Today, October 8, 2025
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October 8: National Hero Day: -- An
annual celebration that honors the people we look up to and who
inspire us to be the best person we can possibly be. If asked to
define the word hero, many of us will name the qualities that
demand a person rise above, the qualities that genuinely drive a
person to be stronger, smarter, kinder and more than the average
human being. They are the people who give when they have nothing
to give. Heroes act before anyone else realizes there's a problem.
They volunteer to put someone else before them. Our heroes may be
the first responders who save us from a dangerous situation. They
may be a mentor, like a parent or a teacher. As role models,
heroes guide us through the examples they set. They live their
lives in such a way that we're honored to know them and hope to
live up to their example. And heroes, real-life heroes, rarely get
recognized. That's why National Hero Day encourages you to
recognize the heroes in your life. Some wear uniforms, like
Christy McIntosh of Pensacola, FL who served in the U.S. Army
Reserves. Or like high-school football player Zac Clark of Ohio
whose quick thinking and strength lifted a Volkswagen off of his
neighbor, saving his life. Other heroes spur us to action or to
lead a better life. They may do this through their words like Jim
Cook of Oklahoma who wrote to columnist Jim Priest, teaching him a
little something about character and love. A real-life hero might
take us on a journey we can only imagine taking. Like Dr. Garrett
Reisman, a former NASA astronaut and engineer who later joined
SpaceX. Another kind of hero makes things happen. Whether it's
filling a need or making the impossible happen, some heroes go to
amazing lengths to get a job done. For example, Donald Harris of
New Jersey who by day was a real estate manager but at
Christmastime answered a letter to Santa via the U.S. Postal
Service's Letters to Santa program. His answer to a request to
make a father's life easier was to enlist his associates in
obtaining a townhouse for the family at a much lower rent. Heroes
come in many forms, you see. They rescue us, inspire us, and most
of all, they believe in us. To observe National Hero Day, honor
the heroes in your life. Give them a shout-out on social media or
bring them coffee from their favorite coffee shop. Bake some
cookies or write them a letter. Let them know how much they
inspire you, how much you appreciate them. Be a hero in someone's
life, too. Use your talent to teach someone a vital skill. Other
ways to be heroic include: Donating blood; Volunteering; Giving to
a charity that serves those in need; Organize a fundraiser for a
non-profit organization; Listen to the needs of others and fill
the void. And let the world know who your heroes are by using
#NationalHeroDay to share on social media. The Registrar at
National Day Calendar proclaimed National Hero Day in 2020 to
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Today, October 8, 2025
October 8: Alvin C. York Day: -- October
8, 1918: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European
War (The European Theater Of World War I): The Western Front Of
World War I: The Hundred Days Offensive (The Grand Offensive): The
Meuse-Argonne Offensive (The Battle Of The Argonne, The Battle Of
The Argonne Forest, The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, The Meuse
River-Argonne Forest Offensive, The Battles Of The Meuse-Argonne,
The Meuse-Argonne Campaign): -- U.S. Sergeant Alvin C. York
single-handedly takes out a German machine-gun battalion, taking
35 machine guns from their machine gun nest, killing 25 to 28 men
and capturing 132 in the Argonne Forest in France. He was later
awarded the U.S. Medal Of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre for
leading this lone attack. It occurred during the United States-led
portion of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France, which was
intended to breach the Hindenburg line and force the Germans to
surrender. He earned decorations from several allied countries
during WWI, including France, Italy, and Montenegro. Alvin Cullum
York (December 13, 1887 - September 2, 1964, also known as
Sergeant York) was born in rural Tennessee. His parents farmed,
and his father worked as a blacksmith. The eleven York children
had minimal schooling because they helped provide for the family,
which included hunting, fishing, and hiring out as laborers. After
the death of his father, York assisted in caring for his younger
siblings and found work as a logger and on construction crews.
Despite being a regular churchgoer, York also drank heavily and
was prone to fistfights. After a 1914 conversion experience, he
vowed to improve and became even more devoted to the Church of
Christ in Christian Union. York was drafted during World War I; he
initially claimed conscientious objector status on the grounds
that his religious denomination forbade violence. Persuaded that
his religion was not incompatible with military service, York
joined the 82nd Division as an infantry private and went to France
in 1918. In October 1918, as a newly-promoted corporal, York was
one of a group of seventeen soldiers assigned to infiltrate German
lines and silence a machine gun position. After the American
patrol had captured a large group of enemy soldiers, German small
arms fire killed six Americans and wounded three. York was the
highest ranking of those still able to fight, so he took charge.
While his men guarded the prisoners, York attacked the machine gun
position, dispatching several German soldiers with his rifle
before running out of ammunition. Six German soldiers charged him
with bayonets, and York drew his pistol and killed them all. The
German officer responsible for the machine gun position had
emptied his pistol while firing at York but failed to hit him.
This officer then offered to surrender and York accepted. York and
his men marched back to their unit's command post with more than
130 prisoners. York was immediately promoted to sergeant and was
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross; an investigation resulted
in the upgrading of the award to the Medal Of Honor. York's feat
made him a national hero and international celebrity among allied
nations. After Armistice Day, a group of Tennessee businessmen
purchased a farm for York, his new wife, and their growing family.
He later formed a charitable foundation to improve educational
opportunities for children in rural Tennessee. In the 1930s and
1940s, York worked as a project superintendent for the Civilian
Conservation Corps and managed construction of the Byrd Lake
reservoir at Cumberland Mountain State Park, after which he served
for several years as park superintendent. A 1941 film about his
World War I exploits, Sergeant York, was that year's
highest-grossing film; Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for Best
Actor for his portrayal of York, and the film was credited with
enhancing American morale as the US mobilized for action in World
War II. In his later years, York was confined to bed by health
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October 8, 1890: #BOTD: #HBD! Eddie
Rickenbacker, American fighter ace in World War I who was credited
with 26 aerial victories and was America's most successful fighter
ace in the war, Medal Of Honor recipient, considered to have
received the most awards for valor by an American during The First
World War, race car driver, automotive designer, government
consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air
transportation, particularly as the long-time head of Eastern Air
Lines (d. July 23, 1973) is #born Edward Vernon Rickenbacker in
Columbus, Ohio. He commanded the first U.S. aero unit to take part
in World War I. He later got involved in auto racing and headed
Eastern Air Lines from 1934-63. Rickenbacker often traveled for
business on Eastern Air Lines flights. On February 26, 1941, he
was a passenger on a Douglas DC-3 airliner that crashed just
outside Atlanta, Georgia. Rickenbacker suffered especially grave
injuries, being soaked in fuel, immobile, and trapped in the
wreckage. In spite of his own critical wounds, Rickenbacker
encouraged the other passengers, offered what consolation he could
to those around him who were injured or dying, and guided the
survivors who were still ambulatory to attempt to find help. The
survivors were rescued after spending the night at the crash site.
Rickenbacker barely survived. This was just the first time that
the press announced his death while he was still alive. In a
dramatic retelling of the incident, Rickenbacker's autobiography
relates his astonishing experiences. While he was still conscious
but in terrible pain, Rickenbacker was left behind while some
ambulances carried away bodies of the dead. When Rickenbacker
arrived at a hospital, his injuries appeared so grotesque that the
emergency surgeons and physicians left him for dead for some time.
They instructed their assistants to "take care of the live
ones." Rickenbacker's injuries included a fractured skull,
other head injuries, a shattered left elbow with a crushed nerve,
a paralyzed left hand, several broken ribs, a crushed hip socket,
a pelvis broken in two places, a severed nerve in his left hip,
and a broken left knee. Rickenbacker's left eyeball was also blown
out of its socket. It took many months in the hospital, followed
by a long time at home, for Rickenbacker to heal from this
multitude of injuries and to regain his full eyesight.
Rickenbacker described his terrible experience with vivid accounts
of his mental state as he approached death-emphasizing the supreme
act of will that it took to stave off dying. Rickenbacker's
autobiography reports that he spent ten days at the door of death,
which he illustrated as "having an overwhelming sensation of
calm and pleasure". Another one of Rickenbacker's most famous
near-death experiences occurred in October 1942. Stimson sent him
on a tour of air bases in the Pacific Theater of Operations to
review both living conditions and operations, but also to deliver
personally a secret message of rebuke to General Douglas MacArthur
from the President for negative public comments MacArthur had made
about the administration and disparaging cables sent to Marshall.
