Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 1
This is a list of selected October 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Before doing so, please review the selected anniversaries guidelines. If your suggestion is potentially controversial or relates to a day currently or soon to appear on the Main Page, post it on the talk page instead.
Please note:
- Events listed on the Main Page are selected based on article quality and to provide a diverse range of topics, rather than solely on the importance or significance of the events.
- Only four or five events are featured each day; therefore, not all important or significant events can be included.
- An event is generally excluded if it is already the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error in content currently on the Main Page, see Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. If a listed event is inaccurate, please first seek consensus and update the corresponding article before making changes here.
Staging area
Images
Use only ONE image at a time
-
Francisco Franco -
US Defense Intelligence Agency seal -
Seal of Stanford University -
Shinkansen 0 series 6-car trainset -
Stephen F. Austin, president of the Convention of 1832 -
-
St Pancras railway station -
Gardiner Greene Hubbard -
Mao Zedong proclaiming the foundation of the People's Republic of China
.jpg)
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Cyprus (1960), Palau (1994), and | Cyprus: date not cited; Palau: refimprove section |
| Feast day of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Catholicism); | refimprove sections, external links |
| 331 BC – Alexander the Great of Macedon defeated Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, and was subsequently crowned "King of Asia" in a ceremony in Arbela. | unreferenced section |
| 1850 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, was established. | Too much uncited |
| 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic was published for the cost of fifty cents (USD), with an introductory address by the President of the magazine, Gardiner Greene Hubbard (pictured). | Date not cited |
| 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business, currently the largest university focusing on business and economics in Europe, was founded as k.u.k. Exportakademie. | refimprove |
| 1903 – The first modern World Series, the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, opened. | refimprove section |
| 1910 – A large bomb destroyed the Los Angeles Times building in Los Angeles, killing 21 people. | Not cited in article |
| 1936 – Francisco Franco was declared Generalísimo and head of state during the Spanish Civil War. | refimprove section |
| 1940 – The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, one of the first long-distance limited-access highways in the U.S., opened to traffic. | "Too long" yellow banner |
| 1958 – NASA began operations, replacing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). | WP:CLOP concerns in 2024 GAN |
| 1961 – Canada's first private television network, CTV, launched. | refimprove |
| 1962 – Amid violent riots, James Meredith became the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi after the intervention of the U.S. government. | Referencing issues |
| 1964 – The Tokaido Shinkansen, the first Shinkansen line of high-speed railways in Japan, opened for service. | Referencing issues |
| 1971 – Walt Disney World, the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, opened near Orlando, Florida. | refimprove section |
| 1971 – The first X-ray computed tomography scan, invented by Godfrey Hounsfield, was performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, England. | unreferenced section |
| 1991 – New Zealand's Resource Management Act came into effect, regulating access to natural and physical resources such as land, air and water, to ensure their sustainable use. | unreferenced section |
| 2005 – A series of terrorist suicide bombings occurred at two sites in Bali, Indonesia, killing 20 people and injuring more than 120 others. | cn tags, refimprove |
| 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which acquired the judicial functions of the House of Lords, began work. | cleanup, refimprove section |
| Nectarios of Aegina |b|1846| | excessive unreferenced material |
| Ram Nath Kovind |b|1945| | Orange "additional sources" needed |
| Ahmad Yani |d|1965| | Too much uncited |
Eligible
- 1800 – With the signing of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France in return for territories in the Italian region of Tuscany.
- 1868 – St Pancras railway station (pictured) in London, now the terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, opened to the public.
- 1975 – In boxing, Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in a match known as the "Thrilla in Manila".
- 1989 – Civil unions between same-sex couples were legalised in Denmark, the first country to do so.
- 2018 – The International Court of Justice ruled that Chile was under no obligation to restore Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean, which it had lost in the 19th century.
- 959 – Edgar acceded to the English throne upon the death of his brother Eadwig.
- 1386 – The Wonderful Parliament met at Westminster Abbey to address King Richard II's need for money, but soon changed focus to the reform of his administration.
- 1832 – The first political gathering of colonists (president pictured) in Mexican Texas convened to seek reforms from the Mexican government.
- 1890 – At the encouragement of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the U.S. Congress established Yosemite National Park in California.
- 1918 – First World War: British and Arab troops captured Damascus from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1949 – Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong publicly proclaimed (pictured) the establishment of the People's Republic of China in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
- 1964 – The Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California, Berkeley, when a crowd of 3,000 students prevented police from transporting Jack Weinberg away after his arrest.
- 1965 – Seven Indonesian National Armed Forces officers, six of them generals, were murdered at dawn by a rebellious force in Jakarta; the Army then blamed the Communist Party, leading to a mass anti-communist purge that killed up to one million people.
- 1990 – Fifty Rwandan Patriotic Front rebels deserted their Ugandan Army posts and crossed the border from Uganda into Rwanda, marking the start of the Rwandan Civil War.
- 1994 – A tribunal was established to consider matters relating to the constitution of Singapore upon referral by the president.
- 1998 – Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency, was formed with the ratification of the Europol Convention by all member states.
- 2003 – A levy was imposed on the hiring of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands at the time.
- 2012 – A ferry collision off Lamma Island, Hong Kong, killed 39 people and injured 92 others.
- 2017 – A lone gunman fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his hotel suite on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, resulting in 60 deaths and 867 injuries.
- Born/died: | Kong Wei |d|895| Morphia of Melitene |d.or|1126; 1127| Henry III of England |b|1207| Frans Floris |d|1570| Caroline Harrison |b|1832| Rose O'Neal Greenhow |d|1864| Helen Mayo |b|1878| Eli Whitney Blake Jr. |d|1895| Jimmy Carter |b|1924| Nani Alapai |d|1928| Zhu Rongji |b|1928| Julie Andrews |b|1935| Rod Carew |b|1945| Randy Quaid |b|1950| Malouma |b|1960| Nasir al-Wuhayshi |b|1976| Gibran Rakabuming Raka|b|1987| Lionel Ainsworth |b|1987| Brie Larson |b|1989|
Pope Boniface IX |d|1404| Stanley Holloway |b|1890| Faik Ali Ozansoy |d|1950| Lucy Li |b|2002|
Notes
- Flag of China appears on September 27 for 2025, so China should not appear in the same year
October 1: National Day in China (1949); Independence Day in Nigeria (1960); Unification Day in Cameroon (1961); Independence Day in Tuvalu (1978); Defenders Day in Ukraine (2015)
Aerial view of Stanford University
- 1891 – Stanford University (pictured), founded by railroad magnate and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane in Palo Alto, California, admitted its first students.
- 1906 – A deputation of Muslim leaders led by the Aga Khan III met Indian viceroy Lord Minto to secure greater political representation, eventually leading to the founding of the All-India Muslim League.
- 1946 – Mensa, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world, was formed in the United Kingdom.
- 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: Yugoslav People's Army forces invaded the area surrounding Dubrovnik, Croatia, beginning a seven-month siege of the city.
- 2022 – After losing a league home match to local rivals Persebaya Surabaya, some 3,000 Arema supporters invaded the stadium's pitch and met with police resistance, causing a stampede that killed 135.
- Severus Alexander (b. 208)
- Yaqub Spata (d. 1416)
- Duncan Edwards (b. 1936)
- Jane Goodall (d. 2025)
More anniversaries: