Today in History

2nd October 1956
Starting at 7 A.M. Chicago radio station WAIT conducted a twelve-hour marathon of Elvis records, broadcasting thirty-three of his songs over and over.
Listeners phoned in with a variety of comments, including a woman who canceled her dentist appointment to stay home and listen.
Another put off hanging her laundry so she wouldn't miss any of the broadcast.
One woman said she hadn't missed work in more than two years, but was playing sick to stay near the radio.
The mother of a six-month old youngster said the baby usually cried all morning, but went to sleep peacefully as Elvis crooned.
 

October 2nd

1925 London's first red buses with roofed-in upper decks went into service, but they had been in use in Widnes, Cheshire, since 1909.

1925 John Logie Baird (Scottish born engineer born at Helensburgh) performed the first test of a working television system. Although Baird's electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems, his early successes earned him a prominent place in television's invention.






The Beatles released their first single, "Love Me Do," in the UK on October 2, 1962. This song marked the beginning of their rise to global fame.



On October 2, 1980, the sitcom "Cheers" premiered on NBC. The show became a massive hit and remains a beloved classic.
Although we didn’t get it in Britain until 1982.
NORM!
 
On This Day In History, October 3rd

1995 – O.J. Simpson acquitted in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman

1952 – The UK tests its first atomic bomb
Called Operation Hurricane, the test was conducted near the Montebello Islands in Western Australia. The operation made the UK the third country to have nuclear weapons, the United States and the Soviet Union were the first two.

1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom
The West Asian country came under British control in 1920, after the end of the First World War. After taking control of the country, the British installed the deposed Syrian King Faisal I as the King of Iraq.

1863 – National Thanksgiving Day proclamation
American President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. The holiday has been celebrated annually since that year.

1849 – Edgar Allen Poe was seen in public for the last time
The Baltimore, Maryland-based American poet and author, best known for his poem The Raven was found sick and delirious on the streets and taken to Washington College Hospital, where he died a few days later. He was 40 years old at the time of his death.
 
Births on October, 3rd 🎂

1984 – Ashlee Simpson
American singer-songwriter, actress

1969 – Gwen Stefani
American singer-songwriter, actress, fashion designer

1954 – Al Sharpton
American minister, talk show host, activist

1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1925 – Gore Vidal
American author, screenwriter, actor

Deaths on October, 3rd 🪦

2005 – Ronnie Barker
English comedian, actor

1967 – Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter, musician

1931 – Carl Nielsen
Danish violinist, composer, and conductor

1896 – William Morris
English poet, designer

1226 – Francis of Assisi
Italian friar, saint
 
3rd October
1935 - The Australian/New Zealand dessert, the pavlova, is named after ballerina Anna Pavlova.

1992 - The Vietnam Veterans' National Memorial, Canberra, is opened and honours those Australians who served and died in the war in Vietnam.

1985 -The Australian Formula One Grand Prix was first held at the Adelaide Street Circuit.
 
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On This Day - 3rd October

1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd and the last independent ruler of Wales, became the first nobleman to be executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered; for plotting the death of King Edward I. Dafydd was dragged through the streets of Shrewsbury attached to a horse's tail then hanged alive, revived, then disembowelled and his entrails burned before him before being cut into four quarters.




Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited Earth until 1958, inaugurated the space age, and heightened Cold War competition between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.





1961 - ClassicBands.com

October 3
A group of teens from Hawthorne California calling themselves The Pendletones recorded three songs for Hite and Dorinda Morgan, who ran a publishing business and two small record labels. One of those songs was called "Surfin'", which, when pressed on to a Candix Records 45 rpm disc, was credited to The Beach Boys, a name made up by promotion man Russ Reagan, who had taken it upon himself to re-christen the band. "Surfin'" would get to #75 on the Billboard chart and sold 50,000 copies, launching the career of one of America's most successful Rock 'n' Roll acts.
 
