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| October 1st, 2007 (October 01 2007) | Event | Most of the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 came into force in the United Kingdom. | |
| October 1st, 2007 (October 01 2007) | Death | Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (born in 1965) | |
| October 1st, 2007 (October 01 2007) | Death | Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (born in 1932) | |
| October 1st, 2007 (October 01 2007) | Death | Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (born in 1936) | |
| October 1st, 2007 (October 01 2007) | Death | Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (born in 1931) | |
| October 1st, 2007 (October 01 2007) | Death | Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (born in 1928) | |
| October 1st, 2006 (October 01 2006) | Death | Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (born in 1938) | |
| October 1st, 2006 (October 01 2006) | Death | Andre Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (born in 1952) | |
| October 1st, 2005 (October 01 2005) | Event | Bombing kills 23 people in Bali. | |
| October 1st, 2004 (October 01 2004) | Event | Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler s 84-year-old single-season record. | |
| October 1st, 2004 (October 01 2004) | Death | Richard Avedon, American photographer (born in 1923) | |
| October 1st, 2004 (October 01 2004) | Death | Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (born in 1946) | |
| October 1st, 2002 (October 01 2002) | Death | Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (born in 1908) | |
| October 1st, 2001 (October 01 2001) | Death | Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (born in 1921) | |
| October 1st, 2001 (October 01 2001) | Death | Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (born in 1919) | |
| October 1st, 2000 (October 01 2000) | Death | Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (born in 1928) | |
| October 1st, 2000 (October 01 2000) | Death | Reginald Kray, British gangster (born in 1933) | |
| October 1st, 1998 (October 01 1998) | Event | Vladimir Putin became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. | Vladimir Putin Quotes |
| October 1st, 1998 (October 01 1998) | Death | Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (born in 1928) | |
| October 1st, 1997 (October 01 1997) | Death | Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (born in 1923) | |
| October 1st, 1996 (October 01 1996) | Death | Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (born in 1956) | |
| October 1st, 1994 (October 01 1994) | Event | Palau gains independence from the United Nations trusteeship administered by the United States of America. | |
| October 1st, 1994 (October 01 1994) | Death | Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (born in 1915) | Philo Quotes |
| October 1st, 1992 (October 01 1992) | Death | Petra Kelly, German politician (born in 1947) | |
| October 1st, 1991 (October 01 1991) | Event | New Zealand s Resource Management Act 1991 commences. | |
| October 1st, 1990 (October 01 1990) | Birth | Charlie McDonnell, British YouTube Personality | |
| October 1st, 1990 (October 01 1990) | Death | Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (born in 1906) | Curtis LeMay Quotes |
| October 1st, 1989 (October 01 1989) | Event | Denmark: World s first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership" | |
| October 1st, 1988 (October 01 1988) | Birth | Cariba Heine, Australian actress | |
| October 1st, 1988 (October 01 1988) | Death | Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (born in 1897) | |
| October 1st, 1987 (October 01 1987) | Event | The Whittier Narrows earthquake shook the San Gabriel Valley, registering as a magnitude 5.9. | |
| October 1st, 1986 (October 01 1986) | Birth | Jurnee Smollett, American actress | |
| October 1st, 1986 (October 01 1986) | Birth | Sayaka, Japanese singer | |
| October 1st, 1986 (October 01 1986) | Birth | Ricardo Vaz Te, Portuguese footballer | |
| October 1st, 1985 (October 01 1985) | Event | The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis. | |
| October 1st, 1985 (October 01 1985) | Birth | Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer | |
| October 1st, 1985 (October 01 1985) | Birth | Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer | |
| October 1st, 1985 (October 01 1985) | Birth | Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka | |
| October 1st, 1985 (October 01 1985) | Birth | Tim Deasy, English footballer | |
| October 1st, 1985 (October 01 1985) | Death | E. B. White, American author (born in 1899) | |
| October 1st, 1984 (October 01 1984) | Birth | Matt Cain, American baseball player | |
| October 1st, 1984 (October 01 1984) | Birth | Daniel Guillen, Spanish footballer | |
| October 1st, 1984 (October 01 1984) | Death | Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (born in 1911) | |
| October 1st, 1983 (October 01 1983) | Birth | Mirko Vucinic, Montenegrin footballer | |
