1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.

lou reed dead at 71, 10/ 27,/13

 Red_Dragon wrote: 

Just back scrolled and saw this. 

My BIL Eric, who just passed on this exact anniversary (Oct. 18), was given credit during a eulogy by a TI coworker for arguing at many board meetings for the wisdom to reserve the domain name ti.com for this upstart thing called the Internet.

rip, Eric ... 

1904: the first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world

1682: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded

1921: the Chicago Theatre opens

1825: the Erie Canal opens

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
and 9 volt battery sales sky-rocketed 

1954: Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio

 black321 wrote: 

And just another reason why Teddy was the Man!!

On this day (-2)...former President Teddy Roosevelt was out on the stump trying to regain the highest office in the land. He was trying to unseat Taft, his handpicked successor. Since the Republicans decided to stick with the incumbent, Taft; Teddy had to form his own party - the Progressive. But the press renamed the Progressive's - The Bull Moose Party after Teddy had said he felt as fit as a bull moose.

Anyway, this day found Teddy in Milwaukee on his way to deliver a speech. Quietly, through the crowd, moved a certain John Schrank, a New York bartender. He reached between two people trying to shake the candidate's hand, and fired a bullet straight into Teddy's chest.

The force of the shot knocked Teddy back against a parked car as the crowd wrestled Schrank to the ground. His aides ran to Roosevelt and urged him to go to the hospital. He pointed out there was no blood around the bullet hole in his lapel and damn-it he had come to give a speech.

He walked to the podium and pulled his speech from his inside jacket pocket. Only then did he notice that the bullet had gone through all 100 pages of the double folded speech. What he didn't know was that the bullet had gone four inches into his chest. And the reason there had been no blood was that the speech had compacted around the wound.

But Teddy meant to give a speech and a speech he gave - for over 50 minutes. Then, as the crowd cheered, he bowed and finally agreed to go to the hospital, where he was treated for shock and extreme blood loss.

well everyone  time for  Today in History !  

 first this.... Padres 10... Indians ...nothing..... a complete shut out massacre. 

Winnie the pooh made his debute on this day in 1926.  

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
 
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1908: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers and win the World Series

105 years 

 meower wrote: 
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 meower wrote: 
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September 17th 1849: Tubman escapes On this day in 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery. Tubman was born into slavery but eventually escaped to Philadelphia, using the North Star to guide her. She soon returned to Maryland to rescue her family from slavery. She became a major figure in the Underground Railroad, helping to rescue hundreds of slaves. Tubman was a notable member of the abolitionist movement, and served as a Union spy during the Civil War. After the war she campaigned for female suffrage alongside Susan B. Anthony. Harriet Tubman died in 1913 aged 93.