October 1
October 1 is the 275th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 91 days remain until the year's end. It falls in autumn (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Libra.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On October 1 the Sun's declination is approximately -4.6°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a October 1.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
- Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year
- Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)
- Christian feast day: Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Bavo of Ghent
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
2024 — Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978. ↗(2 years ago)more
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel illegally occupies the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian territories, as well as the Syrian Golan Heights.
2022 — One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia. ↗(4 years ago)more
On 1 October 2022, a fatal crowd crush occurred following an association football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Following a loss by home side Arema to their rivals Persebaya Surabaya, around 3,000 Arema supporters invaded the pitch. Police said that the rioting supporters attacked the players and the team officials.
2021 — The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ↗(5 years ago)more
Expo 2020 was a World Expo hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.
- 2019 — Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland. ↗(7 years ago)
more
The Kuopio school stabbing occurred on 1 October 2019 at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, North Savo, Finland. Armed with a longsword, 25-year-old student Joel Otto Aukusti Marin killed a female student and wounded eleven others. He also carried an air pistol which was not used during the attack; it was initially mistaken for a real firearm.
2018 — The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia. ↗(8 years ago)more
The International Court of Justice, or colloquially the World Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It settles legal disputes submitted to it by states and provides advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by other UN organs and specialized agencies.
2017 — An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia. ↗(9 years ago)more
An independence referendum was held on 1 October 2017 in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia, passed by the Parliament of Catalonia as the Law on the Referendum on Self-determination of Catalonia and called by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
2017 — Sixty people are killed and 867 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. ↗(9 years ago)more
On October 1, 2017, a mass shooting occurred when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel. He fired more than 1,000 rounds, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413 others.
2016 — The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later. ↗(10 years ago)more
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social democratic political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government longer than any other political party in modern democratic Spain: from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González, 2004 to 2011 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and since 2018 under Pedro Sánchez.
2015 — A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon. ↗(11 years ago)more
On October 1, 2015, a school shooting occurred at the Umpqua Community College campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Chris Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old who was enrolled at the school, fatally shot an assistant professor and eight students in a classroom, and injured eight others.
2015 — Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people. ↗(11 years ago)more
On October 1, 2015, heavy rains triggered a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala—15 km (9.3 mi) east of Guatemala City, killing at least 280 people and leaving dozens unaccounted for across the village. The landslide leveled much of the village, leaving some areas under 15 m (49 ft) of earth and debris.
2015 — The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin. ↗(11 years ago)more
SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination of roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as Puerto Rico, the vessel was renamed Northern Lights in 1991 and, finally, El Faro in 2006.
- 2014 — A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people. ↗(12 years ago)
more
The 2014 Gorni Lom explosions were a series of explosions that began on the afternoon of October 1, 2014, at 16:59 pm local time at the former Midzhur Ammo Plant in the village of Gorni Lom, in Bulgaria's northwestern Vidin Province.
Notable births
2006 — Priah Ferguson, American actress ↗(20 years ago)more
Priah Nicole Ferguson is an American actress from Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her role as Erica Sinclair on the Netflix series Stranger Things. Ferguson began acting at a young age and her career spans TV and film.
2002 — Livvy Dunne, American gymnast and social media personality ↗(24 years ago)more
Olivia Paige Dunne is an American influencer and former artistic gymnast. She is also a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and former member of the LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team. In 2017, she was named as a member of the US Junior Women's National Team. Dunne has a social media following of over 10 million.
2001 — Luna Blaise, American actress and singer ↗(25 years ago)more
Luna Blaise Boyd is an American actress. In 2015, she made her film debut in Memoria and subsequently gained recognition for her roles in the sitcom Fresh Off The Boat (2015–2018) and supernatural drama series Manifest (2018–2023). In 2025, she starred in the top-grossing science fiction film Jurassic World Rebirth, which brought her to greater attention.
2001 — Mason Greenwood, English footballer ↗(25 years ago)more
Mason Will John Greenwood is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Marseille.
2000 — Kalle Rovanperä, Finnish professional rally driver ↗(26 years ago)more
Kalle Alex Rovanperä is a Finnish professional rally and racing driver who last competed in the Formula Regional Oceania Trophy with Hitech. He is a double World Rally Championship (WRC) champion, having won the 2022 and 2023 World Championships consecutively.
1998 — Daniel Gafford, American basketball player ↗(28 years ago)more
Daniel Gafford is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was drafted in the second round of the 2019 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. He plays both the power forward and center positions.
Notable deaths
2025 — Jane Goodall, English primatologist (born 1934) ↗(1 years ago)more
Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community ...
2024 — Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (born 1945) ↗(2 years ago)more
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, Baron Kerr of Monteviot,, commonly known as Michael Ancram, was a British politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly styled Earl of Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004, upon the death of his father.
2023 — Tim Wakefield, American professional baseball player (born 1966) ↗(3 years ago)more
Timothy Stephen Wakefield was an American professional baseball knuckleball pitcher. Wakefield began his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but is most remembered for his 17-year tenure with the Boston Red Sox, where he was a part of two World Series championships in 2004 and 2007.
2022 — Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (born 1943) ↗(4 years ago)more
Antonio Inoki was a Japanese professional wrestler, professional wrestling trainer, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA). He is best known as the founder and 33-year owner of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
2019 — Karel Gott, Czech singer (born 1939) ↗(7 years ago)more
Karel Gott was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. He was voted the country's best male singer in the annual Český slavík national music award 42 times, most recently in 2017.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (275) | 5^2 × 11 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (91) | 7 × 13 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 01102026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | -4.61° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 80 days |