This day in history.....
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Tis a sad world in which we live, innit?
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Puh-leeze. Remember the scandal about his out of wedlock kids he had with one of his slaves?
Mare
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September 25th
1513: The members of a Spanish expedition under Vasco Núñez de Balboa cross the Panamanian isthmus, becoming the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean.
1690: Publick Occurrences, Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper in the American colonies, publishes its only issue before being suppressed by the government.
1789: Led by James Madison, the U.S. Congress approves 12 amendments to the Constitutition. Ten of these amendments, which will be ratified by the states in 1791, are known as the Bill of Rights.
1957: After prolonged resistance by local leaders, nine African American students enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the protection of the National Guard.
1965: Satchel Paige becomes the oldest pitcher in major league baseball history when he throws three scoreless innings for the Kansas City Athletics at the age of 59.
1513: The members of a Spanish expedition under Vasco Núñez de Balboa cross the Panamanian isthmus, becoming the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean.
1690: Publick Occurrences, Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper in the American colonies, publishes its only issue before being suppressed by the government.
1789: Led by James Madison, the U.S. Congress approves 12 amendments to the Constitutition. Ten of these amendments, which will be ratified by the states in 1791, are known as the Bill of Rights.
1957: After prolonged resistance by local leaders, nine African American students enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the protection of the National Guard.
1965: Satchel Paige becomes the oldest pitcher in major league baseball history when he throws three scoreless innings for the Kansas City Athletics at the age of 59.
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September 26th
1580: The British ship the Golden Hind, commanded by Sir Francis Drake, returns from its around-the-world journey bearing a cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasure.
1789: U.S. president George Washington appoints John Jay the nation's first chief justice of the Supreme Court, and Thomas Jefferson its first Secretary of State.
1907: New Zealand, formerly a British colony, becomes a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.
1957: West Side Story, the stage musical by Arthur Laurents and Jerome Robbins with songs by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein, makes its Broadway debut.
1960: In Chicago, Illinois, Democratic senator John F. Kennedy and Republican vice president Richard Nixon stage the first televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates.
1580: The British ship the Golden Hind, commanded by Sir Francis Drake, returns from its around-the-world journey bearing a cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasure.
1789: U.S. president George Washington appoints John Jay the nation's first chief justice of the Supreme Court, and Thomas Jefferson its first Secretary of State.
1907: New Zealand, formerly a British colony, becomes a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.
1957: West Side Story, the stage musical by Arthur Laurents and Jerome Robbins with songs by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein, makes its Broadway debut.
1960: In Chicago, Illinois, Democratic senator John F. Kennedy and Republican vice president Richard Nixon stage the first televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates.
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September 27th
1660: Saint Vincent de Paul, founder of the Congregation of the Mission, which preaches to and cares for the poor, dies in Paris, France, at the age of 79.
1940: In the so-called Berlin Pact, the three Axis powers in World War II, Germany, Italy, and Japan, agree to a ten-year military and economic alliance.
1942: American bandleader Glenn Miller makes his last performance with his orchestra in Passaic, New Jersey, before enlisting in the U.S. Army, where he will lead an all-star band until his death in 1944.
1964: The Warren Commission, named to investigate the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, releases its report, which finds that Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, acted alone.
1994: The Contract with America, a ten-point legislative agenda prepared by Republican congressman Newt Gingrich, is signed by more than 350 Republican candidates for Congress.
1996: The Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan, captures the country's capital, Kabul.
1660: Saint Vincent de Paul, founder of the Congregation of the Mission, which preaches to and cares for the poor, dies in Paris, France, at the age of 79.
1940: In the so-called Berlin Pact, the three Axis powers in World War II, Germany, Italy, and Japan, agree to a ten-year military and economic alliance.
1942: American bandleader Glenn Miller makes his last performance with his orchestra in Passaic, New Jersey, before enlisting in the U.S. Army, where he will lead an all-star band until his death in 1944.
1964: The Warren Commission, named to investigate the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, releases its report, which finds that Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, acted alone.
1994: The Contract with America, a ten-point legislative agenda prepared by Republican congressman Newt Gingrich, is signed by more than 350 Republican candidates for Congress.
1996: The Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan, captures the country's capital, Kabul.
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September 28th
1066: The Norman conquest of England begins, as an army led by William the Conqueror lands at Pevensey, England. William will be crowned king of England by the year's end.
