Page 8: Historical Events In October - 01

1964  Free Speech Movement launched at U of California, Berkley.   

1964  SF cable cars declared a national landmark   

1964  Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76.   

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

1966  Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom and Thirst), dies.   

1968  "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh.   

1968  Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies.   

1969  Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps   

1970  Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52.   

1971  Disneyworld opens in Orlando, Florida   

1971  Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens   

1972  Louis Leakey famed anthropologist, dies at 68.   

1972  The inaugural games of the World Hockey Association.   

1972  Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87.   

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

1973  Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74   

1975  Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles   

1975  Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"   

1975  Reunion Island formally ends prints stamps, France takes over production   

1975  Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T and The MG's), dies at 39.   

1977  Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1281 goals in 1363 games   

1978  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.).   

1979  US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)   

1979  Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81   

1980  Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days.   

1980  USS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon.   

1980  George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86.   

1982  EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida   

1982  West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt.   

1984  Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus.   

1984  Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72   

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

1986  President Carter's presidential library/museum dedicated in Atlanta.   

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1207  Henry iii: King of england (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo barozzi da vignola: Italian architect   

1540  Johann jakob grynaeus: Swiss protestant clergyman   

1549  Anna of h bartolomaeus: Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  Fidelis of sigmaringen: Swiss friar, martyr, and saint   

1620  Nicolaes pietersz berchem: Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

1644  Alessandro stradella: Italian violinist/composer   

1644  Jean rousseau: Composer   

0290  [christian] bacchus: Roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  Vedastus st vaast: 1st bishop of atrecht/saint,   

0552  Teja: King of ostrogoten,   

0959  King edwy of england: King edwy of england   

0976  Death of Al-hakam ii: Moors kalief of cordoba,   

1040  Alan iii: Duke of brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)   

1189  Death of Gerard de ridefort: Grandmaster of the knights templar   

1310  Beatrice of burgundy: Lady of bourbon (b. 1257)