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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[331 BC]] &ndash; [[Alexander the Great]] defeats [[Darius III of Persia]] in the [[Battle of Gaugamela]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Tsouras|title=Alexander: Invincible King of Macedonia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1EMylU3tA8C&pg=PR16|year=2004|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-57488-407-4|pages=16}}</ref>
* [[366]] &ndash; [[Pope Damasus I]] is consecrated.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph N. Tylenda, SJ|title=Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLvsKtKf9E0C&pg=PA272|date=2003|publisher=Georgetown University Press|isbn=1-58901-408-1|pages=272}}</ref>
* [[959]] &ndash; [[Edgar the Peaceful]] becomes king of all England, in succession to [[Eadwig]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Hilliam|title=Kings, Queens, Bones & Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy From Egbert to Elizabeth II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi47AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|date= 2011|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7524-6905-8|pages=19}}</ref>
* [[965]] &ndash; [[Pope John XIII]] is consecrated.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wendy J. Reardon|title=The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvXeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0231-8|pages=73}}</ref>
*[[1553]] &ndash; The [[coronation of Mary I of England|coronation]] of Queen [[Mary I of England]] is held at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis Wiesener|title=The youth of queen Elizabeth, 1533–1558. Ed. from the Fr. by C.M. Yonge|url=https://archive.org/details/youthqueeneliza01wiesgoog|year=1879|pages=[https://archive.org/details/youthqueeneliza01wiesgoog/page/n191 159]}}</ref>
*[[1588]] &ndash; The coronation of Shah [[Abbas I of Persia]] occurs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abbas-i/}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Ahmed III]] is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ottomans |url=http://www.theottomans.org/english/family/ahmed3.asp}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; The city of [[Tampere]], Finland (belonging to [[Sweden]] at this time) is founded by King [[Gustav III of Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://visittampere.fi/en/events/tampere-day/|title=Tampere Day}}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; Russians under [[Alexander Suvorov]] defeat the Turks [[Battle of Kinburn (1787)|at Kinburn]].
*[[1791]] &ndash; First session of the French [[Legislative Assembly (France)|Legislative Assembly]].
*[[1795]] &ndash; More than a year after the [[Battle of Sprimont]], the [[Austrian Netherlands]] (present-day [[Belgium]]) are [[History of Belgium#French control|officially annexed]] by [[French Revolution|Revolutionary]] [[First French Republic|France]].
*[[1800]] &ndash; Via the [[Third Treaty of San Ildefonso]], Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would [[Louisiana Purchase|sell the land]] to the United States thirty months later.
*[[1814]] &ndash; The [[Congress of Vienna]] opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Russo-Persian War (1826–28)|Russo-Persian War]]: The Russian army under [[Ivan Paskevich]] storms [[Yerevan]], ending a millennium of Muslim domination of [[Armenia]].
*[[1829]] &ndash; The [[South African College]] is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the [[University of Cape Town]] and the [[South African College Schools]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Texian]] political delegates [[Convention of 1832|convene]] at [[San Felipe de Austin]] to petition for changes in the governance of [[Mexican Texas]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; ''[[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.
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Balochistan]] is conquered by the British Empire.
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Yosemite National Park]] is established by the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Library of Congress |url=https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-yosemite}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Stanford University]] opens its doors in California, United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A History of Stanford |url=https://www.stanford.edu/about/history/}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration]] is founded under the name ''k.u.k. Exportakademie''.

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Baseball]]: The [[Boston Americans]] play the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] in the first game of the modern [[1903 World Series|World Series]].
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Ford Model T]] automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
*[[1910]] &ndash; A [[Los Angeles Times bombing|large bomb destroys]] the ''Los Angeles Times'' building, killing 21.<ref>{{cite book|last=Taft|first=Philip|title=The A.F. of L. in the Time of Gompers|location=New York|publisher=Harper & Brothers|date=1957|isbn=9780374977344|page=276}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[The Metamorphosis]] written by [[Franz Kafka]] is published in the German journal [[Die Weißen Blätter]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-16 |title=The Metamorphosis Historical Context - Book Analysis |url=https://bookanalysis.com/franz-kafka/the-metamorphosis/historical-context/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=bookanalysis.com }}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force [[Capture of Damascus (1918)|captures Damascus]].
*  1918 &ndash; [[Sayid Abdullah]] becomes the last Khan of [[Khiva]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; The [[1923 Imperial Conference]] opened in London.<ref>{{cite news |last=Steele |first=John |date=October 2, 1923 |title=British Rulers May Fix World Power Balance | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=2 }}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Georges Carpentier]] knocked out former [[List of British heavyweight boxing champions|British heavyweight champion]] [[Joe Beckett]] a mere twenty seconds into the first round of their boxing match at [[Olympia (London)|Olympia]] in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=32006&cat=boxer |title=Joe Beckett |website=[[BoxRec]] |access-date=January 28, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 2, 1923 |title=Georges Knocks Out Beckett in 1st Round | work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]]|page=25 }}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; The Soviet Union introduces its [[First five-year plan (Soviet Union)|first five-year plan]].
*  1928 &ndash; [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] opens, becoming the first airport in the [[New York metropolitan area|New York City metro area]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-history.html |title=History of Newark Liberty International Airport |website=Newark Liberty International Airport |publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |access-date=June 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611092101/http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-history.html |archive-date=June 11, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; The [[George Washington Bridge]] in the United States is opened, linking [[New Jersey]] and New York.
*  1931 &ndash; [[Clara Campoamor]] persuades the [[Constituent Cortes]] to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Francisco Franco]] is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
*  1936 &ndash; Spanish Civil War: The [[Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia]] dissolves itself, handing control of [[Revolutionary Catalonia|Catalan]] [[Confederal militias|defence militias]] over to the [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Generalitat]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bonamusa |first1=Francesc |last2=Pagès i Blanch|first2=Pelai |chapter=La Guerra a Catalunya. 70 anys |title=La guerra civil als Països Catalans, 1936–1939 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X0hoQMHmlB4C&q=Comit%C3%A8+Central+de+Mil%C3%ADcies+Antifeixistes+de+Catalunya&pg=PA87 |publisher=University of Valencia |date=2007 |pages=105 |isbn=978-8437067353|language=ca}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; Pursuant to the [[Munich Agreement]] signed the day before, [[Nazi Germany]] begins the military occupation and annexation of [[Czechoslovakia]]{{'s}} [[Sudetenland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mitcham|first=Samuel W.|title=The Rise of the Wehrmacht: The German Armed Forces and World War II. Vol. 2|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Praeger Security International|date=2008|isbn=9780275996611|page=150}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: After a one-month [[Siege of Warsaw (1939)|siege]], German troops occupy Warsaw.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]], often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: {{USS|Grouper|SS-214|6}} torpedoes ''[[Lisbon Maru]]'', not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: After the [[Four Days of Naples]], Allied troops enter the city.
