TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018

On this day in history:

1535 - The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland.

1797 - The first flock of Spanish Merinos, upon which Australia’s wool industry was founded, arrive in Sydney.

1935 - The Hornibrook Highway, Australia’s longest road bridge for many decades, is opened, allowing faster access to the Redcliffe Peninsula.

1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British.

1957 - The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to enter space. Sputnik I fell out of orbit on January 4, 1958.

1958 - British Overseas Airways Corporation became the first jetliner to offer trans-Atlantic service to passengers with flights between London, England and New York.

1965 - Pope Paul VI addressed the U.N. General Assembly and became the first reigning pontiff to visit the Western Hemisphere.

1990 - The German parliament had its first meeting since reunification.

1992 - The 16-year civil war in Mozambique ended.

1993 - Russian Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi and Chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov surrendered to Boris Yeltsin after a 10-hour tank assault on the Russian White House. The two men had barricaded themselves in after Yeltsin called for general elections and dissolved the legislative body.

1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela was welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Clinton. Birthdays

Rutherford B. Hayes (U.S.) 1822

Frederic S. Remington 1861 Edward L. Stratemeyer 1862 Damon Runyon 1884 Buster Keaton 1895 Frankie Crosetti 1910

Jan Murray 1917 Charlton Heston 1924 Alvin Toffler 1928

Leroy Van Dyke 1929 Felicia Farr 1932

Sam Huff 1934