1 October

The 1t o October is the 274t day o the year (275t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 91 days bidin.

Events

• 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III o Persie in the Battle o Gaugamela.
• 959 – Edgar the Peaceable acomes keeng o aw Ingland.
• 1553 – Coronation o Queen Mary I o Ingland.
• 1949 – The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae is established an declared bi Mao Zedong.
• 1960 – Nigerie gains independence frae the Unitit Kinrick.
• 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence frae the Unitit Kinrick.
• 1994 – Palau gains independence frae the Unitit Naitions (trusteeship admeenistered bi the Unitit States o Americae).

Births

• 1956 – Theresa May, Inglish politeecian
• 1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress an sangster

Daiths

• 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-Inglish historian an author (b. 1917)

Halidays

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