Highlights of this day in history: O.J. Simpson found not guilty of murder at his criminal trial; St. Francis of Assisi dies; Germany reunifies; Baseball's 'shot heard 'round the world'; 'Captain Kangaroo' and 'Mickey Mouse Club' hit TV.
Other notable October 3rd events include:
1778 – British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
1795 – General Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the three year old revolutionary government.
1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
1957 – Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene.
2003 – Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the show's tigers, canceling the show for good until 2009, when they rejoined along side the tiger that mauled Roy just six years earlier.
It seems to be a day in history for Captains - Captain Kangaroo, Captain Jack, and O Captain! My Captain!.
WHEW! NOT having a great computer morning...Captain for Dark Mornings
ReplyDeleteI had the good fortune to be in Germany on October 3. I was there most of the years 1989-90; I came home the day the first gulf war started. It was an exciting time to be over there.
ReplyDeleteGood morning littleoldlady.
ReplyDeleteLucius! :-)
ReplyDeletePhil! :-)
I was having a hard time accessing/posting on this site (plus google & gmail). Have a feeling the pain has only subsided momentarily. If I disappear...send out the Mounties!
ReplyDeleteWell do littleoldlady. After all the Mounties always get their man.
ReplyDelete/errr, in this case woman. :)
Baby has a cold, which mean he was up coughing half the night. Needless to say, Daddy is tired.
ReplyDeleteGotta roust up the oldest boy -- he's got a football game today.
Send the Marines, too.
ReplyDelete/may as well go for broke! ;-)
Hi Phil!
ReplyDeleteHi Lucius!
littleoldlady! I'll share in your computer ills today...mine has been advised to go before the death panel. LOL
/Showing off my new avatar before I hit the workday.
Hey gettinby -- like the new avatar.
ReplyDeleteVERY nice, gettinby!
ReplyDelete/'cept for the part where you're rubbing it in for us northeners... ;-)
Looks to be a beautiful day here -- right now it's sunny and 59 degrees -- going up into the mid seventies. Perfect football weather.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning C2ers. I got your mail lol. I assume you are all sorted out now.
ReplyDeletelittleoldlady said...
VERY nice, gettinby!
/'cept for the part where you're rubbing it in for us northeners... ;-)
I will wait a few months before I start.
Perfect football weather.
ReplyDeleteExcept for the Bucs. Nothing seems to be in their favor this year.
Found out the other day that my husband has a cousin playing for the Packers. I guess I should become a Packer fan for awhile?
ETR!
ReplyDelete/It's a Floridian's JOB to rub it in on the northerners. LOL
Erik! :-)
ReplyDeletePERHAPS the problem is solved. [verybigsigh]
And don't YOU start, too! I don't think I can take it... (sob!)
Busy slogging away here. I think I have lost a whole month of pictures from this year, maybe more. I had forgotten how many pictures I had taken. Good news, I found some video I had shot and thought was lost. :)
ReplyDelete/time to hit the editing room....
good morning! Computer epidemic, it seems. The death panel veiwed mine negatively. We will see what the weekend brings.
ReplyDeleteThe death panel veiwed mine negatively.
ReplyDeleteBut there are no death panels! And it was for the "common good." Just keep saying that to yourself over and over again.
"it is for the common good"
"it is for the common good"
Hey y'all this is REALWEST writing to y'all from a mild (63 degrees going up to 81 degrees) bright, sunny and Carolina Blue Skied Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteHow are y'all doing today?
And littleoldlady - I got e-mail from ya this morning so are you're 'puter problems fixed?
Gettinby - GREAT new avatar - do y'all have shoes and a handbag to match?!
And Lucius and ETR and Army Wife and PaladinPhil good morning to y'all, too!
Hey where'd the frutcup go, huh?!?
Hey Erik - what all e-mail are y'all talking about from us C2ers? Or are you being cryptic just for the sake of busting the chops of those of us who haven't had a full cuppa coffe yet.
ReplyDeleteNOT EVEN ONE FULL ONE!!!
LOL!
Mornin' Real.
ReplyDeleteIt's 59 here in Chambodia and sunny.
Good morning realwest. Fruitcup is down stairs. We are having a rainy weekend up here.
ReplyDeleteMorning RW! Hope things are well, sounds like a gorgeous day! We are opening up the windows and letting the fresh air in - I love being able to do that! Big journey back to MD this afternoon to surprise my Daddy. I need to go get a new dress, trying to decide what I want in said new dress.
ReplyDeleteI just threw a new thread upstairs.
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Fresh coffee, bagels, smear and croissants.
What a week, though. Can you flippin' believe Media Matters is trying to justify what Safe School KaaZar Jennings did because the kid was 16 at the time? That makes it ok? Perhaps it resolves the statutory rape thing (though Jennings thought the kid was 15, so I'm not sure the resolution is iron clad) - but sheesh - this kid is trolling for sex in a BATHROOM and told Jennings repeatedly about his "adventures" (Jennings words, not mine) and no one on the left thinks it was a problem Jennings didn't discourage this kid? Offer counseling? Tell parents? SOMETHING?
ReplyDeleteand oh by the way, this guy is a fan of one of the founders of NAMBLA, but you know, that is merely details.
ReplyDeleteWould Jennings have been held liable if that kid contracted AIDS?
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