October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 91 days remain until the end of the year.
1924 – 39th president of the United States (1977–81), Jimmy Carter, in full James Earl Carter, Jr. was born in Plains, Georgia, United States.
1960 – Nigeria gained independence from Britain, with late Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as the Prime Minister leading a coalition government of parliamentary system.
1963 – Nigeria proclaimed itself the Federal Republic of Nigeria and late Nnamdi Azikiwe became the country’s first President.
1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1979 – Alhaji Shehu Shagari was sworn in as president of Nigeri. Thus, the Second Republic began on this day.
2001 – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo announced the formation of a National Security Commission to address the issue of communal violence.
2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide
