October 1

Events

331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.

959 - Edgar of England|Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.

965 - Pope John XIII|John XIII becomes Pope.

1788 - Nguyen Hue declares himself emperor of Viet Nam.

1791 - First session of the France|French Legislative Assembly (France)|Legislative Assembly.

1795 - Belgium is conquered by France.

1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.

1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1814 - Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.

1829 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to become the University of Cape Town.

1843 - News of the World began publication in London.

1847 - Germany|German inventor and industrialist Ernst Werner von Siemens|Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.

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.

1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.

1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Corps Band.

1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.

1885 - United States begins special-delivery mail service.

1886 - The U.S. mint in Carson City, Nevada, closes.

1887 - Baluchistan conquered by the British Empire.

1890 - The Yosemite National Park is established by the Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress.

1891 - In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.

1898 - Czar Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II expels Jews from major Russia|Russian cities.

1898 - The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name ''k.u.k. Exportakademie''.

1903 - Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

1905 - The worker František Pavlík gets killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition named 1. X. 1905. (PS: this date might be ''Julian calendar'', to be checked)

1908 - Ford Motor Company|Ford introduces the Ford Model T|Model T car.

1910 - A large bomb destroys the ''Los Angeles Times'' building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.

1918 - World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (aka "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.

1928 - The Soviet Union introduces its first Five-year plan|Five-Year Plan.

1931 - The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.

1931 - The original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.

1936 - Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.

1938 - Germany annexes the Sudetenland.

1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.

1943 - World War II: Naples falls to Allies|Allied soldiers.

1946 - Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.

1949 - The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.

1949 - First rectangular television tubes manufactured by Kimble Glass.

1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.

1958 - NASA created to replace National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics|NACA.

1960 - Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.

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.

1963 - California State Board of Education created.

1964 - The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.

1964 - Japan|Japanese ''Shinkansen'' (or, "bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.

1965 - General Suharto crushes an attempted coup d'état|coup in Indonesia.

1968 - The Guyana|Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).

1969 - The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.

1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, United States.

1974 - The Watergate trial begins

1975 - The Seychelles gain internal self-government.

1975 - The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.

1975 - Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.

1977 - Brazilian soccer star Pelé retires.

1978 - The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.

1979 - The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.

1982 - Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.

1982 - Epcot|EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World in Florida, United States.

1983 - The Horizons (Epcot attraction)|Horizons pavilion opens at EPCOT Center on the first anniversary of the park.

1985 - The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.

1988 - Mikhail Gorbachev is named head of the Supreme Soviet.

1998 - ICANN assumes responsibility for selling top-level domain names for the Internet.

2004 - Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki makes his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.

2005 - Another 2005 Bali bombing|bombing happens in Bali, almost three years to the anniversary of a 2002 Bali bombing|similar event which occurred in 2002.

Births

1990 - Roman Coronado III of Nimitz Cross Country and Basketball He is very very Famous

1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)

1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)

1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)

1540 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss protestant clergyman (d. 1617)

1620 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)

1644 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)

1671 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)

1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)

1691 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)

1730 - Richard Stockton (1730-1781)|Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)

1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)

1771 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)

1791 - Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)

1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)

1881 - William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)

1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)

1878 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)

1887 - Violet Jessop, RMS Titanic|Titanic survivor (d. 1971)

1890 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)

1896 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan, (d. 1951)

1896 - Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)

1899 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)

1900 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)

1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1989)

1904 - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)

1904 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)

1909 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)

1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)

1914 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)

1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)

1921 - James Whitmore, American actor

1924 - Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1924 - William Rehnquist, former Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)

1925 - Bob Boyd, baseball player (d. 2004)

1926 - Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams, American pianist

1927 - Tom Bosley, American actor

1928 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)

1928 - George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)

1930 - Sir Richard Harris (actor)|Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)

1931 - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer

1932 - Albert Collins, blues guitarist (d.1993)

1935 - Julie Andrews, British actress and singer

1936 - Stella Stevens, American actress

1939 - George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)

1942 - Frank Gardner, Australian formula one driver

1945 - Rod Carew, Panamanian Major League Baseball player

1947 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1947 - Stephen Collins, American actor

1948 - Cub Koda, American singer (d. 2000)

1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author

1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor

1954 - Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer

1956 - Theresa May, British politician

1962 - Esai Morales, American actor

1963 - Mark McGwire, baseball player

1964 - Harry Hill, British comedian

1964 - Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author

1965 - Andreas Keller, German field hockey player

1966 - George Weah, Liberian politician and football player

1968 - Jon Guenther, American author

1979 - Rudi Johnson, American football player

1985 - Dizzee Rascal, British musician

Deaths

1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)

1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)

1404 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)

1499 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)

1500 - John Alcock (bishop)|John Alcock, English Catholic bishop

1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)

1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)

1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. )

1578 - Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)

1609 - Giammateo Asola, Italian composer

1684 - Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)

1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)

1708 - John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)

1768 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)

1864 - Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)

1876 - James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)

1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir

1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)

1955 - Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)

1985 - E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)

1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)

1992 - Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)

1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)

2002 - Walter Annenberg, publisher and philanthropist

2004 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)

2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)

Holidays and observances

Calendar of Saints|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)

Holidays in Cyprus|Republic of Cyprus - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)

Holidays in Nigeria|Nigeria - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)

San Marino - two Captains Regent, elected by parliament, take office for six months.

Tuvalu - Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)

World Vegetarian Day

External links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/1 ----- September 30 - October 2 - September 1 - November 1 – more historical anniversaries