Friday, October 9, 2009

Momentous Events of Oct. 9


1000: Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland"
1855: Patent filed for 1st calliope
1855: Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor
1876: 1st 2-way telephone conversation
1926: Birth of NBC
1946: 1st electric blanket manufactured
1954: Happy Birthday Scott Bakula
1961: Members of U.S. Communist Party must report themselves to Police
1965: "Yesterday" goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
1973: Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
1991: Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas

2 comments:

  1. Note that the same year the first two-way phone call was made Custer lost his life at the Little Big Horn.

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  2. Let me add another notable birthday.

    John Winston Lennon in 1940

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