753 - Death of St. Pirminius, first abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Reichenau (located in modern Germany); author of a book entitled "Scarapsus," which is the earliest known writing to contain the Apostles' Creed as it is worded in its present form

1644 - Martin Prévost marries Manitouabewich; first religious marriage between French-Canadian and an Indian woman; newly married couples given a cow, bull, hog

1817 - The Bank of Montreal opens its first branch and trades its first shares

1843 �?Due to the lack of adequate housing for officials the capital of the United Canadas was moved from Kingston to Montreal

1844 - William Makepeace Thackeray completes The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century, which is published in Fraser's Magazine

1869 - Founding of the Hamilton Foot Ball Club; later the Hamilton Tigers; today's Tiger Cats

1888 - Jack the Ripper kills last victim

1894 �?The first issue of Le Temps was published in Ottawa

1900 - The first automobile show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York

1903 - With the support of the U.S. government, Panama issues a declaration of independence from Colombia

1918 - Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I

1928 - Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet

1928 - Cartoon star Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, an animated short produced by Walt Disney and the first fully synchronized sound cartoon ever produced, with Mickey's squeaky voice provided by Walt Disney himself

1930 - Opening of the auto tunnel to Detroit, the world's first vehicular tunnel from one country to another

1937 - NHL All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens 6-5 in the Howie Morenz Memorial Game, the first League All-Star game

1941 - Japanese Fleet received Top-Secret Order No. 1: In 34 days time, Pearl Harbor is to be bombed, along with Mayala, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines

1951 - Canadiens star Maurice Richard gets his 300th goal in his 481st NHL game

1952 - Baker Clarence Birdseye markets his first frozen peas; learned the technique of flash freezing from Labrador Inuit

1955 - Movie musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, opens

1956 - "Wizard of Oz" first televised on CBS-TV

1957 - The Soviet Union launches the first animal into space, a dog name Laika, aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft

1957 - National Research Unit reactor starts operation at Chalk River, Ontario; one of world's most advanced nuclear reactors

1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points vs Los Angeles Lakers

1973 - Good Morning America premiers on ABC with David Hartman & Nancy Dussault

1974 - Canadian rock group Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) have a #1 Billboard hit with 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet'

1981 - Dome Petroleum Ltd. finds huge new oil deposits in Beaufort Sea; about 109 km north of Mackenzie delta

1988 - Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping

1989 - Minnesota Timberwolves' first NBA game, lose to Seattle, 106-94

1995 - Toronto Raptors basketball team beats the New Jersey Nets 94-79, and Vancouver Grizzlies thump the Portland Trail Blazers 92-80 on opening night; first games for Canada's new NBA expansion teams

 

Birthdays

1879 - Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arnes Manitoba - arctic explorer: discovered Borden, Brock, Lougheed and Meighen Islands
1894 - Billy Barker, Dauphin Manitoba - fighter pilot: Canada's Number 1 World War I flying ace
1908 - Bronko [Bronislaw] Nagurski, Rainy River, Ont - NFL player: Chicago Bears
1918 - Bob [Robert William Andrew] Feller, Van Meter Iowa - baseball player: Cleveland Indians
1919 - Bert Freed, NY City - actor: Rufe-Shane
1921 - Charles Bronson [Buchinski], Ehrenfeld Pennsylvania - actor: Death Wish, Dirty Dozen
1927 - William Kurelek, Whitford Alberta - artist/author: A Prairie Boy's Winter
1930 - Ken Berry, Moline IL - actor: F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family
1930 - Lois Smith, Topeka KS - actress: Reckless, Reuben Reuben
1931 - Monica Vitti, Rome Italy - actress: Tigers in Lipstick
1933 - Aneta Corsaut, Jutchinson KS - actress: Helen Crump-Andy Griffith
1935 - Jeremy Brett - actor: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1936 - Roy Emerson, Australia - pro tennis player
1943 - Ken Holtzman - baseball player: Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees
1948 - Lulu, Glasgow Scotland - singer/actress: To Sir With Love
1949 - Larry Holmes - heavyweight boxing champ
1949 - Michael Evans, Salisbury NC - actor: Lionel-All in the Family
1952 - Roseanne Barr Arnold, Salt Lake City - comedienne: Roseanne
1953 - Kate Capshaw, Fort Worth Texas - actress: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1953 - Dennis Miller, Pittsburgh PA - comedian: SNL, Dennis Miller Show
1954 - Adam Ant [Stuart Goddard] - singer: If I Strip For You
1959 - Dolph Lundgren - actor: Rocky IV
1959 - Timothy Patrick Murphy, Hartford CT - actor: Dallas, Glitter
1961 - Kari Michaelsen, NY City - actress: Katie-Gimme a Break
1961 - Lee Montgomery, Winnipeg Manitoba - actor:  Grand Theft Auto
1967 - Rob Cowie, Toronto - NHL player: LA Kings
1968 - Paul Quantrill, London Ontario - baseball player: Toronto Blue Jays
1968 - Debbie Rochon, Vancouver BC - actor: Nowhere Man
1969 - Jim McKenzie, Gull Lake Saskatchewan - NHL player: Hartford Whalers, Winnipeg Jets

 

 

Howard

 

A farmer got in his pickup and drove to a neighboring farm and knocked at the door.  A young boy, about 9, opened the door.
 
'Is yer Dad home?' the farmer asked.
 
'No sir, he ain't,' the boy replied.  'He went into town.'
 
'Well,' said the farmer, 'Is yer Mom here?'
 
'No, sir, she ain't here neither. She went into town with Dad.'
 
'How about your brother, Howard?  Is he here?'
 
'He went with Mom and Dad.'
 
The farmer stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to the other and mumbling to himself.
 
'Is there anything I can do fer ya?' the boy asked politely.  'I know where all the tools are, if you want to borry one.  Or maybe I could take a message fer Dad.'
 
'Well,' said the farmer uncomfortably, 'I really wanted to talk to yer Dad.  It's about your brother Howard getting my daughter, Pearly Mae, pregnant.'
 
The boy considered for a moment.  'You would have to talk to Pa about that,' he finally conceded.  'If it helps you any, I know that Pa charges $500 for the bull and $50 for the hog, but I really don't know how much he gets fer Howard.'