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October 1:

 * 1819 - Thomas Rupert Jones was born in London, England.
 * 1833 - During the second voyage of the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin discovered a large fossil tooth in the cliffs of the Carcarañá River and poorly preserved mastodon remains at the Paraná River.
 * 1835 - Charles Darwin, during the second voyage of the HMS Beagle, arrived at Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island in the Galapagos.
 * 1841 - Carl Hermann Credner was born in Gotha, Germany.
 * 1904 - Jean-François-Albert du Pouget died in Rougemont, France.
 * 1950 - Derek Briggs was born in Ireland.