International Day of Older Persons on October 1: key events marked on this date in history
The day is observed every year to draw attention to the health, dignity and rights of the elderly, and October 1 also carries a long list of historical events.
The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 every year. The day aims to remind society of the rights of the elderly and to promote their health, dignity and rights. Senior citizens are an important part of society, and have shaped their generation with their knowledge, experience and contribution.
The occasion draws attention to the problems and needs of the elderly. For them to live with dignity, stay in good health and not face loneliness, it is essential for society to take responsibility. Ways to meet their needs, protect their independence and increase their participation in society are also discussed.
Many important events in the history of India and the world took place on October 1. In 1791, the first session of the French legislature began. In 1837, the first post office began operating in India. In 1880, Thomas Edison started an electric light factory, and in 1891 Stanford University was founded. In 1943, during the Second World War, the Allied forces took the city of Naples. In 1946, Mensa International was founded in Britain.
In 1949, Jayram Shiladar, a singer and actor of musical theatre, set up his own theatre company in the Marathi stage. In 1958, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was renamed NASA, and in the same year the decimal (metric) system began to be introduced in India. In 1959, Bhuvanesh Prasad Sinha took charge as the sixth Chief Justice of India. In 1960, Nigeria gained independence from Britain.
In 1961, CTV, Canada's first private television network, began broadcasting. In 1964, Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train) began a high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka. In 1969, the Concorde aircraft flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time. In 1971, Walt Disney World opened in Florida in the United States, and in the same year the first practical CT scanner was used to examine a patient. In 1982, Sony released the first compact disc player. Cartoon Network began in 1992. In 2005, 19 people were killed in a bomb blast on the Indonesian island of Bali.
People born on this date include Annie Besant in 1847 (Theosophist, social worker and supporter of Indian independence, died September 20, 1933), William Boeing in 1881 (founder of the Boeing aircraft company, died September 28, 1956) and Liaquat Ali Khan in 1895 (first Prime Minister of Pakistan, died October 16, 1951). Sachin Dev Burman, composer and singer, was born in 1906 (died October 31, 1975), and Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar in 1919 (lyricist, poet, writer, screenwriter and actor, died December 14, 1977). In the same year was born Majrooh Sultanpuri, the poet and lyricist who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (died May 24, 2000).
Jimmy Carter, Nobel laureate and the 39th President of the United States, was born in 1924. Jayadevappa Halappa Patel, the 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born in 1930 (died December 12, 2000), and Ram Nath Kovind, the 14th President of India, in 1945.
On this date in 1868, King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Thailand died. In 1931, Shankar Kashinath Garge, a writer of dramatic sketches, died. In 1959, Enrico De Nicola, the first president of Italy, died. In 1997, Gul Mohammed, the world's shortest man (22.1 inches), died.
