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, 488,688 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 ‘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
- 1791 –First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1814 –Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
- 1880 –First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1898 –The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- 1905 –František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
- 1928 –The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
- 1936 –Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
- 1961 –East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1975 –Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- 1978 –The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
Who were born on October 1?
- 1620 –Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
- 1924 –Roger Williams, American piano player (d. 2011)
- 1939 –George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1952 –Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
- 1964 –Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
- 1967 –Scott Young, American ice hockey player
- 1979 –Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer
- 1985 –Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
- 1985 –Tim Deasy, English footballer
- 1987 –Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
Who died on October 1?
- 1570 –Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
- 1602 –Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
- 1768 –Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
- 1837 –Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1838 –Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
- 1901 –Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
- 1974 –Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
- 1998 –Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
- 2007 –Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
- 2011 –Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey and golf player (b. 1931)
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