Nov 1

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Nov 1, 2017 Week: 44 \ Day: 305

86004 Today: H 63° \ L 32°

Average Sky Cover: 25% 

Wind ave.:   12mph\Gusts:  -mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 73°[1916]   Record Low: 11°[1943]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)

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Quote of the Day

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

  Anais Nin

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Observances Today

All Saint's Day

Autistic Speaking Day  Link

Birth of Baha'U'Llah

Birth of The Bab

Hockey Mask Day

Dia de Los Muertos (Day of The Dead)

Extra Mile Day

Give Up Your Shoulds Day Link

International Stress Awareness Day  Link  

National Authors' Day

National Calzone Day  Link

National Family Caregiver Day

National Family Literacy Day

National Go Cook For Your Pets Day

Stress Awareness Day  Link  

Prime Meridian Day

World Vegan Day Link

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Observances This Week

1-7

National Fig Week

National Patient Accessibility Week

World Communication Week

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

800’s                                   

835 All Saints Day made compulsory by Pope Gregory IV throughout Frankish Kingdom

900’s                                   

996 First recorded use of modern name for Austria in the 'Ostarrîchi Document'

1500’s                                 

1512 Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel in the Vatican first exhibited

1600’s                                 

1604 William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" first presented

1611 Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" first presented

1683 The English crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.

1700’s                                 

1755 Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Portugal

1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies

1787 First free school in NYC (African Free School) opens

1800’s                                 

1800 John Adams becomes the first US president to live in the White House

1814 Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.

1834 First published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game)

1848 First US women's medical school opens (Boston)

1870 US Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations)

1884 The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded to promote Irish sport and games; The association denies membership to the police and army and is immediately infiltrated by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB)

1894 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Roux of Paris

1896 First bare-breasted women (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Magazine

1900’s                                 

1913 Less than a week after the US non-intervention promise, President Woodrow Wilson demands that Mexican dictator Huerta resigns

1915 Parris Island is officially designated a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot.

1921 National Birth Control League & Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League

1931 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber

1936 Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded

1939 First animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed

1941 Ansel Adams shoots 'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico', one of his most famous photographs

1945 First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H Johnson

1950 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill US President Harry Truman at Blair House

1950 Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

1951 Jet magazine founded by John H Johnson

1954 General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba 1954 US Senate admonishes Joseph McCarthybecause of his slander campaigns

1957 World longest suspension bridge opens (Mackinac Straits Mich)

1967 "Cool Hand Luke", starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, and Strother Martin, is released

1969 The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album goes #1 in US & stays #1 for 11 weeks

1971 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation

1972 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer"

1977 US President Jimmy Carter raises the minimum wage from $2.30 to $3.35 an hour, effective from 1st Jan 1981

1979 Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice's musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" premieres

1979 US Federal government made $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler

1979 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster

1982 Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.

1987 22,000 run in NYC Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01)

1997 "Titanic" directed by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet premieres at the Tokyo International Film Festival (Academy Awards Best Picture 1998)

2000’s                                 

2009 The inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is held at the Yas Marina Circuit.

2012 Google's Gmail becomes the world's most popular email service

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My Rambling Thoughts

Decided it would be a lazy day. Stayed home, straightened up, rearranged my bedroom for a change.

What a horrible thing on a bike path in Manhattan. Every major channel has been broadcasting since about 20 minutes after it happened. I wish all the major channels would be much more careful in their reporting. Everyone knows that during a situation like this, ‘facts’ change rapidly. Not everyone is retired and can listen to all the coverage. When they give out an incorrect ‘fact’, many don’t hear the changes that take place later. Sad.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@89- James J Kilpatrick,

columnist (60 Minutes), born in Oklahoma City,

(d. 2010)

82- Gary Player,

South African PGA golfer (British Open-1959, 68, 74), born in Johannesburg, South Africa

82- Charles Koch,

American businessman and philanthropist (Koch Industries billionaire), born in Wichita, Kansas

70’s

75- Larry Flynt,

American magazine publisher (Hustler), born in Lakeville, Kentucky

60’s

60- Lyle Lovett,

Klein Tx, country singer (God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth)

50’s

57- Fernando Valenzuela,

Navajua Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers, SD Padres)

57- Tim Cook,

American businessman (CEO of Apple Inc. 2011-), born in Mobile, Alabama

@50- Alfred Wegener,

German polar researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist (continental shift), born in Berlin

(d. 1930)

