Updated October 19, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre, President Nixon abolished the office of special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, accepted the resignation of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and fired Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus.
On Oct. 20, 1859, John Dewey, the influential American philosopher, was born. Following his death on June 1, 1952, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1803 The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase. 1931 Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Okla. 1944 Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after he’d said, “I shall return.” 1947 The House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the motion picture industry. 1964 Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, died at age 90 in New York City. 1968 Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. 1973 Special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus were fired and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson resigned in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre. 1977 Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Miss. 1992 The host Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in the first World Series game played outside the United States. 2000 Egyptian-born Ali Mohamed, a U.S. citizen who’d served in the Army, pleaded guilty in New York to helping plan the U.S. embassy bombings in Africa in 1998 that killed 224 people. Current Birthdays
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Rapper Snoop Dogg turns 41 years old today.
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Actor John Krasinski (“The Office”) turns 33 years old today.
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1932 William Christopher, Actor (“M.A.S.H.”), turns 80 1937 Juan Marichal, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 75 1950 Tom Petty, Rock singer, musician, turns 62 1955 Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. senator, D-R.I., turns 57 1956 Danny Boyle, Director (“Slumdog Millionaire”), turns 56 1957 Hilda Solis, Secretary of labor, turns 55 1958 Viggo Mortensen, Actor, turns 54 Historic Birthdays
John Dewey 10/20/1859 – 6/1/1952 American philosopher.Go to obituary »
89 Andrea Della Robbia 10/20/1435 – 8/4/1525
Italian sculptor90 Sir Christopher Wren 10/20/1632 – 2/25/1723
English architect88 Daniel Sickles 10/20/1825 – 5/3/1914
American politician, soldier, diplomat37 Arthur Rimbaud 10/20/1854 – 11/10/1891
French poet79 Charles Edward Ives 10/20/1874 – 5/19/1954
American composer71 Bela Lugosi 10/20/1882 – 8/16/1956
Hungarian actor82 Sir James Chadwick 10/20/1891 – 7/24/1974
English physicist81 Dame Anna Neagle 10/20/1904 – 6/3/1986
English actress and dancer63 Mickey Mantle 10/20/1931 – 8/13/1995
American professional baseball player47 Lewis Grizzard 10/20/1946 – 3/20/1994
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On This Day: October 19
Updated October 18, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 19, 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value – its second biggest percentage drop.
On Oct. 19, 1885, Charles E. Merrill, the American investment banker who helped create the largest brokerage firm in the United States, was born. Following his death on Oct. 6, 1956, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1765 The Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties. 1781 British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end. 1812 French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began a retreat from Moscow. 1950 United Nations forces entered the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. 1960 The United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba. 1969 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew referred to anti-Vietnam War protesters “an effete corps of impudent snobs.” 2001 Two Army Rangers were killed in a helicopter crash in Pakistan in the first combat-related American deaths of the military campaign in Afghanistan. 2003 Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square. 2005 A defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent to charges of premeditated murder and torture at his trial in Baghdad. 2006 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 12,000 for the first time, finishing the day at 12,011.73. 2008 Retired Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican who was President George W. Bush’s first secretary of state, broke with the party and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president. 2011 In Greece, hundreds of youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens and clashed with riot police during a massive anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures. Current Birthdays
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Actor John Lithgow turns 67 years old today.
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Actress Gillian Jacobs (“Community”) turns 30 years old today.
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1918 Robert S. Strauss, Former U.S. ambassador to Russia, turns 94 1931 John le Carre, Author, turns 81 1945 Patricia Ireland, Feminist activist, turns 67 1962 Evander Holyfield, Boxer, turns 50 1964 Ty Pennington, TV host (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”), turns 48 1966 Jon Favreau, Actor, director, turns 46 1967 Amy Carter, Daughter of former President Jimmy Carter, turns 45 1969 Trey Parker, TV producer (“South Park”), turns 43 1970 Chris Kattan, Actor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), turns 42 1976 Michael Young, Baseball player, turns 36 1977 Jason Reitman, Writer, director (“Thank You for Smoking,” “Juno”), turns 35 Historic Birthdays
Charles E. Merrill 10/19/1885 – 10/6/1956 American financier.Go to obituary »
77 Sir Thomas Browne 10/19/1605 – 10/19/1682
English physican and author33 Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson 10/19/1748 – 9/6/1782
American wife of Thomas Jefferson74 (James Henry) Leigh Hunt 10/19/1784 – 8/28/1859
English essayist, critic, journalist and poet82 Edmund Beecher Wilson 10/19/1856 – 3/3/1939
American biologist75 Alfred Dreyfus 10/19/1859 – 7/12/1935
French army officer tried for treason in famous trial91 Auguste Lumiere 10/19/1862 – 4/10/1954
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On This Day: October 17
Updated October 16, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 17, 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.
On Oct. 17, 1918, Rita Hayworth, the legendary Hollywood beauty, was born. Following her death on May 14, 1987, her obituary appeared in The Times.
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1777 British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War. 1919 The Radio Corporation of America was created. 1931 Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. 1945 Col. Juan Peron staged a coup, becoming absolute ruler of Argentina. 1957 French author Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. 1973 Arab oil-producing nations announced they would cut back oil exports to Western nations and Japan; the result was a total embargo that lasted until March 1974. 1979 Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the destitute in Calcutta. 1987 First lady Nancy Reagan underwent a modified radical mastectomy. 2007 President George W. Bush, raising Beijing’s ire, presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal and urged Chinese leaders to welcome the monk to Beijing. Current Birthdays
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Golfer Ernie Els turns 43 years old today.
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Singer Wyclef Jean turns 40 years old today.
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1930 Jimmy Breslin, Newspaper columnist, turns 82 1942 Jim Seals, Singer (Seals & Crofts), turns 70 1947 Michael McKean, Actor (“This is Spinal Tap,” “Laverne and Shirley”), turns 65 1948 Margot Kidder, Actress, turns 64 1948 George Wendt, Actor (“Cheers”), turns 64 1958 Alan Jackson, Country singer, turns 54 1960 Rob Marshall, Director, turns 52 1962 Mike Judge, Animator, director (“Beavis and Butthead”), turns 50 1963 Norm Macdonald, Actor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), turns 49 1968 Ziggy Marley, Reggae musician, turns 44 1972 Eminem, Rapper, turns 40 Historic Birthdays
Rita Hayworth 10/17/1918 – 5/14/1987 American film actress.Go to obituary »
54 Johann Gerhard 10/17/1582 – 8/17/1637
German theologian75 Frederick Childe Hassam 10/17/1859 – 8/27/1935
American painter73 Ernest Goodpasture 10/17/1886 – 9/20/1960
American pathologist90 Jean Arthur 10/17/1900 – 6/19/1991
American actress37 Nathanael West 10/17/1903 – 12/22/1940
American author65 Pope John Paul I 10/17/1912 – 9/28/1978
Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (1978)81 Jerry Siegel 10/17/1914 – 1/28/1996
American cartoonist89 Arthur Miller 10/17/1915 – 2/10/2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright45 Montgomery Clift 10/17/1920 – 7/23/1966
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