Today in History

1870
postcards were 1st used in U.S.
1932
Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini who came into power in 1925 promised he would stay in power for next 30 yrs. He was ousted in 1943
1955
Tappan sells 1st microwave in U.S. retail price was $ 1,295. The company sold total of 1,396 before production ended in 1964
1964
The Rolling Stones make their 1st appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, they sang their hit single' Time Is On My Side'
1995
British pop singer, Cliff Richard becomes the 1st rock singer to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
2016
Paul Beatty become 1st American novelist to win Britian's Man Booker Prize for his book'The Sellout' The book takes place in Los Angeles,fictious,satrical look about race relations
 

26th October 1965
The Beatles are awarded the prestigious MBE (Members of the Most Honorable Order of the British Empire ) medal at Buckingham Palace.
Many former recipients gave theirs back in protest, to which John Lennon responded -
"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing people." He continued: "We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more."
 

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On This Day In History, October 26th

2001 Patriot Act Comes into Effect in the US
Signed into law by President George W. Bush as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks, the act is formally known as Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. The act gave security agencies more power to deal with terrorists and terrorist activities and made it easier for them to monitor and investigate people suspected of aiding and abetting acts of terrorism. It has been criticized for its detrimental effect on civil liberties.

1984 First Infant to Receive an Organ From Another Species
Born on October 14, 1984, with a rare congenital heart defect, Baby Fae received a heart from a baboon. The surgery was performed by Dr. Leonard L. Bailey at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. While the operation was successful, Baby Fae’s body rejected the heart, and she died a few weeks later.

1947 The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir Joins India
Hari Singh, the last ruler of the princely state, signed the Instrument of Accession to join the Dominion of India, in return for protection from the Indian military.

1863 The Football Association is Formed
The world’s oldest governing football body was created at the Freemasons' Tavern in London. The foundation was instrumental in creating and formalizing the rules of the game. Before this, every area and organization playing football (soccer) made their own rules.

1825 Erie Canal opens for ships
Construction of the 363-mile-long canal began in 1817. The canal which connects Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, to the Hudson River in Albany, New York, was used to ship goods in a time when it was cheaper and more effective to transport them through the waterways. Since the 1990s, the canal has been primarily used for recreational purposes.
 
26th October 1999
Tony Blair's reform of the House of Lords, the House of Lords Act 1999 ends the right of hereditary peers to vote in the Lords.
The bill stated that "No-one shall be a member of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage."
Membership of the House of Lords was once a right of birth to hereditary peers and included several hundred members who inherited their seats.
 
Births On This Day, October 26th 🎂

1973 Seth MacFarlane
American animator, voice actor, singer

1959 Evo Morales
Bolivian politician, 80th President of Bolivia

1947 Hillary Clinton
American politician, 67th United States Secretary of State, 44th First Lady of the United States

1919 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah of Iran

1916 François Mitterrand
French politician, 21st President of France

Deaths On This Day, October 26th 🪦

1979 Park Chung-hee
Korean general, politician, 3rd President of South Korea

1952 Hattie McDaniel
American actress

1944 Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

1902 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American activist

899 Alfred the Great
English king
 
VEGEMITE is 100 years old today. It first came on the market in 1923. I first tasted it when I was about 10 years old after watching all the children at school having it on their sandwiches. I asked my mother to buy some. I wasn't too impressed at first but soon got hooked on it and it has pride of place in my fridge ever since. Has anyone here on SF tried it and what did you think of the taste.?
 
26th October

1775 King George III went before the British Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorised a military response to quell the American Revolution.

1965 The Beatles went to Buckingham Palace to be presented with their MBEs by Queen Elizabeth II. Four years later, John Lennon sent back his MBE, stating that he was returning the award in protest against British involvement in Biafra, Nigeria, and Vietnam.

1979 The President of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, was "accidentally" shot dead by the chief of his intelligence service, Kim Jea Kyu. Five other people, including the president's bodyguard, were also killed. A government statement revealed that an argument broke out between Kim Jae Kyu and Park's chief bodyguard, Cha Chi Chul, during which a shot was fired by Kim which hit the president as he tried to intervene.

