Avoiding a few haters!! I'm old. I never worked at UPS. I'm in need of attention. Same old, same old......
1985. October 10 An Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship is intercepted by US Navy F-14s and forced to land at a NATO base in Sicily.
11 Oct, 1975 - U.S.A. Saturday Night Live October 11th, 1975 : The comedy-variety show Saturday Night Live premiered with George Carlin as the host. The show was great back then
Oct. 16 1962 Cuban missile crisis begins as JFK is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba
Oct. 17, 1860 1st British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins inaugural event by 2 strokes from fellow Scot Tom Morris Sr
15 years ago tonight. The entire balance of the universe was thrown irrevocably outta whack. The filthy Red Sox won the first of four games in a row, with the help of a ketchup packet stuffed into a sock, after being down three games to none to the heroic NY Yankees. Mariano Rivera was proven to be human after all, I never stopped hating Curt Schilling, and @Covemastah got a huge woody on this historical date. PS- the ketchup covered sock didn’t happen on this date, but needs to be mentioned nonetheless as Schilling is a huge dooshcanoe.
The Sox just spotted the Yankees three games just to make it interesting, and then swept the rest. Deal with it.
My 4 hr woody has lasted for 15 yrs and still loving it !!!!! This is the greatest comeback in the history of the world , the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday 0032 now is a distant 2nd to this !!! (Joking)
On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson.
Oct. 19 1781 British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends.
Oct. 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare kicks into high gear in Washington, as a Congressional committee begins investigating Communist influence in one of the world’s richest and most glamorous communities: Hollywood.
