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October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar . There are 91 days remaining in the year on this date.
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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
Events 331 BC - Greek Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela .
959 - Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England .
965 - John XIII becomes Pope .
1189 - Gerard de Ridefort , grandmaster of the Templars since 1184 is killed in the Siege of Acre .
1787 - Russians under Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn .
1788 - Nguyen Hue declares himself emperor of Vietnam .
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 .
1885 - United States begins special-delivery mail service.
1886 - The U.S. mint in Carson City, Nevada , closes.
1887 - Balochistan conquered by the British Empire .
1890 - The Yosemite National Park is 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 introduces the Model T car.
1910 - A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times 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.
1926 - Arirang premiers in Seoul .
1928 - The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan .
1931 - The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1931 - The original 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 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 .
1949 - The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong .
1955 - First episode of The Honeymooners starring Jackie Gleason aired on CBS. The show lasted 39 episodes.
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 sets new record for most home runs in a single season with 61, surpassing Babe Ruth 's previous mark of 60.
1962 - Johnny Carson begins a 30-year run as the host of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson at NBC .
1964 - The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley .
1964 - Japanese Shinkansen Tokyo to Osaka .
1965 - Apostasia Constantine II and executed by a group of politicians (led by the later PM of Greece Constantine Mitsotakis ) who have betrayed and overthrown the Prime Minister George Papandreou in Greece in favour of the formerly King of Greece.
1965 - General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia .
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 .
1977 - Brazilian soccer star Pelé retires.
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 in Florida , United States .
1982 - Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1983 - Horizons opens at EPCOT Center , Walt Disney World in Florida , United States .
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.
1988 - Mikhail Gorbachev is named head of the Supreme Soviet .
1989 - Denmark : World's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership"
1992 - Cartoon Network debuts.
1993 - Polly Klaas is kidnapped by Richard Allen Davis .
1998 - Vladimir Putin became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation .
2004 - Baseball : Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki makes his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler 's 84-year-old single-season record.
2005 - Bombing kills 23 people in Bali .
2006 - Age discrimination in employment is made illegal in the United Kingdom .
2006 - Per Westerberg is elected as the new spokesperson of the Swedish Riksdag .
2006 - Brisbane Broncos win their 6th National Rugby League premiership defeating Minor Premiers Melbourne Storm 15-8 at Telstra Stadium.
2006 - The final patent claim on the GIF file format, held by IBM , expires.
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 )
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 )
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 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, California (d. 1998 )
1910 - Bonnie Parker , American outlaw (d. 1934 )
1910 - Fritz Köberle , Austrian-born physician (d. 1983 )
1910 - José Enrique Moyal , Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998 )
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 - James Earl Carter, Jr. , 39th President of the United States , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1924 - William Hubbs Rehnquist , 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005 )
1925 - Bob Boyd , baseball player (d. 2004 )
1926 - Roger Williams , American pianist
1927 - Tom Bosley , American actor
1928 - Laurence Harvey , Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973 )
1928 - George Peppard , American actor (d. 1994 )
1930 - Naimatullah Khan , Pakistani politician
1930 - Sir Richard Harris , Irish actor (d. 2002 )
1930 - Philippe Noiret , French actor (d. 2006 )
1931 - Sylvano Bussotti , Italian composer
1932 - Albert Collins , American guitarist (d. 1993 )
1935 - Julie Andrews , British actress and singer
1936 - Stella Stevens , American actress
1939 - George Archer , American golfer (d. 2005 )
1942 - Frank Gardner , Australian race car driver
1943 - Jean-Jacques Annaud , French film director
1943 - Angèle Arsenault , Canadian singer and songwriter
1943 - Jerry Martini , American saxophonist for Sly & the Family Stone
