On this day:
Monday, Oct. 1:
* Beginning of the fiscal year for the U.S. government:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=576207
Tuesday, Oct. 2: Gandhi's Birthday -- India (275)
* The film of Gandhi's life by Richard Attenborough was a favorite of the late Pope John Paul II:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=704486
Wednesday, Oct. 3: Unification Day -- Germany (276)
* First NFL game in 1920: Dayton Triangles 14, Columbus Panhandles 0. How to find scores of all NFL games:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=765564
Thursday, Oct. 4:
* Sputnik 1 launched in 1959, starting the Space Age. Other aviation and space milestones:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=354563
Friday, Oct. 5:
* Christianity dis-established in France (1793) as part of the French Revolution. Sources of information on the Catholic Church during this period:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=601469
Saturday, Oct. 6:
* Discovery of first star outside the Solar System with a planet in 1995, 51 Pegasi b:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=51755
Sunday, Oct. 7:
* Bob Horn's 'Bandstand' premieres in Philadelphia in 1952. Five years later it would go national as 'American Bandstand' with Dick Clark:
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Monday, Oct. 8: Thanksgiving -- Canada (281)
Columbus Day -- U.S.
* Start of the Great Chicago Fire at about 9 p.m. on this day in 1871. More about the city today:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=92574
Tuesday, Oct. 9:
* Washington Monument is opened to the public in 1888. They can't see it but 'Laus Deo' or 'Praise God' is on the cap:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=279336
Wednesday, Oct. 10:
* The Baseball Writers Association of American (BBWAA) is formed in 1908. How to join:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=234037
Thursday, Oct. 11: Ramadan ends (284)
* Polaroid Corp., inventor of the instant camera, files for bankruptcy protection in 2001. Its history:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=512541
Friday, Oct. 12:
* Many who lived through the Cold War era think they recall seeing Nikita Krushchev pounding his shoe on a desk at the United Nations in 1960, though there are no photos of the event:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=148670
Saturday, Oct. 13: Eid-al-Fitr (286)
* The Parke County, IN Covered Bridge Festival runs for the next week. Why the bridges are covered:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=196356
Sunday, Oct. 14:
* U.S. President John F. Kennedy called for the creation of the Peace Corps on this date in 1960. Three major studies have been done of returned voluneers, outlined here:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=703531
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Monday, Oct. 15:
* The Graf Zeppelin or LZ-127 crosses the Atlantic in 1928 to land at Lakehurst, NJ, the first of 139 crossings. Age of the Zeppelins:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=201580
Tuesday, Oct. 16:
* Prof. Merton Miller, University of Chicago, wins the Nobel Prize in 1990, in part for the Modigliani-Miller theorem in finance. The theorem, simplified:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=566672
Wednesday, Oct. 17:
* King Faisal of Saudia Arabia withdraws his country's oil from world markets, touching off first energy crisis in 1973. How Faisal arranged to assume control of his country's oil supply:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=345411
Thursday, Oct. 18:
* King Mongkut, of Thailand, is born on this day in 1804. Known today for Yul Brynner's recreation of his life in the movie, "The King and I," this is what his life was really like:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=75694
Friday, Oct. 19:
* John Jay sworn in as first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. There have only been 17, including current Justice John G. Roberts:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=426131
Saturday, Oct. 20:
* Saturday Night Massacre occurs in 1973 when Pres. Richard Nixon fires the attorney general and his deputy over their refusal to fire the Watergate special prosecutor. Robert Bork, later a Supreme Court nominee, does the job for Nixon:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=759237
Sunday, Oct. 21:
* Scientist Wernher von Braun transferred from the U.S. Army to NASA by executive order of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower in 1959. von Braun was skeptical of using solid-rocket fuels:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=141086
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Monday, Oct. 22:
* Chester Carlson makes the first xerographic image on this day in 1938 -- then has trouble selling the device:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=517610
Tuesday, Oct. 23:
* Archbishop James Ussher uses Biblical texts to calculate that the Earth was created at nightfall before Sunday, Oct. 23, 4004 B.C. Other estimates of the age of the universe:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=281003
Wednesday, Oct. 24:
* The Peace of Westphalia is signed in 1648, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War over religious reformation:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=71380
Thursday, Oct. 25:
* The Toronto Stock Exchange is created in 1861 but it would be 115 years before the TSE 300 Composite market index would be created:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=27359
Friday, Oct. 26:
* The Erie Canal opens in 1825, enabling water traffic between the Lake Erie and New York City. How you can travel it now via houseboat:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=241798
Saturday, Oct. 27:
* Emily Post, etiquette author, born in 1873. Emily on wearing rings (from her 1922 book) and modern experts:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=15399
Sunday, Oct. 28:
* Cuban Missile Crisis (1963) ends when Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev says nuclear missile sites will be removed. What life was like in the U.S. during those 12 days:
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Monday, Oct. 29:
* 'Black Tuesday' in 1929 sees the Dow-Jones decline by 11.7%, following a 12% loss the previous Thursday, and starting the financial panic that marked the start of the Great Depression:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=296663
Tuesday, Oct. 30:
* How Orson Welles panicked the New York City population on this day in 1938 with the fictional tale of a Martian invasion:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=144290
Wednesday, Oct. 31: Halloween -- U.S. (304)
Day of Reformation -- U.K.
* Looking for just the right horror film for Halloween? Critics choices:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=109753
* Scary Halloween stories for kids online:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=271384
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