History

October 26th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 26th History Highlights1826 – The Erie Canal was completed1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona took place.October 26, 2000 – Sony PlayStation 2 released, Video Game Console2001 – The United States passed the USA PATRIOT Act into law.If you were born on October 26th,You […]

October 25th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 25th History Highlights1971 – Taiwan was expelled from the United Nations, and admitted China to the organization.1972 – The FBI hired its first female agents – Joanne Pierce and Susan Roley1983 – US Armed Forces invaded GrenadaOctober 25 Birthday (fictional) Squidward, Spongebob SquarepantsIf you were born on October

October 24th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 24th History Highlights1901 – Annie Edison Taylor went over Niagra Falls in a barrel, and survived.1929 – Black Thursday in the stock market.1945 – The United Nations was founded.2007 – China successfully launched its first space probe, Chang’e-1.If you were born on October 24th,You were likely conceived the

October 23rd History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 23rd History Highlights1973 – President Nixon agreed to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.1983 – A terror attack against US armed forces in Beirut, Lebanon killed 240 people.2001 – The iPod was demonstrated. On sale the following week, the retail price was $399.If you

October 22nd History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 22nd History Highlights1844 – End of World predicted by William Miller and his followers. #falsealarm1883 – New York’s Metropolitan Opera House opened.1962 – President John F. Kennedy addressed the country, demanding that Cuba removed Soviet missiles and equipment that had been secretly placed on the island.If you were

October 21st History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 21st History Highlights1797 – Old Ironsides, the USS Constitution, launched.1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrated his Incandescent Lightbulb.1967 – 250 protestors stormed The Pentagon in Washington, DC.October 21, 2015 (fictional) Marty McFly and Doc Brown visited this year from 1985 in Back to the Future, FilmIf you were born

October 20th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 20th History Highlights1955 – The Return of The King, the third book of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, was released.1973 – Australia’s Sydney Opera House opened.1982 – 340 fans were killed at a game between the Soviet and Dutch soccer teams. Details were not released until years

October 19th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 19th History Highlights1789 – John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.October 19, 1957 Birthday (fictional) Michael Myers, Halloween1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22%, 508 points.October 19, 2009 (fictional) The Earth was destroyed in a solar

October 18th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 18th History Highlights1867 – The United States took possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Some called it #sewardsfolly1896 – The first newspaper comic strip, The Yellow Kid, by Richard Outcault, appeared in The New York Journal.1972 – The US Congress passed The Water

October 17th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 17th History HighlightsOctober 17, 1959 Birthday (fictional) Adrian Monk, TV1989 A 7.1 earthquake shook the San Francisco area, killing 67 people.2006 – The 300 Millionth living American citizen was born.If you were born on October 17th,You were likely conceived the week of… January 24th (same year)October 17th is…Black

October 16th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 16th History Highlights1793 – Queen Marie Antoinette was executed for ‘high treason’ during the French Revolution.1859 – John Brown’s abolitionist raid took place at Harper’s Ferry, WV.October 16, 1997 (fiction) The Robinson family departed from Earth aboard the Jupiter II spacecraft and becomes Lost In Space, TVIf you

October 15th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 15th History Highlights1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.1753 – Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent were the first to ascend in a hot air balloon, the first witnessed manned flight demonstration.1793 – Queen Marie Antoinette of France was tried and convicted, and condemned

October 14th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 14th History Highlights1066 – The Battle of Hastings – Normany forces defeated the Anglo-Saxons.1888 – Louis Le Prince filmed the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.1947 – Flying a Bell X-1, pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the first supersonic flight.1964 – Dr. Martin Luther King

October 12th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 12th History Highlights1279 – The Nichiren Shoshu branch of Buddhism was founded in Japan.1492 – Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ The Bahamas.1773 – Eastern State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, the first in America, opened..1999 – As of this day, 6 billion people were alive on Earth. #thedayofthesixbillionIf

October 11th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 11th History Highlights1887 – The first adding machine (the Comptometer) was patented, by Dorr Eugene Felt.1962 – Vatican Council II, the 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church was convened by Pope John XXIII, in four sessions that concluded on December 8, 1965.1975 – Saturday Night Live

October 10th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 10th History Highlights1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 killed 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean.1845 – The Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opened with 50 students in Annapolis, Maryland.1886 – Griswold Lorollaerd created the first Tuxedo.1973 – 1973 – Vice President of the

October 9th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 9th History Highlights1868 – ZCMI, America’s first department store, opened in Salt Lake City, UT.1916 – The First PGA championship was won by British golfer Jim Barnes.If you were born on October 9th,You were likely conceived the week of… January 16th (same year)Fire Prevention DayFire Prevention Day is

October 8th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 8th History Highlights1871 – Four fires in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan killed over 4000 people.1944 – Ozzie and Harriet debuted on the radio (and on television in 1952)1956 – The New York Yankees’ Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series.If you were born on

October 7th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 7th History Highlights1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay was issued.1916 – Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game of all time.If you were born on October 7th,You were likely conceived the week of… January 14th (same year)October 7th is…Forgiveness

October 6th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 6th History Highlights1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer with its Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, in New York City.1973 – Yom Kippur War between Egypt/Syria and Isreal (October 6-25)1981 – Anwar Sadat was assassinated in Cairo, Egypt.If you were born on October 6th,You were likely conceived the week of…

October 5th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 5th History Highlights1877 – Chiff Joseph surrendered to US Cavalry Forces. He famously stated: “From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”2001 – Barry Bonds hit Home Runs #71 & 72, beating Mark McGuire’s prior record. He went on the hit 73 for the

October 4th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 4th History Highlights1582 – Pope Gregory XIII adjusted the calendar, making The day after Thursday, October 4, 1582, as now Friday, October 15, 1582, starting the Gregorian Calendar which we use today.1943 – Corsica (a French Territory) was liberated from Nazi Germany.1957 – The USSR launched Sputnik 1,

October 3rd History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 3rd History Highlights1922 – Mrs. Rebecca Felton was the first female US Senator (Georgia, for two days)1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC1990 – Germany Reunified as the Federal Republic of Germany1974 – Frank Robinson was named the first African-American MLB manager (Cleveland Indians)If you were

October 2nd History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 2nd History Highlights1789 – The United States Bill of Rights was sent to the 13 States for ratification.1967 – Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.1972 – (fiction) – Phileas Fogg places his wager of 20 thousand pounds that

October 1st History, Trivia, and Fun FactsOctober 1st History Highlights1932 – Babe Ruth’s ‘Called Shot” in the 5th inning of game three in the 1932 World Series1947 – Levittown, Long Island, New York opened.1961 – Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record with HR #61 in a single season.Umbrella Academy (fiction) On October 1,