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