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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

Today is Friday, October 21, the 294th day of 2011. There are 71 days left in the year. 2137 B.C. ― First recorded total eclipse of the sun seen in China 1520 ― Magellan entered the strait which bears his name 1553 ― Volumes of the Talmud are burned 1805 ― Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleet and dies 1879 ― Thomas Edison perfects the carbonized cotton filament light bulb 1945 ― Women in France allowed to vote for first time 1948 ― Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington, D.C.) 1950 ― Chinese forces occupy Tibet 1967 ― Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon 1988 ― Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos indicted on racketeering charges

Oct 20, 2011

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011

Today is Thursday, October 20, the 293rd day of 2011. 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 1905 ― Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1906 ― Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube 1944 ― U.S. forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines 1963 ― S. Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and eight others on conspiracy 1968 ― Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis 1973 ― OPEC oil embargo begins 1973 ― Saturday Night Massacre; Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox dismissed by Solicitor Gen. Bork, Attorney General Richardson and Deputy A.G. Ruckelshaus resigned 1990 ― Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (Iraq war)

Oct 19, 2011

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011

Today is Wednesday, October 19, the 292nd day of 2011. There are 73 days left in the year. 1812 ― Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow 1845 ― Wagner's opera Tannheuser performed for first time 1872 ― World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales 1933 ― Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936 1944 ― U.S. forces land in Philippines 1950 ― U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea 1960 ― The U.S. imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba 1963 ― Beatles record ``I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1977 ― Supersonic Concorde jet's first landing in NYC 1987 ― ``Black Monday; Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record

Oct 18, 2011

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011

Today is Tuesday, October 18, the 291st day of 2011. There are 74 days left in the year. 1648 ― First U.S. labor organization forms (Boston Shoemakers) 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 1944 ― Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II 1960 ― In Britain, the News Chronicle and 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 and John Carlos for giving ``black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony

Oct 17, 2011

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011

Today is Monday, October 17, the 290th day of 2011. There are 75 days left in the year. 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 1957 ― French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1967 ― The play ``Hair" is 1st performed 1973 ― Five-month oil embargo by Arab states against U.S. and Netherlands begins 1979 ― Mother Teresa of India awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 16, 2011

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 15, the 288th day of 2011. 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 use of ether 1860 ― 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard 1878 ― Edison Electric Light Company incorporated 1937 ― Ernest Hemingway novel ``To Have & Have Not" published 1964 ― Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev 1969 ― Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war 1989 ― Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd 1989 ― Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all-time top scorer

Oct 14, 2011

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011

Today is Friday, October 14, the 287th day of 2011. There are 78 days left in the year. 1066 ― Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England 1586 ― Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth 1867 ― 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan 1884 ― George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film 1933 ― Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations 1949 ― 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition 1953 ― Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment 1960 ― Peace Corps first suggested by JFK 1964 ― Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize 1982 ― 6,000 Unification Church couples wed in Korea

Oct 13, 2011

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011

Today is Thursday, October 13, the 286th day of 2011. There are 79 days left in the year. 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 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 1987 ― First military use of trained dolphins (U.S. Navy in Persian Gulf) 1987 ― Costa Rican President Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 12, 2011

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011

Today is Wednesday, October 12, the 285th day of 2011. There are 80 days left in the year. 1492 ― Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day 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 Guofeng succeeds Mao Zedong as chairman of Communist Party 1977 ― Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van 1984 ― IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying 1985 ― International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize

Oct 11, 2011

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011

Today is Tuesday, October 11, the 284th day of 2011. There are 81 days left in the year. 1737 ― Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys part of Calcutta, India 1811 ― The Juliana, the first steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation 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 dollar 1945 ― Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-shek vs. Mao Tse-tung 1968 ― Panama revolts 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

Oct 10, 2011

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