October 1

For the 2014 film, see October 1 (film).

October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 91 days remain until the end of the year.

It is the first day of the fourth quarter of the year.

Events

• 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
• 366 – Pope Damasus I is elected.
• 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England.
• 965 – Pope John XIII is elected.
• 1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
• 1588 – Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.
• 1730 – Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
• 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• 1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
• 1800 – Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
• 1814 – Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
• 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
• 1829 – South 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.
• 1832 – Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
• 1843 – The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK.
• 1861 – Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
• 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
• 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• 1910 – A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
• 1918 – World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
• 1918 – Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• 1931 – The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• 1931 – Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• 1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• 1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• 1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
• 1942 – World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
• 1943 – World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
• 1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
• 1946 – The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
• 1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• 1949 – The People's Republic of China is established.
• 1953 – Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
• 1953 – A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
• 1955 – The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• 1957 – First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
• 1958 – The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
• 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
• 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
• 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
• 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• 1968 – Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
• 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
• 1971 – The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
• 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
• 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• 1979 – The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
• 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
• 1982 – Epcot opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
• 1982 – Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan. On the same day, Sony released the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
• 1985 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
• 1987 – The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
• 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
• 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
• 1994 – Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
• 2000 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
• 2001 – Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
• 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
• 2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
• 2014 – A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
• 2015 – A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
• 2015 – Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
• 2017 – An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
• 2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 851 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.

Births

• 86 BC – Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)
• 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)
• 1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272)
• 1476 – Guy XVI, Count of Laval (d. 1531)
• 1480 – Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (d. 1547)
• 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
• 1526 – Dorothy Stafford, English noble (d. 1604)
• 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1617)
• 1542 – Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (d. 1595)
• 1550 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (d. 1626)
• 1554 – Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (d. 1623)
• 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
• 1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742)
• 1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
• 1691 – Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 1768)
• 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
• 1719 – John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (d. 1781)
• 1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
• 1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
• 1730 – Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1781)
• 1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844)
• 1762 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (d. 1813)
• 1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
• 1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1859)
• 1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
• 1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
• 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
• 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (d. 1920)
• 1842 – S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
• 1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and author (d. 1888)
• 1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint (d. 1920)
• 1847 – Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (d. 1933)
• 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (d. 1935)
• 1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, critic (d. 1977)
• 1887 – Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
• 1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor (d. 1982)
• 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Ip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
• 1894 – Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961)
• 1895 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
• 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
• 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
• 1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979)
• 1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1977)
• 1906 – S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)
• 1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (d. 1983)
• 1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (d. 1994)
• 1911 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
• 1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
• 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
• 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (d. 2016)
• 1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
• 1920 – David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (d. 2016)
• 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
• 1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (d. 1973)
• 1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
• 1928 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
• 1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi
• 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer
• 1931 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
• 1934 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
• 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1937 – Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 – Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
• 1938 – Stella Stevens, American actress and director
• 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
• 1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1940 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
• 1940 – Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, and author of the best-seller, Women and Madness (1972)
• 1942 – Herb Fame, American R&B singer
• 1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer
• 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
• 1942 – David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
• 1942 – Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
• 1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
• 1943 – Robert Slater, American author and journalist (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
• 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader
• 1946 – Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer
• 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
• 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
• 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
• 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor and director
• 1947 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
• 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
• 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
• 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
• 1950 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
• 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
• 1953 – Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (d. 2011)
• 1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
• 1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (d. 2011)
• 1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
• 1955 – Howard Hewett, American R&B singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
• 1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1956 – Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1957 – Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor
• 1957 – Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator
• 1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter
• 1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer
• 1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
• 1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician
• 1960 – Joshua Wurman, American scientist, DOW inventor and storm chaser
• 1961 – Gary Ablett, Sr., Australian footballer
• 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
• 1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
• 1962 – Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (d. 2015)
• 1962 – Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach
• 1962 – Esai Morales, American actor
• 1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1963 – Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
• 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
• 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
• 1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
• 1964 – Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Harry Hill, English comedian and author
• 1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
• 1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
• 1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Mia Mottley, Barbadian prime minister
• 1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
• 1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1967 – Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
• 1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Sacha Dean Biyan, Canadian photographer and journalist
• 1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
• 1968 – Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter
• 1968 – Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
• 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
• 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
• 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer and producer
• 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
• 1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru
• 1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
• 1971 – Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist
• 1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host
• 1971 – Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
• 1972 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Nicky Morgan, British politician
• 1973 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
• 1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
• 1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
• 1973 – John Mackey, American composer
• 1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
• 1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1974 – Nick Graham, Australian rugby player
• 1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer
• 1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach
• 1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
• 1976 – Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
• 1976 – Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
• 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
• 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
• 1978 – Joe Keith, English footballer
• 1978 – Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
• 1979 – Curtis Axel, American wrestler
• 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
• 1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
• 1980 – Sarah Drew, American actress
• 1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Rupert Friend, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
• 1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
• 1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1982 – Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
• 1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
• 1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1984 – Beck Bennett, American actor and screenwriter
• 1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
• 1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1985 – Tim Deasy, English footballer
• 1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987 – Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
• 1987 – Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Brie Larson, American actress
• 1990 – Jan Kirchhoff, German footballer
• 1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1990 – Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
• 1991 – Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
• 1991 – Rain Veideman, Estonian basketball player
• 1992 – Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
• 1995 – Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)

Deaths

• 630 – Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king
• 686 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan (b. 631)
• 804 – Richbod, archbishop of Trier
• 895 – Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• 918 – Zhou, empress of Former Shu
• 959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
• 961 – Artald, archbishop of Reims
• 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
• 1126 – Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
• 1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
• 1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
• 1416 – Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
• 1450 – Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (b. 1407)
• 1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (b. 1433)
• 1500 – John Alcock, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1430)
• 1532 – Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
• 1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
• 1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
• 1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
• 1578 – John of Austria (b. 1547)
• 1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
• 1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1541)
• 1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (b. 1532)
• 1652 – Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter (d. 1610)
• 1684 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
• 1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
• 1708 – John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
• 1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
• 1788 – William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
• 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
• 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 – Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 – Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 – John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 – Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
• 1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1970 – Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1985 – E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
• 1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (b. 1947)
• 1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
• 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (b. 1965)
• 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
• 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
• 2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)
• 2014 – José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (b. 1987)
• 2015 – Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)
• 2015 – Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University (b. 1919)
• 2017 – Dave Strader, American sportscaster (b. 1955)
• 2018 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (b. 1924)
• 2019 – Karel Gott, Сzeсh singer (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
• Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year
• Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka); celebrated on the first Friday of October (Singapore), assignation and recognition on the first Wednesday of October (Chile)
• Christian feast day:
  • Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • Bavo of Ghent
  • Blessed Edward James
  • Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Remigius
  • Thérèse of Lisieux
  • Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)
  • October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)
• Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of October. (Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Ukraine)
• Earliest day on which World Habitat Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of October. (International)
• Ground Forces Day (Russia)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from the UN Trust Territory status in 1994.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.
• International Day of Older Persons
• Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom)
• National Day of the People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)
• Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)
• Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)
• Unification Day (Cameroon)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada