This Month in History (October)

I think this is too much, so I am going to narrow it down based on feedback and what other people think are the most interesting occurrences.


This Month in History
Oct 1
1811 – The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1811 – The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
-1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
Oct 2
-5 day work week officially sanctioned by American Federation of Labour, 1993
-Henry Ford introduced Model T, 1908
-“Peanuts” comic strip debuted, 1950
-“The Twilight Zone” first premired on TV, 1959
Oct 3
-Washington proclaimed 1st national Thanksgiving, 1789
Oct 4
-1537 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
-1957 Leave it to Beaver premires on CBS.

Oct 5
-1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.

Oct 6
-First motion picture to use sound-on-film process, 1927
Oct 7
-Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, MD, 1849
-Motion Picture Association of America adopted film ratings, 1968
-Cats opened on Broadway, 1982
Oct 9
-Lief Ericson discovered Vinland, 1000
Oct 12
-Columbus arrived with expedition in the present-day Bahamas, 1492
-Alcatraz became a federal prison
Oct 15
-“I Love Lucy” premiered on CBS, 1951
Oct 16
-Queen Marie Antoinette beheaded, 1793
Oct 18
-Sand blaster patented, 1870
Oct 20
-U.S. ratified LA purchase, 1803
-General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 1944
Oct 21
-Tom Edison invented the first working electric light, 1879
-A new typewriting speed record was established by Margaret B. Owen in New York City when she typed 170 words a minute with no errors, 1918

Oct 22
-Airplanes first used on battlegrounds, 1911
Oct 23
-Twenty five thousand women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote, 1915
Oct 24
-A patent was issued for the safety match, 1826
Oct 27
-Dupont developed Nylon, 1938
Oct 28
-Harvard college was founded, 1636
-The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland, 1886
Oct 29
-The New York Stock Market crash occurred, 1929
Oct 30
-Orson Welles preformed his, “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, based on the novel by H.G. Wells, which caused widespread panic when listeners took as true the realistically performed news reports of an invasion from Mars, 1938
Oct 31
-Magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit, Michigan, 1926