What happened on October 1? There are more than 350 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About October 1
October 1 is the 275th day of the year 2024. There are 91 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 40th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Marysvale, Utah 84750 sunrise will occur at 07:24 AM and sunset will occur at 07:12 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra. The modern birthstone for this month is Opal while the mystical birthstone is Jasper.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 120 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For October 1
- 331 BCAlexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 959Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
- 1189Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
- 1553Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
- 1787Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1791First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1795Belgium is conquered by France.
- 1800Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- 1811The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
- 1814Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
- 1827Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
- 1829South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
- 1843The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- 1847German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
- 1854The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
- 1880First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1880John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
- 1887Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- 1890Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1891In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
- 1898The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- 1903Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1905František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
- 1908Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- 1910Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
- 1918World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia” capture Damascus.
- 1920Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
- 1928The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
- 1931The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- 1936Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
- 1937The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
- 1938Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- 1939After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
- 1940The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
- 1942First flight of the Bell XP-59 “Aircomet”.
- 1942USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
- 1943World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
- 1946Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
- 1946Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
- 1947The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
- 1949The People’s Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
- 1957First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
- 1958NASA is created to replace NACA.
- 1960Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1961East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1962First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- 1964Japanese Shinkansen (“bullet trains”) begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
- 1964The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
- 1965General Suharto rises to power after a coup that alleged to the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists. The killings of 7 army officers happened in the early hours of 1 October 1965.
- 1966West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
- 1968The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
- 1969Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
- 1971The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
- 1971Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1975The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
- 1975Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- 1978The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- 1978Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1979The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
- 1982EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1982Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
- 1982Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- 1985The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
- 1987The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
- 1989Denmark introduces the world’s first legal modern same-sex civil union called “registered partnership”.
- 1991New Zealand’s Resource Management Act 1991 comes into force.
- 1991The Siege of Dubrovnik begins
- 1994Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
- 1998Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
- 2009The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
Who Were Born On October 1?
- 1207King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
- 1507Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
- 1540Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
- 1577Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar and saint (d. 1622)
- 1620Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
- 1644Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
- 1671Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
- 1685Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
- 1691Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
- 1730Richard Stockton, American attorney and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
- 1760William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
- 1771Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
- 1791Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
- 1800Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist (d. 1861)
- 1808Mary Anna Custis Lee, American plantation owner and wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
- 1832Henry Clay Work, American composer (d. 1884)
- 1835Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
- 1842Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
- 1846Nectarios of Aegina, Greek Orthodox saint (d. 1920)
- 1847Annie Besant, British theosophist and feminist (d. 1933)
- 1865Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
- 1870Josiah Edward Spurr, American geologist (d. 1950)
- 1878Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
- 1881William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
- 1885Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
- 1887Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
- 1888Charles Jordan, American magician (d. 1944)
- 1890Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
- 1893Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1896Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman (d. 1951)
- 1896Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
- 1899Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
- 1900Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
- 1903Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-born American pianist (d. 1989)
- 1904A.K. Gopalan, Indian nationalist (d. 1977)
- 1904Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
- 1907Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer (d. 1977)
- 1908Herman David Koppel, composer and pianist (d. 1998)
- 1909Maurice Bardèche, French fascist (d. 1998)
- 1909Sam Yorty, American politician (d. 1998)
- 1910Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)
- 1910Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983)
- 1910José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
- 1912Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician
- 1913Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
- 1913Harry Lookofsky, American jazz violinist (d. 1998)
- 1914Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
- 1915Jerome Bruner, American cognitive psychologist
- 1917Cahal Daly, Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop (d. 2009)
- 1920Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1921James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1922Kim Ki-young, South Korean film director (d. 1998)
- 1924Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1924Roger Williams, American piano player (d. 2011)
- 1924William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- 1925Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1927Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
- 1927Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American federal judge (d. 2006)
- 1927Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1928George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1928Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)
- 1928Sivaji Ganesan, Indian Tamil actor (d. 2001)
- 1928Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
- 1928Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
- 1929Bonnie Owens, country music singer
- 1929Grady Chapman, doo wop singer
- 1929Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
- 1930Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver (d. 2009)
- 1930Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
- 1930Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
- 1930Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer (d. 2002)
- 1931Alan Wagner, American opera critic
- 1931Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
- 1932Albert Collins, American guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1934Geoff Stephens, British songwriter
- 1935Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
- 1935Petros Fyssoun, Greek actor
- 1936Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1936Stella Stevens, American actress
- 1939Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
- 1939George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1940Marc Savoy, American musician and instrument builder of the Cajun Accordion
- 1942Herb Fame, American soul/pop singer (Peaches & Herb)
- 1942Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
- 1942Robert Lelièvre, French singer, songwriter and guitar player
- 1943Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1943Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director
- 1943Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone)
- 1945Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979)
- 1945Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter
- 1945Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player
- 1945Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
