October 1

Events

• 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
• 366 - Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
• 959 - Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.
• 965 - Pope John XIII is consecrated.
• 1553 - Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
• 1588 - Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.
• 1730 - Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
• 1787 - Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• 1791 - First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• 1795 - More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
• 1800 - Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
• 1814 - Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
• 1827 - Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
• 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.
• 1832 - Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
• 1843 - The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK.
• 1861 - Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
• 1887 - Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• 1890 - Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1891 - Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
• 1898 - The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• 1903 - Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• 1908 - Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• 1910 - A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
• 1918 - World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
• 1918 - Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• 1928 - The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• 1931 - The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• 1931 - Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• 1936 - Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• 1936 - Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
• 1938 - Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• 1939 - World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• 1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
• 1942 - World War II: torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
• 1943 - World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
• 1946 - Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
• 1946 - The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
• 1947 - The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• 1949 - The People's Republic of China is established.
• 1953 - Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
• 1953 - A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
• 1955 - The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• 1957 - First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
• 1958 - The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
• 1960 - Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1961 - The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
• 1961 - East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• 1964 - The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
• 1964 - Japanese Shinkansen begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
• 1966 - West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• 1968 - Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• 1969 - Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
• 1971 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
• 1971 - The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
• 1975 - Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
• 1978 - Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1979 - Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• 1979 - The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
• 1982 - Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
• 1982 - Epcot opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
• 1982 - Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan. On the same day, Sony released the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
• 1985 - Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
• 1987 - The 5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII, killing eight and injuring 200.
• 1989 - Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
• 1991 - Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
• 1994 - Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
• 2000 - Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
• 2001 - Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
• 2009 - The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
• 2012 - A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
• 2014 - A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
• 2014 - A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
• 2015 - A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
• 2015 - Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
• 2017 - An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
• 2017 - Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.

