This Day in History

My school does a this day in history after we do the Pledge of Allegiance 2nd period, and it said the same thing regarding Nevada.

Anyway, I think it's pretty interesting how long nuclear stuff has been around.
However, I've heard comments on how nuclear stuff is not being made anymore.

 

History of 9/20

It's Tuesday, September 20, 2011, and it's a perfect day for history!

Today's lead story is: King Triumphs in the Battle of the Sexes

Other Stories from September 20th:

Spoiler

American Revolution

• Redcoats kill sleeping Americans in Paoli Massacre, 1777

Automotive

• Mickey Thompson tries again to become the fastest driver in history, 1960

Civil War

• Confederates score a victory at the Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Cold War

• Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon, 1963

Crime

• Marvin Gaye's father accepts a plea bargain, 1984

Disaster

• Avalanche thunders into Russian village, 2002

General Interest

• Magellan sets out, 1519
• First European battle on American soil, 1565
• First Cannes Film Festival, 1946

Hollywood

• Actress and international sex symbol Sophia Loren born, 1934

Literary

• Upton Sinclair is born, 1878

Music

• The Bay City Rollers make their U.S. debut on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, 1975

Old West

• The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri, 1806

Presidential

• Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year, 1881

Sports

• King defeats Riggs in Battle of the Sexes II, 1

Vietnam War

• U.S. officials defend use of defoliants, 1968
• U.S. planes mine waters in northern Quang Tri, 1972

World War I

• U.S. officer George S. Patton writes home after Saint-Mihiel offensive, 1918

World War II

• British launch Operation Source, 1943

Today is Wed., Sep. 21, 2011, and it's time for history!

Today's lead story: Benedict Arnold Commits Treason

Other Stories from 9/21:

Spoiler

American Revolution

• Spaniards capture Baton Rouge, 1779

Automotive

• Nils Bohlin, inventor of the three-point seatbelt, dies at 82, 2002

Civil War

• Union General John Reynolds is Born, 1820

Cold War

• Mao Zedong outlines the new Chinese government, 1949

Crime

• A 13-year-old's dead body turns up, 1983

Disaster

• Earthquake kills thousands in Taiwan, 1999

General Interest

• Monarchy abolished in France, 1792
• The Great New England Hurricane, 1938
• Powell becomes Joint Chiefs' chairman, 1989

Hollywood

• Clooney makes Facts of Life debut, 1985

Literary

• H.G. Wells is born, 1866

Music

• Jeannie C. Riley is the first woman to top the Country and Pop charts simultaneously, 1968

Old West

• The great Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies in Washington, 1904

Presidential

• FDR urges repeal of Neutrality Act embargo provisions, 1939

Sports

• Carlton gets 3,118th strikeout, 1981

Vietnam War

• 5th Special Forces Group is activated at Fort Bragg, 1961
• Thai troops arrive in Saigon, 1967

World War I

• Central Powers respond to Papal Peace Note, 1917

World War II

• The Superfortress takes flight, 1942

 

You sure learn something new all the time.

I thought that emancipation meant to get away from one's parents, but I guess it can also refer to slaves.

It's too bad the contract was destroyed, though.

 

Depending on who the person is, it can be either sad or good that the person got arrested.

This will probably sound stupid, but who is Billy the Kid?

I also found the war stuff to be pretty interesting.

 

Short lead story, but it's sure an important one.

If it was the first supreme court, I wonder how trials were handled before?

 

Today's lead story is a long one.

Central High School Integrated:

Under escort from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration. After a tense standoff, President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent 1,000 army paratroopers to Little Rock to enforce the court order.

On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in educational facilities was unconstitutional. Five days later, the Little Rock School Board issued a statement saying it would comply with the decision when the Supreme Court outlined the method and time frame in which desegregation should be implemented.

Arkansas was at the time among the more progressive Southern states in regard to racial issues. The University of Arkansas School of Law was integrated in 1949, and the Little Rock Public Library in 1951. Even before the Supreme Court ordered integration to proceed "with all deliberate speed," the Little Rock School Board in 1955 unanimously adopted a plan of integration to begin in 1957 at the high school level. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed suit, arguing the plan was too gradual, but a federal judge dismissed the suit, saying that the school board was acting in "utmost good faith." Meanwhile, Little Rock's public buses were desegregated. By 1957, seven out of Arkansas' eight state universities were integrated.

