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This day in History October 10
October 10, 2007
It's...
Wildlife Day About This Date
Today we celebrate wildlife conservation. It's our responsibility to preserve wildlife and their habitats - even if it's in our own backyard. Buy some birdseed to help our feathered friends make it through the winter. And find out more about wildlife and the environment here:
1865
John Wesley Hyatt patented the billiard ball was patented. Hyatt won $10,000 in a contest as the first person to invent a substitute for commonly used ivory ball.
1913
United States President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of the Gamboa d**e, which ended the construction of the Panama Canal.
1928
Broadway show "Hold Everything" opened. It gave us the phrase "You’re the Cream in My Coffee". It ran for 413 performances.
1933
The first synthetic detergent, Dreft, went on sale. Ten years later Dreft would be the sponsor of "The Dreft Star Playhouse".
1935
George Gershwin's American opera, Porgy and Bess, opened in New York City on Broadway, and it received rave reviews from the critics.
1940
On the Victor label, "Moonlight and Roses" by Lanny Ross was recorded.
1956
Elvis Presley's hit recording of Love Me Tender entered Billboard's popular record charts on this date, stayed on the charts for 19 weeks, and was Number 1 for 5 of those weeks. The song, from Presley's first film with the same title, was adapted from the tune Aura Lee, written in 1861.
1965
In the "Peanuts" comic strip, the Red Baron made his first appearance with the defender of good, Snoopy.
1970
Neil Diamond's single, Cracklin' Rosie, hit Number 1 on Billboard's record charts, and stayed there a week.
1973
United States Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1975
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor married for the second time at a remote location in Botswana. They divorced the following year.
1977
It was all over for Joe Namath, as he ended his playing career on ABC’s "Monday Night Football". That game saw his new team, the LA Rams, face the Chicago Bears.
1979
The musical group, Fleetwood Mac, got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1993
The New York Friars Club issued a formal apology to the press on this date regarding the racial jokes made by actor Ted Danson a few days earlier at a Club roast of Whoopi Goldberg. Danson appeared in minstrel black-face, with huge white lips painted over his own. While most of the club members laughed, including Goldberg, some in attendance felt that Danson's performance was in poor taste. Despite the criticism in the press, Goldberg publicly supported Danson's actions. Soon after the roast scandal died down, Danson and Goldberg broke up.
1995
Gary Kasparov won a chess championship against Viswanathan Anand that had lasted about a month.
1995
Israel began its West Bank pullback and freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners under a deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization; some inmates refused to go in solidarity with others left behind.
1997
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and American campaign coordinator Jodie Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize.
2002
France confirms that an explosion aboard French oil tanker Limburg off the coast of Yemen was, indeed, a terrorist act.
Birthdays
1900
Helen Hayes [Brown]
actress d: 1993
1908
Johnny Green
songwriter d: 1989
1914
Ivory Joe Hunter
singer, musician
1926
Richard Jaeckel
actor
1944
Joanna Shimkus
actress
1946
Ben Vereen
singer, dancer
1949
Jessica Harper
actress
1955
David Lee Roth
singer
1958
Tanya Tucker
singer
1969
Brett Favre
football
1965
Yesterday - The Beatles
Treat Her Right - Roy Head
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
Behind the Tear - Sonny James
1973
Half-Breed - Cher
Loves Me like a Rock - Paul Simon
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
You're the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me - Ray Price
1981
Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt
Party Time - T.G. Sheppard
Today's Quote
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball
Assembled by Billie
October 10, 2007
It's...
Wildlife Day About This Date
Today we celebrate wildlife conservation. It's our responsibility to preserve wildlife and their habitats - even if it's in our own backyard. Buy some birdseed to help our feathered friends make it through the winter. And find out more about wildlife and the environment here:
1865
John Wesley Hyatt patented the billiard ball was patented. Hyatt won $10,000 in a contest as the first person to invent a substitute for commonly used ivory ball.
1913
United States President Woodrow Wilson triggered the explosion of the Gamboa d**e, which ended the construction of the Panama Canal.
1928
Broadway show "Hold Everything" opened. It gave us the phrase "You’re the Cream in My Coffee". It ran for 413 performances.
1933
The first synthetic detergent, Dreft, went on sale. Ten years later Dreft would be the sponsor of "The Dreft Star Playhouse".
1935
George Gershwin's American opera, Porgy and Bess, opened in New York City on Broadway, and it received rave reviews from the critics.
1940
On the Victor label, "Moonlight and Roses" by Lanny Ross was recorded.
1956
Elvis Presley's hit recording of Love Me Tender entered Billboard's popular record charts on this date, stayed on the charts for 19 weeks, and was Number 1 for 5 of those weeks. The song, from Presley's first film with the same title, was adapted from the tune Aura Lee, written in 1861.
1965
In the "Peanuts" comic strip, the Red Baron made his first appearance with the defender of good, Snoopy.
1970
Neil Diamond's single, Cracklin' Rosie, hit Number 1 on Billboard's record charts, and stayed there a week.
1973
United States Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1975
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor married for the second time at a remote location in Botswana. They divorced the following year.
1977
It was all over for Joe Namath, as he ended his playing career on ABC’s "Monday Night Football". That game saw his new team, the LA Rams, face the Chicago Bears.
1979
The musical group, Fleetwood Mac, got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1993
The New York Friars Club issued a formal apology to the press on this date regarding the racial jokes made by actor Ted Danson a few days earlier at a Club roast of Whoopi Goldberg. Danson appeared in minstrel black-face, with huge white lips painted over his own. While most of the club members laughed, including Goldberg, some in attendance felt that Danson's performance was in poor taste. Despite the criticism in the press, Goldberg publicly supported Danson's actions. Soon after the roast scandal died down, Danson and Goldberg broke up.
1995
Gary Kasparov won a chess championship against Viswanathan Anand that had lasted about a month.
1995
Israel began its West Bank pullback and freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners under a deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization; some inmates refused to go in solidarity with others left behind.
1997
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and American campaign coordinator Jodie Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize.
2002
France confirms that an explosion aboard French oil tanker Limburg off the coast of Yemen was, indeed, a terrorist act.
Birthdays
Birthdays
1900
Helen Hayes [Brown]
actress d: 1993
1908
Johnny Green
songwriter d: 1989
1914
Ivory Joe Hunter
singer, musician
1926
Richard Jaeckel
actor
1944
Joanna Shimkus
actress
1946
Ben Vereen
singer, dancer
1949
Jessica Harper
actress
1955
David Lee Roth
singer
1958
Tanya Tucker
singer
1969
Brett Favre
football
1965
Yesterday - The Beatles
Treat Her Right - Roy Head
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
Behind the Tear - Sonny James
1973
Half-Breed - Cher
Loves Me like a Rock - Paul Simon
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
You're the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me - Ray Price
1981
Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt
Party Time - T.G. Sheppard
Today's Quote
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball
MUSIC
1965
Yesterday - The Beatles
Treat Her Right - Roy Head
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
Behind the Tear - Sonny James
1973
Half-Breed - Cher
Loves Me like a Rock - Paul Simon
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
You're the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me - Ray Price
1981
Endless Love - Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt
Party Time - T.G. Sheppard
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