Several international holidays are celebrated around the world on October 1. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

International Coffee Day

On October 1, coffee lovers around the world celebrate their favorite drink – International Coffee Day. The International Coffee Association officially established the holiday in 2014. The holiday is celebrated in many cities across Europe. Local cafes and restaurants prepare original coffee menus for guests. In addition, interesting master classes, exhibitions, concerts and a marathon allowing coffee tasting are held. Coffee markets open, where the best coffee beans brought from around the world are sold. Here you can taste coffee prepared according to various recipes. Guests of the holiday watch competitions of the best baristas and take lessons from them in professional coffee preparation.

Sake Day in Japan

In Japan, the day of the alcoholic beverage sake is celebrated. For wine-producing countries, autumn is grape harvest time. However, in Japan the situation is somewhat different: rice is used as the main raw material for the most popular hot drink. Today's holiday is not called Nihon-shu-no Hi for nothing; this word means Japanese wine day. The holiday was established in 1978 at the central meeting of the Japanese winemakers' union. In the country, in early October, rice fields yield a new harvest, and accordingly, a new wine year begins.

International Music Day

Today International Music Day is celebrated around the world. It is considered a holiday for singers and musicians, composers, music teachers and conservatory instructors, and students studying at music educational institutions, but ordinary music lovers can also celebrate it.

International Day of Older Persons and Independence Days

On October 1, the International Day of Older Persons is also celebrated on the basis of UN General Assembly resolution No. 45/106 of December 1990. On this day, Cyprus, Palau, Tuvalu and Nigeria celebrate Independence Day.

Historical events in the world

Historical events that occurred on October 1 in the world:

  • 011847 – Siemens AG was founded;
  • 021869 – the world's first stamped postal card was issued in Austria;
  • 031904 – train service began on the Circum-Baikal Railway;
  • 041931 – the first tractor was produced at the Kharkov Tractor Plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze;
  • 051946 – the verdict was delivered at the Nuremberg trials against the main war criminals of Nazi Germany;
  • 061949 – Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tiananmen Square in Beijing;
  • 071958 – NASA officially began operations in the USA;
  • 081960 – Nigeria gained independence from Great Britain;
  • 091967 – television programs in color began to be broadcast;
  • 101969 – the supersonic aircraft "Concorde" broke the sound barrier for the first time;
  • 111981 – in Sweden, the first cellular communication network in Europe began operating.

Historical events in Kazakhstan

Historical events that occurred on October 1 in Kazakhstan:

  • 011718 – the city of Semey was founded;
  • 021893 – a regional court and a consumers' society were opened in the city of Verny (Almaty);
  • 031921 – Kazakh Radio first went on air in Orenburg;
  • 041922 – the Kokshetau-Burabay railway section was put into operation;
  • 051945 – the city of Temirtau was formed as a separate administrative unit;
  • 061971 – the Pavlodar Accounting and Economics Technical College was opened;
  • 071996 – the international children's creative festival "Ainalayyn" was held for the first time in Almaty.

Famous people born on October 1

  • 011903 – world-famous American pianist Vladimir Horowitz was born;
  • 021912 – Lev Gumilyov, son of Anna Akhmetova and Nikolai Gumilyov, was born. Soviet historian-ethnologist, archaeologist, orientalist, writer, translator;
  • 031924 – the 39th President of the USA, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter was born;
  • 041927 – Soviet theater director, actor and teacher Oleg Efremov was born (films "Three Poplars on Plyushchikha", "Burn, Burn, My Star", "Aibolit-66");
  • 051935 – British actress and singer Julie Andrews was born. She became known for her roles in the films "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music";
  • 061947 – singer of the Dutch band Shoking Blue Mariska Veres, who became famous thanks to the song Venus, was born;
  • 071951 – Soviet theater and film actress Nina Usatova was born (films "Cold Summer of 1953", "Women's Property", "Here Is My Village").

Famous people born on October 1 in Kazakhstan

  • 011909 – public figure, scientist, doctor of economic sciences, professor of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, honored scientist of the Kazakh SSR, laureate of the Sh. Ualikhanov Prize, participant of the Great Patriotic War Saktagan Baishev was born;
  • 021918 – Kazakhstani pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Sergey Lugansky was born;
  • 031930 – writer Kokey Sakabayuly was born;
  • 041941 – diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Tuleutai Suleimenov was born;
  • 051962 – ex-akim of Zhambyl region Askar Myrzakhmetov was born.