October 1

Today in History
• 1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty
• 1837 - US imposes treaty on Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin
• 1851 - 1st Hawaiian stamps issued
• 1864 - Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
• 1885 - Special delivery mail service begins in US
• 1886 - US mint at Carson City, Nevada, closes
• 1890 - US Congress creates Weather Bureau
• 1890 - US Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (California)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Chinese National Day
• Cyprus Independence Day
• Model T Day
• National Police Memorial Day
• Nigeria Independence Day
• Tuvalu Independence Day
• World Communion Sunday
• World Vegetarian Day

Birthdays
• 1207 - Henry III, King of England (1216-72, Provisions of Oxford)
• 1577 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint
• 1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40)
• 1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney and signer of Declaration of Independence
• 1781 - James Lawrence, American naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")
• 1832 - Caroline Harrison, 1st lady of the U.S. (1889-1892)
• 1870 - Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer and inventor (grape-shot shells)
• 1881 - William Boeing, American aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company