Historical Events In October - 01

1986  President Carter's presidential library/museum dedicated in Atlanta on this day in history.  

1987  6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA on this day in history.  

1988  Robert Englund the actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth on October - 01.  

1989  Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle on October - 01.  

1989  On this day in history thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany  

1989  US issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus on October - 01.  

1990  On this day in history curtis E LeMay USAF General, WWII dies at 83  

1990  Pres Bush at the UN, condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait on this day in history.  

1990  USS Independence (CV-62) enters Persian Gulf (first carrier in Persian Gulf since 1974) on October - 01.  

1990  Christine Forrest, actress (Martin), dies on this day in history.  

1991  On October - 01 jan van Tongeren, painter, dies  

1992  On October - 01 bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide at 50  

1993  On October - 01 the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway commences operation over the former CN line between Sydney and Truro, Nova Scotia.  

1993  Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history brad O'Hare, dies of complications due to AIDS at 43  

1996  On this day in history the St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway is formed by merging the CP Rail routes in southern Ontario and Quebec with its Delaware and Hudson subsidiary in northern USA. The STLH name was first used about June 1 although the legal entity was not established until October 1.  

1998  Southern Rails Cooperative takes over operation of CN Avonlea subdivision from Avonlea to Moose Jaw, SK on this day in history.  

2005  26 people are killed and more than 10 are injured in the 205 Bali bombings on October - 01.  

2005  On this day in history an Australian photojournalist in Afghanistan, Stephen Dupont, films US soldiers burning two dead Taliban militias' bodies.2006 Brisbane Broncos beat Melbourne Storm in the controversial 2006 National Rugby League Grand Final at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia.  

2005  On October - 01 the world's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is formed by the merger of two Japanese banking conglomerates.  

2006  Vodafone Japan, owned by SoftBank, officially changes its name to Softbank Mobile Corporation on this day in history.  

2006  On this day in history brisbane Broncos beat Melbourne Storm in the controversial 2006 National Rugby League Grand Final at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia.  

2007  The minimum age for purchasing tobacco products is raised from 16 to 18 across England and Wales on October - 01.  

2012  On this day in history california becomes the first US state to ban conversion therapy for minors  

2014  On October - 01 canadian freestyle skier and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 27  

2017  Amid a deepening constitutional crisis, Catalonia holds an independence referendum on seceding from Spain on October - 01.  

2017  Stephen Paddock shoots dead 58 people, injuring 489, at a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in American history on October - 01.  

2017  On October - 01 fifty-eight people are killed and 546 injured when Stephen Paddock opens fire on a crowd in Las Vegas, surpassing the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting as the deadliest mass shooting perpetrated by a lone gunman in U.S. history.  

2018  On this day in history nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology awarded to James Allison and Tasuku Honjo for cancer treatment innovations  

2018  French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, at the center of a Nobel prize sexual assault scandal, sentenced to two years in prison for rape on October - 01.  

2018  On October - 01 new trade deal announced between United States, Canada and Mexico (USMCA), replacing NAFTA  

2018  On October - 01 the United States, Mexico and Canada agree a new trade deal to replace NAFTA  

2018  On October - 01 more than 80,000 American died of the flu during 2017-2018 winter, highest in ten years, according to US heath officials  

2019  Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack on October - 01.  

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

1549  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on this day in history.  

1577  Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On October - 01 death of king Edwy of England  

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  On this day in history death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar  

1310  Death of Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) on this day in history.