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6th October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, the first major “talkie” movie, premieres in New York City Oct 06, 2026

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The Jazz Singer demonstrated to a large audience that recorded dialogue could be incorporated successfully into a commercial feature film. It used the Vitaphone system that played large phonograph discs in synchronisation with the film ...

5th October 1962: James Bond and The Beatles each make their debut with Dr. No and Love Me Do Oct 05, 2026

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Two cultural icons made their first appearance when Dr No, the first of the James Bond series of films, hit cinema screens on the same day as the Beatles released their debut single ‘Love Me ...

4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar Oct 04, 2026

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By the 16th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to ...

3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bomb Oct 03, 2026

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The bomb was successfully detonated at 8 a.m., making Britain the third country to successfully develop and detonate a nuclear weapon, after the United States and Soviet ...

2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke while in office Oct 02, 2026

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United States President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left-hand ...

1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China Oct 01, 2026

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The Chinese Communists in the People’s Liberation Army had been fighting the second stage of a long and costly civil war against the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, known as the Kuomintang, since shortly after the end of the Second World ...

30th September 1960: The Flintstones broadcast for the first time as the world’s first animated sitcom Sep 30, 2026

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The Flintstones attracted strong ratings, demonstrating that an animated series could compete with live-action programmes in an evening schedule and establishing Hanna-Barbera as a major television animation ...

29th September 1789: Congress formally establishes the United States Army on the final day of its first session Sep 29, 2026

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President George Washington wrote to Congress, stating that the military was something on which the “honor, safety and well being of our Country so evidently and essentially ...

28th September 1928: Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers penicillin, laying the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine Sep 28, 2026

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Fleming found that a petri dish containing staphylococci bacteria had been contaminated with an unidentified fungus. The bacteria around the fungus had been destroyed, whereas bacteria that were further away ...

27th September 1825: Stockton and Darlington Railway opens as the first public railway to make regular use of steam locomotives Sep 27, 2026

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The railway was developed by to improve the transport of coal from inland collieries to Darlington and the port at ...

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