A look back at this date in history
Oct. 9, 1933, in The Star: Building from the huge retail shopping turnout of Saturday, the Anniston business community is “swinging into line with the rest of America in the great ‘Now is the time to buy’ movement.” Said local business leader Charles F. Varn, “We are attacking the depression with the weapons of salesmanship .... The present nation-wide campaign is simply a drive to get people to buy the things they would have been buying during the last three years or so if it had not been for their fear complex.”
Oct. 9, 1983: It’s a time of birth and death in Talladega these days. Last weekend the classic old Carnegie Library was reopened as the Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall to spotlight local history — of which Talladega has much. But last night the north side of the city’s historic square was damaged when a fire gutted the Fishers of Men bookstore. Smoke and water also damaged the old Martin Theater next door, where a gospel singing was taking place. Also this date: A crowd in the hundreds lined Noble Street yesterday morning to view the Anniston Centennial Parade and bid adieu to a week of themed celebrations that marked the temporal milestone. The 40-minute procession of bands and floats drew “a surprisingly large Saturday morning crowd,” according to the writer. It was a pleasant end to a celebration for which community participation in general did not meet expectations, particularly compared to the 75th anniversary of 1958. “All the world is more jaded than it was 25 years ago,” said Anniston businessman George Deyo.
History on Oct. 9 in
1446 — The Korean alphabet, created under the aegis of King Sejong, was first published.
1701 — The Collegiate School of Connecticut — later Yale University — was chartered.
1888 — The public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.
Thursday's birthdays: Actor Fyvush Finkel is 86. Singer Jackson Browne is 60. Actor Robert Wuhl is 57. Actress-TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 56. Actor Tony Shalhoub is 55. Actor Scott Bakula is 54. Jazz musician Kenny Garrett is 48. Rock singer-musician Kurt Neumann (The BoDeans) is 47. Country singer Gary Bennett is 44. Country singer Tommy Shane Steiner is 35. Person-with-famous-surname-even-though-we’re-not-sure-what-he-does Sean Lennon is 33. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan is 27. Actor Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris) is 16.
