Monday, October 25, 2010

Oct. 26, 2010: Cruising the Erie Canal

I had Jeff get me some weights to wear because the winds will be howling Tuesday and Wednesday here in the Great Lakes.

Oct. 26, 1823, Erie Canal opens.

Oct. 26,1881, shootout at the OK Corral takes place in Tombstone, Ariz. Jeff has been to Tombstone and tells me the corral is the size of a backyard. Small space for a gun battle.

Oct. 26, 1946, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak was born.

Oct. 26, 2001, Pres. George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act.

Thanks to History.com


Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

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