After visiting several air and sea bases in Hawaii, Rickenbacker
was provided an older B-17D Flying Fortress (AAF Ser. No. 40-3089)
as transportation to the South Pacific. The bomber, (with a crew
of eight) strayed hundreds of miles off course while on its way to
a refueling stop on Canton Island and was forced to ditch in a
remote and little-traveled part of the Central Pacific Ocean. The
failure in navigation has been ascribed to an out-of-adjustment
celestial navigation instrument, a bubble octant, that gave a
systematic bias to all of its readings. That octant reportedly had
suffered a severe shock in a pre-takeoff mishap. The pre-takeoff
mishap occurred during the first attempt to take off in a
different bomber, but the landing gear's brakes seized
mid-takeoff. They kept the same damaged bubble octant on a
different plane, which caused the navigational failure. This
unnecessary ditching spurred on the development of improved
navigational instruments and also better survival gear for the air
crewmen. The B-17's aircraft commander, former American Airlines
pilot Captain William T. Cherry, Jr., was forced to ditch close to
Japanese-held islands but the Americans were never spotted by
Japanese patrol planes, and were adrift on the ocean for thousands
of miles. For 24 days, Rickenbacker, Army Captain Hans C. Adamson,
his friend and business partner, and the rest of the 8 crewmen
drifted in life rafts at sea. Rickenbacker was still suffering
somewhat from his earlier airplane crash, and Capt. Adamson
sustained serious injuries during the ditching. The other crewmen
who were in the B-17, named Bartek, Reynolds, Whittaker, Cherry,
Kaczmarczyk, and De Angelis, were hurt to varying degrees. The
crewmen's food supply ran out after three days. Then, on the
eighth day, a seagull landed on Rickenbacker's head. He warily and
cautiously captured it, and then the survivors meticulously
divided it into equal parts and used part of it for fishing bait.
They lived on sporadic rain water that fell and similar food
"miracles", like fingerlings that they caught with their
bare hands. Rickenbacker assumed leadership, encouraging and
browbeating the others to keep their spirits up. One crewman,
Alexander Kaczmarczyk, was suffering from dehydration. He drank
sea water, knowing it was a bad idea. He died and was buried at
sea. The U.S. Army Air Forces and the U.S. Navy's patrol planes
planned to abandon the search for the lost B-17 crewmen after just
over two weeks, but Rickenbacker's wife persuaded them to extend
it another week. The services agreed to do so. Once again, the
newspapers and radio broadcasts reported that Rickenbacker was
dead. The seven split up. Cherry rowed off in the small raft and
was rescued on day 23. Reynolds, De Angelis, and Whittwaker found
a small island, close to another, inhabited one. The natives of
the second one were hosting an allied radio station, so all was
good for the men. Reynolds was extremely close to death. A U.S.
Navy patrol OS2U-3 Kingfisher float-plane spotted and rescued the
3 survivors on November 13, off the coast of Nukufetau in Tuvalu.
All were suffering from hyperthermia, sunburn, dehydration, and
near-starvation. Rickenbacker completed his assignment and
delivered his message, which has never been made public, to
General MacArthur. Rickenbacker had thought that he had been lost
for 21 days and wrote a book about this experience titled Seven
Came Through, published by Doubleday, Doran. It was not until
later that he recalculated the number of days, and he corrected
himself in his autobiography in 1967. The pilot of the plane that
rescued the survivors, Lieutenant William F. Eadie, USN, was
awarded the Navy's Air Medal for his actions during the rescue.
The story was also recounted in Lt. James Whittaker's book We
Thought We Heard the Angels Sing, published in 1943. The story of
Rickenbacker's ordeal has been used as an example for Alcoholics
Anonymous when the first of their Twelve Traditions was
formulated: "Our common welfare should come first. Personal
recovery depends upon AA unity." Eddie Rickenbacker died at
the age of 82 from a stroke and subsequent contracting of
pneumonia while he was in Zurich, Switzerland seeking special
medical treatment for his wife Adelaide Rickenbacker. He is
interred in Columbus, Ohio, at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus,
Ohio. When he died, Rickenbacker was the last living Medal of
Honor recipient from the United States Army Air Service. Adelaide,
blind, in failing health, and still grieving severely from the
loss of her husband, with whom she was very much in love, killed
herself by gunshot at their home in Key Biscayne, Florida at the
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October 8, 1978: #DOTD: #RIP: Bertha
Parker Pallan, nicknamed "Birdie", beautiful and
brilliant Native American of Abenaki and Seneca descent who was
the first Native American female archaeologist, whose father
Arthur C. Parker was an archaeologist of Seneca, Scottish, and
English ancestry and the first president of the Society for
American Archaeology, loving wife of Iron Eyes Cody, an
Italian-American actor famous for portraying Native Americans in
Hollywood films and for shedding a tear about litter in one of the
country' most well-known television PSAs, "Keep America
Beautiful" (b. August 30, 1907) #dies of undisclosed causes
at the age of 71 in Los Angeles, California. She is buried in
Hollywood Forever cemetary in Hollywood, California in The Abbey
Of The Psalms, Sanctuary Of Memories, Crypt 3303, Corridor H-4-1.
As a token of her profound love for her long-time husband, her
gravestone simply reads "Mrs. Iron Eyes Cody | 1907 - 1978".
Her husband's body was entombed with her in 1999; beneath her
gravestone inscription, he added "Iron Eyes | 1904 - 1999",
allowing her inscription alone to bear the name "Cody".
Bertha Parker Pallan was born Yeawas Parker in Chautauqua County,
New York. As a child, she assisted her father in his excavations.
In 1914 she relocated with her mother to Los Angeles to work in
Hollywood films. Bertha and her mother also performed with
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus as part of a
"Pocahontas" show during her teenage years. Bertha
married Joseph Pallan in the early 1920s and had a daughter, Wilma
Mae ("Billie") Pallan in 1925. When the marriage ended,
she moved to Nevada to work on an archaeological site for the
Southwest Museum, directed by Mark Raymond Harrington. Harrington
had recently married Bertha's aunt, Endeka Parker. During the
Gypsum Cave expedition, Bertha met, in 1930, and later married, in
1931, the paleontologist, James Thurston after the expedition. In
1931, both became ill during their work at the Gypsum Caves;
Bertha became ill due to the large amounts of cave guano and
Thurston died suddenly from a heart attack while lifting a rock on
site. This illness caused Bertha to move back in with her parents
for a time in Los Angeles. She eventually got a steady job as
archaeologist and ethnologist for the Southwest Museum. In 1936,
she married the actor Espera Oscar de Corti, also known as Iron
Eyes Cody, an American actor of Italian descent who portrayed
Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes
in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). Living in Hollywood, he began
to insist, even in his private life, that he was Native American,
over time claiming membership in several different tribes. In
1996, Cody's half-sister said that he was of Italian ancestry, but
he denied it. After his death, it was revealed that he was indeed
of Sicilian parentage. In 1942, her 17-year-old daughter Billie
was visiting her grandmother Beulah's farm when she died of an
accidental gunshot wound. Bertha and Iron Eyes then adopted two
sons, Robert "Tree" Cody and Arthur William Cody
(1952-1996). Bertha and Iron Eyes were central figures in the
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October 8, 1806: Rocket Launches: The
History Of Rocketry: Early Rocketry: Rocket Artillery: The
Congreve Rocket: The Napoleonic Wars: The Raid On Boulogne: -- The
age of rocket artillery in the west begins when forces of the
British Empire led by Commodore Edward Owen attacks the French
flotilla at the fortified French port of Boulogne-sur-Mer using
Congreve Rockets, a back-engineered British version of the
Mysorean rockets used against them to considerable effect for 20
years previous in India: Congreve Rockets were named for British
Inventor Sir William Congreve who headed the Royal Arsenal's
Research and Development program to reproduce and improve on them,
starting in 1801. Captain William Jackson of HMS Musquito (1804)
directed boats firing 32 pounds (15 kg) Congreve rockets at the
French flotilla. As night drew in on the channel, 24 cutters
fitted with rocket frames formed a line and fired some 2,000
rockets at Boulogne. The barrage took only 30 minutes. Apparently
the attack set a number of fires, but otherwise had limited
effect. Still, it was enough to lead the British to employ rockets
on a number of further occasions. The Raid On Boulogne in 1804 was
a naval assault by elements of the Royal Navy that differed
significantly from the conventional tactics of naval assaults of
the period by utilizing a wide range of new equipment produced by
the American inventor Robert Fulton with the backing of the
Admiralty, and the use of the Congreve Rocket of Sir William
Congreve. Despite the raid's ambitious aims, the assault produced
little material damage to the French fleet anchored in the
harbour, but did perhaps contribute to a growing sense of
defeatism amongst the French as to their chances of crossing the
English Channel in the face of the Royal Navy and launching a
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Today, October 8, 2025
October 8, 1856: The Century Of
Humiliation (The Hundred Years Of National Humiliation)
(1838-1945): The Opium Wars: The Second Opium War (The Second
Anglo-Sino War, The Second China War, The Arrow War, The
Anglo-French Expedition To China): The Arrow Incident: -- In a
historic event considered to be the beginning of modern Chinese
history, Chinese marines seize the British cargo ship "Arrow"
on the Pearl River, sparking The Second Opium War, a colonial war,
which pitted the British Empire and the French Empire against the
Qing dynasty of China. The Second Opium War (October 8, 1856 -
October 24, 1860) was so named because it refers to one of the
British strategic objectives: legalizing the opium trade,
expanding coolie trade, opening all of China to British merchants,
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October 8: National Salmon Day: -- Did
you know that salmon is the second most popular seafood consumed
by Americans? The pink fish now has its own annual day of
celebration. The holiday is observed as a reminder of the health
benefits that wild and packaged salmon provide. It is recommended
to eat fatty fish such as salmon twice a week due to the benefits
of omega-3 fatty acids. So, are you ready to exploit this pink
fish and satisfy your fish craving? National Salmon Day was first
celebrated on October 8, 2015, after Chicken of the Sea
recommended the holiday. They then accepted a City of San Diego
proclamation designating the day as National Salmon Day. The City
of Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, also proclaimed October 8 as
National Salmon Day in honor of the strong legacy of salmon
fishing on Lake Michigan. The holiday is dedicated to celebrating
the health, taste, convenience, and diverse recipe benefits of
salmon. And, it is observed in honor of wild and packaged pink
fish. Chicken of the Sea, founded in 1914, is a packager and
provider of seafood. They not only offer a product line of seafood
but also offer recipes to inspire seafood lovers. In 1984, the
company introduced skinless and boneless salmon to encourage wider
public adoption of the fish as a healthy 'new' source of protein.
