Browsing: October 10

A Brief History On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael hit Florida hard, a category 5 hurricane that caused 57 American deaths and $25.1 billion of damage.  Rating the worst hurricanes can be done by dollar amounts in either contemporaneous values or proportioned to today/s value, or by deaths.  Obviously, estimates also vary, but we will attempt to rank some of the worst of these big Atlantic storms. Digging Deeper The worst hurricane by fatalities was the Great Hurricane of 1780, with around 22,000 people killed, 9000 on Martinique alone as it ravaged the Caribbean. The deadliest hurricane in US history…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 10th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 10, 1492, the famous first voyage of Christopher Columbus and his small fleet of three ships almost came to an end right at the point of “discovering” the New World. On either October 10th or November 10th, 1580, after a three-day siege, a papal army surrendered to the English in Ireland, only to be massacred. Thomas “Tom” S. Newman (October 10,…

A Brief History On October 10, 1492, the famous first voyage of Christopher Columbus and his small fleet of three ships almost came to an end right at the point of “discovering” the New World. Digging Deeper Columbus had set sail on August 3, 1492, expecting to sail to the Far East.  He estimated the voyage to be about 2,700 miles and to take two months.  By the time his voyage had passed the two month mark, his crew became restless and desperate to return home.  Columbus faced down a mutiny on his flagship, the Santa Maria, that would probably…

A Brief History On October 10, 1933, a United Airlines Boeing 247 airliner was blown out of the sky over Chesterton, Indiana, the first known instance of an airliner being deliberately taken down by a bomb.  On this deadly flight, only 7 people died, the 3 crew members and the 4 passengers.  (Not a misprint, there were only 4 passengers on the then state of the art twin engine airliner!)  Apparently, terrorists and assassins have also embraced the idea of blowing up airliners to kill their target person or persons or to make their point, because in the years since…

A Brief History Thomas “Tom” S. Newman (October 10, 1851 – October 3, 1930) was the former Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky. He also operated Tom Newman’s clothing store, which operated at the north side of Greenup, between 15th and 16th Streets. It operated a row-in business in the Flood of 1884.[1] Digging Deeper Newman was a supporter of U. S. President William McKinley.[2] T. S. Newman Tom Newman’s Dry Goods row-in service during the Ohio River Flood of 1884 10th Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky In office January 1, 1894 – November 9, 1897 Preceded by J. C. Whitten Succeeded by W. A. Ginn Personal details Born…