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

  • 959 –
    Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
  • 1553 –
    Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
  • 1814 –
    Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
  • 1854 –
    The watch company founded in 1850 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.
  • 1880 –
    John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
  • 1890 –
    Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
  • 1891 –
    In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
  • 1905 –
    František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
  • 1942 –
    USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong
  • 1946 –
    Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
  • 1957 –
    First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
  • 1958 –
    NASA is created to replace NACA.
  • 1965 –
    General Suharto rises to power after a coup that alleged to the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists. The killings of 7 army officers happened in the early hours of 1 October 1965.
  • 1971 –
    The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
  • 1975 –
    The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
  • 1978 –
    The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
  • 1978 –
    Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1979 –
    The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
  • 1982 –
    Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
  • 2009 –
    The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

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