WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. OCTOBER
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In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors. (1. October 1891)

The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie. (1. October 1898)

Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series. (1. October 1903)

František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905. (1. October 1905)

Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825. (1. October 1908)

Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21. (1. October 1910)

World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus. (1. October 1918)

Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq. (1. October 1920)

The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan. (1. October 1928)

The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens. (1. October 1931)

Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain. (1. October 1936)

The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture. (1. October 1937)

Germany annexes the Sudetenland. (1. October 1938)

After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile Nazi forces enter the city. (1. October 1939)

The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic. (1. October 1940)

USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong (1. October 1942)

First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet". (1. October 1942)

World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers. (1. October 1943)

Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials. (1. October 1946)

Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied occupied Korea. (1. October 1946)