1789 - Following the American Revolution, Father John Carroll, 54, was appointed the first Roman Catholic bishop in the newly organized and independent United States of America

1813 - Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain

1844 - Spain grants Dominican Republic independence

1850 - First Hawaiian fire engine

1867 - First sitting of the Parliament of Canada adopts resolution for entry of Rupert's Land and NWT into Canada; old Hudson's Bay Company territory
 
1869 - In the first formal US intercollegiate football game Rutgers beat Princeton, 6-4

1879 - The Canadian Thanksgiving Day is officially observed for the first time on this day. The holiday is moved to the week of Armistice Day after World War I, then fixed as the second Monday in October in 1957

1884 - Montreal Foot Ball Club, QFRU, defeats Toronto Argonauts, ORFU, 30-0 in first CRFU Championship game; forerunner of Grey Cup

1899 - The first Packard Model A automobile, featuring a one-cylinder engine capable of producing 12hp, was completed and test-driven through the streets of Warren, Ohio

1906 - First long distance telephone line reaches Regina from Winnipeg

1913 - Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa

1917 - Bolshevik revolution, led by Vladimir Lenin begins with the capture of the Winter Palace

1917 - After three months of horrific fighting, the Third Battle of Ypres finally ends when Canadian forces take the village of Passchendaele in Belgium

1918 - Republic of Poland proclaimed

1921 - Launching the cult of Rudolph Valentino, The Sheik opens

1935 - Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane

1936 - RCA displays TV for the press

1939 - WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), first commercial TV station, begins service

1939 - Hedda Hopper makes her radio debut with the Hedda Hopper Show

1962 - The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies

1968 - Toronto surgeons perform first plastic cornea implant in a human eye

1969 - First Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Baltimore & Denny McLain, Detroit)

1975 - First appearance of the Sex Pistols

1984 - Former Saskatchewan cabinet minister Colin Thatcher found guilty of murdering his ex-wife Joanne; sentenced to life in prison

1986 - The destitute Alfa Romeo company approved its acquisition by fellow Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat

1988 - Regina beats the Ottawa Rough Riders 45-11; Ottawa ends the season with 2-16 win-loss and 618 points-against records, the worst in CFL history

1995 - Mark Messier scores his 500th NHL goal as Rangers beat Calgary Flames 4-2

Birthdays

1812 - Louis-Victor Sicotte, Boucherville  Quebec - lawyer/politician: co-founder of the St-Jean Baptiste Society
1814 - Adolphe [Antoine Joseph] Sax, Dinant Belgium - musician/inventor: saxophone
1851 - Charles H Dow, Connecticut - co-founded Dow Jones/first editor of Wall St Journal
1854 - John Phillip Sousa, Washington DC - march king: Stars & Stripes Forever
1861 - James A Naismith, Almonte Ont - inventor of basketball
1867 - Joseph Whiteside 'Klondike Joe' Boyle, Toronto - miner/soldier of fortune: founded Canadian Klondike Mining Company; intelligence agent for British and French
1887 - Walter Johnson, Kansas - baseball player: Washington Senators
1892 - John Sigvard Olsen, Wabash IN - comedian: Olsen & Johnson
1896 - Jim Jordan - radio comedian: Fibber McGee
1900 - Heinrich Himmler - Nazi SS leader
1901 - Juanita Hall, Keyport NJ - actress: Capt Billy
1904 - Selena Royale, NY City - actress: Date With Judy, Misleading Lady
1906 - Francis Lederer - actor: Diary of a Chambermaid
1906 - James D. Norris - NHL player/owner: Detroit Red Wings
1916 - Ray Conniff, Massachusetts - chorus director: Ray Conniff Singers
1921 - James Jones, Robinson IL - author: From Here to Eternity
1923 - Robert P Griffin - actor: Barricade, Broken Arrow, Crime of Passion
1928 - Peter Matz, Pittsburgh PA - orchestra leader: Hullabaloo, Carol Burnett Show
1930 - Douglas Anakin - bobsledder/teacher: at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, Victor and John Emery, Peter Kirby and Anakin took the Gold medal in a time of 4:14:46; Canada's first gold medal in the sport
1931 - Mike Nichols - film director: Catch 22, Biloxi Blues
1944 - Bill Henderson, Vancouver BC - singer: Chilliwack
1946 - Sally Field, Pasadena CA - actress: Gidget, Flying Nun, Norma Rae
1948 - Glenn Frey, Detroit - singer: Eagles-Take it Easy
1949 - Brad Davis, Tallahassee FL - actor: Roots, Chiefs
1950 - Ernest Thompson, Bellows Fall VT - acto: Sierra, Westside Medical
1955 - Maria Shriver, Chicago - broadcast journalist: First Person with Maria Shriver; married to Arnold Schwarzenegger
1955 - Fred Penner, Winnipeg Manitoba - children's performer: The Cat Came Back
1955 - Ken Read, Ann Arbor Michigan - skiier "Crazy Canuck": first Canadian male to win a World Cup event; won 5 consecutive Canadian national championships; won 6 World Cup downhills
1962 - Lori Singer, Corpus Christi Texas - actress: Fame, V, Footloose
1966 - Lisa Fuller, Los Angeles - actress: Dawn-General Hospital
1966 - Peter DeLuise - actor: Free Ride
1967 - Rebecca Schaeffer, Eugene Oregon - actress: Patti-My Sister Sam
1968 - Kelly Rutherford, Elizabethtown Kentucky - actress: Generations
1970 - Ethan Hawke, Austin TX - actor: Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers

 

 

BLONDE COOKBOOK
  
MONDAY: It's fun to cook for Tom. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbours were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls.
  
TUESDAY: Tom wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn't dress.  What a surprise when Tom brought a friend home for supper.
  
WEDNESDAY: A good day for rice. The recipe said wash thoroughly before steaming the rice. It seemed kind of silly but I took a bath anyway. I can't say it improved the rice any.
  
THURSDAY: Today Tom asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said prepare ingredients; lay on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving. Tom asked me why I was rolling around in the garden.
  
FRIDAY: I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said put the ingredients in a bowl and beat it. There must have been something wrong with this recipe. When I got back, everything was the same as when I left.
  
SATURDAY: Tom did the shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it for Sunday (oh boy).For some reason Tom keeps counting to ten.
  
SUNDAY: Tom's folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast but all I had was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius. I put the hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out hamburger, much to my disappointment.
  
GOOD NIGHT DEAR DIARY. This has been a very exciting week. I am eager for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe on Tom. If I can talk Tom into buying a bigger oven, I would like to surprise him with chocolate moose.