main
side
curve
  1. In Memory of LAJ_FETT: Please share your remembrances and condolences HERE

Fun On this date in history...

Discussion in 'Fun and Games' started by Juliet316, Dec 26, 2012.

  1. Sarge

    Sarge Chosen One star 10

    Registered:
    Oct 4, 1998
    Oct 4, 1904, the Wright brothers' Flyer III covers 24.2 miles in 38 minutes 3 seconds.

    1931, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon begin the first non-stop flight across the Pacific.

    2004, Burt Rutan and the SpaceshipOne team capture the $10 million X Prize for the first private manned spacecraft to exceed an altitude of 328,000 feet twice in a 14 day period.
     
    COMPNOR and Kenneth Morgan like this.
  2. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    I meant to post this earlier, but the link didn't go through...
    [​IMG]




     
  3. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 5th:

    In 1829, Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the U.S., was born in North Fairfield, VT.

    In 1882, engineer/physicist/inventor Robert H. Goddard, one of the pioneers of modern rocketry, was born in Worcester, MA.

    In 1902, actor/comedian/musician/Stooge Larry Fine was born in Philadelphia, PA.

    Also in 1902, businessman Ray Kroc, best-known for building the McDonald’s restaurant franchise, was born in Oak Park, IL.

    In 1919, actor Donald Pleasance, OBE was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. His pursuit of Michael Myers would come later.

    In 1922, cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of “The Family Circus”, was born in Philadelphia, PA.

    In 1929, aviator/chemist/astronaut Richard F. Gordon was born in Seattle, WA. He’d later serve as Pilot for Gemini 11 and Command Module Pilot for Apollo 12.

    In 1930, the British airship R101 crashed in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.

    In 1931, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon completed the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean, arriving in Washington State some 41 hours after leaving Japan.

    In 1943, ninety-eight American POW's were executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

    In 1947, President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis.

    In 1951, actress Karen Allen was born in Carrollton, IL. Defense Dept. records on her involvement in the archaeological dig at the Tanis site remain classified.

    In 1956, the Biblical epic “The Ten Commandments”, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston, was released in the U.S.

    In 1961, the comedy/drama “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, starring Audrey Hepburn, premiered in New York City.

    In 1962, “Love Me Do”, the Beatles first single, was released in the UK. The B-side was “P.S. I Love You”.

    Also in 1962, the first James Bond movie, “Dr. No”, starring Sean Connery as 007, premiered in London.

    And now for something completely different. In 1969, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” premiered on BBC 1.

    In 1970, British trade commissioner James Richard Cross was kidnapped in Canada by militant Quebec separatists; he was released the following December.

    Also in 1970, The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded.

    In 1974, the Irish Republican Army bombed two pubs in Guildford, Surrey, England, resulting in five deaths and dozens of injuries. (Four men who became known as the Guildford Four were convicted of the bombings, but were ultimately vindicated.)

    In 1988, on “Doctor Who”, part one of “Remembrance of the Daleks” was broadcast on BBC 1. It featured the first on-screen view of a Dalek going up a flight of stairs, thus making years of jokes obsolete.

    In 1999, two packed commuter trains collided near London's Paddington Station, killing 31 people.

    Also in 1999, the “Star Wars” novel Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore was published by Bantam Books. It was the first novel in the “New Jedi Order” series. It caused a certain amount of controversy among fans.

    In 2011, businessman Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, Inc., died in Palo Alto, CA at age 56.
     
    Sarge likes this.
  4. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
  5. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
  6. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 6th:

    In 1683, thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements.

    In 1876, the American Library Association was founded.

    In 1884, the Naval War College was established in Newport, RI.

    In 1927, the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, a movie featuring both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.

    In 1939, in a speech to the Reichstag, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler spoke of his plans to reorder the ethnic layout of Europe — a plan which would entail settling the "Jewish problem."

    In 1949, U.S.-born Iva Toguri D'Aquino, convicted of treason for being Japanese wartime broadcaster "Tokyo Rose," was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years in prison (she ended up serving more than six).

    In 1958, the nuclear submarine USS Seawolf surfaced after spending 60 days submerged.

