Welcome to What You Didn't Hear, the podcast
where we dive into the overlooked stories that
happened on the same days as history's biggest
events. While the world was watching one headline,
countless other stories quietly unfolded, some
fascinating, some tragic, and some that changed
lives in ways we've never heard about. In each
episode, we'll take you beyond the front page
and shine a light on the moments history forgot.
Because every day holds more than one story,
and it's time those voices were heard. Now join
me and learn more about what you didn't hear
on October 1st. October 1st is the day the Ford
Model T first went on sale. The Model T was the
first mass -produced automobile using a rolling
assembly line, making it the first affordable
car available to the middle class Americans in
1908. Until 1914, the Model T could be purchased
in gray, red, green, and blue. However, in 1914,
Ford began to only produce the Model T in black
to streamline production and keep costs low.
But was Ford dropping this sick whip in 1908
the only event that took place on the first day
of October throughout history? Impossible. While
the Ford's Model T's introduction to the streets
of the United States is a significant event,
there are many other events that we don't hear
about on this very same day. In 331 BC, Alexander
the Great... defeats darius the third of persia
in the battle of gagamella the battle of gagamella
is the second and final battle between the two
kings and was the final blow to darius the third
resulting in alexander's conquest of persia three
different accounts are given of darius the third's
attempts to negotiate peace terms with alexander
the great the last of which would recognize Alexander
the Great as a co -equal to Darius III, Alexander
rejected all negotiation attempts. While fleeing
to the east to attempt to build another army
and face Alexander again in battle, King Darius
III was murdered by one of his viceroys. Alexander
hunted down this viceroy and had him executed.
The majority of the remaining viceroys gave their
loyalty to Alexander and were allowed to maintain
their rank and titles. edgar i the peaceful is
crowned king of all england in nine fifty nine
leading up to his kingship england was fractured
violent and volatile previously his brother ruled
as king of england and implemented a host of
divisive policies king edgar i made it his goal
to reverse all these policies and repair england's
relationship with the church gerard of rideford
the grand master of the knights templar during
the third crusade is killed at the siege of acre
in eleven eighty nine gerard of rideford is believed
to either be flemish or possibly of anglo -norman
background and while it is unclear when he arrived
in the kingdom of jerusalem he is in the charter
record in the service of baldwin the fourth and
held the rank of Marshal of the Kingdom. After
recovering from a serious illness, he took vows
as a Templar, and was elected as Grand Master
in late 1184. Gerard of Ridefort had been captured
by Saladin before in a previous battle, and negotiated
his release successfully. Upon bringing the Templars
to the Siege of Acre, he was captured by Saladin's
forces again, and was beheaded. In 1529, Martin
Luther and Holdrick Zwingli meet at the Marburg
Colloquy to unite Protestants. While they reached
agreement on 14 theological points, the 15th
they could not come to agreeance on and the meeting
was considered a failure. The 15th theological
topic was whether or not Christ's true body and
blood were physically present in the sacrament
of the Lord's Supper. Luther maintained that
the body was present in, with, and under the
bread and wine. whereas holdrick viewed the supper
as a spiritual memorial in fifteen sixty nine
queen elizabeth has the duke of norfolk arrested
for conspiring to marry mary queen of scots During
the Eighty Years' War, in which the Netherlands
were rebelling against Spanish rule, the Siege
of Leiden ended on October 1st in 1574, when
the Prince of Orange successfully had four dikes
destroyed, flooding the countryside and severely
damaging one of Leiden's walls. Some 20 ,000
Spanish soldiers drowned in the floods, and as
a result of this defeat, the Spanish treasury
ran dry. The Spanish army could not be paid,
and it mutinied and looted the city of Antwerp
to collect their pay. The pillaging of Antwerp
united the Netherlands in their rebellion against
Spain. 1661 marks the beginning of the sport
of yachting in England when King Charles II beats
his brother James, Duke of York, in a yacht race
from Greenwich to Gravesend. Yachting has been
an official Olympic sport since its inception
in 1896. in eighteen forty four on october first
ludwig leichardt a german explorer departs the
farthest outpost on the queensland darling downs
to begin his exploration of australia's northern
territory from morton bay to port essington louisa
may alcott publishes the novel little women in
eighteen sixty eight with robert's brothers of
boston on the same day the st pancras railway
station opens in london At the time, it was the
largest single -span roof in the world at 689
feet long and 100 feet high. It is considered
to be the pinnacle of Victorian Gothic architecture.