1829: African American abolitionist David Walker publishes his radical antislavery pamphlet, David Walker's Appeal, which urges slaves to take up arms for their freedom.
1864: The First International, a revolutionary workers' group, meets for the first time in London, England, with political theorist Karl Marx in attendance.
1941: Choosing not to sit out the season's final doubleheader to protect his .400 batting average, Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams gets six hits in eight at bats to finish the season with a .406 average.
1951: Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin of the Los Angeles Rams sets the National Football League record for passing yardage in a single game when he throws for 554 yards.
1960: In Boston's Fenway Park, 42-year-old Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams hits his 521st home run in the final swing of his career.
1066: The Norman conquest of England begins, as an army led by William the Conqueror lands at Pevensey, England. William will be crowned king of England by the year's end.
1829: African American abolitionist David Walker publishes his radical antislavery pamphlet, David Walker's Appeal, which urges slaves to take up arms for their freedom.
1864: The First International, a revolutionary workers' group, meets for the first time in London, England, with political theorist Karl Marx in attendance.
1941: Choosing not to sit out the season's final doubleheader to protect his .400 batting average, Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams gets six hits in eight at bats to finish the season with a .406 average.
1951: Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin of the Los Angeles Rams sets the National Football League record for passing yardage in a single game when he throws for 554 yards.
1960: In Boston's Fenway Park, 42-year-old Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams hits his 521st home run in the final swing of his career.
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September 29th
1829: Legislation introduced by Sir Robert Peel reorganizes the London police force. Thereafter, London police will be known as "bobbies," named after Peel.
1862: Otto von Bismarck, the newly appointed premier of Prussia who will leads its wars of unification in the next decade, declares that "the great questions of the day" will be settled "by blood and iron."
1938: In the Munich Pact, France and Britain agree to Adolf Hitler's demand that the Sudetenland, a German-speaking region in Czechoslavakia, be ceded to Germany, in exchange for Hitler's assurance of peace.
1988: The United States space shuttle Discovery is launched, the first space shuttle launch since the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger over two years before.
1829: Legislation introduced by Sir Robert Peel reorganizes the London police force. Thereafter, London police will be known as "bobbies," named after Peel.
1862: Otto von Bismarck, the newly appointed premier of Prussia who will leads its wars of unification in the next decade, declares that "the great questions of the day" will be settled "by blood and iron."
1938: In the Munich Pact, France and Britain agree to Adolf Hitler's demand that the Sudetenland, a German-speaking region in Czechoslavakia, be ceded to Germany, in exchange for Hitler's assurance of peace.
1988: The United States space shuttle Discovery is launched, the first space shuttle launch since the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger over two years before.
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September 30th
1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart conducts the premiere of his singspeil The Magic Flute, just over two months before his death.
1927: Outfielder Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record and setting a mark that would last until 1961.
1946: Following World War II, the International Military Tribunal in Nürnberg, Germany, sentences 11 leaders of Nazi Germany, including Field Marshal Hermann Göring, to death for crimes during the war.
1949: The Berlin airlift, caused by the Soviet blockade of overland traffic to West Berlin, ends after more than 277,000 flights from Western nations, which supplied the city with food and fuel for nearly 11 months.
1955: Actor James Dean dies at the age of 24 in an automobile accident in California, having starred in only three motion pictures.
1972: Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente collects the 3,000th and final hit of his career, three months before dying in a plane crash while on an earthquake relief mission.
1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart conducts the premiere of his singspeil The Magic Flute, just over two months before his death.
1927: Outfielder Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record and setting a mark that would last until 1961.
1946: Following World War II, the International Military Tribunal in Nürnberg, Germany, sentences 11 leaders of Nazi Germany, including Field Marshal Hermann Göring, to death for crimes during the war.
1949: The Berlin airlift, caused by the Soviet blockade of overland traffic to West Berlin, ends after more than 277,000 flights from Western nations, which supplied the city with food and fuel for nearly 11 months.
1955: Actor James Dean dies at the age of 24 in an automobile accident in California, having starred in only three motion pictures.
1972: Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente collects the 3,000th and final hit of his career, three months before dying in a plane crash while on an earthquake relief mission.
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October 1st
1800: Spain sells the North American territory of Louisiana to France by the treaty of San Ildefonso.
1903: The American League's Boston Pilgrims play the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series game.
1908: Ford's Model T goes on sale in America. The two-seat "tin Lizzy" costs $850.
1938: German troops enter Czechoslovakia, precipitating World War II.
