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What Happened on October 1st This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	Kuopio school stabbing: one dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.
2018	The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.
2017	An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
2017	Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.[17]
2015	A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
2015	Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
2015	The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
2014	A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
2014	A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
2012	A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
2009	The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
2001	Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
2000	Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
1994	Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
1991	Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
1989	Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
1987	The 5.9 Mw  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
1985	Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
1982	Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
1982	EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
1982	Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
1979	Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
1979	The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
1978	Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1975	Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1971	Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
1971	The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
1969	Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1968	Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
1966	West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
1964	The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
1964	Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1962	James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
1961	The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
1961	East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1961	The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.
1960	Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1958	The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
1957	The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.
1955	The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
1953	Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
1953	A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.
1949	The People's Republic of China is established.
1947	The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1946	Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
1946	The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
1943	World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
1942	World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
1940	The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1939	World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
1938	Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
1936	Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
1936	Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
1931	The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.
1931	Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
1928	The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
1928	Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.
1918	World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
1918	Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
1910	A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
1908	Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
1903	Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1898	The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
1891	Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
1890	Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
1887	Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
1861	Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day.
1832	Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
1829	The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
1827	Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
1814	The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
1800	Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
1795	More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
1791	First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
1787	Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1779	The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
1730	Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
1588	The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.
1553	The coronation of Queen Mary I of England occurs.
965	Pope John XIII is consecrated.
959	Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.
366	Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
331	Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.

Famous People Born on October 1

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Year	Name
1887	Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
1973	Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
1979	Rudi Johnson, American football player
1947	Stephen Collins, American actor and director
1982	Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
1973	Christian Borle, American actor and singer
1972	Nicky Morgan, British politician
1953	Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (d. 2011)
1953	Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (d. 2011)
1924	Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)

Famous People Deaths On October 1

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Date	Name
1953	John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
686	Emperor Tenmu of Japan (b. 631)
1974	Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
1885	John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
2018	Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (b. 1924)
918	Zhou, empress of Former Shu
2011	Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
1416	Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
1959	Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (b. 1877)
1609	Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (b. 1532)