Page 8: Historical Events In October - 01

1963  On this day in history nigeria becomes a republic within the Commonwealth   

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

1964  SF cable cars declared a national landmark on October - 01.   

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

1965  On October - 01 edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies   

1966  Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies on this day in history.   

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

1968  Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies on this day in history.   

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

1970  On October - 01 hans Poser, composer, dies at 52   

1971  Disneyworld opens in Orlando, Florida on October - 01.   

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

1972  On October - 01 louis Leakey famed anthropologist, dies at 68   

1972  The first games of the World Hockey Association on October - 01.   

1972  Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87 on October - 01.   

1973  Joe Devlin actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1975  Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history 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  Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games on October - 01.   

1978  Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) gains independence from Britain on October - 01.   

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 October - 01.   

1979  On October - 01 uS returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)   

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

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

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

1980  George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86 on October - 01.   

1982  On October - 01 ePCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida   

1982  West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt on this day in history.   

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 October - 01.   

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

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on October - 01.   

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

1540  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)   

1549  On October - 01 birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  On October - 01 birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

1620  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on October - 01.   

1644  On this day in history birth of alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer   

1644  On October - 01 birth of jean Rousseau, composer   

0290  On this day in history death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

0540  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on October - 01.   

0552  On October - 01 teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle   

0959  On this day in history death of king Edwy of England   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.   

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

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.