On October 5, 1947, President Harry S Truman (1884-1972)
made the first-ever televised presidential address from the
White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of
grain in order to help starving Europeans.
At the time of Truman’s food-conservation speech, Europe
was still recovering from World War II and suffering from
famine.
On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union inaugurated the "Space Age"
with its launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for "satellite,"
was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch
base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches
and weighed 184 pounds and circled Earth once every hour and 36 minutes. Traveling at 18,000 miles an hour, its elliptical orbit had
an apogee (farthest point from Earth) of 584 miles and a perigee
(nearest point) of 143 miles.
Visible with binoculars before sunrise or after sunset, Sputnik transmitted radio signals back to Earth strong enough to be
picked up by amateur radio operators. Those in the United States
with access to such equipment tuned in and listened in awe as the
beeping Soviet spacecraft passed over America several times a day.
William Bendix in “Lifeboat” (1944) 20th Century Fox.
This is one of the iconic Hitchcock cameos mostly because of
the logistics of it. After all, this is a film about a group of people
stranded on a lifeboat. How could Hitch finagle himself in? Why
by having himself appear in an ad in a newspaper. Hitchcock
can be seen in the before-and-after photos for Reduco Obesity
Slayer.
On October 3, 1863, expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army
victory at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln announced that
the nation will celebrate an official Thanksgiving holiday on
November 26, 1863.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
(FOX NEWS) – Lawmakers have voted to oust Speaker Kevin
McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, the first time in the
history of the House of Representatives that the chamber voted
to boot a member from the top job.
Eight Republicans voted with every present Democrat to vacate
the speaker’s chair. The final vote was 216 to 210 in favor of
McCarthy’s ouster.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the motion to vacate McCarthy.
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is the new temporary leader
of the House of Representatives.