October 4thThe legendary Orient Express made its inaugural journey on October 4, 1883. This luxurious train service ran from Paris to Istanbul, covering a distance of over 2,700 kilometers. The Orient Express quickly became synonymous with elegance, comfort, and adventure, attracting wealthy and famous passengers. Operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, it offered opulent dining and sleeping cars, setting new standards for rail travel. The train’s route passed through multiple countries, highlighting the interconnectedness of Europe. The Orient Express also inspired numerous works of fiction, including Agatha Christie’s famous novel “Murder on the Orient Express,” cementing its place in popular culture.

1963 The Beatles made their first appearance on the ITV show Ready Steady Go!




1965 The BBC announced it would begin broadcasting a new programme for immigrants.



1973 The BBC broadcast the 500th edition of Top Of The Pops. On the show were Slade, Gary Glitter and The Osmonds.





1976 British Rail began its new 125mph Intercity 'High Speed Train' service. At the time of its introduction it was the fastest diesel-powered train in regular service in the world and remained so for many years afterwards. Engineers have calculated that, with a certain amount of rewiring, the Mark 3 carriages can be made to last until at least 2035.
I remember my first journey on one.Sadly now gone.
 
October 5th



1796 Spain declared war on Britain in the Napoleonic Wars.

1895 The first individual time trial for racing cyclists was held on a 50 mile course north of London.

1917 Sir Arthur Lee donated Chequers in Buckinghamshire to the nation as a permanent country retreat for British Prime Ministers.



Monty Python first aired on British TV.







 
5th October

1936 The start of the 'Jarrow March' - around 200 unemployed shipyard workers from Jarrow in north east England began walking to London to protest about the lack of jobs. The protestors arrived on 31st October. A bronze sculpture. The Spirit of Jarrow by Graham Ibbeson was unveiled in Jarrow Town Centre in 2001 as a memorial to the 1936 Jarrow March. Only men participated in the historic march, apart from Jarrow's female MP, Ellen Wilkinson.

1968 Londonderry march ended in violence. Police used batons and water cannon to break up a civil rights march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

1974 IRA bombs killed 5 and injured 65 in two public houses in Guildford, Surrey, England.

1994 The bodies of 48 cult members were discovered by Swiss police following an apparent mass suicide. The deaths were linked to the apocalyptical Order of the Solar Temple sect, which was founded in 1984 by Dr Luc Jouret and Joseph di Mambro. The Order of the Solar Temple condones the mass stock-piling of weapons to prepare for the end of the world.

1999 The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London, (also known as the Paddington train crash) killed 31 people and injured more than 520 when two trains collided after one driver passed signals that were showing red.
 
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, roller blades, 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-Hijra 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 was 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, ousting 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 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 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
 
October 7th1769 English explorer Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, discovered New Zealand.

1829 Locomotive trials began at Rainhill near Liverpool to find an engine for use on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. On trial were Cycloped, Perseverance, Sans Pareil , Novelty and the winner, Rocket, designed by George and Robert Stephenson and built by Robert Stephenson and Company. A replica of the Rocket is at York's railway museum








In 1889 , Thomas Edison showcased the first motion picture, a landmark in American and world entertainment history.




1976 - "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots received a gold record. The song became only the fourth single to be certified platinum in December of 1976.
I refuse to post it!
 
Oct 6th:
1889
famed Cabernet Moulin Rouge opens at foot of Monmarte hills in Paris
1893
Nabisco Foods invents 'Cream of Wheat' cereal which is made of white farnia fortified with iron, B vitamins,calcium, can be cooked with milk,water or combination of the two
1921
international PEN ,worldwide association of writers is established in London
1979
Pope John Paul II becomes the 1st Pope to visit the White House in Washington, DC, has meeting with U.S. President Jimmy Carter
1998
Matthew Shepard, a gay student at Univ of Wyoming, is brutally beaten and left for dead tied to a fence in Laramie, Wyoming, dies 6 days later
2010
Kevin Systrom& Mike Kreiger launch social media app,'Instagram'
2023
new research confirms fossil footprints 23,000-21,000 yrs old at White Sands National Park in New Mexico are oldest evidence of humans in America
 
On This Day In History, October 7th

2001 – War in Afghanistan begins
American and British troops began air strikes against Al Qaeda and Taliban targets after the Taliban refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and other Al Qaeda operatives, to the United States. Nicknamed Operation Enduring Freedom, the military strikes were part of the so-called Global War on Terror.

