Histortweet Week in Review - W/E October 31, 2009

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Here are your top stories for the week ending October 31, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE India, October 31, 1984 – Gandhi assassinated by her bodyguards; bloody rioting follows: http://bit.ly/ZcFzp

The Back-Story: [SFX:Point Blank; Insensiblement; Hommage a Haydn] Indira Gandhi worked, as her father, Jawaharal Nehru, had, towards doing away with castes and unifying the populace. However, when she authorized Operation Bluestar, to remove insurgents who had taken up positions in the Golden Temple, she alienated the religious Sikh population, both because she desecrated the temple and because it was done with no regard for the thousands of civilian worshippers in the temple, almost 500 of whom died. Although she became the sworn enemy of the Sikhs, Gandhi refused to have her Sikh bodyguards reassigned, in a demonstration of her trust for the two who had served her for many years. This trust was misplaced; the two shot her in the garden of her official residence. In the aftermath, there was violent anti-Sikh rioting in the streets, resulting in massive loss of life and in the destruction of families from which the Sikh community still reels. [SFX: White Riot]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE Zaire, October 30, 1974 – Ali, on the ropes for 7 rounds, is all up in George Foreman’s Grill in the 8th; wins Rumble in the Jungle: http://bit.ly/4h9aou
The Back-Story: [SFX: Bungle in the Jungle] George Foreman was on top of the world of boxing. He had easily dispatched of his competition, including Joe Frazier and Ken Norton, who had defeated his elder challenger, Muhammad Ali. In the build-up to the fight, Ali engaged in psychological warfare, taunting the champion and gaining popular support in the nation of Zaire, where the bout was to be held. On the day of the fight, the challenger surprised everyone, including his corner man, Angelo Dundee, by clinging to the ropes, allowing Foreman to tire himself out for seven rounds; finally taking the fight to himin the 8th and swiftlyu knocking the champion out. [SFX:Mama said knock you out]

[SFX: SOUND827]: Entertainment: DATELINE New Jersey, October 30, 1938 – The Martians have landed? In New Jersey? Well[s], Well[es]. . . http://bit.ly/VcB7X
The Back-Story: [SFX:Rosalita; Radio Loves You; Who Listens to the Radio?; Radio Ga Ga] It was just a radio program. Really. On the eve of Halloween, Orson Welles presented an adaptation of HG Wells’ “War of the World,” staging it as though it were a series of news bulletin interrupting a program of dance music. Althoughthere were explicit disclaimers that it was just a radio drama, many who heard the broadcast though that the drama was, in fact, actually taking place; some armed themselves, and some hid in the cellars. [SFX:Fooled again (I don’t Like It); We don’t get fooled again;The end of the world as we know it]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

October 25: Composer Georges Bizet
October 26: Gospel Artist Mahalia Jackson
October 27: American President Theodore Rosevelt
October 28: Discoverer of the Polio Vaccine Jonas Salk
October 29: Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
October 30: Author Fyodor Dostoevsky
And October 31: Painter Jan Vermeer

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WRLD: 1984 – Gandhi assassinated by her bodyguards; bloody rioting follows

SPRT: 1950 – Earl Lloyd breaks the NBA’s color barrier

OTHR: 1517 – Luther nails 95 Theses on indulgent church’s door

BDAY: Ethel Waters; Chiang Kai-Shek; John Keats; Jan Vermeer

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WRLD: 1961 – World rocks under weight of Russian Tsar Bomba; Largest. Detonation. Ever.

SPRT: 1974 – Ali, on the ropes for 7 rounds, is all up in George Foreman’s Grill in the 8th; wins Rumble in the Jungle

HUH?: 1938 – The Martians have landed? In New Jersey? Well[s], Well[es]+. . .