*[[1946]] &ndash; Nazi leaders are sentenced at the [[Nuremberg trials]].
*  1946 &ndash; The [[Autumn Uprising of 1946|Daegu October incident]] occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[North American F-86 Sabre]] flies for the first time.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The [[China|People's Republic of China]] is [[Proclamation of the People's Republic of China|established]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Andhra State]] is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
*  1953 &ndash; A [[Mutual Defense Treaty (United States–South Korea)|United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty]] is concluded in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea; October 1, 1953|url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/kor001.asp|website=The Avalon Project|publisher=Lillian Goldman Law Library|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; The [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] is established.
*[[1957]] &ndash; The motto ''[[In God We Trust]]'' first appears on U.S. paper currency.
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] is replaced by NASA.
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Nigeria]] gains independence from the United Kingdom.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The United States [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
*  1961 &ndash; East and West Cameroon merge to form the [[Cameroon|Federal Republic of Cameroon]].
*  1961 &ndash; The [[CTV Television Network]], Canada's first private television network, is launched.<ref>{{cite book |title=CTV: The Television Wars |last=Gittins |first=Susan |year=1999 |publisher=Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd. |location=Toronto |isbn=0-7737-3125-3 |ref=Git99 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ctvtelevisionwar0000gitt |page=73}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[James Meredith]] becomes the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|title=About James Meredith |url=https://50years.olemiss.edu/james-meredith/ | website=University of Mississippi History of Integration|access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; On its third anniversary as an independent nation, [[Nigeria]] became a [[Nigerian First Republic|republic]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Toyin |last1=Falola |author1-link=Toyin Falola |first2=Bukola Adeyemi |last2=Oyeniyi |title=Africa in Focus: Nigeria |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |year=2015 |page=61}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Free Speech Movement]] is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
*  1964 &ndash; Japanese ''[[Shinkansen]]'' ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
*[[1965]] &ndash; At dawn, seven [[Indonesian Army]] officers and a police inspector were assassinated by the [[30 September Movement|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 [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66|mass killings of suspected leftists]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shalihah|first=Nur Fitriatus|title=Hari Ini dalam Sejarah: Detik-detik Peristiwa G30S/PKI saat RRI Dikuasai|url=https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2020/09/30/083013065/hari-ini-dalam-sejarah-detik-detik-peristiwa-g30s-pki-saat-rri-dikuasai|access-date=11 August 2022|date=30 September 2020 |work=[[Kompas]]}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[West Coast Airlines Flight 956]] crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a [[DC-9]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the [[National Communications Network, Guyana]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Concorde]] breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Walt Disney World]] opens near Orlando, Florida.
*  1971 &ndash; The first [[History of computed tomography#Commercial scanners|practical CT scanner]] is used to diagnose a patient.
*[[1975]] &ndash; Muhammad Ali [[Thrilla in Manila|defeats]] Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Tuvalu]] gains independence from the United Kingdom.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
*  1979 &ndash; The [[MTR]], Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Helmut Kohl]] replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
*  1982 &ndash; [[Epcot|EPCOT Center]] (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
*  1982 &ndash; Sony and Phillips launch the [[compact disc]] in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model [[Sony CDP-101|CDP-101]] compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israel-Palestinian conflict]]: [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel]] attacks the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]'s [[Tunisia]] headquarters during [[Operation Wooden Leg]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; The 5.9 {{M|w}} [[1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake|Whittier Narrows earthquake]] shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing eight and injuring 200.
*[[1989]] &ndash; Denmark introduces the world's first legal [[Same-sex marriage in Denmark|same-sex registered partnerships]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; Croatian War of Independence: The [[Siege of Dubrovnik]] begins.
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Palau]] enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israel-Palestinian conflict]]: Palestinians protest the [[Muhammad al-Durrah incident|killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah]] by [[Israel National Police|Israeli police]] in northern Israel, beginning the "[[October 2000 protests in Israel|October 2000 events]]".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/06/who-shot-mohammed-al-dura/302735/|title=Who Shot Mohammed al-Dura?|last=Fallows|first=James|date=2003-06-01|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2018-10-30|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; Militants [[2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing|attack]] the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
*  2001 &ndash; [[3G]] wireless technology first becomes available when it is [[3G adoption|adopted]] by Japanese telecommunications company [[NTT Docomo]].<ref name="auto12">{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Kieren |date=2001-10-01 |title=World's first 3G network live today |url=https://www.theregister.com/2001/10/01/worlds_first_3g_network_live/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=The Register}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The popular and controversial English-language [[imageboard]] [[4chan]] is launched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-35752705|title=4chan founder 'moot' joins Google. But why?|date=March 8, 2016|website=BBC Newsbeat|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[2012 Lamma Island ferry collision|ferry collision]] off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
*[[2014]] &ndash; A [[2014 Gorni Lom explosions|series of explosions]] at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
*  2014 &ndash; A [[Homs school bombing|double bombing]] of an [[elementary school]] in [[Homs]], Syria kills over 50 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/protests-as-47-children-killed-in-school-bombing-10387732|title=Protests As 47 Children Killed In School Bombing|website=Sky News}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A gunman [[2015 Umpqua Community College shooting|kills nine people]] at a community college in Oregon.
*  2015 &ndash; Heavy rains trigger a major [[2015 Guatemala landslide|landslide]] in [[Guatemala]], killing 280 people.
*  2015 &ndash; The American cargo vessel [[SS El Faro|SS ''El Faro'']] sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of [[Hurricane Joaquin]].<ref name=RagingSea>Slade, Rachel. ''Into the Raging Sea:  Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of the El Faro''. HarperCollins, New York, 2018.</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; The leader of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]], [[Pedro Sánchez (Spanish politician)|Pedro Sánchez]], resigns. He would return to the position a year later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37529610/ |title=Pedro Sanchez: Spanish Socialist leader resigns |work=BBC News |date=October 2016 }}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; An [[2017 Catalan independence referendum|independence referendum]], later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of [[Spain]], takes place in [[Catalonia]].