In 2014, the company introduced a line of flavored salmon pouches.
Chicken of the Sea has been committed to preserving seafood
sustainability and is a co-founding member of the International
Seafood Sustainability Foundation. How often do you eat fatty fish
per week? Hopefully, twice a week, just as recommended by American
Heart Association. Why? Fatty fish such as salmon is a good source
of omega-3 fatty acids, and research has shown that they can lower
your risk of heart disease and stroke. Moreover, research shows
that omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent, delay, and diminish
Alzheimer's disease. Awesome. So, have you got your recipes and
prepared your salmon? Because National Salmon Day is the day to
make and enjoy the delicious healthy food of your favorite fatty
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8: Animal Action Day: -- A day
for promoting the well-being of Earth's diverse inhabitants,
contributing to animal sanctuaries, conservation efforts, and
veterinary support by raising awareness about their plight and
spend some time showing love and appreciation for those (mostly)
four legged friends by celebrating Animal Action Day in a variety
of important ways! The inaugural celebration of Animal Action Day
took place on the Gold Coast of Australia in 2007. The event was
founded by animal lover, media director and photojournalist,
Aldwyn Altuney. The purpose behind the day was to not only show
appreciation and respect for all animals, but also for the
environment because it's the planet on which they live! Animal
Action Day is meant to be a fun community event where local people
can help to raise funds for charities that work so hard all
throughout the year to support animals. Each year, in Australia,
the funds that are raised go to a different non-profit
organization that helps with wildlife conservation, animal
hospitals, rescue shelters and much more. In addition to raising
financial support, individuals can also lend their voices to the
cause of Animal Action Day by contacting their elected
representatives on a local, state or even federal level, with the
hope of making a change to protect animals from suffering. Animal
Action Day is typically scheduled to coincide with the efforts of
World Animal Week, which takes place during the first week of
October and is often launched with a kickoff celebration of World
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8: National Newspaper Carrier
Day: -- Celebrates the resilient paper carriers who have been
around for as long as newspapers themselves. These fearless riders
bring us the news every morning, hot off the press. Whether rain
or shine, standing on the street corner, or avoiding disturbing
dogs, the dedication of newspaper carriers definitely deserves
recognition. Newspaper Carrier Day honors 10-year-old Blarney
Flaherty, the first paperboy hired by the Museum of the City of
New York in the United States. In 1833, in response to an
advertisement in "The Sun," calling for "steady
men" to apply, young Flaherty hoisted a load of newspapers.
Publisher Benjamin Day approved and hired Flaherty, and soon
after, the streets of New York were filled with cries of "Paper!
Get your paper here!" Since then, countless aspirants have
followed in his footsteps, and more than 185 years later,
Newspaper Carrier Day honors all of them. It is remarkable how
many great people in history were shaped by the humble beginnings
of a paperboy into who they later became, with Albert Einstein,
James Cagney, Martin Luther King Jr., and Isaac Asimov among the
generations of paper carriers. Being a newspaper carrier sharpens
one's street knowledge, dealing with people, being up to date with
the latest news, and becoming a good salesman. In 1960, a
Newspaper Carrier Hall of Fame was created to acknowledge some of
history's most famous newspaper carriers. Nowadays, not many young
people are newspaper carriers, but the job is still offered to
youngsters in many local communities. Young girls and boys brave
the weather and other conditions committed to delivering the news
to people around the neighborhood.
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8: World Dyslexia Day: -- What
many of us take for granted, such as reading and writing fluently,
is an area of struggle for those who have dyslexia. Dyslexia is a
common learning disorder that affects a person's ability to read
and write properly. Dyslexics are often unable to read quickly and
write without committing errors. Dyslexics might struggle with
reading, writing, vocabulary, and tasks that require hand-eye
coordination. It affects 20% of the population and makes up 80% to
90% of all those with learning disorders. World Dyslexia Day
raises awareness about these issues and what can be done to manage
such a disorder. Among those notable people who did or may have
had dyslexia include Leonardo da Vinci, Saint Teresa, Napoleon
Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, George S. Patton, Carl Jung, Albert
Einstein, and Thomas Edison. Dyslexia is a learning disorder that
affects both children and adults. Since its manifestation is
almost always external, it can be quickly diagnosed. Dyslexia was
first identified by German physician Oswald Berkhan in 1881. It
was named 'dyslexia' by ophthalmologist Rudolph Berlin six years
after the disorder was identified. Berkhan discovered the
existence of the developmental reading disorder while analyzing
the case of a young boy who had reported severe difficulties in
learning to read and write properly. Since the patient was
otherwise intellectually and physically sound, Berkhan was
especially intrigued by his case. Once his findings became
popular, Berkhan realized that his young patient wasn't a rare
case and that in fact, many adults seemed to be suffering from it
too. Like some other disabilities, dyslexia cannot be treated just
by medication. Patients often need therapy, innovative methods for
learning, and persistent care by caregivers to live a life where
their learning difficulties can be managed. When the disorder is
undiagnosed, patients are often mistaken as lazy, slow learners,
or stubborn with a knack for stirring up trouble. This is, of
course, far from the truth. Since dyslexia was discovered, doctors
and therapists the world over have been trying to find the best
ways for dyslexics to manage their disorder. Since reading can be
a challenge for dyslexics, a special dyslexia font has been
invented to make reading easier. Apart from World Dyslexia Day,
Dyslexia Awareness Month - created by The International Dyslexia
Association - is also celebrated during the month of October every
year.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: War
Props: Combat Helicopters Of The Cold War West DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8; Indian Air Force Day (India):
-- A celebration to pay a tribute to the Air Force of India and
acknowledge the excellence the country has presented in the field.
Founded on October 8, 1932, the force has been a part of several
landmark missions that have led to the success of the nation.
These historic air force battles have also built the reputation of
India as a country that is strong on the battlefield and possesses
the force required to protect its nation. This year, honor India's
aviation industry and the air force personnel who have spent years
to ensure the safety of the state. Like every air force in the
world, it took the Indian Air Force a lot of practice to excel on
the battlefield. However, the resilience of the officers ensured
that the force attained success and became one of the strongest in
the world. When the Indian Air Force was officially established,
it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 air
soldiers. Their inventory contained four Westland Wapiti IIA army
cooperation biplanes. This wasn't much compared to the strong air
force of dozens of other countries in the world. However, after a
little over four years, a flight took off toward North Waziristan
to support the Indian Army against insurgent Bhittani tribesmen. A
"B" Flight was formed in April 1936 on the vintage
Wapiti, and in 1938, a "C" Flight was raised to bring
the No. 1 Squadron ostensibly to full strength. By the time World
War II took place, the strength of the Indian Air Force had risen
greatly. After 1941, a training structure in India became critical
for the force, and the RAF (Royal Air Force) flying instructors
were assigned to flying clubs to provide training to volunteers
and interested individuals. Training was given at seven clubs in
British India and two in various princely States. All these
measures took place after issues concerning the defense of India
were reassessed in 1939 by the Chatfield Committee. However, after
years of training and the government giving extra attention to the
air force, the squadrons emerged as one of the best flyers in the
world.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Studs
Terkel's Chicago Documentary + Bonus Titles DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1871: Natural Disasters:
Natural Disasters In The United States: Fires: Conflagrations:
Conflagrations In The United States: Wildfires (Forest Fires,
Bushfires, Brushfires, Wildland Fires, Rural Fires): Wildfires In
The United States: -- Slash-and-burn land management, months of
drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause four major
fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan: 1) The Great
Chicago Fire in Chicago, Illinois; 2) The Peshtigo Fire in
Peshtigo, Wisconsin; 3 & 4) The Great Michigan Fire at
Holland, Michigan and Manistee, Michigan; and additionally the
Port Huron Fire at the southern end of Lake Huron at its
intersection with Lake Michigan. ========= The Great Chicago Fire
was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to
Tuesday, October 10, 1871. The fire killed up to 300 people,
destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of Chicago, Illinois,
and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. Help flowed to the
city from near and far after the fire. The City of Chicago
improved building codes to stop the rapid spread of fire, and
re-built rapidly to those higher standards. A donation from the
United Kingdom spurred the establishment of the Chicago Public
Library, a free public library system, a contrast to the private,
fee for membership libraries common before the fire (Thanks, #UK!