BDAY: Maradona; Ezra Pound; Fyodor Dostoevsky; John Adams

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WRLD: 1975 – On deathbed, Franco anoints Prince Juan Carlos temp head of state, Spain’s first monarch in 44 years

OTHR: Inspired by Dunant’s Souvenir de Solferino, Swiss enlist 16 nations, found the Red Cross

HUH?: 1618 – Raleigh returns from S. America sans gold; ends up sans head on 15 year old suspended sentence

BDAY: Winona Ryder; Kate Jackson; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Fanny Brice

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WRLD: 1918 – Slavs Czech out of Austro-Hungarian empire

SPRT: 1922 – Princeton upsets Chicago in first nationally broadcast college sporting event

OTHR: 1893 - Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique symphony debuts; not long after, composer departs in pathos

BDAY: Mamoud Ahmadinejad; Bill Gates; Bruce Jenner; Johas Salk

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WRLD: 1999 – Terrorists raid Armenian parliament, kill Prime Minister, Chairman

SPRT: 2004 – Bambino’s Curse over, Sox win series

OTHR: 1992 – Schindler slaughtered by shipmates for being gay

BDAY: John Cleese; Roy Lichtenstein; Dylan Thomas; Theodore Roosevelt

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WRLD: Korea’s head of intel kills president, accidently on purpose (spontaneously premeditated)

SPRT: 1951 – Louis ends retirement, only to be retired by Marciano in the 8th

ENTR: 1965 – Beatles bop by Buckingham where Queen bestows MBEs

BDAY: Hillary Rodham Clinton; Pat Sajack; Jackie Coogan; Mahalia Jackson

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WRLD: 1971 – At UN, it’s Formosa out, PRC in

ENTR: 1938 – Bishop Beckman decries soundtrack of the primrose path to Hell – swing music

OTHR: Into the valley of death rode the 600

BDAY: Jon Anderson; Helen Reddy; Pablo Picasso; Georges Bizet

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Histortweet Week in Review - W/E October 24, 2009

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Here are your top stories for the week ending October 24, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE Great Britain, October 19, 1989 – Guildford Four released as court reverses biggest miscarriage of justice in Britain: http://bit.ly/4fb2LC

The Back-Story: [SFX:Me and Julio; I Want to Break Free] Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Paddy Armstrong, and Carole Richardson were arrested and coerced into confessing various crimes related to IRA attacks. In spite of their later retractions and, in some cases, valid alibis, the four were convicted in October 1975, and given life sentences. In 1977, four IRA men confessed to the crimes for which the Guildford Four were serving sentences, but they the men were never charged. In 1989, a detective looking into the case unearthed evidence that the notes from the police interviews had been heavily manipulated. On the strength of this evidence, the four were granted an appeal, their convictions were ultimately reversed, and, after 15 years of imprisonment, the Guildford 4 were freed. In June, 2000, Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a formal apology to the four. [SFX: Freebird; Release Me]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE Mexico City, October 20, 1968 – Fosbury flops to record height, Olympic gold, in Mexico City, revolutionizing sport: http://bit.ly/PiJQg (video)
The Back-Story: [SFX: Foppup; Jump; Jump Around] In the late 1950s, American colleges switched from sawdust on the landing side of the high-jump pit to large bundles of foam rubber. This change made possible a revolution in the sport. No longer limited by the need to land on his feet to avoid injury, Dick Fosbury devised an ingenious technique of running right up to the bar and arching his back over the bar as he jumped it backwards. He refined the technique, dubbed the “Fosbury Flop” by a local reporter, earning an NCAA title and, ultimately, an Olympic record and Gold Medal. His unorthodox (at the time) technique immediately gained popularity.[SFX:How I Got Over 7:35; It's a Living Thing]

[SFX: SOUND827]: Entertainment: DATELINE London, October 18, 1968 Yogi and Boo-Boo take down John and Yoko in drug bust: http://bit.ly/37emjY
The Back-Story: [SFX:Roses; Ashes to Ashes; Framed] Scotland Yard’s Detective Sergeant Norman Pilcher built his career targeting musicians for drug arrests. In 1968, he set his sights on John Lennon. John had been tipped to the impending raid three weeks prior, and had arranged to have his apartment meticulously cleaned, fearing that its previous tenant, Jimi Hendrix, may have left a trace of drugs behind. Pilcher came with his drug-sniffing dogs, Yogi and Boo Boo, and a huge contingent of police, expecting to find a large party in full swing. Although Lennon insisted that he was framed, and Pilcher was later jailed for corruption because of his deeds on the drug squad, the experience had huge repercussions on Lennon’s life, resulting in his deportation from the US, in 1971, and contributing to his and Yoko Ono’s loss of custody of Yoko’s daughter. [SFX: The No-No Song; Up in Smoke; Everybody must get Stoned]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

October 18: Jazz Great Wynton Marsalis
October 19: Pop Artist Peter Max
October 20: Composer Charles Ives
October 21: Israeli Statesman Benjamin Netanyahu
October 22: Composer Franz Liszt
October 23: Soccer Legend Pele
And October 24: Rock’n’Roll Pioneer The Big Bopper

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WRLD: 1945 – WWII Allies ratify Charter, founding United Nations

SPRT: 1992 – Blue Jays squad, with no actual Canadians, brings Canada its first World Series trophy

HUH?: 1951 – 7 years after D-Day, after start of the Korean War, Truman calls it: WWII’s over!