In the spring of 1957, there were 517 black students who lived in the Central High School district. Eighty expressed an interest in attending Central in the fall, and they were interviewed by the Little Rock School Board, which narrowed down the number of candidates to 17. Eight of those students later decided to remain at all-black Horace Mann High School, leaving the "Little Rock Nine" to forge their way into Little Rock's premier high school.

In August 1957, the newly formed Mother's League of Central High School won a temporary injunction from the county chancellor to block integration of the school, charging that it "could lead to violence." Federal District Judge Ronald Davies nullified the injunction on August 30. On September 2, Governor Orval Faubus—a staunch segregationist—called out the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School and prevent integration, ostensibly to prevent the bloodshed he claimed desegregation would cause. The next day, Judge Davies ordered integrated classes to begin on September 4.

That morning, 100 armed National Guard troops encircled Central High School. A mob of 400 white civilians gathered and turned ugly when the black students began to arrive, shouting racial epithets and threatening the teenagers with violence. The National Guard troops refused to let the black students pass and used their clubs to control the crowd. One of the nine, 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, was surrounded by the mob, which threatened to lynch her. She was finally led to safety by a sympathetic white woman.

Little Rock Mayor Woodrow Mann condemned Faubus' decision to call out the National Guard, but the governor defended his action, reiterating that he did so to prevent violence. The governor also stated that integration would occur in Little Rock when and if a majority of people chose to support it. Faubus' defiance of Judge Davies' court order was the first major test of Brown v. Board of Education and the biggest challenge of the federal government's authority over the states since the Reconstruction Era.

The standoff continued, and on September 20 Judge Davies ruled that Faubus had used the troops to prevent integration, not to preserve law and order as he claimed. Faubus had no choice but to withdraw the National Guard troops. Authority over the explosive situation was put in the hands of the Little Rock Police Department.

On September 23, as a mob of 1,000 whites milled around outside Central High School, the nine black students managed to gain access to a side door. However, the mob became unruly when it learned the black students were inside, and the police evacuated them out of fear for their safety. That evening, President Eisenhower issued a special proclamation calling for opponents of the federal court order to "cease and desist." On September 24, Little Rock's mayor sent a telegram to the president asking him to send troops to maintain order and complete the integration process. Eisenhower immediately federalized the Arkansas National Guard and approved the deployment of U.S. troops to Little Rock. That evening, from the White House, the president delivered a nationally televised address in which he explained that he had taken the action to defend the rule of law and prevent "mob rule" and "anarchy." On September 25, the Little Rock Nine entered the school under heavily armed guard.

Troops remained at Central High School throughout the school year, but still the black students were subjected to verbal and physical assaults from a faction of white students. Melba Patillo, one of the nine, had acid thrown in her eyes, and Elizabeth Eckford was pushed down a flight of stairs. The three male students in the group were subjected to more conventional beatings. Minnijean Brown was suspended after dumping a bowl of chili over the head of a taunting white student. She was later suspended for the rest of the year after continuing to fight back. The other eight students consistently turned the other cheek. On May 27, 1958, Ernest Green, the only senior in the group, became the first black to graduate from Central High School.

Governor Faubus continued to fight the school board's integration plan, and in September 1958 he ordered Little Rock's three high schools closed rather than permit integration. Many Little Rock students lost a year of education as the legal fight over desegregation continued. In 1959, a federal court struck down Faubus' school-closing law, and in August 1959 Little Rock's white high schools opened a month early with black students in attendance. All grades in Little Rock public schools were finally integrated in 1972.