    In 1960, the historical drama "Spartacus," starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Stanley Kubrick, had its world premiere in New York City.

    In 1973, war erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday. (Israel, initially caught off-guard, suffered heavy losses before rebounding and pushing back the Arab forces before a cease-fire finally took hold in the nearly three-week conflict.)

    In 1976, in his second presidential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, President Gerald R. Ford asserted there was "no Soviet domination of eastern Europe." (Ford later conceded that was not the case.)

    In 1979, Pope John Paul II, on a week-long U.S. tour, became the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he was received by President Jimmy Carter.

    In 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.

    In 1997, actress Adrienne Hill died in London at age 60. She’s best-known, during the William Hartnell era of “Doctor Who” for playing Katarina, the first of the Doctor’s Companions to be killed off.

    In 2000, the crime drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” premiered on CBS-TV.

    In 2013, Matt Smith recorded his final scenes (to date) as the Doctor for the “Doctor Who” episode “The Time of the Doctor”.
     
    Sarge likes this.
  7. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 7th:

    In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.

    In 1849, author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore at age 40.

    In 1858, the fifth debate between Illinois senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Galesburg.

    In 1916, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

    In 1940, Artie Shaw and his Orchestra recorded Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust" (as it was spelled then) for RCA Victor.

    In 1949, the Republic of East Germany was formed.

    In 1950, comic book writer/artist Howard Chaykin was born in Newark, NJ. His extensive career included work on the earliest issues of Marvel’s “Star Wars” comic book.

    In 1954, Marian Anderson became the first African American singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.

    In 1958, the horror movie “The Trollenberg Terror” was released in the UK. Re-titled “The Crawling Eye”, it would reach the U.S. in December and later be the first featured movie of the cable-run of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”.

    In 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon held their second televised debate, this one in Washington, D.C.

    In 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from "G" for general audiences to "X" for adult patrons only.

    In 1975, John Lennon won his battle against U.S. immigration authorities when a federal appeals court overturned an order to deport him. Officials had wanted to kick Lennon out of the country because of a drug arrest in Britain.

    In 1979, Pope John Paul II concluded his week-long tour of the United States with a Mass on the Washington Mall.

    In 1983, the non-Eon James Bond movie “Never Say Never Again”, starring Sean Connery, was released in the U.S., one day after its Los Angeles premiere.

    In 1985, Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean. (The hijackers killed Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish-American tourist, before surrendering on October 9.)

    In 1989, Hungary's Communist Party renounced Marxism in favor of democratic socialism during a party congress in Budapest.

    In 1991, University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied Hill's allegations.

    In 1996, the Fox News Channel began broadcasting.

    In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, WY.

    In 2001, in response to the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiated with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

    In 2010, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie canceled construction of a decades-in-the-making train tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan, citing cost overruns that had ballooned the price tag from $5 billion to $10 billion or more.
     
    COMPNOR and Sarge like this.
  8. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    The first "Star Wars" pre-release poster; illustrated by Howard Chaykin.

    [​IMG]



     
    Abbiegalie and COMPNOR like this.
  9. COMPNOR

    COMPNOR Jedi Grand Master star 3

    Registered:
    Aug 19, 2003
    I find it somewhat hard to believe that O'Rourke Enterprises couldn't find a way to make a profit from those aliens.
     
    Kenneth Morgan likes this.
  10. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 8th:

    In 1869, Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the U.S., died in Concord, NH at age 64.

    In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, WI, and in several communities in Michigan. The Peshtigo Fire was the deadliest of the incidents, with a death toll estimated between 1,500 and 2,500 people.

    In 1890, ace pilot/auto racer/business executive/Medal of Honor recipient Eddie Rickenbacker was born in Columbus, OH.

    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.

    In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey for murder in the death of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

    In 1943, actor/writer/comedian/Not Ready for Prime Time Player Chevy Chase was born in New York City.

    Also in 1943, author/producer R.L. Stine was born in Columbus, OH. He’s best-known for his work on several series of horror novel for children and young adults, including the “Goosebumps” and “Fear Street” series.

    In 1944, the sit-com "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" made its debut on CBS radio, on the Nelsons' ninth wedding anniversary.

