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
- 1787 –Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1791 –First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1937 –The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
- 1940 –The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
- 1942 –First flight of the Bell XP-59 “Aircomet”.
- 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.
- 1969 –Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
- 1971 –Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1978 –Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1998 –Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Who were born on October 1?
- 1644 –Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
- 1899 –Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
- 1936 –Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1950 –Elpida, Greek singer (Sokrati, Tora Zo)
- 1971 –Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
- 1974 –Sherri Saum, American actress
- 1975 –Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
- 1979 –Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1986 –Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
- 2003 –Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealander quadruple amputee
Who died on October 1?
- 1310 –Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
- 1588 –Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr
- 1768 –Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
- 1878 –Mindon Min, King of Burma (b. 1808)
- 1958 –Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
- 1984 –Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 1985 –E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
- 2006 –André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
- 2009 –Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and essayist (b. 1921)
- 2011 –Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey and golf player (b. 1931)
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