OCTOBER 1 — 1924 Happy Birthday Jimmy Carter; 1949 – NYT headlines: Mao Heads Peiping Regime; 2015 Tom Clancey dies; 1975 Thrilla in Manilla
OCTOBER 2 — 1914 Happy birthday rocket engineer and occultist Jack Parsons; 2014 Wheeler becomes the oldest man to ever climb Mt. Kilimanjaro; 1945 Elvis makes first appearance, 10 years old
OCTOBER 3 — 1862 2nd Battle of Corinth; 1995 O.J. Simpson acquitted; S1931 Griffith Park inL.A. burns down
OCTOBER 4 — 1822 Happy Birthday Rutherford B. Hays; 1927 Gutzon Borglum starts work on Mt. Rushmore
OCTOBER 5 — 1829 Happy Birthday Chester A. Arthur; 1804 Happy Birthday Robert Parott (rifle gun); 1986 Iran-Contra Affair begins to unravel
OCTOBER 6 — Love you Reese!; 1886 Reno Bros. 1st train robbery; 1996 Tim McGraw and Faith Hill tie the knot; History of the surfboard
OCTOBER 7 — 1849 Edgar Allen Poe passes away; 1750 Happy birthday Abraham Woodhull, Revolution spy; 2016 Star Trek becomes biggest sci-fi TV franchise in history
OCTOBER 8 — 1956 Don Larsen is perfect; 1998 Clinton impeachment begins; 1986 Joan Rivers late night show
OCTOBER 9 — 1985 Strawberry Fields in Central Park is dedicated to John Lennon; 1794 Pres. Washington calls to end Whiskey Rebellion; 1876 Bell calls Tom Watson two miles away
OCTOBER 10 — 1985 Achille Lauro hijack ends; 1899 IR Johnson invents bicycle frame; 1951 Truman signs Mutual Security Act; SPORTS 1971 Colts beat Buffalo 43-10, 1968 Lolitch, Tigers win 1st World Series since 1945, 1923 Giants and Yanks face off for 3rd consecutive World Series; 1975 The Rose premieres
OCTOBER 11 — 1961 JFK gets advise on the Cong; 1868 Edison’s first invention: electric voice machine; 1793 1st Yellow Fever epedemic in Philly; 1975 Saturday night Live debuts
OCTOBER 12 — 1979 Forestiere Underground Gardens becomes historic landmark; 1960 Shoe Banging Incident; 2016 Happy Pigtastic Pulled Pork Day!; 2016 Auston Matthews scored four goals in NHL debut
OCTOBER 13 — 1710 Siege of Pt. Royal; 1860 James Wallace Black snaps the first aerial selfie; 2014 Giants beat Nats in longest playoff MLB game in history
OCTOBER 14 — 1890 Happy birthday Dwight Eisenhower; 2002 President Bush calls out al Queda for Bali combings; 2007 Keeping Up with the Kardashians premieres; 1975 Amityville trials begin
OCTOBER 15 — 1965 Draft Card burnt in protest; 1863 Cliff House, San Francisco, opens; 1991 Clarence Thomas confirmed to Supreme Court; 2002 Greenstein, helped discover quasars, dies
OCTOBER 16 — 1859 Brown sets out for Harper’s Ferry; 1869 Legend of the Cardiff Giant is discovered at Stub Newall’s farm; 1923 Walt and Roy Disney open up shop; 1998 Jon Postel, co-creator of the Internet, dies
OCTOBER 17 — 1779 Gen. Washington gives orders to the newest member of his spy ring; 1835 Texas Rangers; 1989 World Series interrupted by the Loma Preita Earthquake; 1981 Happy birthday UFC champ Hollie Holm
OCTOBER 18 — 1867 Seward’s Folly; 1767 Mason Dixon Line is drawn; 1898 U.S. takes control of Puerto Rico
OCTOBER 19 — 1781 British surrender to the U.S.; 2019 Oyster shucking showdown in St. Mary’s, MD; 1869 Sutro Tunnel begins construction in Virginia City; 2016 Julio Urias becomes youngest pitcher in MLB playoff history
OCTOBER 20 — 1853 Happy anniversary President Benjamin and First Lady Caroline Harrison; 1944 Operation Muskateers; 1914 Congress investigates reds in Hollywood
OCTOBER 21 — 1921 President Harding condemns lynching; 1861 Battle of Blues Bluff; 2004 Sox beat Yanks, curse lifted; 1992 Jackson Weaver dies, voice of Smokey the Bear;
OCTOBER 22 — 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Pt. 1: JFK sends warning to America about nuclear missiles; 1879 Edison revolutionizes incandescent light; 1994 FBI catches up with Pretty Boy Floyd; SPORTS: 2000 Clemmons throws bat at Piazza, 1985 KC wins first World Series, 1972 A’s win first World Series in 42 years, NFL 1950 L.A. Rams beat Baltimore 70-27
OCTOBER 23 — 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Pt. 2: 8th Day; INVENTION/PATENT: 1873 Happy Birthday William Cooledge, 1992 Luther Simijian dies (selfie maker), 2011 John McCarthy dies (artificial intelligence), 1762 Happy Birthday Samuel Morey (internal comubstion engine); 1890Pres. Benjamin Harrison kicks natives out of Nebraska; 1855 Kansas Bleeds
OCTOBER 24 — 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Pt. 3: Day 9; 1901 Anna Taylor goes over Niagra Falls in keg; MUSIC NEWS: 1960 Sinatra’s Nice n Easy tops charts, 1962 James Brown records at Apollo, 1970 Nixon bans drug use from rock lyrics, John Lennon accuses U.S. government for spying; 1903 George Sutton becomes billiard champion single handedly
OCTOBER 25 — 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Pt. 4: Bucharest crosses the line; 1764 Happy anniversary John and Abigail Adams; 1780 Happy birthday journalist Phillip Hone
OCTOBER 26 — 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Pt. 5: Stalemate; 2003 Queen Califia’s Magical Circle becomes a historic landmark; 1881 Battle at the OK Corral
OCTOBER 27 — 1858 Happy Birthday Teddy Roosevilt; 1925 Happy Birthday Albert Medwin (1st CMOS chip); 2004 Red Sox win World Series; 1956 Elvis gets a haircut
OCTOBER 28 — 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS CONCLUSION: Khruschev blinks; 1793 Eli Whitney submits patent for cotton gin; 1965 Gateway Arch completed
OCTOBER 29 — 1997 Anton LaVay, creator of Church of Satan, dies at St. Mary’s Med Center; 1804 William Clark takes notes on the early fire shelter; 1778 Benjamin Tallmadge replaces Gen. Scott in Washington’s Spy Ring; 1974 The Champion takes down Big George in the Rumble In the Jungle
OCTOBER 30 — 1735 Happy Birthday John Adams; 2012 Monster truck Bigfoot becomes ElectroFoot thanks to new battery; 1974 Stephen King spends the night at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado
OCTOBER 31 — 1864 Nevada joins the Union; 1776 King George tells Parlaiment of American Independence; 1933 Happy Birthday Hobie (surf guru); Halloween in America
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