Events for October 1
1588 – Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.
1953 – A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
1968 – Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
2015 – The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
1918 – Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
1779 – The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
1931 – Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
1910 – A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
1957 – First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
2019 – The Kuopio school stabbing: one dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.
1985 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
1832 – Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
1955 – The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
Notable Births & Deaths for October 1
1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
1989 – Brie Larson, American actress
1992 – Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
2001 – Mason Greenwood, English footballer
2015 – Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
2014 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)
2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
2014 – Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)
1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
2013 – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (b. 1939)
2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)
2013 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (b. 1928)
2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
2013 – Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (b. 1923)
1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
2019 – Karel Gott, Сzeсh singer (b. 1939)
2015 – Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)
2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
2014 – José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
1995 – Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)
1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
2017 – Dave Strader, American sportscaster (b. 1955)
1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
2015 – Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University (b. 1919)
1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2021)
2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (b. 1926)
1990 – Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
1987 – Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
2018 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (b. 1924)
2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2014 – Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (b. 1987)
1982 – Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
2015 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
1991 – Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
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"Events":[ { "text":"1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]", "html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1303\" title=\"1303\">1303</a> – The <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapienza_University_of_Rome\" title=\"Sapienza University of Rome\">Sapienza University of Rome</a> is instituted by a <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull\" title=\"Papal bull\">bull</a> of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII\" title=\"Pope Boniface VIII\">Pope Boniface VIII</a>." },
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"Births":[ { "text":"1494 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)[8]", "html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1494\" title=\"1494\">1494</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Agricola\" title=\"Johannes Agricola\">Johannes Agricola</a>, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)" },
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"Deaths":[ { "text":"689 – Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)[21]", "html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/689\" title=\"689\">689</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_of_Wessex\" title=\"Cædwalla of Wessex\">Cædwalla</a>, king of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex\" title=\"Wessex\">Wessex</a> (b. 659)" },
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