Historical Events for 1st October 2022

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1670 - -4] Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers
1908 - 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)
1914 - The first division of Canadian troops, 33,000 sail for Britain; most Canadians are volunteers, anxious to prove their loyalty to the Commonwealth
1921 - WJZ, Newark NJ begins broadcasting
1952 - Liberal Party wins Japanese elections
1962 - US National Radio Astronomy Observatory installs a 300' (91m) radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia
1964 - Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley
1965 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Bay Lake, Florida
2018 - More than 80,000 American died of the flu during 2017-2018 winter, highest in ten years, according to US heath officials

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