On This Day — 1 October
2000s
2024
Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.
Israel
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
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
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
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
An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
2017 Catalan independence referendum
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
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
A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
2015 Umpqua Community College shooting
2015
Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
2015 Guatemala landslide
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
2014
A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
2014 Gorni Lom explosions
2014
A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
Homs school bombing
2012
A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
2012 Lamma Island ferry collision
2009
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
2003
The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.
Imageboard
2001
Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
2001 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly car bombing
2001
3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.
3G
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
1900s
1994
Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
Palau
1991
Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
Siege of Dubrovnik
1989
Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
Same-sex marriage in Denmark
1987
The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake
1985
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1982
Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
Helmut Kohl
1982
EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Epcot
1982
Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
Compact disc
1979
Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
Pope John Paul II
1979
The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
MTR
1978
Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Tuvalu
1975
Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
Thrilla in Manila
1971
Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
Walt Disney World
1971
The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
History of computed tomography
1969
Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
Concorde
1968
Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
National Communications Network, Guyana
1966
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
West Coast Airlines Flight 956
1965
At dawn, seven Indonesian Army officers and a police inspector were assassinated by the September 30 Movement at Lubang Buaya, East Jakarta. In addition, two more officers were killed in Yogyakarta. The Army pinned the murders to the Communist Party of Indonesia, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists.
Indonesian Army
1964
The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
Free Speech Movement
1964
Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
Shinkansen
1963
On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.
Nigeria
1962
James Meredith becomes the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith
1961
The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
Defense Intelligence Agency
1961
East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
Cameroon
1961
The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.
CTV Television Network
1960
Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Independence Day (Nigeria)
1958
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
1957
The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.
In God We Trust
1955
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
Xinjiang
1953
Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
Andhra State
1953
A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.
Mutual Defense Treaty (United States–South Korea)
1949
The People's Republic of China is established.
China
1947
The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
North American F-86 Sabre
1946
Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
Nuremberg trials
1946
The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
Autumn Uprising of 1946
1943
World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
Four Days of Naples
1942
World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
USS Grouper
1940
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
Pennsylvania Turnpike
1939
World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
World War II
1938
Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
Munich Agreement
1936
Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
Spanish Civil War
1936
Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
Central Committee of Anti-Fascist Militias of Catalonia
1931
The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.
George Washington Bridge
1931
Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
Clara Campoamor
1928
The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
First five-year plan (Soviet Union)
1928
Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.
Newark Liberty International Airport
1923
The 1923 Imperial Conference opened in London.
1923 Imperial Conference
1923
Georges Carpentier knocked out former British heavyweight champion Joe Beckett a mere twenty seconds into the first round of their boxing match at Olympia in London.
Georges Carpentier
1918
World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
World War I
1918
Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
Sayid Abdullah
1915
The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka is published in the German journal Die Weißen Blätter
The Metamorphosis
1910
A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
Los Angeles Times bombing
1908
Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
Ford Model T
1903
Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
Baseball
1800s
1898
The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
Vienna University of Economics and Business
1891
Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
Stanford University
1890
Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
Yosemite National Park
1887
Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
Balochistan
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.
Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management
1832
Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
Texians
1829
The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
South African College
1827
Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)
1814
The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
Congress of Vienna
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.
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
Before 1800
1795
More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
Battle of Sprimont
1791
First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly (France)
1787
Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
Alexander Suvorov
1779
The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.
Tampere
1730
Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
Ahmed III
1588
The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.
Abbas the Great
1553
The coronation of Queen Mary I of England is held at Westminster Abbey.
Coronation of Mary I
965
Pope John XIII is consecrated.
Pope John XIII
959
Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.
Edgar, King of England
366
Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
Pope Damasus I
-331
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
Alexander the Great