Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

1920  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1922  Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0 on October - 01.   

1922  Hector Campos-Parsi, composer on this day in history.   

1924  On October - 01 the birth of Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President   

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

1924  Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981) on October - 01.   

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 October - 01.   

1928  Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour on October - 01.   

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

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

1930  Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor (Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino) on October - 01.   

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

1931  Reginald Hall, endocrinologist on this day in history.   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 October - 01.   

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  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  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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

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

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  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  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on October - 01.   

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

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on October - 01.