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  James Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry) on October - 01.  

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  The birth of Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)  

1924  Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour  

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 this day in history.  

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

1931  Reginald Hall, endocrinologist on October - 01.  

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

1935  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1937  Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters on this day in history.  

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

1939  On this day in history winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"  

1940  On this day in history pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens  

1942  On October - 01 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 October - 01.  

1943  Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32 on October - 01.  

1944  On this day in history newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala  

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  On October - 01 birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)  

1507  On October - 01 birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)  

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  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 October - 01.  

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  On this day in history death of king Edwy of England  

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.  

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  On October - 01 death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)