What are the important events that happened on October 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 1 is the 274th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 18, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,759,276,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontatetragon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 139 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,667 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 1 Historical Events
- 1787 –Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1843 –The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- 1903 –Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1908 –Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- 1947 –The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
- 1964 –The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
- 1966 –West 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.
- 1982 –Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
- 1987 –The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
- 1994 –Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
Who were born on October 1?
- 1909 –Maurice Bardèche, French fascist (d. 1998)
- 1924 –Roger Williams, American piano player (d. 2011)
- 1930 –Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
- 1936 –Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1949 –Isaac Bonewits, American author (d. 2010)
- 1961 –Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer
- 1975 –Kim Suna, Korean actress
- 1975 –Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
- 1976 –Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
- 1976 –Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
Who died on October 1?
- 1404 –Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
- 1609 –Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer
- 1837 –Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1990 –Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (b. 1906)
- 1997 –Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)
- 1999 –Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
- 2004 –Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
- 2007 –Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)
- 2007 –Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
- 2008 –John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer and lecturer (b. 1925)
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