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October 6In 1927, The Jazz Singer, the first feature film with synchronised sound, is released. In 1995, 51 Pegasi is discovered. It is the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it. |
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October 7Happy Birthday to English musician and Radiohead singer Thom Yorke (1968). In 1996, the Fox News Channel begins broadcasting in the US. |
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October 8In 1957, American rock ‘n’ roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis records his hit song, “Great Balls Of Fire.” The song is later included on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the greatest songs ever. In 1982, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular stage musical Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years. |
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October 9In 1967, a day after being captured, communist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. In 1989, an official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh, Russia. |
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October 10In 1846, Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell. In 1928, Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan. |
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October 11In 1852, Australia’s oldest university, the University of Sydney, is inaugurated in Sydney. In 1950, CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for television broadcast by the US Federal Communications Commission. . |
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October 12Today is the last day at 100 Tonson Gallery on Ploenchit Road to see Devi, an exhibition of acrylic paintings inspired by the female form by local artist Thanet Awsinsiri. The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 684 1527. Thai rock band Bodyslam start their tour to promote their latest album today at Suan Nam Som Aroon, Suphan Buri. The final performance of their tour will be in Phuket on February 1. For more details, call 02 565 3456 or go to www.thaiticketmajor.com and www.bodyslamband.com. |
