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On This Day…
Oct 15th
On This Day…
Oct 14th
1884: The Merican inventor, George Eastman recieves a U.S. Government petent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
1894: E.E. Cummings, American poet was born.
1926: The children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne is first published.
1927: Roger Moore, English actor was born.
1939: Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer was born.
1940: Cliff Richard, English Singer was born.
1965: Steve Coogan, English actor was born.
1982: Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
On This Day…
Oct 13th
54: Nero ascends to the Roman throne.
1362: The Chancellor of England for the first time opened parliament with a speech in English.
1773: The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier.
1884: Greenwich, in London is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude.
1938: E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) died, (born 1894)
1971: Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian was born. Aiiiiiyyyyya
1974: Ed Sullivan, American television personality died (b. 1901)
1980: David Haye, English boxer was born.
On This Day
Oct 12th
1492: Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached South Asia.
1929: Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic TV presenter was born (d. 2007)
1935: Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor was born (d. 2007)
1945: Rod Knight, Slip End pensioner /salsa dancer was born.
1980: Ledley King, Spurs captain was born.
1997: Jon Denver, Amerian singer died (b. 1943)
On This Day…
Oct 11th
1823: Charles Macintosh, of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
1901: President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the ‘Executive Mansion’ to the White House.
1953: Les Dennis, British comedian was born.
1964: The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits.
1979: The Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy, the of first five books is published by Douglas Adams.
1990: Jay Ward, American animator of Rocky and Bullwinkle died. (b. 1920)
1999: The day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.
On This Day…
Oct 10th
1967: The ‘Outer Space Treaty’ signed by 60 nations comes into force.
1911: Jack Daniels, American Distiller and founder of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey distillery died (b. 1846 or 1850 ish)
1985: Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor died (b. 1920)
1985: Orson Welles, American director and actor died (b. 1899)
2004: Christopher Reeve, American actor died (b. 1952)
Google Celebrates John Lennon’s 70th Birthday
Oct 9th
Google has paid homage on his would be 70th birthday, by including a doodle video set to John Lennon’s ‘imagine’ on their search page. Just click the RED play button and it loads.
You can see the video below.Yoko Ono sent out a message of Peace and requested that you send up your own video memorials to www.youtube.com/johnlennon.
On This Day…
Oct 9th
1604: Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
1636: Generators at the Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) began to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles, California.
1937: Brian Blessed, English Actor was born.
1940: World War II: During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St Paul’s Cathedral was hit by a bomb.
1940: John Lennon, The Beatles, was born (d. 1980).
1944: John Entwistle, The Who, was born (d. 2002).
1967: Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1981: Capital punishment is abolished in France.
1989: An official news agency reports the landing of a UFO in the Voronezh, Soviet Union.
On This Day…
Oct 8th
1829: Stephenson’s ‘The Rocket’ wins The Rainhill Trials
1860: Communication: Telepgraph line between Los Angeles and San Franciso opens.
1967: Guerilla Leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1939: Paul Hogan, Australian Actor was born. (That’s not a knife…. this is a knife…)
1949: Chevy Chase, American Comedy Actor
1970: Matt Damon, American Actor
On this day…
Oct 4th