Historical Events
- Oct 1 Chicago White Sox beat LA Dodgers, 11-0 in Game 1 of the Baseball World Series at Comiskey Park; White Sox first WS appearance since 1919 'Black Sox Scandal'; LA wins series 4-2
- Oct 2 Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV
NHL All-Star Game
Oct 3 13th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 6-1
Jean Béliveau
- Oct 4 First Baseball World Series game played west of St Louis; LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox 3-1 in Game 3; record 92,394 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Music Concert
Oct 4 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Oct 4 Netherlands equal best performance against neighbours Belgium; win, 9-1 in soccer friendly at De Kuip, Rotterdam; Piet van der Kuil & Faas Wilkes score 3 apiece
- Oct 4 USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side
- Oct 6 Single game World Series attendance record set (92,706 in LA)
- Oct 6 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
- Oct 6 Chicago White Sox beat LA Dodgers, 1-0 in Game 5 of Baseball World Series at LA Memorial Coliseum; World Series record attendance 92,706
- Oct 7 "Happy Town" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 5 performances
Far Side of the Moon Revealed
Oct 7 Far side of Moon seen for the 1st time, courtesy of USSR's Luna 3 space probe
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Film Release
Oct 7 "Pillow Talk" film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson is first released
Doris Day
Rock Hudson
Event of Interest
Oct 9 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton, England
Lee Harvey Oswald
- Oct 10 "Happy Town" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 5 performances
- Oct 10 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki
- Oct 10 Pan Am begins regular flights around the world
- Oct 11 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 12 At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
- Oct 14 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 "Untouchables" premieres
- Oct 15 KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 17 "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 performances
Event of Interest
Oct 17 Queen Elizabeth II is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse
Elizabeth II
- Oct 17 Stinchcomb Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks' dedicated
- Oct 19 Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel
- Oct 19 William Gibson's "Miracle Worker" premieres in NYC
- Oct 20 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise
- Oct 20 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast
- Oct 21 Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana
Event of Interest
Oct 21 Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in New York
Frank Lloyd Wright
- Oct 21 Players Association approves 2 All-Star Games in 1960, to be held in KC & NY
- Oct 22 Bob Merrill's musical "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 448 performances
- Oct 23 Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
- Oct 24 US premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert
- Oct 27 Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico
- Oct 28 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
Event of Interest
Oct 28 Jean Genet's "Les Negres" premieres in Paris
Jean Genet
- Oct 29 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced
Historic Publication
Oct 29 "Asterix" is first published in the French magazine "Pilote" by Rene Goscinny, illustrated by Albert Uderzo
René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
- Oct 31 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to USA
- Oct 31 USSR & Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 Youssou N'dour, Senegalese singer (Shaking The Tree), born in Dakar, Senegal
- Oct 1 Andrei Vedernikov, Russian road cyclist (first Soviet to win individual amateur road race at World C'ships 1981), born in Izhevsk, Russia (d. 2020)
- Oct 2 Luis Fernández, French soccer defensive midfielder (60 caps; PSG), born in Tarifa, Spain
- Oct 3 Carmen Russo, Miss Teenage Italy (1972), born in Genoa, Italy
- Oct 3 Jack Wagner, American actor (General Hospital; Melrose Place) and pop singer ("All I Need"), born in Washington, Missouri
- Oct 3 Greg Proops, American actor and comedian
Fred Couples
Oct 3 Fred Couples, American golfer (US Masters 1992), born in Seattle, Washington
Fred Couples
- Oct 4 Tony Meo, English snooker player (British Open 1989; English Pro C’ship 1986-87), born in London, England
- Oct 4 Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist (One Under The Eight, Pet Shop Boys), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
- Oct 5 Troy Luccketta, American rock drummer (Tesla-Psychotic Supper), born in Lodi, California
- Oct 5 Maya Lin, American designer (Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Civil Rights Memorial), born in Athens, Ohio
- Oct 6 Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard (Olympic bronze 1996)
- Oct 6 Walter Ray Williams Jr, bowler (twice Player of the Year)
- Oct 6 [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
- Oct 6 Brian Higgins, American politician, Member of US House of Representatives
- Oct 7 Dylan Baker, American character actor, born in Syracuse, New York
Simon Cowell
Oct 7 Simon Cowell, English recording executive and television producer (X-Factor, American Idol), born in London, England
Simon Cowell
- Oct 7 Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician, born in Lima, Peru
- Oct 7 Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician, born in Châteauguay, Canada
- Oct 8 Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American astronaut (STS 84, sk 97), born in Lima, Peru
- Oct 8 Gavin Friday [Fionán Martin Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Oct 8 Mike Morgan, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Tulare, California
- Oct 8 Tony Eason, American football quarterback (New England Patriots), born in Blythe, California
- Oct 8 Nick Bakay, American actor and voice actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch-Salem Saberhagen), born in Buffalo, New York
- Oct 9 Mike Singletary, American NFL middle linebacker (Chicago Bears), born in Houston, Texas
- Oct 9 Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician, born in Sochi, Soviet Union (d. 2015)
- Oct 9 Bill Lee, American politician, Governor of Tennessee (2019-), born in Franklin, Tennessee
- Oct 10 Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (Electric Landlady), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 2000)
