UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC
Today is the 294th day of 2013 and the 30th day of autumn.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1879, Thomas Edison successfully tested a workable electric lamp.
In 1892, the original "Pledge of Allegiance" was recited by an estimated 12 million schoolchildren across the United States in honor of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the New World.
In 1959, the Guggenheim Museum opened in New York City.
In 1967, more than 35,000 anti-war protesters stormed the Pentagon, resulting in nearly 700 arrests.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), poet/essayist; Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), inventor/arms manufacturer; Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), jazz musician; Celia Cruz (1924-2003), singer; Whitey Ford (1928- ), baseball player; Ursula K. Le Guin (1929- ), novelist; Judy Sheindlin (1942- ), judge/TV personality; Benjamin Netanyahu (1949- ), Israeli politician; Carrie Fisher (1956- ), actress/novelist; Ken Watanabe (1959- ), actor.
TODAY'S FACT: Of the seven fundamental units of measure in the International System, only the kilogram is defined by a specific physical object. It is the mass of a platinum-iridium bar kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1975, Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk hit a home run that glanced off the foul pole at Fenway Park in Boston, giving the Red Sox a 12th-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 6 of the World Series.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "There's no one thing that's true. It's all true." -- Ernest Hemingway, "For Whom the Bell Tolls," published on this day in 1940
TODAY'S NUMBER: 13.5 -- hours Thomas Edison's first prototype electric incandescent light bulb lasted before burning out.
TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Oct. 18) and last quarter moon (Oct. 26).