Chuck Yeager with Bell X-1. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
LEAD STORY Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947
AMERICAN REVOLUTION Patriots sting Loyalists at Shallow Ford, North Carolina, 1780
AUTOMOTIVE Elwood Haynes, “Grandsire of Gasoline Cars,” is born, 1857
CIVIL WAR Union repels Rebels at the Battle of Bristoe Station, 1863
COLD WAR The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, 1962
CRIME Trial begins in Amityville murders, 1975
DISASTER Coal miners die in Wales,1913
GENERAL INTEREST The Battle of Hastings,1066
Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee, 1912
King wins Nobel Peace Prize, 1964
HOLLYWOOD Pulp Fiction debuts, 1994
LITERARY Victor Hugo marries Adele Foucher, 1822
MUSIC “Wake Up Little Susie” becomes the Everly Brothers’ first #1 hit, 1957
OLD WEST Ralph Lauren, designer of popular western-style clothing, is born in New York, 1939
PRESIDENTIAL Dwight D. Eisenhower is born, 1890
SPORTS Steve Bartman catches ball, 2003
VIETNAM WAR Khrushchev ousted as premier of Soviet Union,1964
U.S. servicemen sent to Vietnam for second tours, 1968
WORLD WAR I Adolf Hitler wounded in British gas attack, 1918
WORLD WAR II “The Desert Fox” commits suicide, 1944
This Day in Wisconsin History
1861 – (Civil War) 10th Wisconsin Infantry Musters In
1906 – Francena H. Rowley Peck Dies
1912 – Theodore Roosevelt Shot in Milwaukee
1930 – Janesville Senior Sentenced to Hard Labor
1957 – Oskar Hagen Dies
Today is Bald and Free Day, National Dessert Day and national lowercase day
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Short dresses lead to 2nd dance
STANSBURY PARK, Utah, Oct. 14 (UPI) — Officials at a Utah high school decided to hold a second homecoming dance after some girls were banned from the first one for their short dresses.
Don’t try this at home — or elsewhere!
Don’t try this at home — or elsewhere!
Waiting on new trash can, garbage piles up
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. 13 (UPI) — A woman in western Canada says she has been waiting for days for a new trash can to replace one that was stolen, and the pile of used diapers is getting higher.
Farmers growing pink pumpkins for cancer
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13 (UPI) — A Minnesota farmer has planted pink pumpkins as a way of showing support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Italy school defends Mussolini portrait
ASCVOLI PICENO, Italy, Oct. 13 (UPI) — The headmaster of an Italian high school defended the hanging of a portrait of former dictator Benito Mussolini as historical.
Florida toddler on roof — mom busted
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 13 (UPI) — A Tampa, Fla.-area woman was being investigated for child neglect after her 2-year-old daughter was seen crawling on the roof of her house, authorities said.
Abandoned baby walruses head to new homes
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) — The New York Aquarium announced one of two baby walruses orphaned off the northern coast of Alaska will soon make the facility its permanent home.
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