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From: gabe@angus.mystery.com (Gabe Helou)
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Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- Oct 10
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Interesting things that happened October 10:
Birthdays on this date ...
In 1731 Henry Cavendish, English physicist, chemist
In 1738 Benjamin West, painter
In 1813 Giuseppe Verdi, composer of operas (Rigoletto, Aida, Otello)
In 1830 Emily Dickinson, poet
In 1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norweg. Arctic explorer, humanitarian (Nobel 1922)
In 1892 Ivo Andric, Yugoslav novelist (Bridge on the Drina) (Nobel '61)
In 1895 Lin Yü-t'ang, Chinese writer (My Country and My People)
In 1900 Helen Hayes, actor (Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)
In 1924 James Clavell, author (Shogun, Tai Pan, King Rat, Noble House,
Whirlwind)
In 1930 Adlai Stevenson III, Democratic Senator from Illinois, US ambassador
to UN
In 1930 Harold Pinter, playwright
In 1946 Ben Vereen, dancer, actor, singer
In 1946 John Prine, singer
In 1955 David Lee Roth, rocker
In 1958 Tanya Tucker (in Seminole Texas), country singer
Events worth noting ...
Feast of St. Francis Borgia, Confessor (A.D. 1572)
National Day, celebrated in Taiwan
In 1845 US Naval academy opens at Annapolis, Maryland.
In 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell.
In 1886 Griswold Lorillard wears the first dinner jacket to the Autumn Ball
in Tuxedo Park. Thus the name 'tuxedo.'
In 1904 Yanks 2 games out play first place Red Sox on final day doubleheader
41 game winner Chesbro loses the first game and chance at pennent.
In 1911 China Revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen overthrew Manchu dynasty.
In 1913 Pacific and Atlantic mix as engineers blow Gamboa Dam, opening the
Panama Canal
In 1920 Bill Wambsganns unassisted world series triple play.
In 1933 First synthetic detergent for home use marketed.
In 1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opened in New York City.
In 1937 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 1 in the world series.
In 1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
In 1943 Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.
In 1951 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in the world series.
In 1956 On Skowron's grand slammer Yanks beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7.
In 1957 Braves Lew Burdette beats Yankees 3 times in 1 world series.
In 1957 President Eisenhower apologized to finance minister of Ghana, Komla
Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware,
restaurant.
In 1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards.
In 1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR.
In 1964 18th Summer Olympic Games opened in Tokyo.
In 1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day).
In 1973 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice President after pleading no contest to
tax evasion charges.
In 1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt.
In 1976 NJ Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens.
In 1978 Pres. Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
In 1978 Yanks and Dodgers play in World Series # 75.
In 1980 4,500 people die when a pair of earthquakes struck NW Algeria.
In 1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated.
In 1980 Yanks lost 4-2 and are swept by Royals in the AL Championship series.
In 1982 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Rev. M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in
place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint.
In 1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian
ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen were placed in custody.
And remember ...
Country Music Month
National Restaurant Month
National Seafood Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Down's Syndrome Awareness Month
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several errors have been found in the past. Don't place any bets on the basis
of what you find here. -- Gabe