HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Oct-01)

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Oct 1, 1982 :: The first consumer compact disc player was launched on this day by .

Oct 1, 1979 :: PANAMA CANAL :: Its sovereignty was returned to by USA on this day.

Oct 1, 1969 :: CONCORDE :: The Concorde supersonic transport plane broke the barrier for the first time on this day.

Oct 1, 1965 :: SUHARTO :: General Suharto crushed the attempted coup in on this day.

Oct 1, 1964 :: Japanese Shinkansen (" ") began high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka on this day.

Oct 1, 1961 :: CAMEROON :: On this day, East and West Cameroon merged as of Cameroon.

Oct 1, 1960 :: NIGERIA :: On this day, Nigeria gained independence from the .

Oct 1, 1958 :: NASA :: On this day, was replaced by NASA.

Oct 1, 1949 :: :: On this day, China was declared as the People's Republic of China by .

Oct 1, 1924 :: JIMMY CARTER :: Born this day, he was the 39th President of the United States and a recipient of the .

Oct 1, 1880 :: The first electric lamp factory was opened by Thomas on this day.

Oct 1, 1869 :: On this day, issued the world's first postcard.

Oct 1, 1843 :: News of the World began publication in on this day.

Oct 1, 1827 :: On this day, the Russian army under Ivan Paskevich stormed Yerevan, ending a millennium of in Armenia.