October 1

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

Events

• 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
• 911 - During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos appeared at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople.
• 959 - Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
• 1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
• 1787 - Russians under Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• 1791 - First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• 1795 - Belgium is conquered by France.
• 1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
• 1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
• 1814 - Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
• 1827 - The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
• 1829 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
• 1843 - News of the World began publication in London.
• 1847 - German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
• 1854 - The 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.
• 1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.
• 1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Corps Band.
• 1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
• 1887 - Balochistan conquered by the British Empire.
• 1890 - The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1891 - In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
• 1894 - First meeting of The Owl Club of Cape Town.
• 1898 - Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from major Russian cities.
• 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.
• 1905 - František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
• 1908 - Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
• 1910 - Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
• 1918 - World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
• 1920 - Sir Percy Cox landed in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
• 1926 - An oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye, but he used the settlement money to buy his first aircraft.
• 1928 - The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
• 1931 - The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
• 1931 - The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
• 1936 - Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• 1938 - Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• 1939 - After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces entered the city.
• 1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
• 1942 - USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she was carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
• 1942 - First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
• 1943 - World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
• 1946 - Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
• 1946 - Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
• 1947 - The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• 1949 - The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
• 1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
• 1958 - NASA created to replace NACA.
• 1960 - Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1961 - East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• 1961 - Baseball: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees engage in an epic battle to break Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60 in 1927. Maris ends up hitting his 61st against the Boston Red Sox, passing Ruth
• 1964 - The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
• 1964 - Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
• 1965 - Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
• 1965 - General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia.
• 1966 - West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• 1968 - The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
• 1969 - The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
• 1971 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
• 1975 - The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
• 1975 - Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
• 1978 - Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1978 - The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
• 1979 - The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
• 1982 - Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
• 1982 - EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
• 1982 - Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
• 1985 - The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
• 1987 - The Whittier Narrows earthquake shook the San Gabriel Valley, registering as a magnitude 5.9.
• 1989 - Denmark: World's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership"
• 1991 - New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 commences.
• 1994 - Palau gains independence from the United Nations trusteeship administered by the United States of America.
• 1998 - Vladimir Putin became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
• 2004 - Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
• 2005 - Bombing kills 19 people in Bali.
• 2007 - Most of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom.

