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