October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). There are 91 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1207 - Henry III of England
- 1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer
- 1881 - William Boeing[?], engineer
- 1885 - Louis Untermeyer[?], author (+ 1977)
- 1876 - Huynh Thuc Khang[?], Vietnamese politician
- 1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist (+ 1989)
- 1904 - Otto Robert Frisch[?], Austrian physicist
- 1909 - Sam Yorty[?], former mayor of Los Angeles, California (+ 1998)
- 1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (+ 1934)
- 1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (+ 2000)
- 1921 - James Whitmore, actor
- 1924 - Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States
- 1924 - William H. Rehnquiest[?], Chief Justice of the United States
- 1926 - Roger Williams[?], pianist
- 1927 - Tom Bosley[?], actor
- 1928 - George Peppard, American actor (+ 1994)
- 1928 - Laurence Harvey, actor (+ 1973)
- 1930 - Sir Richard Harris, actor
- 1935 - Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
- 1936 - Stella Stevens, actress
- 1946 - Tom O'Brien[?], American author
- 1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author
- 1950 - Randy Quaid[?], actor
- 1954 - Martin Strel, Slovene ultra marathon swimmer
- 1963 - Mark McGwire, American baseball player
Deaths:
Holidays and observances:
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
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