Page 8: Historical Events In October - 01

1963  Nigeria becomes a republic within the Commonwealth on October - 01.   

1964  Free Speech Movement launched at U of California, Berkley on October - 01.   

1964  On October - 01 sF cable cars declared a national landmark   

1964  On October - 01 ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76   

1965  On this day in history edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies   

1966  On October - 01 albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies   

1968  On October - 01 "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh   

1968  On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

1969  Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps on October - 01.   

1970  Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1971  On October - 01 disneyworld opens in Orlando, Florida   

1971  On October - 01 walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens   

1972  Louis Leakey famed anthropologist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1972  The first games of the World Hockey Association on this day in history.   

1972  Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1973  Joe Devlin actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74 on October - 01.   

1973  On this day in history joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74   

1975  On this day in history britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles   

1975  On October - 01 ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"   

1975  Reunion Island stops prints stamps, France takes over production on this day in history.   

1975  Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 01 brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games   

1978  On October - 01 tuvalu (Ellice Islands) gains independence from Britain   

1979  On October - 01 president Jimmy Carter awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to former naval aviators Neil Armstrong, CAPT Charles Conrad, Jr., USN (Ret.), COL John Glenn, USMC (Ret.), and RADM Alan Shepard, Jr., USN (Ret.)   

1979  US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal) on this day in history.   

1979  Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days   

1980  On October - 01 uSS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon   

1980  On October - 01 george Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86   

1982  EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida on this day in history.   

1982  West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt on October - 01.   

1984  On this day in history gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus   

1984  Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86   

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1207  On October - 01 birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on October - 01.   

1540  On October - 01 birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  On this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  On this day in history birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

1620  On this day in history birth of nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

1644  Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born on October - 01.   

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on October - 01.   

0290  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on October - 01.   

0540  On October - 01 vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies   

0552  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.   

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on this day in history.   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on October - 01.   

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on October - 01.