October 1 in History

Historical Events on October 1

1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso.

1903 Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

1908 Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.

1918 World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.

1931 Spain adopts women's suffrage.

1946 Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg trials.

1949 The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.

1975 The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.

1979 Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.

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Famous Birthdays on October 1

1207 Henry III of England

1924 Jimmy Carter

1956 Theresa May

1989 Brie Larson

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Famous Deaths on October 1

1972 Louis Leakey

1990 Curtis LeMay

2012 Eric Hobsbawm

2014 Lynsey de Paul

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