1207 Henry III of England was born in Winchester Castle on October 1, 1207. He was the eldest son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême. When his father died in 1216 the nine-year-old Henry III became King of England. England was then ruled by regents until he assumed formal control of his government in January 1227.
1861 Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, which contains recipes, diet and menu plans and practical advice on running a home, was first published in London on October 1, 1861 to great acclaim. The author Mrs Isabella Beeton was an attractive 25-year-old wife of a publisher and the eldest of 21 children and her ground breaking cookbook costing 7s 6d made her a household name.
1864 Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann, the inventor of the accordion, died on October 1, 1864. There is a persistent legend that the German musical instrument maker invented the harmonica as well but this cannot be substantiated. Buschmann stated in a letter of 1828 that he had just invented a new instrument, but the manufacture of harmonicas had begun some years previously in Vienna.
1880 An incandescent light bulb is an electric light with a wire filament heated to such a high temperature that it glows with visible light. Thomas Edison worked thousands of hours, experimenting with 1,200 different varieties of bamboo before finding the ideal one for the filament in 1879. The following year on October 1, 1880 Edison opened the first electric lamp factory. It was situated along the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Menlo Park, New Jersey, a short distance from the American inventor's house.
1881 Godalming in southeastern England came to world attention when it became the first town in the world to have a public electricity supply installed, which made electricity available to consumers. It was powered by a waterwheel, located at Westbrook Mill, on the river Wey. The Godmaling streets were first illuminated on October 1, 1881.
1885 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury died on October 1, 1885 aged 84 at 12 Clifton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, England. A dedicated social and industrial reformer, Shaftesbury was known for his commitment to changing the lunacy laws and lifelong advocacy for the better treatment of working people. Because of his constant advocacy for the better treatment of the working classes, Shaftesbury was known as the "Poor Man's Earl."
1890 At the urging of preservationist John Muir and editor of Century Magazine, Robert Underwood Johnson, the United States Congress established Yosemite National Park in California on October 1,1890. The park reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
1903 The American and National Leagues agreed to peacefully coexist and organize a World Series between their champions in the early 20th century. Between October 1-13th 1903 the Boston Americans, representing the American League, defeated the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates in eight games (best of nine) to win the first modern baseball World Series.
1908 The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan and introduced on October 1, 1908. The Model T was very simple to drive, and easy and cheap to repair. It was so cheap at $825 in 1908 ($21,650 today) (the price fell every year) that by the 1920s, a majority of American drivers had learned to drive on the Model T. Because of increasing production efficiency the price bottomed out at $260- the equivalent of around $3600 today.
1924 Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States was born on October 1, 1924, at the Wise Sanatorium in Plains, Georgia. He was the first US President that was born in a hospital. His family had all been farmers for 350 years and no member of his father’s family had ever finished high school. Carter's childhood dream was "to go to the Naval Academy, get a college education, and serve in the U.S. Navy."
1940 The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened on October 1, 1940 between Irwin and Carlisle. It is considered to be the first superhighway in the United States, leading to the construction of other limited-access toll roads and the Interstate Highway System.
1949 In 1949, Mao Zedong 's communist party attained power when they drove Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist party from the Chinese mainland at Nanking. He declared the beginning of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. Mao ruled China from his emperor sized bedroom in his huge bed clad in an open dressing gown surrounded by books, food and women. He rarely went near an office.
1956 British Prime Minister Theresa May was born Theresa Mary Brasier on October 1, 1956 in Eastbourne, Sussex. Theresa was born the only child of Zaidee (a biblical name) Mary (née Barnes; 1928–1982) and Hubert Brasier (1917–1981). Her father was a Church of England clergyman who was chaplain of an Eastbourne hospital. He later became vicar of Enstone with Heythrop and finally of St Mary's at Wheatley, to the east of Oxford.
1957 In 1956 a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing "In God we trust" as the U.S. national motto. It was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism. The motto "In God we trust" was first used on US paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the phrase entered circulation on October 1, 1957.
