It happened in October...
October 1st, 1908 Ford launches the Model T, which you “could have in any colour, as long as it’s black”
October 5th, 1582 Absolutely nothing happened in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain on this day, because it does not exist in those countries because of a switch in the Gregorian Calendar
October 3rd, 1990 After 45 years of the Cold War, East & West Germany were reunited as the Federal Republic of Germany
October 16th, 1902 England’s first prison for young offenders opens in Borstal, Kent. The name “Borstal” became associated with young offender’s prisons everywhere.
October 4th, 1957 The Space Race began when Russia launched the Sputnik, weighing in at just 184 Lb, it transmitted a “beep” signal for 21 days, and spurred on the USA towards the moon landings
October 18th, 1976 Minister for Posts & telegraphs Conor Cruise O’Brien issues a directive to RTE providing clarification on the organizations that are banned from being broadcast
October 5th, 1969 Sameul Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
October 24th 1945 The United Nations was founded by The United States, The UK, The Soviet Union, China, France, and 46 other signatory countries
October 6th & 13th, 1979 The Police topped the UK charts with “Message in a bottle”, and they were replaced for the last 2 weeks of the month by The Buggles, with “Video Killed the Radio Star”
MOON PHASES IN OCTOBER 2019
New moon
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28st @ 03.38
First Quarter
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5th @ 17.47
Full Moon
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13th @ 22.07
October 7th Birthdays Bishop Desmond Tutu (1931)
Third Quarter
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21st @ 13.39
Vladamir Putin (1952) and Simon Cowell (1959) were all born on the 7th October
October 8th 1871 Great Chicago Fire destroyed over 3 sq. miles of the city, killing around 300, destroying 17,500 buildings, and leaving 100,000 homeless
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