WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. OCTOBER
Want to find out what all happened on 1. October

Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), was shot fatally five times in the back in his own home. (1. October 1975)

Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom. (1. October 1978)

The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded. (1. October 1978)

Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States. (1. October 1979)

The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens. (1. October 1979)

The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama. (1. October 1979)

Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence. (1. October 1982)

EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. (1. October 1982)

Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101). (1. October 1982)

The Israeli Air Force bombs Palestine Liberation Organization Headquarters in Tunis. (1. October 1985)

The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9. (1. October 1987)

Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership". (1. October 1989)

The Siege of Dubrovnik begins. (1. October 1991)

Cartoon Network begins broadcasting. (1. October 1992)

Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America). (1. October 1994)

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords. (1. October 2009)

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others. (1. October 2012)

The U.S. federal government shuts down non-essential services after it is unable to pass a budget measure. (1. October 2013)