1994 Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty ending 46 years of war. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan formally made peace at a ceremony in desert area of Wadi Araba on the Israeli-Jordanian border. US President Bill Clinton was a witness to the treaty also watched by 5,000 guests and relayed to the world on TV.

2014 Camp Bastion, the last UK base in Afghanistan, was handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country.
 
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26th October

1775 King George III went before the British Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorised a military response to quell the American Revolution.

1965 The Beatles went to Buckingham Palace to be presented with their MBEs by Queen Elizabeth II. Four years later, John Lennon sent back his MBE, stating that he was returning the award in protest against British involvement in Biafra, Nigeria, and Vietnam.

1979 The President of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, was "accidentally" shot dead by the chief of his intelligence service, Kim Jea Kyu. Five other people, including the president's bodyguard, were also killed. A government statement revealed that an argument broke out between Kim Jae Kyu and Park's chief bodyguard, Cha Chi Chul, during which a shot was fired by Kim which hit the president as he tried to intervene.

1994 Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty ending 46 years of war. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan formally made peace at a ceremony in desert area of Wadi Araba on the Israeli-Jordanian border. US President Bill Clinton was a witness to the treaty also watched by 5,000 guests and relayed to the world on TV.

2014 Camp Bastion, the last UK base in Afghanistan, was handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States senator, first lady, and secretary of state
Hillary Clinton
Born October 26, 1947 (age 75)
Chicago, Illinois.

Francois Mitterrand, who served two terms (1981–95) as president of France and was the country's first socialist to hold the office, was born.

On this day in 1881 A feud between the Earp brothers Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan and an outlaw gang led by Ike Clanton escalated into a celebrated gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
 
On This Day In History, October 27th

1999 Shooting in the Armenian Parliament
8 people, including the country’s prime minister, Vazgen Sargsyan, and Speaker Karen Demirchyan, were killed when armed gunmen shot at the members of the Armenian National Assembly. The gunmen claimed that they were there to carry out a coup and that the prime minister was their target. The siege ended after the Armenian troops surrounded the parliament building and the gunmen surrendered.

1991 Turkmenistan Declares Independence from the Soviet Union
The Central Asian country had been a separate republic of the USSR since 1925. Saparmurat Niyazov, the head of the country under the Soviets, continued ruling the country under the title of President for Life until his death in 2006. The day is annually celebrated in the country as Independence Day.

1904 New York City Subway Begins Operations
The oldest underground subway system in the United States, construction of the transit system began in 1902. Today, the NYC subway is one of the world’s largest and most used rapid transit systems in the world.

1838 State of Missouri Passes the Extermination Order
Governor Lilburn Boggs signed Missouri Executive Order 44 as a result of the Battle of Crooked River which took place a few days earlier on October 24-25. The fight occurred between Mormon forces and a Missouri state militia and it resulted in 4 fatalities. The executive order ruled that ‘all Mormons were to be treated as enemies and that they must be exterminated or driven out of the state for public peace.' The order forced members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints to migrate from Missouri to Illinois.

1682 City of Philadelphia Founded
The historical city in the State of Pennsylvania was founded by English entrepreneur, William Penn. Penn received the land as a payment to fulfill a debt that King Charles II owed to Penn’s father. Philadelphia is the only UNESCO-declared World Heritage City in the United States and it was temporarily the capital of the United States in the 1800s.
 
Births On This Day, October 27th 🎂

1984 Irfan Pathan
Indian cricketer

1952 Francis Fukuyama
American philosopher

1932 Sylvia Plath
American poet

1920 K. R. Narayanan
Indian politician, 10th President of India

1858 Theodore Roosevelt
American politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day, October 27th 🪦

2013 Lou Reed
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1975 Rex Stout
American author

1605 Akbar
Mughal Emperor

1553 Michael Servetus
Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer

939 Æthelstan
English king
 
27 October 1957
After a show in Los Angeles, the police tell Elvis that he is not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage.
Elvis responds by defiantly wiggling only his little finger while singing. The next night, they film his entire concert, but no charges are laid.
 