1945 - Rod Carew , Panamanian Major League Baseball player
1945 - Spider Sabich , American skier (d. 1976 )
1945 - Donny Hathaway , American soul musician and composer (d. 1979 )
1946 - Tim O'Brien , American writer
1947 - Aaron Ciechanover , Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1947 - Stephen Collins , American actor
1947 - Adriano Tilgher , Italian politician
1948 - Cub Koda , American singer (d. 2000 )
1949 - Isaac Bonewits , American author
1950 - Randy Quaid , American actor
1952 - Jacques Martin , Canadian hockey coach and executive
1953 - John Hegley , British poet
1953 - Pete Falcone , American baseball player
1954 - Martin Strel , Slovenian swimmer
1955 - Duško Tadić , Bosnian Serb
1956 - Theresa May , British politician
1957 - Stelios Mainas , Greek actor
1959 - Youssou N'Dour , Senegalese singer
1961 - Robert Rey , Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
1962 - Esai Morales , American actor
1963 - Mark McGwire , American baseball player
1963 - Jean-Denis Délétraz , Swiss race car driver
1964 - Harry Hill , British comedian
1964 - Jonathan Sarfati , Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
1965 - Andreas Keller , German field hockey player
1965 - Cliff Ronning , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Cindy Margolis , American model and spokesmodel
1966 - George Weah , Liberian politician and footballer
1967 - Scott Young , American hockey player
1967 - Mike Pringle , American football player
1968 - Jon Guenther , American author
1969 - Igor Ulanov , Russian hockey player
1969 - Ori Kaplan , Israeli jazz musician
1970 - Gam Wu-seong , South Korean actor
1970 - Alexei Zhamnov , Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Andrew O'Keefe , Australian television personality
1973 - Jana Henke , German swimmer
1973 - Rachid Chékhémani , French runner
1974 - Mats Lindgren , Swedish ice hockey player
1975 - Chulpan Khamatova , Russian actress
1976 - Antonio Roybal , American painter and sculptor
1976 - Denis Gauthier , Canadian hockey player
1976 - Dora Venter , Hungarian pornographic film actress
1977 - Jeffrey van Hooydonk , Belgian race car driver
1979 - Rudi Johnson , American football player
1979 - Gilberto Martínez , Costa Rican footballer
1981 - Júlio Baptista , Brazilian footballer
1981 - Johnny Oduya , Swedish ice hockey player
1982 - Haruna Babangida , Nigerian footballer
1982 - Sandra Oxenryd , Swedish singer
1984 - Daniel Guillén , Spanish footballer
1985 - Dizzee Rascal , British musician
1985 - Ryo Miyamori , Japanese singer
1986 - Ricardo Vaz Té , Portuguese footballer
Deaths 959 - King Edwy of England
1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997 )
1189 - Gerard de Ridefort , grandmaster of the Templars
1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy , Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257 )
1404 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356 )
1499 - Marsilio Ficino , Italian philosopher (b. 1433 )
1500 - John Alcock , English Catholic bishop
1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi , Italian humanist (b. 1508 )
1570 - Frans Floris , Flemish painter (b. 1520 )
1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen , Dutch painter (b. 1498 )
1578 - Don John of Austria , military leader (b. 1547 )
1609 - Gianmatteo Asola , Italian composer
1684 - Pierre Corneille , French author (b. 1606 )
1693 - Pedro Abarca , Spanish theologian (b. 1619 )
1708 - John Blow , British composer (b. 1649 )
1768 - Robert Simson , Scottish mathematician (b. 1687 )
1864 - Rose Greenhow , American Confederate spy (b. 1817 )
1876 - James Lick , California land baron (b. 1796 )
1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan , Afghan amir
1929 - Antoine Bourdelle , French sculptor (b. 1861 )
1955 - Charles Christie , American film studio owner (b. 1880 )
1958 - Robert Falk , Russian painter (b. 1886 )
1974 - Spyridon Marinatos , Greek archaeologist (b. 1901 )
1975 - Al Jackson , American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s ) (b. 1935 )
1984 - Walter Alston , American baseball player (b. 1911 )
1985 - E. B. White , American author (b. 1899 )
1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell , English writer (b. 1897 )
1990 - Curtis LeMay , American Air Force general (b. 1906 )
1992 - Petra Kelly , German politician (b. 1947 )
1994 - Paul Lorenzen , German philosopher (b. 1915 )
1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson , American inventor (b. 1923 )
1998 - Pauline Julien , French Canadian singer (b. 1928 )
2000 - Reginald Kray , British gangster (b. 1933 )
2000 - Robert Allen , American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928 )
2001 - Guy Beaulne , French Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921 )
2002 - Walter Annenberg , American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908 )
2004 - Richard Avedon , American photographer (b. 1923 )
2004 - Bruce Palmer , Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield ) (b. 1946 )
2006 - Jerald Tanner , American religious activist (b. 1938 )
Holidays and observances
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