Hello.
Thank you for starting your day here with us. Our temps have dipped a bit and we are waking up to a signature fall chill in the air!
After a week that can sometimes feel long, stressful, or full of bumps this is a time that we like to slow things down just a bit with a simple “scroll down memory lane.”
It’s a peek back on the pages of history before we head out to make more moments to record today. So, grab your favorite morning sipping drink and let’s scroll!
On this day:
In 1793, statesman John Hancock died at the age of 56. He was the first person to sign The Declaration of Independence.
In 1871, fires over four miles of Chicago killed 250 people and caused nearly 200-million dollars damage.
In 1897, Charles Henry Dow starts charting stocks and bond trends. Dow is the founder of the Wall Street Journal.
In 1942, “The Abbott and Costello Show” debuted on radio.
In 1944, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” debuted on the CBS Radio Network.
The show remained on the radio for nine years before making the jump to television.
In 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis recorded his hit song “Great Balls of Fire.”
In 1966, the U.S. government declared LSD a dangerous and illegal substance.
In 1980, reggae singer Bob Marley collapsed on stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He never performed again. Marley died of brain and lung cancer less than a year later.
In 1982, the musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadwau.
In 1984, Anne Murray became the first woman to win the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award.
In 1999, Laila Ali, the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, made her professional boxing debut in Verona, New York. Ali knocked out her opponent, April Fowler, just 31 seconds after the opening bell.
In 2001, radio commentator Rush Limbaugh told listeners he was virtually deaf. Limbaugh later had an electronic device implanted in his skull that restored much of his hearing.
President George W. Bush creates the Office of Homeland Security.
In 2004, Martha Stewart checked in to a minimum security federal prison in Alderson, West Virginia to begin serving a five month sentence. The domestic diva was convicted earlier in the year of lying to authorities about a suspicious stock trade.
In 2004, Afghans voted in a historic election that gave Afghanistan its first elected president.
In 2005, a massive earthquake with a magnitude of at least seven-point-six rocked Pakistan, killing at least 18-thousand in the Indian subcontinent.
In 2017, Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was fired from the Weinstein Company following reports of sexual harassment. Over 80 women accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct. The outrage sparked the #MeToo movement, which is a social media campaign designed to empower victims of sexual assault.
In 2017, Northern California wildfires broke out. This will kill at least 41 people over the next week.
In 2020, the FBI charges 13 men in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer and storm the state’s capitol.
And that brings us here to this day.
So whatever plans you have on this 10.08.2022 here’s to moments along the way worthy of recording on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
