Today in History

Births On This Day, September 29th 🎂

1961 Julia Gillard
Australian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

1951 Michelle Bachelet
Chilean politician, 34th President of Chile

1936 Silvio Berlusconi
Italian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Italy

1901 Enrico Fermi
Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1511 Michael Servetus
Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer

Deaths On This Day, September 29th 🪦

2009 Pavel Popovich
Soviet astronaut

1997 Roy Lichtenstein
American painter, sculptor

1981 Bill Shankly
Scottish footballer, manager

1973 W. H. Auden
English/American poet

1902 Émile Zola
French author, critic
 

On This Day In History, September 30th

2005 Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishes controversial cartoon
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. The publication led to riots and protests in many parts of the world.

1966 Botswana becomes independent
Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom.

1960 Premier of The Flintstones
The animated series The Flintstones premiered on TV. It was set in the Stone Age and it detailed the lives of the Flintstone and Rubble families. It ran for 6 years until April 1 1966.

1949 Berlin airlift ends
After 15 months of airlifting supplies to Berlin, the Berlin airlift led by American forces came to an end. The Berlin Blockade was an international crisis where the Soviet Union blocked access to Western countries into Berlin.

1744 Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo begins
The battle was fought during the War of the Austrian Succession and ended with the Spanish and French victory over the Kingdom of Sardinia.
 
Births On This Day, September 30th 🎂

1983 Adam Jones
American football player

1928 Elie Wiesel
Romanian/American author, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Prize laureate

1924 Truman Capote
American author

1852 Charles Villiers Stanford
Irish composer

1207 Rumi
Persian mystic, poet

Deaths On This Day, September 30th 🪦

1987 Alfred Bester
American author

1955 James Dean
American actor

1942 Hans-Joachim Marseille
German pilot

1941 Alice de Janzé
American Heiress

1897 Thérèse of Lisieux
 
1841
Samuel Slocum patents the stapler
1936
Pinewood Studios,a British TV/film studio opens in Buckingham, England
1953
Earl Warren is appointed the 14th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, he served 15 yrs retired in June 1959
1984
debut of CBS drama' Murder She Wrote' starring Angela Landsbury. She played a widow living in fictitious town of Cabot Cove, Maine who writes mystery novels, and is a amateur detective. She gets involved with real life murder mysteries figures out who the killer is. The show ran for 12 yrs,she never won an Emmy
2021
Canada observes its 1st National Day for Truth and Reconcillation honoring victims/ survivors or residential schools for indigenous children
 
On This Day In History, October 1st

1991 Siege of Dubrovnik
The Siege of Dubrovnik began during the Croatian War of Independence. On this day, the Yugoslav People's Army started its offensive on Dubrovnik.

1961 Formation of Federal Republic of Cameroon
British Cameroon or Southern Cameroon joined the Republic of Cameroon to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.

1957 Thalidomide launched
Thalidomide, an anti-nausea drug and sleep aid, was launched. For about five years it was commonly prescribed to pregnant women as a drug to deal with morning sickness. It was finally withdrawn from the market after it was determined that it caused birth defects.

1949 People's Republic of China is established
Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

1946 Trial of the Major War Criminals end
The Trial of the Major War Criminals part of the Nuremberg trials ended with sentences being passed against several key members of the Nazi party.
 
Births On This Day, October 1st 🎂

1935 Julie Andrews
English actress, singer

1924 Jimmy Carter
American politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1924 William Rehnquist
American lawyer, jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States

1910 Bonnie Parker
American criminal

1896 Liaquat Ali Khan
Indian/Pakistani lawyer, politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan

Deaths On This Day, October 1st 🪦

2013 Tom Clancy
American author

2012 Eric Hobsbawm
Egyptian/English historian, author

2004 Richard Avedon
American photographer

1990 Curtis LeMay
American general

1972 Louis Leakey
Kenyan/English archaeologist
 
On This Day In History, October 2nd

2002 Beltway sniper attacks begin
A series of coordinated sniper attacks occurred in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The attacks lasted 3 weeks and resulted in the killing of 10 people.

1992 Carandiru massacre
A prison riot in Carandiru Penitentiary, Brazil, led to the killing of over 100 inmates by the police.

