The History Guy - William Connery

10/31/2024

10/31/2024

https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/sean-connery-1930-2020-james-bond-star-and-oscar-winner/

Sean Connery, iconic actor who was the first big screen James Bond, died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas at the age of 90.

10/31/2024

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-u-s-congress-admits-nevada-as-the-36th-state

On October 31, 1864, anxious to have support of the Republican‑dominated Nevada Territory for President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection, the U.S. Congress quickly admits Nevada as the 36th state in the Union. In 1864, Nevada had only 40,000 inhabitants, considerably short of the 60,000 normally req...

10/31/2024

https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/freddie-freeman-world-series-rbi-record

NEW YORK -- These Dodgers feast on free outs. Their offense is built to make you pay. Give them an inch, they’ll take a mile. Give them three free outs in one of the most consequential innings of the entire baseball season? That’s a recipe for disaster.

10/31/2024

https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-win-world-series-2024

NEW YORK – To win it all, the Dodgers had to give it all. Had to stare down an ugly early deficit. Had to empty their bullpen. Had to rally against Gerrit Cole and then against the Yankees’ best relievers. Had to get a World Series-clinching save from starter Walker

10/31/2024

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A storm that had been brewing since the Philadelphia and Declaration of Independence days now threatened lightning, thunder, and torrential floods of death in an armed conflict.

10/31/2024

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He's (ostensibly) still president, but he's definitely not helping his sidekick win the election.

10/30/2024

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-adams-is-born

On October 30, 1735, John Adams, the son of a farmer and a descendant of Plymouth Rock pilgrims, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He enrolled in Harvard University at 16 and went on to teach school and study law before becoming America’s second president. Adams did not fight in the Revolutiona...

10/28/2024

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-orders-withdrawal-of-missiles-from-cuba

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1960, Khrushchev had launched plans to install medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear attack. In the summer...