About October 1
October 1, 2024 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.
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Libra is the sun 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.
What Happened On October 1
- 1795 –Belgium is conquered by France.
- 1800 –Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- 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.
- 1880 –First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1890 –Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1898 –The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- 1920 –Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
- 1931 –The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- 1937 –The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
- 1942 –USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
- 1943 –World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
- 1946 –Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
- 1960 –Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1968 –The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
- 1969 –Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
- 1978 –Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1979 –The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
- 1985 –The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
- 1991 –New Zealand’s Resource Management Act 1991 comes into force.
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