This Day in "History"

[Dinesh jain]

Born on October 20

Arthur Rimbaud
poet (1854)

John Dewey
philosopher, educator (1859)

Charles Ives
composer (1874)

Bela Lugosi
actor (1882)

Jelly Roll Morton
musician (1890)

Arlene Francis
actor, TV personality (1907)

Art Buchwald
humorist (1925)

Mickey Mantle
baseball player (1931)

Elfriede Jelinek
novelist and playwright (1946)

Tom Petty
musician (1950)

Viggo Mortensen
actor (1958)

Snoop Doggy Dogg
rap artist (1972)

http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=oct&day=20

 

[Dinesh jain]

October 21

1797
The navy frigate U.S. Constitution , known as
"Old Ironsides," was launched in Boston Harbor.

1805
Admiral Horatio Nelson died in the Battle of
Trafalgar .

1837
Seminole chief Osceola was captured as he
carried a white flag of truce during the Second
Seminole War.

1879
Thomas Edison invented a workable
incandescent electric lamp.

1959
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern
and contemporary art, designed by architect
Frank Lloyd Wright , opened to the public in New
York City.
This Day in History: October 21 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on October 21

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
poet (1772)

Dizzy Gillespie
musician (1917)

Celia Cruz
singer (1925)

Ursula K. Le Guin
writer (1929)

Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli political leader (1949)

Carrie Fisher
actress (1956)


http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=oct&day=21

 

[Dinesh jain]

October 22

1797
Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first
parachute jump from a balloon .

1836
Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first
president of the Republic of Texas .

1954
West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) .

1962
President Kennedy announced an air and naval
blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of
Soviet missile bases on the island.

1973
Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer Pablo
Casals died in Puerto Rico, at age 96.

1979
Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi , the deposed
Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States
for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran
hostage crisis.

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on October 22

Collis Potter Huntington
railroad builder (1821)

Sarah Bernhardt
actress (1844)

John Reed
journalist and radical (1887)

Doris Lessing
novelist (1919)

Bobby Seale
black activist (1936)

Christopher Lloyd
actor (1938)

Annette Funicello
actress (1942)

Catherine Deneuve
actor (1943)

Jeff Goldblum
actor (1952)

Amanda Coetzer
tennis player (1971)

http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=oct&day=22

 

[Dinesh jain]

October 23

1915
25,000 women marched in New York City,
demanding the right to vote.

1946
The United Nations General Assembly convened
in New York for the first time.

1973
President Richard Nixon agreed to turn White
House tape recordings requested by the
Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John
J. Sirica .

1983
A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International
airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and
sailors.

2002
Chechen rebels seized a crowded Moscow
theater, taking hundreds hostage. Russian forces
stormed the building the next day.

2003
Madame Chiang Kai-shek died at age 105.

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on October 23

Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Vice President (1835)

John Heisman
football coach (1869)

William D. Coolidge
inventor (1873)

Gertrude Ederle
swimmer (1905)

Johnny Carson
entertainer (1925)

Michael Crichton
novelist (1942)

Ang Lee
director, writer (1954)

Dwight Yoakam
singer and actor (1956)

Sam Raimi
filmmaker (1959)

Ryan Reynolds
actor (1976)

http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=oct&day=23

 

[Dinesh jain]

October 24

1648
The treaties for the Peace of Westphalia were
signed, ending the Thirty Years War, ultimately
destroying the Holy Roman Empire , and ushering
in the modern European state system.

1901
Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to
survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

1931
The George Washington Bridge , connecting New
York and New Jersey , opened to traffic.

1939
Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first
time, in Wilmington, Del.

1940
The 40-hour work week went into effect under
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

1945
The United Nations officially came into being as
its charter took effect.

1992
The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S.
team to win the World Series.

2003
The last Concordes landed in London, ending
supersonic air travel.

2005
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, 92, died.

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on October 24

Antony van Leeuwenhoek
zoologist (1632)

Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood
lawyer activist (1830)

Moss Hart
dramatist (1904)

Denise Levertov
poet (1923)

George Crumb
composer (1929)

F. Murray Abraham
actor (1939)

Kevin Kline
actor (1947)

Kweisi Mfume
politician (1948 )

Wayne Rooney
soccer player (1985)
http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=oct&day=24

 

[Dinesh jain]

October 25

1400
Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.

1415
The Battle of Agincourt between England and
France during the Hundred Years War took place

1760
King George III of Britain was crowned.

1854
The Charge of the Light Brigade took place at
Balaklava during the Crimean War.

1962
John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature.

1971
The U.N. General Assembly voted to admit
mainland China and expel Taiwan .

1983
The United States invaded the Caribbean nation
of Grenada

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/October-25