| October 1st, 1982 (October 01 1982) | Event | Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence. | |
| October 1st, 1982 (October 01 1982) | Event | EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| October 1st, 1982 (October 01 1982) | Event | Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101). | |
| October 1st, 1982 (October 01 1982) | Birth | Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer | |
| October 1st, 1982 (October 01 1982) | Birth | Harry Lawrence, Bath born Entrepreneur | |
| October 1st, 1982 (October 01 1982) | Birth | Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer | |
| October 1st, 1981 (October 01 1981) | Birth | Julio Baptista, Brazilian footballer | |
| October 1st, 1981 (October 01 1981) | Birth | Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1981 (October 01 1981) | Birth | Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer | |
| October 1st, 1979 (October 01 1979) | Event | The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama. | |
| October 1st, 1979 (October 01 1979) | Birth | Cameron Bruce, Australian rules footballer | |
| October 1st, 1979 (October 01 1979) | Birth | Rudi Johnson, American football player | |
| October 1st, 1979 (October 01 1979) | Birth | Gilberto Martinez, Costa Rican footballer | |
| October 1st, 1979 (October 01 1979) | Birth | Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer | |
| October 1st, 1978 (October 01 1978) | Event | Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| October 1st, 1978 (October 01 1978) | Event | The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded. | |
| October 1st, 1978 (October 01 1978) | Birth | Andrew JC Jackson, Australian surf lifesaver | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
| October 1st, 1978 (October 01 1978) | Birth | Leticia Cline, American model and TV Personality | |
| October 1st, 1977 (October 01 1977) | Birth | Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver | |
| October 1st, 1976 (October 01 1976) | Birth | Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor | |
| October 1st, 1976 (October 01 1976) | Birth | Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1976 (October 01 1976) | Birth | Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress | |
| October 1st, 1976 (October 01 1976) | Birth | Umit Karan, Turkish footballer | |
| October 1st, 1975 (October 01 1975) | Event | The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu. | |
| October 1st, 1975 (October 01 1975) | Event | Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
| October 1st, 1975 (October 01 1975) | Birth | Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress | |
| October 1st, 1975 (October 01 1975) | Birth | Zoltan Sebescen, German footballer | |
| October 1st, 1975 (October 01 1975) | Death | Al Jackson, American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G. s) (born in 1935) | |
| October 1st, 1974 (October 01 1974) | Birth | Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1974 (October 01 1974) | Birth | Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor | |
| October 1st, 1974 (October 01 1974) | Birth | Christian Borle, American actor | |
| October 1st, 1974 (October 01 1974) | Death | Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (born in 1901) | |
| October 1st, 1973 (October 01 1973) | Birth | Jana Henke, German swimmer | |
| October 1st, 1973 (October 01 1973) | Birth | Rachid Chekhemani, French runner | |
| October 1st, 1973 (October 01 1973) | Birth | John Thomson, American baseball player | |
| October 1st, 1971 (October 01 1971) | Event | Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| October 1st, 1971 (October 01 1971) | Birth | Andrew O Keefe, Australian television personality | |
| October 1st, 1970 (October 01 1970) | Birth | Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor | |
| October 1st, 1970 (October 01 1970) | Birth | Simon Davey, Barnsley football manager | |
| October 1st, 1970 (October 01 1970) | Birth | Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1970 (October 01 1970) | Death | Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (born in 1893) | |
| October 1st, 1969 (October 01 1969) | Event | The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time. | |
| October 1st, 1969 (October 01 1969) | Birth | Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1969 (October 01 1969) | Birth | Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician | |
| October 1st, 1968 (October 01 1968) | Event | The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS). | |
| October 1st, 1968 (October 01 1968) | Birth | Jon Guenther, American author | |
| October 1st, 1968 (October 01 1968) | Birth | Rob Collard, British racing driver | |
| October 1st, 1967 (October 01 1967) | Birth | Scott Young, American ice hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1967 (October 01 1967) | Birth | Mike Pringle, American football player | |
| October 1st, 1966 (October 01 1966) | Event | West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. | |
