Historic Event
Oct 1 Oil field accident costs aviator Wiley Post his left eye, uses the settlement money to buy his 1st aircraft
- Oct 2 Bert Gibb kicks 9 singles as Hamilton Tigers beat Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 12-10 in Montreal in Canadian Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union opening round
- Oct 3 1st congress of Pan European Movement (Pan-Europese Beweging) opens in Vienna
- Oct 3 English long distance runner Violet Piercy sets first recognised female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London
- Oct 4 Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower
Historic Event
Oct 9 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution
Historic Publication
Oct 14 A. A. Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh" released
Contract of Interest
Oct 14 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark
- Oct 19 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle
Historic Event
Oct 19 Russian Politburo throws out Leon Trotsky and his followers
- Oct 20 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600
Historic Event
Oct 22 J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal
- Oct 24 Harry Houdini's last performance, at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 25 Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach & gm of NY Rangers
- Oct 26 Arthur Goodrich's play "Caponsacchi" premieres in NYC
- Oct 26 Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga")
Assassination Attempt
Oct 31 Failed assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini by 15-year-old Anteo Zamboni, who was lynched on the spot
