October 1: Historical Events, Famous Birthdays and Deaths On This Day

1800
Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso.
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1903
Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
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1908
Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
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1918
World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.
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1931
Spain adopts women's suffrage.
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1946
Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg trials.
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1949
The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
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1975
The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
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1979
Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
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