Historical Events In October - 01

1920  On October - 01 lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People)  

1921  On this day in history 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 this day in history jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)  

1926  Roger Williams, American pianist on October - 01.  

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

1927  On this day in history wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68  

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  On October - 01 leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour  

1928  George Peppard, Detroit Mich, actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max) on October - 01.  

1929  On October - 01 ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity  

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

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

1931  Reginald Hall, endocrinologist on this day in history.  

1933  The birth of Richard Harris, British born film actor on this day in history.  

1935  The birth of Julie Andrews, English actress/singer; 'Mary Poppins' on October - 01.  

1936  On this day in history gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain  

1936  Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28 on October - 01.  

1937  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 on October - 01.  

1937  Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters on this day in history.  

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

1939  On this day in history winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"  

1940  Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens on October - 01.  

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 this day in history clark's forces enter Naples, Italy.  

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

1944  On this day in history newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala  

1944  The Channel ports are in Allied hands on October - 01.  

1945  Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army on October - 01.  

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

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on October - 01.  

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  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  On October - 01 birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer  

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on October - 01.  

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

0540  On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies  

0552  On this day in history teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle  

0959  On this day in history death of king Edwy of England  

0976  On October - 01 al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies  

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  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on October - 01.