An Honest Suggestion
On October 15, 1860, eleven-year-old Grace Bedell wrote to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln with a candid suggestion: his thin face would look much better with whiskers. She noted that “all ...
The Birth of a “Garden Party”
On October 15, 1971, Rick Nelson took the stage at Richard Nader’s Rock ’n Roll Spectacular Volume VII at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Performing with the Stone ...
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The Empress of the Keys
Influential American jazz and blues musician Nellie Lutcher was born on October 15, 1912, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Renowned for her driving, rhythmic piano style and highly expressive, scat-inflected vocals, ...
Flight of the America
On October 15, 1910, the ambitious dirigible America rose from Atlantic City, New Jersey, on one of aviation’s boldest early challenges: the first attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean by ...
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The Mapmaker of the Cosmos
Renowned American astronomer Asaph Hall was born on October 15, 1829, in Goshen, Connecticut. Working at the U.S. Naval Observatory during a period of rapid advances in telescope design, Hall ...
Keeping the Liberty Motors Roaring
Captured on October 15, 1919, this archival photograph shows technicians working in a military machine shop devoted to the repair and maintenance of Liberty motors. Developed in 1917 through a ...
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The Boston Strong Boy
Legendary pugilist John L. Sullivan was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on October 15, 1858. Known to 19th-century boxing fans as the “Boston Strong Boy,” Sullivan became a towering figure in ...
The Heart of Hollywood
On October 15, 1879, Academy Award-winning character actress Jane Darwell was born in Palmyra, Missouri. Across a career spanning more than sixty years, Darwell became one of classic Hollywood’s most ...
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The Sinking of the Hunley
On October 15, 1863, the experimental Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sank during a training exercise in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, killing all eight men aboard. Among the dead was ...
A New Era of Transit
The modern landscape of American infrastructure was fundamentally reshaped on October 15, 1966, when Congress approved the Department of Transportation Act, establishing the United States Department of Transportation. Signed by ...
The Frontier Missionary
Pioneering Roman Catholic priest Father Gabriel Richard was born in Saintes, France, on October 15, 1767. After fleeing the violence and anti-clerical persecution of the French Revolution, Richard arrived in the ...
Honoring a Pioneer Preacher
On October 15, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge delivered a memorable address in Washington, D.C., at the official unveiling of a bronze equestrian statue honoring Francis Asbury, the first American bishop ...
A Presidential Union
On October 15, 1948, future President Gerald R. Ford married Elizabeth Anne “Betty” Bloomer Warren at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ford was in the midst of his first campaign for the U.S ...
“Honey, I’m Home!”
Television history changed on October 15, 1951, when I Love Lucy premiered on CBS. Starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, the pioneering sitcom followed a New ...