: ). ========= The Peshtigo Fire was a massive forest fire that
took place on October 8, 1871, in and around Peshtigo, Wisconsin.
It was the deadliest wildfire in American history, with estimated
deaths of around 1,500 people, possibly as many as 2,500.
Occurring on the same day as the more famous Great Chicago Fire,
the Peshtigo fire has been largely forgotten. ========= On the
same day as the Peshtigo and Chicago fires, Holland and Manistee,
Michigan (across Lake Michigan from Peshtigo), along with Port
Huron at the southern end of Lake Huron also had major fires,
leading to various theories of mutual cause by contemporaries and
later historians. The Great Michigan Fire was a series of
simultaneous forest fires possibly caused (or at least reinforced)
by the same winds that fanned the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo
Fire and the Port Huron Fire; some believe lightning or even
meteor showers may have started the fires. Several cities, towns
and villages, including Alpena, Holland, Manistee, and Port Huron,
suffered serious damage or were lost. The concurrent Peshtigo Fire
in Wisconsin also destroyed several towns in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. ========= On the day of the Peshtigo fire, a cold
front moved in from the west, bringing strong winds that fanned
the fires out of control and escalated them to massive
proportions. A firestorm ensued. In the words of Gess and Lutz, in
a firestorm "superheated flames of at least 2,000 degrees
Fahrenheit...advance on winds of 110 miles per hour or stronger.
The diameter of such a fire ranges from one thousand to ten
thousand feet.... When a firestorm erupts in a forest, it is a
blowup, nature's nuclear explosion...." By the time it was
over, 1,875 square miles (4,860 km2 or 1.2 million acres) of
forest had been consumed, an area 50% larger than Rhode Island.
Twelve communities were destroyed.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Manfred
von Richthofen The Red Baron & WWI Aviation DVD, Download, USB
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1918: The European Civil War:
World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World
War I): The Western Front Of World War I: Aviation: Military
Aviation: Air Warfare Of World War I: -- In action near Pittem,
Belgium, USMC 2nd Lieutenant aviator Ralph Talbot of Weymouth,
Massachusetts becomes the first-ever USMC aviator to earn the
Medal Of Honor. A participant in numerous raids into enemy
territory, Second Lieutenant Talbot was attacked by nine
Luftstreitkrafte (Imperial German Air Service) enemy scouts while
on such a raid over Belgium, October 8, 1918, and in the ensuing
fight shot down one of his attackers. His Medal Of Honor citation
reads: "For exceptionally meritorious service and
extraordinary heroism while attached to Squadron C, 1st Marine
Aviation Force, in France. 2d Lt. Talbot participated in numerous
air raids into enemy territory. On 8 October 1918, while on such a
raid, he was attacked by 9 enemy scouts, and in the fight that
followed shot down an enemy plane. Also, on 1October 4 1918, while
on a raid over Pittham, Belgium, 2d Lt. Talbot and another plane
became detached from the formation on account of motor trouble and
were attacked by 12 enemy scouts. During the severe fight that
followed, his plane shot down 1 of the enemy scouts. His observer
was shot through the elbow and his gun jammed. 2d Lt. Talbot
maneuvered to gain time for his observer to clear the jam with one
hand, and then returned to the fight. The observer fought until
shot twice, once in the stomach and once in the hip and then
collapsed, 2d Lt. Talbot attacked the nearest enemy scout with his
front guns and shot him down. With his observer unconscious and
his motor failing, he dived to escape the balance of the enemy and
crossed the German trenches at an altitude of 50 feet, landing at
the nearest hospital to leave his observer, and then returning to
his aerodrome." Six days later, while on a strike against an
enemy ammunition depot at Pittem, he and another plane became
detached from the formation due to motor trouble and were attacked
by 12 enemy scouts. In the fight which followed, his plane shot
down one of the enemy scouts before his observer, Gunnery Sergeant
Robert G. Robinson, was shot and the gun jammed. Talbot maneuvered
the DeHavilland to gain time while Robinson cleared the gun, then
rejoined the battle. Robinson kept on firing until he collapsed
from two more wounds. Talbot continued alone, shot down another
enemy plane, then dived to escape the remaining Fokker D.VII
fighters. Crossing the German trenches at 50 feet, he kept his
ship with its failing motor in the air until he reached the
nearest hospital where he landed, delivered Robinson to medical
personnel and returned to his aerodrome. Second Lieutenant Talbot
died on October 25, 1918, when his DH-4 crashed on takeoff, during
an engine test flight, at La Fresne aerodrome.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
American Adventure: TV History Series 1607-1876 DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1860: The Industrial
Revolution: The First Industrial Revolution/The Second Industrial
Revolution (1760-1914): Telecommunications: Telegraphy: -- A
telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. Just
over a year later, the first transcontinental telegraph line would
be connected in Salt Lake City, which immediately made the Pony
Express obsolete, officially ceasing operations two days later.
The telegraph served to unite the American continent with
increasingly quick, effective, reliable and dependable
communications, and served as man's first electric mass
communications device.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Mongol Hordes: Storm From The East TV Series DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1480: The Mongols: The Mongol
Empire: Mongol Invasions And Conquests: The Golden Horde (Kipchak
Turkic: Ulug Ulus "The Great State"): The Great Horde
(Kpchak Turkic: Ulug Orda): The End Of The Tatar Yoke Over Russia:
The Great Stand On The Ugra River (Russian: Velikoye Stoyaniye Na
Ugre) (The Standing On The Ugra River, The Battle Of The Ugra): --
A standoff on the banks of the Ugra River between the forces of
Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III
of Russia, results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the
eventual disintegration of The Great Horde. After Ivan III stopped
paying tribute to the Horde, Akhmat Khan led an army towards
Moscow, leading to a standoff between the two armies on the banks
of the river. Akhmat Khan waited for his Lithuanian reinforcements
to arrive, but they never did, with one Mongol attempt to cross
the river failing due to Russian fire, leading to Akhmat Khan to
retreat. Both armies departed after little fighting. In Russian
historiography, it has been interpreted as the end of the "Tatar
Yoke" in Russia, though some historians believe that the
event itself was insignificant and did not change Russo-Tatar
relations; nevertheless, the event brought about the de factro end
of nominal Tatar suzerainty over Russia.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Clive
James' Fame In The 20th Century TV Series DVD Set MP4 USB Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1970: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and
political prisoner, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn (December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008) was born
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn in Kislovodsk, RSFSR (now in
Stavropol Krai, Russia). Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken
critic of the Soviet Union and Communism and helped to raise
global awareness of the Soviet Gulag forced-labor camp system.
After serving in the Red Army during World War II, he was
sentenced to spend eight years in a labour camp and then internal
exile for criticizing Josef Stalin in a private letter. He was
allowed to publish only one work in the Soviet Union, the novel
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962). Although the
reforms brought by Nikita Khrushchev freed him from exile in 1956,
the publication of Cancer Ward (1968), August 1914 (1971), and The
Gulag Archipelago (1973) angered the Soviet Union authorities, and
Solzhenitsyn lost his Soviet citizenship and was exiled in 1974.
He was flown to West Germany, and in 1976 he moved with his family
to the United States, where he continued to write. In 1990,
shortly before the Dissolution Of The Soviet Union, his
citizenship was restored, and four years later he returned to
Russia, where he remained until his death in 2008. He was awarded
the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force
with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian
literature". His The Gulag Archipelago was a highly
influential work that "amounted to a head-on challenge to the
Soviet state" and sold tens of millions of copies. Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn died aged 89 in Moscow, SFSR of heart failure.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Struggles For Poland TV Series + Bonus MP4 Video Download DVD Set
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1982: Eastern Block
Non-Violent Revolutions: The Labor Union Movement In Poland:
Solidarity (Polish Trade Union) (Independent Self-Governing Trade
Union Solidarity, Solidarnosc): -- Poland bans Solidarity and all
other trade unions not controlled by the communist party.
