One Day in Your Life: October 24, 1980

October 24, 1980, is a Friday. By presidential proclamation, it’s United Nations Day. Scientists continue to watch Mount St. Helens in Washington state, which erupted again last week. It’s the fifth smaller eruption since the devastating one last May. The SS Poet leaves Philadelphia, officially bound for Egypt with a cargo of corn. The ship will [...]

One Day in Your Life: October 22, 1968

(Our series of random October days continues. Find more here, and also here.)
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October 22, 1968, is a Tuesday. Apollo 7, the first flight of the Apollo program, returns from an 11-day mission. The three-way presidential race continues between Republican Richard Nixon, Democrat Hubert [...]

One Day in Your Life: October 20, 1979

October 20, 1979, is a Saturday. In Boston, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated. President Jimmy Carter speaks at the dedication. His secretary of state and national security advisor recommend that he allow the Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatments; two days later, Carter will consent. The [...]

One Day in Your Life: October 16, 1978

(What we have been doing here these last couple of weeks is exploring random days from your blogger’s favorite month of the year, more or less as they were lived, the transcendent happening alongside the trivial. There’ll be no post here tomorrow or over the weekend, but we’ll be back at it Monday.)

October 16, 1978, [...]

One Day in Your Life: October 14, 1977

October 14, 1977, is a Friday. At the White House, President Carter meets with General Omar Torrijos and other Panamanian officials to clarify American military rights in the Canal Zone if the canal is turned over to Panama, as proposed in the Panama Canal Treaty signed last month. Later, Carter answers questions from a group [...]

One Day in Your Life: October 13, 1971

(If you missed “News From a Small World” over the weekend, please click here.)
October 13, 1971, is a Wednesday. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, an architect of the Cold War who was later blamed for letting China fall to the Communists, suffered a stroke yesterday at his home in Maryland and died at [...]