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Left to right: Lewis Paine, David Herold, George Atzerodt

Left to right: Michael O'Laughlen, Samuel Arnold, Edman Spangler

MARY SURRATT

Mary Surratt Society Photograph

DR. SAMUEL MUDD

JOHN WILKES BOOTH

Booth was killed while being captured and never went to trial.

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Another good read. I never knew that multiple assassinations were planned. I have also just figured out why I never liked history class. History was always taught to me as names and dates; my teachers never told me the story behind the headline fact. Memorization was all history class ever was. What a disservice that is. Perhaps history should be left to the story tellers. Thanks for your hard work.

Today's classic warship, USS Massachusetts (BB-2)

Indiana class battleship
displacement. 10,288
length. 350'11"
beam. 69'3"
draft. 24'
speed. 16.21 k.
complement. 586
armament. 4 13", 8 8", 4 6", 2 3", 20 6-pdrs., 6 1-pdrs., 6 18" tt.

The USS Massachusetts (BB-2) was laid down by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., 25 June 1891; launched 10 June 1893; sponsored by Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of Secretary of the Navy Hilary Herbert; and commissioned 10 June 1896, Capt. Frederick Rodgers In command.

Underway for shakedown 4 August 1896, Massachusetts conducted trials and maneuvers off the middle Atlantic coast until 30 November, when she entered New York Navy Yard for overhaul. Following a brief voyage to Charleston, S.C., 12 to 20 February 1897, the battleship departed New York 26 May for Boston, arriving 2 days later for a celebration in her honor, including the presentation of the Massachusetts Coat of Arms 16 June, and a gift of a statue of victory the next day. She departed Boston on the 19th to cruise to St. Johns, Newfoundland, arriving 23 June. Sailing on the 28th the warship operated off the Atlantic coast for the next 10 months, participating in training maneuvers with the North Atlantic Squadron off Florida, and making calls at major east coast ports. On 27 March 1898, she was ordered to Hampton Roads, Va., to join the "Flying Squadron" for the blockade of Cuba.

Massachusetts departed Norfolk 13 May for Cienfuegos, Cuba, where she took up blockade duties on the 22d. On the afternoon of 31 May In company with battleship Iowa (BB-4) and cruiser New Orleans, she bombarded the forts at the entrance to Santiago de Cuba, and exchanged fire with Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, forcing the enemy ship to retire into the inner harbor of Santiago. The battleship remained on patrol off Santiago, intermittently bombarding Spanish fortifications, until 3 July, when she stood out to coal at Guantanamo Bag. Missing the Battle of Santiago, the battleship steamed back to her station on the 4th, arriving in time to help battleship Texas force cruiser Reina Mercedes to beach and surrender at midnight 6 July. Following duty in support of the American occupation of Puerto Rico, 21 July to 1 August, Massachusetts steamed for home, arriving New York 20 August.

During the next 7 years, Massachusetts cruised the Atlantic coast and eastern Caribbean as a member of the North Atlantic Squadron. From 27 May to 30 August 1904, the warship served as a training ship for Naval Academy midshipmen off New England and then entered New York Yard for overhaul. Departing New York 13 January 1905, the battlewagon then steamed for the Caribbean on training maneuvers, operating there until she returned north to cruise off New England in May. Putting into New York 12 November 1905, she underwent inactivation overhaul and then decommissioned 8 January 1906.

Massachusetts was placed in reduced commission 2 May 1910 to serve as a summer practice ship for Naval Academy midshipmen. During the next 4 years she made three midshipman cruises-twice to Western Europe before entering the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in September 1912. Following a brief voyage to New York 5 to 16 October for the Presidential Fleet Review, the warship returned to Philadelphia where she remained until decommissioning 23 May 1914.

Massachusetts recommissioned 9 June 1917 at Philadelphia. Sailing 9 October, she arrived at the Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I., on the 15th, where she embarked Naval Reserve guncrews for gunnery training in Block Island Sound. Continuing on this duty until 27 May 1918, the old battleship then underwent repairs at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Assigned to battle practice, "A" Division, Battleship Force 1, Atlantic Fleet, 9 June 1918, the veteran battlewagon steamed to Yorktown, Va., the same day, and for the remainder of World War I served as a heavy gun target practice ship in Chesapeake Bay and local Atlantic waters. Massachusetts returned to Philadelphia 16 February 1919. Redesignated Coast Battleship No. 2, 28 March, the warship decommissioned for the final time on the 31st. She was struck from the Navy list 22 November 1920 and loaned to the War Department as a target ship. Scuttled off Pensacola Bay, Fla., 6 January 1921, the hulk was bombarded by batteries from Fort Pickens for 4 years and then returned to the Navy 20 February 1925. Though offered for sale for scrap, no acceptable bids were received and finally, on 15 November 1956, the ship was declared the property of the state of Florida. Her hulk still rests under the waters off Pensacola today, a popular site for divers.