  Births

• 86 BC - Sallust, Roman historian
• 208 - Alexander Severus, Roman emperor
• 1207 - Henry III of England
• 1476 - Guy XVI, Count of Laval
• 1480 - Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer
• 1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù
• 1526 - Dorothy Stafford, English noble
• 1540 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian
• 1542 - Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer
• 1550 - Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun
• 1554 - Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian
• 1620 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter
• 1671 - Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer
• 1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1691 - Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1712 - William Shippen, American physician and politician
• 1719 - John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian
• 1724 - Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer
• 1729 - Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer
• 1730 - Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician
• 1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician
• 1762 - Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist
• 1771 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer
• 1791 - Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author
• 1808 - Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee
• 1832 - Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States
• 1832 - Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter
• 1835 - Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist
• 1842 - S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist
• 1842 - Charles Cros, French poet and author
• 1846 - Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint
• 1847 - Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author
• 1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic
• 1878 - Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher
• 1881 - William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company
• 1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, critic
• 1887 - Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland
• 1887 - Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general
• 1890 - Stanley Holloway, English actor
• 1893 - Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter
• 1893 - Ip Man, Chinese martial artist
• 1894 - Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic
• 1895 - Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1896 - Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 1899 - Ernest Haycox, American author
• 1900 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer
• 1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer
• 1903 - Pierre Veyron, French race car driver
• 1904 - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic
• 1904 - A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician
• 1906 - S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer
• 1907 - Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic
• 1907 - Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer
• 1908 - Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer
• 1909 - Sam Yorty, American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles
• 1910 - Bonnie Parker, American criminal
• 1910 - Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist
• 1910 - José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer
• 1910 - Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar
• 1911 - Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher
• 1911 - Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile
• 1912 - Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester
• 1913 - Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist
• 1913 - Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer
• 1914 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress
• 1915 - Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author
• 1917 - Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian
• 1919 - Bob Boyd, American baseball player
• 1919 - Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter
• 1920 - David Herbert Donald, American historian and author
• 1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor
• 1921 - James Whitmore, American actor
• 1922 - Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 - Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 - Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter
• 1924 - Leonie Kramer, Australian academic
• 1924 - William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States
• 1924 - Roger Williams, American pianist
• 1927 - Tom Bosley, American actor
• 1927 - Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge
• 1927 - Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
• 1928 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer
• 1928 - Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver
• 1928 - George Peppard, American actor
• 1928 - Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
• 1929 - Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1929 - Grady Chapman, American singer
• 1929 - Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter
• 1930 - Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager
• 1930 - Richard Harris, Irish actor
• 1930 - Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi
• 1930 - Philippe Noiret, French actor
• 1931 - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer
• 1931 - Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general
• 1931 - Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic
• 1932 - Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1934 - Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman
• 1935 - Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
• 1935 - Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer
• 1936 - Duncan Edwards, English footballer
• 1937 - Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 - Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 - Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
• 1938 - Stella Stevens, American actress and director
• 1939 - George Archer, American golfer
• 1939 - Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1940 - Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager
• 1940 - Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
• 1940 - Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, and author of the best-seller, Women and Madness
• 1942 - Herb Fame, American R&B singer
• 1942 - Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer
• 1942 - Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 - David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
• 1942 - Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
• 1943 - Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 - Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1943 - Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
• 1943 - Robert Slater, American author and journalist
• 1945 - Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
• 1945 - Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India
• 1945 - Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1946 - Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader
• 1946 - Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer
• 1947 - Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons
• 1947 - Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
• 1947 - Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
• 1947 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 - Stephen Collins, American actor and director
• 1947 - Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher
• 1947 - Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
• 1947 - Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1947 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer
• 1948 - Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author
• 1949 - Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1949 - André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1950 - Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1950 - Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
• 1950 - Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
• 1950 - Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
• 1950 - Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut
• 1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor
• 1951 - Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 - Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1952 - Bob Myrick, American baseball player
• 1952 - Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 - Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 - Pete Falcone, American baseball player
• 1953 - Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player
• 1953 - Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
• 1953 - Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach
• 1953 - Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
• 1955 - Howard Hewett, American R&B singer-songwriter
• 1955 - Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1955 - Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
• 1956 - Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1956 - Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1957 - Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor
• 1957 - Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator
• 1958 - Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter
• 1958 - Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer
• 1959 - Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1959 - Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
• 1959 - Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician
• 1960 - Joshua Wurman, American scientist, DOW inventor and storm chaser
• 1961 - Gary Ablett, Sr., Australian footballer
• 1961 - Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
• 1961 - Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
• 1962 - Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager
• 1962 - Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach
• 1962 - Esai Morales, American actor
• 1962 - Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1963 - Jean-Denis Délétraz, Swiss race car driver
• 1963 - Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
• 1964 - Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
• 1964 - Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
• 1964 - Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 - Harry Hill, English comedian and author
• 1965 - Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
• 1965 - Chris Reason, Australian journalist
• 1965 - Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 - Mia Mottley, Barbadian prime minister
• 1966 - George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
• 1966 - José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1967 - Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
• 1967 - Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 - Sacha Dean Biyan, Canadian photographer and journalist
• 1968 - Rob Collard, English race car driver
• 1968 - Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter
• 1968 - Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
• 1968 - Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1968 - Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
• 1968 - Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
• 1969 - Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 - Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer and producer
• 1969 - Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
• 1969 - Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru
• 1969 - Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1970 - Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1970 - Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
• 1971 - Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist
• 1971 - Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host
• 1971 - Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 - Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
• 1972 - Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• 1972 - Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 - Nicky Morgan, British politician
• 1973 - Christian Borle, American actor and singer
• 1973 - Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
• 1973 - Jana Henke, German swimmer
• 1973 - John Mackey, American composer
• 1973 - John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
• 1974 - Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1974 - Nick Graham, Australian rugby player
• 1974 - Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 - Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer
• 1975 - Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach
• 1976 - Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 - Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
• 1976 - Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 - Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
• 1976 - Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
• 1977 - Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
• 1977 - Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
• 1978 - Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 - Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
• 1978 - Joe Keith, English footballer
• 1978 - Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
• 1979 - Curtis Axel, American wrestler
• 1979 - Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 - Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 - Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
• 1979 - Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
• 1980 - Sarah Drew, American actress
• 1980 - Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
• 1981 - Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 - Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 - Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
• 1981 - Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 - Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
• 1981 - David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
• 1982 - Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1982 - Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
• 1983 - Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer
• 1983 - Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1984 - Matt Cain, American baseball player
• 1984 - Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
• 1985 - Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1986 - Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 - Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
• 1987 - Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987 - Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 - Brie Larson, American actress
• 1990 - Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1990 - Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
• 1991 - Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
• 1991 - Rain Veideman, Estonian basketball player
• 1992 - Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
• 1995 - Lauren Hill, American basketball player

