Wednesday, October 1, 2025


Tomorrow in
Misc. History


1836 - Charles Darwin returned to England after 5 years of acquiring knowledge around the world about fauna, flora, wildlife and geology. He used the information to develop his "theory of evolution" which he unveiled in his 1859 book entitled "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection."

1920 - The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the only triple-header in baseball history. The Reds won 2 of the 3 games.

1937 - Warner Bros. released "Love Is on the Air." Ronald Reagan made his acting debut in the motion picture. He was 26 years old.

1950 - "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in nine newspapers.

1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" debuted on CBS-TV.

1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes.


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There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are."
- Frederick L Collins



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