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On This Day…..
Houdini Fatally Punched in Stomach….. October 22, 1926…… The famous magician Harry Houdini is struck four times by a college student challenging his ability to withstand blows to the stomach. Houdini, who was unprepared for the attack and had acute appendicitis, died nine days later. Houdini was famous for his ability to take blows to the stomach.…
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World War II – Rickenbacker’s Plane Goes Down….. October 21, 1942….. U.S. Navy pilot Eddie Rickenbacker‘s plane goes down in the South Pacific. He and two of his crew drifted on a raft for three weeks before they were rescued. Rickenbacker, with 26 aerial victories in World War I and known “The Ace of Aces”, was the most…
This Weekend In History…..
Elvis in Brawl at Gas Station….. October 18, 1956…… Singer Elvis Presley gets into a fight with a gas station owner and an employee. Elvis had driven into the gas station to have his car checked. As he was getting ready to leave, a group of young girls stopped him to ask for autographs. While signing the…
On This Day…..
San Francisco Earthquake of 1989….. October 17, 1989…… The opening of the World Series in San Francisco is interrupted by an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale. An Oakland freeway collapsed killing 42 people. In all, the damage was $10 billion with 67 people killed.