1911 – Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot
1912 – Pirates Owen “Chief” Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
1935 – Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia
1946 – 90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
1990 – Solar Polar Orbiter ‘Ulysses’ launched
1996 – Lois and Clark (fictional characters) wed
2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
2008 – MESSENGER spacecraft performs a second Mercury flyby
2010 – Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Instagram
2018 – Australia records the biggest comeback in Rugby Championship history in beating Argentina 45-34 in Salta; Wallabies trial 31-7 at halftime but score 5 second half tries to none to overwhelm Pumas
Author: gil7
Today in History for 6th October 2022
Historical Events
1889 – Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
1908 – Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina
1948 – Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya
1976 – John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
1991 – Orioles’ last game at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
2019 – Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters march in defiance of a new ban on face masks
Famous Birthdays
1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1813)
1887 – Le Corbusier [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss French architect, city planner and artist (Urbanisme), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds (d. 1965))
1920 – Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
1935 – Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2021)
1970 – Matt Vogel, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, 1996-present; Kermit the Frog, 2017-present; Big Bird, 2018-present), born in Kansas City, Kansas
1971 – Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Famous Deaths
1585 – Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and sculptor, dies at 57
1874 – Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, dies at 50
1892 – Alfred Tennyson, writer and British Poet Laureate (The Charge of the Light Brigade), dies at 83
1976 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
2002 – Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
2017 – Terry Downes, British middleweight boxing champion (1961-62), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 5th October 2022
1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
1799 – Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68
1885 – Doc Durant [Thomas C. Durant], American financier and railroad promoter (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific), dies at 65
1918 – Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican classical violinst, conductor, and composer (Cuauhnáhuac; Planos), dies of pneumonia at 40
1954 – Oscar Charleston, American Baseball HOF CF (NgL Triple Crown 1921 St. Louis Giants, 1924, 25 Harrisburg Giants) and manager (NgL WS 1933, 35, 36 Pittsburgh Crawfords), dies of a stroke at 57
2007 – Walter Kempowski, German writer (German Chronicle), dies at 78
2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights activist, dies at 89
2011 – Graham Dilley, English cricket fast bowler (41 Tests, 138 wickets; Kent CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies from oesophageal cancer at 52
2016 – Michal Kováč, ist President of Slovakia (1993-98), dies at 86
Historical Events for 5th October 2022
1813 – Battle of the Thames; American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh’s Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada
1912 – NY Highlanders last game at Hilltop stadium; beat Washington, 8-6; Brooklyn Dodgers last game at Washington Park; lose 1-0 v NY Giants
1931 – 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon and Pangborn)
1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1943 – US air raid on Wake, Japanese execute 98 US prisoners in retaliation
1949 – Sportswriter Robert Ruark first reports golfing great Bobby Jones’s rare spinal disease (syringomyelia) which prevent him from playing any form of golf again
1970 – MLB Championship Series both end on the same day with same score; (AL) Baltimore Orioles beat Minnesota Twins, 3-0; (NL) Cincinnati Reds down Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0; Orioles win WS, 4-1
1975 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 – “Hair” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 43 performances
1988 – Israel bans Meir Kahane’s Kach Party on grounds of racism
Today in History for 5th October 2022
Historical Events
1450 – Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1864 – Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South
1957 – 11th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-3
1992 – NY senator Alphonse D’Amato filibusters for 15 hours 20 mins
1996 – Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 innings in 4-3 ALDS win at Jacobs Field; Orioles win series, 3-1
2010 – Injured Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman is the hero with 73 not out as the home team chases down 216 to beat Australia with just 1 wicket to spare in the 1st Test at Mohali
Famous Birthdays
1728 – Chevalier d’Éon [Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont], French spy, diplomat, and transvestite, born in Tonnerre, France (d. 1810)
1840 – Fran Gerbič, Slovenian composer and tenor, born in Cerknica (d. 1917)
1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1920), born in Kimberley, South Africa (d. 1948)
1906 – Leopold Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, born in Oberndorf, Austria (d. 1994)
1913 – Eugene B. Fluckey, American Navy submariner, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2007)
1971 – Chad Lewis, American football tight end (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Fort Dix, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1813 – Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief (Battle of Thames), dies in battle at 45
1906 – Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter, dies at 58
1933 – Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich, Russian WWI general, dies at 71