| October 1st, 1966 (October 01 1966) | Birth | Christopher Titus, American actor/comedian | |
| October 1st, 1966 (October 01 1966) | Birth | George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer | |
| October 1st, 1966 (October 01 1966) | Birth | Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer | |
| October 1st, 1965 (October 01 1965) | Event | Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou. | |
| October 1st, 1965 (October 01 1965) | Event | General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia. | |
| October 1st, 1965 (October 01 1965) | Birth | Andreas Keller, German field hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1965 (October 01 1965) | Birth | Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel | |
| October 1st, 1965 (October 01 1965) | Birth | Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 1st, 1965 (October 01 1965) | Birth | Ted King, American Actor | |
| October 1st, 1964 (October 01 1964) | Event | The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. | |
| October 1st, 1964 (October 01 1964) | Event | Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka. | |
| October 1st, 1964 (October 01 1964) | Birth | Harry Hill, British comedian | |
| October 1st, 1964 (October 01 1964) | Birth | Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer | |
| October 1st, 1964 (October 01 1964) | Birth | Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author | |
| October 1st, 1963 (October 01 1963) | Birth | Jean-Denis Deletraz, Swiss race car driver | |
| October 1st, 1963 (October 01 1963) | Birth | Mark McGwire, American baseball player | |
| October 1st, 1962 (October 01 1962) | Birth | Esai Morales, American actor | |
| October 1st, 1962 (October 01 1962) | Birth | Paul Walsh, English footballer | |
| October 1st, 1961 (October 01 1961) | Event | East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon. | |
| October 1st, 1961 (October 01 1961) | Event | Baseball: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees engage in an epic battle to break Babe Ruth s single season home run record of 60 in 1927. Maris ends up hitting his 61st against the Boston Red Sox, passing Ruth | Babe Ruth Quotes |
| October 1st, 1961 (October 01 1961) | Birth | Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer | |
| October 1st, 1961 (October 01 1961) | Birth | Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality | |
| October 1st, 1960 (October 01 1960) | Event | Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| October 1st, 1959 (October 01 1959) | Birth | Youssou N Dour, Senegalese singer | |
| October 1st, 1958 (October 01 1958) | Event | NASA created to replace NACA. | |
| October 1st, 1958 (October 01 1958) | Birth | Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician | |
| October 1st, 1958 (October 01 1958) | Death | Robert Falk, Russian painter (born in 1886) | |
| October 1st, 1957 (October 01 1957) | Event | First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency. | |
| October 1st, 1957 (October 01 1957) | Birth | Stelios Mainas, Greek actor | |
| October 1st, 1956 (October 01 1956) | Birth | Theresa May, British politician | |
| October 1st, 1955 (October 01 1955) | Birth | Dusko Tadic, Bosnian Serb | |
| October 1st, 1955 (October 01 1955) | Birth | Howard Hewett, R & B Singer | |
| October 1st, 1955 (October 01 1955) | Death | Charles Christie, American film studio owner (born in 1880) | |
| October 1st, 1954 (October 01 1954) | Birth | Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer | |
| October 1st, 1953 (October 01 1953) | Birth | John Hegley, British poet | |
| October 1st, 1953 (October 01 1953) | Birth | Pete Falcone, American baseball player | |
| October 1st, 1953 (October 01 1953) | Birth | Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete | |
| October 1st, 1952 (October 01 1952) | Birth | Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive | |
| October 1st, 1950 (October 01 1950) | Birth | Randy Quaid, American actor | |
| October 1st, 1950 (October 01 1950) | Birth | Jeane Manson, American singer and actress | |
| October 1st, 1949 (October 01 1949) | Event | The People s Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong. | Mao Zedong Quotes |
| October 1st, 1949 (October 01 1949) | Birth | Isaac Bonewits, American author | |
| October 1st, 1948 (October 01 1948) | Birth | Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (died in 2000) | |
| October 1st, 1947 (October 01 1947) | Event | The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time. | |
| October 1st, 1947 (October 01 1947) | Birth | Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist | |
| October 1st, 1947 (October 01 1947) | Birth | Stephen Collins, American actor | |
| October 1st, 1947 (October 01 1947) | Birth | Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician | |
| October 1st, 1947 (October 01 1947) | Birth | Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (died in 2006) | |
| October 1st, 1946 (October 01 1946) | Event | Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg Trials. | |
