By Sabrina Mason
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Jayne Torvill, OBE (born 7 October 1957) is a British professional ice dancer and former competitor. With Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, becoming one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists.
Torvill currently resides in Heathfield, East Sussex, England, with her husband Phil Christensen and their adopted children Kieran and Jessica.
In 2021 Torvill took part in an episode of DNA Journey where she found out she was related to footballer Charlie Bicknell, a cousin on her mother’s side.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Child Health Day. First proclaimed to be May 1 by President Coolidge in 1928, this national observance has taken place on the first Monday in October since 1960. On Child Health Day, we are encouraged to pay special attention to the physical and mental health and safety of children in the United States. Topics covered on this day include prenatal care, environmental hazards, and adolescent issues.
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Henry Rutgers (patriot) –
- William Billings (composer) –
- James Whitcomb Riley (poet) –
- Niels Bohr (physicist) –
- Andy Devine (actor) –
- Vaughn Monroe (singer & bandleader) –
- Walt Whitman Rostow (government official) –
- June Allyson (actress) –
- Desmond Mpilo Tutu (South African archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner) –
- Leroi Jones (poet) –
- John Mellencamp (singer) –
- Yo-Yo Ma (cellist) –
- Jayne Torvill (figure skater, Olympic gold medalist; partner was Christopher Dean) –
- Simon Cowell (American Idol judge) –
- Rachel McAdams (actress) –
- Aaron & Shawn Ashmore (actors) –
Died
- Edgar Allan Poe (author) –
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (writer) –
- Christy Mathewson (baseball player) –
- Mario Lanza (singer) –
Events
- Cornell University welcomed its first students–
- Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University in football 222-0–
- German troops invaded Romania–
- Frank Sinatra’s first TV show debuted–
- First photos taken of the dark side of the Moon, by Luna 3–
- President John F. Kennedy signed nuclear test ban treaty between United States, Britain, and Soviet Union–
- Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats opened on Broadway–
- Lynette Woodard selected as the first woman to play with the Harlem Globetrotters–
- The rose was chosen to be national floral emblem of the U.S. Resolution signed on this day by President Reagan. U.S. Code Title 36, Chapter 3, Section 303–
- Adrienne Clarkson became the 26th governor-general of Canada–
- A 12-year-old caught a 618-pound bluefin tuna in the Northumberland Strait of Canada–
Weather
- A hurricane caused shore damage and snow inland in New England–
- Hurricane Daisy produced heavy rains while moving to Canadian waters near Newfoundland. Tide damage occurred in eastern New England and Nova Scotia.–
- San Antonio, Texas, received 3.1 inches of rain in 6 hours–
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