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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Day_(Cameroon)" title="Unification Day (Cameroon)">Unification Day</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a>); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_independence_days" title="List of national independence days">Independence Day</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_American_History_Month" title="Filipino American History Month">Filipino American History Month</a></b> begins
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/959" title="959">959</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar,_King_of_England" title="Edgar, King of England">Edgar, King of England</a></b> ascended to the throne upon the death of his brother <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadwig" title="Eadwig">Eadwig</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1386" title="1386">1386</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Parliament" title="Wonderful Parliament">Wonderful Parliament</a></b> met in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> to address <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_II_of_England" title="Richard II of England">King Richard II</a>'s need for money, but soon changed focus to the reform of his administration.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890" title="1890">1890</a> – At the encouragement of preservationist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir" title="John Muir">John Muir</a> and writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Underwood_Johnson" title="Robert Underwood Johnson">Robert Underwood Johnson</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> established <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a></b> in California.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: British and Arab troops <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Damascus" title="Capture of Damascus">captured Damascus</a></b> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – A levy was imposed on the hiring of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_domestic_helpers_in_Hong_Kong" title="Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong">foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong</a></b>, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong_Wei" title="Kong Wei">Kong Wei</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 895); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Harrison" title="Caroline Harrison">Caroline Harrison</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1832); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mayo" title="Helen Mayo">Helen Mayo</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1878); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nani_Alapai" title="Nani Alapai">Nani Alapai</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1928)</p>
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