1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
1661 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy, dies at 36
1713 – Valentin Molitor, Swiss composer, dies at 76
1888 – Tom King, English boxer (English heavyweight champion 1862-63), rower and bookmaker, dies of bronchitus at 53
1943 – Irena Iłłakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence, dies at 37
1948 – Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviator (first nonstop airplane crossing of the Atlantic with John W. Alcock), dies at 62
1955 – Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal and supreme commander, dies at 71
1992 – Ohad Arnon, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands
2000 – Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist (Nobel 1993- Site-directed mutagenesis), dies at 68
2020 – Kenzō Takada, Japanese fashion designer (Kenzo), dies of COVID-19 complications at 81
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Historical Events for 4th October 2021
1675 – Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens patents the pocket watch
1824 – Mexico becomes a republic
1830 – Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
1959 – Future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts in Cleveland Browns, 34-7 win at Chicago Cardinals
1964 – 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
1985 – Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA
1985 – Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1989 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1992 – Solheim Cup Women’s Golf, Dalmahoy CC: Europe beats US, 11½-6½; Laura Davies of England wins all her 3 matches
1998 – Australian motorcycle racer Mick Doohan wins the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island to clinch his 5th world 500cc championship; all 5 titles are won with Honda
Today in History for 4th October 2021
Historical Events
1582 – Last Julian calendar day in Spain, Portugal and pontifical states. To sync to the Gregorian calendar, 10 days are skipped and the next date is Oct 15.
1883 – The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul
1910 – Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda.
1960 – Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit
1962 – USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m
1980 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt’s 2-run homer off Stan Bahnsen in 11th inning gives Philadelphia, 6-4 win v Montreal and NL East title; Schmidt’s 48th of the season; breaks Eddie Mathews’ single-season MLB record for 3rd basemen
Famous Birthdays
1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (Du calcul des derivations), born in Mutzig, France (d. 1803)
1872 – Ernest Blood, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Passaic HS, NJ, 200-1 record, 1915-24), born in Manchester, New Hampshire (d. 1955)
1920 – George Tribe, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests; Northamptonshire; 66 VFL games Footscray), born in Yarraville, Victoria (d. 2009)
1930 – Bill Wade, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1958, 63; LA Rams, Chicago Bears), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2016)
1980 – Sarah Fisher, American auto racer and team owner (first woman to claim a pole position in a major American open-wheel race, IRL 2002), born in Columbus, Ohio
1981 – Juka, Japanese singer
Famous Deaths
1912 – Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
1943 – Richard T. Ely, American economist and author (Ground under our feet), dies at 89
1992 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand auto racer (F1 World Drivers’ Champion 1967), dies of a heart attack driving in Bathurst 1,000 at 56
1994 – Heinz Rohmann, German actor/dir (Brave Soldier Schwejk), dies at 92
2016 – Hso Khan Pha, 1st President of the democratic and newly independent Union of Burma from 1948-52, dies at 78
2016 – Donald H. White, American composer (Lyric Suite for Euphonium and Winds; Tuba Sonata) and educator, dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 3rd October 2021
1646 – Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49
1703 – Richard Saab, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1826 – Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies
1895 – Harry Wright, English Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder and manager (established baseball’s first fully professional team, Cincinnati Red Stockings 1869), dies of a lung ailment at 60
1907 – Alfred Reisenauer, German pianist and composer, dies at 43
1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian speedboat racer, businessman and husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, dies at 30
1996 – Thomas ap Rees, British botanist, dies in a cycling accident at 65
1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)
2002 – Robert Krausz, Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)
2019 – Vinnie Bell [Gambella], American session guitarist, electric sitar player, and pioneer of electronic effects in pop music, dies at 87
Historical Events for 3rd October 2021
1918 – Selwyn Theater opens at 229 W 42nd St NYC
1924 – King Hussein of Hedzjaz abdicts throne
1944 – 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland
1953 – 7th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1
1960 – New York Yankees beat rival Boston Red Sox, 8-7 at Yankee Stadium, ending season on 15 game winning streak and MLB record 193 HRs
1963 – “Here’s Love” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 338 performances
1972 – USSR performs nuclear test
1991 – 25th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Tanya Tucker and Vince Gill wins
2006 – American drama series “Friday Night Lights” starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton premieres on NBC
2018 – Cervical Cancer could be eliminated in Australia within decades because of government vaccination program, according to report in “The Lancet Public Health”
Today in History for 3rd October 2021
Historical Events
1569 – Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
1900 – Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham
1988 – WBMW-FM, Washington, D.C. changes calls to WJFK and begins airing Howard Stern
1990 – Reunification of East and West Germany. West German flag is raised above the Brandenburg Gate on the stroke of midnight.
