Monday, October 26, 2015
![Boroque Composer Domenico Scarlatti](pix/scarlatti-domenico2.jpg)
[1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer, harpsichordist,
born in Naples Italy]
![The Erie Canal at Lockport](pix/erie-canal_lockport.jpg)
[1825 - The Erie Canal opens to traffic]
![Post credo](pix/post-cw-credo.jpg)
[1854 - C.W. (Charles William) Post, cereal mogul, born in Springfield, Illinois]
![Philanthropist Abby Rockefeller](pix/rockefeller-abby3.jpg)
[1874 - Abby (Greene Aldrich) Rockefeller, philanthropist, cofounder NY Museum of Modern Art, born in Providence, Rhode Island]
![Actor H. B. Warner](pix/warner-h-b3.jpg)
[1876 - H.B. (Henry Byron) Warner, actor, born in London]
![Ok Corral Gunfight](pix/ok-corral-gunft.jpg)
[1881 - Wyatt Earp, his brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons have a "Shootout at the OK Corral"]
![Publisher John S. Knight](pix/knight-john-s4.jpg)
[1894 - John S. (Shively) Knight, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, publisher, born in Bluefield, West Virginia]
![Hall of Fame Coach Sid Gillman](pix/gillman-sid_induction.jpg)
[1911 - Sidney Gillman, College & Pro Football Hall of Fame player & coach, born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota]
![Singer Mahalia Jackson](pix/jackson-mahalia2.jpg)
[1911 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana]
![Actor Jackie Coogan older](pix/coogan-jackie-older.jpg)
[1914 - Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan, Jr.), actor, born in Los Angeles]
![USS Hornet (CV-8)](pix/uss-hornet-cv-8.jpg)
[1942 - USS Hornet (CV-8) is sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]