Historical Events
- Oct 1 Congress creates Weather Bureau
- Oct 1 US Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (California)
- Oct 1 Germany's anti-socialist laws lapse
- Oct 3 Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo
- Oct 6 General Conference of the Latter-day Saints outlaws polygamy
- Oct 11 First 100 yard dash under 10 seconds run by John Owen in 9.8 sec at Analostan Island, Washington, D.C.
- Oct 11 Daughters of American Revolution founded
- Oct 13 The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
- Oct 15 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham
- Oct 28 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Washington Park, NY: Louisville Colonels beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 6-2 in Game 7 to tie series 3-3-1; deciding game never played
Famous Birthdays
Groucho Marx
Oct 2 Groucho Marx [Julius], American comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), born in NYC, New York (d. 1977)
- Oct 3 Henry Hull, American actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1977)
- Oct 5 Kasimir Edschmid, German writer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1966)
- Oct 8 Snuffy Browne [Cyril Rutherford Browne], West Indian cricketer (pioneer WI Test player), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1973)
- Oct 8 Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)
- Oct 8 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 1971)
- Oct 9 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), born in South-West Oxford, Canada (d. 1944)
- Oct 9 Alfred Swan, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1970)
- Oct 9 Jānis Mediņš, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1966)
- Oct 12 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955)
- Oct 13 Conrad Richter, American writer (Light in the Forest), born in Tremont, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- Oct 13 Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer, born in Silvbergs, Sweden (d. 1966)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oct 14 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US President (R, 1953-61) and WWII general, born in Denison, Texas (d. 1969)
- Oct 14 Frank Conroy, British actor (Call of the Wild), born in Derby, Derbyshire, England (d. 1964)
- Oct 15 Arcady Dubensky, Russian composer, born in Kirov, Russia (d. 1966)
- Oct 16 Paul Strand, American photographer (Native Land-1942), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 16 Maria Goretti, Italian saint (d. 1902)
Michael Collins
Oct 16 Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary leader and leading figure in the struggle for Irish independence in the early 20th century, born in Clonakilty, Ireland (d. 1922)
- Oct 17 Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
- Oct 18 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)
- Oct 20 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton [LeMothe], American jazz pioneer pianist and composer (King Porter Stomp), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1941)
- Oct 21 Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet (Love Letters)
- Oct 24 Main Rousseau Bocher, American uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
- Oct 24 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, American composer, born in Hollywood, California (d. 1951)
- Oct 28 Andrés Isasi, Spanish Basque composer, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1940)
- Oct 29 Claire Goll, German-French writer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1977)
Famous Deaths
Catherine Booth
Oct 4 Catherine Booth, Co-founder of the Salvation Army known as the 'Army Mother', dies at 61 [1]
- Oct 7 John Hill Hewitt, American songwriter (A Minstrel's Return from the War), dies at 89
- Oct 12 William Worth Belknap, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies from a heart attack at 61
- Oct 13 Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 74
- Oct 17 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, French composer, dies at 77
Richard Francis Burton
Oct 20 Richard Burton, English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), dies at 69
