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Events on October 1

• 1847 The technology conglomerate Siemens is founded in Berlin as Telegraphen Bau-Anstalt von Siemens & Halske.
• 1874 As part of the Kulturkampf, compulsory civil marriage is introduced in Prussia through the establishment of a state civil registry office.
• 1879 The Imperial Justice Laws, upon entering into force, bring about the unification of law in the field of procedural law governing ordinary jurisdiction in Germany.
• 1920 The Greater Berlin Act enters into force and makes Berlin a city of four million.
• 1933 The Nazis introduce Steaming Sunday. The household savings accepted are collected as a solidarity contribution to the Winter Relief Fund in the form of a donation of 50 pfennigs per household.
• 1946 The Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals ends with the second day of the verdict announcement.
• 1951 The Federal Republic of Germany joins the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
• 1971 Roy O. Disney opens an amusement park near Orlando (Florida), which he calls Walt Disney World Resort in honor of his late brother.
• 1982 Helmut Kohl removes Helmut Schmidt as Federal Chancellor through a constructive vote of no confidence.
• 1989 The Danish law on registered partnership, enacted on June 7 of the same year, enters into force. This makes Denmark the first country in the world to allow homosexuals to enter into a registered partnership.
• 1996 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is founded in Hamburg.
• 2017 In Germany, a law enters into force that now allows same-sex partners, as well as partners of different sexes, to enter into marriage.

Born on October 1

• 1876 Willi Ostermann, German singer-songwriter and carnival entertainer from Cologne
• 1881 William Edward Boeing, American aircraft designer
• 1910 Bonnie Parker, American criminal (Bonnie & Clyde)
• 1920 Walter Matthau, American actor
• 1930 Richard Harris, Irish actor
• 1930 Philippe Noiret, French actor
• 1950 Randy Quaid, American actor
• 1961 Thomas von Heesen, German footballer and coach
• 1990 Jan Kirchhoff, German footballer
• 1990 Marina Marx, German schlager singer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „1. Oktober“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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