40’s

45- Jenny McCarthy,

playmate (Oct. 1993)/host (Singled Out), born in Chicago, Illinois

20’s

@28- Stephen Crane,

novelist/poet (Red Badge of Courage), born in Newark, New Jersey

(d. 1900)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@87-2005 Skitch Henderson,

English-born bandleader

@87-1972 Ezra Loomis Pound,

US poet (Throne)

@82-1979 Mamie Eisenhower,

First Lady of the United States (1953-61)

70’s

@73-2015 Fred Thompson,

US senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire),

cancer

@73-1985 Phil Silvers,

comedic actor (Sgt Bilko),

in his sleep

60’s

@66-1955 Dale Carnegie,

American writer

40’s

@45-1999 Walter Payton,

American Football Hall of Fame Running Back,

Rare liver disease

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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Oct 31

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Oct 31, 2017 Week: 44 \ Day: 304

86004 Today: H 69° \ L 35°

Average Sky Cover: 80% 

Wind ave.:   8mph\Gusts:  19mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 70°[1999]   Record Low: 7°[1935]

Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)

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Quote of the Day

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

  Golda Meir

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Observances Today

Beggars' Night

Books For Treats Day

Carve a Pumpkin Day

Day of the Seven Billion Link

Girl Scout Founder's Day Link

Halloween or All Hallows Eve

Increase Your Psychic Powers Day

National Caramel Apple Day  Link

National Knock-Knock Jokes Day

National Magic Day

National UNICEF Day

Samhain Link

World Cities Day

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Observances This Week

Red Ribbon Week: 23-31  Link  

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week: 24-31

World Origami Days: 24-11/11

International Magic Week: 25-31

International Dyslexia Association Reading Week: 25-28

Give Wildlife a Brake! Week: 29-11/4  Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                 

◘1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church - precipitates the Protestant Reformation

◘1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes painting "The Last Judgement" in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

◘1587 Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.

1700’s                                 

◘1756 Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison in Venice by climbing onto the roof

1800’s                                 

1846 Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp

◘1863 The Maori Wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of the Waikato.

1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state of the Union

1868 Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers

◘1892 Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1900’s                                 

1906 George Bernard Shaw's "Caesar & Cleopatra" premieres in NYC

◘1908 4th Olympic games end in London

1913 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway is dedicated

◘1917 World War I: Battle of Beersheba in southern Palestine - "last successful cavalry charge in history" performed by the 4th Australian Light Horse

1918 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week

◘1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track & field association)

◘1926 Failed assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini by 15-year-old Anteo Zamboni, who was lynched on the spot.

◘1936 The Boy Scouts of the Philippines formed.

1938 Great Depression: In an effort to try restoring investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

1941 Mount Rushmore Monument is completed

◘1949 Dutch Nazi Henri 'Hakkie' Holdert, director of Amsterdam paper De Telegraaf and member of the SS, sentenced to 12 years imprisonment

◘1956 Britain and France join Israeli forces in Egypt and begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal

1956 Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service

1961 Federal judge rules that law in Birmingham, Alabama, against integrated playing fields are illegal

1964 Barbra Streisand's "People" album goes #1 for 5 weeks

◘1968 US President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam

◘1982 Pope John Paul II becomes first pontiff to visit Spain

◘1984 Puerto Rican tanker 'San Francisco' explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire

◘1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh at her home in New Delhi

1988 1st Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23

◘1992 Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years

◘1999 Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.

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My Rambling Thoughts

Had teeth cleaning this morning. He found a cavity so I go in Wed. to get that taken care of.

Waiting for the Broncos game…hoping for a big win.

Will 45’s base ever open their eyes? Two indicted and suddenly, they were minor ‘volunteers’ or ‘short-term’ employees of the campaign. Guess all 45’s talk about ‘only the best’, and ‘good people’ doesn’t mean as much as it used to. I like a good soap opera but this is our country we are watching.

Warm day with an overcast sky. No moisture in any forecast near here.

