230 - 220 * 0.5 = 230 - (220 * 0.5) = 230 - 110 = 120
The key is "5!" where the "!" is the factorial operator = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 120
Therefore 5! = 120
Holidays
Feast Day of St. Bridget
Patron saint of Sweden and founder of the Order of the Most Holy Savior.
What Happened On
The Burning Bed
October 8, 1984
The critically-acclaimed made for TV movie The Burning Bed, starring Farrah Fawcett, airs on NBC. It was based on the non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered housewife Francine Hughes. After thirteen years of physical domestic abuse, Hughes killed her husband in 1977 by setting fire to the bed he was sleeping in at their home. Francine Hughes was tried for first degree murder and found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.
Sgt. York in Battle - by Frank Schoonover
Sgt. York in Battle - by Frank Schoonover
Sgt. York
October 8, 1918
The legendary U.S. World War I hero, Alvin York (later known as Sgt. York), kills 25 members of a German machine-gun battalion and captures 132 others during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. During the assault, York, using a semi-automatic pistol, shot and killed six German soldiers who were charging at him with fixed bayonets. Seeing the carnage York was inflicting on his men, the German commander ordered his unit to surrender.
Great Chicago Fire - Not Started by a Cow
October 8, 1871
3.3 square miles (9 km2) of Chicago is destroyed, more than 250 people are killed, and 100,000 of the 300,000 residents were left homeless. Adding to the problem, Chicago had been in a drought, having received only 1 inch (2.5 cm) of rain since July 4.
It was not Mrs. O'Leary's cow that started the fire, even though this was reported in the Chicago Tribune's first post-fire issue. Twenty-two years later, the author of the story retracted it, stating it was fabricated. The fire started at about 9:00 p.m. near a barn belonging to the O'Leary family. The O'Learys claim they were already asleep and not milking the cow as the article claimed. City officials never determined the exact cause of the fire, but it's possible that a group of men who were gambling inside the barn knocked over a lantern.
Ted Danson Honors Whoopi in Blackface
October 8, 1993
Actor Ted Danson appears at a Friar's Club comedy roast honoring his then girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg wearing blackface. He was also criticized for his use of racial stereotypes during the roast. Goldberg said she was in on the stunt and helped write much of his material.
First Perfect No-Hitter World Series Baseball Game
October 8, 1956
Don Larsen pitching for the New York Yankees and beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0.
First Vanderbilt Cup Auto Race
October 8, 1904
The winner was George Heath driving a Panhard.
Birthdays
The Ace of Aces
Eddie Rickenbacker (Edward Vernon Rickenbacker)
Born October 8, 1890 d. 1973
American fighter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient, and race car driver. Called "The Ace of Aces", with 26 aerial victories, he was the most decorated pilot of World War I.
Frank (right) and Charles Duryea
Frank (right) and Charles Duryea
James Frank Duryea
Born October 8, 1869 d. 1967
American inventor. Built the first successful gas-powered car in the U.S. and won the first U.S. automobile race (1895). He and his brother Charles Duryea formed the first U.S. automobile company, Duryea Motor Wagon Co. (1895), selling their first car in 1896.
Stephanie Zimbalist
Born October 8, 1956
American actress. TV: Remington Steele(Laura Holt).
Kool (Robert Bell)
Born October 8, 1950
American singer, with Kool and the Gang. Music: Ladies Night (1979, #1) and Celebration (1980, #1).
Sigourney Weaver (Susan Weaver)
Born October 8, 1949
American actress. Film: Alien (1979), Ghostbusters (1984), and Gorillas in the Mist (1988).
Sarah Purcell
Born October 8, 1948
American TV personality. TV: Real People (host).
Chevy Chase (Cornelius Crane Chase)
Born October 8, 1943
American Emmy-winning actor, comedian, short-lived talk show host. TV: Saturday Night Live.
Jesse Jackson
Born October 8, 1941
American civil rights leader.
Rona Barrett (Rona Burnstein)
Born October 8, 1936
American gossip columnist and TV personality.
Jim Elliot
Born October 8, 1927 d. 1956
American missionary to Ecuador's Quechua Indians. His was killed by the Aucas while trying to minister to them. Quote: "It is dangerous to get the cart before the horse, but essential in God's program to get the heart before the course." His death was the basis for the book/movie End of the Spear.
