October 1 Historical Events
The following events took place on October 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 80 events. Showing 61 - 80.
- 1978Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1978The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- 1979Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- 1979The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
- 1979The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama Canal to Panama.
- 1982Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
- 1982Epcot opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1982Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- 1985The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization Headquarters in Tunis.
- 1987The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
- 1989Denmark introduces the world’s first legal modern same-sex civil union called “registered partnership”.
- 1991The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
- 1992Cartoon Network begins broadcasting.
- 1994Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
- 2001Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly attack in which Jaish-e-Mohammed militants used a Tata Sumo vehicle loaded with explosives to attack the state legislature building in Srinagar, Kashmir, killing 38.
- 2009The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- 2012A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
- 2014A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in the village of Gorni Lom in Northwestern Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
- 2015Umpqua Community College shooting: a gunman kills 9 people at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon.
- 2015Heavy rains triggered a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, killing 280 people.
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