Page 8: Historical Events In October - 01

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

1964  Free Speech Movement launched at U of California, Berkley on this day in history.   

1964  SF cable cars declared a national landmark on October - 01.   

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

1965  On October - 01 edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies   

1966  On October - 01 albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom & Thirst), dies   

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

1968  On October - 01 marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

1969  On this day in history guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps   

1970  Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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 October - 01.   

1972  On October - 01 the first games of the World Hockey Association   

1972  Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1979  On October - 01 roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81   

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  George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history west Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt   

1984  On October - 01 gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus   

1984  On this day in history 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 October - 01 birth of henry III, king of England (1216-72)   

1507  Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

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  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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

0540  Vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies on October - 01.   

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

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)