The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Lt Frank Luke Jr. Part 2 Oct. 21, 2005

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[snippy_about_it]

LOL. I know, you're shocked.

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- (From front) Senior Airman Gary McCormick, Tech. Sgt. Xavier Sanford, Senior Airman Robert Welch and Staff Sgt. Stephen Manley present the colors during a change of command ceremony here May 15. Sergeant Sanford is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, and Sergeant Manley and Airmen Welch and McCormick are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mark D. Gibson)

Guess the number of tassles and win a cupie doll size

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on October 25:
1360 Louis, founder of house of Anjou
1800 Thomas Babington Macaulay England, poet/historian (Ivry, Naaseby)
1819 Zachariah Cantey Deas Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1882
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)
1888 Richard E Byrd Virginia, admiral/polar explorer (1926)
1902 Henry Steele Commager Pitts Pa, historian (Atlas of the Civil War)
1912 Jack Kent Cooke NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)
1912 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley] Tenn, (Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw)
1924 Billy Barty Millsboro Pa, 3'9" actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play)
1925 Yakov Rylskly USSR, sabre team (Olympic-bronze-1956)
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)
1935 Russell "Rusty" L Schweickart Neptune NJ, astronaut (Apollo 9)
1940 Bob Knight college basketball coach/ chair thrower (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984)
1941 Anne Tyler American writer (Accidental Tourist)
1941 Helen Reddy Melbourne Australia, singer (I Am Woman)
1944 James "corporal cueball" Carville
1948 Happy Birthday CelticLass
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.
Ní fuaireamar
1950 John Matuszak Milwaukee Wisc, NFLer (Raiders)/actor (Hollywood Beat)
1960 Scott Anthony Haneline Indianapolis, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1967 Julia Roberts Smyma Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)

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Deaths which occurred on October 25:
0304 Marcellinus bishop of Rome, dies
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
1760 George II (August) king of Great-Britain (1727-60), dies at 76
1892 Caroline Harrison Pres Benjamin Harrison's wife, dies at 60
1920 Alexander king of Greece (1917-20), dies after ape bite at 27
1957 Lord Dunsany [Edward J M D Plunkett], author (The King of Elfland's Daughter), dies at 79
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
1973 Abebe Bikila Ethiopian marathoner (Oly-gold 1960, 64), dies at 46
1981 Ariel Durant, US author (Story of Civilization), 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
2002 Sen. Paul Wellstone (D Mn.) dies (Plane Crash)
(So you Democracts can take your Wellstone bumperstickers off. Because he dead..defunct..cadaverous..unanimated..extinct! GET OVER IT)

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Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
25-Oct-2003 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Seaman Jakia Sheree Cannon Unknown Non-hostile

25-Oct-2004 2 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 1
EST 1st Sergeant Arre Illenzeer Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Corporal Brian Oliveira Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire


Afghanistan
10/25/03 Mueller, Christopher Glenn Civilian contractor 32 CIA Directorate of Operations Hostile fire (near) Shkin 10/25/03 Carlson, William Civilian contractor 43 CIA Directorate of Operations Hostile fire (near) Shkin


http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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Go here and I'll stop nagging.
WOUNDED IN ACTION.ORG
http://www.woundedinaction.org/

