About October 1
October 1, 2024 is the 275th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 120 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 1
- 959 –Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
- 1787 –Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1880 –John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
- 1890 –Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1918 –World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia” capture Damascus.
- 1931 –The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- 1939 –After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city.
- 1943 –World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.
- 1957 –First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
- 1958 –NASA is created to replace NACA.
- 1960 –Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1962 –First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- 1964 –Japanese Shinkansen (“bullet trains”) begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
- 1975 –Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- 1978 –Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1982 –Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
- 1982 –Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
- 1989 –Denmark introduces the world’s first legal modern same-sex civil union called “registered partnership”.
- 1994 –Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
- 1998 –Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
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