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On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on October 25:
1360 Louis, founder of house of Anjou
1759 Baron Grenville (Whig) British PM (1806-07)
1800 Thomas Babington Macaulay England, poet/historian (Ivry, Naaseby)
1825 Johann Strauss (the younger) composer (Waltz King)
1838 Georges Bizet France, composer (Carmen)
1843 Gleb Uspensky Russia, author (Power of the Soil)
1869 John Heisman pioneering football coach/trophy namesake
1877 Henry Norris Russell astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)
1881 Pablo Picasso Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica)
1884 Eduardo Barrios Chile, novelist (The Love-Crazed Boy)
1888 Richard E Byrd Virginia, admiral/polar explorer (1926)
1902 Henry Steele Commager Pitts Pa, historian (Atlas of the Civil War)
1909 Philleo Nash US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67)
1909 Whit Bissel NYC, actor (Time Machine, General Kirk-Time Tunnel)
1912 Jack Kent Cooke NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)
1912 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley] Tenn, (Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw)
1914 John Berryman American poet (Friends & Associates)
1914 John Reed King Atlantic City NJ, TV host (Why?, Let's See)
1923 Bobby Thomson HR hitter (The Giants win the pennant)
1924 Billy Barty Millsboro Pa, 3'9" actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play)
1925 Yakov Rylskly USSR, sabre team (Olympic-bronze-1956)
1926 Biff McGuire New Haven Ct, actor (Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter)
1926 Galina Vishnevskaya Russia, soprano (Madama Butterfly)
1927 Barbara Cook Atlanta Ga, stage singer/actress (Music Man)
1927 Franklin "Bud" Held javelin world champ (1949, 51, 53-55)
1928 Jeanne Cooper Minneapolis, actress (Kay-Young & Restless)
1928 Marion Ross Albert Lea Mn, actress (Marion-Happy Days, Brooklyn Bridge)
1928 Anthony Franciosa NYC, actor (Long Hot Summer, Name of Game, Death Wish 3)
1931 Annie Girardot Paris France, actress (Gypsy, Jacko & Lise)
1935 Russell "Rusty" L Schweickart Neptune NJ, astronaut (Apollo 9)
1940 Bob Knight college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984)
1941 Anne Tyler American writer (Accidental Tourist)
1941 Helen Reddy Melbourne Australia, singer (I Am Woman)
1944 Kathy "Taffy" Danoff Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
1948 Dave Cowens NBA forward (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks)
1949 Brian Kerwin Chicago Ill, actor (Chisholms, King Kong Lives, Lobo)
1950 John Matuszak Milwaukee Wisc, NFLer (Raiders)/actor (Hollywood Beat)
1951 Ransom Wilson Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist (Soliste NY)
1958 Kornelia Ender German DR, 100m/200m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1976)
1960 Scott Anthony Haneline Indianapolis, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1960 Tom Eplin actor (Jake-Another World)
1963 Tracy Nelson Calif, actress (Glitter, Square Pegs, Father Dowling)
1965 Nick Thorpe rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance)
1967 Julia Roberts Smyma Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
1968 Lisa Trusel Cal, actress (Lizette-Father Murphy, Days of our Lives)

Deaths which occurred on October 25:
1047 Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies
1154 King Steven of England (1135-54), dies
1400 Geofrey Chaucer author, dies in London
1892 Caroline Harrison Pres Benjamin Harrison's wife, dies at 60
1957 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, US gangster, dies while taking a shave in Manhattan hotel at 55
1959 Bob Murphy TV host (RFD America), dies at 42
1961 Peter(turn that damn thing down) Jensen co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75
1964 Belle Montrose actress (Mrs Harrison-The Hathaways), dies at 78
1973 Abebe Bikila Ethiopian marathoner (Oly-gold 1960, 64), dies at 46
1981 Ariel Durant, US author (Story of Civilization), dies at 83
1985 Morton Downey singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
1986 Forrest Tucker actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail), dies at 67
1987 Cecil Brown news correspondant (CBS), dies at 80
1989 Mary McCarthy author (The Group), dies, at 77
1991 Bill Graham rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at 60
1993 Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 GREEN ROBERT B.---LAMPASAS TX.
1966 LEVAN ALVIN L.---CATAWISSA PA.
1967 HORINEK RAMON A.---ATWOOD .KS
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 KROMMENHOEK JEFFREY M.---SIOUX CITY IA.
1967 SMITH RICHARD EUGENE---MARKS MS.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1968 THOMPSON BENJAMIN A.---SARALAND AL.
["LOST IN RIVER, PROB DROWNED"]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
625 Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1147 Battle at Doryleum: Arabs beat Konrad III's crusaders
1415 Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeats the armored knight
1671 Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn
1760 George III ascends the British throne
1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith (marriage lasts 54 years)
1812 US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian
1825 The Erie Canal, America's first man-made waterway, was opened, linking the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
1854 The Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava) (Crimean War)
1870 Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore
1870 Postcards 1st used in US
1891 1st International 6 day bike race (NY MSG) ends
1900 England annexes Transvaal
1903 Senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin
1915 Atty James L Curtis named minister of Liberia
1918 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die
1924 1st appearance of Little Orphan Annie comic strip
1926 Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach & gm of NY Rangers
1929 Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe.(Teapot Dome scandal)
1930 1st football game in Atlantic City Convention Center
1930 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began
1935 Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie & Jacmel Haiti
1944 Japanese navy defeated at battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 First kamikaze attack of the war begins
1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek
1951 Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom
1960 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC
1962 110th member of the UN admitted (Uganda)
1962 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
1962 Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
1963 Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety
1965 Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
1968 Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler
1968 Longest Oly field hockey game, Hol beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT)
1968 Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby
1971 Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
1971 UN General Assembly admits Mainland China & expels Taiwan
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
1973 Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship
1974 Wings release "Junior's Farm"
1975 USSR's Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing
1976 5th Enterprise, approach & lands test (ALT) flight
1976 Gov Wallace grants full pardon to Clarence Norris, last known survivor of 9 Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 rape
1978 Israeli Cabinet approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace
1980 Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks & her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks
1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!)
1984 "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premiers (Gotham Theater-NYC)
1984 Rangers beat Devils 11-2
1985 Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit
1986 International Red Cross ousted from South Africa
1986 Michael Sergio parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS
1987 Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series
1988 ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets
1990 Evander Hollyfield KOs James "Buster" Douglas for HW boxing title
1990 NY Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Taiwan : Restoration Day (1945)
Virgin Islands : Thanksgiving Day
US : Mother-in-Law's Day (Sunday)
New Zealand : Labour Day-last Monday in October (Monday)
US some states : Veterans Day (Monday)
US : Francis E Willard Day-temperance day (Friday)

Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of St Crispin (Ang)
Christian : Feast of St Gaudentius, bishop of Brescia
Christ : Commemoration of SS Chrysanthus & Daria, martyrs (3rd cen)

Religious History
1147 The armies of the Second Crusade (1147-49) were destroyed by the Saracens at Dorylaeum (in modern Turkey). The Crusaders went on with fruitless campaigns against Damascus, Syria.
1564 Birth of Hans Leo Hassler, sacred composer. The first notable German musician educated in Italy, Hassler left a rich musical legacy, including the hymn tune PASSION CHORALE, to which the Church now sings, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded."
1800 Birth of Jacque Paul Migne, French theological publisher. Establishing his own press in 1836, Migne published a voluminous collection of writings by the ancient Greek and Latin fathers (161 vols: "Patrologia Graecae"; 221 vols: "Patrologia Latinae") during his remaining 39 years.
1921 Franklin Small, 48, and a group of dissatisfied members of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, obtained a Dominion charter to establish the Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada. In 1953, this group merged with the Evangelical Churches of Pentecost, whose major congregations are located today in the Canadian prairie provinces.
1941 The first Youth For Christ rally was held at Bryant's Alliance Tabernacle in New York City. An international evangelical youth organization, YFC has no single founder, but rather emerged out of weekly rallies held for the youth of New York City during the 1930s.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late."

You Might Be A Wrestling Addict if...
you believe that "everything" about Chyna is real and natural.

Murphys Law of the day...(McKenna's Law)
When you are right, be logical. When you are wrong, be-fuddle.

Astounding fact #976,297,441...
A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

Good morning quietolong, thanks for the link.

It's a shame to see some of these old planes not flying any longer. I know the CAF and Collings Foundation both keep some flying and always need donations.

It's one thing to have them in our museums but quite another to be able to provide maintenance to keep them flying.

Good morning EGC.

I need that extra hour, too!

She has as "good of a back as they come."

Wonderful news about Samwise jr. !!! Thanks for letting us know and Good morning!

Are you in that part of Indiana? Or will you be getting extra sleep?

Good morning manna.

So it's you!! LOL. How do you do it. You are surrounded by towns that do aren't you? I mean in close proximity?

It wouldn't bother me if we all would stop. :)

Good morning aomagrat.

Another interesting camo job but at least the picture isn't making my head spin. ;)

Could we only see the goodness
Of the ones we meet each day,
We would overlook their failures
As we greet them on life's way. —Anon.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Through prayer, finite man draws upon the power of the infinite God.

Good morning feather, checking pings and then it's out the door for my Saturday morning chores.

Good morning Valin.

I will return after my coffee to check out today's history. Thank you for providing it to us every day.

Thank you Mayor and Good morning.

You know what? As it's Saturday why not a dounut to? It's not like you don't deserve it...nothin but nothin but right!
FYI
On This Day In History...The Battle of Agincourt.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1007884/posts

LOL. Thanks for the donut idea.

I went to your link, thank you. Great audio over there of the St. Crispins Day speech.

Thanks for the link. Interesting story and you have some good posts there.

Morning E.G.C. Thanks for the reminder. It ususally takes me a day just to remember where all the clocks in the house are.

Morning Samwise. Thanks for sharing the good news. My dad is doing fine, thanks for the concern.

Hi Manna!

New Jersey Ping.

She looks like she caught some kind of pox during a liberty in Haiti with that cammo job.

Morning Feather

1854 The Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava) (Crimean War)

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson
,br> P.S. Notice the position of the french troops, way in the rear.