*  2017 &ndash; Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|a mass shooting]] at [[Route 91 Harvest|a country music festival]] at the [[Las Vegas Strip]] in the United States; the gunman, [[Stephen Paddock]], later commits suicide.<ref name="LCMPreport">{{cite web |last1=Lombardo |first1=Joseph |title=LVMPD Criminal Investigative Report of the 1 October Mass Casualty Shooting. LVMPD Event Number 171001-3519 |url=https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/Documents/1-October-FIT-Criminal-Investigative-Report-FINAL_080318.pdf |publisher=Las Vegas Metropolitan Police |access-date=1 May 2021 |date=3 August 2018 |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425094403/https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/Documents/1-October-FIT-Criminal-Investigative-Report-FINAL_080318.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Jack |title=Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock planned to escape but killed himself as the SWAT team moved in |url=https://www.newsweek.com/vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-planned-escape-left-note-shooting-himself-678572 |access-date=1 May 2021 |work=Newsweek |date=5 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; The [[International Court of Justice]] rules that Chile is [[Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean|not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean]] with Bolivia.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/01/landlocked-bolivias-request-for-chile-to-grant-ocean-access-rejected-by-un|title=Landlocked Bolivia's request for Chile to discuss ocean access rejected by UN|date=2018-10-01|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-05-17|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516214421/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/01/landlocked-bolivias-request-for-chile-to-grant-ocean-access-rejected-by-un|archive-date=2019-05-16|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/world/europe/finland-stabbing.html|title=Finland School Stabbing Leaves 1 Dead and 10 Injured, Police Say|last1 = Fortin|first1 = Jacey|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=1 October 2019|accessdate=1 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; The [[Expo 2020|2020 World Expo]] in [[Dubai]] begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dubai Expo confirms new dates: 1 October 2021 until 31 March 2022 |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/expo-2020-dubai-dates-set-to-be-postponed |access-date=14 May 2020 |publisher=Khaleej Times |archive-date=4 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504180053/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/expo-2020-dubai-dates-set-to-be-postponed |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster|One hundred and thirty-five are killed]] in a [[human crush]] following a football match at [[Kanjuruhan Stadium]] in [[East Java]], Indonesia.<ref>{{cite news |author-first1=Vicki |author-first2=Resinta |author-last1=Febrianto |author-last2=S |editor-first=Sri |editor-last=Haryati |title=Death count in Kanjuruhan tragedy climbs to 135 |url=https://en.antaranews.com/news/256465/death-count-in-kanjuruhan-tragedy-climbs-to-135 |access-date=2023-08-22 |date=2022-10-24 |website=Antara News}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Israel]] [[2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon|invaded]] [[Southern Lebanon]], marking the fifth [[Israeli–Lebanese conflict|Israeli invasion of Lebanon]] since 1978.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Durgham |first1=Nader |last2=  Deeb |first2=Josephine|title=Israel's invasion of Lebanon: What is happening on the ground? |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-invasion-lebanon-what-happening-ground |website=Middle East Eye |date=17 October 2024}}</ref>

==Births==

===Pre-1600===
*[[86 BC]] &ndash; [[Sallust]], Roman historian (died 34 BC)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ronald Syme|title=Sallust|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79MPl3kMIV4C&pg=PA13|date= 2002|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-92910-4|pages=13}}</ref>
* [[208]] &ndash; [[Alexander Severus]], Roman emperor (died 235)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meijer |first1=Fik |title=Emperors Don't Die in Bed |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-38405-1 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uN_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA80}}</ref>
*[[1207]] &ndash; [[Henry III of England]] (died 1272)<ref>{{cite web |title=History – Henry III |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_iii_king.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1476]] &ndash; [[Guy XVI de Laval|Guy XVI]], Count of Laval (died 1531)
*[[1480]] &ndash; [[Saint Cajetan]], Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (died 1547)
*[[1507]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]], Italian architect who designed the [[Church of the Gesù]] (died 1573)
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Stafford]], English noble (died 1604)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Grynaeus]], Swiss pastor and theologian (died 1617)
*[[1542]] &ndash; [[Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira]], Spanish explorer (died 1595)
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Anne of Saint Bartholomew]], Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (died 1626)
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Leonardus Lessius]], Jesuit theologian (died 1623)

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem]], Dutch painter (died 1683)
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Luigi Guido Grandi]], Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (died 1742)
*[[1681]] &ndash; [[Giulia Lama]], Italian painter (died 1747)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gaze |first1=Delia |title=Concise Dictionary of Women Artists |date=2001 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-57958-335-4 |page=438 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4h7A0XIN14C&pg=PA438}}</ref>
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1740)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Arthur Onslow]], English lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (died 1768)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[William Shippen Sr.|William Shippen]], American physician and politician (died 1801)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley]], British parliamentarian (died 1781)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Cirri]], Italian cellist and composer (died 1808)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Anton Cajetan Adlgasser]], German organist and composer (died 1777)
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman)|Richard Stockton]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1781)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[William Thomas Beckford]], English author and politician (died 1844)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Anton Bernolák]], Slovak priest and linguist (died 1813)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Pierre Baillot]], French violinist and composer (died 1842)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Sergey Aksakov]], Russian soldier and author (died 1859)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Mary Anna Custis Lee]], American wife of [[Robert E. Lee]] (died 1873)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Caroline Harrison]], American educator, 24th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]] (died 1892)
*  1832 &ndash; [[Henry Clay Work]], American composer and songwriter (died 1884)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Ádám Politzer]], Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (died 1920)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[S. Subramania Iyer]], Indian lawyer and jurist (died 1924)
*  1842 &ndash; [[Charles Cros]], French poet and author (died 1888)
*  1846 &ndash; [[Nectarios of Aegina]], Greek metropolitan and saint (died 1920)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Annie Besant]], English-Indian activist and author (died 1933)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Paul Dukas]], French composer, scholar, and critic (died 1935)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Othmar Spann]], Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1950)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[William Boeing]], American engineer and businessman who founded the [[Boeing|Boeing Company]] (died 1956)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Louis Untermeyer]], American poet, anthologist, and critic (died 1977)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Ned Hanlon (politician)|Ned Hanlon]], Australian politician, 26th [[Premier of Queensland]] (died 1952)
*  1887 &ndash; [[Shizuichi Tanaka]], Japanese general (died 1945)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Stanley Holloway]], English actor (died 1982)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Cliff Friend]], American pianist and songwriter (died 1974)
