On this day in history

This thread comes at the suggestion of a very smart lady @submissively speaking.
I'll continue as long as I can find headlines to inform.

 

Oct. 13, 1792, cornerstone of White House laid down
Irish-born architect James Hoban's design bested plan by Thomas Jefferson; President John Adams was first to live in executive mansion.

 

Was 1800 before it was finished if I remember history class

 

Good thread.

 

October 13th, 1307 was the day most of the Knights Templar were rounded up and arrested, basically ending the organization.

 

On October 13th, 2022, I responded to this thread.

(I'm just leaving this here for posterity)

 

Sammy Hagar is born.

 

On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress authorizes construction and administration of the first American naval force—the precursor to the United States Navy.
Continental Congress authorizes first naval force - HISTORY

 

On October 13, 2010, the last of 33 miners trapped nearly half a mile underground for more than two months at a caved-in mine in northern Chile, are rescued. The miners survived longer than anyone else trapped underground in recorded history.
Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground - HISTORY

 

October 13, 1932. President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evens Hughs laid the cornerstone for the Supreme Court building in Washinton.

 

October 13, 42,877 BC: Og the Neanderthal was killed by a bear.

Reporting of the event is unreliable, but it is widely thought that that his last words were, well... Neanderthal gibberish, like "Oough! Ack!"

You thought it would be a dinosaur? LOL - that was like 60 million years ago...

 

October 13: Texan citizens overwhelmingly approve the annexation of Texas. On December 29, the U.S. Congress will approve the annexation, and Texas will be named the 28th state in the union.

 

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Both Bing Crosby and Leonard Bernstein died of heart attacks on October 14th. Crosby in 1977 at age 72, and Bernstein in 1980 at age 74.
Crosby had just finished a game of golf in Spain. Bernstein died in NYC in his apartment at The Dakota, and had announced his retirement from conducting just 5 days earlier.

 

On this day in history
I woke up, went downtown to find a job
Didn't find a job, hung out in front of the drug store........

 

1947 Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

 

1957 - The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.

 

October 14th, 1890, Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas.