History Events on October 01

Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan. On the same day, Sony released the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.

#Compact_disc

A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.

#Los_Angeles_Times_bombing

Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.

#Shinkansen

The People's Republic of China is established.

#China

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.

#National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics

The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.

#Defense_Intelligence_Agency

More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.

#Battle_of_Sprimont

Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.

#Yosemite_National_Park

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".

#Israeli-Palestinian_conflict

The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.

#MTR

Fifty-eight people are killed and 851 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.

#2017_Las_Vegas_shooting

Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.

#Siege_of_Dubrovnik

Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.

#Ahmed_III

Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.

#Concorde

The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.

#History_of_computed_tomography

Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.

#Palau

Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.

#Sayid_Abdullah

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

#Free_Speech_Movement

West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.

#West_Coast_Airlines_Flight_956

Epcot opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.

#Epcot

The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

#George_Washington_Bridge

Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

#Balochistan

The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.

#First_five-year_plan

Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.

#Nigeria

World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.

#World_War_I

Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.

#Nuremberg_trials

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

#Alexander_the_Great

Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.

#Mary_I_of_England

A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.

#Umpqua_Community_College_shooting

Germany annexes the Sudetenland.

#Sudetenland

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

#Baseball

The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK.

#News_of_the_World

The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.

#North_American_F-86_Sabre

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

#Congress_of_Vienna

East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.

#Cameroon

Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.

#Andhra_State

Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.

#Clara_Campoamor

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".

#Israeli-Palestinian_conflict

Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.

#Walt_Disney_World

Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.

#Alexander_Suvorov

Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

#Ford_Model_T

Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.

#Tuvalu

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day

#Mrs_Beeton's_Book_of_Household_Management

Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.

#Helmut_Kohl

The 5.9 Mw? Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.

#1987_Whittier_Narrows_earthquake

Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England.

#Edgar_the_Peaceful

Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.

#Third_Treaty_of_San_Ildefonso

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

#Francisco_Franco

World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.

#World_War_II

Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.

#2015_Guatemala_landslide

An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.

A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.

Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.

Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.

Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.

First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.

A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.

The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.

World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.

World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.

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

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

Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.

South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa. It will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.

Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.

First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.

Pope John XIII is elected.

Pope Damasus I is elected.