Tigers are completely blind for the first week of their life. About half do not survive to adulthood source
Tigers are completely blind for the first week of their life. About half do not survive to adulthood
On October 1.1928 ; The Soviet Union introduces its First five-year plan. source
On October 1.1928 ; The Soviet Union introduces its First five-year plan.
On October 1.1966 ; West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. source
On October 1.1966 ; West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
On October 2.1950 ; Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published. source
On October 2.1950 ; Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
On October 2.1967 ; Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. source
On October 2.1967 ; Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
On October 3.1872 ; The Bloomingdale brothers open their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City. source
On October 3.1872 ; The Bloomingdale brothers open their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
On October 3.1949 ; WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta. source
On October 3.1949 ; WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
On October 4.1876 ; Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas. source
On October 4.1876 ; Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
On October 4.1895 ; The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. source
On October 4.1895 ; The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
On October 4.1957 ; Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. source
On October 4.1957 ; Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
On October 4.1983 ; Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. source
On October 4.1983 ; Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
On October 5.1903 ; Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices. source
On October 5.1903 ; Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
On October 6.1910 ; Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (seven times in total). source
On October 6.1910 ; Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (seven times in total).
On October 7.1826 ; The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. source
On October 7.1826 ; The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
On October 7.1912 ; The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction. source
On October 7.1912 ; The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
On October 7.1959 ; U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon. source
On October 7.1959 ; U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
On October 9.1834 ; Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland. source
On October 9.1834 ; Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
On October 9.2009 ; First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. source
On October 9.2009 ; First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
On October 10.1933 ; United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation. source
On October 10.1933 ; United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
On October 10.1957 ; The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident. source
On October 10.1957 ; The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident.
On October 11.1811 ; Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). source
On October 11.1811 ; Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
On October 12.1773 ; America's first insane asylum opens. source
On October 12.1773 ; America's first insane asylum opens.
On October 12.1823 ; Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat. source
On October 12.1823 ; Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
On October 12.1945 ; World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. source
On October 12.1945 ; World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
On October 13.1892 ; Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13–14. source
On October 13.1892 ; Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13–14.
On October 13.1976 ; The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C. source
On October 13.1976 ; The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.
On October 14.1938 ; The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane. source
On October 14.1938 ; The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
On October 15.1932 ; Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight. source
On October 15.1932 ; Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
On October 15.1951 ; Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives. source
On October 15.1951 ; Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives.
On October 16.1916 ; In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States. source
On October 16.1916 ; In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.