    In 1945, President Harry S. Truman told a press conference in Tiptonville, TN, that the secret scientific knowledge behind the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.

    In 1949, actress/producer Sigourney Weaver was born in Manhattan, New York City, NY. Her encounters with a certain xenomorph would come later.

    In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0.

    In 1957, the Brooklyn Baseball Club announced it was accepting an offer to move the Dodgers from New York to Los Angeles. The borough still mourns.

    In 1966, the very first regeneration sequence on “Doctor Who” was shot for the fourth part of the serial “The Tenth Planet”, featuring outgoing Doctor William Hartnell and incoming Doctor Patrick Troughton.

    Also in 1966, part one of “The Tenth Planet” was broadcast on BBC 1. It featured the first appearance of the Cycbermen.

    In 1970, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.

    In 1976, the thriller “Marathon Man”, starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier, was generally released in the U.S.

    In 1977, on “Doctor Who”, part two of “The Invisible Enemy” was broadcast on BBC 1. It featured the first appearance of K-9, voiced by John Leeson.

    In 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.

    Also in 1982, the musical “Cats” opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater. (It would go on to run until September 10, 2000.)

    In 1998, the U.S. House or Representatives triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a 258-176 vote.

    In 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California.

    In 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000 people.
     
    COMPNOR and Sarge like this.
  11. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 9th:

    In 1514, Mary Tudor, the 18-year-old sister of Henry VIII, became Queen consort of France upon her marriage to 52-year-old King Louis XII, who died less than three months later.

    In 1776, a group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.

    In 1888, the public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.

    In 1900, actor Alistair Sim, CBE was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Your humble correspondent watches Sim’s performance as Ebenezer Scrooge every Christmas Eve.

    In 1903, businessman Walter O’Malley was born in the Bronx. And there are some in Brooklyn who are still mad at him for moving the Dodgers.

    In 1914, the Belgian city of Antwerp fell to German forces during World War I.

    In 1919, actor Jason Wingreen was born. His acting credits includes providing the original voice of Boba Fett in “Star Wars: Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back”.

    Also in 1919, the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago White Sox to win the World Series. The victory would later be tainted by the “Black Sox” Scandal.

    In 1934, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated at age 45 in Marseille, France, by a Macedonian gunman.

    In 1937, actor Brian Blessed was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England. And it is said that, whenever he speaks, the stock price of microphone companies drops.

    In 1940, actor/singer/songwriter/musician/Beatle John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England.

    In 1954, actor Scott Bakula was born in St. Louis, MO. Following his involvement with time travel experiments and Star Fleet, he’s currently moved into law enforcement.

    In 1958, Pope Pius XII died at Castel Gondolfo in Italy at age 82, ending a 19-year papacy. (He was succeeded by Pope John XXIII.).

    In 1965, on “Doctor Who”, the episode “Mission to the Unknown” was broadcast on BBC1. Acting as a set-up for the upcoming serial “The Dalek Masterplan”, it is the only episode (to date) not to feature the Doctor or any of his Companions.

    In 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was killed by the Bolivian army a day after he was captured; he was age 39.

    Also in 1967, Doc Severinsen replaced Skitch Henderson as musical director for “The Tonight Show, Starring Johnny Carson”.

    In 1975, Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

    In 1985, the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrendered two days after seizing the vessel in the Mediterranean. (Passenger Leon Klinghoffer was killed by the hijackers during the standoff.)

    In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of "Phantom of the Opera" opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.

    In 1995, a sabotaged section of track caused an Amtrak train, the Sunset Limited, to derail in Arizona; one person was killed and about 80 were injured (the case remains unsolved).

    In 2009, actor/director/writer/producer Barry Letts died in England at age 84. He’s best-known for his work on “Doctor Who”, particularly during the Jon Pertwee era.
     
    Sarge and COMPNOR like this.
  12. COMPNOR

    COMPNOR Jedi Grand Master star 3

    Registered:
    Aug 19, 2003

    No offence, buy your devoted follower prefers Quincy Magoo's performance when it comes to Ebenezer Scrooges.
     
    Sarge and Kenneth Morgan like this.
  13. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 10th:

    In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, MD.

