Archive for October, 2007
What If? Birthdays - Fanny Brice
10/29/1891 - 5/29/1951
American singing comedian
(Go to obit.)
75 William Hayley
10/29/1745 - 11/12/1820
English poet, biographer, patron of the arts
88 Daniel Decatur Emmett
10/29/1815 - 6/28/1904
American minstrel entertainer
69 Thomas Francis Bayard
10/29/1828 - 9/28/1898
American statesman, diplomat and lawyer
89 Franz Von Papen
10/29/1879 - 5/2/1969
German chancellor (1932)
88 Fred Lazarus Jr.
10/29/1884 - 5/27/1973
American merchandiser
47 Joseph Goebbels
10/29/1897 - 5/1/1945
Minister of propaganda for Nazi Germany
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Posted: October 29th, 2007 under History.
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What If? - History October 29th
On Oct. 29, 1929, stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out. (Go to article.)
1682 The founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, landed at what is now Chester, Pa.
1891 Broadway star Fanny Brice was born Fanny Borach in Newark, N.J.
1901 President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, was electrocuted.
1911 American newspaper [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2007 under History.
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What if climate change was a threat to world peace?
Climate change is a growing threat to world peace and has led to rival territorial claims in the Arctic that could turn into a “cold war,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yesterday.
Political solutions are needed now to problems posed by climate change that threaten peace in areas ranging from Africa to the Middle East [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2007 under Life Stories.
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What If? Birthdays - Bob Kane
10/24/1915 - 11/3/1998
American cartoonist; creator of Batman and Robin
(Go to obit.)
90 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
10/24/1632 - 8/26/1723
Dutch microbiologist
62 Alban Butler
10/24/1710 - 5/15/1773
English Roman Catholic priest and educator
90 Sarah Josepha Hale
10/24/1788 - 4/30/1879
Americam writer and magazine publisher
86 Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood
10/24/1830 - 5/19/1917
Americam attorney and social reformer
57 James Schoolcraft Sherman
10/24/1855 - 10/30/1912
American politician; U.S. vice president (1909-12)
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Posted: October 24th, 2007 under History.
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What If? - History October 24th
On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations charter took effect. (Go to article.)
1648 The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years’ War and, effectively, the Holy Roman Empire.
1861 The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln.
1931 The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.
1939 Nylon stockings were sold publicly [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2007 under History.
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