# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/141 "2016-09-26T14:04:42Z")
September 26, 1687 - Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks, damaging the Parthenon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/142 "2016-09-27T13:51:42Z")
September 27, 1986 - Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera starts previews at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. It’s still playing there. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/143 "2016-09-28T03:53:19Z")
9/27/20 - Eight Chicago White Sox players are charged with fixing the 1919 World Series. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/144 "2016-09-30T18:05:37Z")
\*\*September 30, 1947: \*\*The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/145 "2016-09-30T19:28:54Z")
**September 30, 1955:** James Dean is killed in a car crash in California. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/146 "2016-10-01T02:00:46Z")
September 30, 1935: Johnny Mathis, singer, was born (and he’s still singing all over the U.S. of A. after more than 60 years of number one hits). Wonderful! Wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/147 "2016-10-02T13:16:12Z")
**October 2, 1959:** _The Twilight Zone_ premieres on CBS television. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/148 "2016-10-02T23:05:38Z")
October 2, 1963- Hurricane Flora crashed into Haiti, killing thousands of people. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/149 "2016-10-03T01:09:32Z")
10/2/1909 - Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Latham’s previous record of 508 feet. You can now go higher than that in nine _buildings_! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/150 "2016-10-03T04:38:59Z")
**October 3, 1849:** Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death four days later. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/151 "2016-10-04T22:32:10Z")
October 4, 1992 - An El-Al Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed into an apartment building near an airport in Amsterdam, Holland. Four people aboard the plane and approximately 100 more in the apartment building lost their lives in the disaster. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/152 "2016-10-05T00:13:44Z")
**October 4, 1957:** Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/153 "2016-10-05T04:16:34Z")
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/154 "2016-10-05T17:08:01Z")
**October 5, 1582:** Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/155 "2016-10-05T23:51:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Post an event in history that happened on the day/month of your post. Starting Day is July 10th, so until your calendar (or another poster’s calendar) turns to July 11th, you can only post events of July 10th. Once a playing poster who is actually on July 11th (their time) posts for that next day, posts about July 10th are no longer allowed until next year. And so on through the year. In other words, once a legitimate new day post is made, the game is reset for that day. Therefore, if a new day posting has already occurred but it is still the previous day for you, you must wait until midnight or later for the new day your time to post to the game. Posts should have some historical value, but defining what that exactly means will be left to the players themselves. Simple right? > > So: > > \*\*July 10, 1890 \*\*: Wyoming becomes the 44th state Not as simple as me, I guess, with all that about being near midnight. Is the plan/rule that there will be only one event posted per day? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/156 "2016-10-06T06:17:26Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > Not as simple as me, I guess, with all that about being near midnight. Is the plan/rule that there will be only one event posted per day? No, there can be multiple events posted on a given day, until someone posts on the next day (their time). Then, there can be no more posts on the previous day. I think. So now I’m posting on Oct. 6 (my time). If it’s still the 5th, your time, I THINK it means you’re SOL until it’s the 6th, your time. Right? **October 6, 1927:** Opening of _The Jazz Singer,_ the first prominent “talkie” movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/157 "2016-10-07T02:23:11Z")
10/6/86 - Nickelodeon launches _Double Dare_ ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/158 "2016-10-07T03:28:24Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > Not as simple as me, I guess, with all that about being near midnight. Is the plan/rule that there will be only one event posted per day? Nah, we threw out the rule a long time ago. Just find interesting history and post it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/159 "2016-10-07T09:26:36Z")
**October 7, 1916:** Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0, in the most lopsided college football game in American history. > **[1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game)** > > The 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game was played on October 7, 1916, between the Cumberland College Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Engineers on the Engineers' home field of Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech defeated the Bulldogs 222–0 for the most lopsided score in the history of college American football. > Cumberland had disbanded its football program the previous year but was still obligated to play this game against Georgia Tech. The Engineers' head coach, John Heisman, had... ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/160 "2016-10-08T02:26:15Z")
October 7, 1985-Four Palestinian terrorists board the Italian cruise ship _Achille Lauro_ shortly after it left Alexandria, Egypt, in order to hijack the luxury liner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=9)