Solidarity (Polish: Solidarnosc; full name: Independent
Self-governing Labour Union "Solidarity"-Niezalezny
Samorzadny Zwiazek Zawodowy "Solidarnosc") is a Polish
labour union that was founded on September 17, 1980 at the Lenin
Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Walesa. It was the first
trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a
communist party. Its membership peaked at 10 million members at
its September 1981 Congress, which constituted one third of the
total working-age population of Poland. In the 1980s, Solidarity
was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement, using the methods
of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and
social change. The government attempted to destroy the union by
imposing martial law in Poland, which lasted from December 1981 to
July 1983 and was followed by several years of political
repression from 8 October 1982, but in the end it was forced to
negotiate with Solidarity. In the union's clandestine years, Pope
John Paul II and the United States provided significant financial
support, estimated to be as much as 50 million US dollars. The
round table talks between the government and the Solidarity-led
opposition led to semi-free elections in 1989. By the end of
August, a Solidarity-led coalition government was formed. In
December 1990, Walesa was elected President of Poland. Since then
Solidarity has become a more traditional, liberal trade union. Its
membership had dropped to 680,000 by 2010 and 400,000 by 2011.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: CIA The
Secret Files The Central Intelligence Agency TV Series MP4 DVD
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1967: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1962-1979): The Cold War Era
Of Stagnation (1964-1982): The Cold War In South America: The
Bolivian Campaign (Nancahuazu Guerrilla Ejercito De Liberacion
Nacional De Bolivia, National Liberation Army Of Bolivia; ELN):
Che Guevara's Capture And Execution: -- Marxist revolutionary
guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia
while they were attempting to incite a revolution there. The next
day; Guevara was executed the next day. Ernesto "Che"
Guevara (b. 1928) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary,
physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military
theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized
visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion
and global insignia in popular culture. As a young medical
student, Guevara traveled throughout South America and was
radicalized by the poverty, hunger and disease he witnessed. His
burgeoning desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist
exploitation of Latin America by the United States prompted his
involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo
Arbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow at the behest of the
United Fruit Company solidified Guevara's political ideology.
Later in Mexico City, Guevara met Raul and Fidel Castro, joined
their 26th of July Movement and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht
Granma with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban
dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among
the insurgents, was promoted to second in command and played a
pivotal role in the victorious two-year guerrilla campaign that
deposed the Batista regime. Following the Cuban Revolution,
Guevara performed a number of key roles in the new government.
These included reviewing the appeals and firing squads for those
convicted as war criminals during the revolutionary tribunals,
instituting agrarian land reform as minister of industries,
helping spearhead a successful nationwide literacy campaign,
serving as both national bank president and instructional director
for Cuba's armed forces, and traversing the globe as a diplomat on
behalf of Cuban socialism. Such positions also allowed him to play
a central role in training the militia forces who repelled the Bay
Of Pigs Invasion, and bringing Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic
missiles to Cuba, which precipitated the 1962 Cuban Missile
Crisis. Additionally, Guevara was a prolific writer and diarist,
composing a seminal manual on guerrilla warfare, along with a
best-selling memoir about his youthful continental motorcycle
journey. His experiences and studying of Marxism-Leninism led him
to posit that the Third World's underdevelopment and dependence
was an intrinsic result of imperialism, neocolonialism and
monopoly capitalism, with the only remedy being proletarian
internationalism and world revolution. Guevara left Cuba in 1965
to foment revolution abroad, first unsuccessfully in
Congo-Kinshasa and later in Bolivia, where he was captured by
CIA-assisted Bolivian forces and summarily executed. Guevara
remains both a revered and reviled historical figure, polarized in
the collective imagination in a multitude of biographies, memoirs,
essays, documentaries, songs, and films. As a result of his
perceived martyrdom, poetic invocations for class struggle and
desire to create the consciousness of a "new man" driven
by moral rather than material incentives, Guevara has evolved into
a quintessential icon of various leftist movements. Time magazine
named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th
century, while an Alberto Korda photograph of him, titled
Guerrillero Heroico (shown), was cited by the Maryland Institute
College of Art as "the most famous photograph in the world".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Dominoes: Popular Culture During The Vietnam War DVD, MP4, USB
Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1969: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: Political Violence In The United States
During The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War
In Asia: The Indochina Wars: The Vietnam War (The Second Indochina
War, The Vietnam Conflict, The Resistance War Against America):
The United States In The Vietnam War: Opposition To United States
Involvement In The Vietnam War: The Days Of Rage: -- A series of
protests lasting three days in Chicago begins known as The Days Of
Rage begins in Chicago, Illinois organized by the emerging rogue
and ultimately violent Weatherman faction of the non-violent
Students For A Democratic Society (SDS). The group planned the
October 8-11 event as a "National Action" built around
John Jacobs' slogan "Bring The War Home", which grew out
of a resolution drafted by Jacobs and introduced at the October
1968 SDS National Council meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The
resolution read, "The Elections Don't Mean Shit - Vote Where
the Power Is - Our Power Is In The Street". It was adopted by
the council, prompted by the effects of the 1968 Democratic
National Convention protest activity in August, and reflected
Jacobs's advocacy of direct action as political strategy.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Eyes On
The Prize II: America At The Racial Crossroads DVD MP4 USB
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1941: #BOTD: #HBD! Jesse
Jackson, African American civil rights activist, Baptist minister,
politician and activist is #born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville,
South Carolina to Helen Burns (1924-2015), a 16-year-old high
school student, and her 33-year-old married neighbor, Noah Louis
Robinson (1908-1997). Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.'s ancestry includes
Cherokee, enslaved African-Americans, Irish planters, and a
Confederate sheriff. Robinson was a former professional boxer who
was an employee of a textile brokerage and a well-known figure in
the black community. One year after Jesse's birth, his mother
married Charles Henry Jackson, a post office maintenance worker
who later adopted the boy. Jesse was given his stepfather's name
in the adoption, but as he grew up he also maintained a close
relationship with Robinson. He considered both men to be his
fathers. Jesse Jackson has been known for commanding public
attention since he first started working for Martin Luther King
Jr. In 1965, Jackson participated in the Selma to Montgomery
marches organized by James Bevel, King and other civil rights
leaders in Alabama. In 1966, King and Bevel selected Jackson to
head the Chicago branch of the SCLC' economic arm, Operation
Breadbasket. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to
form Rainbow/PUSH. He was a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow
U.S. Senator for the District Of Columbia from 1991 to 1997.
Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is his eldest son.
Jackson was also the host of Both Sides with Jesse Jackson on CNN
from 1992 to 2000.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: And
Away We Go! US Cars + Bonus Internal Combusion Engine MP4 DVD
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1869: #BOTD: #HBD! J. Frank
Duryea, commonly known as Frank Duryea, American engineer, test
driver and businessman, co-founder of the Duryea Motor Wagon
Company, who along with his brother Charles Duryea (1861-1938)
invented the first gasoline-powered automobile in America (d.
February 15, 1967) is #born James Frank Duryea in Wyoming,
Illinois, the son of George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina
Turner. Charles Duryea claims that on April 19, 1892 he and his
brother, Frank, produced and road-tested America's first
gasoline-powered car; other sources say that in fact occurred on
September 21, 1893, and suggest that the April 19, 1892 date was
chosen by Charles Duryea to spite his brother Frank, with whom he
entered into a business rivalry. It is generally accepted that on
September 21, 1893 they did in fact road-test the first-ever,
working American gasoline-powered automobile on the Howard Bemis
farm in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The Duryea's "motor wagon"
was a used horse drawn buggy that the brothers had purchased for
70 USD and into which they had installed a 4 HP, single cylinder
gasoline engine. The car (buggy) had a friction transmission,
spray carburetor and low tension ignition. Frank Duryea test drove
it again on November 10, this time in a prominent location: past
their garage at 47 Taylor Street in Springfield. The next day it
was reported by The Republican newspaper with great fanfare. This
particular car was put into storage in 1894 and stayed there until
1920, when it was rescued by a former Duryea engineer Inglis M.
Uppercu and presented to the United States National Museum.
Charles Duryea was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in
1973. J. Frank Duryea died in Saybrook, Connecticut, aged 97. He
is buried at Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts.
He was the last surviving member of the automotive industry's
founding fathers.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: NBC
University Theater Of The Air Literature Radio Series MP3 DVD USB
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1754: #DOTD: #RIP: Henry
Fielding, English magistrate, novelist, dramatist and playwright
(b. April 22, 1707) #dies in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal at the
age of 47 after a rapid deterioration in his health caused by
gout, asthma, cirrhosis of the liver and other afflictions,
reportedly in pain and mental distress. His tomb is in the British
Cemetery (Cemiterio Ingles), the graveyard of St. George's Church,
Lisbon. Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham, Somerset, England.
