- Oct 1 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
- Oct 1 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine sets a Baseball World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a 3-2 Game 3 win against NY Yankees at Ebbets Field
Music History
Oct 2 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden NYC for 849 performances
Sports History
Oct 3 NY Yankees legendary center fielder Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam off Russ Meyer; Bronx Bombers hold on to win, 11-7 v Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of Baseball World Series; NY wins series, 4-2
World Record
Oct 4 British runner Jim Peters sets world marathon record 2:18:34.8 in the Turku Marathon in Finland
Sports History
Oct 4 50th Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-2 series win; Yankees record 5th consecutive WS; MVP: NY 2B Billy Martin
Historic Event
Oct 5 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court
Sports History
Oct 7 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
Sports History
Oct 8 Birmingham, Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group
- Oct 8 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
Historic Event
Oct 9 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
Election of Interest
Oct 9 Konrad Adenauer elected Chancellor of West Germany
- Oct 12 US & Greece sign peace treaty (US bases)
- Oct 13 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves patented by Samuel Bagno
- Oct 14 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
- Oct 14 Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die
- Oct 14 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr
- Oct 14 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field, Australia
- Oct 14 Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment
- Oct 14 WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 John Patrick's play "Teahouse of the August Moon" premieres in New York
- Oct 15 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins
Historic Event
Oct 16 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)
Music History
Oct 19 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
- Oct 19 Dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is published in the US
- Oct 20 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 22 Laos gains full independence from France
- Oct 23 France grants Laos' sovereignty
- Oct 23 German FR applies to NATO
- Oct 23 WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast
- Oct 24 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
NFL Record
Oct 25 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
- Oct 25 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
Music Release
Oct 25 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th Symphony
- Oct 25 KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, CA (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 26 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field, Australia
- Oct 28 Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
- Oct 28 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
- Oct 29 A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns
Nobel Prize
Oct 30 Dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize
- Oct 31 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium