Today in History

18th October

1871 The death of Charles Babbage, English mathematician, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer. He is considered a 'father of the computer' as he is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs.

1910 The trial began at the Old Bailey of the American Dr. Crippen, accused of murdering his wife Cora Henrietta Crippen. Born in Michigan in 1862 Hawley Harvey Crippen moved to Camden in 1897 and became the first suspect to be captured using the aid of wireless telegraphy.

1957 The Queen and Prince Philip visited the US and the White House to mark the 350th anniversary of the British settling in Virginia.

2014 A flock of sheep was left feeling rather woolly-headed after accidentally munching on £4,000 worth of cannabis plants that had been dumped in their field, at the edge of Fanny’s Farm in Merstham, Surrey. By the time that the police arrived, much of the evidence had been eaten. 🐑🐑
 

1867
U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia,paying $7.2 million
1921
Charles Strite receives U. S. patent for his invention of the automatic pop-up toaster
1954
Texas Instruments Inc, announces the world's 1st transistor pocket radio.It cost $50{equivlant to $482 today}The company sold about 150,000 units
1962
microbiologists,James Watson{U.S.} Francis Crick&Maurice Wilkins{UK} receive Nobel Prize in Medicine for their development work in structure of DNA
2019
1st all female spacewalk with U. S. astronauts Christina Koch&Jessica Meir outside the International Space Station
 
Pam said:
1910 The trial began at the Old Bailey of the American Dr. Crippen, accused of murdering his wife Cora Henrietta Crippen.
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Apparently there are those who believe he was innocent and wrongly executed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen Another conspiracy theory?
moviequeen1 said:
1954
Texas Instruments Inc, announces the world's 1st transistor pocket radio.It cost $50{equivlant to $482 today}The company sold about 150,000 units
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Did not have one of those. However in the early 70s I spent about $300 on an early HP calculator, not programable and no memory, but very high tech at the time.
 

This day in History October 19th

1927 Australia Aborigines
Two tribes of native Aborigines are fighting a full-scale war with only war paint, spears and no clothes in the bush only 100 miles from Perth Australia. It is not known why these tribes are fighting as the tribes do not generally use the same areas of bush for hunting due to the large areas available.

1937 U.S.A. Aeroplane Crash
A mountaineer is the only person who has provided an eyewitness account to the worst aeroplane disaster in US history and has told how he saw the pilot of the United Airlines 21 passenger mainliner flying blind through a mountain blizzard snowstorm skimming pines before crashing into the side of the Uinta Mountains in Utah 80 miles south of Salt Lake City. All passengers and crew from the plane were killed instantly during the crash.

1947 U.S.A. 40 Cents Per Hour
The Federal Works administrator has said the minimum wage of 40 cents per hour is obsolete and should be changed to 75 cents per hour.


1958: The world trade fair in Brussels in Belgium ended today
After having attracted 42 million visitors in 6 months. Over 40 countries were represented and it has been the largest event of its kind ever staged.

1960 US Embargo on Cuba Exports
The US Places an embargo on exports to Cuba.

1960 Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested along with 50 other people for violating Georgia's newly enacted anti-trespass law after staging a sit-in protest at eight stores in downtown Atlanta.
 
1722
In England, French C Hopffer patents the automatic fire extinguisher
1977
Supersonic Concorde jet has its 1st landing at Kennedy Airport in nYC
2005
Iraqui president/dictator, Saddam Hussien goes on trial in Bagdad fro crimes against humanity
2015
scientists at Univ of Calif find evidence that life on earth happen earlier than previously thought. It may have begun 41 billion yrs ago
 
1827
Naval Battle of Navarino with English,Russia,France combined fleet bear a Turkish&Egyptian forces which paved the way for Greek independence
1957
Prime minister,Lester B. Pearson becomes the 1st Canadian to be awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his aid in resolving the Suez Crisis
1973
Queen Elizabeth II opens the Sydney Opera House in New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by little known Dutch architect, Jorn Utzon. Its the country's biggest tourist attraction,most recognized building of the 20th century
2019
The 1st non stop test flight by Quantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed JFK airport NYC- Sydney Australia,took 19 hrs 42 min
 
Tish said:
1991 Oakland Firestorm
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My cousin lost her house in that, and she and family were barely able to escape with their lives. Some of her neighbors were not so lucky.

They never went back to the old Oakland neighborhood, too many bad memories. Took the insurance settlement, sold the lot and never looked back.
 
