This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 29 1982 Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills first three of seven victims On September 29, 1982, three Chicago area residents become ill and die after ingesting Extra-Strength Tylenol later found to be poisoned with cyanide. They are the first of seven victims to lose their lives after taking the over-the-counter pain reliever, which had been tampered with... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1907 The great singing cowboy Gene Autry is born in Texas   1990s 1995 Mexican American voting rights advocate Willie Velasquez awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom   21st Century 2005 Reporter Judith Miller released from prison 2008 Dow suffers record-breaking single-day drop   American Revolution 1780 Benedict Arnold’s accomplice is sentenced to death   Art, Literature and Film History 1991 “My Own Private Idaho” premieres in theaters   Cold War 1953 New York Times article claims Russians want the “American dream”   Crime 2006 School principal murdered by student in Wisconsin   Exploration 1988 Stacy Allison becomes first American woman to reach summit of Mt. Everest   Holocaust 1941 Babi Yar massacre begins   Inventions & Science 1913 Inventor Rudolf Diesel vanishes   World War I 1918 Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line   World War II 1939 Nazis and communists divvy up Poland

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 30 1954 USS Nautilus—world’s first nuclear submarine—is commissioned The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy. The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1960s 1955 James Dean dies in car accident   American Revolution 1776 General George Washington complains about his militia   Art, Literature and Film History 1868 First volume of “Little Women” is published 1928 Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and best-selling author, is born 2005 Michael Eisner resigns as Disney CEO   Black History 1962 Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss   Cold War 1949 Berlin Airlift ends   Hispanic History 1822 Joseph Marion Hernández becomes the first Hispanic elected to Congress   Middle Eastern History 1918 Lawrence of Arabia leads liberation forces into Damascus   Sports 1927 Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season 1947 World Series broadcast on TV for first time   U.S. Presidents 1918 President Woodrow Wilson speaks in favor of female suffrage   Women’s History 1889 Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote   World War II 1938 Munich Pact signed

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 01 1890 Yosemite National Park established On October 1, 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1950s 1958 American Express launches its first credit card   21st Century 2005 Suicide bombers stage attacks in Bali   Art, Literature and Film History 1920 Scientific American reports that radio will soon be used to transmit music to the home 1962 Johnny Carson makes debut as “Tonight Show” host   Asian History 1949 Mao Zedong proclaims People’s Republic of China   Civil War 1864 Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow dies   Cold War 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes head of Soviet Union   Crime 1910 A bomb explodes in the Los Angeles Times building 1993 A 12-year-old girl is kidnapped, leading to California’s “three strikes” law 2017 Gunman opens fire on Las Vegas concert crowd, wounding hundreds and killing 58   Inventions & Science 1908 Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T   Natural Disasters & Environment 1987 Earthquake rocks Southern California   Sports 1903 Pittsburgh beats Boston in first World Series game 1961 Roger Maris breaks home run record 1977 Soccer star Pelé plays farewell game   U.S. Presidents 1924 Jimmy Carter is born   World War II 1946 Nazi war criminals sentenced at Nuremberg

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 02 1985 Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS On this day in 1985, actor Rock Hudson, 59, becomes the first major U.S. celebrity to die of complications from AIDS. Hudson’s death raised public awareness of the epidemic, which until that time had been ignored by many in the mainstream as a “gay plague.” Hudson, born Leroy Harold Scherer Jr., on... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1835 First shots of the Texas Revolution fired in the Battle of Gonzales   American Revolution 1780 Benedict Arnold accomplice hanged   Black History 1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first Black Supreme Court justice   Cold War 1958 Guinea gains its independence, exploits Cold War tensions   Crime 2006 Gunman kills five students at Amish school   Sports 1965 Gatorade first tested in a college football game   U.S. Presidents 1919 Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke 2020 President Trump announces he and the first lady tested positive for COVID-19   World War II 1941 Operation Typhoon is launched 1944 Warsaw Uprising ends

