October 2nd History, Trivia, and Fun Facts |
October 2nd History Highlights |
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion |
Nat Turner was an American slave who led the movement against slavery in the United States during the Civil War and died on November 11, 1831, in Jerusalem, Virginia. Nat Turner was born a slave in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a black man and a white woman. A deeply religious man, Nat Turner believed that he was called by God to lead African-Americans out of slavery. Turner was a lay minister, who believed that God had called him to help lead black people out of bondage, began to lead a slave revolt in his master’s house. In August 1831, he led a slave revolt in Virginia that killed 60 whites, including his owner, Joseph Travis. The revolt and its consequences are said to have been the largest slave revolt in the history of the USA and one of the most successful slave revolts in history. Nat Turner, who was born into slavery in Southampton County, Virginia, first escaped from his master’s house in 1821 at the age of 21. The Southampton Insurrection took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. The insurrectionists killed between 55 and 65 people, primarily whites. The rebellion was put down within a few days. The rebellion was effectively suppressed at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, 1831. Turner was arrested, imprisoned, tried, sentenced, and sentenced to death on November 5, 1831, for his role in the slave revolt against the plantation owner. For African Americans, Nat Turner has become, and remains, one of the most important figures in the history of civil rights. Nat Turner is widely regarded as a key figure in American history. |
October 2nd is… |
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October 2nd Birthday Quotes |
“Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.” “One doesn’t stop seeing. One doesn’t stop framing. It doesn’t turn off and turn on. It’s on all the time.” “Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.” “A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person’s life and gives an account of it.” “Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head.” “I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually is more artistic than magazine illustration – since it is entirely creative. An illustrator works with camera and models; a comic artist begins with a white sheet of paper and dreams up his own business – he is playwright, director, editor, and artist at once.” |
October 2nd Birthdays |
1538 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (died in 1584) 1800 – Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (died in 1831) 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter and philosopher (died in 1948) 1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian, and actor (died in 1977) 1897 – Bud Abbott, American comedian (died in 1974) 1909 – Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (died in 1956) 1928 – George ‘Spanky’ McFarland, American actor (died in 1993) 1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (died in 2005) 1938 – Rex Reed, American film critic 1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter 1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor 1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter 1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer 1950 – Mike Rutherford, English guitarist, and songwriter 1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor 1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress 1969 – Mitch English, American talk show host 1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress, and talk show host |
October 2nd History |
October 2 Birthday (fictional) Snoopy, Peanuts 1187 Saladin captured Jerusalem from Balian of Ibelin. 1872 1893 1950 1955 1958 1959 1965 1968 The Tlatelolco massacre took place in Mexico City. 30-300 student protesters and supporters were killed. 1971 1982 2000 2002 2006 2010 |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
The state of Michigan is only 58% land, with the other 42% being comprised of bodies of water. 7 authors have had a book hit #1 on both the New York Times Fiction and Non-Fiction Best Sellers list: John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Mitch Albom, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss, and Jimmy Buffett. Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one. The difference between a cemetery and a graveyard is cemeteries are considered burial grounds while the older term graveyards is considered burial grounds attached to a church. “give them an inch and they’ll take a mile” USED to be “give them an inch and they’ll take an ell”: an “ell” was a unit of measurement equal to about 37 inches The Capital of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek Glass has been recycled for almost 3,000 years. It never wears out as a raw material. I imagine that once computers develop genuine self-awareness they’ll also develop existential angst, insecurity, neurosis, low self-esteem, and generalized anxiety. A group of Herons is called a Sedge or Siege or Hedge. TV Quotes… “Say good night, Gracie” (George Burns) on “The Burns & Allen Show” Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Warner Bros. The language spoken in the last three lines of The Beatles’ “Sun King,” is actually nonsense. It is a mixture of faux-romance words that “sounded vaguely like something.” Chipotle is not its own type of chile, it’s actually smoke-dried jalapeño. |
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