Frank Herbert (Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr.)
Born October 8, 1920 d. 1986
American science-fiction author. Writings: Dune (1965) and its five sequels.
Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and has been adapted into numerous movies and TV programs.
Billy Conn
Born October 8, 1917 d. 1993
American Hall of Fame boxer. In 1941, while leading Joe Louis 8 rounds to 4, instead of playing it safe and taking the decision, he decided to slug it out with the heavyweight champ. Louis quickly knocked him out.
Kirk Alyn (John Feggo, Jr.)
Born October 8, 1910 d. 1999
American actor. He played Superman in the 1948 movie serial and in its sequel Atom Man Vs. Superman (1950). He also played young Lois Lane's father in the 1978 Superman movie.
Juan Domingo Perón
Born October 8, 1895 d. 1974
President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74). His opposition to the Church led to his excommunication by Pope Pius XII. He was forced to resign in 1955 after a revolt, but was welcomed back in 1973 by an unstable country.
Ma Barker (Arizona Donnie Clark)
Born October 8, 1873 d. 1935
American outlaw. Supposedly headed a gang which included her four sons. She and her youngest son were gunned down by FBI agents.
James Wilson Marshall
Born October 8, 1810 d. 1885
American pioneer. He started the California Gold Rush when he discovered gold at Sutter's Mill (1848).
Father of Rhode Island
John Clarke
Born October 8, 1609 d. 1676
Baptist minister. Father of Rhode Island. He was a co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, author of its influential charter, and a leading advocate of religious freedom in the Americas. He was imprisoned in Boston for performing baptisms (1651), as the Baptist religion was illegal in Boston.
Deaths
First African-American Drafted by the NFL
George Taliaferro
Died October 8, 2018 b. 1927
American football player. He was the first African-American drafted by the NFL. He was picked by the Chicago Bears in the thirteenth round of the 1949 NFL Draft, but had already signed with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference one week earlier. He played with the Dons one year, then joined the NFL's New York Yanks.
Playing college ball in 1945, he rushed for 719 yards and led the Indiana Hoosiers to an undefeated season and its only undisputed championship of the Big Ten Conference (then known as the Western Conference). He was voted Indiana's most valuable player in 1948. Even though he was a star player, because he was black he could not live in a dorm, eat in the cafeteria, or swim in the pool.
Taliaferro was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
Franklin Pierce
Died October 8, 1869 b. 1804
American politician. 14th U.S. President (1853-57).
John Hancock
Died October 8, 1793 b. 1737
4th and 13th president of the Continental Congress (1775-77, 1785-86). First signer of the Declaration of Independence and first governor of Massachusetts (1780-85).
Sentenced to be Chopped Up and Dissolved in Acid
Javed Iqbal (Javed Iqbal Mughal)
Died October 8, 2001 b. 1956
Pakistani serial killer. He was found guilty of the sexual abuse and murder of 100 boys over a six-month period. In December 1999, Iqbal sent a letter to police and the newspaper confessing to the murders of 100 boys, all aged between 6 and 16, claiming to have strangled them with a chain, dismembered their bodies, and disposed of them using vats of hydrochloric acid. The police found photographs of many of his victims and two vats of acid with partially dissolved human body parts in his house. Four teenage boys who lived with Iqbal were arrested as accomplices. A month later Iqbal turned himself in. He was sentenced to be executed in a manner similar to how he killed his victims: He would be hanged with the same chain he used to strangle his victims and his body would be cut into 100 pieces and dissolved in acid. He died in prison before his execution could be carried out.
Fernando Lamas
Died October 8, 1982 b. 1915
Argentine actor, the Latin Lover of U.S. films during the 1950s.
Edith S. Sampson (Edith Spurlock Sampson)
Died October 8, 1979 b. 1898
African-American judge. She was the first black delegate appointed to the United Nations (1950) and the first black woman elected judge in the state of Illinois (1962, Chicago Municipal Court).
World's Heaviest Woman
Percy Pearl Washington
Died October 8, 1972 b. 1926
American heavyweight, the world's heaviest woman (880 pounds).