*  1893 &ndash; [[Ip Man]], Chinese martial artist (died 1972)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Edgar Krahn]], Estonian mathematician and academic (died 1961)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (died 1951)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Ted Healy]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1937)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Ernest Haycox]], American author (died 1950)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Tom Goddard]], English cricketer (died 1966)
*1900 &ndash; [[Ashfaqulla Khan]], Indian activist (died 1927)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farukh |first=S. Waris |url=https://esamskriti.com/essays/pdf/13-SEPT-Unsung-hEROES-2.pdf |title=Unsung Heroes |publisher=Indus Soucebooks |year=2003 |isbn=978-81-88569-33-5 |volume=2 |pages=8–14}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Horowitz]], Russian-born American pianist and composer (died 1989)
*  1903 &ndash; [[Pierre Veyron]], French race car driver (died 1970)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Otto Robert Frisch]], Austrian-English physicist and academic (died 1979)
*  1904 &ndash; [[A. K. Gopalan]], Indian educator and politician (died 1977)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[S. D. Burman]], Indian composer and singer (died 1975)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Maurice Bardèche]], French journalist, author, and critic (died 1998)
*  1907 &ndash; [[Ödön Pártos]], Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (died 1977)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Herman David Koppel]], Danish pianist and composer (died 1998)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Sam Yorty]], American captain, politician, and 37th [[Mayor of Los Angeles]] (died 1998)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Fritz Köberle]], Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (died 1983)
*  1910 &ndash; [[José Enrique Moyal]], Australian physicist and engineer (died 1998)
*  1910 &ndash; [[Bonnie and Clyde|Bonnie Parker]], American criminal (died 1934)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 1: Zach Galifianakis, Randy Quaid |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/01/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-1-Zach-Galifianakis-Randy-Quaid/4591664582478/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Oct.,%2C%20Randy%20Quaid%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=29 September 2023 |date=1 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1910 &ndash; [[Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg]], Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2012)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Irwin Kostal]], American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (died 1994)
*  1911 &ndash; [[Heinrich Mark]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (died 2004)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Ollerenshaw]], English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, [[Lord Mayor of Manchester]] (died 2014)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Hélio Gracie]], Brazilian martial artist (died 2009)
*  1913 &ndash; [[Harry Lookofsky]], American violinist and producer (died 1998)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Daniel J. Boorstin]], American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th [[Librarian of Congress]] (died 2004)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Jerome Bruner]], American psychologist and author (died 2016)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Cahal Daly]], Irish cardinal and theologian (died 2009)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Bob Boyd (baseball)|Bob Boyd]], American baseball player (died 2004)
*  1919 &ndash; [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]], Indian poet and songwriter (died 2000)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[David Herbert Donald]], American historian and author (died 2009)
*  1920 &ndash; [[Walter Matthau]], American actor (died 2000)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[James Whitmore]], American actor (died 2009)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Chen-Ning Yang]], Chinese-American physicist, academic, and [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2025)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Carter]], American naval [[Lieutenant (navy)|lieutenant]], politician, 39th [[President of the United States]], and [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Suggs |first1=Ernie |last2=Quinn |first2=Christopher |title=Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-100-dies/3ODQTR5NHVDTDF2SXOU34MKNZM/ |website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |access-date=29 December 2024}}</ref>
*  1924 &ndash; [[Bob Geigel]], American wrestler and promoter (died 2014)
*  1924 &ndash; [[Leonie Kramer]], Australian academic (died 2016)
*  1924 &ndash; [[William Rehnquist]], American lawyer and jurist, 16th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (died 2005)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1924 &ndash; [[Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams]], American pianist (died 2011)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Tom Bosley]], American actor (died 2010)
*  1927 &ndash; [[Sherman Glenn Finesilver]], American lawyer and judge (died 2006)
*  1927 &ndash; [[Sandy Gall]], Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=July 3, 2025 |title=Sandy Gall, Reporter Who Covered a Half-Century of Wars, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/business/media/sandy-gall-dead.html |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]]|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Laurence Harvey]], Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (died 1973)<ref>{{cite book|author=Anne Sinai|title=Reach for the Top: The Turbulent Life of Laurence Harvey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq48PM14-vIC&pg=PA2|date=2007|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7076-6|pages=2}}</ref>
*  1928 &ndash; [[Willy Mairesse]], Belgian race car driver (died 1969)
*  1928 &ndash; [[George Peppard]], American actor (died 1994)
*  1928 &ndash; [[Sivaji Ganesan]], Indian actor (died 2001)<ref name="TNN">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Sivaji-Ganesans-birth-anniversary/articleshow/23338524.cms |title=Sivaji Ganesan's birth anniversary |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=15 January 2017 |access-date=20 May 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518204957/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Sivaji-Ganesans-birth-anniversary/articleshow/23338524.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1928 &ndash; [[Zhu Rongji]], Chinese engineer and politician, 5th [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]]
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Ken Arthurson]], Australian rugby player and coach
*  1929 &ndash; [[Grady Chapman]], American singer (died 2011)
*  1929 &ndash; [[Bonnie Owens]], American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Frank Gardner (racing driver)|Frank Gardner]], Australian race car driver and manager (died 2009)
*  1930 &ndash; [[Richard Harris]], Irish actor (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2361801.stm |title=Entertainment Obituary: Richard Harris |work=BBC News |date=25 October 2002 |access-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
*  1930 &ndash; [[Naimatullah Khan]], Pakistani lawyer and politician, [[Mayor of Karachi]] (died 2020)
*  1930 &ndash; [[Philippe Noiret]], French actor (died 2006)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Sylvano Bussotti]], Italian violinist and composer (died 2021)
*  1931 &ndash; [[Anwar Shamim]], Pakistani general (died 2013)
*  1931 &ndash; [[Alan Wagner]], American radio host and critic (died 2007)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Albert Collins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Emilio Botín]], Spanish banker and businessman (died 2014)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Julie Andrews]], English actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Julie Andrews {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julie-Andrews |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1935 &ndash; [[Walter De Maria]], American sculptor and drummer (died 2013)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Duncan Edwards]], English footballer (died 1958)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Saeed Ahmed (cricketer, born 1937)|Saeed Ahmed]], Pakistani cricketer (died 2024)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Tunç Başaran]], Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
*  1938 &ndash; [[Mary McFadden]], American fashion designer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Louie |first=Elaine |date=September 14, 2024 |title=Mary McFadden, Celebrated Designer of Shimmering Dresses, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/fashion/mary-mcfadden-dead.html |access-date=September 15, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*  1938 &ndash; [[Stella Stevens]], American actress and director (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=February 17, 2023 |title=Stella Stevens, who brought glamour and comic touch to films, dies at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/17/stella-stevens-actress-dead/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[George Archer]], American golfer (died 2005)
