October 12 - Fire Prevention Week

Fire Prevention Week

Firefighters are our friends!

Family Birthdays

Cousin Sebastian Krewson

This Day In History

1216

King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.

1492

Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached India.

1792

First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York.

1799

Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse was the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 meters.

1810

First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.

1823

Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.

1928

An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston

1979

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published.

Famous Birthdays

1490

Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (d. 1548)

1537

King Edward VI of England (d. 1553)
1687
Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist (d. 1750)

1860

Elmer Sperry, American inventor (d. 1930)

1872

Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (d. 1958)

1875

Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)

1921

Art Clokey, American animator (Gumby) (d. 2010)

1934

Richard Meier, American architect

1935

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (d. 2007)

1963

Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (d. 1989)

1969

Martie Maguire, American musician (Dixie Chicks)