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 275th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 18, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,928 hours 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 ‘dihectaheptacontapentagon’ 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 120 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 4,302 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 1 Historical Events
- 1189 –Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
- 1811 –The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1942 –USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
- 1978 –The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- 1982 –Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- 1989 –Denmark introduces the world’s first legal modern same-sex civil union called “registered partnership”.
- 2009 –The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
Who were born on October 1?
- 1832 –Henry Clay Work, American composer (d. 1884)
- 1899 –Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
- 1910 –José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
- 1928 –George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1946 –Tim O'Brien, American writer
- 1955 –Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist, playing mainly classic ragtime and early jazz
- 1964 –Christopher Titus, American actor and comedian
- 1965 –Chris Reason, Australian journalist
- 1979 –Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1981 –Rupert Friend, British actor
Who died on October 1?
- 959 –King Edwy of England
- 1189 –Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar
- 1901 –Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
- 1959 –Enrico De Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic (b. 1877)
- 1975 –Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
- 1986 –Archie League, generally considered the first air traffic controller (b. 1907)
- 2000 –Reginald “Reggie” Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
- 2000 –Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
- 2002 –Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
- 2008 –Nick Reynolds, American folk musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1933)
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