Historical Events In October - 01

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

1921  WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1921  James Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry) on this day in history.  

1922  Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0 on this day in history.  

1922  Hector Campos-Parsi, composer on October - 01.  

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

1924  On this day in history fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)  

1924  Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981) on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history roger Williams, American pianist  

1927  On this day in history tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote)  

1927  Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68 on October - 01.  

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

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  On this day in history ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity  

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

1930  Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84 on October - 01.  

1931  On this day in history reginald Hall, endocrinologist  

1933  On this day in history the birth of Richard Harris, British born film actor  

1935  On October - 01 the birth of Julie Andrews, English actress/singer; 'Mary Poppins'  

1936  Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain on this day in history.  

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 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 October - 01 pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens  

1942  On this day in history bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight  

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  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  Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1540  Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1549  On this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery  

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 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  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on October - 01.  

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

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

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.  

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

1040  On this day in history death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)  

1189  On this day in history death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar  

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