Births

• 1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
• 1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
• 1540 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
• 1577 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)
• 1620 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
• 1644 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
• 1671 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
• 1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
• 1691 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
• 1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
• 1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
• 1771 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
• 1791 - Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
• 1800 - Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish-born botanist and founder of Laestadianism (d. 1861)
• 1835 - Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
• 1842 - Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
• 1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
• 1881 - William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
• 1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
• 1878 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
• 1890 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
• 1893 - Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974)
• 1893 - Yip Man, Martial Arts Master d.(1972)
• 1896 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
• 1896 - Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
• 1899 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
• 1900 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
• 1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
• 1904 - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
• 1904 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
• 1909 - Maurice Bardèche, French fascist, (d. 1998)
• 1909 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
• 1910 - Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983)
• 1910 - José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
• 1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)
• 1914 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
• 1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1921 - James Whitmore, American actor
• 1924 - Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1924 - William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
• 1925 - Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1926 - Roger Williams, American pianist
• 1927 - Tom Bosley, American actor
• 1927 - Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
• 1928 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)
• 1928 - George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1928 - Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
• 1928 - Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
• 1929 - Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
• 1930 - Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver
• 1930 - Sir Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
• 1930 - Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
• 1930 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
• 1931 - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
• 1932 - Albert Collins, American guitarist (d. 1993)
• 1935 - Dame Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
• 1936 - Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1936 - Stella Stevens, American actress
• 1939 - George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
• 1939 - Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1942 - Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
• 1943 - Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director
• 1943 - Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1943 - Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone)
• 1945 - Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player
• 1945 - Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979)
• 1945 - Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter
• 1945 - Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
• 1946 - Tim O'Brien, American writer
• 1947 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
• 1947 - Stephen Collins, American actor
• 1947 - Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
• 1947 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
• 1948 - Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
• 1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author
• 1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor
• 1950 - Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
• 1952 - Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
• 1953 - John Hegley, British poet
• 1953 - Pete Falcone, American baseball player
• 1953 - Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete
• 1954 - Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
• 1955 - Duško Tadić, Bosnian Serb
• 1955 - Howard Hewett, R & B Singer
• 1956 - Theresa May, British politician
• 1957 - Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
• 1958 - Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
• 1959 - Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
• 1961 - Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
• 1961 - Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
• 1961 - Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler
• 1962 - Esai Morales, American actor
• 1962 - Paul Walsh, English footballer
• 1963 - Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
• 1963 - Mark McGwire, American baseball player
• 1964 - Harry Hill, British comedian
• 1964 - Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
• 1964 - Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
• 1965 - Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
• 1965 - Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel
• 1965 - Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 - Ted King, American Actor
• 1965 - Chris Reason, Australian journalist
• 1966 - Christopher Titus, American actor/comedian
• 1966 - George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer
• 1966 - Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer
• 1967 - Scott Young, American ice hockey player
• 1967 - Mike Pringle, American football player
• 1968 - Jon Guenther, American author
• 1968 - Rob Collard, British racing driver
• 1969 - Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player
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• 1969 - Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician
• 1970 - Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
• 1970 - Simon Davey, Barnsley football manager
• 1970 - Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 - Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality
• 1971 - Song Il Gook, Korean actor
• 1971 - Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
• 1973 - Jana Henke, German swimmer
• 1973 - Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
• 1973 - John Thomson, American baseball player
• 1974 - Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1974 - Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
• 1974 - Christian Borle, American actor
• 1975 - Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
• 1975 - Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
• 1975 - Kim Suna, Korean actress
• 1976 - Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
• 1976 - Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player
• 1976 - Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress
• 1976 - Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
• 1977 - Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
• 1978 - Andrew JC Jackson, Australian surf lifesaver
• 1978 - Leticia Cline, American model and TV Personality
• 1979 - Cameron Bruce, Australian rules footballer
• 1979 - Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 - Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 - Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer
• 1981 - Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 - Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 - Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
• 1982 - Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1982 - Harry Lawrence, Bath born Entrepreneur
• 1982 - Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
• 1983 - Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1984 - Matt Cain, American baseball player
• 1984 - Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer
• 1985 - Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
• 1985 - Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1985 - Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka
• 1985 - Tim Deasy, English footballer
• 1986 - Jurnee Smollett, American actress
• 1986 - Sayaka, Japanese singer
• 1986 - Ricardo Vaz Té, Portuguese footballer
• 1987 - Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer
• 1988 - Cariba Heine, Australian actress
• 1989 - Brie Larson, American pop singer & actress
• 1990 - Charlie McDonnell, British YouTube Personality
  

Holidays and observances

• National Day of the People's Republic of China (1949)
• Republic of Cyprus - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
• Nigeria - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
• San Marino - two Captains Regent, elected by parliament, take office for six months.
• Tuvalu - Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)
• French Republican Calendar - Cuve (Barrel) Day, tenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
• World Vegetarian Day
• Singapore - Children's Day
• Armenia - Teachers' Day
• RC Church - Feast days of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux; formerly of Saint Bavo, Saint Remigius and the Blessed Edward James
• Also see October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church - Patronage/Protection of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary, Mother of God) dating to 10th Century Constantinople, when she appeared holding her mantle over the faithful who were praying in a church during a military attack on the city. Second oldest Marian Feast in the Eastern Church.
• Abai (martyr) in the Syrian Church
• Abhai the general in the Syrian church
• International Day of Older Persons

External links

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

Ok, long live Wikipedia,
how else could I post this
in a flash
at this late hour,
just for the sake of it? ;)