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| A 13th-century depiction of Henry III's coronation |
1861 Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, which contains recipes, diet and menu plans and practical advice on running a home, was first published in London on October 1, 1861 to great acclaim. The author Mrs Isabella Beeton was an attractive 25-year-old wife of a publisher and the eldest of 21 children and her ground breaking cookbook costing 7s 6d made her a household name.
1864 Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann, the inventor of the accordion, died on October 1, 1864. There is a persistent legend that the German musical instrument maker invented the harmonica as well but this cannot be substantiated. Buschmann stated in a letter of 1828 that he had just invented a new instrument, but the manufacture of harmonicas had begun some years previously in Vienna.
1880 An incandescent light bulb is an electric light with a wire filament heated to such a high temperature that it glows with visible light. Thomas Edison worked thousands of hours, experimenting with 1,200 different varieties of bamboo before finding the ideal one for the filament in 1879. The following year on October 1, 1880 Edison opened the first electric lamp factory. It was situated along the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Menlo Park, New Jersey, a short distance from the American inventor's house.
1881 Godalming in southeastern England came to world attention when it became the first town in the world to have a public electricity supply installed, which made electricity available to consumers. It was powered by a waterwheel, located at Westbrook Mill, on the river Wey. The Godmaling streets were first illuminated on October 1, 1881.
1885 Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury died on October 1, 1885 aged 84 at 12 Clifton Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, England. A dedicated social and industrial reformer, Shaftesbury was known for his commitment to changing the lunacy laws and lifelong advocacy for the better treatment of working people. Because of his constant advocacy for the better treatment of the working classes, Shaftesbury was known as the "Poor Man's Earl."
1890 At the urging of preservationist John Muir and editor of Century Magazine, Robert Underwood Johnson, the United States Congress established Yosemite National Park in California on October 1,1890. The park reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
1903 The American and National Leagues agreed to peacefully coexist and organize a World Series between their champions in the early 20th century. Between October 1-13th 1903 the Boston Americans, representing the American League, defeated the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates in eight games (best of nine) to win the first modern baseball World Series.
1908 The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan and introduced on October 1, 1908. The Model T was very simple to drive, and easy and cheap to repair. It was so cheap at $825 in 1908 ($21,650 today) (the price fell every year) that by the 1920s, a majority of American drivers had learned to drive on the Model T. Because of increasing production efficiency the price bottomed out at $260- the equivalent of around $3600 today.
1924 Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States was born on October 1, 1924, at the Wise Sanatorium in Plains, Georgia. He was the first US President that was born in a hospital. His family had all been farmers for 350 years and no member of his father’s family had ever finished high school. Carter's childhood dream was "to go to the Naval Academy, get a college education, and serve in the U.S. Navy."
1940 The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened on October 1, 1940 between Irwin and Carlisle. It is considered to be the first superhighway in the United States, leading to the construction of other limited-access toll roads and the Interstate Highway System.
1949 In 1949, Mao Zedong 's communist party attained power when they drove Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist party from the Chinese mainland at Nanking. He declared the beginning of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. Mao ruled China from his emperor sized bedroom in his huge bed clad in an open dressing gown surrounded by books, food and women. He rarely went near an office.
1956 British Prime Minister Theresa May was born Theresa Mary Brasier on October 1, 1956 in Eastbourne, Sussex. Theresa was born the only child of Zaidee (a biblical name) Mary (née Barnes; 1928–1982) and Hubert Brasier (1917–1981). Her father was a Church of England clergyman who was chaplain of an Eastbourne hospital. He later became vicar of Enstone with Heythrop and finally of St Mary's at Wheatley, to the east of Oxford.
1957 In 1956 a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing "In God we trust" as the U.S. national motto. It was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism. The motto "In God we trust" was first used on US paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the phrase entered circulation on October 1, 1957.
1958 American Express launched their first charge card on October 1, 1958 with an annual fee of $6. It was $1 higher than Diners Club, so it could be seen as a premium product. The first cards were paper, with the account number and card member's name typed. American Express launched the UK's first charge card five years later (annual fee £3 12s).
