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What happened in history on this day: October 1?
On October 1 in ...
- 1962 - Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage The Beatles through 1977.
- 1998 - John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Births on October 1
- 1904 - Birth of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev, Ukraine; pianist (Carmen).
- 1911 - Birth of Irwin Kostal in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show).
- 1924 - Birth of Roger Williams; pianist ("Autumn Leaves").
- 1930 - Birth of Richard Harris in Ireland; actor (A Man Called Horse), singer ("MacArthur Park").
- 1935 - Birth of Julie Andrews in England; actress/singer (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins).
- 1943 - Birth of Jerry Martini; rock musician (Sly and the Family Stone).
- 1945 - Birth of Donny Hathaway in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer/songwriter ("Where is the Love").
- 1948 - Birth of Ellen McIlwaine in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; blues singer ("Honky Tonky Angel").
- 1968 - Birth of Kevin Griffin; rock singer-musician (Better Than Ezra).
Deaths on October 1
- 1949 - Death of Buddy Clark at age 38 in a private plane crash on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("Linda, You're Breaking My Heart", Your Hit Parade radio show (1936-38)).
- 1975 - Death of Al Jackson Junior at age 39, shot and killed by wife as an intruder at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; drummer (Booker T. and the M-G's - "Green Onions" (1962), Willie Mitchell Band).
- 2004 - Death of Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (born 1946).
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