This Week in History

OCTOBER 12

Daniel Twomey was born.

Katherine Sullivan Frain was born.

Mark Aiken was born.

1492 – Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.

2000 – 17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.

OCTOBER 13

1792 – The cornerstone of the White House was laid.

1943 – Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis partner, during World War II.

OCTOBER  14

Michael Benedetto was born.

Fernando Pires was born.

Claire Weisz was born.

Mason Porretto was born.

1947 – U.S. Air Force Captain Charles Yeager became the first person to

travel faster than the speed of sound.

1964 – Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in

civil rights.

OCTOBER 15

David Bernstein was born.

1951 – I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, had its television debut.

1991 – Clarence Thomas got a narrow (52–48) Senate confirmation of his

nomination to the Supreme Court.

OCTOBER 16

Laurice Keating was born.

Peter McNelis was born

Robby Schwach was born.

Buck Grottano was born.

1793 – French queen Marie Antoinette was guillotined for treason.

1978 – John Paul II was elected pope.

OCTOBER 17

Jessica Schulman was born.

1931 – Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

1989 – An earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude killed 67 and injured over 3,000 in San Francisco.

OCTOBER 18

Blanche Brady was born.

1867 – The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.