Bob Trow(actor, best known for his portrayal of gibberish-talking Robert Troll and Bob Dog on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood)–
Events
North and South Dakota admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states –
Balfour Declaration states the British objective of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine –
Radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcast the first commercial news, featuring the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election –
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was established –
Howard Hughes’ Hercules (aka Spruce Goose) plane flew one mile. Its wingspan was 320 feet –
Game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted to a House Sub-Committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the quiz show Twenty-One –
President George W. Bush won re-election over Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry –
Record-breaking pinata measured 60 feet long and 23 feet 10.5 inches wide –
Nik Wallenda set two world records with two high-wire walks between Chicago skyscrapers without safety equipment. The first walk was 454 feet long, at a 19 degree incline, starting at 588 feet high and ending at 671 feet high. The second walk, done blindfold, was 94 feet long and 543 feet high. –
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time since 1908 –
Weather
A storm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, blocked Benjamin Franklin’s view of a lunar eclipse –
Snowstorms commenced in the southern Rockies, bringing 31 inches of heavy, wet snow to Denver and 36 inches to New Mexico’s mountains –
