BOO! Welcome to your weekend.
Thank you for making us part of your day. We know the week can sometimes feel stressful and heavy. That’s why we like to take a little break on Saturday morning’s and simply start with a “scroll down memory lane.”
It’s an easy way to look back on events that happened on this day in the pages of history before we head out to make history on this new day. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today In History
Today is Saturday, October 29th, the 302nd day of the year. There are 63 days until the end of the year.
On this day:
In 1952, “Dial M for Murder” opened on Broadway.
In 1964, the Star of India and other valuable jewels were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. They were recovered three months later.
In 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an end to all school segregation “at once.”
In 1971, musician Duane Allman died at the age of 24. He was a member of The Allman Brothers Band.
In 1974, Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, to regain the world heavyweight boxing championship. The fight was billed as “The Rumble in the Jungle.”
In 1981, the Philadelphia Phillies gets a new CEO of Bill Giles.
In 1987, legendary bandleader Woody Herman died at the age of 74.
In 1995, the price of the New Your Subway increased from one-dollar to a dollar-75.
In 1998, 77-year-old Senator John Glenn blasted off back into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, 36-years after he blazed the trail for American astronauts.
In 1999, a memorial service was held for golfer Payne Stewart who was killed along with five other people in a Learjet crash.
In 2011, a rare and powerful October snowstorm blanketed parts of the Northeast downing power lines and snapping tree limbs. The storm forced governors in several states to declare a state of emergency.
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy left death and destruction in several Northeastern states, including New York and New Jersey. President Obama declared a state of emergency in for several states.
In 2015, Astronaut Scott Kelly officially set the record for the longest space mission by an American, breaking Michael Lopez-Alegria’s record of 215 days. He started his mission in the International Space Station back in March and spent 342 days orbiting the Earth.
In 2015, China announced that they were putting an end to the one-child-only policy its been enforcing for more than three decades. The state news agency reported that the Communist Central Committee has approved plans to allow all couples to have two children.
In 2018, Japanese Princess Ayako gives up her royal status when she marries commoner Kei Moriya.
And that brings us here to this day.
So whatever plans you have on your own 10.29.2022 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history book.
Thanks for stopping by!
