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

1965  On this day in history 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  "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  On this day in history walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens   

1972  Louis Leakey famed anthropologist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1972  The first games of the World Hockey Association on October - 01.   

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

1973  Joe Devlin actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74 on October - 01.   

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

1975  On October - 01 britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles   

1975  On October - 01 ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"   

1975  Reunion Island stops prints stamps, France takes over production on October - 01.   

1975  On this day in history al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39   

1977  Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games on October - 01.   

1978  On this day in history tuvalu (Ellice Islands) gains independence from Britain   

1979  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.) on October - 01.   

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

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  USS Cochrane (DDG-21) rescues 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon on October - 01.   

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

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

1982  On this day in history 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 October - 01.   

1985  Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 on October - 01.   

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1207  On October - 01 birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

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 October - 01.   

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

1577  On October - 01 birth of fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)   

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 October - 01 death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed   

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

0552  On October - 01 teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle   

0959  On October - 01 death of king Edwy of England   

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

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)