1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
1937 – Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
1957 – Walter O’Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, to Los Angeles.
1973 – The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world’s tallest building.
1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
In 2004 here’s what Bill Gates said…
“Two years from now, spam will be solved,” he told a select group of World Economic Forum participants at this Alpine ski resort. “And a lot of progress this year,” he added at the event, hosted by Charlie Rose.
And we’re still getting it!
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SOME OF OUR BEST RECEIVED SPAM: ( typos and all )
Good day,
My name is Park Wang, director of operation Korea Exchange bank , Bank of Korea Seoul. I have a sensitive and private offer from the top executive
to seek your partnership in re-profiling some offshore investment
funds worth 11.5M U.S.D. This is a legitimate transaction.
If we agree on the terms you will be given 15% of the total funds,
If you are interested please write back via email ( WHANGPARK83@YAHOO.CO.KR )
for further directives. Kindly copy or type out email as above and get back to me. I look forward to your response.
Best regards, Park Wang
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Be inform that they Presidency Department and Authority of the government with Central Bank of the Federal Republic of Benin order our corresponding bank BOA conjunction with (UBA) Bank to remit your fund to you $5,000.00 USD daily until your total fund complete 3.5 Millions.
The only tax fee you will pay is $93 USD for certification & legislation fees once you pay the fee you will receive your first payment within 24 hours we confirmed the money you sent, after that no other upfront fee involve and nothing like Anti-drug/money laundering etc, nothing like that, If there are other cost arises after this fee I will resend you the money or bear the incidental cost, now you should go ahead send the money forward payment information to me.
Be rest assured this is the only cost $93 USD once you sent the money your first payment $5,000.00 USD will be release to you immediately within 24 hours..for you informations the fee is not for our office, the Clearance Certificate for Central Bank of the Federal Republic of Benin account to enable you start picking up your payment like others beneficiary from Benin here to your location.
Once you send the money you are advice to reconfirm your details to us as stated below, and immediately you will receive your first $5,000.00 USD payment from us with within 24 hours you provide to us payment slip of the tax fee and your details.
Your. Receiver—
Your. Country—
Your. City–
Your. Tel—
Your. Test question—–
Your. Answer———–
Your.. Passport–
Your. Email Address—
Your. Password——
I am looking forward to hear from you with the payment information’s.
Thanks for your understand.
Yours In Service,
Mr. David Peter
Manager of EMS Post Office
Cotonou Benin Republic
Email: westernunionagent22@barid.com
Tel: +229-98836885
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CALVARY GREETINGS
Writing from Hospital
Donation
PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD
DEAREST IN THE LORD,
I am Mrs Cathy Olivia undergoing medical treatment in hospital. Recently, My Doctor told me that I may not last for the next seven months due to cancer problem, though what disturbs me most is my stroke and deaf problem. Haven known my condition i decided to Serve God with our wealth.I’m a widow and a servant of the Lord for the past 38 years
When my late husband was alive we kept the sum of ($4.6 Million U.S. Dollars)
I have decided to Give out this fund to a church or an individual or better still a God fearing person who will utilize this fund the way I am going to instruct here in.I want an individual that will use this fund to provide succor to the poor, an indigent persons to help orphanages, widows around him or her and Schools etc.
Hope to receive your reply soon.
Thanks and Remain Blessed.
Mrs Cathy Olivia.
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OCT19
SECRET SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
WASHINGTON, DC 20528, USA.
Good Day
This is the Department of Homeland Security, We have a vital mission which is to secure the nation from the many threats as well as internet Fraud. This requires the dedication of more than 230,000 employees in jobs that range from aviation and border security to emergency response, from cyber security analyst to chemical facility inspector. Our duties are wide-ranging, but our goal is clear keeping America safe.
By the way, your file just came across my desk, and we are happy to inform you that your funds valued at US$10,700,000.00 (Ten million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) has been approved by the Treasury Department of the United States.
Kindly get back to us for further directives.
Note: Do not reply to any e-mail that comes from the FBI Director. The FBI director does not e-mail people; He will rather send an agent to your door step in person. Do not fall a victim of scam again, a word is enough for the wise.
Please fill in your details here.
1) Your full name
2) Phone, fax and mobile#
3) Your full home address
4) Profession, age and marital status
5) Copy of your any valid ID card.
6) Monthly Income
Thank you and have a good day.
Signed: jamesamin_dhs@yeah.net
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1999 – The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h).
2015 – Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
Births
612 – Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
1849 – Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
1898 – Golda Meir, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
1912 – Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980)
1919 – Pete Seeger, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers) (d. 2014)
1924 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001)
1940 – David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist
1975 – Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
Deaths
1481 – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)
1779 – John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
1943 – Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
1991 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2007 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
2014 – Gary Becker, economist/academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
Edited from various sources including historyorb.com, the NYTimes.com Wikipedia and other internet searches