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Today in History - October 13
The cornerstone of the White House was laid on October 13, 1792. Continue reading.
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![]() Today in History - October 13 The cornerstone of the White House was laid on October 13, 1792. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more..
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![]() A bit of October 13th history… 1792 - “Old Farmer’s Almanac” is 1st published 1917 - 70,000 people gather to see “Miracle of the Sun”, solar visions reportedly by the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal after prophecies by local children 1983 - Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular –> AT&T) launched the 1st US cellular network, Chicago 1987 - 1st military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf) (pictured) 1988 - Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ’s burial cloth, is shown by carbon dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages Today In History: ![]() Today in History - October 12 Early in the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land, beginning a new era of European exploration and expansion. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of October 12th history… 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon 1216 - King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash as the flood tide swamps his wagons 1492 - Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall on a Caribbean island he names San Salvador; he believes he has reached east Asia (pictured below) 1609 - Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” is published in London 1792 - 1st celebration of Columbus Day in USA in NY 1892 - US Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in Public Schools 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames “The Executive Mansion” as “The White House” 1931 - Christ the Redeemer statue opens standing 98 ft high (30 m) on top of Mount Corcovada overlooking Rio de Janeiro (pictured) 1933 - Gangster George Francis Barnes, aka Machine Gun Kelly, is sentenced to life imprisonment 1978 - Sid Vicious charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen (pictured below) Today In History: ![]() Today in History - October 11 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. Continue reading. On October 11, 1965, photographer Dorothea Lange died in San Francisco at the age of seventy. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of October 11th history… 1737 - Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta, India 1939 - NAACP organizes legal defense and education fund 1945 - Chinese Civil War begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong’s Communist party 1975 - “Saturday Night Live” premiers on NBC (pictured) 1992 - 1st 3-way US Presidential debate - Bush, Clinton, Perot Today In History: ![]() Today in History - October 10 On October 10, 1850, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal was completed and opened for business along its entire 184.5-mile length from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. Continue reading. On October 10, 1845, fifty midshipmen and seven faculty members (three civilians and four officers) inaugurated the first term of the United States Naval School at a ten-acre Army post, Fort Severn, in Annapolis, Maryland. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of October 10th history… 1780 - Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 - 30,000 in the Caribbean; Atlantic’s deadliest recorded hurricane 1933 - 1st synthetic detergent, “Dreft”, by Procter and Gamble goes on sale (pictured) 1957 - A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world’s 1st major nuclear accident 1965 - “Vinland Map” is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn about 1440 1969 - “Jesus Christ Superstar” soundtrack is recorded Today In History: ![]() Today in History - October 9 On October 9, 1701, the colonial legislature of Connecticut chartered the Collegiate School in Saybrook to educate students for “Publick employment both in Church & Civil State.” Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of October 9th history… 1000 - Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada), reportedly becoming 1st European to reach North America (pictured) 1781 - Americans under George Washington and the French under Comte de Rochambeau begin bombardment of Yorktown, the last battle of the American Revolutionary War 1888 - Washington Monument opens for public admittance 1936 - Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles 1946 - 1st electric blanket manufactured - sold for $39.50 1986 - “The Late Show with Joan Rivers” premiers on FOX, 1st woman to host a US late night TV talk show 2012 - Women’s rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai is shot 3 times by a Taliban gunman as she tried to board her school bus in Pakistan (pictured below) Today In History: |
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