Today in History...Sept 29th
Disclaimer: This isn't everything in history that happened on this day, I choose ones I thought you might find interesting.
Events:
1789 - A regular army was established by the U.S. War Department with several hundred men. (HOOAH!)
1951 - The first network football game was televised by CBS-TV in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania.
1962 – Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
1978 - Pope John Paul I was found dead after only one month of serving as pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
1982 - In Chicago, IL, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 264,000 bottles were recalled.
1983 - The War Powers Act was used for the first time by the U.S. Congress when they authorized President Reagan to keep U.S. Marines in Lebanon for 18 more months.
1988 - The space shuttle Discovery took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It was the first manned space flight since the Challenger disaster.
1995 - Three U.S. servicemen were indicted on rape charges concerning a 12-year-old Okinawan girl. The men were handed over to Japanese authorities.
1998 - In Austin, TX, nine carnival ride executives were indicted by a grand jury for the death of teenage girl who had been killed when thrown from a ride.
2004 – The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
2008 – Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.
Birthdays:
1907 – Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)
1934 – Skandor Akbar, American professional wrestler and manager
1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician
1968 – Alex Skolnick, American thrash metal and jazz guitarist
1977 – Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
1977 – Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
1978 – Gunner McGrath, American guitarist
1979 – Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
1982 – Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
1988 – Kevin Durant, American basketball player
Deaths:
1987 – Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company
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