Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 1

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October 1: Yom Kippur in Judaism (begins at sunset, 2006); National Day in the People's Republic of China (1949); Independence Day in Cyprus and Nigeria (both 1960), Tuvalu (1978) and Palau (1994).

• 331 BC - Alexander the Great of Macedon defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela, and was subsequently crowned "King of Asia" in a ceremony in Arbela.
• 1850 - The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, was established.
• 1936 - Francisco Franco was declared Generalísimo and head of state during the Spanish Civil War.
• 1958 - NASA began operations, replacing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).
• 1964 - Tōkaidō Shinkansen, the first Shinkansen line of high-speed railways in Japan, opened. (0 Series Shinkansen train pictured)

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