Happy Birthday October 1

Henry III of England was born in Winchester Castle on October 1, 1207. He was the eldest son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême. When his father died in 1216 the nine-year-old Henry III became King of England. England was then ruled by regents until he assumed formal control of his government in January 1227. He ruled for 56 years, a reign unsurpassed in length by an English king until George III clocked up 59 years five centuries later.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States from 1977-81 was born on October 1, 1924, at the Wise Sanatorium in Plains, Georgia. He was the first US President that was born in a hospital. His family had all been farmers for 350 years and no member of his father’s family had ever finished high school. Carter's childhood dream was "to go to the Naval Academy, get a college education, and serve in the U.S. Navy." Carter beat Gerald Ford in 1976 to become America’s first president from the Deep South since 1848. 

Jimmy Carter

Theresa May, the British Prime Minister from 2016-2019, was born Theresa Mary Brasier on October 1, 1956 in Eastbourne, Sussex. Theresa was born the only child of Zaidee (a biblical name) Mary (née Barnes) and Hubert Brasier. Her father was a Church of England clergyman who was chaplain of an Eastbourne hospital. He later became vicar of Enstone with Heythrop and finally of St Mary's at Wheatley, to the east of Oxford.

For more October 1st anniversaries, including the opening of the first electric lamp factory, the first production of the Ford Model T automobile, and the release of the first compact disc player, check out OnThatDay.