About October 1
October 1, 2021 is the 274th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 123 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 1
- 331 BC –Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 1787 –Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1811 –The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
- 1814 –Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
- 1843 –The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- 1887 –Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- 1903 –Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1908 –Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- 1918 –World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia” capture Damascus.
- 1937 –The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture.
- 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
- 1960 –Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1961 –East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
- 1962 –First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- 1964 –Japanese Shinkansen (“bullet trains”) begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
- 1968 –The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
- 1971 –Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 1989 –Denmark introduces the world’s first legal modern same-sex civil union called “registered partnership”.
- 2009 –The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
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