  Deaths

• 630 - Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king
• 686 - Emperor Tenmu of Japan
• 804 - Richbod, archbishop of Trier
• 895 - Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• 918 - Zhou, empress of Former Shu
• 959 - Eadwig, English king
• 961 - Artald, archbishop of Reims
• 1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany
• 1126 - Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
• 1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon
• 1404 - Pope Boniface IX
• 1416 - Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
• 1450 - Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble
• 1499 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher
• 1500 - John Alcock, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
• 1532 - Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
• 1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist
• 1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter
• 1574 - Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter
• 1578 - John of Austria
• 1588 - Edward James, English priest and martyr
• 1602 - Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer
• 1609 - Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer
• 1652 - Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter
• 1684 - Pierre Corneille, French playwright
• 1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic
• 1708 - John Blow, English organist and composer
• 1768 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic
• 1788 - William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician
• 1837 - Robert Clark, American politician
• 1838 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman
• 1864 - Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy
• 1878 - Mindon Min, Burmese king
• 1885 - John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon
• 1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir
• 1913 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
• 1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter
• 1940 - Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician
• 1942 - Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1950 - Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician
• 1951 - Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager
• 1953 - John Marin, American painter
• 1955 - Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company
• 1957 - Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence
• 1958 - Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator
• 1959 - Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy
• 1961 - Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator
• 1970 - Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver
• 1972 - Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist
• 1974 - Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic
• 1975 - Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1984 - Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager
• 1985 - Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver
• 1985 - E. B. White, American essayist and journalist
• 1986 - Archie League, American air traffic controller
• 1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic
• 1990 - Curtis LeMay, American general
• 1992 - Petra Kelly, German activist and politician
• 1994 - Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher
• 1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist
• 2002 - Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
• 2004 - Richard Avedon, American photographer
• 2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player
• 2004 - Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author
• 2006 - Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist
• 2006 - Jerald Tanner, American author and activist
• 2007 - Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer
• 2007 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist
• 2007 - Al Oerter, American discus thrower
• 2008 - John Biddle, American cinematographer
• 2009 - Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author
• 2010 - Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer
• 2011 - Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer
• 2012 - Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter
• 2012 - Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author
• 2012 - Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge
• 2012 - Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker
• 2012 - Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author
• 2013 - Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General
• 2013 - Tom Clancy, American author
• 2013 - Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer
• 2013 - Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author
• 2013 - Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician
• 2013 - Jim Rountree, American football player and coach
• 2014 - Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 2014 - Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician
• 2014 - José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 2014 - Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician
• 2015 - Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer
• 2015 - Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 2015 - Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer
• 2015 - Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University
• 2017 - Dave Strader, American sportscaster
• 2018 - Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure
• 2019 - Karel Gott, Сzeсh singer

  Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day
• Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year
• Children's Day ; celebrated on the first Friday of October, assignation and recognition on the first Wednesday of October
• Christian feast day:
• *Abai
• *Bavo of Ghent
• *Blessed Edward James
• *Nicetius
• *Remigius
• *Thérèse of Lisieux
• *Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos
• *October 1
• Day of Prosecutors
• Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of October.
• Earliest day on which World Habitat Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of October.
• Ground Forces Day
• 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
• Lincolnshire Day
• National Day of the People's Republic of China
• Pancasila Sanctity Day
• Teacher's Day
• Unification Day