Thursday, October 18, 2012

October 18 - Cleanup Man





Cleanup Man





This Day In History
320
Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
1386
Opening of the University of Heidelberg.
1851
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
1867
United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
1922
The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
1954
Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
1967
The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1967
"The Jungle Book" is released.


Famous Birthdays
1405
Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
1634
Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705)
1785
Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (d. 1866)
1836
Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American entrepreneur (d. 1911)
1897
Isabel Briggs Myers, American psychological theorist (d. 1980)
1898
Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
1926
Chuck Berry, American musician
1927
George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999)
1935
Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
1939
Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and commentator
1946
Howard Shore, Canadian film composer
1947
Joe Morton, American actor
1961
Wynton Marsalis, American jazz musician
1964
Charles Stross, British author

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