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Bizarre News

Giant Glowing Ball Definitely Not UFO - Probably

Russia has been hit by a wave of reports of a giant UFO in the night sky with spectacular pictures of an enormous glowing ball illuminating northern Siberia. The extraordinary scene, which was almost certainly NOT a portal to an alternate dimension created by a secret government experiment, was captured by photographer Sergey Anisimov in the town of Salekhard which straddles the Arctic Circle. "My first thought was about a powerful searchlight, but the speed of changing everything around changed the idea of what was happening," said Anisimov. "The ball began to turn into an arc and gradually dissipated." While the source of the light has not been confirmed, some have suggested that it was the trace of four rockets launched by the Russian military that caused this extraordinary phenomenon in the night sky. That, or alien death ray technology.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

91- Lee Grant [Lyova Haskell Rosenthal],

American actress (Shampoo, Mulholland Drive), born in NYC

80’s

@88- Dale Evans, [Frances Butts],

Uvalde Tx, cowgirl (Roy Rogers Show)

(d. 2001)

@87- Chiang Kai-shek,

Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (1928-1975), born in Xikou, Zhejiang, China

(d. 1975)

87- Michael Collins,

Mjr Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11), born in Rome, Italy

86- Daniel "Dan" Rather,

American news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes), born in Wharton, Texas

@82- Barbara Bel Geddes,

actress (Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught), born in NYC, New York

(d. 2005)

@80- Ethel Waters,

American actress (Beulah), singer (Stormy Weather), born in Chester, PA

(d. 1977)

@80- Hobart "Hobie" Alter,

American surf and sailing entrepreneur and pioneer who created the Hobie Cat, born in Ontario, California

(d. 2014)

80- Tom Paxton,

folk singer/songwriter (Forest Lawn), born in Chicago

70’s

75- David Ogden Stiers,

Peoria Ill, actor (Winchester-M*A*S*H, Doc)

@72- Georg A Erman,

German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)

(d. 1877)

70- Frank Shorter,

US marathoner (Oly-gold/silver-72, 76), born in Munich. Germany

60’s

67- Jane Pauley,

newscaster (Today, NBC Weekend), born in Indianapolis, Indiana

@66- Juliette Gordon Low,

American activist and founder of the Girl Scouts of America, born in Savannah, Georgia

(d. 1927)

50’s

56- Peter Jackson,

New Zealand film director (Lord of the Rings - Academy Award, Best Director, 2003), born in Wellington, New Zealand

@54- Michael Landon,

actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven), born in Forest Hills, NY

(d. 1991)

54- Rob Schneider,

actor (SNL, Jamie Coleman-Men Behaving Badly)

50- Vanilla Ice,

American rapper (Ice Ice Baby) and actor (Cool as Ice), born in Miami, Florida

40’s

@43- John Candy,

Canadian actor and comedian (SCTV, Uncle Buck), born in Newmarket, Ontario

(d. 1994)

20’s

@25- John Keats,

English Romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn), born in London

(d. 1821)

Teen’s

17- Willow Smith,

American actress

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@88-1983 George Halas [Papa Bear],

NFL pioneer and owner of the Chicago Bears

@86-1988 John Houseman,

actor (The Paper Chase, Rollerball, The Fog)

@84-2016 Natalie Babbitt,

American children's writer (Tuck Everlasting)

@82-2016 Tammy Grimes,

American stage actress (Unsinkable Molly Brown)

70’s

@73-1993 Federico Fellini,

director (La Dolce Vita),

stroke

60’s

@66-1984 Indira Gandhi,

4th Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84),

assassinated by two of her bodyguards

50’s

@52-1926 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weisz],

magician,

gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured

20’s

@27-1968 Malcolm Hale,

American musician (Spanky and Our Gang),

monoxide poisoning

@23-1993 River Phoenix,

actor (Stand By Me),

drug overdose

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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Oct 30

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Oct 30, 2017 Week: 44 \ Day: 303

86004 Today: H 37° \ L 35°

Average Sky Cover: 3% 

Wind ave.:   5mph\Gusts:  17mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 73°[1934]   Record Low: -2°[197]

Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)

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Quote of the Day

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

  Anne Frank 

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Observances Today

Checklist Day

Create A Great Funeral Day Link

Devil's Night or Mischief Night

Haunted Refrigerator Night

Mischief Night

National Candy Corn Day  Link

National Publicist Day  Link

Speak Up For Service Day  Link

World Audio Drama Day

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Observances This Week

Red Ribbon Week: 23-31  Link  

Disarmament Week: 24-30

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week: 24-31

World Origami Days: 24-11/11

International Magic Week: 25-31

International Dyslexia Association Reading Week: 25-28

Give Wildlife a Brake! Week: 29-11/4  Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1200’s                                 

◘1270 The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.

