TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2016
Today is Tuesday, October 4, the 278th day of 2016. There are 88 days left in the year.
1582 ― Last day of the Julian calendar in Italy, many Catholic countries
1636 ― 1st code of law for Plymouth Colony
1648 ― Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas 1st volunteer firemen
1777 ― Battle of Germantown
1824 ― Mexico becomes a republic
1830 ― Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
1862 ― Battle of Corinth ends
1864 ― National black convention meets (Syracuse NY)
1864 ― New Orleans Tribune, first black daily newspaper, forms
1883 ― Orient Express’ 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail
1900 ― Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “The Problem of Thor Bridge” (BG)
1901 ― Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America’s Cup
1906 ― Chicago Cubs win their 116th game (116-36) of the year
1910 ― Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England
1912 ― Nicaraguan Gen Zeledon, opponent of US occupation, is executed
1913 ― Freddy Wilson of Regina Roughriders kicks 10 singles in a game
1916 ― Market Street’s “Path of Gold” lit for 1st time
1923 Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for the shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns the decision
1924 ― NY Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series (World Series #21)
1926 ― Dahlia is officially designated as SF city flower
1928 ― 25th World Series begins, NY Yankees vs St Louis Cardinals
1931 ― The comic strip Dick Tracy by Chester Gould debuts
1940 ― Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps
1940 ― Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off
1944 ― The St Louis World Series-Cards vs Browns ― St Louis Browns win 1st World Series game in their only appearance (World Series #41)
1948 ― Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game
1955 ― Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7 (World Series #52)
1955 ― Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul
1957 ― “Leave It to Beaver,” debuts on CBS
1957 ― USSR launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite
1958 ― 5th French republic established
1958 ― Transatlantic coml jet passenger service began (BOAC)
1959 ― 1st world series (World Series #56) game played west of St Louis (in LA)
1959 ― USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon’s far side
1960 ― Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit
1962 ― USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m
1962 ― Whitey Ford’s world series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends World Series #59)
1963 ― Gambia achieves full internal self-government
1964 ― 3 cars of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing 81
1964 ― Patriots’ Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Broncos
1964 ― St Louis Cards clinch NL pennant
1965 ― Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
1965 ― USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon
1966 ― Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1967 ― 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers (World Series #64)
1969 ― UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
1969 ― Baseball’s 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 & Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
1970 ― Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal
1970 ― Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1971 ― Borden’s opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World
1974 ― John Lennon releases “Walls & Bridges” album
1976 ― Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke
1977 ― Pier 39 opens in SF
1978 ― Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I
1981 ― Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest intl gymnastics participant
1983 ― Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car
1984 ― US govt closes down due to budget problems
1984 ― Yanks clinch AL East
1985 ― Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
1985 ― Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley
1987 ― 1st “Scrub Sunday” of NFL football with replacement players
1987 ― Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win the AL pennant
1987 ― James Jefferson of Winnipeg scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals)
1988 ― Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid
1990 ― Regional elections held, in what was East Germany
1991 ― NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier