Thought for October 15, 2024
1815: Napoleon begins exile at St Helena 1878: Edison Electric Light Company incorporated 1917: Mata Hari executed for spying 1928: Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst NY 1933: 20th Amendment effective moving inauguration from March to January 1937: Hemingway publishes "To Have and Have Not" 1951: "I Love Lucy" premiers 1952: "Charlotte's Web" published 1964: Don Schollander wins second of four Gold Medals at Tokyo Olympics 1966: LBJ signs law creating the Department of Transportation 1966: Huey Newton creates the Black Panther Party 1976: First Vice-Presidential Debate--Mondale and Dole 1991: Clarence Thomas confirmed as Supreme Court Justice Born: Virgil, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Kenneth Galbraith, Mario Puzo ["The Godfather"], Lee Iacocca, Penny Marshall, Richard Carpenter, Sara Ferguson, Jim Palmer [pitcher] Died: Robert Herrick ["Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May"] Herbert Henry Dow [Dow Chemical], Hermann Goering [Nazi], Horton