Historical Events
1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church’s foundations down to bedrock
1902 – 7th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-0 in Birmingham
1952 – Date of the first Mad Magazine issue
1962 – US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon
2012 – MLB American League Championship: Detroit Tigers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 0
2016 – US White Houses says it is “confident” Russia behind recent email hacking and attempts to influence US election
Famous Birthdays
1569 – Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)
1854 – Salomon August Andrée, Swedish engineer, balloonist and polar explorer, born in Gränna, Sweden (d. 1897)
1865 – Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist and critic (d. 1946)
1918 – James Cameron Tudor, politician
1995 – Yui Ohashi, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold women’s 200/400m IM 2021), born in Hikone, Japan
2001 – Annelise Manojlovic, English actress
Famous Deaths
1771 – Robert Praelisauer, German composer, music director, and priest, dies at 62
1830 – Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies
1862 – James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
1982 – Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
2002 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33), dies at 70
2020 – Sid Hartman, American sports journalist (Minneapolis Star Tribune; WCCO 830 AM), dies at 100