On This Day In History, October 28th

2007 Argentina Elects it's First Female President
Former First Lady of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, won the elections with over 45% of all votes cast. She was re-elected to office again in 2011, this time with over 50% of the votes cast. Kirchner was not the first woman to serve as Argentina’s president, but she was the first one to be elected. Isabel Martínez de Perón served as the country’s head of state after her husband, President Juan Perón, died in office. When she was sworn in to replace her husband on July 1, 1974, she became the first woman to be president of any country to date.

1995 Fire Breaks Out Between Two Metro Stations in Baku
Thought to be one of the deadliest subway disasters in history, the fire started as a result of old and faulty wiring. Over 300 people traveling in a train between Ulduz and Narimanov stations in Azerbaijan’s capital city were killed as smoke filled the subway tunnels.

1938 Germany expels Polish Jews
Germany expelled about 17000 Polish Jews and sent them to Poland which refused to take them in.

1919 US Congress Passes the Volstead Act
The act enumerated ways to enforce Prohibition. Prohibition was put in place in the country by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment made it illegal to produce, sell, or transport alcohol in the US except for medical or religious purposes. The act was named after Andrew Volstead, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who was one of the sponsors of the bill. Prohibition ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment in December 1933.

1918 Czechoslovakia Gains Independence
The Central European country had been a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire since the late 1700s. At the end of the First World War, with the end of the Empire on the horizon, nationalists under the leadership of Thomas Masaryk pushed for independence. Masaryk became the country’s first president in November 1918. On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully broke up into two countries – the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
 
Births On This Day, October 28th 🎂

1974 Joaquin Phoenix
American actor

1967 Julia Roberts
American actress

1956 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian politician, 6th President of Iran

1955 Bill Gates
American businessman co-founded Microsoft

1914 Jonas Salk
American biologist, physician

Deaths On This Day, October 28th 🪦

1998 Ted Hughes
English poet

1929 Bernhard von Bülow
German politician, Chancellor of Germany

1900 Friedrich Max Müller
German philologist, orientalist

1708 Prince George of Denmark

1704 John Locke
English philosopher, physician
 
1636
Harvard Univ in Cambridge, Mass is founded
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland, afterwards the 1st ticker tape{confetti} parade is held in NYC
1941
movie 'How Green Was My Valley' directed by John Ford is released. The story about close knit Welsh family of miners ,stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall, movie won 5 Oscars inc pic/director,supp actor{Crisp}
1965
Gateway Arch is completed in St Louis, Missouri, was designed by Finnish born architect,Eero Saarien in 1948,tallest monument in U.S.
1996
Apple Records releases 'Anthology 3' double CD/triple LP of rare recordings/ outtakes of The Beatles covering the yrs 1968-1970
2020
a new coral reef 1,640ft/500m is discovered north of Australia's Great Barrier Reef
 
On This Day In History, October 29th

2012 Hurricane Sandy hits the US's eastern coast
Hurricane Sandy, a category 2 storm by the time it made landfall in the US, hit the US's eastern coast. The estimated damage from the hurricane was $50 billion.

2008 Delta Air Lines merged with Northwest
The merger resulted in the creation world's largest airline. The merged entity took on the name of Delta Airlines, and the Northwest Airlines brand name was retired.

2005 Bombings in Delhi
3 separate bombings in India's capital city of Delhi a few days before the important festival of Diwali left about 60 people dead.

1998 Oldest person to fly in space
John Glenn flew on the Discovery shuttle at the age of 77 years, making him the oldest person to fly in space.

1863 Red Cross founded
Also known as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Red Cross is a humanitarian institution that has been a three-time recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
 
Births On This Day, October 29th 🎂

1974 Michael Vaughan
English cricketer

1971 Winona Ryder
American actress

1938 Ralph Bakshi
American director, screenwriter, producer

1938 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberian politician, 24th President of Liberia

1877 Wilfred Rhodes
English cricketer

Deaths On This Day, October 29th 🪦

2011 Jimmy Savile
English radio, and television host

1995 Terry Southern
American author, screenwriter

1949 George Gurdjieff
Armenian mystic

1911 Joseph Pulitzer
Hungarian/American politician, journalist, and publisher, founded Pulitzer, Inc.

1877 Nathan Bedford Forrest
American Confederate Army General
 
On This Day In History, October 30th

2014 Sweden Recognizes Palestine
By doing so, it became the first EU country in Western Europe to recognize the State of Palestine. Yasser Arafat declared an independent Palestine on November 15, 1988. The UN General Assembly recognized it a month later.