Known for his earthy humour and satire, he is best known as the
author of the comic novel Tom Jones. He also holds a place in the
history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a
magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, which some have called
London's first police force. The force originally numbered six men
and was founded in 1749. Bow Street Runners was the public's
nickname for the officers, "although the officers never
referred to themselves as runners, considering the term to be
derogatory". The Bow Street group was disbanded in 1839.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: T. S.
Eliot Documentary Biography DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1982: Aesthetics: Performing
Arts: Premieres: Theatre Premieres: Musical Premieres: United
States Musical Premieres: Broadway Premieres: -- Cats, a musical
composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's
Book of Practical Cats, opens on Broadway, completing its Broadway
run on September 10, 2000 as the longest-running musical in
Broadway history after nearly 18 years and 7,485 performances. Its
Broadway record was surpassed on January 9, 2006 by another Webber
musical, The Phantom of the Opera. It remains the
fourth-longest-running show in Broadway history.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Rock &
Roll An Unruly History 10 Part TV Series MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, October 8, 2025(#JCKaelin here: I didn't know Johnny
Ramone; I used to hang with Joey Ramone though ; ) =========
October 8, 1948: #BOTD: #HBD! Johnny Ramone, American singer,
songwriter, guitarist, actor and author, best known for being the
guitarist and founding member of the punk rock band the Ramones
(d. September 15, 2004) is #born John William Cummings in Queens,
New York City. Along with vocalist Joey Ramone, Johnny remained a
constant member throughout his entire career. In 2009, he appeared
on Time's list of "The 10 Greatest Electric-Guitar Players".
He ranked No. 8 on Spin's 2012 list of the "100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time" and No. 28 on Rolling Stone's
similarly-titled 2015 list. Alongside his music career, Johnny
appeared in nearly a dozen films (including Rock 'n' Roll High
School) and documentaries. He also made television appearances in
such shows as The Simpsons (1F01 "Rosebud", 1993) and
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Episode 5 "Bobcat"). His
autobiography, entitled Commando, was released posthumously in
2012. The book was reviewed by numerous well-known publications
including Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, the Houston Chronicle,
the National Post, PopMatters, and MTV, which called the book a
must-have for any Ramones fan. In the book Johnny talks
passionately about his love of baseball and of collecting baseball
cards and movie posters, particularly horror-related posters. He
was a devoted and lifelong fan of the New York Yankees. He died in
his Los Angeles home at the age of 55, 23 days before his 56th
birthday, following a five-year battle with prostate cancer. Many
of his friends and musical contemporaries came to pay their
respects. His wife Linda kept his ashes.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Portraits Of The Presidency: POTUS Documentaries DVD, Download,
USB
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1944: #DOTD: #RIP: Wendell
Willkie, American captain, lawyer, corporate executive, politician
and the 1940 Republican nominee for President (b. February 18,
1892) #dies of a long and rapid series of chronic heart attacks at
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City aged 52. President Franklin
Roosevelt, whom Willkie had run against in the 1940 Presidential
Election, released a statement applauding Willkie's "tremendous
courage" which "prompted him more than once to stand
alone ... In this hour of grave crisis the nation loses a great
citizen." War Secretary Stimson offered to have Willkie
buried in Arlington National Cemetery, but Edith Willkie wanted
her husband to be buried in his native Indiana, at Rushville. His
casket was placed in the center aisle of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church; 60,000 people filed by his casket, and 35,000
crowded around the church during the service, including many
blacks - as, Eleanor Roosevelt noted in her column, was fitting.
Wendell and Edith Willkie rest together in Rushville's East Hill
Cemetery, the gravesite was marked by a cross, and a book was
carved in stone, designed by sculptor Malvina Hoffman, and
inscribed with quotations from Willkie's book "One World".
Born Lewis Wendell Willkie in Elwood, Indiana, he appealed to many
convention delegates as the Republican field's only
interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl
Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to
support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent,
incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election
with about 55% of the popular vote and took the electoral college
vote by a wide margin. Willkie was born in Elwood, Indiana, in
1892; both his parents were lawyers, and he also became one. He
served in World War I but was not sent to France until the final
days of the war, and saw no action. Willkie settled in Akron,
Ohio, where he was initially employed by Firestone, but left for a
law firm, becoming one of the leaders of the Akron Bar
Association. Much of his work was representing electric utilities,
and in 1929 Willkie accepted a job in New York City as counsel for
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation , a utility holding
company. He was rapidly promoted, and became corporate president
in 1933. Roosevelt was sworn in as U.S. president soon after
Willkie became head of C & S, and announced plans for a
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that would supply power in
competition with Commonwealth & Southern. Between 1933 and
1939, Willkie fought against the TVA before Congress, in the
courts, and before the public. He was ultimately unsuccessful, but
sold Commonwealth & Southern's property for a good price, and
gained public esteem. A longtime Democratic activist, Willkie
changed his party registration to Republican in late 1939. He did
not run in the 1940 presidential primaries, but positioned himself
as an acceptable choice for a deadlocked convention. He sought
backing from uncommitted delegates, while his supporters, many
youthful, enthusiastically promoted his candidacy. As German
forces advanced through western Europe in 1940, many Republicans
did not wish to nominate an isolationist like Thomas E. Dewey, and
turned to Willkie, who was nominated on the sixth ballot over Ohio
Senator Robert A. Taft. Willkie's support for aid to Britain
removed it as a major factor in his race against Roosevelt, and
Willkie also backed the president on a peacetime draft. Both men
took more isolationist positions towards the end of the race.
Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term, taking 38 of the 48
states. After the election, Willkie made two wartime foreign trips
as Roosevelt's informal envoy, and as nominal leader of the
Republican Party gave the president his full support. This angered
many conservatives, especially as Willkie increasingly advocated
liberal or internationalist causes. Willkie ran for the Republican
nomination in 1944, but bowed out after a disastrous showing in
the Wisconsin primary in April. He and Roosevelt discussed the
possibility of forming, after the war, a liberal political party,
but Willkie died before the idea could bear fruit. Willkie is
remembered for giving Roosevelt vital political assistance in
1940, which allowed the president to aid Britain in its time of
crisis.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Jinx
Money (1948) Bowery Boys DVD, MP4 Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1919: #BOTD: #HBD! Gabriel
Dell, American actor and one of the members of what came to be
known as the Dead End Kids, then later the East Side Kids and
finally The Bowery Boys (d. July 3, 1988)) is #born Gabriel Marcel
Dell Vecchio in New York City. Dell almost made his stage debut a
few years before Dead End when he and his sister were slated for
roles in The Good Earth with Alla Nazimova and Claude Rains. Dell
served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II.
He appeared in numerous films as a Dead End Kid/East Side
Kid/Bowery Boy. In the 1944 East Side Kids film Million Dollar
Kid, Dell actually appeared as a criminal villain, pit against the
boys, who gets brought to justice in the end. His other non-Dead
End Kids/Bowery Boys films included The 300 Year Weekend (1971),
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things
About Me? (1971), Earthquake (1974), and Framed (1975). He also
appeared in The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975), and The
Escape Artist (1982). On television, he played a beatnik in a skit
with Phil Harris on an episode of The Steve Allen Show (1959)
According to differing sources, either Don Francks or Gabriel Dell
was the uncredited actor providing the voice of Boba Fett, a
Mandalorian bounty hunter, in the Star Wars Holiday Special. Dell
died in North Hollywood, California of leukemia, aged 68. His
remains were cremated; the final disposition of his ashes are not
publicly available.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Soviet-Afghan War DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1979: #DOTD: Afghan President
Nur Muhammad Taraki, having been overthrown on September 14, 1979
upon the order of his political protoge Hafizullah Amin, who
became the new president (b. July 15, 1917) #dies in Kabul,
Afghanistan when he is murdered under Amin's orders, aged 62. He
is buried at Qul E Abchakan Cemetery in Kabul. His death was a
factor that led to the Soviet intervention in Afghanisation in
December 1979. Nur Muhammad Taraki was born in Nawa, Ghazni
Province and graduated from Kabul University, after which he
started his political career as a journalist. Taraki was an Afghan
author who wrote novels and short stories in the socialist realism
style and communist statesman during the Cold War who served as
President of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979. He later became one of
the founding members of the People's Democratic Party of
Afghanistan (PDPA) and was elected as the party's general
secretary at its first congress. He ran as a candidate in the 1965
Afghan parliamentary election but failed to win a seat. In 1966 he
published the first issue of Khalq, a party newspaper, but the
government closed it down shortly afterward. Taraki led the Khalq
wing of the PDPA. In 1978 he, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal
initiated the Saur Revolution and established the Democratic
Republic of Afghanistan. Taraki's presidency was short-lived and
marked by controversies. The government was divided between two
PDPA factions: the Khalqists (led by Taraki), the majority, and
the Parchamites, the minority. He started a purge of the
government and party that led to several high-ranking Parchamite
members being sent into de facto exile by being assigned to serve
overseas as ambassadors. Taraki launched a land reform program on
January 1, 1979 that proved highly unpopular. His regime also
brutally locked up dissidents and oversaw massacres of villagers.
