Fall Hats and Newspapers

It is Fall Hat Month

Newspaper Carrier Day – The very first newspaper carrier was hired on this day in 1833.  The New York Sun’s Benjamin Day hired 10-year old Barney Flaherty to toss his penny press newspaper into his subscriber’s bushes. (Really that was the requirement for getting the job, throwing the paper into the bushes.) Good job, Barney!

BIRTHDAYS:

1981 – Beyonce Knowles, singer, member of Destiny’s Child and solo artist.

1970 – Ione Skye, actress. The daughter of Donovan was featured in Say Anything… and Return to Babylon.

1960 – Damon Wayans, comedian/actor, was featured in In Living Color, Blankman and Major Payne.

1951 – Judith Ivey, actress appeared in Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Devil’s Advocate and Flags of Our Fathers.

1949 – Tom Watson, athlete, professional golfer who has been a pro-player since 1971.

1930 – Mitzi Gaynor, actress/singer/dancer. Featured in films between 1949-1963 including My Blue Heaven, There’s No Business Like Show Business and For Love of Money.

1920 – Craig Claiborne, food critic/writer. Wrote books including Veal Cookery, Classic French Cooking, and Elements of Etiquette.

1918 – Paul Harvey, “Rest of the Story” teller.

1905 – Mary Challans, novelist who wrote under the name Mary Renault. Stories including The Bull from the Sea, Promise of Love and The Alexander Trilogy.

HISTRY:

1972 – Mark Spitz earned his 7^th gold medal of the 1972 Summer Olympic Games.

1957 – Lincoln’s sister car brand, Edsel, unveiled four models known for their large ring in the middle of the front grille. The car brand was made for only 3 years before it folded. Good-bye to the “Pontiac pushing a toilet seat” and the “Oldsmobile sucking a lemon”.

1951 – The first transcontinental television broadcast was aired starring President Harry S. Truman officially accepting the treaty ending the US occupation of Japan in post WWII.

1886 – Geronimo, became the last Indian warrior to surrendered to US troops.

1596 – Kyushu, Japan was devastated by one of the first recorded tsunamis ever.