Historical Events In October - 01

1986  On this day in history president Carter's presidential library/museum dedicated in Atlanta   

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

1988  On October - 01 robert Englund the actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth   

1989  On this day in history dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle   

1989  Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany on October - 01.   

1989  On this day in history uS issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus   

1990  On October - 01 curtis E LeMay USAF General, WWII dies at 83   

1990  On this day in history pres Bush at the UN, condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait   

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

1990  On this day in history christine Forrest, actress (Martin), dies   

1991  Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide at 50   

1993  The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway commences operation over the former CN line between Sydney and Truro, Nova Scotia on this day in history.   

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

1994  Brad O'Hare, dies of complications due to AIDS at 43 on October - 01.   

1996  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 on October - 01.   

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

2005  On this day in history 26 people are killed and more than 10 are injured in the 205 Bali bombings.   

2005  On October - 01 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  Brisbane Broncos beat Melbourne Storm in the controversial 2006 National Rugby League Grand Final at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia on October - 01.   

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

2012  California becomes the first US state to ban conversion therapy for minors on this day in history.   

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  On October - 01 stephen Paddock shoots dead 58 people, injuring 489, at a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in American history   

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  On this day in history french photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, at the center of a Nobel prize sexual assault scandal, sentenced to two years in prison for rape   

2018  New trade deal announced between United States, Canada and Mexico (USMCA), replacing NAFTA on October - 01.   

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

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

2019  On this day in history presidential candidate Bernie Sanders taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack   

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery   

1577  Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622) was born on October - 01.   

1620  On this day in history birth of nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

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

1644  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0552  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on this day in history.   

0976  On October - 01 al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies   

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on this day in history.   

1189  Death of Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar on this day in history.   

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