- Oct 10 Bradley Whitford, American actor and political activist (The West Wing), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Oct 11 Bob Inglis, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina), born in Savannah, Georgia
- Oct 11 Michiel Schapers, Dutch tennis star, born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oct 12 Abigail Kingsley Alling, American executive (Biosphere 2), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 12 Anna Escobedo Cabral, 42nd Treasurer of the United States, born in San Bernardino, California
- Oct 13 Marie Osmond, American singer and actress (Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts), born in Ogden, Utah
- Oct 14 A.J. Pero, American drummer (Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2015)
- Oct 15 Sarah Margaret Ferguson, Duchess of York, born in London, England
- Oct 15 Emeril Lagasse, American chef (Emeril Live), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
- Oct 15 Todd Solondz, American film director (Welcome to the Dollhouse), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Oct 16 Gary Kemp, British rock guitarist and lyricist (Spandau Ballet - "True"), born in Smithfield, London
- Oct 16 Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer (Architectonics; Magma) born in Kärdla, Hiiumaa, Estonia
- Oct 17 Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky 4, Masters of Universe) [or Nov 3]
- Oct 17 Ron Drummond, American writer
- Oct 17 Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
- Oct 17 Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 17 Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian
- Oct 18 Kirby Chambliss, Aerobatic pilot and Red Bull Air Racer
- Oct 18 Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter
- Oct 18 John Nord, former American pro wrestler
- Oct 18 Steve Swayne, Dartmouth Professor
- Oct 18 Ernesto Canto, Mexican race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1984; World C'ship gold 20k 1983), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2020)
- Oct 20 Mark Little, Australian actor and comedian (Neighbours), born in Brisbane
- Oct 20 Janice McCaffrey, Canadian 10k walker (Olympics 25-92, 96), born in Etobicoke, Ontario
- Oct 20 Razor Ramon [Scott Hall], wrestler (WWF/WCW/NWA/Florida/AWA/KC)
- Oct 20 Shuping Wang, Chinese doctor who exposed China's HIV crisis, born in Fugou County, Henan, China (d, 2019)
- Oct 21 George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP)
- Oct 21 Tony Ganios, American Actor
- Oct 21 Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
- Oct 22 Todd Graff, American actor (Five Corners, Dominic & Eugene), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 22 Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
- Oct 22 Marc Shaiman, American film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray), born in Newark, New Jersey
Weird Al Yankovic
Oct 23 Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], American parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun), born in Downey, California
Weird Al Yankovic
- Oct 23 Sam Raimi, actor (Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except)
- Oct 24 Michelle Lujan Grisham, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (2019-), born in Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Oct 25 Marina Minkin, Israeli harpsichordist and teacher (Ad Libitum Ensemble), born in Ukraine
- Oct 25 Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter (Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"), born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia (d. 2013)
- Oct 25 Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, conductor, and composer, born in Mortsel, Belgium (d. 2015)
Evo Morales
Oct 26 Evo Morales, Bolivian politician and 80th President of Bolivia (2006-2019), born in Isallawi, Bolivia
Evo Morales
- Oct 26 François Chau, Cambodian actor, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Oct 26 Brian Bovell, British actor, born in London
- Oct 27 Rick Carlisle, American basketball guard and head coach (Dallas Mavericks 2008-19; Indiana Pacers; NBA Coach of the Year 2002, Detroit Pistons), born in Ogdensburg, New York
- Oct 28 Neville Henry, British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways")
- Oct 29 Finola Hughes, actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive), born in London, England
- Oct 29 Jesse Barfield, Ill, outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader)
Mike Gartner
Oct 29 Mike Gartner, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Mike Gartner
- Oct 29 Tamar Baruch, actress (Small Truth, Q & Q)
- Oct 29 John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician (President of Tanzania (2015-2021), born in Chato, Tanganyika (d. 2021)
- Oct 31 Ann Henricksson, American tennis star, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Oct 31 Neal Stephenson, American author, born in Fort Meade, Maryland
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 William Bishop, American actor (Black Eagle, Adventures in Silverado, It's a Great Life), dies of cancer at 42
- Oct 6 Bernard Berenson, American art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance), dies at 94
- Oct 7 Mario Lanza [Alfredo Arnold Cocozza], Italian-American actor and singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), dies of a heart attack at 38
- Oct 10 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania, dies at 88
- Oct 11 Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64
- Oct 12 Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63
- Oct 13 Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer and musicologist (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
- Oct 14 Errol Flynn, Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood), dies of a heart attack at 50
- Oct 15 Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880)
George Marshall
Oct 16 George Marshall, US army general, dies at 78
George Marshall
- Oct 18 Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete and marathoner (Olympic gold 1928), shot to death in a cafe at 61
- Oct 19 Stanley Bate, English composer, dies at 45
- Oct 20 Werner Krauss, German actor (Joyless Street), dies at 75 (b. 1884)
- Oct 23 Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
- Oct 25 Bob Murphy, TV host (RFD America), dies at 42
- Oct 28 Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies
- Oct 28 Egon Kornauth, composer, dies at 68
- Oct 28 Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1932)
- Oct 30 Blonde Dolly [Sybille A J Niemans], Dutch prostitute, murdered at 33
- Oct 31 Jean Cabannes, French physicist (b. 1885)