BDAY: Tila Tequila; Kevin Kline; F. Murray Abraham; The Big Bopper

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WRLD: 1956 – Hungarians rally in the streets against Soviet rule

ENTR: 1958 – Smurfs descend on Spirou

HUH?: 1739 - Brits, Spaniards go toe-to-to over Jenkins’ Ear

BDAY: ”Weird” Al Yankovic; Michael Chrichton; Pele; Johnny Carson

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WRLD: 1844 – Thousands of Millerites' Great Anticipation, turns into Great Disappointment

SPRT: 1926 – Whitehead drops Houdini with three swift punches; Great One falls on Halloween

OTHR: 1964 – Sartre to Nobel: No Thanks

BDAY: Deepak Chopra; Timothy Leary; N.C. Wyeth; Franz Liszt

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WRLD: 1969 – Coup installs Barre as president of Somalia

SPRT: 1973 – Dryer Rams into safety zone. Twice

TECH: 1879 – Light bulb over Edison’s head for brilliant carbonized filament idea

BDAY: Carrie Fisher; Benjamin Netanyahu; Dizzie Gillespie; Alfred Nobel

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WRLD: 1740 – War of Austrian Succession begins over Old Europe’s resistance to Maria Theresa’s ascension

SPRT: 1968 – Fosbury flops to record height, Olympic gold, in Mexico City, revolutionizing sport (video)

OTHR: 1947 – Un-American Activities Committee begins making Hollywood safe from Communism

BDAY: Snoop Dogg; Tom Petty; Bela Lugosi; Charles Ives

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WRLD: 1989 – Guildford Four released as court reverses biggest miscarriage of justice in Britain

SPRT: 1957 – Goal! Canadien Rocket scores his 500th

TECH: 1943 – Rutgers researchers isolate antibiotic for tuberculosis

BDAY: Evander Holyfield; Divine; Peter Max; John Le Carre

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WRLD: 1929 – Famous Five prevail on Canada’s Privy Council: Women are persons, too

SPRT: 1977 – Three pitchers, three swings, three dingers for Mr. October

ENTR: Yogi and Boo-Boo take down John and Yoko in drug bust

BDAY: Wynton Marsalis; Martina Navratilova; Chuck Berry; Lotte Lenya

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Histortweet Week in Review - W/E October 17, 2009

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Here are your top stories for the week ending October 17, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE France, October 13, 1894–Nabbed for Esterhazy’s crime, defamed Dreyfus does decade on Devil’s Isle before exoneration, reinstatement: http://bit.ly/1KGnlQ
The Back-Story: [SFX:Whodunit; Lies lies lies] The Dreyfus affair became a symbol of anti-Semitism in late 19th Century France. Alfred Dreyfus, an immgrant from Germany and an officer in the French army, was convicted of treason for passing documents to the Germans and sent to Devil's Island. Some 10 years later, when evidence surfaced that pointed to Walsin Esterhazy, Dreyfus had a retrial, but prosecutors suppressed the new information[SFX: Keep It Dark]. Prominent writer, Emile Zola, wrote his famous "J'accuse" (I accuse) [SFX: J’Accuse] treatise, damning the legal shennanigans, and Dreyfus was eventually exonerated. He went on to continue a success career as an army officer. [SFX: An Innocent Man]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE Edmonton, Canada, October 15, 1989 – The Great One cruises past Mr. Hockey on points: http://bit.ly/duJeR (video)
The Back-Story: [SFX: Hit Me with Your Best Shot] Wayne Gretzky entered the game against his former team, on their home ice, one point behind his idol, Gordy Howe's, all-time record of 1850. He scored early in the game to tie the record, and there it stood after two periods. Gretzky's body was so battered that he almost sat out the third period, but he soldiered on and scored a goal to tie the game and claim the record. [SFX:You're on Top of the World]

