Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

1920  On this day in history lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People)   

1921  On October - 01 wJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting   

1921  James Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry) on October - 01.   

1922  On October - 01 former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0   

1922  On this day in history hector Campos-Parsi, composer   

1924  The birth of Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President on October - 01.   

1924  Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia) on October - 01.   

1924  On October - 01 jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)   

1926  On this day in history 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 October - 01.   

1928  First class at school for enlisted Navy and Marine Corps Radio intercept operators (The "On the roof gang") on this day in history.   

1928  Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour on this day in history.   

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

1929  Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity on October - 01.   

1930  On October - 01 philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor (Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino)   

1930  Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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 October - 01.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters   

1938  Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia) on October - 01.   

1939  On October - 01 winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"   

1940  Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens on this day in history.   

1942  Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight on October - 01.   

1943  Allied forces captured Naples during WW II on October - 01.   

1943  On October - 01 clark's forces enter Naples, Italy.   

1943  On this day in history antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32   

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

1944  The Channel ports are in Allied hands on this day in history.   

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

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1207  On October - 01 birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on October - 01.   

1577  On October - 01 birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on October - 01.   

1644  Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1644  On October - 01 birth of jean Rousseau, composer   

0290  On this day in history death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  On October - 01 vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies   

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

0959  On October - 01 death of king Edwy of England   

0976  On this day in history al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies   

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on this day in history.   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on this day in history.   

1310  On this day in history death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)