Historical Events In October - 01

1963  Nigeria becomes a republic within the Commonwealth on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history free Speech Movement launched at U of California, Berkley  

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

1964  Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76 on October - 01.  

1965  Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies on October - 01.  

1966  On this day in history 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  On October - 01 guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps  

1970  On this day in history hans Poser, composer, dies at 52  

1971  Disneyworld opens in Orlando, Florida on this day in history.  

1971  Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens on October - 01.  

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  On October - 01 kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87  

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

1973  On October - 01 joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74  

1975  Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles on October - 01.  

1975  Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu" on this day in history.  

1975  Reunion Island stops prints stamps, France takes over production on October - 01.  

1975  Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39 on October - 01.  

1977  Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games on this day in history.  

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

1979  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.) on this day in history.  

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

1979  On this day in history roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81  

1980  Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days on October - 01.  

1980  USS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon on this day in history.  

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

1982  On this day in history ePCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida  

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

1984  Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72  

1985  Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 on October - 01.  

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1207  On this day in history birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)  

1507  On this day in history birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)  

1540  Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

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  On October - 01 birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer  

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0540  On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies  

0552  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on October - 01.  

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.  

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

1040  On this day in history death of alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)  

1189  On October - 01 death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar  

1310  On this day in history death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)