Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

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

1921  On October - 01 wJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting   

1921  On this day in history james Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry)   

1922  On this day in history former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0   

1922  On October - 01 hector Campos-Parsi, composer   

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

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  On October - 01 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  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 October - 01.   

1928  On October - 01 george Peppard, Detroit Mich, actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max)   

1929  Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity on this day in history.   

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

1930  On this day in history ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84   

1931  Reginald Hall, endocrinologist on October - 01.   

1933  The birth of Richard Harris, British born film actor on October - 01.   

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 this day in history oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28   

1937  On October - 01 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  On October - 01 pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters   

1938  On this day in history 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  Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens on October - 01.   

1942  On October - 01 bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight   

1943  On October - 01 allied forces captured Naples during WW II   

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

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  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 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 this day in history birth of nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

1644  Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born on October - 01.   

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on this day in history.   

0290  On October - 01 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 this day in history.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.   

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.