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On this day...
0625 Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1147 Battle at Doryleum: Arabs defeat Conrad III of Germany and Louis VII
1415 Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeats the armored knight
(This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered)
http://www.aginc.net/battle/
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)
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)
1864 Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)
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
1918 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die
1924 1st appearance of Little Orphan Annie comic strip
1929 Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe.(Teapot Dome scandal)
1931 The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, was completed at a cost of $59 million and 12 lives
1935 Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie & Jacmel Haiti (And where was George Bush?)
1941 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine
1942 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive
1942 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins
1943 Thailand-Burma railroad opened, Approximately 13,000 prisoners of war died and were buried along the “Death Railway.
1944 Near Bruyeres Sgt. Clyde Lee Choate (d.2001 at 81) destroyed a German Mark IV tank with 2 bazooka shots while under heavy fire. Choate was later awarded the Medal of Honor and served in the Illinois Legislature (1947-1967).
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
1946 1st trial against nazi war criminals (Neurenberg)
1951 Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom
1953 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
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 Amb Stevenson demands USSR Amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
1963 Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas
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
1971 UN General Assembly admits Mainland China & expels Taiwan (Great moments in diplomacy #56,293)
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
1973 Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship
1975 USSR's Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing
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
1983 US invades Grenada
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 pigs popularity as pets
1996 Federal judge Richard Matsch granted Oklahoma City bombing defendants Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols separate trials.
2000 Russian divers find and remove the first bodies from the wreckage of the nuclear submarine Kursk, which sank on Aug. 12 with the loss of all 118 sailors aboard.
2001 Microsoft introduces its new Windows XP operating system
2003 The USS Hartford, a fast attack submarine, went aground off La Maddalena, a tiny island off Sardinia's north coast. (I said LEFT! No your other left!)

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

Taiwan : Restoration Day (1945)
Virgin Islands : Thanksgiving Day
Afghanistan : Id-Qurban Day
US : Mother-in-Law's Day (Sunday)
US some states : Veterans Day
World Pasta Day
National Magic Week Begins
National Wine Festival Month

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

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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.

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Attorney Jailed After Going to Court Drunk

Oct 24, 10:30 PM (ET)


BENTON, Ark. (AP) - An attorney appealing his second drunken driving conviction was jailed Monday after he came to court intoxicated, officials said.
A Saline County Circuit Court judge ordered 59-year-old Jerry Stewart jailed for contempt of court.

He was ordered held without bail until Thursday, when he is scheduled in court for an unrelated case. It was not known whether Thursday's court appearance involved two pending drunken driving charges.

Stewart faces a total of six years in prison and could be disbarred if convicted of a fourth felony offense, prosecutor Robert Herzfeld said.

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Thought for the day :
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
Pablo Picasso

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning FOXHOLE!!

[Professional Engineer]

Hi miss Feather

[Peanut Gallery]

hey there!

[Professional Engineer]

1942 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins

Cactus calling

[Professional Engineer]

smooch

[alfa6]

1942 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Professional Engineer]

Wow, this took better than 5 minutes to show here after I saw it in my pings.

[alfa6]

Wow, this took better than 5 minutes to show here after I saw it in my pings.

Yep I gave up and went for a walk

BTW, lets watch that PDA okay :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Professional Engineer]

Ya' got a problem with blackberrys and palm pilots?

[alfa6]

I was refering to an older version of PDA,

More fun too if ya asked me :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Professional Engineer]

LOL. It's been awhile since I heard PDA as other than a Cap'n Kirk gizmo.

[Valin]

I like it!

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on October 26:
4300 bc 1st there was dirt, then there was Blackie
Great Living American -
(Citizens who reside in Garage Logic over the age of 50.)
http://www.garagelogic.com/lexicon.htm