    In 1913, the Panama Canal was effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa dike.

    In 1924, actor/director/screenwriter Ed Wood was born in Poughkeepsie, NY. His later career would be somewhat notorious.

    In 1935, the George Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess," featuring an all-black cast, opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theater, where it ran for 124 performances.

    In 1938, Nazi Germany completed its annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.

    In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.

    In 1955, the film version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" premiered before an invitation-only audience at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.

    In 1963, the James Bond movie “From Russia with Love”, starring Sean Connery as 007, premiered in London.

    In 1964, the first Summer Olympics to be held in Asia were opened in Tokyo by Japanese Emperor Hirohito. The opening ceremonies are broadcast live via satellite by NBC-TV, the first live color broadcast to the U.S. via satellite.

    Also in 1964, entertainer Eddie Cantor died in Beverly Hills at age 72.

    In 1967, the Outer Space Treaty, prohibiting the placing of weapons of mass destruction on the moon or elsewhere in space, entered into force.

    In 1968, the sci-fi spoof "Barbarella," starring Jane Fonda, was released in the U.S.

    In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his office.

    In 1984, the film “1984”, adapted from George Orwell’s novel, was released in the U.K. It starred John Hurt and, in his final film, Richard Burton.

    In 1985, U.S. fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the terrorists were taken into custody.

    Also in 1985, actor/filmmaker Orson Welles died in Los Angeles at age 70.

    In addition in 1985, actor/director/photographer Yul Brynner died in New York City at age 65.

    In 2004, actor/author/activist/producer/director Christopher Reeve died at Mount Kisco, NY at age 52.

    In 2013, aviator/engineer/astronaut/aquanaut M. Scott Carpenter died in Denver, CO at age 88. For NASA, he was pilot of Aurora 7, and for the U.S. Navy, he was part of the SEALAB II crew.
     
    Sarge and COMPNOR like this.
  14. COMPNOR

    COMPNOR Jedi Grand Master star 3

    Registered:
    Aug 19, 2003
     
    Kenneth Morgan likes this.
  15. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 11th:

    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 1809, explorer/soldier/politician Meriweather Lewis died in Hohenwald, TN at age 35.

    In 1890, the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, D.C.

    In 1905, the Juilliard School was founded as the Institute of Musical Art in New York.

    In 1925, The New York Giants played their first NFL game. The Giants lost 14-0 to Providence.

    In 1932, the first American political telecast took place as the Democratic National Committee sponsored a program from a CBS television studio in New York.

    In 1943, actor John Nettles was born in St. Austell, Cornwall, England. He’d later star in the mystery series “Midsomer Murders”, episodes of which are a popular item in the collection of South Plainfield Public Library.

    In 1944, the film noir classics "To Have and Have Not," starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and "Laura," starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, opened in New York City.

    In 1956, on “Playhouse 90”, the teleplay “Requiem for a Heavyweight” was broadcast on CBS. Written by Rod Serling, it starred Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn and Kim Hunter.

    In 1958, the lunar probe Pioneer 1 was launched; it failed to go as far out as planned, fell back to Earth, and burned up in the atmosphere.

    In 1960, Nicola Bryant was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. She’s well-known to Whovians as (pseudo)American Companion Peri Brown.

    In 1961, actor/comedian/musician Chico Marx died in Hollywood, CA at age 74.

    In 1962, Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council (popularly known as Vatican II), the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.

    Also in 1962, the horror/wrestling movie “Santo vs. las mujeres vampiro” was released in Mexico. Under the title “Samson vs. the Vampire Women”, it would be featured on Frank Conniff’s last regular episode of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”.

    In addition in 1962, the sit-com “McHale’s Navy” premiered on ABC-TV.

    In 1964, actor/comedian/writer/musician Michael J. Nelson was born in St. Charles, IL. He’d earn the title “Destroyer of Worlds” later on.

    In 1965, actor Sean Patrick Flanery was born in Lake Charles, LA. He’d later play a certain archaeologist during his younger days.

    In 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.

    Also in 1968, the government of Panama was overthrown in a military coup.

    In 1971, Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, USMC died in Hampton, VA at age 73.

