In an event alternately described as one of the most heroic or
disastrous episodes in British military history, Lord James
Cardigan leads a charge of the Light Brigade cavalry against
well-defended Russian artillery during the Crimean War.

The British were winning the Battle of Balaklava when Cardigan
received his order to attack the Russians. His cavalry gallantly
charged down the valley and were decimated by the heavy
Russian guns, suffering 40 percent casualties. It was later
revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was
not given intentionally.

Lord Cardigan, who survived the battle, was hailed as a national
hero in Britain.

James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan
(1797 – 1868) 

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FROM LEFT: JOHN ALLEN MUHAMMAD, LEE BOYD MALVO

Elizabeth Francis (July 25, 1909 – October 22, 2024)

Elizabeth Francis, the oldest person in the U.S., died peacefully
at the age of 115 on Tuesday, October 22nd.

According to LongeviQuest, a database on the world’s oldest
people, Francis was the third-oldest person in the world at the
time of her death.

One of television’s best-known personalities, Johnny Carson,
the iconic host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, was born
on this day in history, on Oct. 23, 1925.

Carson had Midwestern roots and was born John William
Carson in Corning, Iowa.

Ronald Pierce Ely
(June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024)

Ron Ely died at the home of one of his daughters in
Santa Barbara on September 29, 2024. His death
was not made public until his daughter Kristen
revealed it today.

Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the
1966–1968 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the
lead role in the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
(1975). He hosted the Miss America pageant telecast
in 1980 and 1981.