| October 1st, 1946 (October 01 1946) | Event | Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom. | |
| October 1st, 1946 (October 01 1946) | Birth | Tim O Brien, American writer | |
| October 1st, 1945 (October 01 1945) | Birth | Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player | |
| October 1st, 1945 (October 01 1945) | Birth | Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (died in 1979) | |
| October 1st, 1945 (October 01 1945) | Birth | Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter | |
| October 1st, 1945 (October 01 1945) | Birth | Spider Sabich, American skier (died in 1976) | |
| October 1st, 1943 (October 01 1943) | Event | World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers. | |
| October 1st, 1943 (October 01 1943) | Birth | Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director | |
| October 1st, 1943 (October 01 1943) | Birth | Angele Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter | |
| October 1st, 1943 (October 01 1943) | Birth | Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone) | |
| October 1st, 1942 (October 01 1942) | Event | USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she was carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong | |
| October 1st, 1942 (October 01 1942) | Event | First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet". | |
| October 1st, 1942 (October 01 1942) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver | |
| October 1st, 1942 (October 01 1942) | Death | Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (born in 1884) | |
| October 1st, 1940 (October 01 1940) | Event | The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic. | |
| October 1st, 1939 (October 01 1939) | Event | After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces entered the city. | |
| October 1st, 1939 (October 01 1939) | Birth | George Archer, American golfer (died in 2005) | |
| October 1st, 1939 (October 01 1939) | Birth | Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor | |
| October 1st, 1938 (October 01 1938) | Event | Germany annexes the Sudetenland. | |
| October 1st, 1936 (October 01 1936) | Event | Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain. | |
| October 1st, 1936 (October 01 1936) | Birth | Duncan Edwards, English footballer (died in 1958) | |
| October 1st, 1936 (October 01 1936) | Birth | Stella Stevens, American actress | |
| October 1st, 1935 (October 01 1935) | Birth | Dame Julie Andrews, British actress and singer | |
| October 1st, 1932 (October 01 1932) | Birth | Albert Collins, American guitarist (died in 1993) | |
| October 1st, 1931 (October 01 1931) | Event | The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens. | George Washington Quotes |
| October 1st, 1931 (October 01 1931) | Event | The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York. | |
| October 1st, 1931 (October 01 1931) | Birth | Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer | |
| October 1st, 1930 (October 01 1930) | Birth | Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver | |
| October 1st, 1930 (October 01 1930) | Birth | Sir Richard Harris, Irish actor (died in 2002) | |
| October 1st, 1930 (October 01 1930) | Birth | Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician | |
| October 1st, 1930 (October 01 1930) | Birth | Philippe Noiret, French actor (died in 2006) | |
| October 1st, 1929 (October 01 1929) | Death | Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (born in 1861) | |
| October 1st, 1928 (October 01 1928) | Event | The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan. | |
| October 1st, 1928 (October 01 1928) | Birth | Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (died in 1973) | |
| October 1st, 1928 (October 01 1928) | Birth | George Peppard, American actor (died in 1994) | |
| October 1st, 1928 (October 01 1928) | Birth | Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (died in 1969) | |
| October 1st, 1927 (October 01 1927) | Birth | Tom Bosley, American actor | |
| October 1st, 1927 (October 01 1927) | Birth | Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster | |
| October 1st, 1926 (October 01 1926) | Event | An oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye, but he used the settlement money to buy his first aircraft. | |
| October 1st, 1926 (October 01 1926) | Birth | Roger Williams, American pianist | Roger Williams Quotes |
| October 1st, 1925 (October 01 1925) | Birth | Bob Boyd, American baseball player (died in 2004) | |
| October 1st, 1924 (October 01 1924) | Birth | Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
| October 1st, 1924 (October 01 1924) | Birth | William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (died in 2005) | William Rehnquist Quotes |
| October 1st, 1921 (October 01 1921) | Birth | James Whitmore, American actor | |
| October 1st, 1920 (October 01 1920) | Event | Sir Percy Cox landed in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq. | |
| October 1st, 1920 (October 01 1920) | Birth | Walter Matthau, American actor (died in 2000) | |
