Historical timeline for October 1

Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.

One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.

The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.

The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.

An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.

Sixty people are killed and 867 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.

The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.

Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.

The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.

A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.

A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.

A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

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

The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.

3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.

Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".

Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.