1946: In Nürnberg, Germany, the International Military Tribunal sentences twelve high-ranking Nazi officials to death by hanging. Seven others receive prison terms ranging from ten years to life.
1961: American baseball player Roger Maris breaks the record for the most home runs in one season.
1800: Spain sells the North American territory of Louisiana to France by the treaty of San Ildefonso.
1903: The American League's Boston Pilgrims play the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series game.
1908: Ford's Model T goes on sale in America. The two-seat "tin Lizzy" costs $850.
1938: German troops enter Czechoslovakia, precipitating World War II.
1946: In Nürnberg, Germany, the International Military Tribunal sentences twelve high-ranking Nazi officials to death by hanging. Seven others receive prison terms ranging from ten years to life.
1961: American baseball player Roger Maris breaks the record for the most home runs in one season.
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October 2nd
1836: British naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, England, aboard the HMS Beagle.
1955: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, a suspense series introduced by (and in part directed by) the British film director, appears on American television.
1967: Thurgood Marshall, solicitor general of the U.S. Court of Appeals, is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1985: The AIDS crisis gains widespread public attention following the death of American actor Rock Hudson, the first celebrity to publicly announce that he had AIDS.
1986: The U.S. Senate votes to impose economic sanctions on South Africa, overturning a presidential veto.
1990: The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) ceases to exist at midnight, and on October 3, East and West Germany are formally reunited.
1836: British naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, England, aboard the HMS Beagle.
1955: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, a suspense series introduced by (and in part directed by) the British film director, appears on American television.
1967: Thurgood Marshall, solicitor general of the U.S. Court of Appeals, is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1985: The AIDS crisis gains widespread public attention following the death of American actor Rock Hudson, the first celebrity to publicly announce that he had AIDS.
1986: The U.S. Senate votes to impose economic sanctions on South Africa, overturning a presidential veto.
1990: The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) ceases to exist at midnight, and on October 3, East and West Germany are formally reunited.
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October 3rd
1922: Rebecca L. Felton becomes the first female senator in U.S. history.
1929: The name of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes is changed to Yugoslavia as part of King Alexander I's attempts to end ethnic divisions within the country.
1935: Italy invades Ethiopia.
1952: Britain successfully tests its first atomic bomb off the coast of Australia.
1974: Frank Robinson is named manager of the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black American to take charge of a major league baseball team.
1990: East and West Germany are formally reunited.
1922: Rebecca L. Felton becomes the first female senator in U.S. history.
1929: The name of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes is changed to Yugoslavia as part of King Alexander I's attempts to end ethnic divisions within the country.
1935: Italy invades Ethiopia.
1952: Britain successfully tests its first atomic bomb off the coast of Australia.
1974: Frank Robinson is named manager of the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black American to take charge of a major league baseball team.
1990: East and West Germany are formally reunited.
paul_valaru
100% Pure Canadian Beef
Oct 3 1955
In a banner day for children's television, Captain Kangaroo premieres on CBS and The Mickey Mouse Club on ABC. We sure do miss Talent Round-Up Day.
Oct 3 1963
Hurricane Flora strikes southern Haiti, leaving 5,000 dead. Two days later, the storm moves on to Cuba, where it slays another 1,750. In all, Flora leaves 7,190 bodies in its wake.
Oct 3 1995
A jury of his "peers" finds Orenthal James Simpson not guilty. Later, OJ resumes his golfing career while hunting for The Real Killers.
Oct 3 1996
Doreen Lioy marries death row inmate Richard Ramirez ("The Night Stalker") in a ceremony in the visiting room at San Quentin Prison. Sadly, the newlyweds are disallowed conjugal visits.
In a banner day for children's television, Captain Kangaroo premieres on CBS and The Mickey Mouse Club on ABC. We sure do miss Talent Round-Up Day.
Oct 3 1963
Hurricane Flora strikes southern Haiti, leaving 5,000 dead. Two days later, the storm moves on to Cuba, where it slays another 1,750. In all, Flora leaves 7,190 bodies in its wake.
Oct 3 1995
A jury of his "peers" finds Orenthal James Simpson not guilty. Later, OJ resumes his golfing career while hunting for The Real Killers.
Oct 3 1996
Doreen Lioy marries death row inmate Richard Ramirez ("The Night Stalker") in a ceremony in the visiting room at San Quentin Prison. Sadly, the newlyweds are disallowed conjugal visits.