1958 Guinea declares independence
Guinea declared its independence from France.

1950 Peanuts published for the first time
Charles M. Schulz's comic strip, Peanuts, was printed for the first time in 9 newspapers around the U.S.

1835 Battle of Gonzales
The first military engagement of the Texas War of Independence, the Battle of Gonzales, occurred on this day between Texas rebels and Mexican troops. This battle marked the beginning of Texas' War of Independence, which resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas.
 
Births On This Day, October 2nd 🎂

1966 Yokozuna
American wrestler

1951 Sting
English singer-songwriter, bass player, actor

1949 Annie Leibovitz
American photographer

1904 Graham Greene
English author, playwright, critic

1890 Groucho Marx
American comedian, actor

Deaths On This Day, October 2nd 🪦

2015 Brian Friel
Irish author, playwright, director

1985 Rock Hudson
American actor

1973 Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner

1968 Marcel Duchamp
French painter

1803 Samuel Adams
American politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts
 
Oct 3rd:
1849
author, Edgar Allan Poe is found in a Baltimore, Maryland gutter not known how he got there
It's the last time he's seen in public before his death
1863
Pres Abraham Lincoln designates the last Thurs in Nov as U.S Thanksgiving Day
1899
JS Thurman patents motor driven vacuum cleaner
1945
At the Mississippi-Alabama Fair&Daily Show, 10 yr old Elvis Presley his 1st performance in public sings 'Old Shep' in the youth talent contest. He wins 5th prize $5 in fair tickets
1971
tennis player, Billie Jean King becomes the 1st female player to win $100,000 in a year
1990
Reformation of East&West Germany,West German flag is raised above Brandenberg Gate at midnight
2018
the most expensive whiskey ever sold at auction in Edinburgh, Scotland.A bottle of Macallan Valerio Adami 1926,price $1.1 million
 
On This Day In History October 4th

1992 End of the Mozambican Civil War
The 15-year-long civil war was fought between the Mozambique Resistance Movement and the Mozambican government. The conflict, which began in 1977, just a couple of years after the War of Independence against the Portuguese, resulted in massive losses of human life and property. The civil war ended with the signing of the Rome General Peace Accords by both of the warring parties.

1966 Lesotho independence
Lesotho gained independence from British rule.

1957, the World's first artificial satellite was launched
The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world’s oldest and largest space launch facility still in operation. The successful launch of Sputnik spurred the Space Race – a race between Cold War rivals USSR and the US to gain supremacy in spaceflight.

1895 First US Open for Golf
The now annual event was played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island, for the first time. 11 people played the 36-hole competition in a single day. Horace Rawlins, a 21-year old Englishman won the tournament and took home a trophy and $150 cash.

1582 Last day of the Julian Calendar in Catholic countries
The next day, the Gregorian calendar took effect in Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain by the order of Pope Gregory XIII. The calendar was put in place to realign events like equinoxes and solstices with the calendar, ensuring that Easter is always celebrated around the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox. Because of the new calendar, several days were skipped, and October 4 was followed by October 15. Today, the Gregorian calendar is the most used calendar around the world.
 
Births On This Day, October 4th 🎂

1988 Derrick Rose
American basketball player

1973 Abyss
American wrestler

1946 Chuck Hagel
American politician

1895 Buster Keaton
American actor, director, producer

1822 Rutherford B. Hayes
American politician, 19th President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, October 4th

1982 Glenn Gould
Canadian pianist, composer

1974 Anne Sexton
American poet

1970 Janis Joplin
American singer-songwriter

1951 Henrietta Lacks
American patient, HeLa cells derived from her cervical cancer

1669 Rembrandt
Dutch painter
 
1675
Dutch mathematician, Christiaan Huggens patents the pocket watch
1883
The Orient Express departs on its 1st official journey from Paris to Istanbul,took 7 days
1927
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in South Dakota. He works on it until his death in March 1941
1949
United Nations permanent NYC Headquarters is dedicated
2006
Wikileaks is launched by internet activist, Julian Assange
2022
New York Yankee baseball player, Aaron Judge breaks Roger Maris's American League HR record by hitting his 62nd home run in a loss against Texas Rangers
 
On This Day In History, October 5th

2000 Bulldozer Revolution in the Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
President Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown after hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Belgrade to protest against recently held elections. While largely peaceful, the protesters burnt down the Parliament building. Milosevic resigned and stepped down from his office two days later.

