If Forrest had not appeared on stage, Jeannie would have not found him!


And on this day in 1983, our house, near "Dry Fork Creek" in Clay County, Texas, was surrounded by water and had about 3 feet of water throughout the house. Was very depressing!

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If Forrest had not appeared on stage, Jeannie would have not found him!


And on this day in 1983, our house, near "Dry Fork Creek" in Clay County, Texas, was surrounded by water and had about 3 feet of water throughout the house. Was very depressing!

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so much for Dry in "Dry Fork"

Oct 16

1701

Yale University is founded as The Collegiate School of Kilingworth, Connecticut by Congregationalists who consider Harvard too liberal.

1793

Queen Marie Antoinette is beheaded by guillotine during the French Revolution.

1846

Ether was first administered in public at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston by Dr. William Thomas Green Morton during an operation performed by Dr. John Collins Warren. The following day, Massachusetts General Hospital added both a billing department and a collections department.

1859

Abolitionist John Brown, with 21 men, seizes the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry, Va. U.S. Marines capture the raiders, killing several. John Brown is later hanged in Virginia for treason

1901

President Theodore Roosevelt incites controversy by inviting black leader Booker T. Washington to the White House.

1934

Mao Tse-tung decides to abandon his base in Kiangsi due to attacks from Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists. With his pregnant wife and about 30,000 Red Army troops, he sets out on the "Long March."

1946

Ten Nazi war criminals are hanged in Nuremberg, Germany.

1969

The New York Mets win the World Series four games to one over the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles. There were no trash cans in either dugout.

1978

The college of cardinals elects 58-year-old Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, a Pole, the first non-Italian Pope since 1523.

1991

At a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, George Hennard, drove his pickup truck through the front window of the restaurant. He shot and killed 23 people, and wounded 27 others.

Oct 17

1529

Henry VIII of England strips Thomas Wolsey of his office for failing to secure an annulment of his marriage.

1691

Maine and Plymouth are incorporated in Massachusetts.

1777

British Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 men at Saratoga, N.Y.

1815

Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, where he has been banished by the Allies.

1849

Composer and pianist Frederic Chopin dies in Paris of tuberculosis at the age of 39.

1863

General Ulysses S. Grant is named overall Union Commander of the West.

1913

Zeppelin LII explodes over London, killing 28.

1933

Due to rising anti-Semitism and anti-intellectualism in Hitler's Germany, Albert Einstein immigrates to the United States. He makes his new home in Princeton, N.J.

1942

Birthday of Gary Puckett, singer, songwriter; lead singer of Gary Puckett & The Union Gap ("Woman, Woman"; "Young Girl").

1956

The nuclear power station Calder Hall is opened in Britain. Calder Hall is the first nuclear station to feed an appreciable amount of power into a civilian network.

1972

Peace talks between Pathet Lao and Royal Lao government begin in Vietnam.

1994

Dmitry Kholodov, a Russian journalist, assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces; his murkier began a series of killings of journalists in Russia.

Oct 17 1931 - Al Capone sent up the river

1998: A big flood in my home town of New Braunfels and also San Antonio, Seguin, San Marcos, etc. with record levels of rain. The flood killed 25.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/history-culture/amp/Record-setting-flood-of-1998-that-killed-25-9984276.php

Oct 18 1867 - US buys Alaska

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Oct 18 1867 - US buys Alaska

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As a place to view Russia...

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Oct 18 1867 - US buys Alaska

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As a place to view Russia...

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welcome back. You've been absent a few days. Hoping all was and still is well.

Happy Birthday Tom Petty 10/20/1950

1805 10/21 - British defeat Napoleon at Trafalgar

Oct 27 National American Beer Day

Thanks Q

Thanks Quash. I had heard the name Jack Spratt but never knew his story. Heck of a man.

Oct 31, 2015

2/23/1985

I never realized that this was only FIVE minutes into the game!

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2/23/1985

I never realized that this was only FIVE minutes into the game!

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I was just thinking about this episode while reading the thread about Howard at Michigan.

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2/23/1985

I never realized that this was only FIVE minutes into the game!

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ha - the truth finally comes out!

February 23, 1985: An unruly Hoosier fan throws a chair at Bobby Knight. He catches it and calmly places it back where it belongs. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/LBLNOWxbQ7

— The Shop (@TheShopIndy) February 23, 2022

Sorry, but Alamo lost to Mexicans, if already posted.

21 years ago today a bird gave its life to a Randy Johnson Spring Training fastball #neverforget pic.twitter.com/fKhLVEXwil

— Joe Kinsey (@JoeKinseyexp) March 24, 2022

April 1st, 2012 - NOT an April Fool's Joke.

April 10th, 2012 - Petrino fired by the AD.

TRUTH - Don't ever ride a motorcycle with your sidepiece.

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April 1st, 2012 - NOT an April Fool's Joke.

April 10th, 2012 - Petrino fired by the AD.

TRUTH - Don't ever ride a motorcycle with your sidepiece.

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March 32.

April 6, 1994: @Jim_Everett goes after Jim Rome on ESPN2’s Talk 2 show (which was televised live). pic.twitter.com/1GWyCo1Ubl

— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) April 6, 2022

In 1991, Nolan Ryan pitches his seventh no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Ryan faces 29 batters, striking out 16 and walking two.

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In 1991, Nolan Ryan pitches his seventh no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Ryan faces 29 batters, striking out 16 and walking two.

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Nolan Ryan has 7 no-hitters.

The next closest is Sandy Koufax (4)

In 1998, rookie Kerry Wood ties the major league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, pitching a one-hitter to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Houston Astros 2-0.

1877 Lakota Chief Crazy Horse surrendered at Red Cloud Station, Nebraska. In September he was bayoneted by a guard and died.

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1877 Lakota Chief Crazy Horse surrendered at Red Cloud Station, Nebraska. In September he was bayoneted by a guard and died.

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for a ministry of truth violation or something else?

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1877 Lakota Chief Crazy Horse surrendered at Red Cloud Station, Nebraska. In September he was bayoneted by a guard and died.

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for a ministry of truth violation or something else?

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Choice.

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1877 Lakota Chief Crazy Horse surrendered at Red Cloud Station, Nebraska. In September he was bayoneted by a guard and died.

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for a ministry of truth violation or something else?

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Choice.

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Odd. Nowadays choice typically leads to someone else's death.

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1877 Lakota Chief Crazy Horse surrendered at Red Cloud Station, Nebraska. In September he was bayoneted by a guard and died.

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for a ministry of truth violation or something else?

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Choice.

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Odd. Nowadays choice typically leads to someone else's death.

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No, it really doesn't.

Ten years ago today, Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton became the 16th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a single game and also set the American League record for total bases in a game at 18. pic.twitter.com/BWx4AgSOth

— Texas Sports History (@TXSportsHistory) May 8, 2022

2015: Twin Peaks "shootout".

Deserving of its own thread