Page 8: Historical Events In October - 01

1963  On October - 01 nigeria becomes a republic within the Commonwealth   

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

1964  On October - 01 sF cable cars declared a national landmark   

1964  Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76 on October - 01.   

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 October - 01.   

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

1968  Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies on October - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  On October - 01 walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens   

1972  On this day in history louis Leakey famed anthropologist, dies at 68   

1972  On this day in history the first games of the World Hockey Association   

1972  On October - 01 kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87   

1973  On October - 01 joe Devlin actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74   

1973  On this day in history joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74   

1975  Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles on October - 01.   

1975  On this day in history ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"   

1975  On October - 01 reunion Island stops prints stamps, France takes over production   

1975  Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39 on October - 01.   

1977  On October - 01 brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games   

1978  Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1980  On October - 01 uSS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon   

1980  On this day in history george Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86   

1982  On this day in history ePCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida   

1982  On October - 01 west Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt   

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 October - 01.   

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

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on October - 01.   

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

1549  Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery was born on October - 01.   

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

1620  On October - 01 birth of nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher   

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

1644  Jean Rousseau, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0959  Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01.   

0976  Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies on October - 01.   

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  On October - 01 death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)