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Gravdigr · 10-29-2016, 01:13 PM

October 29

Today is National Cat Day in the United States, so, pet your pussy.

World Stroke Day is observed today.

There are 56 days until Christmas.

Events

539 BC – Cyrus the Great (founder of Persian Empire) entered capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land.

1618 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.

1863 – Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.

1888 – The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

1901 – Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

1921 – Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America.

1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.

1941 – The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".

1955 – The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.

1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.

1960 – In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.

1964 – A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.

1971 – In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident. He was three weeks shy of his 25th birthday.

1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.

1983 - Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon marked its 491st week on the Billboard album chart in the US, surpassing the previous record holder, 'Johnny's Greatest Hits' by Johnny Mathis. When it finally fell off of list in October 1988, 'Dark Side' had set a record of 741 weeks on the chart.

1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.

1994 – Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).

1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.

1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.

2004 – The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

2012 – Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.

2014 - Phil Collins handed over his large collection of Alamo memorabilia to a Texas museum, calling the donation the end of a six-decade "journey". "I'm 64," he said of his fascination with the 1836 battle. "When I was five or six years old, this thing began." Collins' collection included a fringed leather pouch used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife.

Births

1897 – Joseph Goebbels; 1899 – Akim Tamiroff; 1925 – Dominick Dunne; 1937 – Sonny Osborne♪ ♫(The Osborne Bros); 1938 – Ralph Bakshi; 1942 – Bob Ross

; 1944 – Denny Laine

(The Moody Blues); 1945 – Mick Gallagher

; 1946 – Peter Green

(Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers); 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss; 1948 – Kate Jackson (Charlie's Angels); 1955 – Kevin DuBrow♪ ♫(Quiet Riot); 1955 – Roger O'Donnell

(The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins, and Berlin); 1957 – Dan Castellaneta (voice of Homer Simpson, "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman on The Simpsons); 1961 – Randy Jackson♪ ♫(The Jacksons); 1967 – Joely Fisher; 1971 – Winona Ryder; 1972 – Gabrielle Union

; 1981 – Amanda Beard

Deaths

1618 – Walter Raleigh; 1877 – Nathan Bedford Forrest; 1901 – Leon Czolgosz (American assassin of William McKinley); 1911 – Joseph Pulitzer (founded Pulitzer, Inc.); 1957 – Louis B. Mayer; 1963 – Adolphe Menjou; 1971 – Duane Allman

(The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos, and The Allman Joys); 1987 – Woody Herman♪ ♫; 1995 – Terry Southern; 1997 – Anton LaVey

; 2011 – Jimmy Savile (British kiddie fiddler)

10-29-2016, 01:13 PM	#365
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	October 29 Today is National Cat Day in the United States, so, pet your pussy. World Stroke Day is observed today. There are 56 days until Christmas. Events 539 BC – Cyrus the Great (founder of Persian Empire) entered capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land. 1618 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England. 1863 – Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross. 1888 – The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution. 1921 – Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in the United States of America. 1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. 1941 – The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action". 1955 – The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol. 1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset. 1960 – In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight. 1964 – A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. 1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. 1971 – In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident. He was three weeks shy of his 25th birthday. 1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport. 1983 - Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon marked its 491st week on the Billboard album chart in the US, surpassing the previous record holder, 'Johnny's Greatest Hits' by Johnny Mathis. When it finally fell off of list in October 1988, 'Dark Side' had set a record of 741 weeks on the chart. 1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. 1994 – Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton). 1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. 1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission. 2004 – The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. 2012 – Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. 2014 - Phil Collins handed over his large collection of Alamo memorabilia to a Texas museum, calling the donation the end of a six-decade "journey". "I'm 64," he said of his fascination with the 1836 battle. "When I was five or six years old, this thing began." Collins' collection included a fringed leather pouch used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's legendary knife. Births 1897 – Joseph Goebbels; 1899 – Akim Tamiroff; 1925 – Dominick Dunne; 1937 – Sonny Osborne♪ ♫(The Osborne Bros); 1938 – Ralph Bakshi; 1942 – Bob Ross; 1944 – Denny Laine(The Moody Blues); 1945 – Mick Gallagher; 1946 – Peter Green(Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers); 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss; 1948 – Kate Jackson (Charlie's Angels); 1955 – Kevin DuBrow♪ ♫(Quiet Riot); 1955 – Roger O'Donnell(The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins, and Berlin); 1957 – Dan Castellaneta (voice of Homer Simpson, "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman on The Simpsons); 1961 – Randy Jackson♪ ♫(The Jacksons); 1967 – Joely Fisher; 1971 – Winona Ryder; 1972 – Gabrielle Union; 1981 – Amanda Beard Deaths 1618 – Walter Raleigh; 1877 – Nathan Bedford Forrest; 1901 – Leon Czolgosz (American assassin of William McKinley); 1911 – Joseph Pulitzer (founded Pulitzer, Inc.); 1957 – Louis B. Mayer; 1963 – Adolphe Menjou; 1971 – Duane Allman(The Allman Brothers Band, Derek and the Dominos, and The Allman Joys); 1987 – Woody Herman♪ ♫; 1995 – Terry Southern; 1997 – Anton LaVey; 2011 – Jimmy Savile (British kiddie fiddler) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.