Historical events from October 1 to 15
Premiere of the animated classic Fantasia, the first exhibition of infrared photography and the Day of Non-Violence are some of the events.
October 1st
1843: The newspaper ‘News of the World’ is published in London.
October 2nd
‘International Day of Non-Violence’ is commemorated, in homage to the birth of ‘Mahatma Gandhi’.
October 3rd
1906: Colombian musician and composer Francisco ‘Pacho Galán’, creator of the merecumbé, is born.
October 7th
1931: First display of ‘infrared photography’ in Rochester, New York.
October 8th
1970: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
October 9th
1890: Clément Ader flies the Éole, the first airplane in history.
October 10th
1941: Walt Disney’s classic film ‘Fantasia’ is released.
October 11th
1962: inauguration of the ‘Vatican Council’ by Pope John XXIII, to renew the Catholic spirit.
October 15th
1844 – German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is born.
Article by:
Jackeline Gonzalez L.
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