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Today in History:
1000 - Leif Ericson lands at Vinland (Newfoundland), becoming the first known European to set foot in Canada. His father, Erik the Red, landed in Greenland in 982.
1514 - marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor
1604 - Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
1635 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
1771 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
1776 - Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
1799 - Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
1831 - Capo d'Istria was assassinated.
1871 - The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control.
1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires
1877 American Humane Association organized in Cleveland
1888 - The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Red-Headed League"
1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st pres to attend a world series game (World Series #12)
1916 Babe Ruth pitches & wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1
1921 Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls
1934 - Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
1936 - Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to transmit electricity from the Colorado River 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain - During a nighttime air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral is pierced by a bomb.
1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane
1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m
1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
1967 - A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1969 - In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection to the trial of the "Chicago Eight" (trial started on September 24).
1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"
1973 Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
1980 Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space
1986 - The FOX Network begins broadcasting.
1989 - An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
1989 Penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands
1990 Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
1990 Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
1992 - A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
1995 - An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
2001 - Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack.
2005 - China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping officially announces the new accurate height of Mount Everest is 8848.43 m.
2005 - Smoking is fully banned on the UK rail network.
2006 - North Korea announces that it has tested its first nuclear device. Here we go!
Happy Birthday:
1757 - King Charles X of France (d. 1836)
1873 - Charles Walgreen, American entrepreneur (d. 1939) My brother works for him. Cool!
1935 - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, member of the British Royal Family
1940 - John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
1944 - John Entwistle, British musician (The Who) (d. 2002)
1948 - Jackson Browne, American musician
1952 - Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
1953 - Tony Shalhoub, American actor. You know him as Monk.
1954 - Scott Bakula, American actor
1975 - Sean Lennon, English musician (John's son)
Deaths on this day:
1390 - King John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1934 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888)
1000 - Leif Ericson lands at Vinland (Newfoundland), becoming the first known European to set foot in Canada. His father, Erik the Red, landed in Greenland in 982.
1514 - marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor
1604 - Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
1635 - Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he spoke out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
1771 - The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
1776 - Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
1799 - Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
1831 - Capo d'Istria was assassinated.
1871 - The Great Chicago Fire is brought under control.
1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires
1877 American Humane Association organized in Cleveland
1888 - The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Red-Headed League"
1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st pres to attend a world series game (World Series #12)
1916 Babe Ruth pitches & wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1
1921 Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls
1934 - Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
1936 - Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to transmit electricity from the Colorado River 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain - During a nighttime air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral is pierced by a bomb.
1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane
1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m
1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
1967 - A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1969 - In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection to the trial of the "Chicago Eight" (trial started on September 24).
1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"
1973 Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
1980 Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space
1986 - The FOX Network begins broadcasting.
1989 - An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
1989 Penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands
1990 Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
1990 Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
1992 - A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
1995 - An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
2001 - Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attack.
2005 - China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping officially announces the new accurate height of Mount Everest is 8848.43 m.
2005 - Smoking is fully banned on the UK rail network.
2006 - North Korea announces that it has tested its first nuclear device. Here we go!
Happy Birthday:
1757 - King Charles X of France (d. 1836)
1873 - Charles Walgreen, American entrepreneur (d. 1939) My brother works for him. Cool!
1935 - Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, member of the British Royal Family
1940 - John Lennon, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
1944 - John Entwistle, British musician (The Who) (d. 2002)
1948 - Jackson Browne, American musician
1952 - Sharon Osbourne, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
1953 - Tony Shalhoub, American actor. You know him as Monk.
1954 - Scott Bakula, American actor
1975 - Sean Lennon, English musician (John's son)
Deaths on this day:
1390 - King John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1934 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888)
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