Template:On this day/October 1

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

October 1:

• 1765 – Jane Jefferson, eldest sister of Thomas Jefferson, died unmarried at age 25.
• 1932 – John S. Patton, one of the city’s most prominent residents, died at 3:25 o'clock this morning at his home on West Main Street.
• 1949 – Reuben Gordon died in the Greenwood district of western Albemarle County, he was a life-long horseman.
• 1959 – A hurricane the day before leads to flooding conditions on the Rivanna River - completely inundating the Bagby Show Grounds off of East High Street with five feet of water at a time a carnival was setting up.