October 14 - Company

Company

Auntie Bren went for a walk with us!

Overheard

[M&D are watching the Food Network with brunch]
E: All of this is making me hungry.

This Day In History

1066

In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England.

1586

Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England.

1773

Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.

1884

The American inventor, George Eastman, receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

1912

While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is shot and mildly wounded by John Schrank, a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Mr. Roosevelt still carries out his scheduled public speech.

1926

The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

1947

Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the Glamorous Glennis, faster than the speed of sound - over the high desert of Southern California - and becomes the first pilot and the first airplane to do so in level flight.

1966

The city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system.

1968

The first live telecast from a manned spacecraft, the Apollo 7, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S.A.

Famous Birthdays

1633

James II of England and VII of Scotland (d. 1701)

1641

Joachim Tielke German maker of musical instruments (d. 1719)

1644

William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718)

1882

Éamon de Valera, Irish political leader (d. 1975)

1890

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)

1893

Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)

1894

E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)

1910

John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)

1927

Roger Moore, English actor

1946

Justin Hayward, English musician (Moody Blues)

1952

Harry Anderson, American actor

1958

Thomas Dolby, English musician
1963
Lori Petty, American actress
1965
Steve Coogan, English actor
1974
Natalie Maines, American musician (Dixie Chicks)