*  1939 &ndash; [[Geoffrey Whitehead]], English actor
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Phyllis Chesler]], American feminist psychologist
*  1940 &ndash; [[Steve O'Rourke]], English race car driver and manager (died 2003)
*  1940 &ndash; [[Marc Savoy]], American accordion player, created the [[Cajun accordion]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Peaches & Herb|Herb Fame]], American R&B singer
*  1942 &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Jabouille]], French race car driver and engineer (died 2023)
*  1942 &ndash; [[Bob Lanigan]], Australian rugby league player (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bob-lanigan/summary.html|title=Bob Lanigan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref>
*  1942 &ndash; [[Robert Lelièvre]], French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)
*  1942 &ndash; [[David Stancliffe]], English bishop and scholar
*  1942 &ndash; [[Günter Wallraff]], German journalist and author
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Annaud]], French director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1943 &ndash; [[Angèle Arsenault]], Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
*  1943 &ndash; [[Jerry Martini]], American saxophonist<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1943 &ndash; [[Robert Slater]], American author and journalist (died 2014)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rod Carew]], Panamanian-American baseball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Rod Carew Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/rod-carew-111986 |website=MLB.com |access-date=19 July 2020 }}</ref>
*  1945 &ndash; [[Donny Hathaway]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1979)
*  1945 &ndash; [[Ram Nath Kovind]], 14th [[President of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The President of India |url=https://presidentofindia.nic.in/profile.htm |website=presidentofindia.gov.in |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]], English bassist, composer, and bandleader<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1946 &ndash; [[Tim O'Brien (author)|Tim O'Brien]], American novelist and short story writer<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Dave Arneson]], American game designer, co-created ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (died 2009)
*  1947 &ndash; [[Dalveer Bhandari]], Indian lawyer and judge
*  1947 &ndash; [[Buzz Capra]], American baseball player and coach
*  1947 &ndash; [[Aaron Ciechanover]], Israeli biologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1947 &ndash; [[Stephen Collins]], American actor and director<ref name="UPI" />
*  1947 &ndash; [[Nevill Drury]], English-Australian journalist and publisher (died 2013)
*  1947 &ndash; [[Adriano Tilgher (politician)|Adriano Tilgher]], Italian politician
*  1947 &ndash; [[Martin Turner]], English singer-songwriter and bass player 
*  1947 &ndash; [[Mariska Veres]], Dutch singer (died 2006)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Cub Koda]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Isaac Bonewits]], American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (died 2010)
*  1949 &ndash; [[Sheila Gilmore]], Scottish lawyer and politician
*  1949 &ndash; [[André Rieu]], Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Elpida (singer)|Elpida]], Greek singer-songwriter
*  1950 &ndash; [[Yvette Freeman]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1950 &ndash; [[Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield]], English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
*  1950 &ndash; [[Mark Helias]], American bassist and composer
*  1950 &ndash; [[Sigbjørn Johnsen]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Finance (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Finance]]
*  1950 &ndash; [[Boris Morukov]], Russian physician and astronaut (died 2015)
*  1950 &ndash; [[Randy Quaid]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Brian Greenway]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Jacques Martin (ice hockey)|Jacques Martin]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
*  1952 &ndash; [[Bob Myrick]], American baseball player (died 2012)
*  1952 &ndash; [[Ivan Sekyra]], Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
*  1952 &ndash; [[Earl Slick]], American rock guitarist and songwriter
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Pete Falcone]], American baseball player
*  1953 &ndash; [[Viljar Loor]], Estonian volleyball player (died 2011)
*  1953 &ndash; [[Miguel Lopez (soccer, born 1953)|Miguel Lopez]], Salvadorian-American soccer player
*  1953 &ndash; [[Grete Waitz]], Norwegian runner and coach (died 2011)
*  1953 &ndash; [[Klaus Wowereit]], German civil servant and politician, [[Governing Mayor of Berlin]]<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Time Magazine))|title=Time: Almanac 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vtdkOrxEm4C|date= 2008|publisher=Time Home Entertainment, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-60320-042-4|page=75}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Howard Hewett]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1955 &ndash; [[Morten Gunnar Larsen]], Norwegian pianist and composer<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Morten Gunnar Larsen Extended Biography |language=no |last=Stendahl |first=Bjørn |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Morten_Gunnar_Larsen/utdypning |encyclopedia=[[Norsk Biografisk Leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>
*  1955 &ndash; [[Jeff Reardon]], American baseball player
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Andrus Ansip]], Estonian engineer and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]]
*  1956 &ndash; [[Theresa May]], English politician, former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA491|date=2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=491}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Kang Seok-woo]], South Korean actor
*  1957 &ndash; [[Éva Tardos]], Hungarian mathematician and educator
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Martin Cooper (musician)|Martin Cooper]], English saxophonist, composer, and painter 
*  1958 &ndash; [[Masato Nakamura]], Japanese bass player and producer 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Mark Aizlewood]], Welsh footballer and manager
*  1959 &ndash; [[Brian P. Cleary]], American author and poet
*  1959 &ndash; [[Youssou N'Dour]], Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Joshua Wurman]], American scientist, [[Doppler on Wheels]] inventor, and storm chaser
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Gary Ablett Sr.]], Australian footballer
*  1961 &ndash; [[Rico Constantino]], American wrestler and manager
*  1961 &ndash; [[Corrie van Zyl]], South African cricketer and coach
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Attaphol Buspakom]], Thai footballer and manager (died 2015)
*  1962 &ndash; [[Nico Claesen]], Belgian footballer and coach
*  1962 &ndash; [[Esai Morales]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 1, 2022 includes celebrities Julie Andrews, Brie Larson |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-1-2022-includes-celebrities-julie-andrews-brie-larson.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=29 September 2023 |date=1 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1962 &ndash; [[Paul Walsh]], English footballer and sportscaster
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Jean-Denis Delétraz]], Swiss race car driver
*  1963 &ndash; [[Mark McGwire]], American baseball player and coach<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Harry Hill]], English comedian and author
*  1964 &ndash; [[Max Matsuura]], Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
*  1964 &ndash; [[Jonathan Sarfati]], Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Andreas Keller]], German field hockey player
*  1965 &ndash; [[Cindy Margolis]], American actress and model<ref name="AP" />
*  1965 &ndash; [[Mia Mottley]], Barbadian prime minister
*  1965 &ndash; [[Chris Reason]], Australian journalist
*  1965 &ndash; [[Cliff Ronning]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[George Weah]], Liberian footballer and politician, 25th [[President of Liberia]]
*  1966 &ndash; [[José Ángel Ziganda]], Spanish footballer and manager
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Mike Pringle (Canadian football)|Mike Pringle]], American-Canadian football player
*  1967 &ndash; [[Scott Young (ice hockey, born 1967)|Scott Young]], American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Rob Collard]], English race car driver
*  1968 &ndash; [[Phil de Glanville]], English rugby player
*  1968 &ndash; [[Mark Durden-Smith]], British television presenter
*  1968 &ndash; [[Kevin Griffin]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1968 &ndash; [[Jon Guenther]], American author and engineer
*  1968 &ndash; [[Jay Underwood]], American actor and pastor
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Zach Galifianakis]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1969 &ndash; [[Joseph Patrick Moore]], American musician, composer, and producer