| October 1st, 1918 (October 01 1918) | Event | World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus. | |
| October 1st, 1914 (October 01 1914) | Birth | Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (died in 2004) | Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes |
| October 1st, 1913 (October 01 1913) | Death | Eugene O Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born in 1827) | |
| October 1st, 1910 (October 01 1910) | Event | Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21. | |
| October 1st, 1910 (October 01 1910) | Birth | Fritz Koberle, Austrian-born physician (died in 1983) | |
| October 1st, 1910 (October 01 1910) | Birth | Jose Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (died in 1998) | |
| October 1st, 1910 (October 01 1910) | Birth | Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (died in 1934) | |
| October 1st, 1909 (October 01 1909) | Birth | Maurice Bardeche, French fascist, (died in 1998) | |
| October 1st, 1909 (October 01 1909) | Birth | Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles (died in 1998) | |
| October 1st, 1908 (October 01 1908) | Event | Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825. | |
| October 1st, 1905 (October 01 1905) | Event | Frantisek Pavlik is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leos Janacek to the piano composition 1. X. 1905. | Leos Janacek Quotes |
| October 1st, 1904 (October 01 1904) | Birth | Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (died in 1979) | |
| October 1st, 1904 (October 01 1904) | Birth | A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (died in 1977) | |
| October 1st, 1903 (October 01 1903) | Event | Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series. | |
| October 1st, 1903 (October 01 1903) | Birth | Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (died in 1989) | |
| October 1st, 1901 (October 01 1901) | Death | Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir | |
| October 1st, 1900 (October 01 1900) | Birth | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (died in 1966) | |
| October 1st, 1899 (October 01 1899) | Birth | Ernest Haycox, American writer (died in 1950) | |
| October 1st, 1898 (October 01 1898) | Event | Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from major Russian cities. | |
| October 1st, 1898 (October 01 1898) | Event | The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie. | |
| October 1st, 1896 (October 01 1896) | Birth | Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (died in 1951) | |
| October 1st, 1896 (October 01 1896) | Birth | Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (died in 1937) | |
| October 1st, 1894 (October 01 1894) | Event | First meeting of The Owl Club of Cape Town. | |
| October 1st, 1893 (October 01 1893) | Birth | Cliff Friend, American songwriter (died in 1974) | |
| October 1st, 1893 (October 01 1893) | Birth | Yip Man, Martial Arts Master d.(1972) | Martial Quotes |
| October 1st, 1891 (October 01 1891) | Event | In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors. | |
| October 1st, 1890 (October 01 1890) | Event | The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress. | |
| October 1st, 1890 (October 01 1890) | Birth | Stanley Holloway, British actor (died in 1982) | |
| October 1st, 1887 (October 01 1887) | Event | Balochistan conquered by the British Empire. | |
| October 1st, 1885 (October 01 1885) | Birth | Louis Untermeyer, American author (died in 1977) | |
| October 1st, 1881 (October 01 1881) | Birth | William Boeing, American engineer (died in 1956) | |
| October 1st, 1880 (October 01 1880) | Event | John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Corps Band. | |
| October 1st, 1880 (October 01 1880) | Event | First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison. | |
| October 1st, 1878 (October 01 1878) | Birth | Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (died in 1950) | Philo Quotes |
| October 1st, 1876 (October 01 1876) | Death | James Lick, California land baron (born in 1796) | |
| October 1st, 1869 (October 01 1869) | Event | Austria issues the world s first postcards. | |
| October 1st, 1865 (October 01 1865) | Birth | Paul Dukas, French composer (died in 1935) | |
| October 1st, 1864 (October 01 1864) | Death | Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (born in 1817) | |
| October 1st, 1854 (October 01 1854) | Event | 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. | |
| October 1st, 1847 (October 01 1847) | Event | German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske. | |
| October 1st, 1843 (October 01 1843) | Event | News of the World began publication in London. | |
| October 1st, 1842 (October 01 1842) | Birth | Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (died in 1888) | |
| October 1st, 1838 (October 01 1838) | Death | Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (born in 1768) | |
| October 1st, 1837 (October 01 1837) | Death | Robert Clark, American politician (born in 1777) | |
