Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

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

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

1921  James Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry) on this day in history.   

1922  Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0 on October - 01.   

1922  Hector Campos-Parsi, composer on this day in history.   

1924  The birth of Jimmy Carter, Former (39th) US President on October - 01.   

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

1927  Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68 on October - 01.   

1928  First class at school for enlisted Navy and Marine Corps Radio intercept operators (The "On the roof gang") on October - 01.   

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  On October - 01 ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity   

1930  On October - 01 philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor (Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino)   

1930  Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84 on October - 01.   

1931  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1938  Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia) on October - 01.   

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  Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight on October - 01.   

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

1944  On October - 01 the Channel ports are in Allied hands   

1945  On October - 01 heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from the army   

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on October - 01.   

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  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on October - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on October - 01.   

0552  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0959  On this day in history death of king Edwy of England   

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

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

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)