HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
Buster (Joseph Frank) Keaton
(October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966)
1926…Filmed in Oregon
HISTORIC TAPE HAS SOLD AT AUCTION
(Fox News) – A cassette tape containing a 51-year-old interview of
John Lennon and Yoko Ono has been sold for $75,000.
According to Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, a Danish auction
house, the five-figure winning bid included the hammer price and
buyer’s premium and supplied the winning bidder an original 33-
minute recording, an unreleased song and photographs of the
famous couple.
Representatives at the auction house did not immediately respond
to Fox News’ request for comment about the buyer who won a
piece of The Beatles history.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
HOLIDAY PROCLAMATION ON THIS DAY IN 1863
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.
The speech, which was actually written by Secretary of State
William Seward, declared that the fourth Thursday of every
November thereafter would be considered an official U.S. holiday
of Thanksgiving.
FOUNDER OF TV NETWORK TO STEP DOWN
From left: Terry Meeuwsen, Pat Robertson and Gordon P. Robertson
(Fox News) – Pat Robertson, the iconic televangelist who founded
the Christian Broadcasting Network, is stepping down as the daily
host of the long-running flagship program “The 700 Club.”
“Today’s show will be my final as host of The 700 Club,” the 91-
year-old Robertson said on the 60th anniversary of the network,
“My replacement will be my very capable son, Gordon, who will
take over as full-time host of the program.”
Beginning in October, Robertson will be appearing on “The 700
Club” on a monthly basis to answer viewer emails.
According to CBN News, Robertson will continue to make other
on-air appearances but will also be teaching at Regent University,
the Christian institution he founded in 1977.
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