October 29: In 1390 the first trial for witchcraft is held in France and three people are executed; in 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I; in 1787 Mozart opera Don Giovanni is performed in Prague for the first time; in 1929 the Great Depression begins with the Black Tuesday stock market crash; in 1941 over 10,000 Jews are shot by Nazi troops in the Kaunus Ghetto (Lithuania); in 1991 NASAs Galileo spacecraft becomes the first probe to visit an asteroid when it passes 951 Gaspra; in 1998 Discovery is launched with John Glenn aboard making him, at age 77, the oldest astronaut; in 2012 Hurricane Sandy hits the U.S. east coast. Birthdays: actress/singer Fanny Brice (1891); painter/TV host Bob Ross (1942); Moody Blues/Wings singer guitarist Denny Laine (1944); Fleetwood Mac founding member/guitarist Peter Green (1946); actor Richard Dreyfuss (1947); actress Kate Jackson (1948); Scottish guitarist/bassist (Alan Parsons Project, Camel) David Paton (1949); hockey player Denis Potvin (1953); Jackson 5 singer Randy Jackson (1961); actress Winona Ryder (1971). Music: In 1969 New York underground newspaper Rat becomes the first publication to compile the various rumored clues to the Paul Is Dead phenomenon; in 1971 guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle crash; in 2003 a study by the Neilsen ratings organization finds that a full third the sales of Beatles 1 were to new fans between the ages of 19 and 24; in 1957 Buddy Holly releases Oh Boy! b/w Not Fade Away in 1966 ? and the Mysterians 96 Tears hits #1.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:50:02 +0000
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