Age and deceit beat youth and skill....everytime.
1466 Desiderius Erasmus Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly)
1685 Domenico Scarlatti Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist
1759 Georges Danton France, revolutionary leader
1800 Helmuth K B von Moltke Prussian general-fieldmarshal
1804 Lorenzo Thomas Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1875
1830 Stephen Elliott Jr Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
1837 James Lawlor Kiernan Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1861 Richard D Sears Boston, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match
1879 Leon Trotsky Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet)
1894 John S Knight WV, publisher (Knight-Rider)
1910 John Cardinal Krol former archbishop of Philadelphia
1911 Mahalia Jackson New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands)
1911 Sid Gillman NFL coach (LA, San Diego, Houston)
1914 Jackie Coogan LA Calif, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family)
1916 Francois Mitterand Jarnac France, President of France (1981-1995)
1917 Felix the Cat cartoon character
1919 Edward W Brooke 1st black senator in over 80 yrs (Sen-R-Mass)
1919 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr Shah of Iran (1941-79)
1939 John Arden England, novelist/playwright (Left Handed Liberty)
1940 Mario Orosco 1st victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
1942 Bob Hoskins Suffolk England, actor (Brazil, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
1945 Pat Conroy American writer (Great Santini, Prince of Tides)
1946 Pat Sajak Chicago, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show)
1947 Jaclyn Smith Houston Tx, actress (Charlie's Angel, Nightkill)
1947 Hilary Rodham Clinton First Lady/co president/smartest woman in the history of the world/ aka Hilary Clinton aka Hilary R. Clinton aka The B*tch & Spotsy's best friend
1950 Chuck Foreman NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
1951 Bootsy Collins Cin, rocker (Parliaments-We Got the Funk)
1954 Lauren Tewes Braddock PA, actress (Love Boat, Eyes of a Stranger)
1962 Cary Elwes actor (Glory, Princess Bride)
1963 Kerri Lynne Rosenberg Burlington Ia, Miss Iowa-America (1991-top 10)
1973 Brian Smith Cedar Rapids Iowa, speed skater (Olympics-1994)

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Deaths which occurred on October 26:
0901 King Alfred the Great, die
1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged over slow fire.
1868 B F Randolph SC state senator, assassinated
1909 Prince Ito of Japan is assassinated
1920 the Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland, Terence McSwiney, died after a two-and-a-half-month hunger strike in a British prison cell, demanding independence for Ireland.
1957 Nicos Kazantzakis, writer (The Last Temptation of Christ), dies
1962 Louise Beavers actress (Beulah-Beulah), die at 64
1968 Erich Von Stroheim, actor/director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52
1972 Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83
1979 Park Chung-hee South Korean President is assassinated
1984 Sue Randall actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49
1990 William Paley CEO (CBS), dies at 89 from a heart attack
1991 Lori Rae Matthews crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella
1993 Absolutely Nobody [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37

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Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
26-Oct-2003 6 | US: 5 | UK: 0 | Other: 1
SP Sergeant Luis Puga Gandar Ad Diwaniyah - Qadisiyah Non-hostile - weapon discharge (accid.)
US Private 1st Class Steven Acosta Ba’qubah - Diyala Non-hostile - weapon discharge
US Staff Sergeant Jamie L. Huggins Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Buehring Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
US Private 1st Class Rachel K. Bosveld Baghdad (Abu Ghuraib Prison) Hostile - hostile fire - mortar attack
US Private Joseph R. Guerrera Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack



Afghanistan
A GOOD DAY


http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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Go here and I'll stop nagging.
http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

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On this day...
1407 Mobs attack Jewish community of Kracow
1492 Lead pencils 1st used
1529 Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor
1662 Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France
1682 William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York
1749 Georgia Colony reverses itself & rules slavery is legal
1774 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia
1787 "Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution
1863 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva
1864 Union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI
1868 Whites kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La
1869 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)
1876 President sends federal troops to SC
1881 Shootout at the OK corral, in Tombstone, Az
http://clantongang.com/
1905 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia
1905 Union of Sweden & Norway ends
1911 Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 8th World Series
1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1921 Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia
1934 While Wash player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson, owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to the Red Sox
1941 US savings bonds go on sale
1942 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1942 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough
1942 US ship Hornet sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during WW II
1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Ends
1947 Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India
1949 President Truman signed a measure raising the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents an hour.
1950 Mother Teresa founds her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India
1950 A reconnaissance platoon for a South Korean division reaches the Yalu River. They are the only elements of the U.N. force to reach the river before the Chinese offensive pushes the whole army down into South Korea.
1950 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
1951 Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden
1954 Chevrolet introduces the V-8 engine
1955 1st edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published
1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres
1956 UN's International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved
1957 USSR fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
1957 Vatican Radio begins broadcasting
1958 PanAm flies the 1st transatlantic jet trip-NY to Paris
1960 AL announces Minneapolis & LA to get teams in 1961
1960 AL's Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins
1962 Beatles tape "Please Please Me"
1964 Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
1965 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang
1966 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2
1966 US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonkin, 43 die
1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1968 Soyuz 3 launched
1970 "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
1975 Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit the US
1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa
1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
1977 5th & final test of space shuttle Enterprise
1980 St Louis Cards sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
1981 LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
1982 Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards
1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the 82nd World Series
1987 Dow Jones down 156.83 points
1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads
1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service
1988 US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK
1994 Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty at a desert site along the Israeli-Jordanian border.
1995 Islamic Jihad leader Fathi ash-Shiqaqi was assassinated in Malta
1996 Federal prosecutors cleared Richard Jewell as a suspect in the Olympic park bombing, ending a three-month ordeal for the former security guard.
2001 The USA Patriot Act signed into law
2004 Spacecraft Cassini flew within 745 miles of Titan providing scientists with new images of the Saturn largest moon.

