Beer and Burgers

National Cheeseburger Day

Oktoberfest Begins

BORN ON THIS DAY:

Lance Armstrong (1971), Bicyclist.  Frankie Avalon (1939), Singer of Venus and actor in films with Annette Funicello like Beach Blanket Bingo.  Robert Blake (1933 ), actor most famous for his role in Baretta.  John H Lebzelter (1920), gruff-voiced actor seen in 12 Angry Men, From Here to Eternity and While You Were Sleeping using the name Jack Warden.  Greta Garbo (1905), Sweedish actress known for her silent films, sound films and the fact that she wanted to be left alone.  Agnes DeMille (1905), dancer/choreographer known for her work in ballet and in films like Paint Your Wagon and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

HAPPENINGS ON THIS DAY:

1975 – Patty Hearst was arrested in San Francisco, CA  for armed robbery. She had been kidnapped 18 months earlier from her home in Berkeley, CA. Was she a captor or conspirator?

1973 – Three years before being elected President of the United States, Jimmy Carter Filed a report with NICAP that he saw a flying saucer (UFO) in October 1969.

1961 – Dag Hammarskjold, the second Secretary-General to the UN, was killed, along with 15 others, in a mysterious plane crash in what is now known as Zambia.

1917 – Aldous Husley was hired by Eton to be a schoolmaster. Nearly blind, Huxley would teach and write the rest of his life. Books include Crome Yellow, Antic Hay and his masterpiece, Brave New World. When he moved to California, he wrote screenplays including Jane Eyre(1944), Pride and Prejudice (1940).

1846 – A group of settlers realize that their trek across the Sierra Nevada and send two men ahead of them to get food and bring back to the group. Apparently, the two men never made it back. We all know what happened to the Donner Party.

1793 – The cornerstone for the US Capitol building was laid on this day by George Washington. It would be nearly 100 years to complete.