HISTORY
On this day October 2-8, 2022 (week 40)
October 2, 2022 - October 8, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week celebrates the genome of malaria and the mosquito, Germany’s V2 rocket, the world’s first man-made satellite, Sputnik 1, the first James Bond film Dr No, the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the first hair perm
October 2, 2002: Scientists announced they had sequenced the genome of the parasite that causes malaria as well as that of the mosquito that carries and transmits the disease
October 3, 1942: Germany’s V2 rocket made its first successful test flight. It had a range of 200 miles and killed over 2,700 Londoners in the last months of World War II
October 4, 1957: The Space Race began when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first man-made satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. It completed 1,440 orbits over 21 days
October 5, 1962: Dr No, the first James Bond film, opened. The movie, starring Sean Connery as Bond and Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first Bond girl, grossed $60 million
October 6, 1683: Germantown was established by the first German settlers in America, mainly Quaker and Mennonite families. It was later absorbed into Philadelphia
October 7, 1952: Russian President Vladimir Putin was born. A dominant figure in politics since 2000, he turns 70 in a year that will be remembered for his invasion of Ukraine
October 8, 1906: Hairdresser Karl Nessler demonstrated the first perm, winding the hair into spirals round metal rods, applying a special liquid, and heating the rods