    In 1975, "NBC’s Saturday Night" (later known as "Saturday Night Live") made its debut with guest host George Carlin.

    In 1976, George Washington’s appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 was approved by President Gerald Ford.

    In 1984, Challenger astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space as she and fellow Mission Specialist David C. Leestma spent 3 1/2 hours outside the shuttle.

    In 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.

    In 1988, filming began on “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier”.

    In 1991, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas re-appeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a "high-tech lynching."

    In 1997, on “Mystery Science Theater 3000”, the “movie” “Invasion of the Neptune Men” was featured. The cast would consider it one of the worst and most offensive movies they’d ever shown on the series.
     
  16. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
  17. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 12th:

    In 1492 (according to the Old Style calendar), Christopher Columbus arrived with his expedition in the present-day Bahamas.

    In 1870, General Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, VA, at age 63.

    In 1904, author/journalist Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage, was born in La Plata, MO.

    In 1915, English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium during World War I. (The night before the sentence was carried out, Cavell met with chaplain H. Stirling Gahan, who later quoted her as saying: "I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one.")

    Also in 1915, former President Theodore Roosevelt, speaking to the Knights of Columbus in New York, criticized native-born Americans (as opposed to naturalized citizens) who identified themselves by dual nationalities, saying that "a hyphenated American is not an American at all."

    In 1921, animator Art Clokey, creator of Gumby and Davey & Goliath, was born in Detroit, MI.

    In 1933, bank robber John Dillinger escaped from a jail in Allen County, OH, with the help of his gang, who killed the sheriff, Jess Sarber.

    In 1942, during World War II, American naval forces defeated the Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance.

    Also in 1942, Attorney General Francis Biddle announced during a Columbus Day celebration at Carnegie Hall in New York that Italian nationals in the United States would no longer be considered enemy aliens.

    In 1964, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1 with a three-man crew on the first mission involving more than one crew member (the flight lasted just over 24 hours). The crew consisted of Command Pilot Vladimir Komorov, Engineer Konstantin Feoktistov and physician Dr. Boris Yegorov.

    In 1973, President Richard Nixon nominated House minority leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T. Agnew as vice president.

    In 1974, on “Star Trek: The Animated Series”, the series finale, “The Counter-Clock Incident”, was broadcast on NBC-TV. It featured the first appearance of NCC-1701’s first C.O., Commodore Robert April (voiced by James Doohan) and first Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sarah April (voiced by Nichelle Nichols).

    In 1979, Han Solo’s Revenge by Brian Daley was published by Del Rey.

    Also in 1979, the novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams and based on his radio series, was published,

    In 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escaped an attempt on her life when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded at a hotel in Brighton, England, killing five people.

    In 1994, the Magellan space probe ended its four-year mapping mission of Venus, apparently plunging into the planet's atmosphere.

    In 2000, 17 sailors were killed in a suicide bomb attack on the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen.

    In 2002, bombs blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants destroyed a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians and seven Americans.

    In 2005, China’s second manned space flight, Shenzhou 6 was launched carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, during which the two astronauts orbited Earth for five days.

    In 2010, The Making of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ by J.W. Rinzler was published by Del Rey.
     
    COMPNOR likes this.
  18. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
  19. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 13th:

    In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina.

    In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.

    In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.

    In 1843, the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith (buh-NAY' brith) was founded in New York City.

    In 1925, comedian/satirist Lenny Bruce was born in Mineola, NY.

    In 1930, producer/director/screenwriter Bruce Geller was born in New York City. He’s best-known for creating “Mission: Impossible”, and developing “Mannix” for TV.

    In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.

    In 1935, actor/DJ Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow was born in Brooklyn, NY.

    In 1944, during World War II, American troops entered Aachen, Germany.

    In 1950, the movie version of the play “Harvey”, starring James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd and Harvey as himself, was released in the U.S.

    In 1957, CBS-TV broadcast "The Edsel Show," a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile. (It was the first special to use videotape technology to delay the broadcast to the West Coast.)

    In 1958, A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond, the first appearance of Paddington Bear, was published by William Collins & Sons.

