Good Morning Deploreables

It is Wednesday 10/25/2017

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• Lead Story

• 1881 Pablo Picasso born

• American Revolution

• 1774 Congress petitions English king to address grievances

• Automotive

• 1910 Barney Oldfield defeats boxer Jack Johnson in Brooklyn auto race

• Civil War

• 1861 Keel of the Monitor laid

• Cold War

• 1971 The U.N. seats the People’s Republic of China and expels Taiwan
• 1983 United States invades Grenada

• Crime

• 1994 Susan Smith reports a false carjacking to cover her murder

• Disaster

• 2000 Russian military plane crashes into mountain

• General Interest

• 1415 Battle of Agincourt
• 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade
• 1929 Cabinet member guilty in Teapot Dome scandal

• Hollywood

• 2002 “Camelot,” “Harry Potter” star Richard Harris dies

• Literary

• 1748 Henry Fielding becomes justice of the peace

• Music

• 1980 Australian rock gods AC/DC earn their first Top 40 hit with “You Shook Me All Night Long”

• Old West

• 1853 Indians attack transcontinental railroad survey crew in Utah

• Presidential

• 1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith

• Sports

• 1948 Wrestling legend Dan Gable is born

• Vietnam War

• 1972 Nixon suspends bombing of North Vietnam
• 1973 Nixon vetoes War Powers Resolution

• World War I

• 1916 French troops celebrate recapture of Fort Douaumont at Verdun

• World War II

• 1944 First kamikaze attack of the war begins