Today is the
anniversary of the death of Saint John Capistrano. It is also the day that the swallows of the San Juan Capistrano Mission
are said to depart every year for their migration south.
Born on this day:
Gertrude Ederle (1906)
1st Woman to swim the English Channel
Johnny Carson (1925)
American Television Entertainer & Host
Pelé (1940)
Brazilian Soccer Player
Michael John Crichton (1942)
American Writer
This day in History:
1864: The Battle of Westport is fought in Kansas City Missouri.
1906: Woman suffragists demonstrate in the outer lobby of the British House of Commons.
10 of the demonstrators are charged the following day and sent to prison.
1924: The 1st radio network broadcast to the Pacific Coast listeners in California,
Oregon, and Washington to hear U.S. President Calvin Coolidge dedicate the Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, D.C.
1956: In Budapest, Hungarian students and workers demonstrate against Soviet domination
and Communist rule.
