October 1 birthdays & history

Famous people born on October 1

• 1924Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1541El Greco, Greek painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance
• 1935Julie Andrews, English actress and singer
• 1989Brie Larson, American actress
• 1922Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1847Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author
• 1930Richard Harris, Irish actor
• 1920Walter Matthau, American actor
• 1947Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter

What happened on October 1

• 1800With 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.
• 1832The first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas convened to seek reforms from the Mexican government.
• 1868St Pancras railway station in London, now the terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, opened to the public.
• 1890At the encouragement of preservationist John Muir and writer Robert Underwood Johnson, the U.S. Congress established Yosemite National Park in California.
• 1891Stanford University, founded by railroad magnate and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane in Palo Alto, California, admitted its first students.
• 1906A 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.
• 1946Mensa, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world, was formed in the United Kingdom.
• 1949Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong publicly proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
• 1978Tuvalu adopted its national flag on the day that the country gained its independence.
• 1994A tribunal was established to consider matters relating to the constitution of Singapore upon referral by the president.
• 1998Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency, was formed with the ratification of the Europol Convention by all member states.
• 2003A levy was imposed on the hiring of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands at the time.

Also observed on October 1

• Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
• Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year
• Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)
• Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)
• Ground Forces Day (Russia)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.