3761 BC: THE EPOCH REFERENCE DATE OF THE MODERN HEBREW CALENDAR.
That's a freakin' long time ago.
1477: UPPSALA UNIVERSITY IS INAUGURATED AFTER RECEIVING ITS CORPORATE RIGHTS FROM POPE SIXTUS IV IN FEBRUARY THE SAME YEAR.
Pope Sixtus IV adds up to X.
1513: BATTLE OF LA MOTTA: SPANISH TROOPS UNDER RAMON DE CARDONA DEFEAT THE VENETIANS.
Who, in turn, lost to the Drapes.
1542: EXPLORER CABRILLO DISCOVERS SANTA CATALINA ISLAND OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST.
Smart move. Nice place.
1582: BECAUSE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR, THIS DAY IS SKIPPED IN ITALY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, AND SPAIN.
It sucks to be born Gregorian on October 7.
1826: THE GRANITE RAILWAY BEGINS OPERATION AS THE FIRST CHARTERED RAILWAY IN THE US.
All aboard!
1849: AUTHOR EDGAR ALLAN POE DIES.
Never more.
1868: CORNELL UNIVERSITY HOLDS OPENING DAY CEREMONIES WITH STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT 412, THE HIGHEST OF ANY COLLEGE TO DATE.
That's one long line at the cafeteria.
1905: ACTOR ANDY DEVINE IS BORN.
The inventor of the cowboy's sidekick.
1916: GEORGIA TECH DEFEATS CUMBERLAND 222-0 IN THE MOST LOPSIDED COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME IN HISTORY.
Take Cumberland with 223 points.
1917: ACTRESS JUNE ALLYSON IS BORN.
Well, that depends.
1919: KLM, THE FLAG CARRIER OF THE NETHERLANDS, IS FOUNDED. IT IS THE OLDEST AIRLINE STILL OPERATING UNDER ITS ORIGINAL NAME.
And with the original frequent flyer miles.
1925: PITCHER CHRISTY MATHEWSON DIES.
With that arm, he could probably still pitch six innings on October 8.
1933: AIR FRANCE IS INAUGURATED.
Par avion.
1940: WORLD WAR II - THE MCCOLLUM MEMO PROPOSES BRINGING THE US INTO THE WAR IN EUROPE BY PROVOKING THE JAPANESE TO ATTACK THE US.
Spoiler alert: It worked.
1943: COLONEL OLIVER NORTH IS BORN.
If you insist...
1944: WORLD WAR II - DURING AN UPRISING AT BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP, JEWISH PRISONERS BURN DOWN THE CREMATORIA.
That's redundant.
1956: BUSINESSMAN CLARENCE BIRDSEYE DIES.
I always wanted to know why he insisted on including lima beans.
1958: THE US MANNED SPACE-FLIGHT PROJECT IS RENAMED PROJECT MERCURY.
Paging Alan Shepherd.
1960: NIGERIA JOINS THE UNITED NATIONS.
Meetings on the first Tuesday of every month.
1963: PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY SIGNS THE RATIFICATION OF THE PARTIAL TEST BAN TREATY.
Good thing. Only about seven more weeks left for him.
1985: THE ACHILLE LAURO IS HIJACKED BY THE PLO.
It really did happen, folks. It wasn't just a TV movie.
1991: BASEBALL MANAGER LEO DUROCHER DIES.
Tossed from the game for the very last time.
1996: THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL BEGINS BROADCASTING.
The other side of the MSNBC seesaw.
1998: MATTHEW SHEPARD, A GAY STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, IS FOUND TIED TO A FENCE AFTER BEING SAVAGELY BEATEN.
No smart comment here. Tragic.
2003: THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, GRAY DAVIS, IS RECALLED IN FAVOR OF ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER.
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Dinner last night: Chinese chicken salad.
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