Other Stories:

Spoiler

American Revolution

• Ethan Allen is captured, 1775

Automotive

• Formula One racetrack in Shanghai prepares for its grand opening, 2004

Civil War

• Confederate president visits General Hood in Georgia, 1864

Cold War

• Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet for talks, 1959

Crime

• Little Augie Pisano is murdered, 1959

Disaster

• Mid-air collision kills 153, 1978

General Interest

• Bill of Rights passes Congress, 1789
• O'Connor takes seat on Supreme Court, 1981
• IRA officially disarms, 2005

Hollywood

• Michael Douglas born, 1944

Literary

• William Faulkner is born, 1897

Music

• The Partridge Family premieres on ABC television, 1970

Old West

• Cattle pioneer Oliver Loving dies of gangrene, 1867

Presidential

• Grover Cleveland pardons bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants, 1894

Sports

• Fifty-nine-year-old Satchel Paige pitches three innings, 1965

Vietnam War

• Congressional opponents of Nixon Vietnam policy renew opposition, 1969

World War I

• The Battle of Loos begins, 1915

World War II

• Gestapo headquarters targeted in Norway, 1942

 

History - Sep. 26th

Since Llave appears to be busy again, it looks I get to help out some more! :)

Anyway, here's the history for September 26th!

Today's lead story is: First Kennedy-Nixon Debate

For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is shown on television. The presidential hopefuls, John F. Kennedy, a Democratic senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon, the vice president of the United States, met in a Chicago studio to discuss U.S. domestic matters.

Kennedy emerged the apparent winner from this first of four televised debates, partly owing to his greater ease before the camera than Nixon, who, unlike Kennedy, seemed nervous and declined to wear makeup. Nixon fared better in the second and third debates, and on October 21 the candidates met to discuss foreign affairs in their fourth and final debate. Less than three weeks later, on November 8, Kennedy won 49.7 percent of the popular vote in one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. history, surpassing by a fraction the 49.6 percent received by his Republican opponent.

One year after leaving the vice presidency, Nixon returned to politics, winning the Republican nomination for governor of California. Although he lost the election, Nixon returned to the national stage in 1968 in a successful bid for the presidency. Like Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Nixon declined to debate his opponent in the 1968 presidential campaign. Televised presidential debates returned in 1976, and have been held in every presidential campaign since.


Other Stories:

Spoiler

American Revolution

• Congress elects agents to negotiate treaty with France, 1776

Automotive

• First day of work at the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, 1928

Civil War

• Rebels begin attack against Fort Davidson, Missouri, 1864

Cold War

• Anti-censorship law approved by Soviet legislature, 1989

Crime

• Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder case, 2007

Disaster

• Ferry sinks off Gambian coast, 2002

General Interest

• Drake circumnavigates the globe, 1580
• Bernstein's West Side Story opens, 1957
• Shannon Lucid returns to Earth, 1996

Hollywood

• The Brady Bunch premieres, 1969
• Screen legend Paul Newman dies, 2008

Literary

• T.S. Eliot is born, 1888

Music

• West Side Story premieres on Broadway, 1957

Old West

• The famous frontiersman Daniel Boone dies in Missouri, 1820

Presidential

• Kennedy and Nixon square off in a televised presidential debate, 1960

Sports

• Four 20-game winners, 1971

Vietnam War

• First American soldier killed in Vietnam, 1945
• Nixon responds to critics, 1969

World War I

• Meuse-Argonne offensive opens, 1918

World War II

• Allies slaughtered by Germans in Arnhem, 1944

Looks like another long article.

Not as long as Sunday's, but still.

Today's Lead Story:
John Adams Appointed to Negotiate Peace Terms with British

Other Stories:

Spoiler

American Revolution

• John Jay is appointed minister to Spain, 1779

Automotive

• "My Mother, The Car" exported to France, 1967

Civil War

• Confederate guerillas sack Centralia, Missouri, 1864

Cold War

• Khrushchev ends trip to the United States, 1959

Crime

• Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom, 1989

Disaster

• Ships collide off Newfoundland, 1854

General Interest

• Jesuit order established, 1540
• Sylvia Pankhurst dies, 1960

Hollywood

• Reeves and Phoenix star in My Own Private Idaho, 1991

Literary

• F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued, 1996

Music

• Placido Domingo breaks Caruso's opening-night record at the Metropolitan Opera, 1999

Old West

• Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok proves too wild for Kansas, 1869

Presidential

• Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace, 1938

Sports

• Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur title, 1930

Vietnam War

• Antiwar sentiment increases, 1967
• Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy, 1969

World War I

• John Kipling killed at the Battle of Loos , 1915

World War II

• Poland surrenders, 1939
• The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan, 1940

 

9/30 History

Time for today's dosage of history!

