On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 05:
1703 Jonathan Edwards US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin)
1830 Chester A Arthur Fairfield Vt, (R) 21st Pres (1881-85)
1840 John Addington Symonds Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)
1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer
1902 Ray Kroc Illinois, founder of McDonalds/owner (San Diego Padres)
1908 Joshua Logan Broadway producer (South Pacific)
1919 Allen Ludden Mineral Point Wisc, TV host (Password)
1919 Donald Pleasence Worksop England, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Halloween, Will Penny)
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)
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 Leah Poulos-Mueller US, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
1952 Clive Barker producer (Hell Raiser)
1957 Jeanne Evert tennis player, Chris' sister
1958 Brent W Jett Jr Pontiac Mich, USN Lt Commander/astronaut
1959 Maya Lin, American architect who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1962 Michael Andretti Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame (elected 1986)
1965 Mario Lemieux Montreal, Pitts Penguin (#66) high scorer
1969 Karyn Parsons actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1974 Douglas Emerson Glendale Calif, actor (Robbie-Herbie The Love Bug)
Deaths which occurred on October 05:
0578 Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78),
1111 Robrecht II of Jerusalem Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies
1285 Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85),
1813 Tecumseh, Shawnee Indian chief/English Gen
1763 August III king of Poland, dies at 66
1787 Thomas Stone US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44
1892 Bill Powers US member of Dalton gang, dies
1892 Bob Dalton US leader of Dalton gang, dies
1892 Dick Broadwell US member of Dalton gang, dies
1892 Grat Dalton US member of Dalton gang, dies
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
1981 Gloria Grahame actress (Sue-Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 55
1990 Meir Kahane founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
1992 Eddie Kendricks singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52
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
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On this day...
0610 Heraclitus' fleet takes Constantinople
0869 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens
1450 Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1813 Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
1862 Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS
1862 Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas
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
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
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1910 Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
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 5,000 Jews of Dubno Russia massacred
1943 US air raid on Wake island
1945 "Meet the Press" premieres on radio
1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
1953 50th World Series NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY
1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US
1962 Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"
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
1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
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)
1993 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical Veritatis splendor
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
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
0869 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 :
"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think."
Gender Dictionary
Wants & needs (wontz and nedz) n.
female: The delicate balance of emotional, physical and psychological longing one seeks to have fulfilled in a relationship.
male: Food,sex and beer.
Lesser Known Breeds of Dogs - Cross Breeds
Newfoundland + Basset Hound = Newfound Asset Hound, a dog for financial advisors
The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...
Polymer:
Many mers.
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