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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011

Today is Monday, October 10, the 283rd day of 2011. There are 82 days left in the year. 1846 ― Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 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 1963 ― Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., U.K., USSR 1964 ― 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo 1975 ― Liz Taylor's sixth marriage (remarries Richard Burton)

Oct 9, 2011

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 8, the 281st day of 2011. 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 1945 ― Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada 1955 ― Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (U.S.), launched 1957 ― Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles 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 1990 ― Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters

Oct 7, 2011

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011

Today is Friday, October 7, the 280th day of 2011. There are 85 days left in the year. 3761 B.C. ― Origin of Jewish Mundane Era 1737 ― 40-foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1900 ― The term ``orienteering" is first used for an event 1938 ― Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J 1950 ― U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel 1967 ― Beatles turn down $1 million N.Y. concert offer by Sid Bernstein 1968 ― Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system 1988 ― Robin Givens files for divorce after eight-month marriage to Mike Tyson 1989 ― Rickey Henderson steals a record eight bases in a play-off (five games) 1990 ― Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens

Oct 6, 2011

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011

Today is Thursday, October 6, the 279th day of 2011. There are 86 days left in the year. 1863 ― Dr. Charles H. Sheppard opens the first public bath, in Brooklyn 1889 ― Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture 1890 ― Mormon Church outlaws polygamy 1908 ― Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina 1923 ― First NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies) 1923 ― USSR adopts experimental calendar 1928 ― Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China 1939 ― Hitler announces he has no attention of war with Britain and France 1959 ― Soviet Luna 3, first successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon 1991 ― Elizabeth Taylor weds for the eighth time (Larry Fortensky)

Oct 5, 2011

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011

Today is Wednesday, October 5, the 278th day of 2011. There are 87 days left in the year. 1582 ― Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries 1762 ― The opera ``Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) 1864 ― Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (about 60,000 die) 1908 ― Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1910 ― Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic 1931 ― First nonstop trans-Pacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon and Pangborn) 1962 ― Beatles release their first record ``Love Me Do" 1983 ― Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1984 ― 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G), Challenger 6, launched 1986 ― London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms

Oct 4, 2011

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011

Today is Tuesday, October 4, the 277th day of 2011. 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 1830 ― Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands 1940 ― Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps 1955 ― Rev. Moon Sun-myung leaves prison in Seoul 1958 ― Transatlantic commercial jet passenger service began (BOAC) 1958 ― 5th French republic established 1965 ― Pope Paul VI becomes first Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (U.N.) 1984 ― U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1990 ― Regional elections held, in what was East Germany

Oct 3, 2011

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011

Today is Monday, October 3, the 276th day of 2011. There are 89 days left in the year. 2333 B.C. ― Dangun establishes Kingdom of Joseon, Korea (legendary) 1863 ― Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day 1922 ― First facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C. 1929 ― Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia 1945 ― World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member 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 & West Germany merge to become Germany 1990 ― Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obscenity, for selling two Live Crew rap records

Oct 2, 2011

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 1, the 274th day of 2011. There are 91 days left in the year. 331 B.C. ― Alexander the Great of Macedon defeats Persian army at Gaugamela 1791 ― First session of the new French legislative assembly 1903 ― First baseball World Series, Pitts Pirates vs. Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) 1908 ― Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825) 1936 ― General Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain 1949 ― People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) 1949 ― Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa 1977 ― Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games 1982 ― West Germany's parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt 1989 ― Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany

Sep 30, 2011

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Today is Friday, September 30, the 273rd day of 2011. There are 92 days left in the year. 1452 ― First book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible 1659 ― Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) 1791 ― Mozart's opera ``The Magic Flute" premiers in Vienna 1846 ― Anesthetic ether used for first time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 1898 ― New York City established 1935 ― Gershwin's ``Porgy & Bess" premiers in Boston 1946 ― Twenty-two Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentenced to death 1954 ― First atomic-powered vessel, submarine Nautilus launched 1981 ― Seoul, South Korea, is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 ― IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer

Sep 29, 2011

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Today is Thursday, September 29, the 272nd day of 2011. There are 93 days left in the year. 1650 ― Henry Robinson opens first marriage bureau (England) 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, N.Y. Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in five innings at the Polo Grounds in NYC 1936 ― Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign 1944 ― Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia 1963 ― Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros) 1986 ― USSR releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges 1988 ― U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize

Sep 28, 2011

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