[SFX: SOUND827]: In other news: DATELINE Earth, October 12, 1999 : Somewhere in the world, 6 billionth human arrives. Birthday party as though it’s 1999: http://bit.ly/20EwJB:
The Back-Story: [SFX:1999; Saginaw; Just Enough for the City; Born in the USA; Born in East LA] The United Nations Population fund designated October 12, 1999, as The Day of 6 Billion. According to their calculations, on that date, somewhere in the world, [SFX: All Around the World] the 6 billionth human was born. While the date itself is disputed, with many researchers believing that #6 billion arrived months earlier, it serves as a symbolic line in the sand which, now crossed, mandates attention from the nations. [SFX: What's going on?; Too many people]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

October 11: US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
October 12: Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory
October 13: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
October 14: Colonialist William Penn
October 15: Duchess Sarah Ferguson
October 16:I Playwright Eugene O’Neill
And October 17: Playwright Arthur Miller

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WRLD: 1989 – San Francisco rocked by massive 6.9 quake, felt as far as LA and Las Vegas

SPRT: 1968 – Smith, Carlos blackballed of medals for Black Power salute

OTHR: 1931 – Murderous gangster Al Capone convicted for. . . tax evasion

BDAY: Wyclef Jean; Evel Knievel; Rita Hayworth; Arthur Miller

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WRLD: 1964 – China is 5th to explode an A-Bomb; joins rest of UN Security Council in Club Nuke

SPRT: 1996 – Thousands of counterfeit tickets result in stampede at Guatemala soccer match, leaving 83 dead

RLGN: John-Paul II breaks 400-year streak of Italian popes

BDAY: John Mayer; Eugene O’Neill; Oscar Wilde; Noah Webster

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WRLD: 1894–Nabbed for Esterhazy’s crime, defamed Dreyfus does decade on Devil’s Isle before exoneration, reinstatement

SPRT: 1989 – The Great One cruises past Mr. Hockey on points (video)

OTHR: 1888 – Jack the Ripper taunts police From Hell

BDAY: Sarah Ferguson; Lee Iacocca; Mario Puzo; Friedrich Nietzsche

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WRLD: 1994 – Israelis and Palestinians, divided by history, united in peace

TECH: 1888 – Le Prince shootes 2 second Roundhay Garden Scene, oldest surviving motion picture

OTHR: 1947 – Yeager, in X-1, leaves sound in the dust

BDAY: Ralph Lauren; e.e. cummings; Dwight Eisenhower; William Penn

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WRLD: 1972 – Flight 571 crashes in the Andes; then, the ordeal begins

SPRT: 1967 – It’s Oaks over Amigos in first game of freewheeling, upstart hoops league

OTHR: 1884 – It’s about time they agree on a meridian, in Greenwich

BDAY: Marie Osmond; Lenny Bruce; Margaret Thatcher; L.L. Bean

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WRLD: 1810 – At marriage celebration for Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig, Oktoberfest is born

HUH?: 1960 – Khruschev loses cool on General Assembly floor; votes with his feet – er, shoe

OTHR: 1999 - Somewhere in the world, 6 billionth human arrives. Birthday party as though it’s 1999

BDAY: Kirk Cameron; Hugh Jackman; Chris Wallace; Dick Gregory

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WRLD: 1986 – Cold warriors seek to thaw out in Iceland, but can’t agree about freeze

SPRT: 2003 – In Sox-Yanks melée, septuagenarian coach charges the mound and gets thrown to the ground (Video)

OTHR: 1975 – Saturday nights come alive, from New York, on NBC

BDAY: Steve Young; Art Blakey; Jerome Robbins; Eleanor Roosevelt

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Histortweet Week in Review - W/E October 10, 2009

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Here are your top stories for the week ending October 10, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE Chicago, [SFX: Chicago] October 8, 1871 – Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicks off two-day conflagration in the Windy City: http://bit.ly/3x7efi
The Back-Story: [SFX:Fire] In 1871, Chicago was a tinderbox. In the year before the Great Fire, the city averaged two fires a week. The Great Fire itself may have faded into that statistic itself, were it not for delayed response, the result of mechanical problems with the alarm, and had there not been a strong, southwesterly wind that drove the fire straight to the city’s center. Even after the fire was extinguished, two days later, the city was so hot that the damage couldn’t be assessed for another day or so. [SFX: Burning Down the House]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE Chicago, [SFX: Chicago] October 6, 1945 – Stinky Billy goat ejected from Wrigley Field; Cubs left to stink up the park by themselves ever since: http://bit.ly/25ljsZ
The Back-Story: [SFX: Take me out to the ballgame] William Sianis had two tickets to the World Series, and elected to take his goat. Evidently, in 1945 Chicago, that wasn’t such an unusual choice. The goat, however, was unusually stinky, and the owner ejected Billy and his goat. [SFX: Get Out of Here] They left, and, as they did, William Sianis uttered a curse in his broken English: The Cubs no win here no more. [SFX: I Put a Spell on You] The Cubs went on to lose the game and the series, and, since that date, despite more than one “goat” ceremony to expunge the curse, it’s the Cubs who have been the goats, stinking up the fields some 65 years since, and never managing to win the big one. [SFX:So you win again]

