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On This Day · The 274th day of the year

October 1

From 959 to 2018, October 1 gathers 1,059 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on October 1?

October 1 is the 274th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 959 and 2018. Famous people born on October 1 include Dave Arneson, Severus Alexander and Sallust.

Released on October 1

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Neverway

2023

  • TV Shangri-La Frontier

2022

  • TV Raven of the Inner Palace

2021

  • Game FIFA 22
  • TV The Ghost and Molly McGee

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 959

    Edgar, King of England

  2. 1800

    Third Treaty of San Ildefonso

  3. 1891

    Stanford University

  4. 1918

    World War I

  5. 1939

    World War II

  6. 1949

    China

  7. 1964

    Free Speech Movement

  8. 1978

    Tuvalu

  9. 2012

    2012 Lamma Island ferry collision

  10. 2018

    International Court of Justice

Famous birthday twins

Born on October 1

Dave Arneson

b. 1947

Severus Alexander

b. 208

Sallust

b. -86

Klaus Wowereit

b. 1953

Éva Tardos

b. 1957

Zhu Rongji

b. 1928

Jimmy Carter

b. 1924

Brie Larson

b. 1989

Deaths

  • 2018Charles Aznavour
  • 2017Stephen Paddock
  • 1990Curtis LeMay
  • 1972Louis Leakey
  • 1959Enrico De Nicola
  • 1684Pierre Corneille

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
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Edward James
  • —Christian feast day: Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Remigius

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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