Famous BLITZKRIEGS of the Past (1941)

These quickie history lessons are presented as a public service by Master Comics, comicbookplus and Davy Crockett's Almanack, in that order. 

The Real Life story of GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER (1942)

Today we pay homage to "America's Most Colorful Cavalry Leader," also known as Yellow Hair, Fanny, Autie, Iron Butt and Son of the Morning Star. This tale, from the May 1942 issue of Real Life Comics (scanned for comicbookplus.com by "Yoc") is dedicated to Cap'n Bob Napier, illustrious grandson of one of GAC's by-blows. Who drew it? I don't know. Cautionary note: Anyone perusing this post from Stayton, OR is advised to close his eyes. 

October 11 History 101

Professor Crockett's picks of the day...
1793: Yellow Fever outbreak in Philadelphia
1809: Death of Meriwether Lewis
1936: 1st radio quiz show premieres ("Professor Quiz")
1939:  Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb
1956:  First network TV appearance for the Muppets (Steve Allen show)
1962: 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show
1975: Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host
1975: Bill Clinton weds Hillary Rodham
1991: Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute
1995: John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to extend his severed member

It Happened on October 10

1865: Birth of the billiard ball
1886: 1st dinner jacket worn (in Tuxedo Park, New York)
1899: Patend for bicycle frame
1925: Happy Birthday Elmore Leonard
1933: 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter and Gamble
1938: The Spider’s Web opens (film version of The Spider pulp)
1943: Chiang Kai-shek the new boss in China
1957: Disney’s Zorro premieres on ABC
1973: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleads nolo contendere
1978: Congress approves Susan B. Anthony Dollar

Momentous Events of Oct. 9

1000: Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland"
1855: Patent filed for 1st calliope
1855: Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor
1876: 1st 2-way telephone conversation
1926: Birth of NBC
1946: 1st electric blanket manufactured
1954: Happy Birthday Scott Bakula
1961: Members of U.S. Communist Party must report themselves to Police
1965: "Yesterday" goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks
1973: Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
1991: Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas

Davy's History Lesson: Oct 8

Stuff Davy learned happened today...
1633: Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its 1st government
1818 : First use of padded gloves for boxing
1935: Ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet)
1943: Chevy Chase born
1944: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuts on CBS radio
1957: Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles
1971: John Lennon releases "Imagine"
1981: "Cagney and Lacey" debuts on ABC-TV
2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger elected governor of Colliefornia
2004: Martha Stewart goes to the slammer

Top Ten for October 7

Davy's top ten earth-shaking events...
1492: Columbus misses Florida when he changes course
1520: 1st public burning of books (the Netherlands)
1816: First double-decker steamboat arrives in New Orleans
1957: "American Bandstand" premieres
1959: Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3
1960: "Route 66" premieres
1965: Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups
1967: Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer
1975: U.S. decides John Lennon won't be deported due to U.K. pot conviction
1988: Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson

October 6th's Greatest Hits

Davy's top ten things that happened on this date...
1866: 1st train robbery in U.S. (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
1889: Thomas Edison shows the first motion picture
1890: Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
1893: Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
1927: "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City)
1939: Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain
1945: Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs
1955: LSD made illegal in U.S.
1961: John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters
1976: President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"