Show October 1968 I October dresses in flame and gold Like a woman afraid of growing growing growing grow grow- ing old Anne Lawler October can be the most beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- month of the year and is always a month of dazzling color cool crisp weather crop I harvesting and football It takes its name from being the eighth month in the old Roman calendar calendar calendar calen calen- dar though now the tenth month MANY OCTOBER dates have important meaning in American Ameri Ameri- can history Rutherford Hayes President was born Oct 4 1822 in Delaware Ohio He served with distinction in the army in Congress was elected governor and beat Samuel Tilden Tilden Tilden Til- Til den of New York the Demo Demo- cratic Party candidate in 1876 in a highly controversial election election election elec elec- tion one which saw the votes of the occupied states Louisiana Louisiana Louisi Louisi- ana Florida and South Carolina thrown to Hayes allegedly in return for a promise that federal federal federal fed fed- eral troops would be withdrawn from them this was the year after the Civil War Chester Arthur President President President dent was born in Fairfield Vt on Oct 5 1830 the son of ofa a Baptist clergyman from Ire Ire- land He became President when President Garfield died in 1881 but his party did not nominate nominate nominate nom nom- him in 1884 and he lie died dieda a disappointed man in 1885 DWIGHT Eisenhower was born Oct 14 1890 1800 in Denison Tex his career being more well known John Adams the second President was born in Braintree Mass Oct 19 1735 and was the first prominent Adams of a long line in a distinguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- dis- dis family his son also became President He was a foe of Thomas Jefferson but butin butin butin in his later years they were reconciled and carried on a regular correspondence Theodore Roosevelt President was born Oct 27 i 1858 in New York City of Dutch descent He was a popular leader lead lead- er gifted naval historian and cavalry officer and as Governor Governor Governor Gover Gover- nor of New York was nominated ed as vice president elected eJected and took office in March of 1901 When President McKinley l was assassinated in September Roosevelt became President |