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This Day In History: October 1st

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Communication
1885
Special delivery mail service began in the United States. The first routes were in West Virginia.
1896
Rural Free Delivery was established by the U.S. Post Office.
2001
  San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban Internet filters designed to keep pornography away from children at city libraries. The board left the decision up to the Library Commission to decide whether to install filtering software in children's areas. A federal law in the U.S. mandated the use of the filters.
Crime and Corruption
1984
U.S. Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan announced that he was taking a leave of absence following his indictment on charges of larceny and fraud. He was later acquitted.
1993
12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted from her home in Petaluma, CA, by an intruder.
1995
  Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other defendants were convicted in New York of conspiring to attack the U.S. through bombings, kidnappings and assassinations.
1996
  A federal grand jury indicted Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski in the 1994 mail bomb murder of an ad executive.
1998
  The U.S. government posted a $2.2 million reward for the capture of Augustin Vasquez Mendoza. He is accused of killing an undercover U.S. agent during a drug purchase in 1994.
Defence
1992
The USS Saratoga accidentally fired missiles at a Turkish destroyer in the Aegean Sea. Five people were killed in the incident.
 
Disasters
1987
Eight people were killed in Los Angeles when an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale hit the area.
1995
Southwestern Turkey experienced an earthquake that killed about 90 people.
Discovery
 
 
Education
 
 
Film, Television and Radio
1952
"This is Your Life" began airing on NBC-TV.
1962
Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.
1968
  "Night of the Living Dead" premiered in Pittsburgh, PA.
Heads of State
1596
The Duke of Norfolk was imprisoned by Britain's Queen Elizabeth for trying to marry Mary the Queen of Scots.
1936
General Francisco Franco was proclaimed the head of the Spanish state.
1988
  Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the Soviet presidency.
Health and Social Welfare
 
 
Industry
1880
Thomas Edison began the commercial production of electric lamps at Edison Lamp Works in Menlo Park.
1971
Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.
1981
  EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) Center opened in Florida. The concept was planned by Walt Disney.
1996
  Lucent Technologies became an independent company.
Law
 
 
Motor Sport
 
 
People
1781
  James Lawrence was born. He was the American naval officer whose dying words were "Don't give up the ship."
1989
7,000 East Germans were welcomed into West Germany after they were allowed to leave by the communist government.
1999
  The 50th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China was celebrated in Beijing.
Politics
1800
Spain ceded the territory of Louisiana back to France. Later the property would be purchased by the U.S. effectively doubling its size.
1964
The Free Speech Movement was started at the University of California at Berkeley.
1972
  The Chinese government approved friendly relations with the United States.
1979
  The United States handed control of the Canal Zone over to Panama.
1990
  U.S. President H.W. Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly and once again condemned Iraq's takeover of Kuwait.
1990
  In Croatia, minority Serbs proclaimed autonomy.
1991
  U.S. President Bush condemned the military coup in Haiti that removed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power. U.S. economic and military aid was suspended.
1991
  The U.S. trust territory of Palau became independent.
1994
  The U.S. and Japan avoided a trade war by reaching a series of trade agreements.
Publishing
1980
Robert Redford became the first male to appear alone on the cover of "Ladies' Home Journal." He was the only male to achieve this in 97 years.
1989
The authorized Charles Schulz biography, Good Grief, was published.
Religion
 
 
Science
   
 
Sport
1903
The first modern World Series took place between the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1933
Babe Ruth made his final pitching appearance. He pitched all nine innings and hit a home run in the 5th inning.
1946
  The first baseball play-off game for a league championship was played. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2.
1961
  Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60.
1994
  The National Hockey League (NHL) team owners began a lockout of the players that lasted 103 days.
Technology
 
 
The Arts
 
 
The Environment
 
 
The Law
1890
The U.S. Congress passed the McKinley Tariff Act. The act raised tariffs to a record level.
1992
The Strategic Arm Reduction Treaty was approved by the U.S. Senate.
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
 
 
Transport
1908
The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850.
1940
The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States.
War
1918
Damascus was captured from the Turks during World War I by a force made up of British and Arab forces.
1938
NAZI Germany
German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before.
1943
  Naples was captured by the Allied forces during World War 2.
1946
NAZI Germany
The International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg sentenced 12 Nazi officials to death. Seven others were sentenced to prison terms and 3 were acquitted.
1949
  Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the People's Republic of China when the communist forces had defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan.
1985
  The PLO's headquarters in Tunisia was raided by Israeli jet fighters.
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