The K-12 TLC Daily Almanac

for

			OCTOBER 13

American Civil Liberties Union

Hispanic Explorers, Pioneers and Astronauts


Baruj Benacerraf Born on This Date 1920 [Nobel Foundation]	Selena Quintanilla Pérez Born on This Date 1971 [Warner Brothers]



Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching

Why do you teach? Let Us Know.		Tell Us about your most memorable teacher.

Today's 5-Minute Quest

Answers to all questions can be found on this page or by using links provided on this page.
Good Luck!

BEGINNERS

1. Who was selected as the Nobel Laureate for Peace on this date in 2000? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. Who hit the home run that won the World Series on this date in 1960? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

3. According to the U.S. Army, how did Mary Hays McCauly earn the nickname of Molly Pitcher? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the name of a children's author or illustrator born on this date:
PIT HURRICANES

INTERMEDIATE

1. What play opened on Broadway on this date in 1962? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. According to the Al-Ahram Weekly, in what year did Hosni Mubarak restore full diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

3. According to the African American Registry, who was Arna Bontemps' co-editor of The Poetry of the Negro: 1746-1949? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the name of a performing artist born on this date:
TAUT MART

EXPERT
(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)

1. According to Kansas State University, Rudolf Virchow was the first person in Germany to be appointed to a chair for what subject?

2. According to PBS, Herb Block worked 55 years for which newspaper?

3. According to TIME, what two degrees did Margaret Thatcher earn from Oxford University?

Use all of these letters to spell the title of a 1960s hit by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel (according to the History Channel):
BAD HOUND MOWER

Molly Pitcher Born on This Date 1754 [U.S. Field Artillery Assoc.]	Rudolf Virchow Born on This Date 1821 [Humboldt-Universität]	Arna Bontemps Born on This Date 1902 [PBS]	Herb Block Born on This Date 1909 [Library of Congress]	Margaret Thatcher Born on This Date 1925 [Britannia.com]


Burundi: Rwagasore Day (Commemorates the assassination of Prince Louis Rwagasore: 10/13/1961)
England: St. Edward's Day (Commemorates the transfer of the body of St. Edward to a Westminster Abbey shrine: 10/13/1163)



1902	Arna Bontemps (Louisiana-born African-American Harlem Renaissance Writer, Children's Author)
1921	Barbara Walker (Michigan-born Children's Author)
1936	Robert Ingpen (Australian Children's Author, Illustrator)
1938	Eileen Dunlop (Scottish Children's Author)
1938	Harriet Pincus (New York City-born Children's Author, Illustrator)
1950	Michelle Catlidge (English Children's Author, Illustrator)
1952	Michael Sampson (Texas-born Children's Author)

1873	Bert J. Griswold (Iowa-born Indiana Newspaper Writer, Cartoonist)
1890	Conrad Richter (Pennsylvania Novelist and Short Story Writer; Received 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
1906	J. Saunders Redding (Delaware-born African-American Author)
1910	Ernest Kellogg Gann (Nebraska-born Writer)
1925	Frank Gilroy (New York City-born Playwright)
1929	Richard Howard (Ohio-born Poet, Translator))

1909	Herb Block (Chicago-born Political Cartoonist)

1949	Leona Mitchell (Oklahoma-born African-American Lyric Soprano)

1776	Peter Barlow (English Physicist)
1821	Rudolf Virchow (German Pathologist)
1920	Carroll Leevy (South Carolina-born African-American Medical Researcher: Liver Disease)

1754	Molly Pitcher (New Jersey Military Figure in the American Revolution)
1926	Jesse LeRoy Brown (Mississippi-born African-American Aviator)

1862	John R. Commons (Ohio-born Political Reformist, Author; Member of the Wisconsin State Legislature)
1877	Theodore Bilbo (U.S. Senator from Mississippi: 1935-47)
1901	Edith Sampson (Pennsylvania-born First African-American Woman Appointed to the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations)
1925	Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister of England)

1853	Lillie Langtry (English Actress)
1907	Yves Allégret (French Film Director)
1909	Art Tatum (Ohio-born African-American Jazz Pianist)
1917	Burr Tillstrom (Chicago-born Puppeteer: Kukla, Fran and Ollie)
1921	Yves Montand (Italian-born American Actor)
1924	Nipsey Russell (Georgia-born African-American Comedian)
1925	Lenny Bruce (New York-born Comedian)
1926	Ray Brown (Pennsylvania-born African-American Jazz Bassist)
1941	Paul Simon (New Jersey-born Popular Singer, Songwriter)
1947	Sammy Hagar (California-born Popular Musician)
1959	Marie Osmond (Utah-born Popular Singer)
1963	Kelly Preston (Hawaiian-born Actress)

