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October 1st


- Earliest day on which World Habitat Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of October. (International)
- Christian Feast Day
- Children's Day (Singapore)
- 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 (International)
- Moving Day (New York City from the mid-19th century to c.1945)
- National Day of the People's Republic of China (China)
- World Vegetarian Day (from North American Vegetarian Society)

October 1st


- 2009 - The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
- 1998 - Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
- 1994 - Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
- 1992 - Turkish destroyer TCG Muavenet is crippled causing 27 deaths and injuries, by missiles negligently launched by U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.
- 1991 - New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 comes into force.
- 1989 - Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
- 1987 - The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
- 1985 - The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
- 1982 - Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- 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.
- 1979 - The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
- 1978 - Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1978 - The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- 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.
- 1971 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1969 - Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
- 1968 - The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
- 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.
- 1965 - Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
- 1965 - General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia.
- 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.
- 1962 - First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- 1961 - East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1960 - Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1958 - NASA is created to replace NACA.
- 1957 - First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
- 1949 - The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
- 1947 - The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
- 1946 - Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
- 1946 - Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
- 1943 - World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
- 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".
- 1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
- 1939 - After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
- 1938 - Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- 1937 - The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
- 1936 - Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
- 1931 - The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- 1928 - The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
- 1920 - Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
- 1918 - World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
- 1910 - Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
- 1908 - Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- 1905 - Frantiek Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leo Janá?ek to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
- 1903 - Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 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.
- 1891 - In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
- 1890 - The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1887 - Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- 1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
- 1880 - First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.
- 1854 - The watch company founded in 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.
- 1847 - German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske.
- 1843 - The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- 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.
- 1827 - The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
- 1814 - Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
- 1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
- 1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- 1795 - Belgium is conquered by France.
- 1791 - First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1787 - Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1553 - Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
- 1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since , is killed in the Siege of Acre.
- 959 - Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
- -331 - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.

