Nikki
10-09-03, 09:00 AM
1635 - Religious dissident Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut -- later Yale University -- was chartered in New Haven.
1776 - A group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
1799 - The British frigate HMS Lutine sank off the Dutch coast. The ship's bell was salvaged and later mounted in the underwriters' room of Lloyd's of London. The bell is tolled on receipt of important news such as a ship sinking.
1831 - Count Ioannis Kapodistrias, president of Greece from 1827, was assassinated at Navplion. He played a prominent role in the Greek struggle for independence but made many enemies including Georgios and Konstantinos Mavromikhalis who assassinated him.
1855 - Isaac Singer of New York patented the sewing machine motor.
1855 - Joshua C. Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusettes patented the calliope. The inventor originally sold the colorful, noisy instrument which produces 135 decibels, compared to the 100 decibels of sound produced by a jet plane at takeoff, to churches. Sales took off when Stoddard sold the instrument to circuses and steamboat operators.
1858 - Mail service by stagecoach between San Francisco, California and St. Louis, Missouri began. It took 23 days and four hours for that first run.
1870 - Rome was incorporated into Italy by royal decree.
1872 - The first mail order catalogue, only one page long, was delivered. It was sent out by Aaron Montgomery Ward of Montgomery Ward catalog and department stores.
1888 - The public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.
1914 - During World War I, German forces captured Antwerp, Belgium.
1915 - Austrian and German forces captured Belgrade.
1930 - Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, New York, to Glendale, California.
1931 - On Victor Records, Russ Columbo’s "Prisoner of Love" was recorded.
1934 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou, who were negotiating an alliance, were assassinated by Vlada Chernozamsky, a Croatian terrorist, in Marseilles.
1935 - On radios, "Cavalcade of America" was first broadcas. The half-hour long CBS show featured Hollywood and Broadway’s famous stars in leading roles. Narrator Thomas Chalmers spoke of stories about obscure incidents and people in Untied States history. Donald Voorhees led the orchestra. The show aired from 1935 to 1953, switching from CBS to NBC in 1939. For its entire run, it only had one sponsor, the DuPont Company
1936 - The first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.
1943 - "Land of the Lost" was presented on ABC radio for the first time. The show opened with, "In that wonderful kingdom at the bottom of the sea..." The children’s adventure-fantasy serial took the audience underwater where the main characters, Isabel and Jimmy, were guided by a red fish named Red Lantern played first by Junius Matthews and later, by Art Carney. "Land of the Lost" remained on the air until 1948.
1944 - In World War II, British Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Russia for talks with Stalin at the Third Moscow Conference.
1946 - In Petersburg, Virginia, the first electric blanket went on sale for $39.50.
1947 - The Broadway show, "High Button Shoes", opened in New York City with Phil Silvers in the lead. The show ran for 727 performances.
1953 - Marion and George Kirby, played by Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling with Leo G. Carroll as lead character"Topper" debuted on CBS-TV. "Topper" was the first of the "spirit" shows of the day. Marion and George died with their St. Bernard, Neil, in an avalanche on a skiing vacation. The three returned to their home which was now occupied by Topper. The adventures of the ghosts and Topper were chaotic and fun to watch. The story was loosely based on Thorne Smith's writings.
1960 - The shortest touchdown pass in NFL history, at 2 inches, occurred on this date at Washington, D.C., when Eddie LeBaron of Dallas threw to Dick Bielski.
1962 - Uganda became independent after nearly 70 years of British rule.
1963 - Over 2,000 people died when the Vaiont Dam overflowed and flooded the village of Longarone and three other villages in northeast Italy.
1967 - Doc Severinsen left the NBC Tonight Show Orchestra to become musical director of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", replacing Skitch Henderson. Doc became famous for his eccentric wardrobe, quick wit, and trumpet solos. Tommy Newsome became Doc’s backup arranger. Later, Doc and the band would progress to solo albums, group CDs and incredibly successful concert tours. Doc would go on to play with various symphony orchestras and to become the owner of a custom trumpet company in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
1967 - Argentinean revolutionary leader, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, was captured and summarily executed by Bolivian troops at the age 39. Because of his romantic appearance, dashing style, utter commitment to justice, and dedication to violent, flamboyant action, Che became a martyr of mythical proportions.
1969 - Czechoslovakia's frontiers were closed to tens of thousands of citizens bound for the West on private visits as new government travel restrictions went into effect.
1970 - Cambodia declared itself the Khmer republic.
1973 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced in Santa Monica, California, after more than five years of marriage. Priscilla was awarded a sizable amount of property, $725,000 and an additional $4,200 a month for the support of their five-year-old daughter, Lisa Marie, half the proceeds from the planned sale of a Los Angeles, California home, and 5% of the total outstanding stock in two publishing companies.