1876	Rube Waddell (Pennsylvania-born Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
1931	Eddie Mathews (Texas-born Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
1962	Jerry Rice (Mississippi-born African-American Professional Football Player)
1969	Nancy Kerrigan (Massachusetts-born Member of the Figure Skating Hall of Fame)

1890	Samuel F. Miller (Kentucky-born Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
1961	Prince Louis Rwagasore (Prime Minister of Burundi: Assassination)
1974	Ed Sullivan (New York City-born Television Host)
1990	Le Duc Tho (Vietnamese-born 1973 Nobel Laureate for Peace)
2002	Stephen Ambrose (Illinois-born Military History Author)


1710	British Capture Acadia's Fort Royal from the French
1775	The U.S. Navy Is Created by the Second Continental Congress
1781	Joseph II of Austria Issues Edict of Tolerance to Suppress Persecution and Torture of Evangelicals
1792	The Cornerstone Is Laid for the White House

1804	Clark: one man J. Newmon [John Newman] Confined for mutinous expression Set out early proceeded on, passd. a Camp of Seauex on the Starboard Shore those people only viewed us & did not Speak one word— The visiters of last evening all except one returned which is the Brother of the Chief we have on board 21 miles above the Village passed a Creek about 15 yards wide nearly opposit this creek a fiew miles from the river on the S. S. 2 Stones resembling humane persons & one resembling a Dog is Situated in the open Prarie, to those Stone the Rickores [Recorees - Arikara Indians] pay Great reverance make offerings whenever they pass (Infomtn. of the Chief & Intepeter) those people have a Curious Tredition of those Stones, one was a man in Love, one a Girl whose parents would not let marry, the Dog went to mourn with them all turned to Stone gradually, Commenceing at the feet. Those people fed on grapes untill they turned, & the woman has a bunch of grapes yet in her hand on the river near the place those are Said to be Situated, we obsd. a greater quantity of fine grapes than I ever Saw at one place. We proceeded on under a fine Breeze from the S.E. and Camped late at the upper part of Some wood on the Starboard Side, Cold & Some rain this evening. we Sent out hunters Killed one Deer. We Tried the Prisoner Newmon [John Newman] last night by 9 of his Peers they did "Centence him 75 Lashes & Disbanded the party." Ordway: In conformity to the above order the Court martial convened this day for the trial of John Newman, charged with "having uttered repeated expressions of a highly criminal and mutinous nature; the same having a tendency not only to distroy every principle of military discipline, but also to alienate the affections of the individuals composing this Detachment to their officers, and disaffect them to the service for which they have been so sacredly and solemnly engaged."— The Prisonar plead not guilty to the charge exhibited against him. The court after having duly considered the evidence aduced, as well as the defense of the said prisonor, are unanimously of opinion that the prisonar John Newman is guilty of every part of the charge exhibited against him, and do sentence him agreeably to the rules and articles of war, to receive seventy five lashes on his bear back, and to be henceforth discarded from the perminent party engaged for North Western discovery; two thirds of the Court concurring in the sum and nature of the punishment awarded. the commanding officers approve and confirm the sentence of the court, and direct the punishment take place tomorrow between the hours of one and two P. M.— The commanding officers further direct that John Newman in future be attatched to the mess and crew of the red Perogue as a labouring hand on board the same, and that he be deprived of his arms and accoutrements, and not be permited the honor of mounting guard untill further orders; the commanding officers further direct that in lue of the guard duty from which Newman has been exempted by virtue of this order, that he shall be exposed to such drudgeries as they may think proper to direct from time to time with a view to the general relief of the detachment.—
1805	Clark: rained a little before day, and all the morning, a hard wind from the S West untill 9 oClock, the rained Seased & wind luled, and Capt Lewis with two Canoes Set out & passed down the rapid The others Soon followed and we passed over this bad rapid Safe. We Should make more portages if the Season was not So far advanced and time precious with us This must be a verry bad place in high water, here is great fishing place, the timbers of Several houses piled up, and a number of wholes of fish, and the bottom appears to have been made use of as a place of deposit for their fish for ages past, here two Indians from the upper foks over took us and continued on down on horse back, two others were at this mouth of the Creek— we passed a rapid about 9 mile lower. at dusk came to on the Std. Side & Encamped The two Inds. on horse back Stayed with us. The wife of Shabono our interpetr we find reconsiles all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions a woman with a party of men is a token of peace The Countery Thro' which we passed to day is Simlar to that of yesterday open plain no timber passed Several houses evacuated at established fishing places, wind hard from The S. W. in the evening and not very cold
1812	Out-numbered British Repel American Attack at Queenston Heights, Canada
1827	St. Francis County, Arkansas Is Created
1843	B'nai B'rith Founded is in New York City by Twelve German-Jewish Immigrants
1845	Voters of the Republic of Texas Overwhelmingly Approve Annexation as the 28th State
1849	Delegates to the Constitutional Convention Meeting at Colton Hall in Monterey Sign the California Constitution
1857	The Minnesota State Constitution Is Ratified by Popular Vote
1857	Henry H. Sibley Is Elected Governor of Minnesota over Alexander Ramsey by a Margin of 240 Votes Out of 35,340 Cast
1859	Alexander Gregg Consecrated as First Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Texas
1861	U.S.S. Keystone State Captures Confederate Steamer Salvor Near Dry Tortugas Islands
1862	Sixth Michigan Cavalry Is Mustered into Federal Service at Grand Rapids
1862	The "Waukesha Minute Men" Are Mustered into Service
1863	In West Virginia, Union Troops Defeat the Confederates at the Battle of Bulltown
1863	Ohio Voters Reject anti-War Gubernatorial Candidate
1870	Governor Signs Legislation Creating the Georgia State Board of Education
1884	Conference in Washington, D.C. Designates Greenwich, England As the Prime Meridian
1885	Georgia Tech University Is Founded
1893	Melody for "Happy Birthday to You" Registered with U.S. Patent/Trademark Office
1893	20,000 State Residents Attend "Minnesota Day" at the Chicago World's Fair

