Yesterday I announced that today I would be celebrating my 43rd birthday and I shared some of the events that have taken place in the past 43 years. Today, as part of celebrating my birthday, we are going to look back at some of the things that have happened on this day, October 16th, in history. I hope you enjoy.
Today in History:
- 1793 French queen Marie Antoinette was guillotined for treason.
- 1859 Abolitionist John Brown’s men captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry.
- 1916 Margaret Sanger opened the first birth-control clinic in New York City (and I thought they were famous for their salsa — CAC).
- 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis began.
- 1964 China detonated its first atomic bomb.
- 1965 Christopher A. Clouse was born in Blytheville, Arkansas.
- 1978 John Paul II was elected pope.
- 1995 Hundreds of thousands gathered in Washington for the Million Man March led by Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader.
- 2001 Twelve Senate offices were closed when a letter addressed to Senator Tom Daschle was found to contain anthrax.
- 2002 The White House announced that North Korea had disclosed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program.
Others born on this day:
- 1854 Oscar Wilde (Author)
- 1886 David Ben-Gurion (Statesman)
- 1888 Eugene O’Neill (Playwright)
- 1890 Michael Collins (Revolutionary leader)
- 1890 Paul Strand (Photographer)
- 1898 William O. Douglas (Jurist)
- 1925 Angela Lansbury (Actress)
- 1946 Suzanne Somers (Actress)
- 1958 Tim Robbins (Actor – Shawshank Redemption fame)
- 1965 ME (child of the King)
- 1977 John Mayer (Singer, songwriter)
Definitely not the greatest of information, but something to share on this day!
October 21, 2008 at 1:42 pm |
Dang, I got behind and missed telling you happy birthday. Sorry about that buddy. If it makes you feel any better … I’m still 42. HA HA HA HA HA
October 21, 2008 at 7:06 pm |
Hey, Trey Morgan… Actually, it does make me feel somewhat better to know that you are still only 42 and not an old 43 like me…
You know, this is actually the first birthday that I have struggled with, guess it is the realization that I am now as old as my dad was whenever I once thought he was old… But, isn’t it funny how that even though I am now that old it doesn’t seem the same ancient age it was when they were this age and we were younger…
Anyways, thanks for the wishes…