1973 - Paul Simon earned a gold record, for his hit, "Loves Me like a Rock".
1974 - Oskar Schindler died in Frankfurt, Germany. Schindler is credited with saving the lives of about 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.
1975 - Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Regarded as the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, he contributed perhaps more than anyone else to the military might of the Soviet Union. Gradually, however, Sakharov became one of the regime's most courageous critics, and a staunch defender of human rights and democracy.
1975 - Yoko Ono Lennon gave birth to Sean Ono Lennon, son of former Beatle John Lennon. She wanted to have the child on her husband's birthday because she believed that if a child was born on its father's birthday, it would receive his soul when he died. Yoko scheduled a Caesarian section, and had the surgery 5 weeks before the baby's due date. Yoko denied the assertion, although Lennon affirmed it years later to the press.
1979 - Styx released "Babe," which would become a megahit when it hit number one on December 8, 1979.
1980 - The hit comedy film, Private Benjamin, starring Goldie Hawn, was released to United States theaters.
1983 - Four key South Korean cabinet ministers, including Foreign Minister Lee Bum-suk, were killed in a bomb blast in Rangoon.
1985 - Yoko Ono dedicated a 2˝ acre garden memorial to her slain John Lennon. In New York City’s Central Park, the memorial is named Strawberry Fields.
1986 - The musical play "Phantom of the Opera" premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. Based on Gaston Leroux's novel "Le Fantome de l'Opera," the musical tells the story of a deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera. He falls in love with Christine, a young soprano, and devotes himself to nurturing her extraordinary talents.
1986 - Joan Rivers contended with former NBC boss Johnny Carson when her new "The Late Show" debuted on the fledgling FOX network. Reportedly, Rupert Murdoch paid up to $25,000 a week for Joan’s gowns. Carson quipped, "The show proves that all that glitters is not watched."
1987 - Clare Boothe Luce - playwright, editor, diplomat, and politician - died at age 83.
1990 - Nelson Mandela returned to South Africa's notorious Robben Island and said "the emotions ran wild" when he met prisoners in the jail where he spent 20 years of his life.
1994 - The United States sent troops and warships to the Persian Gulf in response to Saddam Hussein sending thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks toward the Kuwaiti border.
1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut -- later Yale University -- was chartered in New Haven.
1776 - A group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
1799 - The British frigate HMS Lutine sank off the Dutch coast. The ship's bell was salvaged and later mounted in the underwriters' room of Lloyd's of London. The bell is tolled on receipt of important news such as a ship sinking.
1831 - Count Ioannis Kapodistrias, president of Greece from 1827, was assassinated at Navplion. He played a prominent role in the Greek struggle for independence but made many enemies including Georgios and Konstantinos Mavromikhalis who assassinated him.
1855 - Isaac Singer of New York patented the sewing machine motor.
1855 - Joshua C. Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusettes patented the calliope. The inventor originally sold the colorful, noisy instrument which produces 135 decibels, compared to the 100 decibels of sound produced by a jet plane at takeoff, to churches. Sales took off when Stoddard sold the instrument to circuses and steamboat operators.
1858 - Mail service by stagecoach between San Francisco, California and St. Louis, Missouri began. It took 23 days and four hours for that first run.
1870 - Rome was incorporated into Italy by royal decree.
1872 - The first mail order catalogue, only one page long, was delivered. It was sent out by Aaron Montgomery Ward of Montgomery Ward catalog and department stores.
1888 - The public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.
1914 - During World War I, German forces captured Antwerp, Belgium.
1915 - Austrian and German forces captured Belgrade.
1930 - Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, New York, to Glendale, California.
1931 - On Victor Records, Russ Columbo’s "Prisoner of Love" was recorded.
1934 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou, who were negotiating an alliance, were assassinated by Vlada Chernozamsky, a Croatian terrorist, in Marseilles.
1935 - On radios, "Cavalcade of America" was first broadcas. The half-hour long CBS show featured Hollywood and Broadway’s famous stars in leading roles. Narrator Thomas Chalmers spoke of stories about obscure incidents and people in Untied States history. Donald Voorhees led the orchestra. The show aired from 1935 to 1953, switching from CBS to NBC in 1939. For its entire run, it only had one sponsor, the DuPont Company
1936 - The first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.
1943 - "Land of the Lost" was presented on ABC radio for the first time. The show opened with, "In that wonderful kingdom at the bottom of the sea..." The children’s adventure-fantasy serial took the audience underwater where the main characters, Isabel and Jimmy, were guided by a red fish named Red Lantern played first by Junius Matthews and later, by Art Carney. "Land of the Lost" remained on the air until 1948.
