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Friday, October 20, 2006

HOLIDAYS 10.20

by @ 3:00 am. Date Category: Holidays

Feast Of No Excuse For A Feast
Season of the Aftermath begins (Discordian)
New York Times Day
Revolution Day (Guatemala)
International Chefs Day [ website ]
National Brandied Fruit Day
Kenyatta Day (Kenya)
Change Your Oil Day
Apple Butter Stirrin’ Festival
St. Conrad Ferrini’s Day (patron of universities)
International Juan Valdez Appreciation Day

BIRTHDAYS 10.20

by @ 2:00 am. Date Category: Birthdays

Charles Ives
Ellery Queen
Christopher Wren
Siyyid Ali “the Bab” Muhammad
James Chadwick
Bela Lugosi
Jerry Orbach
Mickey Mantle
William Christopher
John Reed
Tom Petty
John Dewey
Will Rogers
James Mann
Anna Neagle
Juan Marichal
Keith Hernandez
Thomas Hughes
June Blair (Pb 1/57)
Herschel Bernardi
Arlene Francis
Roosevelt Brown
Margaret Dumont
Joyce Brothers
Art Buchwald
Jerry Orbach
Arthur Rimbaud
William “Judy” Johnson
David Krieg
John Eichler (1829)
Johan Sohn (1817)

EVENTS 10.20

by @ 1:00 am. Date Category: Events

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington premiered
Radio tube invented
1st Life saved with a parachute
P.T. Barnum’s Circus opened “The Greatest Show on Earth” at the Hippodrome (1873)
Battle of Salamis (480 BCE)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington premiered
London’s Sunday Times 1st published (1822)
Rubber Band invented
Babes in Arms premiered
1st Community hospital established
Battle of Ulm
Pegaso Z-102 automobile introduced (1950)
Jesus Christ Superstar premiered
Moscow Soccer tragedy killed 340 (1982)
UN War Crimes Commission established (1943)
German city of Aachen taken by US 1st Army (WW2; 1944)
UK and US established American border at 49th Parallel (1818)
Momma comic strip began (1970)
Prime Minister Maurice Bishop assassinated in Grenada (1983)
General MacArthur returned to the Philippines (1944)
Trial over Lady Chatterly’s Lover begain in London (1960)
Attorney General Elliot Richardson resigned in connection with Watergate (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashed, killing 3 band members (flames on cover of then-current album are quickly removed; 1977)
US House Un-American Activities Committee began harrassing entertainment industry (1947)
Boris Pucket & The Crypt-Kickers’ Monster Mash reached No. 1 (1962)
Huntington Beach Beer Co. opened (California; 1992)
Belt Brewing opened (Missouri; 1997)
Red Star Brewery & Grille opened (Pennsylvania; 1997)



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