By Sabrina Mason
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Scott Stewart Bakula (/ˈbækjʊlə/; born October 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in two science-fiction television series: as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap – for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards (winning one) – and as Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise. From 2014 to 2021, he portrayed Special Agent Dwayne Cassius “King” Pride on NCIS: New Orleans.
A Tony Award-nominee for his work on Broadway, Bakula starred in the comedy-drama series Men of a Certain Age and guest-starred in the second and third seasons of NBC‘s Chuck as the title character’s father, Stephen J. Bartowski. From 2014 to 2015, he played entrepreneur Lynn on the HBO show Looking.
Bakula married Krista Neumann in 1981. They had two children before divorcing in 1995. He married actress Chelsea Field in 2009 after a 15-year relationship. Bakula and Field have two children.
Bakula says he was “hardly ever home for four and a half seasons” of Quantum Leap, so he chose to prioritize his family life on later projects. His Star Trek: Enterprise contract required that filming be completed by 6 p.m. every Wednesday so he could have dinner with his family. During filming of NCIS: New Orleans, he returned home to Los Angeles every weekend to spend time with his wife.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
In A.D. 1000, long before Columbus, Eriksson led a Viking voyage westward from Greenland and reached the coast of North America, in what is now Newfoundland. He named his discovery Vinland. Although Eriksson is not officially credited with the European discovery of America, ever since 1964 U.S. presidents have had the option of proclaiming October 9 as Leif Eriksson Day.
Question of the Day
How much is a rick of firewood? Is it half a cord?
No, rick is actually a description of the way wood is stacked. A cord of wood measures 4x4x8 feet, or 128 cubic feet. A rick is piled in a 4×8-foot stack. Rick also refers to a stack of any other material, such as hay, left out in the open air.
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Lewis Cass (politician) –
- Camille Saint-Saens (composer) –
- Myron Herrick (politician) –
- Alfred Dreyfus (French army officer) –
- Leonard Wood (physician) –
- Charles Rudolph Walgreen (merchant) –
- Jacques Tati (director) –
- E. Howard Hunt (author) –
- John Lennon (musician) –
- Jackson Browne (musician) –
- Tony Shalhoub (actor) –
- Scott Bakula (actor) –
- Steve Ovett (runner) –
- Brandon Routh (actor) –
- Zachery Ty Bryan (actor) –
- Tyler James Williams (actor) –
Died
- Oskar Schindler (businessman) –
- David Dukes (actor) –
- Charles Guggenheim (filmmaker) –
- Jan Hooks (actress) –
Events
- The Collegiate School, later renamed Yale University, is founded in Connecticut.–
- Joshua Stoddard received a patent for a calliope–
- The nation’s first working underground oil pipeline was completed between Oil Creek and Pithole, Pennsylvania–
- American Humane Association organized–
- The Washington Monument opened to the public–
- 7.7 earthquake struck Kodiak Island, Alaska–
- Deadly fire leveled Baudette and Spooner, Minnesota–
- First electronic blanket manufactured, Petersburg, Virginia–
- In Bolivia, Che Guevara is killed while leading a Cuban-sponsored guerrilla force–
- Cape Kennedy restored to original name of Cape Canaveral” in Florida”–
- A meteorite struck a car in Peekskill, New York–
- Starting on September 28, Lloyd Scott, a 41-year old former firefighter and professional football player from Rainham, London, dived through the depths of Loch Ness for 12 days to complete on this day the world’s first ever underwater marathon. Lloyd wore an 80-kilogram diving suit throughout the 26-mile adventure–
- The new U.S. $20 bill, with its faint tinge of peach color in the background, made its way into bank vaults and consumers’ pockets–
Weather
- Damaging hailstorms hit Montana, causing $7.5 million in crop damage–
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