Wednesday, October 05, 2022

History for October 5

History for October 5 - On-This-Day.com
Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia) 1936
  • 1919 - Enzo Ferrari debuted in his first race. He later founded the Auto Avio Construzioni Ferrari, an independent manufacturing company.
  • 1921 - The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. The game was between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.
  • 1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt called for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations.
  • 1947 - U.S. President Harry S Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House. The subject was the current international food crisis.
  • 1969 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuted on BBC television.
  • 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced that his country would cut its nuclear arsenal in response to the arms reduction that was initiated by U.S. President George Bush.

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