TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Oct. 5, 1947

President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1829

The 21st president of the United States, Chester Alan Arthur, was born in North Fairfield, Vermont.

1892

The Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies, was practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.

1931

Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon completed the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean, arriving in Washington state some 41 hours after leaving Japan.

1941

Former Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, the first Jewish member of the nation’s highest court, died in Washington at age 84.

1969

The British TV comedy program “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” made its debut on BBC 1.

1984

The space shuttle Challenger blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on an 8-day mission; the crew included Kathryn D. Sullivan, who became the first American woman to walk in space, and Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut.

1988

Democrat Lloyd Bentsen lambasted Republican Dan Quayle during their vice presidential debate, telling Quayle, “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”