1187: SALADIN CAPTURES JERUSALEM AFTER 88 YEARS OF CRUSADER RULE.
Saladin? Wasn't he the guy on "Have Gun, Will Travel?"
1535: JACQUES CARTIER DISCOVERS THE AREA WHERE MONTREAL, QUEBEC IS LOCATED.
And opens a jewelry store.
1552: CONQUEST OF KAZAN BY IVAN THE TERRIBLE.
Elia or Lainie?
1780: JOHN ANDRE, BRITISH ARMY OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, IS HANGED AS A SPY BY AMERICAN FORCES.
These days, we'd let him go free. And then give him his show on MSNBC.
1789: GEORGE WASHINGTON SENDS THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (BILL OF RIGHTS) TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION.
Back when our government actually worked.
1803: POLITICIAN SAMUEL ADAMS DIES.
Loved his beer.
1835: THE TEXAS REVOLUTION BEGINS WITH THE BATTLE OF GONZALES.
Adrian or Pancho?
1864: DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, UNION FORCES ATTACK SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA, BUT THEY ARE DEFEATED BY CONFEDERATE TROOPS.
In a peppered attack.
1889: IN COLORADO, NICHOLAS CREEDE STRIKES IT RICH IN SILVER DURING THE LAST GREAT SILVER BOOM OF THE OLD WEST.
Although there were several mediocre silver booms later on.
1890: COMEDIAN GROUCHO MARX IS BORN.
Swordfish.
1895: COMEDIAN BUD ABBOTT IS BORN.
Costello was born in 1906, so, technically, Abbott's on first.
1919: US PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON HAS A MAJOR STROKE.
Something Natalie Wood desperately needed years later.
1924: THE GENEVA PROTOCOL IS ADOPTED AS A MEANS TO STRENGTHEN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
The League of Nations? No designated hitter, right?
1928: ACTOR GEORGE MCFARLAND IS BORN.
It's Spanky!!!
1928: OPUS DEI IS FOUNDED BY SAINT JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA.
Four years after Doris Dei was founded.
1932: BASEBALL STAR MAURY WILLS IS BORN.
Speaking of Doris Day....
1937: LAWYER JOHNNIE COCHRAN IS BORN.
OJ Simpson celebrates this date every year.
1937: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STRONGMAN RAFAEL TRUJILLO ORDERS THE EXECUTION OF THE HAITIAN POPULATION, APPROXIMATELY 20,000 PEOPLE.
Meanwhile, several decades later, there were plenty of them left and all of them lived in my hometown of Mount Vernon, New York.
1938: CRITIC REX REED IS BORN.
The man who has never liked a single movie ever.
1942: OCEAN LINER RMS QUEEN MARY ACCIDENTALLY RAMS AND SINKS HER OWN ESCORT SHIP OFF THE COAST OF IRELAND.
"Hey, lady, watch where you're going!"
1945: SINGER DON MCLEAN IS BORN.
The singer and writer of the song I detest most. "American Pie." Yeech!!!
1950: PEANUTS BY CHARLES M. SCHULTZ IS FIRST PUBLISHED.
Welcome to you, Charlie Brown.
1951: ROCK STAR STING IS BORN.
The first day he took a breath.
1954: ACTRESS LORRAINE BRACCO IS BORN.
I always thought her voice was sexy.
1959: THE TWILIGHT ZONE PREMIERES ON CBS TELEVISION.
The very first episode starred Earl Holliman. For those of you still playing Trivial Pursuit.
1967: THURGOOD MARSHALL IS SWORN IN AS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE OF THE US.
He was the first Black to do so. For the rest of you still playing Trivial Pursuit.
1970: A PLANE CARRYING THE WICHITA STATE FOOTBALL TEAM, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SUPPORTERS CRASHES IN COLORADO.
Okay, but what about the cheerleaders????
1973: ACTOR PAUL HARTMAN DIES.
Emmett from "The Andy Griffith Show."
1979: POPE JOHN PAUL II DENOUNCES ALL FORMS OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND TORTURE WHILE SPEAKING AT THE UN IN NEW YORK CITY.
So I guess he wasn't a fan of "Hogan's Heroes."
1985: ACTOR ROCK HUDSON DIES OF AIDS.
He was gay????????
1994: ACTRESS HARRIET NELSON DIES.
Outliving a son, but, then again, she didn't fly much.
1996: AEROPERU FLIGHT 603 CRASHES INTO THE PACIFIC AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PERU. 70 ARE KILLED.
Another reason why Harriet wouldn't fly much when she was alive.
1998: SINGER GENE AUTRY DIES.
Dare I even attempt a "riding off into the sunset" reference? Wait, I just did.
2002: THE BELTWAY SNIPER ATTACKS BEGIN AND THEY LAST THREE WEEKS.
Longer than some TV series on the OWN Network.
2005: COMEDIAN NIPSEY RUSSELL DIES.
On this October's second day, here's the ground where Nipsey Russell will lay.
Dinner last night: Kobe meatballs and pasta at Taste on Melrose.
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