Franklin Delano Roosevelt (also known as FDR) grew up the only
child in an upper middle-class family in Hyde Park, New York. He graduated from Harvard in 1904 and later received a degree from Columbia Law School. In 1905, Roosevelt’s early involvement in
politics included a seat in the New York State Senate and the role
of Woodrow Wilson’s assistant secretary of the Navy during World
War I.

He served as governor of New York from 1929 to1932, during
which time he tested out various programs to help the needy
that would later form the backbone of his New Deal social and
economic policies.

   
The caption of this news photo reads, "Bundled up against
the chill autumn air, President Roosevelt, accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and Gov. Charles Martin of Oregon drives
past the fir clad slopes of Mt. Hood, towering behind them."

President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Timberline Lodge
on Sept. 28, 1937.

Roosevelt concluded his talk by saying, "I take very great pleasure
in dedicating this Lodge, not only as a new adjunct of our National Forests, but also as a place to play for generations of Americans
in the days to come."

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a film about a group of
patients at a mental institution, opened in theaters. Directed
by Milos Forman and based on a 1962 novel of the same
name by Ken Kesey, the film starred Jack Nicholson and
was co-produced by the actor Michael Douglas.

Louise Fletcher (1934 – 2022) & Jack Nicholson (87).

Neil Edward Goldschmidt (June 16, 1940 – June 12, 2024)
    
    
    
    
   

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Former Oregon governor, Portland
Mayor and admitted sexual abuser Neil Goldschmidt has
died at age 83, according to his family. The reported cause
was heart failure.

Prior to leaving the public eye, Goldschmidt admitted to sexually
abusing a minor.

The portrait of former Governor Neil Goldschmidt was
removed from the Legislative Library on the fourth floor
of the Oregon State Capitol in 2011.

On this day in 1843, the first major wagon train to the northwest
departed from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail. 

Some 1,000 men, women, and children climbed aboard their
wagons and steered their horses west.  

Removing Debris at the State Capitol in Salem, Oregon.

The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 (also known as the Big Blow)
was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that originated from typhoon
Freda and struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific
Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.

The system brought strong winds to the Pacific Northwest and southwest Canada. It was linked to 46 fatalities in the northwest
and Northern California resulting from heavy rains and mudslides. 

Estimates put the dollar damage at approximately $230 million to
$280 million for California, Oregon, and Washington combined.

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (now MetLife) named the
Columbus Day Storm the nation’s worst natural disaster of
1962.