Born on 1 October 2016

At A Glance

1 October 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

1 October 2016 was a Saturday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 1 October is Libra.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 1 October 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 1 October 2016 was New Moon.

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)

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