Today in history
Today is Saturday, October 7, the 280th day of 2017 and the 16th day of autumn.
On this date in the SCV: In 1988, The Signal reported that rigid slow growth policies implemented in Southern California might cause widespread unemployment and a massive housing crunch, according to a study done by the USC’s School of Urban and Regional Planning. People in booming suburbs like the SCV noticed that they were “in an area of great housing growth and they react by tightening controls — a perfectly decent instinct,” planning school dean Alan Kreditor said in presenting the draft report to the Southern California Association of Governments. “But the tendency for jobs and housing to seek balance gets distorted,” he added, and the result would be housing that the poor cannot afford and a doubling of unemployment. Hoping to find a reasonable plan to deal with an expected influx of 3.1 million people into the Los Angeles metropolitan region, SCAG had undertaken writing the “’growth management plan” a year and a half before. SCAG asked USC’s School of Urban and Regional Planning to do the study and provide an independent assessment of the effects of slow growth policies to the year 2010. Today’s Highlights in History:
In 1896, The Wall Street Journal began publishing what is known today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average as a daily feature.
In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked in the Mediterranean by Palestinian terrorists.
In 1996, Fox News Channel was launched on cable TV.
In 2001, the United States and Great Britain began air strikes against strategic targets in Afghanistan.
Today’s fact: The first photographs of the far side of the moon were transmitted by the Soviet probe Luna 3 on this day in 1959.
Today’s sports: In 1984, running back Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears broke Jim Brown’s career-rushing record of 12,312 yards during a 20-7 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
Today’s number: 222 – points scored by the Georgia Tech Engineers in a football game played on this day in 1916. Their opponents, the Cumberland College Bulldogs, were shut out. The final score of 222-0 marked the most lopsided game in college football history.
Today’s moon: Between full moon (Oct. 5) and last quarter moon (Oct. 12).