In 1888, National Geographic publishes its first
magazine on October 1. On the same day in 1890,
U .S. Congress votes to create the Weather Bureau
and establishes Yosemite National Park in California.
The following year, Stanford University opens
its doors after being founded by Leland Stanford
and his wife Jane Stanford with a $40 million
donation. Among its first graduating class is
future president Herbert Hoover. In 1905, Frantisek
Pavlik is assassinated in a demonstration in
Prague, inspiring Leos Janasek to write his piano
sonata 1x1905. in nineteen o seven u s president
theodore roosevelt calls on financier j p morgan
to help manage the u s financial crisis after
a downturn in the stock markets leads to a run
on the dollar the first division of canadian
troops set sail for britain in nineteen fourteen
thirty three thousand canadian volunteers eager
to join the war effort in europe and prove their
loyalty to the commonwealth in nineteen eighteen
under thomas edward lawrence aka lawrence of
arabia combined British and Arab forces captured
Damascus from the Turks during World War I. In
1916, two years after joining the British Army,
Lawrence traveled to Mesopotamia and Arabia on
intelligence missions and became involved with
the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Later,
he would author the book Seven Pillars of Wisdom,
recounting his service in the British military
and his involvement in the Arab revolt. The Flying
Finn Pavo Nurmi sets the 4 and 5 mile run world
record at 19 minutes, 15 seconds, and 24 minutes
and 6 seconds in 1924. On the same day, in 1928,
the Flying Fin would run the 15K world record
in 46 minutes and 49 seconds. Also, on October
1st that same year, Los Angeles International
Airport opens in the Westchester section of Los
Angeles. In 1933, baseball legend Babe Ruth pitches
his final game at Yankee Stadium and hits his
34th home run of the season in the fifth inning.
The following year, in violation of the Treaty
of Versailles, Adolf Hitler orders the expansion
of the German Army and Navy in 1934. With the
help of German aviation engineers post -World
War II, the F -86 Sabre makes its first flight
from Edwards Air Force Base in 1947. The F -86
Sabre dominated the air over Korea during the
Korean War and became a symbol of the Cold War.
It was developed by North American Aviation using
German aerodynamic research from World War II.
It was the first jet fighter to have a swept
wing design, putting the wings at a 35 degree
angle and allowing for greater speed. The kill
ratio for the Sabre against the MiG -15 during
the Korean War was almost 10 to 1. In 1951, the
24th Infantry Regiment, the last all -black US
military unit, is deactivated. At the end of
World War II, the 24th Infantry Regiment was
assigned to the occupation of Japan until being
reassigned to the Korean War. Their poor performance
in the Korean War was subjected to heavy criticism
after being hastily thrown into combat with little
to no training for combat in Korea. Their regiment
was disbanded and soldiers were reassigned to
other units, marking the end of segregation in
the U .S. Army following Harry Truman's Executive
Order 9981. In 1962, James Meredith enrolls in
the University of Mississippi, becoming its first
black student. His arrival at the university
was guarded by hundreds of federal troops after
the Ole Miss Riot. On the same day in 1962, Johnny
Carson hosts his first The Tonight Show on NBC.
His guests included Joan Crawford and Mel Brooks.
On October 1, 1967, Pink Floyd arrives in New
York to begin their first tour in the U .S. following
the release of their debut album, The Piper at
the Gates of Dawn. At this point in time, Sid
Barrett was still with the band. the following
year in march of nineteen sixty eight sid barrett
would part ways with pink floyd due to his declining
mental health made worse by drug use he was replaced
by david gilmore who joined the band in late
december of nineteen sixty seven as a backup
to the unreliable founder of the band in nineteen
seventy five but not on October 1st, Pink Floyd
would release the album Wish You Were Here, dedicated
to the original guitarist following the release
of Dark Side of the Moon. Fun fact, Dark Side
of the Moon matches up quite well to The Wizard
of Oz. It's commonly referred to as The Dark
Side of the Rainbow. In 1968, George Romero's
Night of the Living Dead premieres in Pennsylvania.
Now we'll look into the origins of the phrase
Barking Up the Wrong Tree. I'm sure all of us
have heard this common English phrase, but where
did it come from? When did it originate? This
may seem self -explanatory, but it is credited
to the early 19th century in the United States
from the hunting practice of using hound dogs
to track prey like raccoons. When the prey animal
would escape to another tree, the hound dogs
would often mistakenly continue barking at the
first tree, leading hunters to find no animals
there. Over the years, it became a commonplace
phrase in American literature to describe somebody
who was misguided or pursuing a mistaken course
of action. Thank you for tuning in to What You
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