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Events from History on October 01

1273 : Earl Rudolf van Habsburg becomes Roman Catholics-German king
1529 : -3] Meeting between Maarten Luther & Huldrych Zwingli
1569 : Duke of Norfolk arrested
1574 : -2] Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers
1606 : Spanish troops under Sp¡nola occupies fort Rhine birch
1632 : Battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses
1653 : Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine
1657 : Treaty of Raalte: Willem II no longer viceroy of Overijssel
1661 : Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James
1670 : -4] Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers
1688 : Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy
1705 : Parliament declares Hungary independently/French R k¢czi becomes king
1746 : Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France
1768 : English troops under general Gauge lands in Boston
1791 : 1st session of new French legislative assembly
1791 : Dutch prince Willem Frederik marries his niece princess Frederika
1791 : Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia
1795 : France annexes Southern Netherlands
1800 : Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty
1801 : England & France signs Preliminary of London
1830 : General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam
1833 : Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina
1837 : "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)
1837 : Treaty with Winnebago Indians
1838 : Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)
1847 : Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet
1851 : 1st Hawaiian stamps issued
1863 : 5 Russian warships welcomed in NYC
1863 : Dutch Breda-Tilburg railway opens
1864 : Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
1864 : John S Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln
1866 : Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens
1866 : R Luther discovers asteroid #90 Antiope
1867 : Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published
1868 : 1st edition of Maasbode published
1869 : 1st postcards are issued (Vienna)
1871 : General Dutch Werkliedenverbond (ANWV), forms in Utrecht
1874 : Rotterdam opens drink water pipes
1877 : J C Watson discovers asteroid #175 Andromache
1879 : Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause
1880 : John Philip Sousa becomes new director of US Marine Corps Band
1885 : Special delivery mail service begins in US
1886 : US mint at Carson City, Nevada closes
1888 : National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time
1889 : Soccer team HFC Haarlem forms
1889 : Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum
1890 : Congress creates Weather Bureau
1890 : Yosemite National Park forms
1892 : University of Chicago opens
1893 : 3rd worst hurricane in US history kills 1,800 (Mississippi)
1894 : Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska
1895 : Romanians in Costantinople massacred
1896 : Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)
1896 : Yosemite becomes a National Park
1898 : Dutch railway Alkmaar-Receiver opens
1898 : Henry Huntington buys LA Railway
1898 : Jews are expelled from Kiev Russia
1903 : 1st baseball World Series, Pitts Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)
1904 : JB van Heutsz becomes gov-general of Netherland Indies
1904 : Netherlands & Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor
1906 : Hugh Jennings resigns as Balt manager to take over at Detroit in 1907
1907 : Plaza Hotel (5th Av & 59th Str, NY) opens
1908 : 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)
1908 : Henry Ford introduces Model T car (costs $825)
1908 : Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1910 : Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)
1910 : Explosion at LA Times (bomb/gas?), kills 21
1910 : Regina Rugby Club's 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6
1911 : United Dutch Diamond workers get 8-hr day
1912 : Yanks lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season
1916 : J Rheden discovers asteroid #844 Leontina
1916 : Max Wolf discovers asteroids #841 Arabella & #842 Kerstin
1919 : World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally
1919 : throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal)
1920 : Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day
1921 : 1st all NY, 1st series to be played entirely in 1 stadium
1921 : (Polo Grounds) & 1st NY Yankee World Series begins
1921 : K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #960 Birgit
1921 : WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting
1922 : Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0
1922 : Rogers Hornsby's 3-for-5 ups avg to .401
1924 : Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)
1924 : Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell & Cozy Dolan from World Series
1924 : Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) & 5 mile (24:06.2)
1924 : after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand
1926 : S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1621 Druzhba
1927 : Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds
1928 : Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1928 : Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6)
1928 : USSR launches its 1st 5 year plan
1930 : Soccer team WHC forms
1930 : World Series opens at Phila's Shibe Park, Phila A's beat St Louis 5-2
1931 : Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage
1931 : World Series is a rematch as A's seek 3rd straight title vs Cards
1932 : NHL readmits Ottawa & drops Pittsburgh
1932 : Oswald Mosley forms British Union of Fascists
1932 : World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until
1932 : he has 2 strikes, points & hits next pitch into center field bleachers
1933 : Antwerp Sports arena opens
1933 : Packers make 5 1st downs, Giants make 0, but still win 10-7
1933 : Wash Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57