Today's Lead Story:
James Dean Dies

On this day in 1955, movie star James Dean dies at age 24 in a car crash on a California highway. Dean was driving his Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed "Little *******," headed to a car race in Salinas, California, with his mechanic Rolf Wuetherich, when they were involved in a head-on collision with a car driven by a 23-year-old college student named Donald Turnaspeed. Dean was taken to Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:59 p.m. Wuetherich, who was thrown from the car, survived the accident and Turnaspeed escaped with minor injuries. No charges were ever filed against him.

James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana. He studied drama at the University of California, Los Angeles, before moving to New York City, where he appeared in plays and TV shows and took classes at the Actors Studio with legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg.

Dean rose to stardom in 1955 with his role as Cal Trask in East of Eden. He reportedly beat out Paul Newman for the part. Dean's performance in the film, based on the John Steinbeck novel, earned him a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. It was the first time in Oscar history that an actor was nominated after his death. The young actor's next film was "Rebel Without a Cause," also released in 1955, in which he played a rebellious teen named Jim Stark. The film, which co-starred Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo, turned Dean into the poster boy for disaffected youth and cool. Dean’s final film "Giant," released in 1956 after his death, was an epic tale of a Texas cattle rancher and his family. Dean starred opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson and was nominated posthumously for a second Oscar for his performance as Jett Rink.

Dean's success as an actor enabled him to pursue his passion for racing cars and motorcycles. Despite his short life and brief acting career, he endures as a Hollywood icon. He is buried at Park Cemetery in Fairmount, Indiana, where fans continue to flock to his grave every year. People also pay tribute to Dean at a memorial located near the accident site in Cholame, California.

Other Stories:

Spoiler

American Revolution

• Washington blames militia for problems, 1776

Automotive

• James Dean dies in car accident, 1955

Civil War

• Battle of Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm), 1864

Cold War

• Berlin Airlift ends, 1949

Crime

• A Texas college student kills his ex-girlfriend, 1994

Disaster

• Radiation released at Japanese plant, 1999

General Interest

• Henry IV proclaimed, 1399
• Munich Pact signed, 1938
• USS Nautilus commissioned, 1954
• Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss, 1962

Hollywood

• Eisner resigns as Disney CEO, 2005

Literary

• First volume of Little Women is published, 1868
• Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and best-selling author, is born, 1928

Music

• Johnny Mathis is born, 1935

Old West

• Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote, 1889

Presidential

• President Woodrow Wilson speaks in favor of female suffrage, 1918

Sports

• Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season, 1927

Vietnam War

• First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley, 1964
• Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam, 1968

World War I

• Turks abandon Damascus as Allies approach, 1918

World War II

• Hitler appeased at Munich, 1938

 

10/3/2011 - 10/3 History

It's October 3rd, folks! Time for history!

Today's lead story is a long one!

O.J. Simpson Acquitted:

At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson's "dream team" of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson's guilt had not been proved "beyond a reasonable doubt," thus surmounting what the prosecution called a "mountain of evidence" implicating him as the murderer.

Orenthal James Simpson--a Heisman Trophy winner, star running back with the Buffalo Bills, and popular television personality--married Nicole Brown in 1985. He reportedly regularly abused his wife and in 1989 pleaded no contest to a charge of spousal battery. In 1992, she left him and filed for divorce. On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed and slashed to death in the front yard of Mrs. Simpson's condominium in Brentwood, Los Angeles. By June 17, police had gathered enough evidence to charge O.J. Simpson with the murders.
Simpson had no alibi for the time frame of the murders. Some 40 minutes after the murders were committed, a limousine driver sent to take Simpson to the airport saw a man in dark clothing hurrying up the drive of his Rockingham estate. A few minutes later, Simpson spoke to the driver though the gate phone and let him in. During the previous 25 minutes, the driver had repeatedly called the house and received no answer.

