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100 years anniversary | ||||
01 Oct 1924 | William Rehnquist: Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Supreme Court (1972-86) / chief justice (1987- ) | |||
01 Oct 1924 | Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia) | |||
01 Oct 1924 | Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) and 5 mile (24:06.2) | |||
01 Oct 1924 | Jimmy Carter, American lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate | |||
01 Oct 1924 | Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014) | |||
01 Oct 1924 | William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005) | |||
01 Oct 1924 | Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011) | |||
01 Oct 1924 |
birth President Jimmy Carter Born 1 Oct 1924. James Earl Carter, Jr. is an American president and farmer who was the 39th U.S. President (1977-81). He followed his college education in engineering by joining the Naval Academy (summer 1943), graduating in the top 10% of his class in 1946, and became a submarine officer. In 1952, the Navy assigned Carter to Adm. Hyman Rickover's nuclear submarine program. That was cut short upon the death of his father (Jul 1953). He resigned his commission and was discharged from active duty (9 Oct 1953) to take over the family farm and business and care for his mother. His experience with nuclear power training, though short, gave him insight to act with calm leadership for the nation on 1 Apr 1979, when he personally visited the Three Mile Island power station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, just four days after the nuclear reactor accident (28 Mar 1979). |
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75 years anniversary | ||||
01 Oct 1949 | Annie Leibovitz: Photgrapher (Rolling Stones) | |||
01 Oct 1949 | Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa | |||
01 Oct 1949 | Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010) | |||
01 Oct 1949 | Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician | |||
01 Oct 1949 | André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor | |||
01 Oct 1949 | The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong. | |||
01 Oct 1949 | WW2 | Chinese communists declared victory in the Chinese civil war, renaming Beiping ("Northern Peace") to Beijing ("Northern Capital") to serve as their capital city; the Republic of China government withdrew to the island of Taiwan, where it still remains. | ||
01 Oct 1949 |
Rectangular TV tube production In 1949, the first deliveries were made of the first practical rectangular television tube made in the U.S. The tubes were manufactured by the Kimble Glass Co., a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, and sold for about $12. The display face of the tube measured approx. 12in. by 16in. The company had announced the tube to the trade on 10 Jul 1949. |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
01 Oct 1974 | Keith Duffy: Dublin, Ireland -- Irish singer (Boyzone) | |||
01 Oct 1974 | Mats Lindgren: NHL forward (Team Sweden Olympics - 1998, Edmonton) | |||
01 Oct 1974 | Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington DC | |||
01 Oct 1974 | Christian Borle, American actor, singer, and dancer | |||
01 Oct 1974 | Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Boyzone) | |||
01 Oct 1974 | Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach | |||
01 Oct 1974 | Sherri Saum, American actress | |||
01 Oct 1974 | Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901) | |||
01 Oct 1974 | birth Keith Duffy, Boyzone Vocals, (1996 UK No.1 single 'Words' plus 15 other Top 5 singles and 4 UK No.1 albums). Duffy joined the UK soap Coronation Street in 2002 playing the role of Peter Barlow's old Navy mate Ciaran McCarthy. | |||
01 Oct 1974 |
death Spyridon Marinatos Died 1 Oct 1974 at age 72 (born 4 Nov 1901). Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos was a Greek archaeologist whose most notable discovery was the site of an ancient port city on the island of Thera, in the southern Aegean Sea. The city, the name of which was not discovered, apparently had about 20,000 inhabitants when it was destroyed by the great volcanic eruption of 1500 BC. Among the finds made at the site were the finest frescoes discovered in the Mediterranean region to that time, surpassing even those found at Knossos in Crete. The most famous of these murals is the "Two Boys Boxing" (left). |
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25 years anniversary | ||||
01 Oct 1999 | Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (b. 1963) | |||
01 Oct 1999 | Singer Lena Zavaroni died aged 35 after a long battle against anorexia. Zavoroni was discovered on TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, in 1974 she became the youngest British singer to earn a silver disc with 'Ma He's Making Eyes At Me' and the youngest person to appear on TV's Top of the Pops. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
01 Oct 2004 | Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (b. 1923) | |||
01 Oct 2004 | Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (Buffalo Springfield and The Mynah Birds) (b. 1946) | |||
01 Oct 2004 | Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921) | |||
01 Oct 2004 | Canadian bassist Bruce Palmer died of a heart attack. Member of The Mynah Birds and The Buffalo Springfield. Also worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and Neil Young. | |||
01 Oct 2004 | Ms Dynamite was arrested over allegations of assault after an incident at a restaurant in Central London. Ms Dynamite (real name Niomi McLean-Daley), was arrested in connection with the allegation after voluntarily attending a police station, she was later released on bail. | |||
01 Oct 2004 | The Lord Mayor of Melbourne officially opened 'AC/DC' Lane after the veteran rockers. The Lord Mayor erected the sign to cheers and bagpipes playing the bands song 'Long Way To The Top'. The City of Melbourne had extra copies of the sign made, in anticipation of fans stealing them. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
01 Oct 2009 | Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921) | |||
01 Oct 2009 | The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
01 Oct 2014 | Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1950) | |||
01 Oct 2014 | Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927) | |||
01 Oct 2014 | José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942) |