1934 : Adolph Hitler expands German army & navy & creates an air force,
1934 : violating Treaty of Versailles
1936 : Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain
1937 : Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1938 : Cubs clinch NL pennant
1938 : Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)
1939 : Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1940 : Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens
1941 : D Sjostakovitch plane evacuated in Moscow
1941 : H Martin/R Blanes musical "Best Foot Forward," premieres in NYC
1941 : Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series
1942 : Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st US jet, makes maiden flight
1942 : Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing
1943 : Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
1943 : Averell Harriman named US ambassador to Moscow
1943 : Germans attack Jews in Denmark
1943 : King's Dragon Guards liberates suburbs of Naples
1944 : Newspaper editor Alejandro C¢rdova assassinated in Guatemala
1944 : St Louis Browns win their only AL pennant
1945 : Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army
1945 : US Office of Strategic Serbia (OSS) disbands
1946 : 12 war criminals sentenced to death in Nuremberg
1946 : 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St Louis wins 2 games to 0)
1946 : Bob Feller 348th strikeout of season
1947 : 1st helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca
1947 : NHL Pension Society founded
1947 : US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends
1947 : William Wister Haines' "Command Decision," premieres in NYC
1948 : Calif Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages
1948 : Radio Denmark begins transmitting
1949 : People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day)
1949 : Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa
1950 : Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored
1950 : Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
1950 : South Korean troops exceed 38ø latitude
1950 : by both teams (tied in 1979), NY 6, Cleveland 0
1951 : 1st Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1
1951 : 1st treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson
1951 : 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated
1952 : 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or
1952 : Liberal Party wins Japanese elections
1952 : Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion)
1953 : Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
1953 : KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 : KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 : WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 : WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 : British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation
1955 : "Honeymooners" premieres
1955 : Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank)
1955 : WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, PR (TCI) begins broadcasting
1956 : Johnny Heckmann rides 7 winners at Chicago Hawthorne Horse track
1956 : Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens
1957 : B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of USSR attack
1958 : Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
1958 : Inauguration of NASA
1958 : Vanguard Project transferred from military to NASA
1959 : 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature a NY team (LA vs Chic)
1960 : 14th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal
1960 : KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 : Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1960 : South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea
1961 : A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha
1961 : East & West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon
1961 : KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 : Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open
1961 : Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovitsch' 12nd Symphony
1961 : Roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs (off of Tracy Stallard)
1961 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 : WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 : WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, VA (IND) begins broadcasting
1962 : Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)
1962 : Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977
1962 : James Meredith became 1st black at U of Mississippi
1962 : Johnny Carson hosts his 1st Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests
1962 : Lucy Show premieres
1962 : SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff
1962 : UN gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea
1962 : US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope
1962 : WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 : 1st time since 1910 no AL player, played in every game
1963 : Nigeria becomes a republic within Commonwealth
1964 : 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1964 : 2nd Dutch televisienet begins broadcastings
1964 : Free Speech Movement launched at U of California, Berkley
1964 : SF cable cars declared a national landmark
1964 : WSJU TV channel 18 in Carolina, PR begins broadcasting
1964 : WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, PR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1964 : WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1965 : Failed coup under lt col Untung in Indonesia
1965 : France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1966 : Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases "The Times"
1966 : WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins
1967 : KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins
1967 : Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' LA Golf Open
1967 : Pink FLoyd's 1st US tour (arrives in NYC)
1968 : "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh
