S. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 13, 2008″
Taken in my backyard, side-lit with flash in sunlight.
This Day in History (October 25)
1994 Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them)
1990 Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)
1984 Hepatitis virus is discovered
1983 U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!)
1981 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missiles
1981 George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator
1971 Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
1968 Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon’s baby
1965 Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
1962 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
1960 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, New York City
1946 1st trial against nazi war criminals in Neurenberg
1939 Nylon stockings go on sale in U.S. for 1st time
1924 "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published
1917 In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power
1906 U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a
pioneering development in radio and broadcasting
1881 Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Clanton engage in "Shootout at OK Corral"
1870 Postcards 1st used in U.S.
1854 Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die
1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years
1492 Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic
Today’s Birthdays
1971 Midori, born in Osaka, Japan, violinist, prodigy, studied at Julliard, plays the 1734 Buarnerius del Gesu violin
1964 Melinda McGraw, Nicosa Cyprus, actress, Macenzie-Pursuit Of Happiness
1963 Tracy Nelson, California, actress, Glitter, Square Pegs, Father Dowling
1957 Robbie Macintosh, rock guitarist and vocalist, Pretenders
1957 Nancy Cartwright, American Actress
1944 Ian Anderson, English rock singer, Yes-Owner of a Lonely Heart
1941 Anne Tyler, American writer, Accidental Tourist
1941 Helen Reddy, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, I Am Woman
1928 Anthony Franciosa, Papaleo, New York City, actor, Jeff-Name of the Game
1924 Billy Barty, Millsboro, Pennsylvania, 3’9" actor, Under the Rainbow, Foul Play
1912 Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw
1909 Whit Bissel, New York City, actor, Time Machine, General Kirk-Time Tunnel
1881 Pablo Picasso, born in Malaga, Spain, artist, 3 Dancers, Guernica
1869 John Heisman, pioneering football coach/trophy namesake
1825 Johann Baptist Strauss, the younger, Austria, composer, Waltz King
Today in History and Today’s Birthdays are digested from brainyhistory.com Visit their site to see full histories.