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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. | tagged with ((morefootnotes)) |
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 |
1910 – A large bomb destroyed the Los Angeles Times building in Los Angeles, killing 21 people. | neutrality disputed |
1936 – Francisco Franco was declared Generalísimo and head of state during the Spanish Civil War. | Tagged for cleanup |
1949 – Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong (pictured) proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China. | refimprove section, tagged for expansion |
1958 – NASA began operations, replacing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). | Featured on July 29 |
1964 – Tōkaidō Shinkansen, the first Shinkansen line of high-speed railways in Japan, opened for service. | tagged with ((refimprove)) |
1971 – Walt Disney World, the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, opened near Orlando, Florida. | tagged with ((refimprove)) |
2005 – Terrorist suicide bombs exploded at two sites in Bali, Indonesia, killing twenty people and injuring over 120 others. | outdated |
October 1: Independence Day in Cyprus and Nigeria (both 1960), Tuvalu (1978) and Palau (1994); Unification Day in Cameroon (1961); National Day in the People's Republic of China (1949)