Historical Events In October - 01

1920  Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People) on October - 01.   

1921  On October - 01 wJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting   

1921  On October - 01 james Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry)   

1922  On this day in history former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0   

1922  On October - 01 hector Campos-Parsi, composer   

1924  On this day in history the birth of Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President   

1924  On October - 01 fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)   

1924  On this day in history jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)   

1926  On October - 01 roger Williams, American pianist   

1927  On October - 01 tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote)   

1927  Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1928  First class at school for enlisted Navy and Marine Corps Radio intercept operators (The "On the roof gang") on October - 01.   

1928  On this day in history leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour   

1928  On October - 01 george Peppard, Detroit Mich, actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max)   

1929  Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor (Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino)   

1930  On October - 01 ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84   

1931  On October - 01 reginald Hall, endocrinologist   

1933  On October - 01 the birth of Richard Harris, British born film actor   

1935  The birth of Julie Andrews, English actress/singer; 'Mary Poppins' on this day in history.   

1936  On October - 01 gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain   

1936  Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1937  On October - 01 patrol aviation transferred to Aircraft Scouting Force, a reestablished type command. With change five patrol wings were established as separate administrative command over their squadrons.   

1937  Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters on October - 01.   

1938  On October - 01 germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)   

1939  Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" on October - 01.   

1940  On this day in history pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens   

1942  Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history allied forces captured Naples during WW II   

1943  Clark's forces enter Naples, Italy on this day in history.   

1943  On October - 01 antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32   

1944  Newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala on this day in history.   

1944  On October - 01 the Channel ports are in Allied hands   

1945  On October - 01 heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army   

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on this day in history.   

1507  On October - 01 birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)   

1540  Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617) was born on October - 01.   

1549  On October - 01 birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622) was born on October - 01.   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1644  Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born on October - 01.   

1644  On this day in history birth of jean Rousseau, composer   

0290  On October - 01 death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on October - 01.   

0552  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on October - 01.   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.   

1040  On October - 01 death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on October - 01.   

1310  On October - 01 death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)