Historical Events In October - 01
Friday, 25 October 2024
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 Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76 on October - 01.
1965 Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies on this day in history.
1966 On this day in history albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies
1968 "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh on this day in history.
1968 Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies on this day in history.
1969 On this day in history 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 October - 01.
1971 On October - 01 walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
1972 On October - 01 louis Leakey famed anthropologist, dies at 68
1972 On October - 01 the first games of the World Hockey Association
1972 On this day in history kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87
1973 Joe Devlin actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74 on October - 01.
1973 Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74 on this day in history.
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 October - 01.
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 this day in history.
1978 On this day in history 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 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 October - 01 uSS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon
1980 George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1982 EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida on this day in history.
1982 West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt on this day in history.
1984 Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus on October - 01.
1984 Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1985 Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 on this day in history.
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