1993 – Karl Gordon Henize, American astronomer and NASA astronaut (STS-51-F), dies of high altitude pulmonary edema during an expedition on Mount Everest at 66
1995 – Dick Henry Jurgen, American swing bandleader, and songwriter (“Elmer’s Tune”), dies of cancer at 85
1995 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
Famous Deaths for 4th October 2022
1755 – Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies
1785 – David Brearly, American statesman (b. 1703)
1888 – Tom King, English boxer (English heavyweight champion 1862-63), rower and bookmaker, dies of bronchitus at 53
1962 – John Lowry, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall), dies at 79
1982 – Glenn Gould, Canadian classical pianist (Bach’s Goldberg Variations) and broadcaster (Solitude Trilogy), dies after suffering a stroke at 50
1991 – Leonard C. Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83
2005 – Michael “Mike” Gibbins, Welsh musician (Badfinger), dies from a brain aneurysm at 56
2006 – Oskar Pastior, Romanian-born German writer, dies at 78
2009 – Günther Rall, German fighter ace, dies at 91
2017 – John Miller, American politician (Rep-R-WA, 1985-93), dies at 79
Historical Events for 4th October 2022
1914 – Dardanelles: French and British fleet bombards Turkish forts
1923 – Young Stribling ostensibly beats Mike McTigue on points in Columbus, Georgia for world light-heavyweight boxing title; referee Harry Ertle later calls fight a draw, claims coerced by promoters to award fight to Stribling; McTigue retains title
1949 – United Nations’ permanent NYC headquarters is dedicated
1965 – Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
1976 – US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after telling a racial joke
1986 – NY Yankees closer Dave Righetti saves both doubleheader games at Fenway Park for 5-3 and 3-1 wins v Boston; Righetti’s MLB record 46th save
1987 – First “Scab Sunday” of NFL football with replacement players as a result of players strike; chiefly related to the expiration of 1982 Collective Bargaining Agreement; players returned October 15
1991 – Whiteland Janice, driven by Mike Lachance, wins Kentucky Futurity
1992 – 1st time AL East and West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor and Oak
2001 – Brendan Shanahan scores a hat trick in Red Wings 4-3 OT win at San Jose; becomes second player in NHL history to score an opening-night hat trick twice in his career
Today in History for 4th October 2022
Historical Events
1648 – Peter Stuyvesant establishes America’s 1st volunteer fire service
1916 – Market Street’s “Path of Gold” lit for 1st time
1964 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Stardust CC; Mary Mills shoots final round 69 to win first of her 2 LPGA C’ships, 2 strokes ahead of defending champion Mickey Wright
1967 – St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3
1986 – Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde
2003 – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
Famous Birthdays
1276 – Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
1901 – [Robert] Carroll Nye, American actor (Gone With The Wind), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1974)
1955 – John Rutherford, Scottish rugby union fly-half (42 caps; British and Irish Lions 1983), born in Selkirk, Scotland
1956 – Sherri Turner, American golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 1988), born in Greenville, South Carolina
1967 – Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong
1971 – Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
Famous Deaths
1862 – William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 36
1949 – Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, mostly of operettas (Bruder Straubinger; The Golden Mistress), dies from injuries from falling off of a stage at 75
1992 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand auto racer (F1 World Drivers’ Champion 1967), dies of a heart attack driving in Bathurst 1,000 at 56
1993 – Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), dies of a heart attack at 42
2002 – André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (Benvenuta), dies at 76
2004 – Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)
Famous Deaths for 2nd October 2022
1264 – Urbanus IV [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies
1817 – Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
1853 – François Arago, French astronomer, physicist (chromosome) and politician, dies at 67
1961 – Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), dies at 80
1962 – Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81
1993 – William Berger, Austrian American actor (Face to Face, Adventure of Hercules), dies of prostate cancer at 65
2006 – Milly Vitale, Italian actress (7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler), dies at 73
2008 – Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
2010 – Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)
Historical Events for 2nd October 2022
1134 – Storm flood ravages Zeeland county
1912 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at invitation of Gandhi, arrives in South Africa on a 26-day tour; he also visits Tolstoy Farm
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
1932 – New York Yankees win their 12th consecutive World Series game and sweep the Fall Classic for the third time; Bronx Bombers bang out 19 hits as they rout Chicago Cubs, 13-6 at Wrigley Field
1947 – New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hits the first pinch-hit home run in Baseball World Series history off Ralph Branca in the 7th inning of a 9-8 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3
1958 – Musical show “Valmouth” 1st produced in London
1961 – WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, D.C. (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 – All Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents for possession of marijuana in San Francisco, California
1984 – Due to a strike by MLB umpires, first 4 NLCS games played with replacement umpires; Game 1: Chicago Cubs beat SD Padres, 13-0
1988 – Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders free elections