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Today in History: October 25
Today in History: October 25: In 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for oil field leases at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and Elk Hills and Buena Vista oil fields in California, becoming the first U.S. cabinet member to be imprisoned for crimes committed while in office. In 1760, Britain’s King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II. In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Virginia, for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry. He was convicted and later hanged. In 1962, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba. Stevenson then presented photographic evidence of the bases to the Council. In 1983, a U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there. In 2002, Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota along with his wife, daughter and five others, a week and a-half before the election. In 2022, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s first prime minister of color after being chosen to lead the governing Conservative Party.
Today in History: October 24
This Day in History: October 24: In 1945, the United Nations formally came into existence as the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by 29 nations, took effect. In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI. In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. In 1929, a massive sell-off at the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange led to chaos. Though the market recovered some loses by the end of the day, “Black Thursday” marked the beginning of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York City with New Jersey, was dedicated; it was the world’s longest suspension bridge at that time. In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower vowed to go to Korea as he promised to end the ongoing conflict there. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy roared across Jamaica and headed toward Cuba on its way to the eastern United States. In 2021, heavily protected crews in Washington state worked to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.
Today in History: October 23
Today in History: October 23: In 1915, 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City in support of women’s suffrage. In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt. In 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began; the largest naval battle of World War II resulted in a major Allied victory against Japanese forces. In 1956, a student-sparked revolt against Hungary’s Communist rule began; as the revolution spread, Soviet forces started entering the country, putting down the uprising within weeks . In 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, while a near-simultaneous attack on French barracks in Beirut killed 58 paratroopers. In 1987, the U.S. Senate rejected the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork 58-42. In 1995, a jury in Houston convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano singing star Selena.
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