What a sad, sad day for America

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on October 05:
1703 Jonathan Edwards US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin)
1713 Denis Diderot France, encyclopedist (Dictionnaire Encyclop‚dique)
1830 Chester Alan Arthur Fairfield Vt, (R) 21st Pres (1881-85)
1840 John Addington Symonds Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)
1864 Louis LumiŠre with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895
1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer
1887 Ren‚ Cassin pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1968)
1902 Ray Kroc Illinois, founder of McDonalds/owner (San Diego Padres)
1904 John Hoyt Bronxville NY, actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick & Mary)
1908 Joshua Logan Broadway producer (South Pacific)
1912 Tony Martin Brooklyn NY, announcer (Arthur Godfrey)
1919 Allen Ludden Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password)
1919 Donald Pleasence Worksop England, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Halloween)
1921 Bill Willis AAFC, NFL guard (Cleveland Browns)
1923 Glynis Johns Pretoria South Africa, actress (Mary Poppins)
1923 Philip Berrigan militant priest (Chicago 7)
1924 Bill Dana Quincy Mass, comedian/actor (Jose Jimenez)
1925 Gail Davis Little Rock Ark, actress (Annie Oakley)
1929 Richard F Gordon Jr Seattle, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 11, Apol 12)
1930 Pavel R Popovich Ukraine, cosmonaut (Vostok 4, Soyuz 14)
1930 Skip Homeier Chicago Illinois, actor (Beachhead, Dakota Incident)
1933 Diane Cilento Australia, actress (Agony & Ecstasy, Wicker Man)
1935 Peter Brown NYC, actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful)
1937 Barry Switzer football coach (Oklahoma)
1941 Ricardo Hoffmann marathon swimmer (299 miles)
1943 Steve Miller Milwaukee, rocker (Abracadabra, Space Cowboy)
1948 Sal Viscuso Brooklyn NY, actor (Soap, Montefuscos)
1950 Jeff Conway NYC, actor (Bobby-Taxi)
1951 Bob Geldof pop musician (Boomtown Rats, Band Aid)
1951 Karen Allen Illinois, actress (Cruising, Starman, Wanderers)
1951 Leah Poulos-Mueller US, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
1952 Clive Barker producer (Hell Raiser)
1954 Duncan Regehr Alberta Canada, actor (Wizards & Warriors)
1955 Leo Barnes rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1957 Jeanne Evert tennis player, Chris' sister
1958 Brent W Jett Jr Pontiac Mich, USN Lt Commander/astronaut
1958 Lee Thompson sax (Madness-Baggy Trousers)
1959 Maya Lin, American architect who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1962 Ken Noda NYC, pianist (Rivalry)
1962 Michael Andretti Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986)
1965 Mario Lemieux Montreal, Pitts Penguin (#66) high scorer
1965 Penny Baker Buffalo NY, playmate (January, 1984)
1969 Karyn Parsons actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1974 Douglas Emerson Glendale Calif, actor (Robbie-Herbie The Love Bug)
1975 Scott E Weinger NYC, actor (Steve Taylor-The Family Man)
2176 Winston Matthew Kyle Perth, Australia (Star Trek)

