TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

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.

1883 - The Orient Express commences its first run.

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 UN 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 US President Clinton.

2001 - NATO granted the United States open access to their airfields and seaports and agreed to deploy ships and early-warning radar planes in the war on terrorism. BIRTHDAYS

Rutherford B. Hayes 1822 Frederic S. Remington 1861 Edward L. Stratemeyer 1862 Damon Runyon 1884 Buster Keaton 1895