1903	West of Las Vegas, New Mexico, the Montezuma Hotel Is Sold to the YMCA for $1
1915	Meharry Medical College Is Chartered
1924	Judson Walter Minor Is the First African American Appointed as a Police Officer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1926	7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Centered in Alaska's Andreanof Islands
1928	Laurence Stallings Publishes "Turn Out the Guard" in the Saturday Evening Post
1934	William Faulkner Publishes "Retreat"" in the Saturday Evening Post
1939	Harry James Records "On a Little Street in Singapore" with Frank Sinatra As Vocalist
1943	Italy Declares War on Germany
1943	26-year-old Poet Robert Lowell Sentenced to Jail for Evading the Draft
1946	Constitution of the French Fourth Republic Is Ratified by Referendum

1958	Harold Burton Retires As Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1960	Nixon & Kennedy Compete in Their Third Presidential Debate
	Pirate Bill Mazeroski's HR Is First to End a 7th Game of a World Series
	Alaska Methodist University (Alaska Pacific University) Is Dedicated in Anchorage.
1961	Political Rivals Assassinate Burundi Prime Minister, Prince Louis Rwagasore
1961	The First Wisconsin Oktoberfest Celebration Is Held in La Crosse, Wisconsin
1962	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Opens on Broadway
1963	8.5 Magnitude Earthquake Centered in the Kuril Islands Off the Japanese Coast
1975	First One-dollar U.S. Bicentennial Coins Are Introduced into Circulation
1976	Bolivian Plane Crash Kills Dozens in Santa Cruz
1981	Hosni Mubarak Elected President of Egypt Following El-Sadat Assassination
1988	British Government Fails to Suppress Publication of the Book Spycatcher
1990	The Target Center Arena Opens in Minneapolis
1992	Government Announces Plans to Close 1/3 of Britain's Deep Coal Mines
1993	7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 60 in New Guinea
1998	The NBA Cancels First Two Weeks of Regular Season for a Player Lockout

2000	South Korean President Kim Dae-jung 2000 Laureate for the Nobel Peace Prize.
2004	John Kerry & George W. Bush Meet in Arizona for Presidential Debate #3 of 3
2006	Freak Lake-Effect Storm Dumps Two Feet of Wet Snow on Buffalo, New York
2010	33 Chilean Miners Are Rescued One-at-a-Time After Being Trapped for 69 Days 2,300' Below Ground

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