Saturday History
Andrews McMeel Syndicate
Today is the 303rd day of 2021 and the 39th day of autumn.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
— In 1811, Jane Austen published her first novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” under the pseudonym “a Lady.”
— In 1890, Oakland, Calif., became one of the first jurisdictions in the country to enact an anti-drug law, which banned non-prescription opium, morphine and cocaine.
— In 1938, Orson Welles’ radio production of “War of the Worlds” created panic among listeners who believed they were actually listening to reports of a Martian invasion.
— In 1991, President George H.W. Bush opened the Madrid Conference, the first direct, official peace talks to include Israel and all its Arab neighbors.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: John Adams (1735-1826), second U.S. president; William Halsey (1882-1959), U.S. admiral/fleet commander; Ezra Pound (1885-1972), poet/critic; Charles Atlas (1893-1972), bodybuilder; Grace Slick (1939-), singer; Henry Winkler (1945-), actor; Harry Hamlin (1951-), actor; Diego Maradona (1960-2020), soccer player; Larry Wilmore (1961-), actor/comedian; Gavin Rossdale (1965-), singer/songwriter; Nia Long (1970-), actress; Matthew Morrison (1978-), actor.
TODAY’S FACT: Cocaine was not nationally regulated in the United States until 1914, when the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1974, Muhammad Ali regained the world heavyweight title by knocking out George Foreman in the eighth round of the “Rumble in the Jungle.”
TODAY’S QUOTE: “Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.” — Ezra Pound
TODAY’S NUMBER: 60,000 — weight (in pounds) of “Tsar Bomba,” the Soviet hydrogen bomb detonated in a test on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in northern Russia on this day in 1961. With a blast yield of 50 to 58 megatons of TNT, the 26-foot-long bomb remains the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.
TODAY’S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Oct. 28) and new moon (Nov. 4).
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