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October 1: Unification Day in Cameroon (1961); National Day in China (1949); Independence Day in Tuvalu (1978); Filipino American History Month begins

Yosemite Valley

959 – Edgar ascended to the English throne upon the death of his brother Eadwig.
1386 – The Wonderful Parliament met at Westminster Abbey to address King Richard II's need for money, but soon changed focus to the reform of his administration.
1890 – At the encouragement of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the U.S. Congress established Yosemite National Park (pictured) in California.
1918 – First World War: British and Arab troops captured Damascus from the Ottoman Empire.
2003 – A levy was imposed on the hiring of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands at the time.

Kong Wei (d. 895)
Caroline Harrison (b. 1832)
Helen Mayo (b. 1878)
Nani Alapai (d. 1928)

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