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Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!atl.bellsouth.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!ftl.msen.com!angus.mystery.com!gabe
From: gabe@angus.mystery.com (Gabe Helou)
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Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- Oct 06
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Interesting things that happened October 6:
Birthdays on this date ...
In 1820 Jenny Lind (in Sweden), soprano, nightingale
In 1831 Richard Dedekind, mathematician
In 1846 George Westinghouse, advocate for alternating current in US
In 1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast first program of voice and music
In 1887 Martín Luis Guzmán, Mexican novelist (The Eagle and the Serpent)
In 1888 Li Ta-chao, cofounder with Mao Tse-tung of Chinese Communist Party
In 1906 Janet Gaynor (in Philadelphia), actor (Sunrise, A Star Is Born)
In 1909 Carol Lombard, actor
In 1912 Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist, explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku), liked
to sail baskets across oceans
In 1925 Shana Alexander, point-counterpoint journalist
In 1936 Anna Quayle
In 1942 Britt Ekland (in Sweden), actor
In 1956 Stephanie Zimbalist (in New York City), actor (Remington Steele)
In 19?? Ginette Ravel, French-Canadian singer
In 19?? Nicolas Perrac, French singer
Events worth noting ...
Feast of St. Bruno, Blsd. Marie-Rose Durocher
St. Faith's Day (Anglican)
Universal Children's Day
In 1863 Dr Charles H. Sheppard opens the first U.S. public bath in Brooklyn.
In 1889 Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
In 1908 Yanks lose 100th game of the year go 51-103 for season.
In 1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 homers in a world series game.
In 1927 "The Jazz Singer", first movie with a sound track, premieres.
In 1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches.
In 1936 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in the world series.
In 1940 Zoological Gardens opens (on Sloat and Skyline).
In 1941 Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the world series.
In 1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in the world series.
In 1959 Soviet Luna 3, first successful photographic spacecraft, impacts moon.
In 1973 Egypt and Syria invade Israel -- The Yom Kippur war.
In 1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5.
In 1981 Anwar Sadat assassinated, Hosnai Mubarak becomes Egytian president.
In 1983 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick.
In 1989 Bette Davis dies.
And remember ...
Country Music Month
National Restaurant Month
National Seafood Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Down's Syndrome Awareness Month
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Although efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this information,
several errors have been found in the past. Don't place any bets on the basis
of what you find here. -- Gabe