October 1 in History
1 October in History – 75 years ago
East Asia 1949: People's Republic of China
By late 1949, the Nationalist forces were collapsing everywhere and the Communists had all... SEE MORE…
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on 1 October 1960
All Events on 1 October
1979
US returns Canal Zone to Panama
1978
Tuvalu gains independence from Great Britain
starts
1962
United Nations administration in West New Guinea
ends
1961
British Cameroons divided between Nigeria & Cameroon
1960
Nigeria gains independence from UK
1949
Chinese Communists proclaim People’s Republic of China
ends
1946
Nuremberg Trials prosecute former Nazi leadership for war crimes
starts
1943
Soviets cross Dnieper, liberating Kiev
1941
Allies begin supplying USSR via Iran
starts
1938
German troops take over Sudetenland
1938
Poland seizes Teschen from Czechoslakia
1930
Britain returns Weihaiwei to China
starts
1923
Britain affirms Dominions’ rights to pursue their own foreign policy
starts
1919
Allies withdraw from Murmansk
1918
Anglo-Arab forces take Damascus
ends
1900
Russian forces conquer Manchuria
starts
1897
French expedition to Chad fails
starts
1896
Brazil crushes rebel Canudos settlement
starts
1881
Montero and Cáceres mount revolt in Peru
1848
Reuss Junior Line formed from smaller principalities
starts
1844
Leichhardt crosses northern Australia
starts
1812
British protectorate over Sultanate of Banjar
starts
1809
British conquer French Ionian Islands
1470
Kaqchikel revolt against Q’umarkaj*
424
Troops mutiny in Arelate, killing Joannes’ praetorian prefect of Gaul*
starts
270
Zenobia conquers Roman Egypt*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 1 October for purposes of Omniatlas
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