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 03 1995 O.J. Simpson acquitted On this day in 1995, at the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers employed creative and... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1873 U.S. Army hangs four Modoc leaders for the murder of a Civil War general   Art, Literature and Film History 1955 “The Guinness Book of Records” debuts 1967 Writer, singer and folk icon Woody Guthrie dies 1992 Sinéad O’Connor tears up a photo of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” 2014 “Serial” debuts, inaugurating the podcast boom   Cold War 1990 East and West Germany reunite after 45 years   Crime 2011 Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned in Italy   European History 1981 Maze hunger strike called off   Middle Eastern History 1932 Iraq wins independence   Sports 1951 A miraculous home run wins the pennant for NY Giants 1997 Gordie Howe, 69, becomes only pro hockey player to compete in six decades   U.S. Presidents 1863 President Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday   World War I 1917 War Revenue Act passed in U.S.   World War II 1942 Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 04 1957 Sputnik launched On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “satellite,” was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic.... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1992 Plane crashes into apartment building   American Revolution 1777 Both sides battered at Germantown   Art, Literature and Film History 1937 Blues singer Bessie Smith, killed in Mississippi car wreck, is buried 1970 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose 1990 “Beverly Hills, 90210” debuts   Civil War 1861 President Lincoln watches a balloon ascension   Crime 1988 Televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted on federal charges 2011 Man who served 25 years for murder exonerated by DNA   Sports 1895 Englishman wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series   U.S. Presidents 1927 Work begins on Mount Rushmore   Vietnam War 1966 Pope calls for end to the Vietnam War   World War I 1918 Germany telegraphs President Wilson seeking armistice

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY    October 05 2011 Apple co-founder founder Steve Jobs dies On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Inc., which revolutionized the computer, music and mobile communications industries with such devices as the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and iPad, dies at age 56 of complications from pancreatic cancer. Born on February 24, 1955, in San... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT  19th Century 1813 Shawnee chief Tecumseh is defeated   1980s 1986 Iran-Contra scandal begins to unravel 1989 Dalai Lama wins Nobel Peace Prize   21st Century 2017 New York Times publishes bombshell investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein   American Revolution 1775 General Washington informs Congress of espionage   Art, Literature and Film History 1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1990 “Henry & June” is first NC-17 film shown in theaters   Crime 1892 The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas   Exploration 1974 American circumnavigates the globe on foot   Inventions & Science 1919 Enzo Ferrari makes his debut as a race car driver 1930 Airship crashes in France   Native American History 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders   Sports 2001 Seattle Mariners set American League record for wins in a season   U.S. Presidents 1947 Harry Truman delivers first-ever presidential speech on TV

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY    October 06 1866 The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history On October 6, 1866, the brothers John and Simeon Reno stage the first train robbery in American history, making off with $13,000 from an Ohio and Mississippi railroad train in Jackson County, Indiana... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT  Cold War 1973 The Yom Kippur War brings United States and USSR to brink of conflict   Crime 1981 The president of Egypt is assassinated   Sports 1926 Babe Ruth sets a World Series record   U.S. Presidents 1996 Bill Clinton debates Bob Dole   World War I 1908 Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 07 2001 U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan begins On October 7, 2001, a U.S.-led coalition begins attacks on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan with an intense bombing campaign by American and British forces. Logistical support was provided by other nations including France, Germany, Australia and Canada and, later, troops were provided by the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger elected California governor   American Revolution 1780 Battle of King’s Mountain   Art, Literature and Film History 1955 Poet Allen Ginsberg reads “Howl” for the first time 1960 CBS broadcasts the premiere episode of “Route 66″ 1975 A judge reverses John Lennon’s deportation order 1983 Never Say Never Again,” which brings back Sean Connery as 007, opens in U.S. theaters   Civil War 1864 Union and Confederate forces clash at Darbytown Road outside Richmond   Cold War 1949 East Germany created 1960 Kennedy and Nixon debate Cold War foreign policy   Crime 1985 Palestinian terrorists hijack an Italian cruise ship   Inventions & Science 1913 Moving assembly line debuts at Ford factory   Sports 1916 Georgia Tech shuts out Cumberland, 222-0, in most lopsided college football game 1985 Lynette Woodard becomes first female Harlem Globetrotters player   World War II 1943 Japanese execute nearly 100 American POWs on Wake Island

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 08 1871 Great Chicago Fire begins On October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2001 The Office of Homeland Security is founded   Art, Literature and Film History 1957