    In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held the third televised debate of their presidential campaign (Nixon was in Los Angeles, Kennedy in New York).

    In 1965, The Who recorded “My Generation” at IBC Studios in London.

    In 1967, the first game of the original American Basketball Association was played. The Oakland Oaks beat the Anaheim Amigos 134-129.

    In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.

    In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

    In 2002, actor Keene Curtis died in Bountiful, UT at age 79. Among his many roles, he played Grand Moff Tarkin in the NPR adaptation of “Star Wars”.
     
    COMPNOR likes this.
  20. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 14th:

    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.)

    In 1890, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the U.S., was born in Denison, TX.

    In 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt, campaigning for the White House as the Progressive ("Bull Moose") candidate, went ahead with a speech in Milwaukee after being shot in the chest by New York saloonkeeper John Schrank, declaring, "It takes more than one bullet to kill a bull moose."

    In 1913, the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, occurred, and claiming the lives of 439 miners.

    In 1926, the children’s book “Winnie-the-Pooh”, written by A.A. Milne and illustrated by E.H. Shepard, was published by Methuen & Co., Ltd.

    In 1927, actor/director/author Roger Moore was born in Stockwell, London, England.

    In 1939, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the HMS Royal Oak, a British battleship anchored at Scapa Flow in Scotland's Orkney Islands; 833 of the more than 1,200 men aboard were killed.

    In 1943, The Radio Corporation of America finalized the sale of the NBC Blue radio network. Edward J. Noble paid $8 million for the network that was renamed American Broadcasting Company.

    Also in 1943, prisoners at the Nazi Sobibor extermination camp in Poland revolted against the Germans, killing eleven SS guards, and wounding many more. About 300 of the Sobibor Camp's 600 prisoners escaped, and about 50 of those survive the end of the war.

    In 1944, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than face trial and certain execution for allegedly conspiring against Adolf Hitler.

    In 1946, actress/director Katy Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. She’s well-known to Whovians for playing Jo Grant during the Pertwee Era.

    In 1947, Air Force test pilot Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager broke the sound barrier as he flew the experimental Bell XS-1 (later X-1) rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California.

    In 1958, the kaiju movie “Daikaiju Baran” was released in Japan. A heavily-reedited version of the movie, re-titled “Varan the Unbelievable”, would reach the U.S. in 1962.

    In 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy suggested the idea of a Peace Corps while addressing an audience of students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

    In 1962, a U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane and its pilot, Maj. Richard Heyser, flew over the island of Cuba and took photographs of Soviet missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads being installed and erected in Cuba.

    In 1964, civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Also in 1964, Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev was toppled from power; he was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and by Alexei Kosygin as Premier.

    In 1968, the first live telecast to come from a manned U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7. There were six broadcasts during the 11-day mission.

    Also in 1968, Jim Hines of the U.S. became the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint in the Summer Olympic Games held in Mexico City with a time of 9.95 seconds.

    In 1977, singer Bing Crosby died outside Madrid, Spain, at age 74.

    In 1987, a 58-hour drama began in Midland, TX, as 18-month-old Jessica McClure slid 22 feet down an abandoned well at a private day care center; she was rescued on October 16.

    In 1990, composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York City at age 72.

    In 2005, EON Productions, Sony Pictures and MGM announced that Daniel Craig would star in the next James Bond film, "Casino Royale."
     
    Sarge and COMPNOR like this.
  21. COMPNOR

    COMPNOR Jedi Grand Master star 3

    Registered:
    Aug 19, 2003

    Thank you Mask Man ( I don't dare link or embed since the Administration would highly disapprove!).

    And on October 14, 1863:

    My beloved II Corps, Army of the Potomac, gives A.P. Hill's Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, a bloody nose at the Battle of Bristoe Station.
     
    Kenneth Morgan likes this.
  22. Sarge

    Sarge Chosen One star 10

    Registered:
    Oct 4, 1998
    Oct 15, 1927, Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le Brix make the first non-stop flight of the South Atlantic.
     
    Kenneth Morgan and COMPNOR like this.
  23. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 15th:

    In 1783, the first manned balloon flight took place in Paris as Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier ascended in a basket attached to a tethered Montgolfier hot-air balloon, rising to about 75 feet.

