A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.
TODAY IN HISTORY:
1845 – The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, MD.
1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, was discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
1865 – John Wesley Hyatt patented the billiard ball.
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire in Chicago, IL. The fire was started from a barn accident and burned from October 8 to October 10.
1881 – Three Michigan railroads (Michigan Central; Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette; and the Grand Rapids and Indiana) formed a company to operate a railroad car ferry service across the Mackinac Straits.
1886 – The tuxedo dinner jacket made its U.S. debut in New York, NY.
1887 – The Edison Phonograph Company was founded by Thomas Edison.
1899 – I.R. Johnson patented the bicycle frame.
1933 – The first synthetic detergent, Dreft, went on sale.
1945 – The Detroit Tigers won their second World Series when they beat Chicago 9-3 in Game 7.
1959 – Pan American World Airways announced the beginning of the first global airline service.
1964 – The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, was broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary satellite.
1965 – The Red Baron made his first appearance in the “Peanuts” comic strip.
1968 – Mickey Lolich pitched his third victory as the Detroit Tigers won Game 7 and the World Series over St. Louis.
1973 – Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
1977 – Joe Namath played the last game of his National Football League career.
1978 – President Jimmy Carter signed the bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
1979 – Fleetwood Mac received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The city of Los Angeles declared it “Fleetwood Mac Day”.
1987 – Tom McClean finished rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in a record time of 54 days and 18 hours.
1993 – Kitchen Stadium opened up when TV’s “Iron Chef” debuted.
1995 – Gary Kasparov won a chess championship against Viswanathan Anand. The game lasted about a month.
2001 – President George W. Bush presented a list of the 22 most wanted terrorists.
2003 – Rush Limbaugh announced that he was addicted to painkillers and that he planned to check into a rehab center.
2013 – The Detroit Tigers advanced to their 3rd straight American League Championship Series.
2018 – Hurricane Michael hit the panhandle of Florida with 155 m.p.h. winds as a Category 5 hurricane. It was the third strongest storm ever to make landfall in the United States. Fifty-seven people died in the storm. The storm caused $25.1 billion in damages.
BIRTHDAYS:
Peter Coyote – 83 years old (1941) – Actor (“ET: The Extraterrestrial”, “A Walk to Remember”, “Bitter Moon”, “Erin Brockovich”, TV’s “Commander-in-Chief”)
Charles Dance – 78 years old (1946) – Actor (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”, movies “The Jewel in the Crown”, “The Golden Child”, “Alien 3”, “Last Action Hero”, “Dracula Untold”, “Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal”, “The Imitation Game”)
Ben Vereen – 78 years old (1946) – Actor, dancer, singer (“All That Jazz”, “Funny Lady”, TV’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Ten Speed and Brown Shoe”)
Cyril Neville – 76 years old (1948) – Singer (The Neville Brothers)
Jessica Harper – 75 years old (1949) – Actress, singer (“Suspiria”, “Stardust Memories”, “Minority Report”)
David Lee Roth – 70 years old (1954) – Singer (Van Halen)
Julia Sweeney – 65 years old (1958) – Actress, comedian (“It’s Pat”, TV’s “Saturday Night Live”)
Tanya Tucker – 66 years old (1958) – Singer
Bradley Whitford – 65 years old (1959) – Actor (“Billy Madison”, TV’s “The Good Guys”, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”, “The West Wing”)
Martin Kemp – 63 years old (1961) – Bassist (Spandau Ballet)
Mike Malinin – 57 years old (1967) – Drummer (Goo Goo Dolls)
Brett Favre – 55 years old (1969) – Football player
Dean Roland – 52 years old (1972) – Guitarist (Collective Soul)
Mario Lopez – 51 years old (1973) – Actor, TV host (Played A.C. Slater on TV’s “Saved by the Bell”, “Extra”)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 50 years old (1974) – NASCAR driver
Rose McIver – 36 years old (1988) – Actress (TV’s “iZombie”, “Masters of Sex”, movies “The Lovely Bones”, “The Piano”)
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