On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
1929Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2022)[†]
Richard Joseph Howard, adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz, was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he was an emeritus professor. He lived in New York City.
1929Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (died 2010)[†]
Walasse Ting was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. His colorful paintings have attracted critical admiration and a popular following. Common subjects include nude women and cats, birds and other animals.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Article by F L Bullard on all-New England system; Loree plan and application of Wabash for trunk line inspire new interest
$20,000 in lr signed L H Anon
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 12.-- Somebody dropped a toy hammer on a stick of dynamite today and touched off an explosion that shook to its heels a continent that Christopher Columbus had discovered 437 years ago to the day.
Figures
WASHINGTON. WHEN the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain stand together un der the portico of the White House they stand literally within sight and ...
Outline of act for establishment of Dept to be submitted to voters
Perryman Elec Co employes held up; $11,000 payroll lost
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 12.--Victims of the first upset of the season when they lost to Springfield two weeks ago, Brown's "iron men" were victors in another upset today at Palmer Stadium before a crowd...
QUEBEC, Oct. 12.--The vanguard of the 1,000 delegates who will attend the annual convention of the Investment Bankers Association of America on Monday arrived today, headed by a group of more than 500 who arrived from New York in two sections of a special train. The remainder of the delegates are scheduled to arrive tomorrow from the more distant parts of the country.
R R Wicks devises informal Sunday evening religious discussions to solve compulsory chapel problem
Longacre Engineering and Construction Corp directs $25,000,000 housing construction program