Halloween has been a busy day in history. Most notably of course, is that my hero
Houdini died in 1926. It was 25 years from the day that the man that would become his friend, and later enemy,
Conan Doyle, published his first Sherlock Holmes novel.
Indira Ghandi met the great cow in the sky when she was murdered by her own bodyguards in '84.
From a visit to the U.S. in the fifties.River Phoenix chose Halloween to O.D. in '93. They buried him in a Tee shirt.
My Man,
Martin Luther, posted his scourge to the Catholics, the 99 Thesis in 1517 that kicked off the reformation. They haven't learned a fucking thing, still.
The Jackie Robinson of basketball,
Earl Lloyd, made his first start for the Washington Capitols in 1950.
Last, but certainly not least was
Ed Sullivan's trip to Heathrow Airport in 1963 on his way back to New York after CBS paid for a vacation for him that he disguised as a "talent search". He was pissed, then later curious of the huge crowd that made it impossible for him to board the plane. The rest, as they say, was history.
To this day I've yet to meet anyone that does not remember where they were on this Sunday night in February, 1964
