Khiva’s Last Khan; Spanish Women’s Suffrage; Sabre’s First Flight; PRC Founded; NASA Established; Cameroon Unification; First DC-9 Loss; EPCOT Opens

A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Oct 1, 2026 · 7m

A Daily Dose of History (02 Oct 2026)

Today's historical events:

Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.

Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.

The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.

The People's Republic of China is established.

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.

East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.

West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.

EPCOT (Experimental Prototype…