On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 19:
1784 John McLoughlin Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country
1862: Auguste Lumiere, made first movie (Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory)
1863 John Huston Finley Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38))
1868 Bertha Landes 1st woman elected mayor of a major US city (Seattle)
1876 Mordecai (3 finger) Brown hall of fame pitcher
1882 Vincas Kreve-Mickievicius Lithuania, poet/philologist/playwright
1895 Lewis Mumford cultural historian/city planner/writer
1901 Arleigh A Burke US, admiral (WW II)
1910 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar India, physicist (Nobel 1983)
1913 Jean Urruty France, Jai-Alai champion
1920 LaWanda Page Cleve Ohio, actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Sons)
1921 George Nader Pasadena Calif, actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats)
1922 Jack Anderson newspaper columnist (Wash Post)
1925 Bernard Hepton Bradford England, actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII)
1931 David Cornwell aka John Le Carre‚ England, spy novelist (Smileys People)
1932 Lloyd Haynes South Bend Indiana, actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222)
1932 Robert Reed Highland Park Ill, actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse)
1936 Tony Lo Bianco Brooklyn NY, actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!)
1940 Jerzy Kulej Poland, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1945 Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead) film actor, born Towson, MD. USA
1945 John Lithgow actor (The Stone From The Sun, Memphis Belle, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai)
1958 John Bloom, [Joe Bob Briggs], (drive-in movie critic)
1960 Jennifer Holiday singer/actress (Dream Girls)
1962 Evander Hollyfield Heavyweight boxing champ
1965 Maria Lee Ostapiej La Mess Calif, Miss Calif-America (1991)
1967 Amy Carter Pres Carter's daughter/peace activist/nuclear expert
Deaths which occurred on October 19:
1216 John Lackland King of England dies age age 49 (forced to sign the Magna Carta)
1745 Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies
1964 Maurice Gosfield actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51
1978 Gig Young kills his bride of 3 weeks & then commits suicide at 64
1982 Jock Ewing dies in an aircrash on TV show "Dallas"
1983 Maurice Bishop prime minister of Grenada & others murdered in coup
1992 Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44
1994 Martha Raye aka "Colonel Maggie of the Boondocks,", actress/ sweetheart of the special Forces (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78
DEDICATED TO MARTHA RAYE
http://www.greenberets.org/page4.html 2003 Alija Izetbegovic (78) died in Sarajevo. He led Bosnia's Muslims during the 1992-95 war for independence
2004 Paul H. Nitze (97), US Cold War strategist, died
Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties
Iraq
A GOOD DAY
Afghanistan
10/19/01 Edmunds, John J. Specialist 20 Army Pakistan Cheyenne Wyoming
10/19/01 Stonesifer, Kristofor T. Pfc. 28 Army Pakistan Missoula Montana
10/19/04 Amundson Jr., William M. Corporal 21 Army 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Non-hostile - vehicle accident The Woodlands Texas
http://icasualties.org/oif/ Data research by Pat Kneisler
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On this day...
0125 BC Origin of Era of Tyre
0439 Ancient city of Carthage was captured and destroyed by Genseric the Vandal.
0615 St Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1298 Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered
1466 Peace of Torun signed, ends the 13-year War of the Cities (1454-1466), between the Teutonic knights and their own disaffected subjects in Prussia
1765 Stamp Act Congress met in NY, wrote decl of rights & liberties
1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends
(The World Turned Upside Down)
If buttercups buzz'd after the bee,
If boats were on land, churches on sea,
If ponies rode men and if grass ate the cows,
And cats should be chased into holes by the mouse,
If the mamas sold their babies
To the gypsies for half a crown;
If summer were spring and the other way round,
Then all the world would be upside down.)
1812 Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow
1818 US & Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty
1845 Wagner's opera Tannhauser performed for 1st time
1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became 1st woman in US to receive medical degree
1853 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations
1856 James Kelly & Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope
1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont
1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers (Philip Sheridan defeats Jubal A. Early)
1872 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales
1901 Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower
1912 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
1914 German cruiser Emden captures her thirteenth Allied merchant ship in 24 days
1917 The first doughnut is fried by Salvation Army volunteer women for American troops in France during World War I
(I believe it was that great neo-Dadaist Homer Simpson who said it best "MMMMMMM Doughnut!"