A single leather glove found outside Simpson's home matched a glove found at the crime scene. In preliminary DNA tests, blood found on the glove was shown to have come from Simpson and the two victims. After his arrest, further DNA tests would confirm this finding. Simpson had a wound on his hand, and his blood was a DNA match to drops found at the Brentwood crime scene. Nicole Brown Simpson's blood was discovered on a pair of socks found at the Rockingham estate. Simpson had recently purchased a "Stiletto" knife of the type the coroner believed was used by the killer. Shoe prints in the blood at Brentwood matched Simpson's shoe size and later were shown to match a type of shoe he had owned. Neither the knife nor shoes were found by police.

On June 17, a warrant was put out for Simpson's arrest, but he refused to surrender. Just before 7 p.m., police located him in a white Ford Bronco being driven by his friend, former teammate Al Cowlings. Cowlings refused to pull over and told police over his cellular phone that Simpson was suicidal and had a gun to his head. Police agreed not to stop the vehicle by force, and a low-speed chase ensued. Los Angeles news helicopters learned of the event unfolding on their freeways, and live television coverage began. As millions watched, the Bronco was escorted across Los Angeles by a phalanx of police cars. Just before 8 p.m., the dramatic journey ended when Cowlings pulled into the Rockingham estate. After an hour of tense negotiation, Simpson emerged from the vehicle and surrendered. In the vehicle was found a travel bag containing, among other things, Simpson's passport, a disguise kit consisting of a fake moustache and beard, and a revolver. Three days later, Simpson appeared before a judge and pleaded not guilty.

Simpson's subsequent criminal trial was a sensational media event of unprecedented proportions. It was the longest trial ever held in California, and courtroom television cameras captured the carnival-like atmosphere of the proceedings. The prosecution's mountain of evidence was systemically called into doubt by Simpson's team of expensive attorneys, who made the dramatic case that their client was framed by unscrupulous and racist police officers. Citing the questionable character of detective Mark Fuhrman and alleged blunders in the police investigation, defense lawyers painted Simpson as yet another African American victim of the white judicial system. The jurors' reasonable doubt grew when the defense spent weeks attacking the damning DNA evidence, arguing in overly technical terms that delays and other anomalies in the gathering of evidence called the findings into question. Critics of the trial accused Judge Lance Ito of losing control of his courtroom.

In polls, a majority of African Americans believed Simpson to be innocent of the crime, while white America was confident of his guilt. However, the jury--made up of nine African Americans, two whites, and one Hispanic--was not so divided; they took just four hours of deliberation to reach the verdict of not guilty on both murder charges. On October 3, 1995, an estimated 140 million Americans listened in on radio or watched on television as the verdict was delivered.
In February 1997, Simpson was found liable for several charges related to the murders in a civil trial and was forced to award $33.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the victims' families. However, with few assets remaining after his long and costly legal battle, he has avoided paying the damages.

In 2007, Simpson ran into legal problems once again when he was arrested for breaking into a Las Vegas hotel room and taking sports memorabilia, which he claimed had been stolen from him, at gunpoint. On October 3, 2008, he was found guilty of 12 charges related to the incident, including armed robbery and kidnapping, and sentenced to 33 years in prison.

Other Stories:​

Spoiler

American Revolution

• French and Americans cut off British supplies at Gloucester, 1781

Automotive

• UAW walks out on Ford, 1961

Civil War

• North and South clash at the Second Battle of Corinth, 1862

Cold War

• East and West Germany reunite after 45 years, 1990

Crime

• A housekeeper helps her boyfriend commit a burglary, 1799

Disaster

• Hurricane Stan bears down on Mexico, 2005

General Interest

• Iraq wins independence, 1932
• Britain successfully tests A-bomb, 1952
• Maze hunger strike called off, 1981

Hollywood

• Clive Owen born, 1964

Literary

• The Red Badge of Courage is published, 1895

Music

• Writer, singer and folk icon Woody Guthrie dies, 1967

Old West

• U.S. Army hangs four Modoc Indians for the murder of a Civil War hero, 1873

Presidential

• Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday, 1863

Sports

• The shot heard round the world, 1951

Vietnam War

• Operation Wallowa commences, 1967
• Twenty-four die in Army helicopter accident, 1968

World War I

• War Revenue Act passed in U.S. , 1917

World War II

• Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test, 1942

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10/4/2011 - 10/4 History

Time for history!

