The History Shack

 OTD October 4th is the 277th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 88 days remain until the end of the year.   Events 1535 – The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian Calendar. 1795 – Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention. 1883 – First run of the Orient Express. 1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore. 1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. 1957 – Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. 2006 – WikiLeaks is launched.   Birthdays 1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (d. 1803) 1835 – Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (d. 1921) 1895 – Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and produc...

 OTD October 2nd is the 275th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 90 days remain until the end of the year. Events 1780 – American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army. 1835 – Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. 1870 – By plebiscite, the citizens of the Papal States accepted annexation by the Kingdom of Italy. 1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God," commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded. 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. 1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War. 2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing ten people.   Birthdays 1452 – Richard III of England (d. ...

 OTD  October 1st is the 274th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year. Events 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. 1814 – The Congress of Vienna opens intending to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring. 1890 – the U.S. Congress established Yosemite National Park. 1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States. 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series. 1928 – Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first New York City metro area airport. 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic. 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka. 1971 – Walt Disn...