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Stephen F. Austin, president of the Convention of 1832
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Cyprus (1960), Palau (1994), and Nigeria (1960) | Cyprus: date not cited; Palau: refimprove section; Nigeria: expand section |
| Feast day of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Catholicism); | refimprove sections, external links |
| 331 BC – Alexander the Great of Macedon defeated Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, and was subsequently crowned "King of Asia" in a ceremony in Arbela. | unreferenced section |
| 1850 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, was established. | Featured on October 11 |
| 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business, currently the largest university focusing on business and economics in Europe, was founded as k.u.k. Exportakademie. | refimprove |
| 1903 – The first modern World Series, the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, opened. | refimprove section |
| 1910 – A large bomb destroyed the Los Angeles Times building in Los Angeles, killing 21 people. | refimprove section |
| 1936 – Francisco Franco was declared Generalísimo and head of state during the Spanish Civil War. | refimprove section |
| 1946 – Mensa, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world, was formed in the United Kingdom. | lots of CN tags (8) |
| 1958 – NASA began operations, replacing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). | Featured on July 29 |
| 1961 – Despite strong resistance from the U.S. Armed Forces, the Defense Intelligence Agency was formed, becoming the country's main global military espionage organization. | refimprove section |
| 1961 – Canada's first private television network, CTV, launched. | refimprove |
| 1962 – Amid violent riots, James Meredith became the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi after the intervention of the U.S. government. | Referencing issues |
| 1964 – The Tokaido Shinkansen, the first Shinkansen line of high-speed railways in Japan, opened for service. | Referencing issues |
| 1971 – Walt Disney World, the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, opened near Orlando, Florida. | refimprove section |
| 1971 – The first X-ray computed tomography scan, invented by Godfrey Hounsfield, was performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, England. | unreferenced section |
| 1975 – In boxing, Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in a match known as the "Thrilla in Manila". | CN-tagged Legacy section |
| 1991 – New Zealand's Resource Management Act came into effect, regulating access to natural and physical resources such as land, air and water, to ensure their sustainable use. | unreferenced section |
| 2005 – A series of terrorist suicide bombings occurred at two sites in Bali, Indonesia, killing 20 people and injuring more than 120 others. | cn tags, refimprove |
| 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which acquired the judicial functions of the House of Lords, began work. | cleanup, refimprove section |
| Nectarios of Aegina |b|1846| | excessive unreferenced material |
Eligible
- 1800 – With the signing of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France in return for territories in the Italian region of Tuscany.
- 1832 – The first political gathering of colonists (president pictured) in Mexican Texas convened to seek reforms from the Mexican government.
- 1868 – St Pancras railway station (pictured) in London, now the terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, opened to the public.
- 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic was published for the cost of fifty cents (USD), with an introductory address by the President of the magazine, Gardiner G. Hubbard.
- 1891 – Stanford University, founded by railroad magnate and California governor Leland Stanford and his wife Jane on former farm lands in Palo Alto, California, admitted its first students.
- 1906 – A deputation of Muslim leaders led by the Aga Khan III met Indian viceroy Lord Minto to secure greater political representation, eventually leading to the founding of the All-India Muslim League.
- 1940 – The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, one of the first long-distance limited-access highways in the U.S., opened to traffic.
- 1949 – Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong publicly proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
- 1964 – The Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California, Berkeley, when a crowd of 3,000 students prevented police from transporting Jack Weinberg away after his arrest.
- 1989 – Civil unions between same-sex couples were legalised in Denmark, the first country to do so.
- 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Yugoslav People's Army forces invaded the area surrounding Dubrovnik, Croatia, beginning a seven-month siege of the city.
- 1994 – A tribunal was established to consider matters relating to the constitution of Singapore upon referral by the president.
- 1998 – Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency, was formed with the ratification of the Europol Convention by all member states.
- 2012 – A ferry collision off Lamma Island, Hong Kong, killed 39 people and injured 92 others.
- 2017 – Stephen Paddock fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his hotel suite on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, resulting in 60 deaths and 867 injuries.
- 2018 – The International Court of Justice ruled that Chile was under no obligation to restore Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean, which it had lost in the 19th century.
- Born/died: | Severus Alexander |b|208| Morphia of Melitene |d.or|1126; 1127| Henry III of England |b|1207| Yaqub Spata |d|1416| Frans Floris |d|1570| Rose O'Neal Greenhow |d|1864| Helen Mayo |b|1878| Stanley Holloway |b|1890| Eli Whitney Blake Jr. |d|1895| Zhu Rongji |b|1928| Duncan Edwards |b|1936| Rod Carew |b|1945| Ram Nath Kovind |b|1945| Faik Ali Ozansoy |d|1950| Malouma |b|1960| Brie Larson |b|1989| Lucy Li |b|2002
Notes
- Flag of China appears on September 27, so China should not appear in the same year
- Henry IV of England appears on September 30, so Henry III should not appear in the same year
October 1: Unification Day in Cameroon (1961); National Day in China (1949); Independence Day in Tuvalu (1978); Filipino American History Month begins
Yosemite Valley
- 959 – Edgar ascended to the English throne upon the death of his brother Eadwig.
- 1386 – The Wonderful Parliament met at Westminster Abbey to address King Richard II's need for money, but soon changed focus to the reform of his administration.
- 1890 – At the encouragement of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the U.S. Congress established Yosemite National Park (pictured) in California.
- 1918 – First World War: British and Arab troops captured Damascus from the Ottoman Empire.
- 2003 – A levy was imposed on the hiring of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands at the time.
- Kong Wei (d. 895)
- Caroline Harrison (b. 1832)
- Helen Mayo (b. 1878)
- Nani Alapai (d. 1928)
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