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
- 1787 –Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1795 –Belgium is conquered by France.
- 1814 –Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
- 1910 –Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
- 1942 –First flight of the Bell XP-59 “Aircomet”.
- 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 –Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
- 1958 –NASA is created to replace NACA.
- 1961 –East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1964 –Japanese Shinkansen (“bullet trains”) begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
- 1964 –The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
- 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.
- 1971 –The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
- 1975 –Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- 1982 –EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 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”.
- 1994 –Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
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