These factors, among others, led to a popular backlash that
initiated a rebellion. Despite repeated attempts, Taraki was
unable to persuade the Soviet Union to intervene in support of the
restoration of civil order. Taraki's reign was marked by a
dictator-like cult of personality centered around him that
Hafizullah Amin had cultivated. The state press and subsequent
propaganda started to refer to him as the "Great Leader"
and "Great Teacher". However, his relationship with Amin
turned sour during his rule, ultimately resulting in Taraki's
overthrow on September 14 1979 and murder on October 8, 1979 on
Amin's orders.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Evita
Peron 1981 TV Miniseries Faye Dunaway MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1895: #BOTD: Juan Peron,
Argentine Army general and politician who served as President of
Argentina from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and again from
October 1973 to his death in July 1974 (d. July 1, 1974) is #born
Juan Domingo Peron in Roque Perez, Buenos Aires Province,
Argentina. Prior to his Presidencies, he had previously served in
several government positions, including Minister of Labour and
Vice President of a military dictatorship. During his first
presidential term (1946-1952), Peron was supported by his second
wife, Eva Duarte ("Evita"): they were immensely popular
among the Argentine working class. Peron's government invested
heavily in public works, expanded social welfare, and forced
employers to improve working conditions. Trade unions grew rapidly
with his support and women's suffrage was granted with Eva's
influence. On the other hand, dissidents were fired, exiled,
arrested and tortured, and much of the press was closely
controlled. Several high-profile war criminals, such as Josef
Mengele, Adolf Eichmann and Ante Pavelic, were given refuge in
Argentina during this time. Though Peron was re-elected by a wide
margin, his second term (1952-1955) was far more troubled. Eva, a
major source of support, died a month after his inauguration in
1952. An economic crisis was ongoing, Peron's relationship with a
teenage girl, Nelly Rivas, was revealed, and his plans to legalise
divorce and prostitution damaged his standing with the Catholic
Church. After he deported two Catholic priests and was thought to
be excommunicated, pro-Church elements of the Argentine Navy and
Air Force bombed Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, where supporters
of Peron had gathered, killing more than 300 civilians in June
1955. The event in turn prompted violent reprisals against several
churches. Within months, Peron lost his power in a military coup.
During the following period of two military dictatorships,
interrupted by two civilian governments, the Peronist party was
outlawed and Peron was exiled. Over the years he lived in
Paraguay, Venezuela, Panama, and Spain. When the Peronist Hector
Jose Campora was elected President in 1973, Peron returned to
Argentina amidst the Ezeiza massacre and was soon after elected
President for a third time (October 12, 1973 - July 1, 1974).
During this term, left- and right-wing Peronists were permanently
divided and violence between them erupted, with Peron increasingly
siding with the right. His minister Jose Lopez Rega formed the
Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, believed to have committed at
least hundreds of extrajudicial killings and kidnappings. Peron's
third wife, Maria Estela Martinez, known as Isabel Peron, was
elected as Vice President on his ticket and succeeded him as
President upon his death in 1974. Political violence only
intensified, and she was ousted in 1976, followed by a period of
even deadlier repression under the junta of Jorge Rafael Videla.
Although they are still controversial figures, Juan and Eva Peron
are nonetheless considered icons by the Peronists. The Perons'
followers praised their efforts to eliminate poverty and to
dignify labour, while their detractors considered them demagogues
and dictators. The Perons gave their name to the political
movement known as Peronism, which in present-day Argentina is
represented mainly by the Justicialist Party. Juan Peron died in
Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina at 13:15 on a Monday of the last
of a string of heart attacks, aged 78. Peron's corpse was first
transported by hearse to Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral for a
funeral mass the next day. Afterwards the body, dressed in full
military uniform, was taken to the Palace of the National
Congress, where it lay in state over the next 46 hours, during
which more than 130,000 people filed past the coffin. Finally, at
09:30 on a rainy Thursday, 4 July the funeral procession
commenced. Peron's Argentine flag-covered casket was placed on a
limber towed by a small army truck (escorted by cavalry and a
large motorcade of motorcycles and a few armored vehicles) through
the capital's streets back to Olivos. At least one million people
turned out for Peron's funeral, some of whom threw flowers at the
casket and chanted, "Peron! Peron! Peron!" as it passed
by. Along the 16-kilometer (10-mile) route from the Palace to
Olivos, hundreds of armed soldiers lining it were assigned to
restrain the crowd. As many as 2,000 foreign journalists covered
the ceremony. The funeral cortege reached its final destination
two and a half hours later. There, the coffin was greeted by a
21-gun salute. Many international heads of state offered
condolences to Argentina following the demise of President Peron.
Three days of official mourning were declared thereafter. The
office of the presidency was then assumed by Juan Peron's comical
and incompetent wife Isabel. She became a vertual recluse. Juan
Peron's body was returned to the presidential palace at Olives and
placed in the chapel. Isabel had Evita's remains returned from a
hiding place in Madrid, Spain. It came to rest beside that of
Juan. Construction commenced on a giant 160-foot high altar that
was to be the final resting place for Evita and the General. It
was not to be. Isabel clung to the presidency for a mere two years
and was toppled by Argentine generals. General Videla became
president. His first priority was to get rid of the bodies so he
could move into the Presidential Palace. On October 22, 1976,
Evita was evicted, in attendance only a truckload of troops. She
was placed in the Duarte family tomb in the famous wealthy family
cemetery of Recoleta. It is still under heavy guard. On December
19, 1976, Juan Peron followed and he was quickly entombed in the
family vault at Chacarita Cemetery located in Buenos Aires.
General Videla's forces dynamited the partially constructed High
Altar tomb leaving only a crater. In 1987, the strange odyssey of
the Perons continued. Despite elaborate security defenses
protecting the coffin, robbers broke into the General's crypt,
smashed through a slab of bulletproof glass and sliced off the
general's hands with an electric saw. The Peronist party received
a letter demanding an eight million dollar ransom for the historic
hands. The hands have never been found nor a ransom paid. On
October 17, 2006, his remains were moved again to the Museo Quinta
17 de Octubre, a former property of Peron and Evita, to a
specially built crypt.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
World At War 1942 How WWII Started Documentary DVD, Download, USB
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1939: The European Civil War:
World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of
World War II): The Invasion Of Poland (The September Campaign, The
Polish Campaign, The War Of Poland Of 1939, The Polish Defensive
War Of 1939): Polish Areas Annexed By Nazi Germany: Greater Poland
(Wielkopolska): Pomerelia (Eastern Pomerania, Vistula Pomerania,
Polish Pomerania) -- Germany annexes Western Poland, nearly a
quarter of the entire territory of the Second Polish Republic and
placed directly under the German civil administration. The rest of
Nazi occupied Poland was renamed as the General Government
district. The annexation was part of the "fourth"
partition of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, outlined
months before the invasion, in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Some
smaller territories were incorporated directly into the existing
Gaue East Prussia and Silesia, while the bulk of the land was used
to create new Reichsgaue Danzig-West Prussia and Wartheland. Of
those, Reichsgau Wartheland was the largest and the only one
comprising solely the annexed territory. The official term used by
the Nazi authorities for these areas was the "incorporated
Eastern territories" (German: Eingegliederte Ostgebiete).
They planned for a complete Germanization of the annexed
territories, considering them part of their lebensraum. The local
Jewish population was forced to live in ghettos, and was gradually
deported to concentration and extermination camps, the most
infamous of which, Auschwitz, was located in annexed East Upper
Silesia. The local Polish population was to be gradually enslaved,
exterminated and eventually replaced by German settlers. The
Polish elite especially became subject to mass murder, and an
estimated 780,000 Poles were subject to expulsion, either to the
General Government or to the Altreich for forced labour. The
remaining Polish population was strictly segregated from the
German population and subject to a variety of repressive measures.
These included forced labour and their exclusion from all
political and many cultural aspects of society. At the same time,
the local German minority was granted several privileges, and
their number was steadily raised by the settlement of ethnic
Germans, including those displaced by the Nazi-Soviet population
transfers. After the Vistula-Oder offensive in early 1945, the
Soviet Union took control over the territories. The ethnic German
population either fled the Red Army or were later expelled and the
territories became part of the People's Republic of Poland.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1884: #BOTD: Walther Von
Reichenau, German field marshal and war criminal (d. January 17,
1942) is #born Walter Karl Ernst August Von Reichenau in
Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire, the son of
Prussian Lieutenant General Ernst August Von Reichenau
(1841-1919). A field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany
during World War II. Reichenau commanded the 6th Army during the
invasions of Belgium and France. During Operation Barbarossa, the
invasion of the Soviet Union, he continued to command the 6th Army
as part of Army Group South as it captured Ukraine and advanced
deep into Russia. While in command of the 6th Army during
Operation Barbarossa in 1941, he issued the notorious Severity
Order which encouraged German soldiers to murder Jewish civilians
on the Eastern Front. Reichenau's troops cooperated with the SS
Einsatzgruppen in the commission of the massacre of over 33,000
Jews at Babi Yar, and assisted with other crimes against humanity
that occurred in areas under his command during the Holocaust.
