Well on this day a lot of interesting people were born. For instance, this date in 1903 brought into the world Carl Hubbell, former pitcher for the NY Giants; and John Dillinger. Both men were wanted in their time but for vastly different reasons. This was not a very good for Hollywood though. On this date in various years the world lost many fine performers. A few of those lost were David O Selznick in 1965, Judy Garland in 1969, Fred Astaire in 1987, and one year later, Dennis Day.
That's not all that happened. In 1342 Bilbo Baggins returned to his home at Bag End. In 1808 Zebulon Pike reached his peak, and "NO" it wasn't named Pike's Peak yet. And history tells us that in 1847 the doughnut was created. I'll bet that was good news for the folks at Krispy Kreme.
And for our friends worldwide the day has special significance also. In the Congo, today is Army Day. Go Army! And in El Salvador, it's School Teacher's Day/D¡a del Maestro. Go Teachers! And in Yemen PDR it is Corrective Move Day. Uhhhh! I'm not quite sure about what that is. Maybe it is a national holiday where everyone takes Carter's Little Pills. Just a guess.
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