OCTOBER 5TH
- TODAY IS NATIONAL DO SOMETHING NICE DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL APPLE BETTY DAY
- TODAY IS RHODE ISLAND APPRECIATION DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- CHESTER A. ARTHUR (1829-1886)
- RAY KROC (1902-1984)
- LARRY FINE (1902-1975)
- ALLEN LUDDEN (1917-1981)
- STEVE MILLER (1943, 75)
- JEFF CONAWAY (1950, 68)
- BOB GELDOF (1951, 67)
- KAREN ALLEN (1951, 67)
- BERNIE MAC (1957-2008)
- MARIO LEMIEUX (1965, 53)
- KATE WINSLET (1975, 43)
- JESSE EISENBERG (1983, 35)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1864, 60,000 PEOPLE DIE IN A CYCLONE THAT DESTROYS MOST OF CALCUTTA, INDIA
- IN 1914, THE FIRST AIRPLANE EVER IS SHOT DOWN DURING BATTLE IN WORLD WAR I
- IN 1924, LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE DEBUTS IN THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
- IN 1932, THE DETRIOT FALCONS CHANGE THEIR NAME TO THE RED WINGS
- IN 1945, “MEET THE PRESS” DEBUTS ON NBC RADIO
- IN 1945, A SIX MONTH STRIKE BY SET DECORATORS COMES TO A HEAD IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A BLOODY RIOT AT THE GATES OF WARNER BROTHERS STUDIOS
- IN 1945, 18 YEAR OLD JANET LEIGH MARRIES STANLEY REAMES
- IN 1947, PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKES THE FIRST TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
- IN 1950, CELTICS COACH RED AUERBACH DRAWS NUMBERS OUT OF A HAT TO WIN BOB COUSY AFTER THE CHICAGO STAGS GO OUT OF BUSINESS
- IN 1953, EARL WARREN IS SWORN IN AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
- IN 1953, THE FIRST NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS MEETING IS HELD
- IN 1956, CECIL B. DEMILLE RELEASES “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”
- IN 1961, BLAKE EDWARDS RELEASES “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S”
- IN 1962, THE BEATLES RELEASE THEIR FIRST SINGLE “LOVE ME DO”
- IN 1962, THE FIRST JAMES BOND MOVIE, “DR. NO” OPENS
- IN 1965, JOHNNY CASH IS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO CROSS INTO MEXICO WITH A SUITCASE FULL OF PRESCRIPTION PILLS
- IN 1968, CHARLES BRONSON MARRIES JILL IRELAND
- IN 1969, THE BBC DEBUTS “MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS”
- IN 1970, PBS BEGINS BROADCASTING
- IN 1973, ELTON JOHN RELEASES “GOODBYE, YELLOW BRICK ROAD”
- IN 1974, OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN GOES TO #1 WITH “I HONESTLY LOVE YOU” ON THE SINGLES CHART AND THE BEACH BOYS GO TO #1 WITH ‘ENDLESS SUMMER” ON THE ALBUM CHART
- IN 1981, MICHELLE PFEIFFER MARRIES PETER HORTON
- IN 1982, TYLONEL RECALLS 264,000 BOTTLES AMIDST A PANIC OVER STRYCNINE LACED PILLS AFTER SEVEN PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY AN ANONYMOUS KILLER
- IN 1984, DR. KATHRYN SULLIVAN IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WALK IN SPACE
- IN 1989, JIM BAKKER IS CONVICTED OF FRAUD FOR BILKING HIS FOLLOWERS OF $158 MILLION DOLLARS FROM HIS “PTL CLUB”
- IN 1990, A CINCINATTI JURY FINDS AN ART GALLERY NOT GUILTY OF OBSENITY AFTER IT DISPLAYS THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROBERT MAPPELTHORPE
- IN 1990, “HENRY AND JUNE” IS RELEASED AND BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN FILM TO BE RATED NC-17
- IN 1991, GUNS N ROSES GO TO #1 ON THE ALBUM CHART WITH “USE YOUR ILLUSION”
- IN 1994, THE NBA SHORTENS THE 3 POINT LINE TO 22 FEET. MICHAEL JORDAN WOULD GO ON TO DOUBLE HIS OWN RECORD FOR THE MOST 3 POINTERS IN A SEASON
- IN 1996, DEEP BLUE SOMETHING HITS #1 WITH “BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S”
- IN 2000, STREET PROTESTERS WHO COME TO BE KNOWN AS “THE BULLDOZER REVOLUTION” CAUSE ENOUGH COMMOTION TO FORCE YUGOSLAVIAN DICTATOR SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC TO RESIGN
- IN 2001, PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR TOM RIDGE RESIGNS TO BECOME THE FIRST SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- IN 2001, BARRY BONDS HITS HOME RUNS 71 AND 72 TO PASS MARK MCGWIRE FOR THE SINGLE SEASON HOME RUN RECORD
- IN 2003, TIMOTHY TREADWELL, BETTER KNOWN AS “GRIZZLY MAN”, IS KILLED AND EATEN BY A BEAR WHILE FILMING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS LIFE AMONG BEARS
- IN 2003, BEYONCE AND SEAN PAUL HIT #1 WITH “BABY BOY” ON THE SINGLES CHART WHILE OUTKAST HITS #1 ON THE ALBUM CHART WITH “SPEAKERBOXXX”
- IN 2004, SCOTTIE PIPPEN ANNOUNCES HE IS RETIRNING FROM BASKETBALL
- IN 2004, RODNEY DANGERFIELD DIES AT 82
- IN 2004, TIGER WOODS MARRIES ELIN NORDEGREN
- IN 2005, STEPHANIE MEYER PUBLISHES THE FIRST OF HER “TWILIGHT” NOVELS
- IN 2005, THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE BEGINS PLAY AFTER A TEN MONTH STRIKE
- IN 2007, GEORGE CLOONEY RELEASES “MICHAEL CLAYTON”
- IN 2007, REESE WITHERSPOON DIVORCES RYAN PHILLIPPE
- IN 2008, PINK HITS #1 WITH “SO WHAT”
- IN 2011, STEVE JOBS DIES OF CANCER AT 56
- IN 2015, 12 NATIONS MEET IN ATLANTA TO FORM THE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
- IN 2015, CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SIGNS A “RIGHT TO DIE” BILL
- IN 2017, THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHES AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN