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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012

Today is Thursday, October 11, the 285th day of 2012. There are 81 days left in the year. 1737 ― Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta, India 1890 ― First 100-yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 seconds, Washington, D.C.) 1923 ― German mark falls to 10 billion per British pound, 4 billion per U.S. dollar 1945 ― Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-shek vs. Mao Tse-tung 1975 ― "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin 1981 ― Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum 1986 ― Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland 1987 ― 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington 1990 ― Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature 1990 ― Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel

Oct 10, 2012

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012

Today is Wednesday, October 10, the 284th day of 2012. There are 82 days left in the year. 1865 ― John Hyatts patents the billiard ball 1868 ― Cuba revolts for independence against Spain 1886 ― First dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, N.Y. (the tuxedo) 1911 ― Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day) 1933 ― First synthetic detergent for home use marketed 1935 ― George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway 1957 ― President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del., restaurant 1963 ― Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., U.K., USSR 1975 ― Liz Taylor's sixth marriage (remarries Richard Burton) 1981 ― Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo

Oct 9, 2012

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012

Today is Tuesday, October 9, the 283rd day of 2012. There are 83 days left in the year. 1446 ― Korean Hangeul alphabet devised 1876 ― First two-way telephone conversation, first over outdoor wires 1946 ― First electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 1965 ― Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for four weeks 1973 ― Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after six years 1975 ― Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize 1983 ― 17 South Korean cabinet minister-level officials assassinated in Rangoon, Burma 1984 ― Kathy Sullivan becomes first U.S. woman to walk in space 1989 ― Penthouse Magazine's Hebrew edition hits the newsstands 1990 ― Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon

Oct 8, 2012

MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

Today is Monday, October8, the 282nd day of 2012. There are 84 days left in the year. 1604 ― The supernova called "Kepler's nova" is first sighted 1818 ― Two English boxers are first to use padded gloves 1896 ― Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks 1912 ― First Balkan War begins 1939 ― Germany annexes western Poland 1945 ― Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada 1962 ― N. Korea reports 100 percent election turnout, 100 percent vote for Workers' Party 1970 ― Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for literature 1971 ― John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" 1982 ― Poland bans Solidarity

Oct 7, 2012

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012

Today is Saturday, October 6, the 280th day of 2012. There are 86 days left in the year. 1683 ― Thirteen German families arrive in present day Philadelphia 1889 ― Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture 1890 ― Mormon Church outlaws polygamy 1928 ― Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China 1939 ― Hitler announces he has no attention of war with Britain and France 1949 ― President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) 1973 ― Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel 1976 ― John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles 1976 ― President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 1991 ― Elizabeth Taylor weds for the eighth time (Larry Fortensky)

Oct 5, 2012

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012

Today is Friday, October 5, the 279th day of 2012. There are 87 days left in the year. 1762 ― The opera “Orfeo Ed Euridice” is produced (Vienna) 1864 ― Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1908 ― Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1931 ― First nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon & Pangborn) 1953 ― Yankees break own record with fifth consecutive World Series win, Billy Martin’s 12 hits set record (World Series No. 50) 1962 ― Beatles release their first record “Love Me Do” 1970 ― Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1978 ― Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for literature 1983 ― Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1986 ― London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms

Oct 4, 2012

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012

Today is Thursday, October 4, 278th day of 2012. There are 88 days left in the year. 1582 ― Last day of the Julian calendar in Italy, many Catholic countries 1824 ― Mexico becomes a republic 1883 ― Orient Express' first run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail 1910 ― Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England 1940 ― Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps 1955 ― Rev. Moon Sun-myung leaves prison in Seoul 1958 ― 5th French republic established 1970 ― Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984-foot TV mast in Tulsa, Okla. 1981 ― Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest international gymnastics participant 1984 ― U.S. government closes down due to budget problems

Oct 3, 2012

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012

Today is Wednesday, October 3, the 277th day of 2012. There are 89 days left in the year. 2333 B.C. ― Tangun establishes Kingdom of Joseon (Korea) (legendary) 1264 ― Comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen 1863 ― Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day 1922 ― First facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C. 1947 ― First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed 1970 ― Baseball umpires call their first strike 1971 ― Billie Jean King became first female athlete to win $100,000 1974 ― Watergate trial begins 1990 ― East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany 1990 ― George Brett becomes first to lead league in batting in three decades

Oct 2, 2012

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Today is Saturday, September 29, the 273rd day of 2012. There are 93 days left in the year. 1793 ― Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1849 ― First passenger train service to Peekskill, N.Y. (New Haven Railroad) 1853 ― Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 1890 ― First pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at the Polo Grounds in NYC 1936 ― Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign 1944 ― Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia 1957 ― 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery, West Pakistan) 1963 ― Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros) 1988 ― Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets the 200m woman's record (21.34) 1988 ― U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize

Sep 28, 2012

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Today is Friday, September 28, the 272nd day of 2012. There are 94 days left in the year. 1066 ― William the Conqueror lands in England 1542 ― Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay 1858 ― Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed 1906 ― U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 1922 ― Mussolini marches on Rome 1930 ― Lou Gehrig’s errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games 1939 ― Soviet-German treaty agree on fourth partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to the USSR 1968 ― Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” single goes No. 1 & stays No. 1 for nine weeks 1972 ― Japan and Communist China agree to reestablish diplomatic relations 1986 ― Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)

Sep 27, 2012

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