A bit of October 22nd history…
1836 - Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of the Republic of Texas
1884 - International Meridian Conference in Washington DC adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich Meridian
1907 - Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey Circus
1926 - J Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach - which leads to his death (pictured)
1934 - In Ohio, notorious bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot and killed by FBI
1938 - Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine
1976 - Red Dye No 4 id banned by US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs, dye is still used in Canada
2018 - Pipe bomb sent to George Soros’ NY home address; 1st democrat to receive series of pipe bombs in US
2019 - Tope US diplomat to Ukraine testifies President Trump tied aid to Ukraine to demands the country open an investigation into the Biden family
A bit of October 22nd history… 1836 - Sam Houston inaugurated as...