Page 8: Historical Events In October - 01

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

1964  On October - 01 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies   

1969  Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps on October - 01.   

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

1971  On October - 01 disneyworld opens in Orlando, Florida   

1971  On this day in history walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens   

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

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

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

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  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  On October - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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1207  Henry III, king of England (1216-72) was born on October - 01.   

1507  On October - 01 birth of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)   

1540  On October - 01 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 this day in history 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  Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1644  On October - 01 birth of jean Rousseau, composer   

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  Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on October - 01.   

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

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

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

1189  On this day in history death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar   

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