1500’s

◘1503 Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against Indians

◘1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church of England - a role formerly held by the Pope

1700’s

1768 First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)

1800’s

1864 Helena, Montana's capital, founded

1868 John Menard of Louisiana is 1st African American elected to US Congress

1873 P T Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth", debuts (New York City)

1894 Daniel Cooper patents time clock

1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator

1900’s

1900 First-ever US auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in NYC

1905 George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession" premieres in NYC

1938 A radio broadcast of H. G. Wells "The War of the Worlds", narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes a mass panic

1945 US government announces end of shoe rationing

1948 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania

1952 Clarence Birdseye sells first frozen peas

◘1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George Marshallwin Nobel Peace Prize

1954 US Defense Department announces elimination of all racially segregated regiments

1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)

◘1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik II, carrying a dog named Laika

◘1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square

◘1968 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Lars Onsager (thermodynamics)

1972 Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago, Illinois

◘1974 The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire

◘1983 The first democratic elections are held in Argentina after seven years of military rule.

◘1995 Quebec Referendum votes to remain part of Canada

2000’s

2012 Walt Disney purchases LucasFilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion

2016 Canada and the EU sign free trade deal after opposition by Belgium

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My Rambling Thoughts

Fall just won’t kick in completely. Nice day, Birds are very confused.

No Cards today. No Broncos until tomorrow. Life just moves on.

Still baffled by our pharmaceutical empire and their connection to insurance companies. I understand that I have a platinum level insurance…thanks to the Feds. I take two thyroid meds. One somehow started a few years ago as a 30-day supply while the other one has always been 90-day. I needed a new script for the 30-day one. I have been paying $1.17 for the script. The nurse asked if I wanted a 90-day supply. Of course. I pick up the 90-day supply and it cost $1.47. Makes no sense to me.

After listening to how bad the ACA is and how a ‘great’ plan is on the way I am hoping that the 45 voters understand that the reason their healthcare premiums are going up about 20-30% is the of the failure of the ‘repeal and replace’ Congress and White House. The insurance companies are in the business of making money and all the talk scares the crap out of the industry. Raising premiums is the only alternative they like. And, by the way,  a ‘great’ plan would have passed.  They haven’t provided a ‘great’ plan. Every plan they suggest hurts millions.

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Bizarre News

A 10-year-old boy is accused of stealing his mother’s car from their Cleveland home on Hadley Avenue and leading police on a high-speed chase. Authorities say the chase itself began in Westlake and ended at mile marker 121 on the Ohio Turnpike, which is near Sandusky.

At times, the boy drove at speeds up to 100 mph along the Turnpike, according to Highway Patrol Lt. Richard Reeder of the Milan post.

After making eye contact with the boy during the chase, a trooper signaled him to pull over. The boy shook his head no, according to authorities.

After going off the side of the roadway, a cruiser crashed into the vehicle and brought the chase to an end as the boy tried to reenter the Turnpike.

The boy was combative after the chase concluded, allegedly spitting and kicking at authorities. Cleveland police say this is the "second incident" involving the same child.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@90- John Adams,

2nd US President (1797-1801), born in Braintree, Massachusetts

(d. 1826)

80’s

@87- Ezra Loomis Pound,

American poet (Cantos), born in Hailey, Idaho

(d. 1972)

@88- Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1985)

@85- Dick Gautier,

stage and screen actor (Get Smart, Mr Terrific), born in Los Angeles

(d. 2017)

@80- Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano],

American bodybuilder

70’s

78- Grace Slick,

rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit), born in Chicago

72- Henry Winkler,

American actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift), born in NYC

60’s

66- Harry Hamlin,

actor (Michael Kuzak-LA Law), born in Pasadena, California

50’s

@59- Fyodor Dostoevsky,

Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), born in Moscow, Russian Empire

(d. 1881)

@54±- Christopher Columbus,

Italian explorer and navigator who discovered the "New World" for Spain and initiated European colonization, born in the Republic of Genoa

(d. 1506)

52- Gavin Rossdale,

London, English heavy metal vocalist and actor (Bush)

40’s

47- Nia Long,

American actress (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)

30’s

36- Ivanka Trump,

American businesswoman and daughter of Donald Trump, born in New York

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@96-2015 Al Molinaro,

American actor (Murray-Odd Couple, Al-Happy Days)

80’s

@83-1956 Pío Baroja y Nessi,

Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer)

70’s

@78-2000 Steve Allen,

American comedian and TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show),

heart attack

@74-1985 Kirby Grant,

actor/singer (Sky King),

auto accident

@73-2007 Robert Goulet,

American singer and actor,

pulmonary fibrosis

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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