1996 – Fox News broadcasts for the first time
The 24-hour news channel with the slogan Fair and Balanced was created by Australian-American businessman and media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Today, it is one of the most-watched news channels in the United States.

1959 – People on Earth Get the First Glimpse of the Dark Side of the Moon
Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 took pictures of the far side of the Moon. The images sent by the probe covered about 70% of the far side of Earth’s natural satellite, and they were instrumental in helping astronomers make the first atlas of the dark side of the Moon. The far or dark side of the Moon is the side of the Moon that cannot be seen from Earth because of the way the Moon orbits around the Earth and rotates on its own axis. Due to lunar libration, people on Earth can see about 59% of the Moon over time.

1944 – Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando Revolt
The short-lived rebellion was staged by prisoners who worked at a crematorium after they learned that the Nazis planned to execute most of the squad. The revolt was quickly put down, and over 450 people were killed.

1919 – KLM is formed
The official airline of the Netherlands, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. or KLM, is the oldest airline that still operates under its original name. The first flight of the airline took place on May 17, 1920, between London and Amsterdam in a leased aeroplane.
 
Births on October 7th 🎂

1982 – Jermain Defoe
English footballer

1967 – Toni Braxton
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

1952 – Vladimir Putin
Russian politician, 4th President of Russia

1931 – Desmond Tutu
South African archbishop, activist, and Nobel Prize laureate

1885 – Niels Bohr
Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths on October 7th 🪦

2012 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano
Mexican drug lord

1896 – Emma Darwin
English wife of Charles Darwin

1849 – Edgar Allan Poe
American author, poet

1792 – George Mason

1708 – Guru Gobind Singh
Indian guru
 
October 7th





1806 Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood



1920 The first women were admitted to study for full degrees at Oxford University



1922 The first royal broadcast was made, by the Prince of Wales, on 2LO, 11 days before it changed its named to the BBC.




1946 The BBC presented its first edition of Woman's Hour, a daily programme of music, advice and entertainment for those in the home. The programme included an item on how to de-slime your flannels (!) and also broadcast the first episode of the thriller serial 'Dick Barton, Special Agent'.I shall research how to de slime flannels.





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).
 
October 8th1945 – First Patent Filed for the Microwave OvenOn October 8, 1945, Percy Spencer, an engineer at Raytheon, filed a patent for the first microwave oven.

He discovered the heating effect of microwaves by accident when a candy bar in his pocket melted while he was testing radar equipment.

This invention revolutionised cooking and is now found in almost every kitchen worldwide.


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



1969 – Rising star David Bowie kicked off a 10-date tour around England as the supporting act for the newly formed hard rock supergroup Humble Pie.



1973 London Broadcasting Company, Britain's first legal commercial radio station, began transmitting.
Still going.
 
1927
"The 2nd Hundred Years" silent short film is released the 1st Laurel&Hardy film where Stan Laurel&Oliver Hardy appear as a comedy team
1945
microwave oven is patented by U.S. inventor Percy Spencer
1964
Ringo Starr finally passed his driver's test, he failed 1st time in 1960 but continued to drive
1990
U.S. doctors, Joseph E. Murray & E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize in Medicine for bone marrow& transplantation to treat cancer and blood diseases
2004
Martha Stewart begins her 5 month prison term at federal Prison Camp for insider trading& obstruction of justice
 

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