^B{^#!16!1 October^N! National Day of China, Nigeria, and Cyprus. Feast day of St Romanus the Melodist, St Melorus or Mylor, St Bavo or Allowin, St ThΘrΦse of Lisieux.
^B{331 BC^B} Alexander the Great defeated Darius III at Arbela. ^B{1795^B} Belgium became part of the French Republic. ^B{1843^B} The ^I{News of the World^I}, Britain's most popular Sunday newspaper, was first published. ^B{1908^B} The first Model T, produced in Detroit, Michigan, was introduced by Henry Ford. ^B{1918^B} The Arab forces of Emir Faisal, with British officer T E Lawrence, captured Damascus from the Turks. ^B{1936^B} General Francisco Franco took office as Head of Spain's Nationalist Government. ^B{1938^B} German forces entered Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, annexed by Hitler under the Munich Agreement. ^B{1949^B} The People's Republic of China was proclaimed, with Mao Zedong as its chairman. ^B{1971^B} Disney World, the world's largest amusement resort, was opened in Florida. ^B{1982^B} Helmut Kohl became federal chancellor of West Germany, succeeding Helmut Schmidt.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}King Henry III, ^B{1207^B}; Paul Dukas, French composer, ^B{1865^B}; Vladimir Horowitz, US pianist, ^B{1904^B}; Walter Matthau, US film actor, ^B{1920^B}; Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, ^B{1924^B}; Richard Harris, British actor, ^B{1933^B}; Julie Andrews, English actress and singer, ^B{1935^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Pierre Corneille, French dramatist, ^B{1684^B}; John Blow, British composer, ^B{1708^B}; Edwin Landseer, English painter, ^B{1873^B}; Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher, ^B{1911^B}; Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, English anthropologist, ^B{1972^B}; Roy Harris US composer, ^B{1979^B}.
