October 1
is the 274th day of the year (275th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 91 days remaining.
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331 BC -
Greek Alexander the Great defeats
Darius III of Persia in the
Battle of Gaugamela.
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959 -
Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all
England.
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965 -
John XIII becomes
Pope.
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1788 -
Nguyen Hue declares himself emperor of
Vietnam.
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1791 - First session of the
French Legislative Assembly.
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1795 -
Belgium is conquered by
France.
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1800 -
Spain cedes
Louisiana to
France via the
Treaty of San Ildefonso.
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1811 - The first
steamboat to sail the
Mississippi River arrives in
New Orleans, Louisiana.
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1814 - Opening of the
Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the
Europe's political map after the defeat of
Napoleon the previous spring.
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1827 - The Russian army under
Ivan Paskevich storms
Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in
Armenia.
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1829 -
South African College is founded in
Cape Town,
South Africa; later to separate into the
University of Cape Town and the
South African College Schools.
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1843 -
News of the World began publication in
London.
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1847 -
German inventor and industrialist
Werner von Siemens founds
Siemens AG & Halske.
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1854 - The watch company founded in
1850 in Roxbury by
Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to
Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the
Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the
American System of Watch Manufacturing.
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1869 -
Austria issues the world's first
postcards.
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1880 -
John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the
United States Marine Corps Band.
* 1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by
Thomas Edison.
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1885 - United States begins special-delivery mail service.
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1886 - The U.S. mint in
Carson City, Nevada, closes.
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1887 -
Balochistan conquered by the
British Empire.
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1890 - The
Yosemite National Park is established by the
U.S. Congress.
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1891 - In the
U.S. state of
California,
Stanford University opens its doors.
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1894 - First meeting of
The Owl Club of
Cape Town.
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1898 - Czar
Nicholas II expels
Jews from major
Russian cities.
* 1898 - The
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name
k.u.k. Exportakademie.
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1903 -
Baseball: The
Boston Americans play the
Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern
World Series.
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1905 - František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in
Prague, inspiring
Leoš Janáček to the piano composition
1. X. 1905.
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1908 -
Ford introduces the
Model T car.
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1910 - A large bomb destroys the
Los Angeles Times building in downtown
Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
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1918 -
World War I:
Arab forces under
T. E. Lawrence (aka "Lawrence of Arabia") capture
Damascus.
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1928 - The
Soviet Union introduces its first
Five-Year Plan.
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1931 - The
George Washington Bridge linking
New Jersey and
New York opens.
* 1931 - The original
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in
New York.
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1936 -
Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of
Spain.
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1938 -
Germany annexes the
Sudetenland.
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1939 - After a one-month
Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces entered the city.
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1940 - The
Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first
superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
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1942 -
USS Grouper torpedoes
Lisbon Maru not knowing she was carrying British PoWs from
Hong Kong*
1943 -
World War II:
Naples falls to
Allied soldiers.
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1946 -
Nazi leaders sentenced at
Nuremberg Trials.
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1949 - The
People's Republic of China is declared by
Mao Zedong.
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1957 - First appearance of "
In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
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1958 -
NASA created to replace
NACA.
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1960 -
Nigeria gains independence from the
United Kingdom.
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1961 - East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of
Cameroon.
* 1961 -
Baseball:
Roger Maris sets new record for most home runs in a single season with 61, surpassing
Babe Ruth's previous mark of 60.
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1962 -
Johnny Carson begins a 30-year run as the host of
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson at
NBC.
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1963 -
California State Board of Education created.
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1964 - The
Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of
University of California, Berkeley.
* 1964 -
Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from
Tokyo to
Osaka.
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1965 -
Apostasia, a political move in Greece designed by the former King of Greece
Constantine II and executed by a group of politicians (led by the later PM of Greece
Constantine Mitsotakis) who have betrayed and overthrown the Prime Minister
George Papandreou in
Greece in favour of the formerly King of Greece.
* 1965 - General
Suharto crushes an attempted
coup in
Indonesia.
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1968 - The
Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
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1969 - The
Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the
sound barrier for the first time.
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1971 -
Walt Disney World opens near
Orlando, Florida,
United States.
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1975 - The
Seychelles gain internal self-government. The
Ellice Islands split from
Gilbert Islands and take the name
Tuvalu.
Thrilla in Manila:
Muhammad Ali defeats
Joe Frazier in a
boxing match in
Manila,
Philippines.
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1977 -
Brazilian
soccer star
Pelé retires.
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1978 - The
Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
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1979 - The
United States returns sovereignty of the
Panama canal to
Panama.
* 1979 -
Activision founded
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1982 -
Helmut Kohl replaces
Helmut Schmidt as
Chancellor of Germany through a
Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
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1982 -
EPCOT Center opens at
Walt Disney World in
Florida,
United States.
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1983 -
Horizons opens at
EPCOT Center,
Walt Disney World in
Florida,
United States.
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1985 - The
Israeli air force bombs
PLO Headquarters in
Tunis.
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1988 -
Mikhail Gorbachev is named head of the
Supreme Soviet.
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1993 -
Polly Klaas is
kidnapped by
Richard Allen Davis during a slumber party at her
Petaluma, California, home; Davis will be sentenced to death for her murdering Klaas.
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1992 -
Cartoon Network debuts.
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2004 -
Baseball:
Seattle Mariners outfielder
Ichiro Suzuki makes his 258th hit of the season, breaking
George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
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2005 - Almost exactly three years after a
similar event, a
bombing kills 23 people in
Bali.
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1207 - King
Henry III of England (d.
1272)
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1471 - King
Frederick I of Denmark (d.
