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.
• 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.
• 1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
• 1787 – Russians under Alexander 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 Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
• 1827 – Russo-Persian War: 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; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
• 1832 – Texian political delegates convened 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.
• 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.
• 1880 – John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
• 1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
• 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1891 – In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
• 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, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia" capture Damascus.
• 1920 – Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
• 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
• 1931 – The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
• 1936 – Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• 1937 – The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
• 1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• 1939 – After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter 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 is 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 are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
• 1946 – Daegu October Incident occurred in Allied occupied Korea.
• 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 established and declared by Mao Zedong.
• 1957 – First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
• 1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
• 1959 – The 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China is celebrated with pomp across the country.
• 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• 1962 – First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
• 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 – General Suharto rises to power after a coup that alleged to the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists. The killings of 7 army officers happened in the early hours of 1 October 1965.
• 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.
• 1968 – The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
• 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
• 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
• 1971 – The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
• 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 shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
• 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
• 1991 – The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
• 1992 – Cartoon Network begins broadcasting.
• 1994 – Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
• 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.

Births

• 86 BC – Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)
• 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)
• 1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272)
• 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
• 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (d. 1617)
• 1577 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss 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)
• 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
• 1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808)
• 1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777)
• 1730 – Richard Stockton, American attorney and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (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 author (d. 1859)
• 1800 – Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist (d. 1861)
• 1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
• 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer (d. 1884)
• 1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
• 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
• 1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
• 1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek saint (d. 1920)
• 1847 – Annie Besant, English activist and author (d. 1933)
• 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
• 1870 – Josiah Edward Spurr, American geologist (d. 1950)
• 1877 – Clement Deykin, English rugby player (d. 1969)
• 1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
• 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
• 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
• 1888 – Charles Jordan, American magician (d. 1944)
• 1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982)
• 1893 – Cliff Friend, American songwriter and pianist (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
• 1896 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
• 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
• 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
• 1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist (d. 1979)
• 1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian politician, 1st Leader of the Opposition (d. 1977)
• 1906 – Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish composer and pianist (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author and activist (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Sam Yorty, American politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)
• 1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (d. 1983)
• 1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian politician (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician and politician
• 1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
• 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist (d. 1998)
• 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American cognitive psychologist
• 1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish archbishop (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Robert Gist, American actor and film and television director (d. 1998)
• 1919 –Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Kim Ki-young, South Korean director (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American judge (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
• 1928 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-South African actor (d. 1973)
• 1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
• 1928 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
• 1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player
• 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (The Robins) (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (The Strangers) (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer-songwriter, producer, and director (d. 2002)
• 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
• 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian 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 – Geoff Stephens, English songwriter
• 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
• 1935 – Petros Fyssoun, Greek actor
• 1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1936 – Stella Stevens, American actress
• 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
• 1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordionist, created the Cajun accordion
• 1942 – Herb Fame, American singer (Peaches & Herb)
• 1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
• 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1973)
• 1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director
• 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone and Rubicon)
• 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
• 1945 – Ellen McIlwaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
• 1945 – Patty Shepard, American-Spanish actress (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader (Gateway)
• 1946 – Tim O'Brien, American author
• 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
• 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player
• 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
• 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer
• 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor
• 1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
• 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Wishbone Ash)
• 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American author (d. 2010)
• 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, conductor and composer
• 1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
• 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician
• 1950 – Jeane Manson, American model, singer, and actress
• 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
• 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (April Wine and Mashmakhan)
• 1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, director and screenwriter (Abraxas) (d. 2012)
• 1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
• 1953 – John Hegley, English comedian and poet
• 1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
• 1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner (d. 2011)
• 1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German politician, Mayor of Berlin
• 1954 – Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
• 1955 – Howard Hewett, American singer (Shalamar)
• 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist
• 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
• 1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian politician
• 1956 – Theresa May, English politician
• 1957 – Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
• 1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Godot)
• 1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer (Dreams Come True)
• 1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer
• 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author
• 1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, actor, and politician
• 1960 – Gerald Scheunemann, German footballer
• 1961 – Gary Ablett, Sr., Australian footballer
• 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
• 1961 – Robert Rey, Brazilian surgeon
• 1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer
• 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, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
• 1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian chess player, scientist, and author
• 1964 – Christopher Titus, American actor and comedian
• 1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
• 1965 – Ted King, American actor
• 1965 – Cindy Margolis, American model and actress
• 1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
• 1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician
• 1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer
• 1967 – Mike Pringle, American football player
• 1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player
• 1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
• 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Better Than Ezra)
• 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author
• 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor
• 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American comedian and actor
• 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist (Balkan Beat Box, Gogol Bordello, and Firewater)
• 1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan politician, 27th President of Nauru
• 1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1970 – Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer
• 1970 – Kam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
• 1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Song Il-gook, South Korean actor
• 1971 – Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
• 1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television host
• 1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author
• 1972 – Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• 1972 – Leila Hatami, Iranian actress
• 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amorphis)
• 1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
• 1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
• 1973 – John Mackey, American composer
• 1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player
• 1974 – Christian Borle, American actor
• 1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
• 1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1974 – Sherri Saum, American actress
• 1975 – Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
• 1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
• 1975 – Kim Sun-a, South Korean actress
• 1975 – Didem Erol, Australian-born actress and TV host
• 1976 – Kona Carmack, American model and actress
• 1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
• 1976 – Richard Oakes, English guitarist (Suede)
• 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
• 1976 – Dora Venter, Hungarian porn actress
• 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
• 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model
• 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 – Michael McGillicutty, American wrestler
• 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
• 1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
• 1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Rupert Friend, English actor
• 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
• 1982 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
• 1982 – Reese Rideout, American porn actor
• 1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
• 1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
• 1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1985 – Porcelain Black, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1985 – Tim Deasy, English footballer
• 1985 – Ciara , American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Maikel Nabil Sanad, Egyptian activist and blogger
• 1985 – Revazi Zintiridis, Greek martial artist
• 1986 – Matthew Gonzalez,American figure skater
• 1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer
• 1986 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress
• 1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987 – Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
• 1988 – Cariba Heine, South African-Australian actress and dancer
• 1990 – Charlie McDonnell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chameleon Circuit)
• 1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1997 – Sam Verlinden, New Zealand singer and actor

