“No soup for you!”

No, we’re not quoting the NYC Marathon, but “The Soup Nazi” episode of Seinfeld, that ran today in 1995. No jokes, we just hope everyone affected by Sandy is safe, warm, fed and comfortable as soon as possible.

Speaking of the marathon, today in 1986 Grete Waitz won her 5th straight and 8th overall in a time of 2:28:6, winning by over a mile. Waitz would win the race one more time in her too good to believe career.

Waitz winning was certainly no upset, but Harry S. Truman defeating Thomas E. Dewey in the Presidential election today in 1948 obviously was.

It was today in 1959 that Charles Van Doren admitted to a congressional committee that the quiz show, Twenty One, was fixed, as Van Doren was supplied both the questions and answers before the show.

Steve Carlton won the NL Cy Young award today in 1972. Carlton, pitching for the Phillies, who finished 59-97 on the year, finished 27-10, with a 1.97 ERA, with 30 complete games and 320 strikeouts.

All the pieces seemed to be in place for a classic, but “American Gangster,” left most people a little flat when it came out today in 2007. Denzel didn’t even get nominated for best actor, unlike his movie that opens today, “Flight,” which it sounds like he most certainly will.

It may not be in his top two albums, but “Long After Dark,” which hit shelves today in 1982 is still a classic album for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. “You Got Lucky,” “Deliver Me,” “Straight Into Darkness,” and “Change of Heart” are all Heartbreakers classics.

— Bill Hubbell