1944 - In World War II, British Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Russia for talks with Stalin at the Third Moscow Conference.
1946 - In Petersburg, Virginia, the first electric blanket went on sale for $39.50.
1947 - The Broadway show, "High Button Shoes", opened in New York City with Phil Silvers in the lead. The show ran for 727 performances.
1953 - Marion and George Kirby, played by Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling with Leo G. Carroll as lead character"Topper" debuted on CBS-TV. "Topper" was the first of the "spirit" shows of the day. Marion and George died with their St. Bernard, Neil, in an avalanche on a skiing vacation. The three returned to their home which was now occupied by Topper. The adventures of the ghosts and Topper were chaotic and fun to watch. The story was loosely based on Thorne Smith's writings.
1960 - The shortest touchdown pass in NFL history, at 2 inches, occurred on this date at Washington, D.C., when Eddie LeBaron of Dallas threw to Dick Bielski.
1962 - Uganda became independent after nearly 70 years of British rule.
1963 - Over 2,000 people died when the Vaiont Dam overflowed and flooded the village of Longarone and three other villages in northeast Italy.
1967 - Doc Severinsen left the NBC Tonight Show Orchestra to become musical director of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", replacing Skitch Henderson. Doc became famous for his eccentric wardrobe, quick wit, and trumpet solos. Tommy Newsome became Doc’s backup arranger. Later, Doc and the band would progress to solo albums, group CDs and incredibly successful concert tours. Doc would go on to play with various symphony orchestras and to become the owner of a custom trumpet company in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
1967 - Argentinean revolutionary leader, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, was captured and summarily executed by Bolivian troops at the age 39. Because of his romantic appearance, dashing style, utter commitment to justice, and dedication to violent, flamboyant action, Che became a martyr of mythical proportions.
1969 - Czechoslovakia's frontiers were closed to tens of thousands of citizens bound for the West on private visits as new government travel restrictions went into effect.
1970 - Cambodia declared itself the Khmer republic.
1973 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced in Santa Monica, California, after more than five years of marriage. Priscilla was awarded a sizable amount of property, $725,000 and an additional $4,200 a month for the support of their five-year-old daughter, Lisa Marie, half the proceeds from the planned sale of a Los Angeles, California home, and 5% of the total outstanding stock in two publishing companies.
1973 - Paul Simon earned a gold record, for his hit, "Loves Me like a Rock".
1974 - Oskar Schindler died in Frankfurt, Germany. Schindler is credited with saving the lives of about 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.
1975 - Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Regarded as the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, he contributed perhaps more than anyone else to the military might of the Soviet Union. Gradually, however, Sakharov became one of the regime's most courageous critics, and a staunch defender of human rights and democracy.
1975 - Yoko Ono Lennon gave birth to Sean Ono Lennon, son of former Beatle John Lennon. She wanted to have the child on her husband's birthday because she believed that if a child was born on its father's birthday, it would receive his soul when he died. Yoko scheduled a Caesarian section, and had the surgery 5 weeks before the baby's due date. Yoko denied the assertion, although Lennon affirmed it years later to the press.
1979 - Styx released "Babe," which would become a megahit when it hit number one on December 8, 1979.
1980 - The hit comedy film, Private Benjamin, starring Goldie Hawn, was released to United States theaters.
1983 - Four key South Korean cabinet ministers, including Foreign Minister Lee Bum-suk, were killed in a bomb blast in Rangoon.
1985 - Yoko Ono dedicated a 2˝ acre garden memorial to her slain John Lennon. In New York City’s Central Park, the memorial is named Strawberry Fields.
1986 - The musical play "Phantom of the Opera" premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. Based on Gaston Leroux's novel "Le Fantome de l'Opera," the musical tells the story of a deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera. He falls in love with Christine, a young soprano, and devotes himself to nurturing her extraordinary talents.
1986 - Joan Rivers contended with former NBC boss Johnny Carson when her new "The Late Show" debuted on the fledgling FOX network. Reportedly, Rupert Murdoch paid up to $25,000 a week for Joan’s gowns. Carson quipped, "The show proves that all that glitters is not watched."
1987 - Clare Boothe Luce - playwright, editor, diplomat, and politician - died at age 83.
1990 - Nelson Mandela returned to South Africa's notorious Robben Island and said "the emotions ran wild" when he met prisoners in the jail where he spent 20 years of his life.
1994 - The United States sent troops and warships to the Persian Gulf in response to Saddam Hussein sending thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks toward the Kuwaiti border.