Walter Von Reichenau died aged 57 in Poltava, Soviet Union (modern
central Ukraine); he suffered a stroke after a routine
cross-country run in cold weather three days prior to his death,
then sustained severe head injuries when the flight carrying him
back to Leipzig for medical attention crashed on landing in Lviv
(Lvov), Western Ukraine. Whether he died from his stroke or from
injuries sustained in the crash is unknown. He was given a state
funeral, and replaced at Army Group South by Fedor Von Bock. He is
buried at Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin, Germany.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Yom
Kippur War: The 1973 Arab-Israeli War MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1973: The Arab-Israeli
Conflict: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Yom Kippur War (The Ramadan War, The
October War, The 1973 Arab-Israeli War, The Fourth Arab-Israeli
War): -- The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) 162nd Armored Division
consisting of three brigades totaling 183 tanks led by Avraham
Adan, soon supported by a mechanized infantry brigade with an
additional 44 tanks, counterattack Egyptian entrenched infantry
strongpoints in the direction of the Bar Lev opposite the city of
Ismailia, a city in north-eastern Egypt on the west bank of the
Suez Canal. In a series of ill-coordinated attacks which were met
by stiff resistance from Egyptian tanks, artillery, and infantry
armed with anti-tank rockets, the Israelis were repulsed with
heavy losses. An initial Israeli attack by some 25 tanks broke
through the first Egyptian troops and managed to come within 800
metres (2,600 ft) of the canal before coming under withering fire.
The Israelis lost 18 tanks within minutes and most of the
commanders were killed or wounded. This was followed by a second
attack by elements of two Israeli brigades, which had
communication and coordination problems. The Egyptians allowed the
Israelis to advance and then encircled them in a prepared kill
zone before opening fire, wiping out most of the Israeli force
within 13 minutes. The Egyptians destroyed over 50 Israeli tanks
and captured eight intact. That afternoon, Egyptian forces
advanced once more to deepen their bridgeheads, and as a result
the Israelis lost several strategic positions. Further Israeli
attacks to regain the lost ground proved futile. Towards
nightfall, an Egyptian counterattack was repulsed with the loss of
50 Egyptian tanks by the Israeli 143rd Armored Division, which was
led by Ariel Sharon, who had been reinstated as a division
commander at the outset of the war.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Philby
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1995: #DOTD: John Cairncross,
British civil servant and traitor who became a British
intelligence officer and Soviet spy during the Second World War,
famed as the "fifth man" of the Cambridge Five spy ring
that was active from the 1930s until the early 1950s and passed
information to the Soviet Union during World War II (b. July 25,
1913) #dies of a stroke at the age of 82 in Herefordshire,
England. His burial details have not been publicly disclosed. John
Cairncross was born at Pine Cottage, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire in
the central Lowlands of Scotland. As a Soviet double agent, he
passed to the Soviet Union the raw Tunny decryptions - the
intercepted Lorenz cipher German Army communications that British
intelligence intercepted and deciphered regarding the Battle Of
Kursk, co-called because British cryptanalysts, who referred to
encrypted German teleprinter traffic as Fish, dubbed the machine
and its traffic Tunny (meaning tunafish) - which strongly
influenced the course and outcome of that battle. He was also
notable as a translator, literary scholar and writer of
non-fiction. The most significant aspect of his work was helping
the Soviets defeat the Germans in major World War II battles; he
may also have told Moscow that the US was developing a nuclear
bomb. Cairncross confessed in secret to MI5's Arthur S. Martin in
1964 and gave a limited confession to two journalists from The
Sunday Times in December 1979. He was given immunity from
prosecution. According to The Washington Post, the suggestion that
John Cairncross was the "fifth man" of the Cambridge
ring was not confirmed until 1990, by Soviet double-agent Oleg
Gordievsky. This was re-confirmed by former KGB agent Yuri Modin's
book published in 1994: My Five Cambridge Friends Burgess,
Maclean, Philby, Blunt, and Cairncross by Their KGB Controller.
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1943: #BOTD: Chevy Chase,
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter is #born Cornelius
Crane Chase in Lower Manhattan, New York City. His nickname
"Chevy" was bestowed by his grandmother from the
medieval English ballad "The Ballad of Chevy Chase". He
started acting with National Lampoon. He became a key cast member
in the first season of Saturday Night Live, where his recurring
Weekend Update segment became a staple of the show. As both a
performer and a writer, he earned three Primetime Emmy Awards out
of five nominations and two Golden Globe Award nominations.
Chase's early roles includes the romantic comedies Foul Play
(1978) and Seems Like Old Times (1980) opposite Goldie Hawn. He
portrayed Clark W. Griswold in five National Lampoon's Vacation
films including Vacation (1983), European Vacation (1985),
Christmas Vacation (1989), and Vegas Vacation (1997). He also
played Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher in Fletch (1985) and its
sequel Fletch Lives (1989). He also starred in Caddyshack (1980),
Spies Like Us (1985), Three Amigos! (1986), and Hot Tub Time
Machine (2010). He has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and
1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy
Chase Show (1993). He played Pierce Hawthorne on the NBC sitcom
Community from 2009 to 2014.
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1967: #DOTD: #RIP: Clement
Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and Labour politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the
Labour Party from 1935 to 1955 (b. January 3, 1883) #dies
peacefully in his sleep of pneumonia, at the age of 84 at
Westminster Hospital. Two thousand people attended his funeral in
November, including the then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the
Duke of Kent, representing the Queen. He was cremated and his
ashes were buried at Westminster Abbey. Clement Richard Attlee,
1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was born Clement Richard
Attlee in Putney, Surrey (now part of London), into a middle-class
family, the seventh of eight children. In 1940, Attlee took Labour
into the wartime coalition government and served under Winston
Churchill, becoming the first person to hold the office of Deputy
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He went on to lead the
Labour Party to an unexpected landslide victory at the 1945
general election; forming the first Labour majority government,
and a mandate to implement its postwar reforms. The 12.0% national
swing from the Conservatives to Labour was unprecedented at that
time and remains the largest ever achieved by any party at a
general election in British electoral history. He was re-elected
with a narrow majority at the 1950 general election. In the
following year, Attlee called a snap general election, hoping to
increase his parliamentary majority. However, he was narrowly
defeated by the Conservatives under the leadership of Winston
Churchill, despite winning the most votes of any political party
in any general election in British political history until the
Conservative Party' fourth consecutive victory in 1992. Attlee
remains the longest-ever serving Leader of the Labour Party.
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Today, October 8, 2025October 8, 1789: #DOTD: Rachel Wall,
American female pirate, the last woman to be hanged in
Massachusetts, possibly the first American-born woman to become a
pirate (b. c. 1760) #dies by hanging in Boston aged approx. 29,
having been sentenced to death for robbery. She is said to have
quoted "...into the hands of the Almighty God I commit my
soul, relying on his mercy... and die an unworthy member of the
Presbyterian Church, in the 29th year of my age", as her
final words. She is buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Roslindale,
Massachusetts. Rachel Wall was born Rachel Schmidt in Carlisle,
Pennsylvania Colony, to a family of devout Presbyterians. She
lived on a farm outside Carlisle, but was not happy, and spent
most of her time at a waterfront. While at the waterfront, she was
attacked by a group of girls, and rescued by a man named George
Wall. The two later married. Wall and her husband moved to Boston,
where he took a job on a fishing schooner. When George came back,
he brought with him five sailors and their lovers, and persuaded
Wall to join them. In one week, the party had spent all their
money and the schooner set sail again, upon which George suggested
they all become pirates. He borrowed another schooner from a
friend, and the party set sail. Wall and her crew worked in the
Isle Of Shoals, just off the New Hampshire coast. After storms
Wall would stand on the deck and scream for help. When passers-by
came to give aid, they were killed and all their goods stolen. The
crew was successful in capturing 12 boats, stealing 6K USD cash,
an indeterminate amount of valuables, and killing 24 sailors, all
between 1781 and 1782. Eventually, after her husband and the crew
washed out to sea by accident, Wall returned to Boston and resumed
her role as a servant. However, she still enjoyed going to the
docks and sneaking into harbored boats, stealing things from
inside. Her final robbery occurred when she saw a young woman
named Margaret Bender, wearing a bonnet which she coveted. She
attempted to steal the bonnet and rip Margaret's tongue out, but
was caught and arrested. She was tried for robbery on September
10, 1789, but requested that she be tried as a pirate, while
maintaining