Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

1920  Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history wJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting   

1921  On October - 01 james Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry)   

1922  On October - 01 former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0   

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

1926  On this day in history roger Williams, American pianist   

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

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 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  On October - 01 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 on October - 01.   

1938  Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia) on this day in history.   

1939  Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" on October - 01.   

1940  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 01 newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala   

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

1945  Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army on this day in history.   

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1207  On this day in history birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

1507  On this day in history birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)   

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on this day in history.   

1577  On October - 01 birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

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

1644  On October - 01 birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

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

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on this day in history.   

0540  On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies   

0552  On October - 01 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 this day in history.   

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on October - 01.   

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.