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This day in History October 21st

1879 Thomas Edison invented a commercially practical incandescent light

1944 First Japanese Kamikaze Attack

1966 Aberfan Disaster buried a junior school in Aberfan, Wales

1986 Antarctica scientists have been studying a huge hole that has appeared in the earth ozone layer over Antarctica
 
Oct 21st
1774
the 1st display of'Liberty' on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton,Mass which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America
1816
The Penang Free School is founded in George Town,Malaysia. Its the oldest English language school in South East Asia
1945
woman in France are allowed to vote for the 1st time
2019
the world's oldest pearl,8,000 yrs old was discovered during excavations at Marawah Island near Abu Duhabi,UAE
 
1879
Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
1907
Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum&Bailey's Circus
2009
Microsoft releases Windows 7
2012
U. S. cyclist,Lance Armstrong is stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles he won from 1999-2005. He cheated by using drugs and blood transfusions to enhance his performance.He is banned for life,when the announcement was made many around the world were shocked
 
This day in History October 23rd

1915 Suffrage Movement March In New York

1941 Dumbo is released

1963 "Doctor Who" Appears On British TV

1989 Phillips 66 Chemical Complex Explosion Houston, Texas

2002 Fifty Chechen rebels storm a Moscow Theatre taking 7,000 hostages
 
1941
Walt Disney's animated movie'Dumbo" is released,one of the shortest at 64 min
It cost $950,000 to make
1954
Britain,U.S. and France agree to end occupation in Germany
1958
the deepest mine in North America in Springhill,Nova Scotia trapped 174 miners when an underground earthquake erupted. By Nov 1st,rescuers dug out 100 victims,74 died
2001
Apple Inc released the iPod
2015
singer,Adele released her single'Hello' which became the 1st song with more than a million downloads in its 1st week,1.1 mil
 
1857
Sheffield,FC was founded in Yorkshire,England,is recognized by FIFA{Federation of International Football Association} as the world's oldest independent soccer club still playing. Its now based in Derbyshire,England
1901
Annie Edson Taylor on her 63rd birthday becomes the 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives. Her barrel was made out of oak&iron padded with a mattress
1911
Orville Wright sets a new world record by remaining in air in a glider for 9 min,45 secs in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The record stood for 10yrs
1945
The United Nations was formally established 2 months after WWII ended.UN was charged with maintaining international security&peace. It was ratified by 5 permanent Security Council members,and others.
 
This day in History October 25th

1917 Soviet Revolution or Bolsheviks Revolution
The October revolution when Bolsheviks gained power from the provisional government and is celebrated on the 25th of October due to the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd (the seat of the Provisional government) on this day in history.

1933 U.S.A. Gold Buying
The Roosevelt gold buying policy was inaugurated today with the government paying $31.36 per ounce 27 cents higher than quotations on the London Gold Exchange. The London Price is currently $31.00 based on the exchange rate of $4.78 to the British Pound.

1935 Haiti Hurricane
A major hurricane strikes Haiti leaving more than 2,000 people dead and many thousands homeless and hungry.

1948 Italy Rome's "Misery Belt"
New hope is being given to the 10,000 residents of Rome's "Misery Belt" which consists of shanties and hovels made out of packing cases, sewer pipes and war wrecked cars that these people are living in on the outskirts of Rome after the loss of their homes through bombing in the war. A brand new village is to be created with 350 one, two and three-bedroom homes to house 1,000 families and will include schools and a church.

1950 Tibet Chinese Control
The Chinese Communists announced today that they have increased their army strength to more than 10 million men to free 3,000,000 Tibetans from Imperialist Aggression.

1952 The Mousetrap Opens In London's West End
The Mousetrap a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie opens in London's West End at the New Ambassadors Theatre. The play has now run a record-breaking 23,074 performances and is running at St Martin's Theatre.
 
1829
The 1st U. S. prison to use the solitary confinement system opens in Pennslyvania at Eastern State Penitentary
1944
Japanese planes deploy 1st organized kamikaze suicide bomb attacks against American warships in South Pacific. In total they sink 47 U.S. ships
2001
Windows XP becomes available
 
1825
The Erie Canal opens between Hudson River and Lake Erie. It took 8 yrs to construct, land was cleared by hand and animal power. They used gunpowder to blast through the rock
1950
Mother Tersea founds the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India
1988
'Operation Breakthrough' was a U.S-Soviet effort to free 3 grey whales who were stuck in packed ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. The whales stayed too long in their feeding grounds. It took the teams 2 weeks to free them,the youngest whale didn't survive
2017
the oldest known tsunami victim is revealed by sediment discovered in a 6,000yr old skull by scientists near Aitape,Papua New Guinea
 
This day in History October 27th

1904 New York Subway
The New York subway opens travelling between Lower Manhattan and Harlem stopping at 28 stations in between and cost a nickel to ride.

1921 U.S.A. Metric System
A senate committee is advising that the United States changes to the metric system of weights and measures as it is now used by 37 countries against the Imperial weights and measure system used in just 12 countries. Currently, the only major international country to have not adopted the metric system in the United States still use Gallons, pints, pounds, ounces, etc.

1936 England Mrs Wallis Simpson
Mrs Wallis Simpson American born Friend of King Edward of England won a divorce in a brief hearing at Ipswich assizes. The petition for divorce was based on evidence that her ships brokers husband a subject of the king was guilty of misconduct at the Hotel De Paris at Bray near Maidenhead in Berkshire.

1940 U.S.A. World's Fair
World's Fair in New York ended with a final day attendance record of 537,952

1960 U.S.A. Martin Luther King Jr
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was released from the Georgia State Prison following a direct intervention from Robert F. Kennedy who had questioned his constitutional right to bail while the pending appeal of a traffic conviction.
 


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