Today is Wednesday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2002. There are 83 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 9, 1888, the public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.
On this date:
In 1635, religious dissident Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
In 1701, the Collegiate School of Connecticut--later Yale University--was chartered.
In 1776, a group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
In 1930, Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y, to Glendale, Calif.
In 1936, the first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.
In 1940, John Lennon was born.
In 1958, Pope Pius XII died. (He was succeeded by Pope John XXIII)
In 1962, Uganda won autonomy from British rule.
In 1965, Pacfanweb was born.
In 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was executed while attempting to incite revolution in Bolivia.
In 1975, Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1980, I was born, as was arod
In 1984, Oscar1613 was born.
In 1985, the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrendered after the ship arrived in Port Said, Egypt.
Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council voted to ban all military flights over Bosnia-Herzegovina. The 102nd Congress adjourned.
Five years ago: Hurricane Pauline struck Acapulco, Mexico, killing at least 150 people. Dario Fo, the unabashed leftist playwright who was prosecuted by Italy, denounced by Roman Catholic Church leaders and barred from the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
One year ago: In the first daylight raids since the start of U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan, jets bombed the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., were sent to Sens. Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy; the letters later tested positive for anthrax. Americans Eric A. Cornell and Carl E. Wieman, and German-born U.S. resident Wolfgang Ketterle won the Nobel Prize in physics. Director and choreographer Herbert Ross died in New York at age 74. Dagmar, who parlayed her dumb blonde act into television fame in the early 1950s, died in West Virginia at age 79.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Fyvush Finkel is 79. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., is 61. Singer Jackson Browne is 54. Actor Gary Frank is 52. Actor Richard Chaves is 51. Actor Robert Wuhl is 51. Sharon Osbourne is 50. Actor Tony Shalhoub is 49. Actor Scott Bakula is 48. Musician James Fearnley (The Pogues) is 48. Actor Michael Pare is 43. Rock singer-musician Kurt Neumann (The BoDeans) is 41. Country singer Gary Bennett is 38. Singer P.J. Harvey is 33. Country singer Tommy Shane Steiner is 29. Sean Lennon is 27. Actor Randy Spelling is 24. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan is 21. I am 22.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 9, 1888, the public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.
On this date:
In 1635, religious dissident Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
In 1701, the Collegiate School of Connecticut--later Yale University--was chartered.
In 1776, a group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
In 1930, Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States as she completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y, to Glendale, Calif.
In 1936, the first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.
In 1940, John Lennon was born.
In 1958, Pope Pius XII died. (He was succeeded by Pope John XXIII)
In 1962, Uganda won autonomy from British rule.
In 1965, Pacfanweb was born.
In 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was executed while attempting to incite revolution in Bolivia.
In 1975, Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1980, I was born, as was arod
In 1984, Oscar1613 was born.
In 1985, the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrendered after the ship arrived in Port Said, Egypt.
Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council voted to ban all military flights over Bosnia-Herzegovina. The 102nd Congress adjourned.
Five years ago: Hurricane Pauline struck Acapulco, Mexico, killing at least 150 people. Dario Fo, the unabashed leftist playwright who was prosecuted by Italy, denounced by Roman Catholic Church leaders and barred from the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
One year ago: In the first daylight raids since the start of U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan, jets bombed the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., were sent to Sens. Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy; the letters later tested positive for anthrax. Americans Eric A. Cornell and Carl E. Wieman, and German-born U.S. resident Wolfgang Ketterle won the Nobel Prize in physics. Director and choreographer Herbert Ross died in New York at age 74. Dagmar, who parlayed her dumb blonde act into television fame in the early 1950s, died in West Virginia at age 79.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Fyvush Finkel is 79. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., is 61. Singer Jackson Browne is 54. Actor Gary Frank is 52. Actor Richard Chaves is 51. Actor Robert Wuhl is 51. Sharon Osbourne is 50. Actor Tony Shalhoub is 49. Actor Scott Bakula is 48. Musician James Fearnley (The Pogues) is 48. Actor Michael Pare is 43. Rock singer-musician Kurt Neumann (The BoDeans) is 41. Country singer Gary Bennett is 38. Singer P.J. Harvey is 33. Country singer Tommy Shane Steiner is 29. Sean Lennon is 27. Actor Randy Spelling is 24. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan is 21. I am 22.
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