About October 1

October 1, 2025 is the 274th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 139 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 1

  • 1787 –
    Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
  • 1795 –
    Belgium is conquered by France.
  • 1814 –
    Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.
  • 1827 –
    Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
  • 1887 –
    Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
  • 1903 –
    Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
  • 1905 –
    František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
  • 1908 –
    Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
  • 1920 –
    Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq.
  • 1938 –
    Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
  • 1939 –
    After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
  • 1946 –
    Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
  • 1949 –
    The People’s Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
  • 1965 –
    General Suharto rises to power after a coup that alleged to the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists. The killings of 7 army officers happened in the early hours of 1 October 1965.
  • 1968 –
    The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS).
  • 1975 –
    The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu.
  • 1982 –
    EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
  • 1985 –
    The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis.
  • 1991 –
    The Siege of Dubrovnik begins
  • 2009 –
    The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.

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