1973 Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul Opens for the First Time
Construction on the suspension bridge over the Bosphorus began in February 1970. The bridge, which connects Asia with Europe, was designed by British engineers Gilbert Roberts and William Brown.

1961 Biggest Bomb in History is Detonated
The Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba or Big Ivan over the Mityushikha Bay test range on the Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Circle. The 57 Megatons nuclear bomb was one-of-a-kind and the flash of light when it exploded at a height of 13,000 feet was visible over 1000 kilometers away.

1908 First cross-country flight in Europe
French aviator Henri Farman flew from Bouy to Reims in France. The 14-mile journey took him about 20 minutes. Farman was also the co-founder of the Farman Aviation Works, an airline and engine manufacturing company.

1905 Russian Tsar Issues the October Manifesto
The manifesto, which was issued by Nicholas II, was a response to the Russian Revolution of 1905 in which there were widespread strikes and protests directed towards the government. The key features of the manifesto included the creation of an elected legislative body called Duma and universal suffrage for men. It also paved the way for a new constitution in 1906.
 
Births On This Day, October 30th

1973 Edge
Canadian wrestler, actor

1960 Diego Maradona
Argentine footballer

1885 Ezra Pound
American poet

1882 William Halsey, Jr.
American Admiral

1735 John Adams
American politician, 2nd President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, October 30th

2009 Claude Lévi-Strauss
French anthropologist

2006 Clifford Geertz
American anthropologist

1987 Joseph Campbell
American author

1923 Bonar Law
Canadian/Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1883 Dayananda Saraswati
Indian philosopher, scholar
 
30th October

1942 Three British Royal Navy personel - Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard boarded the sinking German submarine U-559, and retrieved vital instruments and documentation which would later lead the Bletchley Park codebreakers to crack the German Enigma code. Brown was the only one of the three to survive when the submarine sank. All three received the George Cross Medal and Tommy Brown (aged 16 and too young to be at sea at the time ) is the youngest person to have ever received that award.

1957 The Government revealed details of plans to reform the House of Lords, which included creating the first women life peera

1984 Pro-Solidarity priest was murdered. Polish police recovered the body of a Roman Catholic priest an outspoken champion of the banned trade union Solidarity. Father Jerzy Popieluszko, aged 37, was kidnapped on 19 October allegedly by three secret police, led by a police captain in the Interior Ministry.

1991 President Bush opened historic Mid East peace conference. US President George Bush encouraged Arabs and Israelis to "lay down the past" in his opening speech to the Middle East peace conference in Spain.
 
On This Day In History, October 31st

2011 Day of Seven Billion
The world's official population reached 7 billion on approximately this day. The United Nations Population Fund designated it as the Day of Seven Billion.

1999 EgyptAir Flight 990 crash
EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Eastern coast of the US, killing all 217 people aboard.

1992 Catholic church regrets its handling of Galileo Galilee's case
Then Pope John Paul II acknowledged the errors committed by the Catholic Church while dealing with Galileo Galilei in the 17th century.

1984 Indira Gandhi assassinated
Indira Gandhi, the first female prime minister of India, was assassinated by two of her bodyguards. Her death sparked riots in India and New Delhi, where several thousand Sikhs were killed.

1978 South Yemen adopts constitution
The short-lived People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, or South Yemen, adopted its constitution. South Yemen eventually unified with North Yemen in 1990 to create what is today called Yemen
 
Births On This Day, October 31st 🎂

1961 Peter Jackson
New Zealand actor, director, screenwriter, producer

1918 Ian Stevenson
American biochemist

1892 Alexander Alekhine
Russian chess player

1887 Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese military leader, politician, President of the Republic of China

1875 Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian activist, politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India

Deaths On This Day, October 31st 🪦

2006 P. W. Botha
South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa

1993 Federico Fellini
Italian director

1984 Indira Gandhi
Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India

1926 Harry Houdini
Hungarian/American magician, actor

1916 Charles Taze Russell
American minister
 

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