*  1969 &ndash; [[Ori Kaplan]], Israeli-American saxophonist and producer 
*  1969 &ndash; [[Marcus Stephen]], Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th [[President of Nauru]]
*  1969 &ndash; [[Igor Ulanov]], Russian ice hockey player
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Simon Davey]], Welsh footballer and manager
*  1970 &ndash; [[Alexei Zhamnov]], Russian ice hockey player and manager
*  [[1971]] &ndash; [[Andrew O'Keefe]], Australian lawyer and television host
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ronen Altman Kaydar]], Israeli author and poet
*  1972 &ndash; [[Nicky Morgan]], British politician
*  1972 &ndash; [[Ayşe Yiğit]], Belgian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Ayse Yigit |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07672&lactivity=56 |publisher=[[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] |access-date=5 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Christian Borle]], American actor and singer
*  1973 &ndash; [[Jana Henke]], German swimmer
*  1973 &ndash; [[John Mackey (composer)|John Mackey]], American composer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Keith Duffy]], Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor 
*  1974 &ndash; [[Sherri Saum]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Justin Leppitsch]], Australian rules footballer
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Denis Gauthier]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1976 &ndash; [[Ümit Karan]], Turkish footballer
*  1976 &ndash; [[Richard Oakes (guitarist)|Richard Oakes]], English guitarist and songwriter 
*  1976 &ndash; [[Mark Švets]], Estonian footballer
*  [[1978]] &ndash; [[Nicole Atkins]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Curtis Axel]], American wrestler
*  1979 &ndash; [[Rudi Johnson]], American football player (died 2025)<ref>{{cite web | title=Rudi Johnson, former Cincinnati Bengals Pro Bowl running back, dies, apparently by suicide, at 45 | website=[[NBC News]] | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rudi-johnson-former-cincinnati-bengals-bowl-running-back-dies-45-rcna233207 }}</ref>
*  1979 &ndash; [[Gilberto Martínez]], Costa Rican footballer
*  1979 &ndash; [[Ryan Pontbriand]], American football player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Sarah Drew]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1980 &ndash; [[Antonio Narciso]], Italian footballer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Júlio Baptista]], Brazilian footballer
*  1981 &ndash; [[Tom Donnelly (rugby union)|Tom Donnelly]], New Zealand rugby player
*  1981 &ndash; [[Johnny Oduya]], Swedish ice hockey player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Abdelwahab]], Egyptian footballer (died 2006)
*  1983 &ndash; [[Mirko Vučinić]], Montenegrin footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Beck Bennett]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
*  1984 &ndash; [[Matt Cain]], American baseball player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Nazimuddin Ahmed]], Bangladeshi cricketer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Sayaka Kanda]], Japanese actress and singer (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://usdaynews.com/celebrities/celebrity-death/sayaka-kanda-death-cause/ |title=Voice Actress From Frozen Sayaka Kanda's Cause of Sudden Death |website=US day News |date=18 December 2021 |access-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219140716/https://usdaynews.com/celebrities/celebrity-death/sayaka-kanda-death-cause/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1986 &ndash; [[Jurnee Smollett]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Hiroki Aiba]], Japanese actor and singer
*  1987 &ndash; [[Mitchell Aubusson]], Australian rugby league player
*  1987 &ndash; [[Matthew Daddario]], American actor<ref name="UPI" />
*  1987 &ndash; [[Gibran Rakabuming Raka]], Indonesian businessman and politician, 14th [[Vice President of Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Setuningsih |first=Novianti |date=20 October 2024 |title=Profil Gibran Rakabuming Raka, dari Walikota Solo Termuda Menjadi Wapres RI |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2024/10/20/10330941/profil-gibran-rakabuming-raka-dari-walikota-solo-termuda-menjadi-wapres-ri?page=all |access-date=24 October 2024 |website=Kompas.com |publisher=KG Media |language=id}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Brie Larson]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/brie-larson-011316 |title=Brie Larson |work=[[Biography.com]] |access-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180719113730/https://www.biography.com/people/brie-larson-011316|archive-date= July 19, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pedro Filipe Mendes]], Portuguese footballer
*  1990 &ndash; [[Albert Prosa]], Estonian footballer
*  [[1991]] &ndash; [[Robbie Ray]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robbie Ray |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/robbie-ray-592662 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Xander Bogaerts]], Aruban baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/31606|title=Xander Bogaerts Stats|website=ESPN|access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Chris Green (cricketer)|Chris Green]], South African-Australian cricketer<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/787073.html |title=Chris Green |access-date=19 December 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[Lizaad Williams]], South African cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lizaad Williams profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/lizaad-williams-379887|access-date=2021-07-28|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Trézéguet (Egyptian footballer)|Trézéguet]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Trézéguet |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/16087/Tr%C3%A9z%C3%A9guet/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jade Bird]], English singer, songwriter, and musician<ref name="AP" />
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Daniel Gafford]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Gafford |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629655/daniel-gafford |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1998 &ndash; [[Haumole Olakau'atu]], Australian-Tongan rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/haumole-olakau--atu/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Kalle Rovanperä]], Finnish professional [[rally driver]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/athlete/kalle-rovanpera|title=Kalle Rovanperä|work=[[Red Bull GmbH]]|access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Luna Blaise]], American actress and singer<ref name="UPI" />
*  2001 &ndash; [[Mason Greenwood]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/25266/Mason-Greenwood/overview|title=Mason Greenwood|website=Premier League|access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Livvy Dunne]], American gymnast and social media personality<ref>{{cite web |title=Olivia Dunne - LSU Athletics |url=https://lsusports.net/sports/gm/roster/player/olivia-dunne/ |website=lsusports.net |date=5 June 2020 |access-date=September 29, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Priah Ferguson]], American actress<ref name="AP" />

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[630]] &ndash; [[Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk']], Mayan king 
* [[686]] &ndash; [[Emperor Tenmu]] of Japan (born 631)
* [[804]] &ndash; [[Richbod]], archbishop of Trier
* [[895]] &ndash; [[Kong Wei]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty
* [[918]] &ndash; [[Empress Zhou (Former Shu)|Zhou]], empress of [[Former Shu]]
* [[959]] &ndash; [[Eadwig]], English king (born 941)
* [[961]] &ndash; [[Artald of Reims|Artald]], archbishop of Reims
*[[1040]] &ndash; [[Alan III, Duke of Brittany]] (born 997)
*[[1126]] &ndash; [[Morphia of Melitene]], Queen of Jerusalem
*[[1310]] &ndash; [[Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon]] (born 1257)
*[[1404]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface IX]] (born 1356)
*[[1416]] &ndash; [[Yaqub Spata]], Albanian ruler 
*[[1450]] &ndash; [[Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara]], Italian noble (born 1407)
*[[1499]] &ndash; [[Marsilio Ficino]], Italian astrologer and philosopher (born 1433)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[John Alcock (bishop)|John Alcock]], English bishop and politician (born 1430)
*[[1532]] &ndash; [[Jan Mabuse]], Flemish painter
*[[1567]] &ndash; [[Pietro Carnesecchi]], Italian humanist (born 1508)
*[[1570]] &ndash; [[Frans Floris]], Flemish painter (born 1520)
*[[1574]] &ndash; [[Maarten van Heemskerck]], Dutch painter (born 1498)
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[John of Austria]] (born 1547)
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[Edward James (martyr)|Edward James]], English priest and martyr (born 1557)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Hernando de Cabezón]], Spanish organist and composer (born 1541)
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Giammateo Asola]], Italian priest and composer (born 1532)