Deaths which occurred on October 05:
0578 Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78),
1285 Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85),
1813 Tecumseh, Shawnee Indian chief/English Gen
1941 Louis D Brandeis 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice, dies at 84
1967 Clifton C Williams Jr astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash
1976 Barbara Nichols actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46
1981 Gloria Grahame actress (Sue-Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 55
1981 Jud Strunk singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48
1984 Leonard Rossiter actor, dies of a heart attack at 57
1990 Meir Kahane founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 BARRETT THOMAS J. LOMAX IL.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1965 HIVNER JAMES O. ELIZABETHTOWN PA.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1965 POGREBA DEAN A. THREE FORKS MT.
1965 SEEBER BRUCE G. LOWPOINT IL.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1966 ANDREWS WILLIAM RICHARD EUGENE OR.
[VOICE CONTACT WOUNDED REMAINS RETURNED 9/90]
1966 BEENE JAMES A. BURBANK CA.
[ACFT BROKE UP OVER WATER]
1967 MATHENY DAVID P. BAKERSFIELD CA.
[02/19/68 RELEASED]
1967 TRAUTMAN KONRAD W. OBERLIN PA.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1968 LAWRENCE GREGORY P. PHENIX AL.
1968 STRIDE JAMES D. JR. DENISON TX.
1968 WESTER ALBERT D. TERRELL TX.
1970 DAVIDSON DAVID A. EAST RIVERSIDE MD.
1970 GASSMAN FRED A. FORT WALTON BEACH FL.
1972 ALPERS JOHN H. JR. BOULDER CO.
[03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1972 BATES RICHARD L. PLAZA ND.
[03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1972 LATHAM JAMES D. MISSION HILLS KS.
[03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1972 LEWIS KEITH H. CLEVELAND OH.
[03/29/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
0610 Heraclitus' fleet takes Constantinople
869 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens
1450 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
1762 The opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna)
1813 Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
1863 Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides
1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing the South
1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
1867 Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens
1877 Nez Perce Chief Joseph surrenders to Colonel Nelson Miles in Montana Territory, after a 1,700-mile trek to reach Canada falls 40 miles short
1892 Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeyville, Kansas bank holdup
1906 Henry Mathewson (NY Giants) walks 14 men
1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8)
1907 Phila A's Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1910 Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
1912 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game
1912 Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
1921 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0 (World Series #18)
1921 Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
1922 Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game (World Series #19)
1923 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
1925 WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions
1931 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn)
1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely, would have been the last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4
1942 St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series
1942 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in world series (World Series #44)
1953 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY
1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US
1953 Yankees break own record with 5th consecutive World Series win - Billy Martin's 12 hits set record (World Series #50)
1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US
1956 Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53)
1960 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
1962 Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"
1963 Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
1964 SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated
1965 Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1965 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
1969 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal
1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC
1970 PBS becomes a network
1970 Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross
1972 Herbert Mullin first kills, to prevent earthquakes
1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for literature
1980 Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417
1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
1982 NJ Devils 1st game, ties Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands
1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM
1983 Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1984 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched
1985 Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1988 Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism
1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos)
1991 Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Azores, Guinea-Bisau, Maderia, Portugal : Republic Day (1910)
Bulgaria : Independence Day (1908)
Indonesia : Army Day
Lesotho : Sports Day
Massachusetts : Grandparents Day (Sunday)
Missouri : Missouri Day (Monday)
World : Child Health Day, Universal Children's Day (1928) (Monday)
Get Organized Week Begins
Mental Illness Awareness Week Begins
Family History Awareness Month

Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of St Placid & his companions, martyrs
Christian : Commemoration of St Flora of Beaulieu, virgin
Feast of St. Flora of Beaulieu, Virgin, (A.D. 1347).

Religious History
_869 The Fourth Constantinople (8th Ecumenical) Council opened under Pope Adrian II in the West and Emperor Basil I in the East. During its six sessions, the council condemned iconoclasm. It was the last ecumenical council held in the East.
1744 Following his ordination, David Brainerd, 26, began three years of intense missionary labors among the Indians along the Susquehannah River in New Jersey. Increasing illness from the elements led to Brainerd's premature death, after only three years.
1833 Birth of William G. Tomer, American Civil War veteran and Methodist hymnwriter. It is to his tune, FAREWELL, that today we sing the hymn, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again."
1969 Death of Harry Emerson Fosdick, 91. He pastored Riverside Church in New York City 1926-46, and authored the enduring hymn, "God of Grace and God of Glory."
1989 Ten months after being indicted by a federal grand jury, televangelist Jim Bakker, 50, was found guilty on 24 counts of mail and wire fraud. Three weeks later, on October 24th, Bakker was fined $500,000 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order."

You might be in the army if...
you wont let your wife go to the px because the laundry room failed inspection.

Murphys Law of the day...(Liebling's Law)
If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.

It's a little known fact that...
The Lone Ranger's "real" name is John Reid.