Today in History

Oct 1st
1868
Louisa May Alcott's book'Little Women is published in America
1888
National Geographic Magazine debuts
1940
Penn turnpike becomes 1st toll super highway in U.S.
1962
Johnny Carson debuts as host of NBC's 'The Tonight Show'. His last show was May 22,1992
1971
Walt Disney World in Fla opens to the public
 
1950
Charles Schultz's comic strip'Charlie Brown' later changed to 'Peanuts' 1st appears in 9 nationwide newspapers
1985
Actor Rock Hudson becomes the 1st known celebrity who died of AIDS related complications.He was 59
2016
Vin Scully,long time LA Dodgers broadcaster calls his final game after record 67 MLB seasons
 
Oct 3
1863
Pres Lincoln designates the last Thurs in Nov as Thanksgiving Day
1955
CBS long running children's show'Captain Kangeroo' '55-'84 debuts
Bob Keeshan played the'Capt',other characters were 'Mr. Green Jeans,Dancing Bear,Grandfather clock,Bunny Rabbit
I remember watching this show when I was a young child.At the time I couldn't figure out how the grandfather clock could talk. It was the longest running children's show in its day
 
Oct 4th
1535
The 1st complete English language Bible was printed in Zurich,Switzerland
1883
The Orient Express made its debut trip from Paris-Instanbul
1957
CBS debuts sitcom'Leave It to Beaver' '57-'63. This was one of my favorite shows from my childhood
Jerry Mathers as Theodore"Beaver" Cleaver',Tony Dow as older brother'Wally',Ken Osmond as Wally's friend'Eddie Haskell' who was a bully to younger kids. Hugh Beaumont as their dad'Ward',Barbara Billingsley as their mom'June'
Jerry&Tony continued acting when the series ended,Ken Osmond became a Los Angeles police officer
They are the surviving cast members still with us
2006
Wikileaks debuts created by Julian Assange a internet activist
 
Oct 5th
1947
Pres. Harry Truman makes 1st televised Presidential address from the White House
1962
The 1st James Bond movie'Dr No' based on novel by Ian Fleming,starring Sean Connery premieres in London
2003
The Chicago Cubs won their 1st postseason series since the 1908 World Series
 
Oct 6th
1948
Mary Leakey,a paleoanthropologist finds 1st partial fossil skull ancestor of apes&human on Rusenga Island in Kenya,Africia
1956
Dr Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vacine
2000
CBS's new police/crime show'CSI: Crime Scene Investigations" debuts '00-'15.
I really liked this show,I thought it was well written with believeable characters. In each episode you saw how the investigators were able to piece together evidence so the police could solve the crime The 2 lead actors,William Petersen'"Gil Grissom' and Marg Helgenberger'Catherine' had wonderful onscreen chemistry.They both left the show,William in '09, Marg in '12 but came back for the final
episode'15 There were 2 spinoffs "CSI: Miami' '02-'08 starring David Caruso,"CSI: NY" '04-'12 starring Gary Sinese.I watched "NY' version a couple of times,never watched'Miami' version
 
October 8th
1927 -"The Second Hundred Years" silent short film released starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - 1st Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team
 
1873
The 1st women's prison run by women opens in Indiana Reformatory Institute
1957
Brooklyn Dodgers decide to move the team to Los Angeles
2001
Pres George W. Bush announces establishment of office of Homeland Security
 
1871
The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days. The fire started around a small barn belonging to the O'Leary family,two thirds of the buildings were made of wood,fire quickly spread.
300 people died,100,000 left homeless,$ 222 million in damages
1973
Vice President,Spiro Agnew resigns after pleading no contest to allegations of tax fraud
 
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