Today in History for Oct. 4: On this date: In 1535, the printing of the first English-language Bible was completed in London. In 1669, Dutch painter Rembrandt died.
In 1824, the Federal Republic of Mexico was proclaimed. In 1830, Belgium seceded from the Netherlands and became independent. In 1851, a freak gale off the coast of Prince Edward Island destroyed 100 U.
S. fishing vessels and killed at least 130 fishermen. In 1905, Orville Wright made the first flight of over 30 minutes.
In 1909, the cornerstone of Saskatchewan's legislative building was laid in Regina. In 1910, Portugal became a republic when a revolution forced King Manuel II to flee. In 1920, the Canadian Air Board, forerunner of the Royal Canadian Air Force, began its first flight across Canada.
Wing Cmdr. Robert Leckie flew from Halifax to Winnipeg, arriving Oct. 11.
From there, Air Commodore A. K. Tylee and three other pilots flew to Vancouver, arriving Oct.
17. Total elapsed time was 45 hours, 20 minutes for 5,488 kilometres, as opposed to 132 hours by rail. In 1922, a fire at Haileybury, Ont.
, killed 43 people and destroyed property valued at $6 million. In 1923, actor Charlton Heston was born in Evanston, Ill. With his baritone voice, Heston portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in films of the 1950s and 1960s.
His film credits include "The Greatest Show on Earth," "El Cid," "The Greatest Story Ever Told," "The Ten Commandments," and "Planet of the Apes." He won an Academy Award in.
