- Oct 1 Plaza Hotel (5th Av & 59th Str, NY) opens
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Oct 1 A downturn in the stock market leads to a run on the dollar; US President Theodore Roosevelt will be forced to call on financier J. P. Morgan to help manage the financial crisis
J. P. Morgan
Theodore Roosevelt
- Oct 5 Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) plays first game; Montreal beats Toronto, 17-8 in Montreal
Henri Farman Wins the Grand Prix d'Aviation
Oct 7 France's Henri Farman flies 30m in a biplane
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Oct 17 Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland
Guglielmo Marconi
- Oct 19 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop/Van Ravesteyn/Ceton)
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Oct 22 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus
James Anthony Bailey
P. T. Barnum
- Oct 22 Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to US wide run on banks
- Oct 25 Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden
- Oct 27 The first trial of the so called Eulenberg Affair, which will rock the highest circles of Germany, ends
- Oct 31 Calgary City Rugby Football Club's 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary