Thursday, October 3, 2024 -Quote Of The Day...
* " It is Fortune, not wisdom that rules man`s life. "
On This Day In History...
In 2333- -BC- Tangun establishes kingdom of Chosun (Korea) (legendary)
In 2011- The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nation
In 1264- Comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen
In 1430- Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
In 1789- Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
In 1862- Battle of Corinth, Miss
In 1863- Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
In 1904- Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal & Industrial School
In 1913- Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
In 1918- Boris becomes king of Bulgaria
In 1920- NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games
In 1922- 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC
In 1928- French sub "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42
In 1929- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
In 1942- Launch of the 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)
In 1945- World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
In 1947- 1st telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed
In 1947- With only 1 out to go, Yankee Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his world series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs & he lost the game (World Series #44)
In 1948- NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of the week
In 1949- WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta
In 1950- 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
In 1951- Bobby Thomson HR-The Giants win the pennant defeating Dodgers
In 1952- 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca
In 1954- "Father Knows Best" premieres
In 1955- "Captain Kangaroo" premieres, Good Morning, Captain!
In 1955- "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres
In 1955- Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
In 1960- SF's White House dept store 1st to accept BankAmericard
In 1960- Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak
In 1961- "Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres on CBS-TV
In 1961- "Mr Ed" premieres
In 1962- Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit
In 1965- Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher
In 1967- William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72
In 1968- Military coup overthrows Pres Fernando Bela£nde Terry in Peru
In 1970- Baseball umpires call their 1st strike
In 1971- Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
In 1972- Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown
In 1972- Steve Carlton wins 27th game for Phillies (almost « of their 59 wins)
In 1974- Bundy victim (?) Nancy Wilcox disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1974- Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager (Cleve Indians)
In 1974- Watergate trial begins
In 1975- George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in UK
In 1978- Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London
In 1981- Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-mo hunger strike
In 1982- Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland)
In 1982- Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm
In 1982- Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours
In 1983- Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in UK
In 1985- 21st Shuttle Mission (51J)-Atlantis 1-all-military flight launched
In 1986- Soviet Yankee-class sub sinks off NC, 3 die
In 1987- Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile
In 1988- 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days
In 1988- Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)
In 1988- WBMW-FM, Wash DC changes calls to WJFK & begins airing Howard Stern
In 1989- Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
In 1990- East Germany & West Germany merge to become Germany
In 1990- George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades
In 1990- Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 HRs (& 51st)
In 1990- Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obscenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records
October 3 -Birthdays
In 1605- Li Tzu-ch'eng Chinese revolutionary, dethroned last Ming emperor
In 1728- Christian d'Oriola France, foils (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
In 1800- George Bancroft historian (Hall of Fame)
In 1803- John Gorrie inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration)
In 1804- Townsend Harris 1st Western consul to reside in Japan
In 1814- Mikhail (Yurevich) Lermontov Russia, romantic poet/novelist (Demon)
In 1844- Sir Patrick Manson "Father of tropical medicine"
In 1854- William Crawford Gorgas US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever
In 1859- Elenora Duse Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)
In 1886- Henri Alain-Fournier French novelist (Le Grand Meaulnes)
In 1888- Carl von Ossietzky Germany, journalist, pacifist (Nobel 1935)
In 1899- Gertrude Berg Harlem NYC, actress (Molly Goldberg-The Goldbergs)
In 19XX- Frank Hannon rock guitarist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
In 1900- Jay Irving NYC, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh)
In 1900- Thomas Wolfe American novelist (Look Homeward Angel)
In 1904- Charles Pedersen UK, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
In 1911- Michael Hordern England, actor (Friar Domingo-Shogun)
In 1923- Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Lwow Poland, conductor (Die Zauberfl"te)
In 1925- Gore Vidal writer/playwright (Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln)
In 1928- Erik Bruhn Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (Natl Ballet of Canada)
In 1934- Madlyn Rhue Wash DC, actress (Bracken's World, Executive Suite)
In 1935- Abdon Pamich Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964)
In 1935- Charles M Duke Jr Charlotte NC, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut (Apol 16)
In 1936- Steve Reich NYC, composer (My Name is)
In 1937- Eli Jacobs baseball owner (Baltimore Orioles)
In 1938- Eddie Cochran Okla City, rocker (C'Mon Everybody)
In 1939- James Darren Phila, actor/singer (Gidget, Diamond Head)
In 1940- Jean Ratelle NHL center (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
In 1941- Chubby Checker singer (The Twist)
In 1945- Viktor Saneyev USSR, triple jumper (Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80)
In 1946- Bob Dotson St Louis Mo, newscaster (Primetime Sunday)
In 1947- Lindsey Buckingham rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk)
In 1950- Pamela Hensley Glendale Calif, actress (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
In 1951- Dave Winfield baseball outfielder (NY Yankee)
In 1951- Kathryn D Sullivan Paterson NJ, PhD/astro (STS 41-G, 28, 31, 45)
In 1956- Hart Bochner actor (Supergirl, Die Hard)
In 1959- Jack Wagner rocker/actor (General Hospital, Santa Barbara)
In 1962- Tommy Lee Greece, rock drummer (Motley Cre), wed Heather Locklear
In 1963- Patrick Flatley Ontario, right winger (NY Islanders, Oly-4 gold-1988)
In 1969- Shane Butterworth actor (Timmy-Bad News Bears)
October 3 -Deaths Which Occurred
In 1656- Myles Standish Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown)
In 1959- William Bishop actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42
In 1965- Zachary Scott actor (Spotlight Playhouse), dies at 51
In 1979- Charles White artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles
In 1979- Claudia Jennings playmate (Nov, 1969)/actress, dies at 29
In 1983- John K.M. McCaffery TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69
In 1985- Charles Collingwood newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68
In 1985- Maurice Copeland actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74
In 1988- Franz Josef Strauss German FR min of defense (1956-62), dies at 73
In 1988- Generoso Pope Jr National Enquirer owner, dies at 61
In 1990- Stefano Casiraghi Princess Caroline of Monaco husband, dies at 30
October 3 -Holidays
* Bangladesh : Jamat Ul-Wida
* Barbados : United Nations Day/Clerks' Holiday
* Germany : Reunion Day "Tag der Deutsche Einheit" (1990)
* Honduras : Moraz n Day/Soldier's Day
* Iraq : Independence Day (1932)
* Netherlands : Relief of Leyden Day (1573-74)
* South Korea : National Foundation Day (2333 BC)
* Massachusetts : Grandparents Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
* Missouri : Missouri Day - - - - - ( Monday )
* World : Child Health Day, Universal Children's Day (1928) - - - - - ( Monday )
October 3 -Religious History
In 1692- In Massachusetts, Increase Mather published his "Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits," which effectively brought an end to the Salem Witch Trials which had begun earlier this year.
In 1778- Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'A real conviction of our weakness we cannot learn merely from books or preachers. The providence of God concurs ... in making us acquainted with ourselves.'
In 1832- Birth of Carolina (aka Lina Sandell) Berg, hymnwriter. Known as the "Fanny Crosby of Sweden," her most enduring songs which survive today are: "Day by Day (And With Each Passing Moment)" and "Children of the Heavenly Father."
In 1875- Hebrew Union College was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio under Jewish auspices. It was the first Jewish college in America to train men for the rabbinate.
In 1929- The Church of Scotland merged with the United Free Church of Scotland, retaining the name Church of Scotland. Though it maintains an official state connection, its ecclesiastical government is presbyterian (elder-led) in nature.