Historical Events
- Oct 1 Congress creates Weather Bureau
- Oct 1 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 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy
- Oct 9 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League"
- 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 23 Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)
- Oct 28 Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie
Famous Birthdays
Groucho Marx
Oct 2 Groucho Marx, [Julius], American comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), born in NYC, New York
Groucho Marx
- Oct 3 Henry Hull, actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Oct 5 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer
- Oct 8 Snuffy Browne [Cyril Rutherford Browne], 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 Janis Medins, 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, writer (Light in the Forest)
- Oct 13 Gosta Nystroem, composer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oct 14 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US President (R, 1953-61) and WWII general, born in Denison, Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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)
Michael Collins
- Oct 17 Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
- Oct 18 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)
- Oct 20 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, jazz pianist/composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Oct 21 Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet (Love Letters)
- Oct 24 Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves)
- Oct 24 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer
- Oct 28 Andres Isasi, composer
- Oct 29 Claire Goll, German-French writer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1977)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 Andries Andre, Dutch actor and husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36
- Oct 3 Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)
- Oct 4 Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
- 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
Richard Francis Burton