2013 – 325 people are killed after a migrant ship catches fire and shipwrecks of the coast of Lampedusa, Italy
2018 – 259 people have died taking selfies since 2011 according to study in “Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care”
Famous Birthdays
1900 – Jay Irving, American cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), born in NYC, New York (d.1970)
1902 – Arturo da Costa e Silva, 27th President of Brazil (1967-69), born in Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (d. 1969)
1935 – Charles “Charlie” Duke Jr, American Brigadier General and astronaut (Apol 16), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
1951 – Jack Harris, British rock vocalist (The Alan Parsons Project), born in, Shoreditch, Hackney, London
1956 – Hart Bochner, actor (Aron-East of Eden, Supergirl, Die Hard), born in Toronto, Ontario
1984 – Ashlee Simpson, American pop singer (Autobiography), born in Waco, Texas
Famous Deaths
1207 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet and military leader, dies at 67
1564 – Christophorus Fabritius [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned
1703 – Richard Saab, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1941 – Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84
1989 – Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered
2006 – John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1913)
Famous Deaths for 2nd October 2021
1775 – Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral, dies at 61
1842 – William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1967 – Albertina Rasch, Austrian-born American ballerina and choreographer, dies at 76
1981 – Harry Golden, Jewish-American journalist and writer (Only in America), dies at 79
1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms, Ice Station Zebra), dies of AIDS-related complications at 59
1991 – Dimitrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91), dies at 77
2005 – Hamilton Camp, English-American actor (Andrew-He and She, Meatballs 2), dies at 70
2007 – Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 94
2016 – Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), dies at 100
Historical Events for 2nd October 2021
1627 – Last Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty, Chongzhen, comes to the throne after death of his brother Emperor Tianqi
1908 – Cleveland Naps and future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss hurls a classic perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the Chicago White Sox, 1-0
1935 – Mussolini’s Italian army attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1936 – New York Yankees score Baseball World Series record 18 runs in an 18-4 rout of rival NY Giants in Game 2 at the Polo Grounds; Yankees win series 4-2
1955 – “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” premieres on CBS television in the US
1957 – New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
1965 – Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20
1979 – Pope John Paul II visits New York City, and at the U.N. denounces all concentration camps and torture
1981 – Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran
1981 – 17 year old gelding Behavin Jerry, the oldest winning racehorse in modern times, sets record for most career starts by a thoroughbred, 307
Today in History for 2nd October 2021
Historical Events
1969 – Seattle Pilots’ last game in Seattle; crash to 98th season loss, 3-1 to Oakland in front of just 5,473; move to Milwaukee as the Brewers next season
1977 – Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda finishes 4th in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; Englishman James Hunt wins the race
1983 – Green Bay Packers erupt for NFL record 49 points in the first half (35 in the second quarter) to clobber the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 55-14 at Tampa Stadium
1984 – Papa John’s Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana; it would go on to become the fourth-largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States
1990 – Radio Berlin International’s final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is “The End” by Doors
1990 – US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter’s appointment to Supreme Court
Famous Birthdays
1470 – Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (1489-1494), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1524)
1897 – (William) “Bud” Abbott, American comedian (Abbott and Costello), born in Asbury Park, New Jersey (d. 1974)
1914 – Albe Vidaković, Croatian composer, born in Subotica, Serbia (d. 1964)
1928 – Robin Duthie, British accountant and CEO (Britoil), born in Greenock, Scotland
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Jo-El Sonnier, American country singer (Louisiana), born in Rayne, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l’immortalité de l’âme), dies at on his 80th birthday
1842 – William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1872 – Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies at 78
1989 – Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth’s 1st female advisor of State, dies
2003 – John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2007 – Lady Katherine Brandram, Princess of Greece, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 1st October 2021
540 – Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies
1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
1640 – Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer and poet, dies at 66
1708 – John Blow, English baroque composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59
1943 – Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23
1943 – Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36
1973 – Joe Devlin, American actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 77
2001 – Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bassist (Buffalo Springfield), dies of a heart attack at 58
2016 – Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 58