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KALW Almanac ~ 10/5/15

See 1969 below...

278th day of 2015, 87 days remain

  • Sunrise: 7:09am
  • Sunset: 6:47pm
  • Moonrise: 12:30am (50% visible)
  • Moonset: 2:47pm

Tides at the Golden Gate

  • High: 7:34am/6:30pm
  • Low: 12:14am/12:42pm

Special Celebrations today...

  • Portugese Republic Day - Macau
  • Republic Day - Portugal
  • Child Health Day International Day of No Prostitution
  • Techie's Day
  • World Teacher’s Day
  • World Day of Architecture
  • World Day of Bullying Prevention / Blue Shirt Day
  • World Habitat Day
  • Do Something Nice Day
  • National Apple Betty Day

On this day in...

1813 - Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Indians was killed at the Battle of Thames when American forces defeated the British and the allied Indian warriors.

1877 - Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians surrendered to the U.S. Army after a 1,000-mile retreat towards the Canadian border.

1919 - Enzo Ferrari debuted in his first race. He later founded the Auto Avio Construzioni Ferrari, an independent manufacturing company.

1921 - The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. The game was between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.

1930 - Laura Ingalls became the first woman to make a transcontinental airplane flight.

1931 - Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon landed in Washington after flying non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. The flight originated in Japan and took about 41 hours.

1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt called for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations.

1947 - U.S. President Harry S Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House. The subject was the current international food crisis.

1969 - A Cuban defector landed a Soviet-made MiG-17 at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. The plane entered U.S. air space and landed without being detected.

1969 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuted on BBC television.

1970 - Anwar Sadat took office as President of Egypt replacing Gamal Abdel Nassar. Sadat was assassinated in 1981.

1974 - American David Kunst completed the first journey around the world on foot. It took four years and 21 pairs of shoes. He crossed four continents and walked 14,450 miles.

1985 - An Egyptian policeman went on a shooting rampage at a Sinai beach. Seven Israeli tourists were killed. The policeman died in prison the following January of an apparent suicide.

1988 - In a debate between candidates for vice president of the U.S., Democratic Lloyd Bentsen told Republican Dan Quayle, "You're no Jack Kennedy."

1989 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet. Gyatso was the 15th Dalai Lama.

1990 - The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall opened.

Birthday celebrants today include (or included)...

  • Chester A. Arthur 1830
  • Robert H. Goddard 1882
  • Ray Kroc 1902
  • Diane Cilento 1933
  • Margie Singleton 1935
  • Vaclav Havel 1936
  • Steve Miller 1943
  • Brian Connolly 1948
  • Jeff Conaway 1949
  • Bob Geldof 1954
  • David Bryson 1954
  • Leo Barnes 1955
  • Bernie Mac 1957
  • Daniel Baldwin 1960
  • Michael Andretti 1962
  • Dave Dederer 1964
  • Mario Lemieux 1965
  • Guy Pearce 1967
  • Kate Winslet 1975
David Latulippe is host of On the Arts, KALW's weekly radio magazine of the performing arts, as well as for Explorations in Music, and the Berkeley Symphony broadcasts. He has also hosted and produced the radio series From the Conservatory, Music from Mills, and Music at Menlo, and is principal guest host for Revolutions Per Minute.