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William “Buck” Ewing (October 17, 1859 – October 20, 1906) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Renowned for his offensive and defensive skills, he was the first 19th-century catcher elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

TODAY’S ALMANAC

Every Year

• ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

1660s

• 1662: CHARLES II OF ENGLAND SOLD DUNKERQUE TO FRANCE FOR 40,000 POUNDS

1820s

• 1829: SAM PATCH, THE YANKEE LEAPER, JUMPED 120 FEET FROM A PLATFORM ATOP NIAGARA FALLS INTO THE RIVER BELOW. HE SURVIVED.

1840s

• DIED 1849: FREDERIC CHOPIN (COMPOSER)

1850s

• BORN 1859: BUCK EWING (FIRST CATCHER TO BE ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME)

1860s

• DIED 1868: LAURA SECORD (CANADIAN HEROINE)

1910s

• DIED 1910: JULIA WARD HOWE (AUTHOR)
• BORN 1915: ARTHUR MILLER (AUTHOR)
• BORN 1918: RITA HAYWORTH (ACTRESS)

1920s

• BORN 1921: TOM POSTON (ACTOR)

1930s

• BORN 1930: JIMMY BRESLIN (COLUMNIST)
• 1931: AL CAPONE IS CONVICTED OF INCOME TAX EVASION BY A FEDERAL COURT IN CHICAGO AND SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON. HE WAS RELEASED IN 1939.
• 1933: PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN ARRIVED IN THE U.S. AS A REFUGEE FROM NAZI GERMANY
• 1937: HUEY, DEWEY, AND LOUIE (DONALD DUCK’S NEPHEWS) FIRST APPEARED IN A COMIC STRIP
• BORN 1938: EVEL KNIEVEL (STUNT MOTORCYCLIST)

1940s

• BORN 1947: MICHAEL MCKEAN (ACTOR)
• BORN 1948: MARGOT KIDDER (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1948: GEORGE WENDT (ACTOR)

1950s

• BORN 1956: MAE JEMISON (ASTRONAUT, PHYSICIAN, PROFESSOR)
• BORN 1958: ALAN JACKSON (COUNTRY MUSICIAN)

1960s

• 1963: AN EARTHQUAKE 50 MILES OUT AT SEA SHOOK EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND RHODE ISLAND

1970s

• 1979: MOTHER TERESA OF INDIA WAS AWARDED A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HER WORK ON BEHALF OF THE DESTITUTE IN CALCUTTA.
• DIED 1979: S. J. PERELMAN (WRITER)

1980s

• 1980: FRANK GIANNINO COMPLETED HIS RUN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. IT TOOK HIM 46 DAYS, 8 HOURS, AND 36 MINUTES.

1990s

• DIED 1998: JOAN HICKSON (ACTRESS)

2000s

• DIED 2004: RAY BOONE (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• DIED 2004: BETTY HILL (THE WOMAN KNOWN AS “THE FIRST LADY OF UFOS.” HILL AND HER LATE HUSBAND HAD THE FIRST PUBLICIZED AND BEST-DOCUMENTED UFO EXPERIENCE)
• DIED 2007: JOEY BISHOP (COMEDIAN)
• DIED 2008: LEVI STUBBS (LEAD SINGER OF THE FOUR TOPS)

2010s

• 2012: A METEORITE CHUNK STRUCK A HOUSE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
• 2013: ASHRITA FURMAN BALANCED 100 ICE CREAM SCOOPS ON CONE

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