1533)
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1507 -
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d.
1573)
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1540 -
Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss protestant clergyman (d.
1617)
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1620 -
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d.
1683)
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1644 -
Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d.
1682)
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1671 -
Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d.
1742)
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1685 -
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d.
1740)
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1691 -
Arthur Onslow, English politician (d.
1768)
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1730 -
Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d.
1781)
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1760 -
William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d.
1844)
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1771 -
Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d.
1842)
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1791 -
Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d.
1859)
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1835 -
Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d.
1920)
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1865 -
Paul Dukas, French composer (d.
1935)
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1881 -
William Boeing, American engineer (d.
1956)
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1885 -
Louis Untermeyer, American author (d.
1977)
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1878 -
Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d.
1950)
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1887 -
Violet Jessop,
Titanic survivor (d.
1971)
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1890 -
Stanley Holloway, British actor (d.
1982)
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1896 -
Quaid-e-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan, first
Prime Minister of Pakistan (d.
1951)
* 1896 -
Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d.
1937)
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1899 -
Ernest Haycox, American writer (d.
1950)
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1900 -
Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d.
1966)
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1903 -
Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian pianist (d.
1989)
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1904 -
Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d.
1979)
* 1904 -
A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d.
1977)
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1909 -
Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles, California (d.
1998)
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1910 -
Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d.
1934)
* 1910 -
Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (d.
1983)
* 1910 -
José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
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1914 -
Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and
Librarian of Congress (d.
2004)
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1920 -
Walter Matthau, American actor (d.
2000)
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1921 -
James Whitmore, American actor
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1924 -
James Earl Carter, Jr. , 39th
President of the United States, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize* 1924 -
William Hubbs Rehnquist , 16th
Chief Justice of the United States (d.
2005)
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1925 -
Bob Boyd, baseball player (d.
2004)
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1926 -
Roger Williams, American pianist
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1927 -
Tom Bosley, American actor
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1928 -
Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d.
1973)
* 1928 -
George Peppard, American actor (d.
1994)
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1930 - Sir
Richard Harris, Irish actor (d.
2002)
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1931 -
Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
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1932 -
Albert Collins, blues guitarist (d.
1993)
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1935 -
Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
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1936 -
Stella Stevens, American actress
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1939 -
George Archer, American golfer (d.
2005)
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1942 -
Frank Gardner, Australian formula one driver
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1945 -
Rod Carew, Panamanian
Major League Baseball player
* 1945 -
Spider Sabich, American skiier (d.
1976)
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1947 -
Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry* 1947 -
Stephen Collins, American actor
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1948 -
Cub Koda, American singer (d.
2000)
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1949 -
Isaac Bonewits, American author
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1950 -
Randy Quaid, American actor
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1953 -
John Hegley, British poet
* 1953 -
Pete Falcone, baseball player
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1954 -
Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
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1956 -
Theresa May, British politician
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1962 -
Esai Morales, American actor
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1963 -
Mark McGwire, baseball player
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1964 -
Harry Hill, British comedian
* 1964 -
Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
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1965 -
Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
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1966 -
George Weah, Liberian politician and football player
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1967 -
Scott Young, American ice hockey player
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1968 -
Jon Guenther, American author
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1970 -
Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
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1975 -
Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
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1976 -
Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic actress
* 1976 -
Mandisa,
American Idol contestant
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1979 -
Rudi Johnson, American football player
*1979 -
Gilberto Martínez. Costa Rican footballer
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1981 -
Júlio Baptista, Brazilian football player
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1982 -
Haruna Babangida, Nigerian football player
* 1982 -
Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
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1985 -
Dizzee Rascal, British musician
* 1985 -
Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
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1040 -
Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b.
997)
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1310 -
Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b.
1257)
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1404 -
Pope Boniface IX (b.
1356)
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1499 -
Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b.
1433)
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1500 -
John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
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1567 -
Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b.
1508)
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1570 -
Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b.
1520)
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1574 -
Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b.
1498)
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1578 -
Don John of Austria, military leader (b.
1547)
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1609 -
Giammateo Asola, Italian composer
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1684 -
Pierre Corneille, French author (b.
1606)
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1693 -
Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b.
1619)
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1708 -
John Blow, British composer (b.
1649)
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1768 -
Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b.
1687)
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1864 -
Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b.
1817)
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1876 -
James Lick, California land baron (b.
1796)
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1901 -
Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
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1929 -
Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b.
1861)
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1955 -
Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b.
1880)
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1958 -
Robert Falk, Russian painter (b.
1886)
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1984 -
Walter Alston, Baseball player (b.
1911)
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1985 -
E. B. White, American author (b.
1899)
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1988 -
Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b.
1897)
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1992 -
Petra Kelly, German politician (b.
1947)
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1997 -
Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b.
1923)
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2000 -
Reginald Kray, British organised crime leader (b.
1933)
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2002 -
Walter Annenberg, publisher and philanthropist
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2004 -
Richard Avedon, American photographer (b.
1923)
* 2004 -
Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (
Buffalo Springfield)
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RC Church - Feast days of Saint
Thérèse de Lisieux; formerly of
Saint Bavo and
Saint Remigius*Also see
October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
People's Republic of China -
National Day (1949)
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Republic of Cyprus -
Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
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Nigeria -
Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
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San Marino - two
Captains Regent, elected by parliament, take office for six months.
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Tuvalu -
Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (
Kiribati), 1975)
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French Republican Calendar -
Cuve (Barrel) Day, tenth day in the
Month of Vendémiaire*
World Vegetarian Day*
Singapore -
Children's Day*
BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This Day*
On This Day in Canada-
September 30 -
October 2 -
September 1 -
November 1 – more
historical anniversaries