1960 Nigeria originated from British colonial rule beginning in the 19th century, and took its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914 by Lord Frederick Lugard. It gained independence from the United Kingdom as a Commonwealth Realm on October 1, 1960. The flag of Nigeria was first officially hoisted on the same day. The two green stripes represent Nigeria's natural wealth, while the white band represents peace.
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| Flag of Nigeria |
1961 In 1884 Cameroon became a German protectorate, known as Kamerun. After World War I, France governed about 80% of the area under a League of Nations mandate, with Britain administering the remainder, from neighboring Nigeria. In 1946 both areas became United Nations trust territories. On October 1, 1961 the southern portion of British Cameroons merged with the French governed Cameroon to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
1964 The high-speed line between Japan's two biggest cities Tokyo and Osaka was inaugurated on October 1, 1964; the famous Shinkansen 'bullet train' (named for its shape) could reach a speed of 210 kmph (130 mph). The distinctive nose of the Shinkansen 500 bullet train prevents sonic booms whenever it exits a tunnel. It was discovered when scientists studied the shape of a kingfisher's beak to learn how it hit the water at high speed.
1969 The world’s first supersonic airliner, the Anglo-French Concorde, had its test flight from Toulouse on March 2, 1969, piloted by André Turcat, and first broke the sound barrier later that year on October 1st. Inspired by delta-winged nuclear bombers, the Concorde was made by the French company Aérospatiale and the British company British Aircraft Corporation.
1971 The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT scan) was performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London on October 1, 1971. The original 1971 CT Scan took 160 parallel readings with each scan taking a little over 5 minutes. The images from these scans took 2.5 hours to be processed on a large computer.
1971 Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida on October 1, 1971. The resort covers nearly 40 square miles and is about the size of San Francisco, or two Manhattan islands. Before settling on Florida, Disney World was originally considered being built near Niagara Falls. However, after Walt Disney visited the location, he realized it was way too cold.
1979 The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opened on October 1, 1979. The first trains from Shek Kip Mei Station to Kwun Tong Station, initially in a four-car configuration. The first train drivers were trained on the London Underground.
1982 The compact disc is an evolution of LaserDisc technology. Prototypes were developed by Philips and Sony independently from the mid-to-late 1970s. The first CD player available for sale, the Sony CDP-101 was released on October 1, 1982. Launched only in Japan, it cost 168,000 yen ($730 USD). Philips, Sony's partner in the development of CD technology, launched their Philips CD100 the following month.
1984 Hellé Nice was a French model, dancer, and a Grand Prix motor racing driver. She won an all-female Grand Prix race at Autodrome de Montlhéry in 1929, in the process setting a new world land speed record for women. Nice also beat male racing drivers of the day in other Grand Prix races, appeared on magazine covers across the world and was accused of being a Nazi spy. She died in abject poverty on October 1, 1984.
1987 The first known use of "toast" as a metaphorical term for "you're dead" was in the 1984 movie Ghostbusters, in which Bill Murray's character declares, "This chick is toast", before attacking the villain. The earliest known printed account is from The St. Petersburg Times of October 1, 1987.
1989 Denmark was the first country to legalize civil unions between same-sex couples. Introduced by the Danes on October 1, 1989, the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union was called "registered partnership".
2004 At high noon on October 1, 2004, Ecuadorians synchronized their watches simultaneously to combat the chronic lateness that was costing their economy $2.5 Billion per year. on October 1, 2004, at high noon, This was part of a national campaign called Campaña Contra la Impuntualidad, or Campaign Against Impunctuality.organized by a group called Participacíon Ciudadana, and it was supported by the government and the private sector.
2017 In 2007 OJ Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with the felonies of armed robbery and kidnapping. He was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 33 years imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. Simpson was released from prison on October 1, 2017 after serving his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada.
Sake Day ("Nihonshu no Hi" in Japan) is an annual event held on October 1 as a tribute to sake. Sake Day used to be regarded as only a national event in Japan, but is now a worldwide occasion. October 1 is traditionally the starting date of sake production in Japan.
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