- 1946Dave Holland, British jazz bassist, composer and bandleader
- 1946Tim O'Brien, American writer
- 1947Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
- 1947Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
- 1947Buzz Capra, American baseball player
- 1947Dave Arneson, American game designer (d. 2009)
- 1947Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
- 1947Martin Turner, British bassist/vocalist (Wishbone Ash)
- 1947Stephen Collins, American actor
- 1948Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
- 1949André Rieu, Dutch violinist, conductor and composer
- 1949Isaac Bonewits, American author (d. 2010)
- 1950Elpida, Greek singer (Sokrati, Tora Zo)
- 1950Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
- 1950Mark Helias, American jazz double bass player and composer
- 1950Randy Quaid, American actor
- 1951Brian Greenway, Canadian musician (April Wine)
- 1952Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
- 1953Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete (d. 2011)
- 1953John Hegley, British performance poet, musician and songwriter
- 1953Klaus Wowereit, German politician, Mayor of Berlin
- 1953Pete Falcone, American baseball player
- 1954Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
- 1955Howard Hewett, American singer
- 1955Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
- 1955Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist, playing mainly classic ragtime and early jazz
- 1956Theresa May, British politician
- 1957Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
- 1958Martin Cooper, British painter and musician
- 1958Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
- 1959Brian P. Cleary, American Author
- 1959Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer
- 1959Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
- 1960Gerald Scheunemann, German footballer
- 1961Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer
- 1961Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
- 1961Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler
- 1961Robert Rey, Brazilian plastic surgeon and television personality
- 1962Esai Morales, American actor
- 1962Paul Walsh, English footballer
- 1963Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
- 1963Mark McGwire, American baseball player
- 1964Christopher Titus, American actor and comedian
- 1964Harry Hill, British comedian
- 1964Jonathan Sarfati, Australian chess player, scientist, and author–
- 1964Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
- 1965Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- 1965Chris Reason, Australian journalist
- 1965Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel
- 1965Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965Ted King, American actor
- 1966Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer
- 1966George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer
- 1967Mike Pringle, American football player
- 1967Scott Young, American ice hockey player
- 1968Jay Underwood, American actor
- 1968Jon Guenther, American author
- 1968Kevin Griffin, American musician, singer, and songwriter Better Than Ezra
- 1968Rob Collard, British racing driver
- 1969Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player
- 1969Marcus Stephen, Nauruan politician
- 1969Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician
- 1969Zach Galifianakis, American comedian and actor
- 1970Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1970Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
- 1970Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer
- 1970Simon Davey, Welsh football manager
- 1971Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality
- 1971Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
- 1971Song Il Gook, Korean actor
- 1972Esa Holopainen, Finnish guitarist (Amorphis)
- 1972Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
- 1972Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli Author
- 1973Christian Borle, American actor
- 1973Jana Henke, German swimmer
- 1973John Mackey (composer), American composer
- 1973John Thomson, American baseball player
- 1973Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
- 1974Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
- 1974Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1974Sherri Saum, American actress
- 1975Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
- 1975Kim Suna, Korean actress
- 1975Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
- 1976Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
- 1976Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
- 1976Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player
- 1976Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress
- 1976Kona Carmack, American model
- 1977Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
- 1978Leticia Cline, American model and TV personality
- 1978Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
- 1979Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer
- 1979Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1979Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
- 1980Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
- 1981Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
- 1981Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
- 1981Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981Rupert Friend, British actor
- 1981Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
- 1982Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian writer
- 1982Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
- 1982Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
- 1983Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
- 1984Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer
- 1984Matt Cain, American baseball player
- 1985Dizzee Rascal, English rapper
- 1985Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1985Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka
- 1985Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
- 1985Tim Deasy, English footballer
- 1986Jurnee Smollett, American actress
- 1986Justin Westhoff, Australian rules footballer
- 1986Matthew Gonzalez,American Figure Skater
- 1986Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
- 1986Sayaka, Japanese singer
- 1987Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
- 1987Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
- 1988Cariba Heine, Australian actress
- 1990Charlie McDonnell, English musician and YouTube personality
- 1997Sam Verlinden, New Zealander singer and actor
- 2003Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealander quadruple amputee
Who Died On October 1?
- 959King Edwy of England
- 1040Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
- 1189Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar
- 1310Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
- 1404Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
- 1499Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
- 1500John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
- 1567Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
- 1570Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
- 1574Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
- 1578Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)
- 1588Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr
- 1602Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
- 1609Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer
- 1684Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)
- 1693Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
- 1708John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)
- 1768Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
- 1837Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1838Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
- 1864Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)
- 1876James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)
- 1878Mindon Min, King of Burma (b. 1808)
- 1885John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
- 1901Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
- 1913Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
- 1919Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
- 1929Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)
- 1942Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)
- 1955Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)
- 1958Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
- 1959Enrico De Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic (b. 1877)
- 1970Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
- 1974Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
- 1975Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
- 1984Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 1985E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
- 1986Archie League, generally considered the first air traffic controller (b. 1907)
- 1988Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)
- 1990Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (b. 1906)
- 1992Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
- 1994Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
- 1996Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (b. 1956)
- 1997Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
- 1998Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
- 1999Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
- 2000Reginald “Reggie” Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
- 2000Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
- 2001Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
- 2001Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (b. 1919)
- 2002Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
- 2004Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
- 2004Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2006André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
- 2006Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
- 2007Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)
- 2007Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
- 2007Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)
- 2007Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
- 2007Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
- 2008John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer and lecturer (b. 1925)
- 2008Nick Reynolds, American folk musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1933)
- 2009Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and essayist (b. 1921)
- 2010Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
- 2011Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey and golf player (b. 1931)
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