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An act of Congress created Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Congress set aside 1,500 square miles of land for what would eventually become the country’s third national park. President Benjamin Harrison later signed the act into law to protect the large wilderness area. Yosemite includes one of the world’s tallest waterfalls; the nation’s largest granite monolith and three groves of giant sequoias, the world’s biggest trees.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The 14th Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet. Communist China invaded the country in 1950, destroying thousands of monasteries and banning the practice of Buddhism. The Dalai Lama traveled around the world speaking out for the freedom of the Tibetan people, a story shared in his autobiography, “Freedom in Exile.”
Tulsa Hospital, located at the “west end” of 5th Street, (5th and Lawton), 1907. The medical facility opened in this 19-room home, which cost $5,000 without furnishings and equipment. The first and second floors were used for patients. Two Hillcrest volunteers distributing books to a patient, c. 1950.
OCTOBER 13, 2010: Chilean
Miners Rescued
Miners who survived longer than anyone else trapped underground in recorded history were rescued after two months. The 33 men were working in a gold and copper mine near
Santiago when it collapsed. It took 17 days to first break through to the trapped miners and 52 more days to rescue them. Millions of people watched from around the world as the miners were safely brought to the surface.
OCTOBER 18, 1977: Reggie Jackson
Hits 3 Home Runs In A Row
New York Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson hit three home runs off of three consecutive pitches from three different pitchers in the sixth game of the World Series against the Los Angeles
Dodgers. He earned his nickname “Mr. October,” helping the Yankees win the game and eventually the series, the team’s first since 1962. Afterward, Jackson modestly said, “I’m just lucky.”
OCTOBER 24, 1901: Woman Plunges
Over Niagara Falls
A 63-year-old widowed schoolteacher named Annie Edson became the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She
Hillcrest Medical Center student nurses, Ladesson Clayton and Jan Clark, with instructor Nurse Wennette Pegues in the maternity ward, 1962.
Aerial view of St. John's Hospital during expansion, c. 1940. View is looking north
This Month in History
OCTOBER 1, 1890: Yosemite National Park Created
OCTOBER 5, 1989: Dalai Lama
northeast.
chose her birthday to strap herself into a leather harness inside an old wooden pickle barrel five feet high and three feet around. With cushions lining the barrel to break her fall, she survived the trip with only minor injuries.
OCTOBER 27, 1904: New York City Subway Opens
New York City Mayor George McClellan took the controls on the first run of the city’s new rapid transit system. The subway opened to the public later that night. More than 100,000 people paid a nickel each to take their first ride under Manhattan in what would become the largest American subway. The system expanded to the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens by 1915.
OCTOBER 31, 1941: Mount Rushmore Completed
After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore National Memorial was completed in South Dakota. The memorial depicts 60-foot-tall granite sculptures of the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected these presidents to represent the birth of the country, its political philosophy, preservation, expansion and conservation.
