October Happenings
 
Day   Year                                                Event
1
1959
The first episode of Rod Sterling’s “Twilight Zone”
2
1950
Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schultz first appeared in newspapers
3
1974
Frank Robinson becomes major leagues baseball’s first black manager for the Cleveland Indians
4
1895
The first US Open golf tournament is held (Newport Country Club - Newport, RI).
5
1921
1961
The World Series was broadcast on radio for the first time
:Breakfast at Tiffany’s: was released
6
1967
The first Physician’s Assistants graduated from Duke University
7
1968
The film rating system is adopted by the Motion Picture Association of America.
8
1956
Don Larsen pitches the first perfect game in a World Series, as the NY Yankees top the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0.
9
1888
The general public was first admitted into the Washington Monument
10
1845
The U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, opens
11
1984
Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the1st American woman to walk in space.
12
1972
Stevie Wonder wrote the music and words for “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”
13
1775
1893
U.S. Continental Navy was created
Melody “Happy Birthday to You” was written. (Originally “Good Morning to All”)
14
1964
Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
15
1951
1966
“I Love Lucy” premier on television
U. S. Department of Transportation was created
16
1973
1962
Marie Antoinette was guillotined for treason
Cuban Missile crisis begins
17
1931
1961
Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion
HOT ROCKS candy first in stores
18
1943
19
1781
The Revolutionary War ended
20
1904
The song “Yankee Doodle By” is written
21
1958
TATOR TOTS trademark is registered
22
1940
Cortisone is patented
23
1915
25,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote
24
1945
1901
The United Nations came into existence
Anna Edison Taylor is the 1st person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel
25
1960
The musical “Camelot” appeared on Broadway
26
1825
1928
Erie Canal opens, connecting lake Erie to the Hudson river
“Peter Pan” appears on Broadway with Mary Martin
27
1858
President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday. The “Teddy Bear” was named after him
28
1886
Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, was dedicated
29
1929
The New York Stock Exchange crashed on what come to be known as “Black Tuesday”, starting the Great Depression
30
1888
Ballpoint pen invented
31
1926
1984
Magician Harry Houdini dies from complications of a ruptured appendix
Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi was assassinated