October 30

President John Adams born (1735); Orson Welles broadcasts "The War of the Worlds" radio hoax, causing mass panic in US (1938); Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman in historic Rumble in the Jungle (1974); HBD Ivanka Trump (1981).

October 29

Sir Walter Raleigh is executed (1618); International Red Cross is formed (1863); "The Joy of Painting" host Bob Ross born (1942); HBD Gabrielle Union (1972); Astronaut John Glenn becomes the oldest person in space at age 77 (1998).

October 28

RIP English philosopher John Locke (1704); "Gulliver’s Travels" is first published (1726); Polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk born (1914); HBD Bill Gates (1955); HBD Julia Roberts (1967).

October 27

Ivan the Great dies (1505); Philadelphia is founded (1682); President Teddy Roosevelt born (1858); New York City subway opens (1904); American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath born (1932).

October 26

Erie Canal opens (1825); RIP women’s rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1902); HBD Hillary Clinton (1947); RIP Hattie McDaniel, first African American Academy Award winner (1952); Last known natural case of smallpox detected (1977).

Gertrude Ederle

Did you know...

... that today is the Birthday of Gertrude Ederle (1906)? American swimmer Gertrude Ederle achieved fame when she competed in the 1924 Olympics and became the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926. Trivia fans: In her private later life, Ederle taught swimming at a school for deaf children. Take today to think about some of the influential women in your life.

October 23

First National Women’s Rights Convention begins (1850); Comedian and "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson born (1925); HBD soccer legend Pelé (1940); Suicide bombings at US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon kills 241 US servicemen (1983); 130 die in Moscow theater hostage crisis (2002).

October 22

Original metropolitan Opera House opens in NYC (1883); Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine born (1917); Actress Annette Funicello born (1942); President Kennedy addresses nation on Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); HBD reggae artist Shaggy (1968).

Willie Hugh Nelson

He was born on April 29, 1933 and was an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.

October 21

USS Constitution first launched (1797); Actress Carrie Fisher born (1956); Guggenheim Museum opens to the public (1959); RIP poet and novelist Jack Kerouac (1969); HBD Kim Kardashian West (1980).

Alice Ann Bailey

(June 16, 1880 – December 15, 1949) was a writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects, and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. Bailey was born as Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchester, England.[1] She moved to the United States in 1907, where she spent most of her life as a writer and teacher. Bailey's works, written between 1919 and 1949, describe a wide-ranging system of esoteric thought covering such topics as how spirituality relates to the Solar System, meditation, healing, spiritual psychology, the destiny of nations, and prescriptions for society in general. She described the majority of her work as having been telepathically dictated to her by a Master of Wisdom, initially referred to only as "the Tibetan" or by the initials "D.K.", later identified as Djwal Khul.[2] Her writings bore some similarity to those of Madame Blavatsky and are among the teachings often referred to as the "Ageless Wisdom". Though Bailey's writings differ in some respects to the Theosophy of Madame Blavatsky, they have much in common with it. She wrote on religious themes, including Christianity, though her writings are fundamentally different from many aspects of Christianity or other orthodox religions. Her vision of a unified society included a global "spirit of religion" different from traditional religious forms and including the concept of the Age of Aquarius.[3][4]

October 20

Baseball great Mickey Mantle born (1931); Congress investigates "Reds" in Hollywood (1947); Tom Petty born (1950); HBD Sen. Kamala Harris (1964); RIP President Herbert Hoover (1964); Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi killed (2011).

October 16

Marie Antoinette is executed (1793); Author Oscar Wilde born (1854); The Walt Disney Co. is founded (1923); HBD actress Angela Lansbury (1925); RIP Tony, Academy, and Emmy Award-winning actress Shirley Booth (1992).

October 15

"I Love Lucy" airs for first time (1951); HBD Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson, the Duchess of York (1959); Black Panther Party is created (1966); Wayne Gretzky becomes all-time NHL points leader (1989); RIP Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen (2018).

October 13

Continental Navy established (1775); UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher born (1925); Italy declares war on Germany (1943); RIP television host Ed Sullivan (1974); 33 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days underground (2010).

October 12

Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean, believes he reached the Indies (1492); American playwright Alice Childress born (1916); RIP Wilt Chamberlain (1999); USS Cole is attacked by suicide bombers, killing 17 American sailors (2000); Eliud Kipchoge becomes first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon (2019).

October 9

John Lennon born (1940); Landslide in Italy kills more than 2,000 (1963); Cuban Revolution figure Che Guevara is executed (1967); Oskar Schindler dies (1974); Female education activist Malala Yousafzai survives assassination attempt (2012). 

October 8

RIP American politician John Hancock (1793); HBD civil rights leader Jesse Jackson (1941); HBD actress Sigourney Weaver (1949); "Cats" debuts on Broadway (1982); Office of Homeland Security is created in wake of 9/11 attacks (2001).

October 7

RIP Edgar Allan Poe (1849); World’s oldest airline still operating, KLM, is founded (1919); HBD Nobel Prize-winner Desmond Tutu (1931); Saint Teresa of Calcutta, or Mother Teresa, starts her Missionaries of Charity (1950); Russian President Vladimir Putin born (1952).

October 6

Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer born (1917); Yom Kippur War begins (1973); Pope John Paul II is first pope to visit White House (1979); Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt, assassinated (1981); RIP Hollywood legend Bette Davis (1989). 

October 5

Harry Truman makes first US presidential television address (1947); HBD astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958); PBS launches (1970); HBD actress Kate Winslet (1975); RIP Steve Jobs (2011).

October 3

Did you know...... that today is the birthday of Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac (1949); Chubby Checker, rock singer (1941); Tommy Lee of Motley Crue (1962); Gwen Stefani of No Doubt (1969); and Stevie Ray Vaughan of Double Trouble (1954). Celebrate by listening to your favorite music today.

October 2

Mahatma Gandhi born (1869); HBD fashion designer Donna Karan (1948); Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first Black Supreme Court justice (1967); Rock Hudson is first major US celebrity to die from AIDS-related complications (1985); RIP Tom Petty (2017).

Charles Kettering

Marlene

Who was Charles Kettering? He was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947.

What an amazing journey he took in life. There's an article about Mr. Kettering on the Engineers Club of Dayton Ohio website. 

October 1

Yosemite National Park is established (1890); HBD President Jimmy Carter (1924); HBD actress Dame Julie Andrews (1935); Walt Disney World opens (1971); 58 killed, 868 injured in mass shooting in Las Vegas (2017).