washington's troops launched an assault on the British at Germantown, Pa., resulting in heavy American casualties.
In 1822,
the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, was born in Delaware, Ohio.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 5, 2013 23:23:29 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 6, 1927,
the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer," starring Al Jolson, a movie that featured both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.
In 1536,
English theologian and scholar William Tyndale, who was the first to translate the Bible into Early Modern English, was executed for heresy.
In 1683,
thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 6, 2013 23:46:36 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 7, 1929,
former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall, one of the main figures of the Teapot Dome scandal, went on trial in Washington, D.C., charged with accepting a bribe from oil tycoon...
In 1612,
Italian poet Giovanni Battista Guarini died in Venice.
In 1777,
the second Battle of Saratoga began during the American Revolution. (British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered ten days later.)
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Post by LuLu on Oct 7, 2013 23:29:12 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 8, 1871,
the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wis., and in several communities in Michigan.
In 1869,
the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce (puhrs), died in Concord, N.H.
In 1918,
U.S. Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 11, 2013 0:07:47 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 11, 1962,
Pope John XXIII convened the first session of the Roman Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council, also known as "Vatican 2."
In 1779,
Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, died two days after being wounded during the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, Ga.
In 1811,
the first steam-powered ferryboat, the Juliana (built by John Stevens), was put into operation between New York City and Hoboken, N.J.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 12, 2013 22:31:50 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 12, 1962,
the devastating Columbus Day Storm, also known as the "Big Blow," struck the Pacific Northwest, resulting in some 50 deaths.
In 1810,
the German festival Oktoberfest was first held in Munich to celebrate the wedding of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
In 1870,
General Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 12, 2013 22:31:52 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 12, 1962,
the devastating Columbus Day Storm, also known as the "Big Blow," struck the Pacific Northwest, resulting in some 50 deaths.
In 1810,
the German festival Oktoberfest was first held in Munich to celebrate the wedding of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
In 1870,
General Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 14, 2013 0:09:43 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 14, 1912,
former President Theodore Roosevelt, campaigning for the White House as the Progressive candidate, was shot in the chest in Milwaukee by New York saloonkeeper John Schrank....
In 1066,
Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
In 1586,
Mary, Queen of Scots, went on trial in England, accused of committing treason against Queen Elizabeth I. (Mary was beheaded in February 1587.)
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Post by LuLu on Oct 15, 2013 0:17:44 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 15, 1917,
Dutch dancer Mata Hari, convicted of spying for the Germans, was executed by a French firing squad outside Paris.
In 1858,
the seventh and final debate between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Alton, Ill.
In 1860,
11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 15, 2013 23:26:20 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 16, 1962,
President John F. Kennedy was informed by national security adviser McGeorge Bundy that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
In 1793,
during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.
In 1859,
radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 men in a raid on Harpers Ferry in western Virginia. (Ten of Brown's men were killed and five escaped. Brown and six followers...
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Post by LuLu on Oct 18, 2013 23:27:33 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 19, 1987,
the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value, to close at 1,738.74.
In 1765,
the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.
In 1781,
British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 19, 2013 23:29:32 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 20, 1973,
in the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre," special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General...
In 1740,
Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia upon the death of her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.
In 1803,
the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
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Post by LuLu on Oct 22, 2013 23:50:57 GMT -5
Today in History
On Oct. 23, 1983,
241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces...
In 1864,
forces led by Union Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Gen. Sterling Price's army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri.
In 1910,Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight, reaching an altitude of 12 feet at a park in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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