October 1st in History
On This Day - 1st October
959 Edgar the Peaceable became king of all England. 'The Peaceable', was not necessarily a comment on the deeds of his life, for he was a strong leader, shown by his seizure of the Northumbrian and Mercian kingdoms from his older brother. His reign though, was a remarkably peaceable one, thanks to draconian laws that involved having one's tongue ripped out, at best, for stealing an apple. Edgar died on 8th July 975 at Winchester in Hampshire.
1553 The Coronation of Queen Mary I. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism and she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions.
1983 - ClassicBands.com
October 1
After having what she described at "seven flops in a row", Bonnie Tyler became the first female Welsh singer to top the Billboard Hot 100 when "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" rose to the top for the first of four weeks. The song would be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1984 ceremony, but lost to "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara.
959 Edgar the Peaceable became king of all England. 'The Peaceable', was not necessarily a comment on the deeds of his life, for he was a strong leader, shown by his seizure of the Northumbrian and Mercian kingdoms from his older brother. His reign though, was a remarkably peaceable one, thanks to draconian laws that involved having one's tongue ripped out, at best, for stealing an apple. Edgar died on 8th July 975 at Winchester in Hampshire.
1553 The Coronation of Queen Mary I. She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism and she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian Persecutions.
1983 - ClassicBands.com
October 1
After having what she described at "seven flops in a row", Bonnie Tyler became the first female Welsh singer to top the Billboard Hot 100 when "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" rose to the top for the first of four weeks. The song would be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1984 ceremony, but lost to "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara.
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