On This Day in History, Oct. 6

Posted by Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes

1864-Inventor,George Westinghouse, was born. He was the founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems.

1961-U.S. President John F. Kennedy advised American families to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.

1979-Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to […]

1864-Inventor,George Westinghouse, was born. He was the founder of Westinghouse Electric Company and invented railway braking systems.

1961-U.S. President John F. Kennedy advised American families to build or buy bomb shelters to protect them in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.

1979-Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House.

1992- Ross Perot appeared in his first paid broadcast on CBS-TV after entering the U.S. presidential race.

1998-Imelda Marcos was acquitted by the Philippine Supreme Court on the charge of graft. The ruling overturned the guilty verdict that had been found in 1993.

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