Oct 01, 1890 Yosemite National Park
established.
On this day in 1890, an act of
Congress creates
Yosemite National Park, home of
such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental
trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the
congressional action, which was signed into law by
President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers, along
with countless "Don't Feed the Bears" signs.
Oct 02, 1985 Hollywood
icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
On this day in 1985, actor
RockHudson, 59, becomes the first major
U.S. celebrity to die of
complications from
AIDS. Hudson's
death raised public awareness of the epidemic, which until that time had been
ignored by many in the mainstream as a "gay plague."
Oct 03, 1995 O.J. Simpson
acquitted
At the end of a sensational
trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double
murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald
Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson's "dream team" of lawyers
employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson's
guilt had not been proved "beyond a reasonable doubt," thus
surmounting what the prosecution called a "mountain of evidence"
implicating him as the murderer.
Oct 04, 1957 Sputnik launched
The Soviet
Union inaugurates the "Space Age" with its launch of
Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik
after the Russian word for "satellite," was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic.
Visible with binoculars before sunrise or after sunset, Sputnik transmitted
radio signals back to Earth strong enough to be picked up by amateur radio
operators. Those in the United States
with access to such equipment tuned in and listened in awe as the beeping
Soviet spacecraft passed over America
several times a day. In January 1958, Sputnik's orbit deteriorated, as
expected, and the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere.
Oct 05, 1947 First presidential
speech on TV
On this day in 1947,
PresidentHarry Truman (1884-1972) makes the first-ever televised presidential address
from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in
order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman's food-conservation
speech,
Europe was still recovering from World
War II and suffering from famine.
Oct 06, 1866 First U.S. train
robbery
On this day in 1866, the
Reno gang carries out the first robbery of a moving train
in the
U.S., making off with
over $10,000 from an
Ohio &
Mississippi train in
Jackson County, Indiana. Prior to this innovation in crime, holdups had taken
place only on trains sitting at stations or freight yards.
Oct 07, 2003 Arnold
Schwarzenegger becomes California
governor
On this day in 2003, actor Arnold
Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California,
the most populous state in the nation with the world's fifth-largest economy.
Despite his inexperience, Schwarzenegger came out on top in the 11-week
campaign to replace Gray Davis, who had earlier become the first United States
governor to be recalled by the people since 1921. Schwarzenegger was one of 135
candidates on the ballot, which included career politicians, other actors, and
one adult-film star.
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