Deaths

• 959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
• 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
• 1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, Flemish knight
• 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 bishop (b. 1430)
• 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, German military leader (b. 1547)
• 1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
• 1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
• 1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian composer (b. 1532)
• 1684 – Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)
• 1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
• 1708 – John Blow, English composer and organist (b. 1649)
• 1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
• 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
• 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1876 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (b. 1796)
• 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir (b. 1844)
• 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1919 – Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
• 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1930 – Paul Wiesner, German sailor (b. 1855)
• 1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
• 1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
• 1970 – Raoul Riganti, Argentine race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
• 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
• 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 – E. B. White, American author (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 politician (b. 1947)
• 1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Pat McGeown, Irish activist (b. 1956)
• 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and inventor (b. 1923)
• 1998 – Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (b. 1963)
• 2000 – Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Reginald "Reggie" Kray, English gangster (b. 1933)
• 2001 – Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian base player (Buffalo Springfield and The Mynah Birds) (b. 1946)
• 2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
• 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
• 2006 – André Viger, Canadian wheelchair racer (b. 1952)
• 2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Harry Lee, American sheriff (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
• 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
• 2007 – Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and director (b. 1931)
• 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Nick Reynolds, American guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1933)
• 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 (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Dirk Bach, German actor (b. 1961)
• 2012 – Walter G. Church, Sr., American politician (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Sahara Davenport, American drag queen performer (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Abdelkader Freha, Algerian footballer (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentine director (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Chronox Manek, Papua New Guinean lawyer and politician
• 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abai (Syrian Orthodox Church)
  • Bavo of Ghent
  • Blessed Edward James
  • Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Remigius
  • Thérèse de Lisieux
  • Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)
  • October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Children's Day (Singapore, Guatemala)
• Earliest day on which World Habitat Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of October. (International)
• 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
• National Day of the People's Republic of China (China)
• Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)
• Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)
• Unification Day (Cameroon)
• World Vegetarian Day (from North American Vegetarian Society)

External links

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

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