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October 1 Historical Events

The following events took place on October 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 80 events. Showing 31 - 60.

  • 1937
    The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
  • 1938
    Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
  • 1939
    After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile Nazi forces enter the city.
  • 1940
    The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
  • 1942
    USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
  • 1942
    First flight of the Bell XP-59 “Aircomet”.
  • 1943
    World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
  • 1946
    Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg trials.
  • 1946
    Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied occupied Korea.
  • 1946
    Mensa International is founded in the UK.
  • 1947
    The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
  • 1949
    The People’s Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
  • 1955
    The Honeymooners premiered on American television.
  • 1957
    First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
  • 1958
    NASA is created to replace NACA.
  • 1960
    Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1961
    The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed, becoming the country’s first centralized military espionage organization.
  • 1961
    East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
  • 1962
    First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
  • 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.
  • 1965
    General Suharto puts down an apparent coup attempt by the 30 September Movement in Indonesia.
  • 1966
    West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
  • 1968
    The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
  • 1969
    Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
  • 1971
    Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
  • 1971
    The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
  • 1975
    The Seychelles gain internal self-government. 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.
  • 1975
    Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), was shot fatally five times in the back in his own home.

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