Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

1920  Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People)   

1921  WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting   

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

1922  Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0.   

1922  Hector Campos-Parsi, composer   

1924  Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President is born.   

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

1924  Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)   

1926  Roger Williams, American pianist   

1927  Tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote)   

1927  Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68.   

1928  inaugural 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.   

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

1929  Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity   

1930  Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor (Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino).   

1930  Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84.   

1931  Reginald Hall, endocrinologist   

1933  Richard Harris, British born film actor is born.   

1935  Julie Andrews, English actress/singer; 'Mary Poppins' is born   

1936  Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain.   

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

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   

1937  Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters   

1938  Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia).   

1939  Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"   

1940  Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens   

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

1943  Allied forces captured Naples during WW II.   

1943  Clark's forces enter Naples, Italy   

1943  Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32   

1944  The Channel ports are in Allied hands   

1945  Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army.   

1945  Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73   

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1207  Henry iii: King of england (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo barozzi da vignola: Italian architect   

1540  Johann jakob grynaeus: Swiss protestant clergyman   

1549  Anna of h bartolomaeus: Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  Fidelis of sigmaringen: Swiss friar, martyr, and saint   

1620  Nicolaes pietersz berchem: Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

1644  Alessandro stradella: Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean rousseau: Composer   

0290  [christian] bacchus: Roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  Death of Vedastus st vaast: 1st bishop of atrecht/saint,   

0552  Death of Teja: King of ostrogoten,   

0959  King edwy of england: King edwy of england   

0976  Death of Al-hakam ii: Moors kalief of cordoba,   

1040  Alan iii: Duke of brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de ridefort: Grandmaster of the knights templar   

1310  Beatrice of burgundy: Lady of bourbon (b. 1257)