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  On this day in history james Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry)  

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

1922  On October - 01 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 this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)  

1926  Roger Williams, American pianist on this day in history.  

1927  Tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote) on October - 01.  

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

1930  On October - 01 ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84  

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  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  On October - 01 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 on October - 01.  

1937  On this day in history pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters  

1938  On this day in history germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)  

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 October - 01.  

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

1943  On this day in history allied forces captured Naples during WW II  

1943  Clark's forces enter Naples, Italy on this day in history.  

1943  Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32 on this day in history.  

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

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

1945  On this day in history heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army  

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

1549  On October - 01 birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery  

1577  Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622) was born on October - 01.  

1620  On October - 01 birth of nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher  

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

1644  On this day in history birth of jean Rousseau, composer  

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

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

0976  On October - 01 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  On October - 01 death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar  

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