1984 First Canadian to go into space
Marc Garneau flew as the payload specialist on STS-41-G, the 6th flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger. The flight that launched on this day was also the first space mission to have 2 women - Sally Ride and Kathryn Sullivan.

1969 Monty Python’s Flying Circus makes its debut
The British sketch comedy series lasted for a year on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The show was a commentary on daily life in Britain and had several recurring themes and characters played by Eric Idle, Graham Chapman John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, and Terry Jones. The sketches are often thought to have had a strong influence on television comedy around the world.

1962 James Bond makes his theatrical debut
The fictional British spy with the code name 007 was featured on the big screen for the first time in Dr. No. Based on the 1958 Ian Fleming novel of the same name, the movie starred Sean Connery as James Bond.

1947 First televised presidential speech in the United States
Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the US, called on Americans to use less grain to help Europe which was still reeling from the effects of the Second World War. He asked people to avoid eating meat on Tuesdays and eggs and poultry on Thursdays and to consume 1 less slice of bread every day.
 
Births On This Day, October 5th 🎂

1975 Kate Winslet
English actress, singer

1958 Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist

1936 Václav Havel
Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic

1882 Robert H. Goddard
American physicist, inventor

1829 Chester A. Arthur
American politician, 21st President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, October 5th 🪦

2011 Steve Jobs
American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc., Pixar

1941 Louis Brandeis
American jurist

1927 Sam Warner
American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros.

1880 Jacques Offenbach
German/French composer

1813 Tecumseh
American tribal leader
 
On This Day In History, October 6th

2007 First successful human powered attempt to circumnavigate the world
Englishman Jason Lewis set out on the journey, also called Expedition 360 on July 12, 1994, from Greenwich, London. The over 46,000-mile expedition around the world took him 4,833 days, during which he used only human-powered modes of transportation including bicycles, rollerblades, and a pedal powered boat.

1995 First exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star discovered
Swiss astronomers Didier Queloz and Michel Mayor announced the discovered of the exoplanet called 51 Pegasi B or Bellerophon. The Jupiter-like exoplanet orbits a star called 51 Pegasi, which has a magnitude of 5.49. 51 Pegasi B takes 4.23 Earth days to orbit around its star.

1981 Assassination of Anwar Sadat
The third president of Egypt, Sadat was killed by members of the terrorist group Takfir Wal-Hajira during a parade held to commemorate the 8th anniversary of Operation Badr - a military operation where Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal and overran the Bar Lev Line in Israel. The military operation started the Yom Kippur War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states. The assassination is thought to be a result of Sadat’s efforts to bring peace to the region which started with the Camp David Accords in 1978.

1976 Coup in Thailand
Admiral Sangad Chaloryu staged a coup to oust the civilian government of Seni Pramoj.

1908 Bosnian crisis
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declared the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had been nominally under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The takeover raised tensions within the Balkan region in Europe and threatened to end in a war.
 
Births On This Day, October 6th 🎂

1985 Mitchell Cole
English footballer

1955 Tony Dungy
American football player, coach

1930 Hafez al-Assad
Syrian general, politician, 20th President of Syria

1846 George Westinghouse
American engineer, inventor

1769 Isaac Brock
English army officer

Deaths On This Day, October 6th 🪦

1992 Bill O'Reilly
Australian cricketer

1989 Bette Davis
American actress

1981 Anwar Sadat
Egyptian politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate

1892 Alfred, Lord Tennyson
English poet

1542 Thomas Wyatt
English poet
 
1783
Benjamin Hanks patents self winding clock
1889
famed Moulin Rouge opens at foot of Montmare Hills in Paris, France
1893
Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
1921
International PEN,a worldwide association of writers is founded in London
1948
paleoanthropist, Mary Leakey finds 1st partial fossil skull of Proconsul Africanus,ancestor of apes& humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya
1979
Pope JOhn Paul II becomes the 1st Pope to visit the White House, has meeting with Pres. Jimmy Carter
2010
Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger launch social media app, 'Instagram'
 
7th October

1959 Three hundred people were rescued after being cut off by a blaze on Southend's pier, (the world's longest pleasure pier on England's south-east coast).

