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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012

Today is Tuesday, October 23, the 297th day of 2012. There are 69 days left in the year. 1910 ― Blanche Scott became first woman solo a public airplane flight 1915 ― 25,000 women march in NYC, demanding right to vote 1954 ― Britain, England, France and USSR agree to end occupation of Germany 1956 ― First video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast 1956 ― Revolt against Stalinist policies began in Hungary 1964 ― Japanese beat Russian for first Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball 1973 ― Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica 1983 ― Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 U.S. personnel in Beirut 1990 ― Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages 1991 ― Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills two women

Oct 22, 2012

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

Today is Monday, Oct. 22, the 296th day of 2012. There are 70 days left in the year. 2136 B.C. ― Chinese make first record of a solar eclipse 1797 ― Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes first parachute jump from balloon (Paris) 1883 ― Original Metropolitan Opera House (NYC) grand opening (Faust) 1928 ― President Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism" 1938 ― First Xerox copy made 1954 ― West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1962 ― JFK imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1979 ― Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in NYC for medical treatment 1980 ― New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1981 ― U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion

Oct 21, 2012

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012

Today is Saturday, Oct. 20, the 294th day of 2012. There are 72 days left in the year. 1600 ― Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns) 1740 ― Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia 1813 ― German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished 1905 ― Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1906 ― Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube 1963 ― S. Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and eight others on conspiracy 1964 ― Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested) 1968 ― Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis 1973 ― OPEC oil embargo begins 1990 ― Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (U.S.-Iraq)

Oct 19, 2012

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2012

Today is Friday, October 19, the 293rd day of 2012. There are 73 days left in the year. 1812 ― Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow 1845 ― Wagner's opera Tannheuser performed for first time 1849 ― Elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in U.S. to receive medical degree 1872 ― World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales 1944 ― U.S. forces land in Philippines 1950 ― U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea 1951 ― President Harry S. Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1960 ― The U.S. imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba 1963 ― Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1987 ― "Black Monday"; Dow Jones down 508.32, four-times previous record

Oct 18, 2012

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012

Today is Thursday, October 18, the 292nd day of 2012. There are 74 days left in the year. 1685 ― Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism 1776 ― In a N.Y. bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" 1867 ― U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million) 1890 ― John Owen is first man to run 100-yard dash in under 10 seconds 1912 ― Beginning of the first Balkan War 1922 ― British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established 1960 ― In Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge, and The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News 1962 ― Dr. Watson (U.S.) & Drs. Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA 1968 ― U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony 1974 ― Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes first in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks

Oct 17, 2012

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012

Today is Wednesday, October 17, the 291st day of 2012. There are 75 days left in the year. 1492 ― Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas) 1860 ― First pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins) 1871 ― President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus 1918 ― Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic 1931 ― Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison 1933 ― Albert Einstein arrives in the U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany 1945 ― Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina 1959 ― Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse 1967 ― The play "Hair" is first performed 1979 ― Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 16, 2012

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012

Today is Tuesday, October 16, the 290th day of 2012. There are 76 days left in the year. 1916 ― Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic (46 Amboy, St. Brooklyn) 1923 ― Disney Co. founded 1945 ― U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence 1946 ― 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials 1962 ― Cuban missile crisis began as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba 1964 ― China becomes world's fifth nuclear power 1968 ― During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute 1970 ― Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser 1973 ― Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1986 ― U.S. government closes down due to budget problems

Oct 15, 2012

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

Today is Monday, October 15, the 289nd day of 2012. There are 77 days left in the year. 1520 ― King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall 1582 ― Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days 1846 ― Dr. William Thomas Green Morton first public user of ether 1878 ― Edison Electric Light Company incorporated 1937 ― Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published 1959 ― "Untouchables" premieres 1976 ― First debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs. Dole (R) 1977 ― Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 10 weeks 1989 ― Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Boulevard 1989 ― Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer

Oct 14, 2012

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2012

Today is Saturday, October 13, the 287th day of 2012. There are 79 days left in the year. 1483 ― Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on the Bible 1792 ― Washington lays cornerstone of the Executive Mansion (White House) 1943 ― Italy declares war on former ally Germany 1953 ― Burglar alarm ― ultrasonic or radio waves ― patented by Samuel Bagno 1957 ― German Dem Rep recalls the East Mark and issues new currency 1962 ― "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen 1963 ― "Beatlemania" is coined after the Beatles appear at the Palladium 1972 ― Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12/23 rescue) 1981 ― Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt 1982 ― IOC restores two gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe

Oct 12, 2012

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012

Today is Friday, October 12, the 286th day of 2012. There are 80 days left in the year. 1492 ― Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day 1823 ― Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs) 1860 ― British and French troops capture Beijing 1918 ― First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) 1941 ― Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow 1942 ― U.S. navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1960 ― Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at U.N. General Assembly session 1976 ― Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party 1984 ― IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying 1992 ― Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain

Oct 11, 2012

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