October 1st


- 2003 - Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealand medical figure
- 1997 - Sam Verlinden, Child singer and actor
- 1990 - Charlie Mcdonnell, English videoblogger
- 1988 - Cariba Heine, Australian actress
- 1987 - Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer
- 1987 - Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer
- 1986 - Justin Westhoff, Australian rules footballer
- 1986 - Jurnee Smollett, American actress
- 1986 - Sayaka, Japanese singer
- 1986 - Ricardo Vaz Tę, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 - Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
- 1985 - Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1985 - Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka
- 1985 - Dizzee Rascal, English rapper
- 1985 - Tim Deasy, English footballer
- 1984 - Matt Cain, American baseball player
- 1984 - Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer
- 1983 - Mirko Vu?ini?, Montenegrin footballer
- 1982 - Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 - Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
- 1981 - Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 - Rupert Friend, British actor
- 1981 - Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 - Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
- 1981 - Tom Donnelly, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1980 - Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
- 1979 - Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1979 - Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979 - Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
- 1979 - Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer
- 1978 - Leticia Cline, American model and TV Personality
- 1977 - Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
- 1976 - Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
- 1976 - Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player
- 1976 - Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress
- 1976 - Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
- 1976 - Kona Carmack, American model
- 1975 - Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress
- 1975 - Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer
- 1975 - Kim Suna, Korean actress
- 1974 - Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1974 - Christian Borle, American actor
- 1974 - Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor
- 1974 - Sherri Saum, American actress
- 1973 - Jana Henke, German swimmer
- 1973 - Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
- 1973 - John Thomson, American baseball player
- 1972 - Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
- 1972 - Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli Author
- 1972 - Esa Holopainen, Finnish guitarist (Amorphis)
- 1971 - Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality
- 1971 - Song Il Gook, Korean actor
- 1971 - Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress
- 1970 - Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
- 1970 - Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer
- 1970 - Simon Davey, Barnsley football manager
- 1970 - Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1969 - Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player
- 1969 - Zach Galifianakis, American comedian and actor
- 1969 - Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician
- 1969 - Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, current President of Nauru
- 1968 - Jon Guenther, American author
- 1968 - Rob Collard, British racing driver
- 1967 - Scott Young, American ice hockey player
- 1967 - Mike Pringle, American football player
- 1966 - Christopher Titus, American actor/comedian
- 1966 - George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer
- 1966 - Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer
- 1965 - Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
- 1965 - Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel
- 1965 - Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Ted King, American actor
- 1965 - Chris Reason, Australian journalist
- 1964 - Harry Hill, British comedian
- 1964 - Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer
- 1964 - Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
- 1963 - Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
- 1963 - Mark McGwire, American baseball player
- 1962 - Esai Morales, American actor
- 1962 - Paul Walsh, English footballer
- 1961 - Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
- 1961 - Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
- 1961 - Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler
- 1961 - Corrie van Zyl, former South African cricketer
- 1959 - Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
- 1959 - Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer
- 1958 - Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
- 1957 - Stelios Mainas, Greek actor
- 1956 - Theresa May, British politician
- 1955 - Howard Hewett, R & B Singer
- 1955 - Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
- 1954 - Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
- 1953 - Pete Falcone, American baseball player
- 1953 - Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete
- 1953 - Klaus Wowereit, German politician, Mayor of Berlin
- 1953 - John Hegley, British poet
- 1952 - Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
- 1951 - Brian Greenway, Canadian guitarist, vocalist and harmonicist (April Wine)
- 1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor
- 1950 - Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
- 1950 - Elpida, Greek singer and Eurovision contestant (Sokrati, Tora Zo)
- 1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author (d. 2010)
- 1949 - André Rieu, Dutch violinist, conductor and composer
- 1948 - Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000)
- 1947 - Dave Arneson, American game designer (d. 2009)
- 1947 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist
- 1947 - Stephen Collins, American actor
- 1947 - Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
- 1947 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
- 1947 - Martin Turner, British bassist/vocalist (Wishbone Ash)
- 1946 - Tim O'Brien, American writer
- 1945 - Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player
- 1945 - Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979)
- 1945 - Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter
- 1945 - Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
- 1943 - Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director
- 1943 - Angčle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1943 - Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone)
- 1942 - Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver
- 1939 - George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1939 - Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
- 1936 - Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1936 - Stella Stevens, American actress
- 1935 - Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
- 1935 - Petros Fyssoun, Greek actor
- 1932 - Albert Collins, American guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1931 - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
- 1930 - Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver (d. 2009)
- 1930 - Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
- 1930 - Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
- 1930 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
- 1929 - Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity
- 1928 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)
- 1928 - George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1928 - Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
- 1928 - Sivaji Ganesan, Indian Tamil actor (d. 2001)
- 1928 - Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician
- 1927 - Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1927 - Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster
- 1925 - Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1924 - Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1924 - William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Roger Williams, American pianist
- 1922 - Kim Ki-young, South Korean film director (d. 1998)
- 1921 - James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1917 - Cahal Daly, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh (d. 2009)
- 1915 - Jerome Bruner, American cognitive psychologist
- 1914 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
- 1913 - Helio Gracie, Martial Arts Master (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician
- 1910 - Bonnie Parker, American Outlaw Bonnie and Clyde (d. 1934)
- 1910 - Fritz Köberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983)
- 1910 - José Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998)
- 1909 - Maurice Bardčche, French fascist, (d. 1998)
- 1909 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
- 1907 - Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (d. 1977)
- 1904 - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
- 1904 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)
- 1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
- 1900 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
- 1899 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)
- 1896 - Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951)
- 1896 - Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
- 1893 - Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974)
- 1893 - Yip Man, Martial Arts Master (d. 1972)
- 1890 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
- 1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
- 1881 - William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
- 1878 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
- 1870 - Josiah Edward Spurr, American Geologist (d. 1950)
- 1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
- 1847 - Annie Besant, Theosophist and women's rights activist (d. 1933)
- 1842 - Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888)
- 1835 - Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)
- 1832 - Henry Clay Work, American composer (d. 1884)
- 1800 - Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish-born botanist and founder of Laestadianism (d. 1861)
- 1791 - Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
- 1771 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)
- 1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
- 1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
- 1691 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
- 1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
- 1671 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
- 1644 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
- 1620 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
- 1577 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (d. 1622)
- 1540 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
- 1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
- 1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)