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

Austria : National Day
Benin, Rwanda : Armed Forces Day
Iran : Birthday of HIM the Shahanshah
South Vietnam : Constitution & Republic Day (1955, 1956)
Switzerland : Flag Day
US : Mother-in-Law's Day (Sunday)
Wild Foods Day
Make a Difference Day- an opportunity for neighbors to help neighbors.
National Mule Day
National Magic Week (Day 3)
Vegetarian Awareness Month

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Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of Alfred the Great
Luth : Commem of P Nicolai, J Heermann, P Gerhardt, hymnwriters
Orthodox : Feast of Demetrios the Martyr
Lutheran : Protestant Reformation Day
Old Catholic : Christ the King Sunday
RC : Commem of St Evaristus, 5th pope (c 97-c 107), martyr

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Religious History
1779 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The Lord is so rich that He easily can -- so good that He certainly will -- give His children more than He will ever take away.
1813 Birth of Henry T. Smart, English sacred organist. Though largely self-taught, Smart published many compositions, two of which are still popular as hymn tunes: LANCASHIRE ("Lead On, O King Eternal") and REGENT SQUARE ("Angels From the Realms of Glory").
1889 Birth of Millar Burrows, American archaeologist. Director of the American School of Oriental Research at Jerusalem 1931-32, 1947-48), Burrows' most popular published work was "What Mean These Stones?" (1941).
1948 The Pentecostal Fellowship of North America was organized at Des Moines, Iowa. The association is comprised of 24 Pentecostal groups and meets annually to promote unity among Pentecostal Christians.
1963 One month before his death at age 65, English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter addressed to a child: 'If you continue to love Jesus, nothing much can go wrong with you, and I hope you may always do so.'

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

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'Superman' Hospitalized After Leap

Oct 25, 9:36 PM (ET)


GRAZ, Austria (AP) - A man who claimed he was Superman and could fly was hospitalized early Tuesday after leaping from a fourth-floor window, authorities said.

Paramedics rushed the 23-year-old man to a hospital in the city of Graz, about 120 miles south of Vienna, after he jumped from a window and suffered head and back injuries, police said.

They said the man - who apparently had drunk several bottles of red wine before attempting the jump - appeared at the window ledge at around 4 a.m. and shouted: "I am Superman! Nothing can happen to me!"

The jumper, whose name was not released, landed on part of a lower section and roof, sparing him from more serious injuries, authorities said.

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Thought for the day :
"It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the Lord's test."
Mahalia Jackson

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you PE for the daily Flag-o-gram in the Foxhole.

[snippy_about_it]

I think I should "revisit" the Cactus Air Force (unless of course alfa6 would like to do a new one), it's been awhile. Thanks for the reminder.

[snippy_about_it]

Too late for dibs. I'll revisit CAF tonight/tomorrow. ;-)