    In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, the deposed Emperor of the French, arrived on the British-ruled South Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he spent the last 5 1/2 years of his life in exile.

    In 1881, author/humorist P.G. Wodehouse, creator of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, was born in Guildford, Surrey, England.

    In 1914, the Clayton Antitrust Act, which expanded on the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson.

    In 1917, Dutch dancer Mata Hari, convicted of spying for the Germans, was executed by a French firing squad outside Paris.

    In 1924, actor Mark Lenard was born in Chicago. He’d later be the first actor to portray a Romulan, a Vulcan and a Klingon for some sci-fi franchise.

    In 1928, the airship Graf Zeppelin completed its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, NJ.

    In 1940, the Charlie Chaplin movie “The Great Dictator” premiered in New York City. It was the second movie to openly mock the Third Reich. (The Three Stooges short “You Nazty Spy”, released in January of 1940, was the first.)

    In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed.

    In 1951, the situation comedy "I Love Lucy," starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, premiered on CBS-TV.

    In 1959, the crime drama "The Untouchables" made its debut on ABC-TV.

    In 1965, the drama “The Cincinnati Kid”, starring Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson, was released in the U.S.

    In 1994, on “Mystery Science Theater 3000” the Western “Last of the Wild Horses” was broadcast on Comedy Central. The episode includes (as part of a spoof of the “Star Trek” episode “Mirror, Mirror”) the only time Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank appeared in the theater to riff on a movie.

    In 2003, China launched Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
     
    Sarge likes this.
  24. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    For October 13th:
    [​IMG]

    For October 14th:
    [​IMG]

    For October 15th:
     
  25. Kenneth Morgan

    Kenneth Morgan Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    May 27, 1999
    If I may...

    ON OCTOBER 16th:

    In 1781, during the Revolutionary War, the Continental Army, led by Gen. George Washington, captured Yorktown, VA after the Siege of Yorktown.

    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 were captured; all were executed.)

    In 1923, The Walt Disney Company was founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.

    In 1924, actor Gerard “Gerry” Parkes was born in Dublin, Ireland. He’s best-known for playing Doc on “Fraggle Rock”, if you saw the show in the U.S. or Canada.

    In 1925, actress Angela Lansbury, DBE was born in Regent’s Park, London, England. Her career includes starring in “Murder, She Wrote”, one of my Mom’s favorite TV shows.

    In 1931, lawyer/author/evangelist Charles Colson was born in Boston, MA. After serving as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon, and serving a prison sentence for his role in the Watergate scandal, he founded the ministry Prison Fellowship.

    In 1934, Chinese Communists, under siege by the Nationalists, began their "long march" lasting a year from southeastern to northwestern China.

    In 1943, Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly officially opened the city's new subway system during a ceremony at the State and Madison Street station.

    In 1951, Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads recorded "Cry" (written by Churchill Kohlman) and "The Little White Cloud That Cried" (written by Ray) in New York for Okeh Records.

    In 1959, the fantasy movie “Sampo” was released in Finland, its country of origin. A re-edited, dubbed version of the movie, titled “The Day the Earth Froze”, would be memorably MSTed.

    In 1962, President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.

    In 1965, the Beatles recorded the single “Day Tripper” at EMI Studios in London.

    In 1966, the film version of the musical comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, starring Zero Mostel, was released in the U.S.

    In 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked controversy at the Mexico City Olympics by giving "black power" salutes during a victory ceremony after they'd won gold and bronze medals in the 200-meter race.

    In 1969, the New York Mets capped their miracle season by winning the World Series, defeating the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, in Game 5 played at Shea Stadium.

    In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II.

    In 1984, Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his decades of non-violent struggle for racial equality in South Africa.

    In 1987, a 58-1/2-hour drama in Midland, Texas, ended happily as rescuers freed Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old girl trapped in an abandoned well.

    In 1995, between 400, 000 and 800,000 people attended the “Million Man March” gathering at the National Mall in Washington, DC.

    In 1999, author/humorist/actor/radio & TV personality Jean Shepherd died on Sanibel Island, FL at age 78.
     
    Sarge and COMPNOR like this.