Historical Events In October - 09

1937  August de Boeck, composer, dies at 72 on October - 09.   

1938  A Copland & E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago on October - 09.   

1940  The birth of John Lennon, Former member of 'The Beatles' on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history winston Churchill elected head of the Conservative party   

1941  A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president on this day in history.   

1942  On October - 09 statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.   

1943  HMS CARLISLE (AA), damaged 9th October 1943, Eastern Mediterranean, south west of Rhodes in Scarpanto Strait by German Ju87 divebombers on this day in history.   

1943  On October - 09 gerard W Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies   

1944  British PM Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin on October - 09.   

1945  British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal on this day in history.   

1946  The first electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 on this day in history.   

1946  1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 on this day in history.   

1947  The first telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane on October - 09.   

1947  On October - 09 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances   

1949  Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1955  Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65 on October - 09.   

1958  Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82   

1960  On October - 09 howard Glenn NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game   

1960  Howard Glenn, NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game on October - 09.   

1961  Tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1961  Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic) on October - 09.   

1962  On October - 09 lulu McConnell comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80   

1962  NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m on this day in history.   

1962  On October - 09 lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80   

1963  On this day in history uganda becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

1963  Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer, dies at 85 on October - 09.   

1965  Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series   

1967  On this day in history che Guevara executed in Bolivia   

1967  On October - 09 andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies   

1968  On October - 09 government seizes oil fields in Peru   

1968  On this day in history pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed   

1969  On this day in history supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together"   

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1201  Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on October - 09.   

1221  On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  On this day in history birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)   

1328  King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Ferrabosco, composer   

1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on October - 09.   

1326  On this day in history reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.   

1423  On October - 09 frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)