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Today is Friday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2010. There are 84 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wis., and in several communities in Michigan.
On this date:
In 1869, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H.
In 1918, American Sgt. Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey for murder in the death of the son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
In 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0.
In 1957, the Brooklyn Baseball Club announced it was accepting an offer to move the Dodgers from New York to Los Angeles.
In 1970, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
In 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Paul Hogan is 71. Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson is 69. Comedian Chevy Chase is 67. Author R.L. Stine is 67. Actress Sigourney Weaver is 61. Actor Ian Hart is 46. Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 40. Actor Nick Cannon is 30. Actor Max Crumm is 25. Actress Molly Quinn is 17.
Thought for Today: “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (1875-1961).
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wis., and in several communities in Michigan.
On this date:
In 1869, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H.
In 1918, American Sgt. Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France.
In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey for murder in the death of the son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
In 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0.
In 1957, the Brooklyn Baseball Club announced it was accepting an offer to move the Dodgers from New York to Los Angeles.
In 1970, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
In 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Paul Hogan is 71. Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson is 69. Comedian Chevy Chase is 67. Author R.L. Stine is 67. Actress Sigourney Weaver is 61. Actor Ian Hart is 46. Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 40. Actor Nick Cannon is 30. Actor Max Crumm is 25. Actress Molly Quinn is 17.
Thought for Today: “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (1875-1961).