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Jan Asselijn]], Dutch painter (born 1610)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[John Hull (merchant)|John Hull]], colonial American merchant and politician (born 1624)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/43585298.pdf|jstor=43585298|title=John Hull, the Coiner of the Pine Tree Shillings|author1=R. R. R.|journal=American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society|year=1893|volume=27|issue=3|pages=49–54}}</ref>
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Pierre Corneille]], French playwright (born 1606)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Corner]], Venetian statesman and military commander (born 1632)<ref>{{DBI | last = Derosas | first = Renzo | title = Corner, Girolamo | volume = 29 | url = https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-corner_res-479d0835-87eb-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[1693]] &ndash; [[Pedro Abarca]], Spanish theologian and academic (born 1619)
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[John Blow]], English organist and composer (born 1649)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Robert Simson]], Scottish mathematician and academic (born 1687)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[William Brodie]], Scottish businessman and politician (born 1741)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[James Bunbury White]], American politician (born 1774)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wwaytv3.com/cape_fear_pride_whiteville_founder_james_b_white-03-2009|title=Cape Fear Pride Whiteville: Founder James B. White|date=March 5, 2009|website=[[WWAY]]3}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Robert Clark (U.S. politician)|Robert Clark]], American politician (born 1777)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Charles Tennant]], Scottish chemist and businessman (born 1768)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Rose O'Neal Greenhow]], American spy (born 1817)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Mindon Min]], Burmese king (born 1808)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[John Light Atlee]], American physician and surgeon (born 1799)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Eli Whitney Blake, Jr.]], American chemist, physicist, and academic (born 1836)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary Record. Eli Whitney Blake |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/02/106081139.pdf |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 2, 1895 |access-date=2021-01-10|language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Abdur Rahman Khan]], Afghan emir (born 1844)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Eugene O'Keefe]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1827)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Antoine Bourdelle]], French sculptor and painter (born 1861)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Chiungtze C. Tsen]], Chinese mathematician (born 1898)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Ants Piip]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1884)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Faik Ali Ozansoy]], Turkish poet, educator, and politician (born 1876)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Peter McWilliam]], Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1878)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[John Marin]], American painter (born 1870)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Charles Christie]], American film producer who founded [[Christie Film Company]] (born 1880)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Abdülhalik Renda]], Turkish civil servant, politician, and sixth Turkish Minister of National Defence (born 1881)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Robert Falk]], Russian painter and educator (born 1886)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Enrico De Nicola]], Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (born 1877)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Bemelmans]], Italian-American author and illustrator (born 1898)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Romano Guardini]], Italian-German Catholic priest, author, and academic (born 1885)<ref name=Smith>[http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/romano-guardini-beloved-theologian-of-two-popes-and-potential-saint Smith, Nicholas Wolfram. "Romano Guardini, Beloved Theologian of Two Popes – and Potential Saint", ''National Catholic Register'', December 15, 2017]</ref> 
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Raúl Riganti]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1893)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Louis Leakey]], Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (born 1903)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Spyridon Marinatos]], Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1901)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Al Jackson, Jr.]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1935)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Walter Alston]], American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Ninian Sanderson]], Scottish race car driver (born 1925)
*  1985 &ndash; [[E. B. White]], American essayist and journalist (born 1899)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Archie League]], American air traffic controller (born 1907)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sacheverell Sitwell]], English author, poet, and critic (born 1897)<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_j4oAQAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=University Microfilms|page=1088}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Curtis LeMay]], American general (born 1906)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Petra Kelly]], German activist and politician (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/what-killed-petra-kelly-they-had-been-heroes-of-our-time-she-was-like-a-modern-joan-of-arc-his-1559264.html|title=What killed Petra Kelly?|last=Hilton|first=Isabel|date=23 October 1992|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204044146/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/what-killed-petra-kelly-they-had-been-heroes-of-our-time-she-was-like-a-modern-joan-of-arc-his-1559264.html|archive-date=4 December 2015|url-status=live|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Paul Lorenzen]], German mathematician and philosopher (born 1915)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jerome H. Lemelson]], American engineer and philanthropist (born 1923)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Walter Annenberg]], American publisher and diplomat (born 1908)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Richard Avedon]], American photographer (born 1923)
*  2004 &ndash; [[Bruce Palmer]], Canadian bass player (born 1946)
*  2004 &ndash; [[Robert Vaidlo]], Estonian journalist and author (born 1921)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Fawaz al-Rabeiee]], Saudi Arabian terrorist (born 1979)
*  2006 &ndash; [[Jerald Tanner]], American author and activist (born 1938)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Hazlehurst]], English conductor and composer (born 1928)
*  2007 &ndash; [[Chris Mainwaring]], Australian footballer and journalist (born 1965)
*  2007 &ndash; [[Al Oerter]], American discus thrower (born 1936)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[John Biddle (yachting cinematographer)|John Biddle]], American cinematographer (born 1925)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Cintio Vitier]], Cuban poet and author (born 1921)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Ian Buxton]], English footballer and cricketer (born 1938)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Sven Tumba]], Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (born 1931)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Octavio Getino]], Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1935)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Eric Hobsbawm]], Egyptian-English historian and author (born 1917)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Mark R. Kravitz]], American lawyer and judge (born 1950)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Moshe Sanbar]], Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (born 1926)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Shlomo Venezia]], Greek-Italian [[Holocaust]] survivor and author (born 1923)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Arnold Burns]], American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1930)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Tom Clancy]], American author (born 1947)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Duke |first1=Alan |title=Author Tom Clancy, master of the modern-day thriller, dead at 66 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/us/tom-clancy-obit/index.html |access-date=19 July 2020 |work=CNN |date=3 October 2013}}</ref>