1969 : Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier
1969 : Guernsey & Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps
1969 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1970 : 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy
1970 : Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1
1971 : Joseph Luns becomes secretary-general of NATO
1971 : Simplified echtscheidingsrecht of force
1971 : Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
1972 : "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 164 perfs
1972 : 1st games of World Hockey Association
1972 : 2nd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41
1972 : 3rd NYC Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52
1972 : Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1973 : Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager
1973 : T M Smirnova discovers asteroid #4962 Vecherka
1973 : USSR-West Germany gas tunnel opens
1974 : Watergate cover-up trial opens in Wash DC
1975 : Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles
1975 : Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu"
1975 : Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #4270 & #5386
1975 : Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Joe Frazier in Manilla
1975 : Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 : R‚union Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production
1976 : 1st Dutch casino opens
1977 : Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
1977 : Department Of Energy established
1977 : Elton John honored by MSG Hall of Fame
1977 : Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam
1977 : Yanks win 2nd consecutive AL East title
1978 : Comoros adopts constitution
1978 : Jane Blalock wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1978 : Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) declares independence from UK
1978 : Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox
1979 : Nigeria adopts constitution, Alhaji Shagari becomes president
1979 : Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
1979 : RKO radio network begins operation
1979 : US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years (but not the canal)
1980 : A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2404 Antarctica
1980 : Cosmonauts Ryumin & Popov break space endurance record of 176 days
1980 : L G Taff & D Beatty discovers asteroid #2460 Mitlincoln
1981 : Iranian plane crash
1981 : J Chodorov/N Panama's "Talent for Murder," premieres in London
1981 : USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1982 : EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida
1982 : USSR performs underground nuclear test
1982 : West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl
1983 : A Mrkos discovers asteroid #5997
1983 : Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America
1984 : Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus
1984 : Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
1985 : Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed
1986 : CERGA discovers asteroid #6375 Fredharris
1986 : Osservatorio San Vittore discovers asteroid #8266
1986 : President Carter's presidential library/museum dedicated in Atlanta
1987 : "Roza" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 12 performances
1987 : 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA
1987 : Fiji's constitution is suspended
1988 : Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens
1988 : Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313)
1988 : Mikhail Gorbachev became president of Soviet Union
1988 : Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth
1989 : Batting titles decided on final day Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney
1989 : Beth Daniel wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1989 : Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1989 : E F Helin discovers asteroid #5678 DuBridge
1989 : Lansford .339 to .336, Gwynn's 3-for-4 edges Will Clark .336 to .333
1989 : Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
1989 : US issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
1990 : 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda
1990 : Meteorite explode above Pacific Ocean
1990 : Pres Bush at UN, condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait
1990 : Serbs in Croatia proclaim autonomy
1991 : Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM)
1991 : R H McNaught discovers asteroid #6021 & #6523 Clube
1992 : "Oba Oba '93" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 22 performances
1992 : Cartoon Cable Network premieres
1992 : Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens
1992 : H E Holt discovers asteroid #5977
1992 : K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #6526 Matogawa
1992 : M Yanai & K Watanabe discover asteroid #8182
1992 : R H McNaught discovers asteroid #7474
1992 : Ross Perot re-enters presidental race
1993 : Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 : Boon completes his 19th Test century (114 v Pak, Karachi)
1994 : Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic
1994 : South African President Nelson Mandela visits US
1994 : Stanley Betrian sworn in as leader of Cura‡ao
1995 : Bermuda begins using new area code 441
1995 : Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic
1995 : Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team
1995 : Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers
1995 : NY Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever
1995 : Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence
1997 : Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning
1997 : Spice Hot premieres on cable
2000 : 27th Olympic games close at Sydney, Australia (sched)
2016 : (BC) Origin of Era of Abraham
2001 : Militants attacks Jammu and Kashmir Legislative assembly. 22 people died and 40 were injured.
2001 : The body of Sri Madhavarao Scindiya brought to Delhi.

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