Sputnik Satellite Launched:
​

The Soviet Union inaugurates the "Space Age" with its launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for "satellite," was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches and weighed 184 pounds and circled Earth once every hour and 36 minutes. Traveling at 18,000 miles an hour, its elliptical orbit had an apogee (farthest point from Earth) of 584 miles and a perigee (nearest point) of 143 miles. Visible with binoculars before sunrise or after sunset, Sputnik transmitted radio signals back to Earth strong enough to be picked up by amateur radio operators. Those in the United States with access to such equipment tuned in and listened in awe as the beeping Soviet spacecraft passed over America several times a day. In January 1958, Sputnik's orbit deteriorated, as expected, and the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere.

Officially, Sputnik was launched to correspond with the International Geophysical Year, a solar period that the International Council of Scientific Unions declared would be ideal for the launching of artificial satellites to study Earth and the solar system. However, many Americans feared more sinister uses of the Soviets' new rocket and satellite technology, which was apparently strides ahead of the U.S. space effort. Sputnik was some 10 times the size of the first planned U.S. satellite, which was not scheduled to be launched until the next year. The U.S. government, military, and scientific community were caught off guard by the Soviet technological achievement, and their united efforts to catch up with the Soviets heralded the beginning of the "space race."

The first U.S. satellite, Explorer, was launched on January 31, 1958. By then, the Soviets had already achieved another ideological victory when they launched a dog into orbit aboard Sputnik 2. The Soviet space program went on to achieve a series of other space firsts in the late 1950s and early 1960s: first man in space, first woman, first three men, first space walk, first spacecraft to impact the moon, first to orbit the moon, first to impact Venus, and first craft to soft-land on the moon. However, the United States took a giant leap ahead in the space race in the late '60s with the Apollo lunar-landing program, which successfully landed two Apollo 11 astronauts on the surface of the moon in July 1969.

Other Stories:

Spoiler

American Revolution

• Both sides battered at Germantown, 1777

Automotive

• Blues singer Bessie Smith, killed in Mississippi car wreck, is buried, 1937

Civil War

• Lincoln watches a balloon ascension, 1861

Cold War

• Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, 1957

Crime

• Jim Bakker is indicted on federal charges, 1988

Disaster

• Plane crashes into apartment building, 1992

General Interest

• The Battle of Germantown, 1777
• Pope visits U.S., 1965
• White House siege ends in Moscow, 1993

Hollywood

• Beverly Hills, 90210 debuts, 1990

Literary

• Anne Rice is born, 1941

Music

• Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose, 1970

Old West

• Frederic Remington is born in Canton, New York, 1861

Presidential

• Rutherford B. Hayes is born, 1822
• Work begins on Mount Rushmore, 1927

Sports

• So-called Brooklyn bums win their first World Series, 1955

Vietnam War

• Johnson orders the commencement of Oplan 34A raids, 1964
• Pope calls for end to the Vietnam War, 1966

World War I

• Germany telegraphs President Wilson seeking armistice , 1918

World War II

• Heinrich Himmler encourages his SS group leaders, 1943
• Ike warns of the risk of "shell shock", 1944

Time for another history check!
Today is Wednesday, October 5, 2011!

On a side note, it's rainy over here! :3

First Presidential Speech on Television:

On this day in 1947, President Harry Truman (1884-1972) makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman's food-conservation speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and suffering from famine. Truman, the 33rd commander in chief, worried that if the U.S. didn't provide food aid, his administration's Marshall Plan for European economic recovery would fall apart. He asked farmers and distillers to reduce grain use and requested that the public voluntarily forgo meat on Tuesdays, eggs and poultry on Thursdays and save a slice of bread each day. The food program was short-lived, as ultimately the Marshall Plan succeeded in helping to spur economic revitalization and growth in Europe. In 1947, television was still in its infancy and the number of TV sets in U.S. homes only numbered in the thousands (by the early 1950s, millions of Americans owned TVs); most people listened to the radio for news and entertainment. However, although the majority of Americans missed Truman's TV debut, his speech signaled the start of a powerful and complex relationship between the White House and a medium that would have an enormous impact on the American presidency, from how candidates campaigned for the office to how presidents communicated with their constituents. Each of Truman's subsequent White House speeches, including his 1949 inauguration address, was televised. In 1948, Truman was the first presidential candidate to broadcast a paid political ad. Truman pioneered the White House telecast, but it was President Franklin Roosevelt who was the first president to appear on TV--from the World's Fair in New York City on April 30, 1939. FDR's speech had an extremely limited TV audience, though, airing only on receivers at the fairgrounds and at Radio City in Manhattan.​

