Page 8: Historical Events In October - 01

1963  Nigeria becomes a republic within the Commonwealth on October - 01.   

1964  On October - 01 free Speech Movement launched at U of California, Berkley   

1964  On this day in history sF cable cars declared a national landmark   

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

1965  Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies on October - 01.   

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 October - 01.   

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

1969  Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps on this day in history.   

1970  Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 on October - 01.   

1971  On this day in history disneyworld opens in Orlando, Florida   

1971  Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens on this day in history.   

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

1972  The first games of the World Hockey Association on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87   

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 October - 01 ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"   

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

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

1979  On this day in history 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  US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal) on October - 01.   

1979  On this day in history roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81   

1980  On this day in history cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days   

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

1980  On October - 01 george Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86   

1982  EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida on October - 01.   

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  On October - 01 walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72   

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

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1207  On this day in history birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

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  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  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  Death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed on October - 01.   

0540  On October - 01 vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies   

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

0959  On October - 01 death of king Edwy of England   

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

1040  Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on October - 01.   

1189  On October - 01 death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar   

1310  On October - 01 death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)