On Halloween Day in...

I really wanted to continue nthe Halloween theme I got rocking in the BYB today so I figured we'd do on Halloween Day instead of the 30th. You're not missing much on the 30th anyway. Mussolini became Prime Minister, Jackie Robinson signed with Brooklyn and John Adams and Kevin Pollack were born. See.

Now, On Halloween Day in...
1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across United States; – The Indianapolis Street Car Strike and subsequent riot begins.
1959 – Lee Harvey Oswald attempts to renounce his American citizenship at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR.
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots soon break out in New Delhi and nearly 2,000 Sikhs are killed.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

Spooky Births
1795 – John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
1931 – Dan Rather, American television journalist
1944 – Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
1950 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
1950 – Jane Pauley, American news anchor
1951 – Nick Saban, American college football coach
1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
1963 – Fred McGriff, American baseball player
1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper

I was really hoping there would be a spooky birthday like Vincent Price or something but I guess we'll just have to settle for John Candy and Vanilla Ice. Not a bad consolation prize. I bet Nick Saban wants a win for his birthday present/Halloween treat. I can't help him there but I can help him with the best Halloween song ever!