1977 Invasion of Swedish identical twins. Ninety sets of Swedish identical twins travelled to Felixstowe, Suffolk (England) for a brief shopping trip. They were taking part in studies by researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

1985 Palestinian militants hijacked an Italian cruise liner, the Achille Lauro, in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up.

1996 Two IRA car bombs exploded at a British military base in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, injuring 21 soldiers and 10 civilians.

2013 Buckingham Palace held its first official football match to mark the Football Association's 150th anniversary. The competitive fixture was the idea of FA president Prince William. London side Civil Service FC, the only surviving team of 11 that formed the FA on 26 October 1863, lost 2-1 against Polytechnic FC, set up in 1875. At half-time, palace footmen and women - wearing waistcoats and tail-coats - carried water, orange slices and chocolate bars on silver-plated platters onto the pitch for the players.
 
On This Day In History, October 8th

1956 The first perfect game in Major League Baseball World Series
New York Yankees’ Don Larsen pitched the only no-hitter game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the history of the World Series.

1948 World’s first internal pacemaker implanted
A 43-year-old man called Arne Larsson was the recipient of the pacemaker which worked only for a few hours. However, Larsson lived long after the pacemaker stopped working. He died in 2001 at the age of 86.

1919 World’s first transcontinental air race
63 airplanes – 15 from San Francisco and 48 from New York – took part in this 5400-mile round-trip race. The winner, Lieutenant Belvin Maynard, took 3 days and 21 hours to return to New York.

1912 First Balkan war begins
Montenegro started the conflict by declaring war on the Ottoman Empire. A few days later Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia joined the war and created the Balkan League. The 7-month long war ended with a decisive Balkan League victory. Dissatisfaction over the spoils of the war led to the Second Balkan War a year later.

1871 Great Chicago fire begins
The fire that destroyed most of Chicago’s business district began in a barn on the evening of October 8, 1871. A very dry summer and an early autumn fanned the fire, which raged for 2 days. It killed over 300 people and destroyed property worth millions of dollars.
 
Births On This Day, October 8th 🎂

1985 Bruno Mars
American singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1970 Matt Damon
American actor, screenwriter, producer

1943 Chevy Chase
American comedian, actor

1939 Harvey Pekar
American author

1895 Juan PerĂłn
Argentine military officer, politician, 29th President of Argentina

Deaths On This Day, October 8th 🪦

1992 Willy Brandt
German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate

1967 Clement Attlee
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1936 Premchand
Indian author

1869 Franklin Pierce
American politician, 14th President of the United States

1793 John Hancock
American politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts
 
8th October

1200 Isabella of AngoulĂŞme (in western France) was crowned Queen consort of England as the second wife of King John until John's death in 1216. She had five children by the king including his heir, later Henry III. In 1220 she remarried and had a further nine children.

1908 The Wind In The Willows, Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book, was published. It has never been out of print in its entire history.

1952 112 people were killed and 340 injured when two express trains collided at Harrow & Wealdstone, in NW London, and a third train ran into the wreckage. The driver of the Perth train had passed a caution signal and two danger signals before colliding with the local train, which accelerated the introduction of a system that warned drivers that they had passed an adverse signal.

1967 A motorist in Somerset becomes the first person to be breathalysed in Britain.

1990 Women were first deployed to sea in the Royal Navy, setting sail on HMS Brilliant (a type 22 frigate) during the Gulf War.

2014 Motorist Jonathan Weekes (48, of Tredegar) put a blue flashing light on top of his Vauxhall Insignia and pretended to be a policeman. Unfortunately for him he pulled over a real police officer for speeding, saying 'If you had been going any faster I would have booked you.' When rumbled, Weekes drove off without any headlights on and overtook several cars at speed on narrow streets. He was given a 12-month community order after he admitted acting falsely, by suggesting that he was a police officer. đźš”
 
8th October 1984
On the 2nd of August 1983 Anne Murray released her 20th studio album - A Little Good News.
The title track topped the Country Singles chart in the US.
40 years ago today, 8th October 1984, in 1984, A Little Good News was honored with a Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year.
Anne Murray was the first woman to ever received this award.
 


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