Born on 1 October 2014

At A Glance

1 October 2014 at a glance

Day of the week

1 October 2014 was a Wednesday.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.

Top Film of 2014

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Top-Rated TV Show

“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.

Star sign

The star sign for 1 October is Libra.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 1 October 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 1 October 2014 was First Quarter.

On this day: 1 October

• 2009 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
• 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.

Famous people born on October 1

• 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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