Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

1920  On this day in history lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People)   

1921  On October - 01 wJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting   

1921  On October - 01 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  The birth of Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President on this day in history.   

1924  Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia) on this day in history.   

1924  On October - 01 jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981)   

1926  On this day in history roger Williams, American pianist   

1927  On this day in history tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote)   

1927  On October - 01 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  On this day in history leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour   

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  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  On October - 01 reginald Hall, endocrinologist   

1933  On October - 01 the birth of Richard Harris, British born film actor   

1935  The birth of Julie Andrews, English actress/singer; 'Mary Poppins' on October - 01.   

1936  Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On October - 01 clark's forces enter Naples, Italy.   

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

1944  Newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala on October - 01.   

1944  On this day in history the Channel ports are in Allied hands   

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

1540  Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617) was born on October - 01.   

1549  On this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  On this day in history birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

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  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  On this day in history teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.   

0976  On this day in history al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies   

1040  On October - 01 death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on this day in history.   

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on this day in history.