Other Stories from Oct. 5th:​

Spoiler

American Revolution

• Washington informs Congress of espionage, 1775

Automotive

• Enzo Ferrari makes his debut as a race car driver, 1919

Civil War

• Union scores a victory at the Battle of Allatoona, 1864

Cold War

• Iran-Contra scandal unravels, 1986

Crime

• The Dalton gang performs their last robbery attempt, 1892

Disaster​

• Blimp crashes in France, 1930

General Interest

• Tecumseh defeated, 1813
• Chief Joseph surrenders, 1877
• Cuban defector lands MiG in Miami, 1969
• American circumnavigates the globe on foot, 1974
• Dalai Lama wins Peace Prize, 1989

Hollywood

• Henry & June is first NC-17 film, 1990

Literary

• Isaac Singer wins Nobel Prize, 1978

Music

• Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch earn a #1 hit with "Good Vibrations", 1991

Old West

• The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas, 1892

Presidential

• Chester Arthur is born, 1829

Sports

• Yanks win their fifth series in a row, 1953

Vietnam War

• South Vietnamese generals plan coup, 1963
• President Johnson under fire from his own party, 1964

World War I

• Britain and France commit troops to operation in Salonika, Greece, 1915

World War II

• "Stalingrad must not be taken by the enemy.", 1942

 

Daily History

10/7/2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger Becomes California Governor​

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/arnold-schwarzenegger-becomes-california-governor

On this day in 2003, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California, the most populous state in the nation with the world's fifth-largest economy. Despite his inexperience, Schwarzenegger came out on top in the 11-week campaign to replace Gray Davis, who had earlier become the first United States governor to be recalled by the people since 1921. Schwarzenegger was one of 135 candidates on the ballot, which included career politicians, other actors, and one adult-film star.

Born in Thal, Austria, on July 30, 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger began body-building as a teenager. He won the first of four "Mr. Universe" body-building championships at the age of 20, and moved to the United States in 1968. He also went on to win a then-record seven "Mr. Olympia" championships, securing his reputation as a body-building legend, and soon began appearing in films. Schwarzenegger first attracted mainstream public attention for a Golden Globe®-winning performance in Stay Hungry (1976) and his appearance in the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron. At the same time, he was working on a B.A. at the University of Wisconsin, from which he graduated in 1979.

Schwarzenegger's film career took off after his starring turn in 1982's Conan the Barbarian. In 1983, he became a U.S. citizen; the next year he made his most famous film, The Terminator, directed by James Cameron. Although his acting talent is probably aptly described as limited, Schwarzenegger went on to become one of the most sought-after action-film stars of the 1980s and early 1990s and enjoyed an extremely lucrative career. The actor's romantic life also captured the attention of the American public: he married television journalist and lifelong Democrat Maria Shriver, niece of the late President John F. Kennedy, in 1986.

With his film career beginning to stagnate, Schwarzenegger, a staunch supporter of the Republican party who had long been thought to harbor political aspirations, announced his candidacy for governor of California during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Aside from his well-known stint serving as chairman of the President s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under President George H.W. Bush, Schwarzenegger had little political experience. His campaign, which featured his use of myriad one-liners well-known from his movie career, was dogged by criticism of his use of anabolic steroids, as well as allegations of sexual misconduct and racism. Still, Schwarzenegger was able to parlay his celebrity into a win, appealing to weary California voters with talk of reform. He beat his closest challenger, the Democratic lieutenant governor Cruz Bustamante, by more than 1 million votes.

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