Page 6: Historical Events In October - 01

1920  Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Okla, actor (Investigator, For the People) on October - 01.   

1921  WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting on October - 01.   

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

1922  On October - 01 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 October - 01.   

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

1924  Jimmy Earl Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981) on October - 01.   

1926  On October - 01 roger Williams, American pianist   

1927  On October - 01 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 October - 01.   

1928  Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour on October - 01.   

1928  On this day in history george Peppard, Detroit Mich, actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max)   

1929  Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor (Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino)   

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

1931  On October - 01 reginald Hall, endocrinologist   

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

1935  On October - 01 the birth of Julie Andrews, English actress/singer; 'Mary Poppins'   

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

1936  Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28 on October - 01.   

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 October - 01.   

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  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 this day in history clark's forces enter Naples, Italy.   

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

1944  On October - 01 newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala   

1944  The Channel ports are in Allied hands on this day in history.   

1945  On October - 01 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 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  On this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

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

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on October - 01.   

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

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on October - 01.   

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  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on October - 01.   

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

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

1310  On this day in history death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)