[SFX: SOUND827]: Things that make you go huh?: DATELINE USSR, October 9, 1989 – Official Soviet paper reports UFO, accompanied by robot, in Voronezh: http://bit.ly/1f2LSy:
The Back-Story: [SFX: Mr. Roboto] TASS, the official Soviet newspaper, picked up an odd story out of Voronezh, by the head of the Vornezh Geophysical Laborator, who asserts that the press took liberties with his story. By the time it went to press, it was the tale of an alien spaceship flown by giant aliens who had small beady heads. Three of these aliens went for a stroll in the park, accompanied by a frightening robot, who never left their side. As incredible as the story sounds, it was picked up and reprinted in the US by the St. Louis Dispatch.

[SFX:Space Oddity; Life on Mars; Starman]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

October 4: US President Rutherford B Hayes
October 5: Actor Larry Fine
October 6: Architect and designer Le Corbusier
October 7: South African Statesman Bishop Desmond Tutu
October 8: Argentine Presidente Juan Peron
October 9:I Ex-Beatle John Lennon
And October 10: Composer Giuseppe Verdi

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WRLD: 1913 – Construction of the Panama Canal ends with a bang

SPRT: 1901 – Henry Ford is terrified and victorious in only stint as racecar driver, opts to stick with manufacturing

OTHR: 1957 – Ike apologetic to Ghanaian diplomat over HoJo’s snub

BDAY: David Lee Roth; Harold Pinter; Thelonious Monk; Giuseppe Verdi

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WRLD: 1967 – To avoid the publicity and propoganda from a trial, Bolivian army assassinates captive Guevara

SPRT: 1991 – Albert Hall is Sumo-sized in sport’s first tourney outside Japanese territory in its 1500-year history

HUH?: 1989 – Official Soviet paper reports UFO, accompanied by robot, in Voronezh

BDAY: Tony Shalhoub; Sharon Osbourne; John Entwistle; John Lennon

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WRLD: 1871 – Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicks off two-day conflagration in Chicago

SPRT: 1956 – Yanks’ Larsen hurls only perfect game in World Series history

OTHR: 1919 – Belvin Maynard takes off on NY-Cali and back air race; blazes home to victory 7 days later

BDAY: Matt Damon; Chevy Chase; Jesse Jackson; Juan Peron

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WRLD: 1977 – Soviets ratify a constitution; either their 3rd or 4th, but definitely their last

ENTR: 1982 – Cats overrun London, Broadway

OTHR: 2003 – California falls to the Governator

BDAY: Yo Yo Ma; Vladimir Putin; Bishop Desmond Tutu; Niels Bohr

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WRLD: 1981 – Sadat assassinated by jihadists on parade

SPRT: 1945 – Stinky Billy goat ejected from Wrigley Field; Cubs left to stink up the park by themselves ever since

ENTR: 1927 – Jolson in blackface jazzes up first major talking movie

BDAY: Elisabeth Shue; Carole Lombard; Le Corbusier; George Westinghouse

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WRLD: 1968 – Police response to unscantioned Catholic march in Derry causes Troubles

SPRT: 1895 – Cyclists race the clock to avoid dangers of racing on public roads

OTHR: 1974 – Kunst returns home from a 14,500 mile walk

BDAY: Mario Lemieux; Bob Geldof; Larry Fine; Chester A. Arthur

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WRLD: 1957 – Sputnik launches Soviets to first place in space race, via satellite

SPRT: 1983 – British Noble Thrusts 2 record land speed of 633 ½ MPH, faster than sound

OTHR: 1537 – Tyndale’s heretical opus, the Bible in contemporary English, published after his death

