On This Day In History (7th October 1849): Edgar Allan Poe died, aged 40. He was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States, and of American literature. The actual cause of his death remains a mystery.
On This Day in History (6th October 1866): The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history. The brothers John and Simeon Reno stage the first train robbery in American history, making off with $13,000 (over $200,000 in todays money) from an Ohio and Mississippi railroad train in Jackson County, Indiana.
On This Day In History (4th October 1669): REMBRANDT died, aged 63 (born July 15, 1606). A Dutch Baroque painter and printmaker, one of the greatest storytellers in art history, who possessed a unique ability to represent humans in their different moods and dramatic guises. Rembrandt is also known as a painter of light and shade, as well as an artist who chose an uncompromising realism that led some critics to believe he preferred ugliness to beauty.
On This Day In History (3rd October 1990): East and West Germany reunite after 45 years. Less than a year after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together on what is known as "German Unity Day".
On This Day in History, MAHATMA GANDHI was born (2nd October 1869 – 30th January 1948, aged 78), was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
On This Day: WILLIAM E.BOEING was born (1st October 1881 - 28th September 1956, aged 74), an American aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company in 1916.
On this day: JAMES DEAN died in a car crash (8th February 1931 - 30th September 1955, aged 24). He was an American actor, remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement ("Rebel Without a Cause" 1955, "East of Eden" 1955, "Giant" 1956). Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations.
On this day: Pompey The Great was born (29th September 106 BC - 28th September 48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.
Happy Birthday to BRIGITTE BARDOT (born 28th September 1934, age 87), former actress, singer, and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best-known sex symbols of the late 1950s and 1960s. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remains a major popular culture icon.
On this day: Clara Bow died, aged 60 (29th July 1905 - 27th September 1965). She was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film 'It' brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl". Bow came to personify the Roaring Twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol.
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