At A Glance

1 October 2015 at a glance

Day of the week
1 October 2015 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “What Do You Mean?” by Justin Bieber.
Top Film of 2015
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Star sign
The star sign for 1 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 1 October 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 1 October 2015 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 1 October

  • 2015 The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
  • 2016 The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.
  • 2017 An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
  • 2018 The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.
  • 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.

Famous people born on 1 October

  • Julie Andrews, English actress and singer (born 1935)
  • Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate (1924–2024)
  • Fernando Mendoza, American football player (born 2003)
  • Brie Larson, American actress (born 1989)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2015 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 13 February – The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition sign a cross-party, non-partisan agreement to tackle climate change, seek a strong global climate deal, and to end the use of coal for power generation in the UK.
  • 10 March – Queen Elizabeth II names the new luxury cruise ship Britannia, the largest ever cruise ship designed for the British holiday market.
  • 20 March – A partial solar eclipse occurs, ranging from 85% totality in London and southern England to 98% totality in northern Scotland.

Life in 2015

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.35

Loaf of Bread

£1.42

Average House

£197,807

Weekly Wage

£768.00

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