Jack Facts #3 November 7, 2024

Today is the 311 day of the year and National Men make Dinner Day.

 

People Born on this Day:

1867 Marie Curie – French physicist born in Warsaw Poland.

1879 Leon Trotsky – born in Yanovka, Ukraine

1918 Billy Graham – born on a dairy farm in North Carolina

 

Famous Events on this Day:

 

1916 – Jeannette Rankin won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to Congress.

 

1962 – After losing the governor’s election in California, American politician Richard Nixon gave what he called his “last press conference,” telling reporters that “you won’t have Nixon to kick around any more”; he was elected president six years later.

 

1980 – American movie star Steve McQueen, known for his portrayal of macho loaners, died at age 50.

 

2000 – American politician Hillary Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first first lady to win elective office.

 

2000 – The U.S. Presidential election ended in a statistical tie between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush, only to be settled on December 12 by the U.S. Supreme Court after a bitter legal dispute.

 

Gravesend Brooklyn

 

Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York borough of Brooklyn. Gravesend was the only English chartered town in what became Kings County. It was founded by Lady Deborah Moody about 1643, she is the only known woman to have started a village in Colonial America. She was the first known female landowner in the New World.

 

Top 10 Songs ending the week of November 13, 1982

 

10 – MUSCLES –•– Diana Ross

9 – I KEEP FORGETTIN’ (Every Time You’re Near) –•– Michael

McDonald

8 – YOU CAN DO MAGIC –•– America

7 – JACK AND DIANE –•– John Cougar

6 – WHO CAN IT BE NOW –•– Men At Work

5 – HEARTLIGHT –•– Neil Diamond

4 – GLORIA –•– Laura Branigan

3 – HEART ATTACK –•– Olivia Newton-John

2 – TRULY –•– Lionel Richie

1 – UP WHERE WE BELONG –•– Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

October 31st 305th day of the year

People born on Oct.31:

Dan Rather 1931 American news broadcaster

John Candy 1950 Actor and Comedian

Jane Pauley 1950 News anchor

Peter Jackson (1961)
New zealander filmmaker and oscar-winning director of “the lord of the rings”

Vanilla Ice 1967 is an American rapper

People who died on Oct.31:

Harry Houdini (1926)

River Phoenix (1993)

Sean Connery (2020)

Interesting Facts:

Number of babies born on October 31st 1975 is 333,036. That’s equivalent to 231 babies every minute.

1864 Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.

1940 World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.

1941 World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.

1941 After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.

2000 Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.

Top 10 Songs Week Ending Nov. 1st. 1975:

1  ISLAND GIRL –•– Elton John (MCA)-4 (1 week at #1)
2  CALYPSO / I’M SORRY –•– John Denver (RCA)
3  MIRACLES –•– Jefferson Starship (Grunt)
4  LYIN’ EYES –•– The Eagles (Asylum)
5  THEY JUST CAN’T STOP IT THE (Games People Play) –•– The Spinners (Atlantic)
6  WHO LOVES YOU –•– The Four Seasons (Warner Brothers)
7  FEELINGS –•– Morris Albert (RCA)
8  BAD BLOOD –•– Neil Sedaka (Rocket)
9  HEAT WAVE / LOVE IS A ROSE –•– Linda Ronstadt (Asylum)
10 THIS WILL BE –•– Natalie Cole (Capitol)