Mischief Night
Mischief Night (or Devil’s Night or
Hell Night or Cabbage Night or Gate Night or Mizzy Night or Miggy Night
or Goosing Night or Egg Nyte or Angels’ Night) is an
annual tradition when people (youngsters)
take a degree of license to play pranks and do mischief in
their neighbor hoods.
The earliest reference to the night is from 1790 when fellows of St
John’s College, Oxford, studied a headmaster who had encouraged a school
play which ended in “an Ode to Fun which praises children’s tricks on
Mischief Night in most approving terms”.
Popular tricks include toilet papering yards and buildings,
powder-bombing and egging cars, people, and homes, using soap to write
on windows, “forking” yards, setting off consumer fireworks, and
smashing pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns. Among younger children, the
practice of trick-or-treating on Halloween night itself traditionally
carried the implied threat of “tricks” in the absence of the requested
“treats”; in modern times, however, this threat is rarely if ever acted
upon.
Birthdays
John
Adams (October 30,
1735 – July 4,
1826) was the second President of
the United States
(1797–1801), having earlier served as the first Vice
President of the United States. An American Founding Father, he was a statesman, diplomat, and a leader of
American independence from Great Britain. Well educated, he was an Enlightenment political theorist who promoted republicanism
Elizabeth
Madox Roberts
(October 30, 1881 - March 13, 1941) was a Kentucky novelist and poet, primarily known for her novels and stories about the Kentucky mountain people, including The Time of Man (1926), The
Great Meadow (1930) and A Buried Treasure (1931). All of her
writings are characterized by her distinct, rhythmic prose. While she was a major influence on Robert Penn Warren and a contemporary of the Southern
Renaissance
writers, Roberts has been neglected by critics in recent years
Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey,
Jr., United States Navy, (October 30, 1882 – August 16,
1959), was a U.S. Naval officer. He commanded the South
Pacific Area during the early stages of the Pacific War against Japan. Later he was commander of the Third Fleet through the duration of
hostilities
Ruth
Gordon Jones
(October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985), better known as Ruth Gordon, was
an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her film roles
such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's
Baby, as the
eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the Clint Eastwood film Every Which
Way but Loose.
In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous well-known plays, film
scripts and books. Gordon won an Academy Award, an Emmy and two Golden Globe awards for her acting, as well as three
Academy Award nominations for her writing
Jane White (October 30, 1922 – July 24, 2011) was an actress of
African-American and European descent. Born in New York City, she attended Smith College and The New School. In 1945, she made her Broadway debut in Strange Fruit. This performance was followed by roles in Razzle
Dazzle, The Insect Comedy, The Climate of Eden, Take a
Giant Step, Jane Eyre, and The Power and The Glory. In 1959, she
opened the acclaimed musical, Once Upon a
Mattress,
originating the role of Queen Aggravain alongside Carol Burnett and Joseph Bova. She won an Obie Award
in 1971 for sustained achievement
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