sábado, 8 de octubre de 2011

En este día..


ON THIS DAY

On This Day: October 8

On Oct. 8, 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
On Oct. 8, 1890, Edward V. Rickenbacker, the World War I flying ace who went on to lead Eastern Airlines for thirty years, was born. Following his death on July 23, 1973, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1869Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, died in Concord, N.H., at age 64.
1918American Army Sgt. Alvin York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France.
1944"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS Radio.
1945President Harry S. Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
1956Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0 in Game 5.
1959Margaret Thatcher was first elected to the British Parliament as a Conservative representing the north London suburb of Finchley.
1970Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
1982Poland banned all labor organizations, including Solidarity.
1985The hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro killed American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and dumped his body and wheelchair overboard.
2001Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as director of the new Office of Homeland Security.
2004Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart reported to prison to begin serving a sentence for lying about a stock sale.
2005A major earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000 people.

Current Birthdays

Matt Damon, Actor
Actor Matt Damon turns 41 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Nick Cannon, Actor, TV host (“America’s Got Talent”)
Actor-TV host Nick Cannon ("America's Got Talent") turns 31 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer
1936Rona Barrett, Entertainment reporter, turns 75
1938Fred Stolle, Tennis Hall of Famer, turns 73
1939Paul Hogan, Actor ("Crocodile Dundee" movies), turns 72
1941Jesse Jackson, Civil rights leader, turns 70
1943Chevy Chase, Actor, comedian, turns 68
1943R.L. Stine, Author, turns 68
1949Sigourney Weaver, Actress, turns 62
1955Darrell Hammond, Comedian ("Saturday Night Live"), turns 56
1956Stephanie Zimbalist, Actress, turns 55
1968Emily Procter, Actress ("CSI: Miami"), turns 43
1979Kristanna Loken, Actress, turns 32
1985Bruno Mars, Singer, songwriter, turns 26
1993Angus T. Jones, Actor ("Two and a Half Men"), turns 18

Historic Birthdays

87Heinrich Schutz 10/8/1585 - 11/6/1672
German composer
74Edmund Steadman 10/8/1833 - 1/18/1908
American poet and banker
66John Milton Hay 10/8/1838 - 7/1/1905
American politician; U.S. secretary of state (1898-1905)
78Juan D. Peron 10/8/1895 - 7/1/1974
Argentinian president (1946-55, 1973-4)
65Frank Herbert 10/8/1920 - 2/11/1986
American writer

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