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Born October 30, 1882
Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey

was instrumental in the Allied victory in the Pacific
Over Japan’s forces

Of the Navy’s 4 fleet Admirals of WW2

Halsey was the most aggressive, exhorting the officers and sailors he led

to “hit hard, hit fast, hit often”
American actress
Ruth Gordon

who made her film debut
as Mary Todd Lincoln

in the 1940 production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois

born on October 30, 1896
in Quincy, Massachusetts
Henry Winkler
who played Fonzie
on Happy Days

born on October 30, 1945
in Manhattan, New York

In addition to graduating from Yale
with a Master of Fine Arts

he has also written a number of Books
Angelo Siciliano,

born October 30, 1892,

transformed himself from a described “scrawny weakling”
into bodybuilder and artist’s model
Charles Atlas

through a system of exercises he called “dynamic tension”

Beginning in 1932
his advertisements graced comic books and men’s magazines

for decades
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman:
The Rumble in the Jungle fight

in Kinshasa, Zaire
on October 30, 1974

An estimated 1 Billion people
around the world watched

Ali used his “rope-a-dope” tactic
to deplete Foreman’s energy

and Win the fight
October 30, 1938
Orson Welles

narrated and directed a version of
“War of the Worlds” on CBS Radio

The “breaking news” format
about a Martian invasion
confused, concerned,
and even panicked some listeners

At a next-day press conference

Welles said
“Of course, I’m terribly sorry now”
Pro baseball player and manager,
Bobby Bragan,

born on October 30, 1917

From his first swing in the Alabama–Florida League
in 1937

to his final year as a Texas Rangers consultant
beginning in 2009,

his baseball journey stretched across 73 seasons
October 30, 1770:
Jonathan Easton

is admitted to Dr. John Morgan’s lectures
on the theory and practice of physick—
just five years into the life
of the College of Philadelphia’s medical department,

the 1st Medical school in the United States
John Adams,

the 2nd President of The United States,

born on October 30, 1735
in Braintree, Massachusetts
October 29, 1998
Veteran Astronaut
John Glenn

returned to Space
aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery
Kate Jackson

who played Sabrina Duncan
on TV's Charlie’s Angels

born on October 29, 1948
in Birmingham, Alabama
The tallest mountain in Oregon,
Mt. Hood,

is named after Sir Samuel Hood
who was a British admiral
who opposed French and American naval forces
during the Revolutionary War

It received its name
on October 29, 1792

Mt. Hood is also an active Volcano
Born October 29, 1921
Bill Mauldin

went through WW2
with a sketch pad

His cartoons of “dogface” GIs
Willie and Joe

were a popular feature of the “Stars and Stripes” military newspaper,
winning him a Pulitzer Prize

Gen. Eisenhower saw the cartoons
as good for morale
Fannie Brice,

born October 29, 1891,

could sing, act, and make people laugh on the stage, screen, and radio

She gained fame in the Ziegfeld Follies
with her songs “My Man” and “Secondhand Rose.”

Brice’s life
was the subject of the musical and film
“Funny Girl”
William Penn
landed October 28 or 29, 1682”

in Chester, Pennsylvania
October 29, 1956:
Greek-American soprano
Maria Callas

made her Metropolitan Opera debut
in Bellini’s "Norma"
Abraham Lincoln
presented a Bible
to Sojourner Truth

at The White House
which was given to him
by African Americans from Baltimore

Sojourner Truth’s
meeting with Lincoln

took place on October 29, 1864
The uncertainty of the US stock market
that began in September of 1929

resulted in the “Black Tuesday” crash
on October 29th

Panic selling resulted in worthless stocks
that left thousands of investors
facing financial ruin
Demolition of
the original Penn RR Station in Manhattan

began on October 28, 1963
Born October 28, 1917,
Jack Soo—né Goro Suzuki—

rose from internment to icon

He broke barriers
in Flower Drum Song (1961),

then redefined dignity and deadpan charm
as Detective Nick Yemana

on Barney Miller
October 28, 1965
the Gateway Arch

in St. Louis, Missouri was completed
The comic strip
known as
“Krazy Kat”

by American cartoonist
George Herriman

1st appeared on October 28, 1913
It was hard to open a magazine
from 1947 until the late 50s
and not see ads featuring
Suzy Parker,

born October 28, 1932

Tall, with red hair and green eyes,
Parker was the 1st Model

to earn $100,000 in a year
and appeared on the covers of 70 magazines.
October 28, 1919,
the U.S. Senate
voted to override

President Wilson’s veto
of the Volstead Act
which paved the way for prohibition

to begin the following year
Mayor Carter H. Harrison Sr.
addressed the World’s Columbian Exposition
on October 28, 1893,

in what would be his Final public act

Hours later, the popular 5-term mayor
was assassinated in his home