*  2013 &ndash; [[Imero Fiorentino]], American lighting designer (born 1928)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Israel Gutman]], Polish-Israeli historian and author (born 1923)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Ole Danbolt Mjøs]], Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (born 1939)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Jim Rountree]], American football player and coach (born 1936)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Lynsey de Paul]], English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1948)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul dies after brain haemorrhage aged 64|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/singer-songwriter-lynsey-de-paul-dies-after-brain-haemorrhage-aged-64-m5ztv2b0ql9 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=2 October 2014 |access-date= 2 October 2014}}</ref>
*  2014 &ndash; [[Shlomo Lahat]], Israeli general and politician (born 1927)
*  2014 &ndash; [[José Martínez (infielder)|José Martínez]], Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1942)
*  2014 &ndash; [[Robert Serra]], Venezuelan criminologist and politician (born 1987)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Božo Bakota]], Croatian footballer (born 1950)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Don Edwards]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1915)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Hadi Norouzi]], Iranian footballer (born 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.persianleague.com/the-news/1-latest-news/9796-persepolis-captain-hadi-norouzi-passes-away.html|title=Persepolis captain Hadi Norouzi passes away|work=persianleague.com|date=October 2015 |access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Jacob Pressman]], American rabbi and academic, co-founder of American Jewish University (born 1919)<ref>{{cite news |last=Berenbaum |first=Michael |date=October 1, 2015 |title=Rabbi Jacob Pressman, spiritual leader of Temple Beth Am, dies at 95|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/obituaries/article/rabbi_jacob_pressman_spiritual_leader_of_temple_beth_am_dies_at_95 |newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=October 2, 2015 }}</ref>
*  2017 &ndash; [[Stephen Paddock]], American mass murderer (born 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=January 31 |first=Colton Lochhead / Las Vegas Review-Journal |last2=Pm |first2=2018-1:05 |date=2018-01-31 |title=Las Vegas police clear up details about gunman’s Oct. 1 death |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/las-vegas-police-clear-up-details-about-gunmans-oct-1-death/ |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Dave Strader]], American sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-stars-mourn-passing-of-dave-strader/c-291498308 |title=Dallas Stars mourn the passing of Dave Strader |website=Dallas Stars |date=October 2017 |access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref> (born 1955)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Charles Aznavour]], French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/obituaries/charles-aznavour-dead.html |title=Charles Aznavour, 94, Enduring French Singer of Global Fame, Dies |work=The New York Times |date=1 October 2018 |access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Karel Gott]], Сzeсh singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://denikn.cz/minuta/206887/ |title=Ve věku 80 let zemřel v úterý krátce před půlnocí zpěvák Karel Gott |date=2 October 2019 |website=Deník N}}</ref> (born 1939)
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Antonio Inoki]], Japanese professional wrestler and politician (born 1943)<ref>[https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/24b35ddcbefd2e240aca03cbf969209e43037f4d アントニオ猪木さん死去　79歳] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001024154/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/24b35ddcbefd2e240aca03cbf969209e43037f4d |date=2022-10-01 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Tim Wakefield]], American professional baseball player (born 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Almasy |first=Kevin Dotson,Steve |date=2023-10-01 |title=Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and 2-time World Series champion Tim Wakefield dies at age 57 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/sport/mlb-tim-wakefield-dies-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=CNN}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Michael Ancram]], English lawyer and politician (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=Tory stalwart Michael Ancram dies aged 79 after short illness |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24623275.tory-stalwart-michael-ancram-dies-aged-79-short-illness/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The Herald}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Jane Goodall]], English primatologist (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-01 |title=Jane Goodall, famed primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/jane-goodall-famed-primatologist-anthropologist-conservationist-dead-91/story?id=109868347 |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=ABC News}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Armed Forces Day (South Korea)]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Choi |first=Eun-nam |date=1 October 2025 |title=The Korea Post |url=https://www.koreapost.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=46312}}</ref>
*Beginning of the United States' [[Fiscal year|Fiscal Year]]
*[[Children's Day]] ([[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Sri Lanka]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Abai (martyr)|Abai]] ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]])
**[[Bavo of Ghent]]
**[[Edward James (martyr)|Blessed Edward James]]
**[[Nicetius]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]])
**[[Saint Remigius|Remigius]]
**[[Thérèse of Lisieux]]
**[[Intercession of the Theotokos|Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos]] ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]])
**[[October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Day of Prosecutors]] ([[Azerbaijan]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan |url=https://genprosecutor.gov.az/en/page/prokurorluq/azerbaycan-prokurorlugu/tarix}}</ref>
*[[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Ground Forces Day]] ([[Russia]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 October 2025 |title=October 1 is the Day of the Russian Ground Forces |url=https://en.iz.ru/en/1964251/2025-10-01/october-1-day-russian-ground-forces-history-traditions-congratulations |work=Izvestia}}</ref>
*[[Independence Day (Cyprus)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Cyprus]] from United Kingdom in 1960.
*[[Independence Day (Nigeria)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Nigeria]] from United Kingdom in 1960.
*[[Independence Day (Palau)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Palau]] from UN trust territory status in 1994.
*[[Independence Day (Tuvalu)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Tuvalu]] from United Kingdom in 1978.
*[[International Coffee Day]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Day of Coffee |url=https://www.internationalcoffeeday.org/}}</ref>
*[[International Day of Older Persons]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Lincolnshire Day]] ([[United Kingdom]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Happy Lincolnshire Day to everyone across North East Lincolnshire! |url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/today-lincolnshire-day-what-should-4565135 |website=GrimsbyLive |access-date=24 November 2020 |date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[National Day of the People's Republic of China]] ([[People's Republic of China]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Day-Chinese-holiday}}</ref>
*[[Pancasila Sanctity Day]] ([[Indonesia]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 1, 2025 |title=Prabowo leads first Pancasila Day ceremony as President |url=https://en.antaranews.com/news/383501/prabowo-leads-first-pancasila-day-ceremony-as-president}}</ref>
*[[Tampere Day]] ([[Finland]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampere.fi/en/city-of-tampere/info/tampere-day.html|title=Tampere Day|date=Sep 20, 2016|website=www.tampere.fi}}</ref>
*[[Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 October 2025 |title=Uzbek Leader Calls Teaching "Greatest and Most Noble Mission" on Teachers Day |url=https://caspianpost.com/uzbekistan/uzbek-leader-calls-teaching-greatest-and-most-noble-mission-on-teachers-day |work=The Caspian Post}}</ref>
*[[Unification Day (Cameroon)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AnydayGuide |url=https://anydayguide.com/calendar/2565}}</ref>
*[[Defender of Ukraine Day]] ([[Ukraine]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=Parliament changes dates of Christmas, Statehood Day, Day of Defenders |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3735767-parliament-changes-dates-of-three-holidays-christmas-statehood-day-day-of-defenders-of-ukraine.html |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=[[Ukrinform]]}}</ref>

==References==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=01}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/1 |title=Historical Events on October 1 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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