Today in history
Today is Saturday, October 14, the 287th day of 2017 and the 23rd day of autumn.
On this date in the SCV: In 1948, The Signal reported that the body of a middle aged man was found apparently lifeless beside the tracks at the Saugus railroad yard, and a report of foul play flew around the community. Deputy sheriffs soon found out the body was not dead but merely saturated. After sobering up it gave the name of Dewitt T. Ellis, residence at large. Ellis said he had just gotten out of Lincoln Heights jail and hopped a northbound S.P. freight. At San Fernando he got off long enough to buy two bottles of vino, which he absorbed between San Fernando and Saugus, where he fell off the train. In Justice Court Ellis begged Judge Miller to send him back to the pokey for 90 days anyhow. The judge accomodated.
Today’s Highlights in History: In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest and went on to deliver a campaign speech in Milwaukee. In 1962, a U.S. reconnaissance plane photographed Soviet missile sites on the island of Cuba, setting off the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights leadership. In 1994, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the Oslo accords.
Today’s fact: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner reached a maximum speed of 843.6 mph in his recordsetting 119,431-foot vertical skydiving free fall during the Red Bull Stratos project, on this day in 2012.
Today’s sports: In 1908, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers 2-0 to win their second consecutive World Series. They would not win the Series again until 2016.
Today’s number: 8 – Major League Baseball teams that have never won a World Series: the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals.
Today’s moon: Between last quarter moon (Oct. 12) and new moon (Oct. 19).