Bob Richards

Nov 1, 1800 John Adams becomes the first US president to live in White House Nov 2nd, 1783 - General George Washington, later 1st American President, bids farewell to his army after the American Revolutionary War Nov 3rd,   1900 1st US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC) Nov 4th, 1841 - 1st wagon train arrives in California Nov 5th, 1895 - 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car Nov 6th, 1572 - Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia Nov 7th, 1872 - Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later Nov 8th, 1966 - Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California Nov 9th, 1904 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes Nov 10th, 1951 - 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance Nov 11th 1911 - Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls...

Oct 1, 1903 - 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) Oct 2, 1895  - 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper Oct 3, 1978   - Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London Oct 4, 1922 - For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ & WGY) Oct 5, 1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US Oct 6, 1889 - Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture Oct 7, 1931 - 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY Oct 8th, 1964 1964 - Ringo Starr  passes his driving test. You're curious if he had to drive down Abbey Rd?? Oct 9th, 1965 - Beatles' "Yesterday" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks Oct 10th, 1780 - Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean Oct 11th, 1984 - 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan) Oct 12th, 1609 - Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" published in London Oct 13th,  1792 - "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1...