Summary of the Day ✨ 1 October (01/10)
Israel launched its fifth invasion of Lebanon while a deadly human crush at an Indonesian football match claimed 135 lives. In other global events, the delayed Dubai World Expo finally opened, Finland witnessed a school stabbing that left one dead and ten injured, and the International Court of Justice ruled Chile had no obligation to grant Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.
- 2022: One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.
- 2021: The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2019: 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.
- 2018: The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.
- 2017: An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
- 2017: Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
- 2016: The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.
- 2015: A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
- 2015: Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
- 2015: The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
- 2014: A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
- 2014: A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
- 2012: A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
- 2009: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
Famous Births 👶
- 2006: Priah Ferguson, American actress
- 2002: Livvy Dunne, American gymnast and social media personality
- 2001: Luna Blaise, American actress and singer
- 2001: Mason Greenwood, English footballer
- 2000: Kalle Rovanperä, Finnish professional rally driver
- 1998: Daniel Gafford, American basketball player
- 1998: Haumole Olakau’atu, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
- 1997: Jade Bird, English singer, songwriter, and musician
- 1994: Trézéguet, Egyptian footballer
- 1993: Chris Green, South African-Australian cricketer
- 1993: Lizaad Williams, South African cricketer
- 1992: Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
- 1991: Robbie Ray, American baseball player
- 1991: Jennifer Dodds, Scottish curler
- 1990: Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Jane Goodall, English primatologist (born 1934)
- 2024: Michael Ancram, English lawyer and politician (born 1945)
- 2023: Tim Wakefield, American professional baseball player (born 1966)
- 2022: Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (born 1943)
- 2019: Karel Gott, Czech singer (born 1939)
- 2018: Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)
- 2017: Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer (born 1953)
- 2017: Dave Strader, American sportscaster (born 1955)
- 2015: Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (born 1950)
- 2015: Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1915)
- 2015: Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (born 1985)
- 2015: Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founder of American Jewish University (born 1919)
- 2014: Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1948)
- 2014: Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (born 1927)
- 2014: José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1942)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
- Beginning of the United States’ Fiscal Year
- Children’s Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)
- Christian feast day:
Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Bavo of Ghent - Christian feast day:
Blessed Edward James - Christian feast day:
Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Remigius - Christian feast day:
Thérèse of Lisieux - Christian feast day:
Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches) - Christian feast day:
October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)
- Ground Forces Day (Russia)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.