Fish at Dawn
Monty Python’s Flying Circus debuted October 5, 1969. And we’ve blown another anniversary.
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. . .and here’s what you missed for today (partial list):
October 6th 1866 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
October 6th 1876 American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
October 6th 1882 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0
October 6th 1889 Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture
October 6th 1889 Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
October 6th 1890 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
October 6th 1893 Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
October 6th 1898 Gustav Mahler conducts 1st Wiener Philharmonic
October 6th 1908 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
. . . it said “Wiener” . . .
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