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1 October

Notable Births

Priah Ferguson

Priah Ferguson

b. 2006

American actress (born 2006)

Livvy Dunne

Livvy Dunne

b. 2002

American gymnast and influencer (born 2002)

Luna Blaise

Luna Blaise

b. 2001

American actress (born 2001)

Mason Greenwood

Mason Greenwood

b. 2001

English footballer (born 2001)

Kalle Rovanperä

Kalle Rovanperä

b. 2000

Finnish rally driver (born 2000)

Daniel Gafford

Daniel Gafford

b. 1998

American basketball player (born 1998)

Haumole Olakau'atu

Haumole Olakau'atu

b. 1998

Tonga international rugby league footballer

Jade Bird

Jade Bird

b. 1997

English singer (born 1997)

Trézéguet (Egyptian footballer)

Trézéguet (Egyptian footballer)

b. 1994

Egyptian footballer (born 1994)

Chris Green (cricketer)

Chris Green (cricketer)

b. 1993

South African-Australian cricketer

Xander Bogaerts

Xander Bogaerts

b. 1992

Aruban baseball player (born 1992)

Robbie Ray

Robbie Ray

b. 1991

American baseball player (born 1991)

Pedro Mendes (footballer, born October 1990)

Pedro Mendes (footballer, born October 1990)

b. 1990

Portuguese footballer (born 1990)

Albert Prosa

Albert Prosa

b. 1990

Estonian footballer

Brie Larson

Brie Larson

b. 1989

American actress, singer and filmmaker (born 1989)

Mitchell Aubusson

Mitchell Aubusson

b. 1987

Australian rugby league footballer

Matthew Daddario

Matthew Daddario

b. 1987

American actor (born 1987)

Gibran Rakabuming Raka

Gibran Rakabuming Raka

b. 1987

Vice President of Indonesia since 2024

Sayaka Kanda

Sayaka Kanda

b. 1986

Japanese actress (1986–2021)

Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

b. 1910

American bank robbers in the 1930s

Notable Deaths

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

d. 2025

English zoologist (1934–2025)

Michael Ancram

Michael Ancram

d. 2024

British politician and peer (1945–2024)

Tim Wakefield

Tim Wakefield

d. 2023

American baseball player (1966–2023)

Antonio Inoki

Antonio Inoki

d. 2022

Japanese wrestler and politician (1943–2022)

Karel Gott

Karel Gott

d. 2019

Czech singer (1939–2019)

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

d. 2018

French singer and songwriter (1924–2018)

Stephen Paddock

Stephen Paddock

d. 2017

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

Božo Bakota

Božo Bakota

d. 2015

Croatian footballer (1950–2015)

Don Edwards

Don Edwards

d. 2015

American politician (1915–2015)

Hadi Norouzi

Hadi Norouzi

d. 2015

Iranian footballer (1985–2015)

Jacob Pressman

Jacob Pressman

d. 2015

American rabbi (1919-2015)

Lynsey de Paul

Lynsey de Paul

d. 2014

English singer-songwriter and record producer (1948–2014)

Shlomo Lahat

Shlomo Lahat

d. 2014

Israeli military officer and politician

José Martínez (infielder/coach)

José Martínez (infielder/coach)

d. 2014

Cuban baseball player (1942–2014)

Robert Serra

Robert Serra

d. 2014

Venezuelan politician (1987–2014)

Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy

d. 2013

American author (1947–2013)

Arnold Burns

Arnold Burns

d. 2013

American lawyer

Imero Fiorentino

Imero Fiorentino

d. 2013

Israel Gutman

Israel Gutman

d. 2013

20th and 21st-century Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor

Ole Danbolt Mjøs

Ole Danbolt Mjøs

d. 2013

Norwegian physician and politician

On This Day in History

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Israel

2024

Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.

Israel

Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster

2022

One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.

Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster

Expo 2020

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.

Expo 2020

Kuopio school stabbing

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.

Kuopio school stabbing

International Court of Justice

2018

The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.

International Court of Justice

2017 Catalan independence referendum

2017

An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.

2017 Catalan independence referendum

2017 Las Vegas shooting

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.

2017 Las Vegas shooting

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

2016

The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

2015 Umpqua Community College shooting

2015

A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.

2015 Umpqua Community College shooting

2015 Guatemala landslide

2015

Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.

2015 Guatemala landslide

SS El Faro

2015

The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.

SS El Faro

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2014

A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

2014 Gorni Lom explosions

Homs school bombing

2014

A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.

Homs school bombing

2012 Lamma Island ferry collision

2012

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

2012 Lamma Island ferry collision

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

2009

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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2003

The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.

Imageboard

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2001

Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.

2001 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly car bombing

3G

2001

3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.

3G

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

2000

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Palau

1994

Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.

Palau