BDAY: Anne Rice; Alvin Toffler; Damon Runyon; Rutherford B. Hayes

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Histortweet Week in Review - W/E October 3, 2009

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Here are your top stories for the week ending October 3, 2009:



[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE Jerusalem, October 2, 1187 – Saladin succeeds at siege; ousts Crusaders, captures Jerusalem http://bit.ly/1Rfr2L

The Back-Story:

[SFX:When the walls come tumbling down; Jerusalem] The situation in Jerusalem was dire, even before the Saladin laid siege. Although he desired to capture the city without bloodshed, its Christian inhabitants vowed to destroy it, fighting to the death, rather than hand it over to the Muslims. Although far outnumbered by Saladin and his forces, Jerusalem’s defenders were able to repulse his catapults, crossbows, and flaming arrows. As the inevitable approached, the Christians performed acts of penance, hoping to turn back the wrath of God from the city, to no avail. Despite their vows, the defenders negotiated terms of surrender.

[SFX: The Warrior]



[SFX: SOUND827]Entertainment: DATELINE California, September 30, 1955 – Rebel Giant perishes in car crash, somewhere East of Eden: http://bit.ly/IeMo4

The Back-Story:

[SFX: Radar Love] James Dean’s career was just beginning to take off. In the space of three years, he scored major roles in the films East of Eden, Rebel without a Cause, and Giant. His new-found wealth enabled him to indulge his passion for racing, and, shortly before his death, he purchased a new Porsche Spyder. [SFX: I’m in love with my car] On September 30th, Dean was headed to car to a rally in Salinas, driving the new Spyder which he had originally planned to have towed to the event. At one point, he was stopped and ticketed by an officer who advised him to slow down. [SFX: I feel the need for speed] Two hours later, a truck turned onto the highway where Dean was speeding, and the two vehicles collided almost head on. The driver of the truck received minor injuries. Dean’s mechanic, Dean’s passenger, was thrown from the car and survived, with serious head wounds. James Dean was killed at the scene. The posthumous release of Rebel propelled the actor, who had achieved fame with Eden, to cult status.

[SFX:Life in the FastLane]



[SFX: SOUND827]: In other news: DATELINE Las Vegas, October 3, 2003 – Roy Horn’s 59th birthday is almost his last, as tiger mauls him during live show at The Mirage: http://bit.ly/1IXt7t:

The Back-Story:

[SFX: Viva Las Vegas; Eye of the Tiger] In a savage end to a 13-year run as one of the most successful shows in Las Vegas History, Montecore, a 300 pound white tiger, sank her teeth into trainer Roy Horn, of Siegfried and Roy fame’s, neck, and dragged him off stage. Horn, who was not expected to live, still conscious in the ambulance, pled for the animal’s life. Doctors removed one third of Horn’s brain, after it had swelled from a stroke, and he was left partially paralyzed. Remarkably, after years of rehabilitation, he is able to walk with the help of a cane. A federal inquiry into the incident reached no conclusion as to why the beast attacked, but ruled out theories that she was hungry, rabid, or trying to drag the animal to safety after after thinking he was being attacked.

[SFX:I Can’t Tell You Why]



[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

September 27:Actor Gwyneth Paltrow September 28:Actor Marcello Mastroianni September 29: Solidarity leader Lech Walesa September 30: Author Truman Capote October 1: US President Jimmy Carter October 2:Indian Statesman Mohandas Gandhi And October 3: Animal Trainer Roy Horn



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++This Tweet in History: October 3, 2009++

WRLD: 1990 – East re-meets West; 45 years after their divorce, Germanys reconcile

SPRT: 1979 – Apartheid’s Barbarians attacked on rugby pitch in Devon

OTHR: 2003 – Roy Horn’s 59th birthday is almost his last, as tiger mauls him during live show at the Mirage

BDAY: Stevie Ray Vaughn; [Sigfried and] Roy Horn; Chubby Checker; Gore Vidal

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++This Tweet in History: October 2, 2009++

WRLD: 1187 – Saladin succeeds at siege; ousts Crusaders, captures Jerusalem

SPRT: 2005 – Mexico City hosts different brand of futbol – American style

HUH?: 1851 – Before the term snail mail, Benoit demos the snail telegraph, based on snail telepathy

BDAY: Sting; Annie Leibovitz; Groucho Marx; Mahatma Gandhi

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