1919 1st Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a woman
1919 Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as the black sox scandal as 7 White Sox throw the series
1926 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle
1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936
1936 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18 days
1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
1942 The Japanese submarine I-36 launched a floatplane for a reconnaissance flight over Pearl Harbor.
1943 Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates NY)
1944 US forces land in Philipines
1950 UN forces entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea
1951 Pres Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany
1953 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
1957 Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals
1959 Florence Henderson joins the Today Show panel
1960 France grants Mauritania independence
1960 Martin Luther King Jr arrested in Atlanta sit-in
1960 The US imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba
1963 Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
1967 Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus
1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars
1969 Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21)
1970 John Frazier kills Dr. Ohta, Mrs. Ohta, their secretary and two sons, declaring that World War III has begun (sentenced to death on five counts of murder, but commuted to life)
1977 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in NYC
1980 Steve McPeak rides 101'9" unicycle
1982 Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty)
1986 USSR expells 5 US diplomats
1987 "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record
1987 Billy Martin hired as manager of NY Yankees for 5th time
1987 US warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf
1988 Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members
1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border
1988 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children`s TV shows
1991 In Louisiana, former Gov. Edwin Edwards and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke won runoff slots in the state's gubernatorial primary.
1997 Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder of Hamas, announced a halt in attacks against Israel...until they start again.
1998 In Colorado a series of arson fires were set at Vail. The Earth Liberation Front later claimed responsibility for the fires that caused $12 million in damage
1999 Legislation to overhaul the nation’s campaign finance laws fell to a filibuster by Senate Republicans for the fourth straight year
2001 US Special Forces attack a Taliban stronghold in Kandahar in the 1st known ground action involving US troops.
(Knock Knock. Anybody home?)
2003 Pope John PaulII beatified Mother Teresa before a crowd of 300,000.
2004 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said villages throughout Sudan's Darfur region face an "unprecedented food crisis," worse than the threat of famine in recent decades
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Mauritania : Independence Day (1960)
Virginia : Yorktown Day (1781)
Paint Pretty Day
National Shampoo Week (Day 4)
National be dumber than dirt day (Buy a Powerball ticket)
Evaluate Your Life Day
Gourmet Coffee Week (Day 5)
Michigan Library Month.
National Pork Month
Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of St Peter of Alcantara, confessor/mystic
RC : G Lalemand, Garnier, Chabanel, R Goupil & J Laliande, canonized
RC : SS Antony Daniel, Gabrial Lalemand & N Amer martyrs
RC : SS John de Brebeuf & Isaac Jogues, priests
RC : Memorial of St Paul of the Cross (opt)
Ang : Commem of Hanry Martyn, Priest, & Missionary to India & Persia
Religious History
1562 Birth of George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury. A recognized leader of the English Calvinists, Abbot also demonstrated Puritan sympathies, and took a leading part in translating the 1611 King James Version of the Bible.
1609 Death of Jacob Arminius, 49, the Dutch theologian who lent his name to the beliefs (known today at Arminianism) which oppose the major tenets of Protestant Reformed (Calvinist) theology.
1720 Birth of John Woolman, American Quaker reformer. His "Journal," written from 1756-72, greatly influenced 19th century abolitionists.
1744 English revivalist George Whitefield, 29, arrived in Maine at the start of his second visit to America. Whitefield struggled to adapt the beliefs of Calvinism to the Arminian teachings of proto-Methodists John and Charles Wesley.
1921 Birth of Bill Bright, American youth evangelist. Bill and his wife Vonette founded Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951, incorporating this evangelical Christian student organization in California in 1953.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987
Second Grader Brings Pot on School Trip
Oct 18, 8:52 PM (ET)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A second grader who brought more than a dozen bags of marijuana to school will not face criminal charges - but his uncle will.
The 8-year-old student at the Dunbar School found his uncle's stash, and brought it on a school field trip Friday to show friends, police said.
A teacher found the boy stuffing bags of pot into his pockets during the trip to Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History.
"We immediately contacted the state Department of Children and Families because we were more concerned about the youngster," said Michael Giannotti, a spokesman for the school system. "After an investigation, we decided not to suspend the youngster because we don't feel there was any malice on his part."
His uncle, 18-year-old Albert Davidson of Stamford, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school and risk of injury to a minor. He was released after posting a $1,000 bond.
Thought for the day :
"There never is a convenient place to fight a war when the other man starts it."
Arleigh Burke