| October 1st, 1835 (October 01 1835) | Birth | Adam Politzer, Austrian physician (died in 1920) | |
| October 1st, 1829 (October 01 1829) | Event | South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools. | |
| October 1st, 1827 (October 01 1827) | Event | The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia. | |
| October 1st, 1814 (October 01 1814) | Event | Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe s political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring. | |
| October 1st, 1811 (October 01 1811) | Event | The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana. | |
| October 1st, 1800 (October 01 1800) | Event | Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso. | |
| October 1st, 1800 (October 01 1800) | Birth | Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish-born botanist and founder of Laestadianism (died in 1861) | |
| October 1st, 1795 (October 01 1795) | Event | Belgium is conquered by France. | |
| October 1st, 1791 (October 01 1791) | Event | First session of the French Legislative Assembly. | |
| October 1st, 1791 (October 01 1791) | Birth | Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (died in 1859) | |
| October 1st, 1787 (October 01 1787) | Event | Russians under Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. | |
| October 1st, 1771 (October 01 1771) | Birth | Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (died in 1842) | |
| October 1st, 1768 (October 01 1768) | Death | Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (born in 1687) | |
| October 1st, 1760 (October 01 1760) | Birth | William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (died in 1844) | |
| October 1st, 1730 (October 01 1730) | Birth | Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (died in 1781) | |
| October 1st, 1708 (October 01 1708) | Death | John Blow, British composer (born in 1649) | |
| October 1st, 1693 (October 01 1693) | Death | Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (born in 1619) | |
| October 1st, 1691 (October 01 1691) | Birth | Arthur Onslow, English politician (died in 1768) | |
| October 1st, 1685 (October 01 1685) | Birth | Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1740) | Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Quotes |
| October 1st, 1684 (October 01 1684) | Death | Pierre Corneille, French author (born in 1606) | Pierre Corneille Quotes |
| October 1st, 1671 (October 01 1671) | Birth | Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (died in 1742) | |
| October 1st, 1644 (October 01 1644) | Birth | Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (died in 1682) | |
| October 1st, 1620 (October 01 1620) | Birth | Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (died in 1683) | |
| October 1st, 1609 (October 01 1609) | Death | Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer | |
| October 1st, 1588 (October 01 1588) | Death | Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr | |
| October 1st, 1578 (October 01 1578) | Death | Don John of Austria, military leader (born in 1547) | |
| October 1st, 1577 (October 01 1577) | Birth | Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (died in 1622) | |
| October 1st, 1574 (October 01 1574) | Death | Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (born in 1498) | |
| October 1st, 1570 (October 01 1570) | Death | Frans Floris, Flemish painter (born in 1520) | |
| October 1st, 1567 (October 01 1567) | Death | Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (born in 1508) | |
| October 1st, 1540 (October 01 1540) | Birth | Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (died in 1617) | |
| October 1st, 1507 (October 01 1507) | Birth | Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (died in 1573) | |
| October 1st, 1500 (October 01 1500) | Death | John Alcock, English Catholic bishop | |
| October 1st, 1499 (October 01 1499) | Death | Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (born in 1433) | Philo Quotes |
| October 1st, 1404 (October 01 1404) | Death | Pope Boniface IX (born in 1356) | |
| October 1st, 1310 (October 01 1310) | Death | Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (born in 1257) | |
| October 1st, 1207 (October 01 1207) | Birth | King Henry III of England (died in 1272) | |
| October 1st, 1189 (October 01 1189) | Event | Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre. | |
| October 1st, 1189 (October 01 1189) | Death | Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar | |
| October 1st, 1040 (October 01 1040) | Death | Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (born in 997) | |
| October 1st, 0959 (October 01 0959) | Event | Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England. | |
| October 1st, 0959 (October 01 0959) | Death | King Edwy of England | |
| October 1st, 0911 (October 01 0911) | Event | During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos appeared at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople. | |
| October 1st, 0331 (October 01 0331) | Event | Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. | Alexander the Great Quotes |
