October 1

International Day of Coffee

October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years). 91 days remain until the end of the year.

"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."

Jimmy Carter

Born today

• Jimmy Carter, 1924, US president

Observances

• Armed Forces Day (South Korea)

• Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year (US)

• 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.

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from UN trust territory status in 1994.

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.

• International Day of Coffee

• International Day of Older Persons

• Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom)

• National Day of the People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)

• Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)

• Tampere Day (Finland)

• Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)

• Unification Day (Cameroon)