Event of Interest
Oct 2 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden NYC for 849 performances
Victor Borge
- Oct 2 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine sets a Baseball World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a 3-2 Game 3 win against the New York Yankees.
- Oct 3 Ryder Cup Golf, Wentworth: San Snead wins 6 of 7 matches to lead US to 6th consecutive Cup win, 6½-5½ over Great Britain
- Oct 3 7th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1
- Oct 3 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 4 British runner Jim Peters sets world marathon record 2:18:34.8 in the Turku Marathon in Finland
Event of Interest
Oct 4 NY Yankees slugging 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; Yankees win series, 4-2
Mickey Mantle
Event of Interest
Oct 5 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court
Earl Warren
- Oct 5 50th Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3 in Game 6 for 4-2 series win; NY 2nd baseman Billy Martin's 12 hits sets WS record; Yankees win record 5th consecutive WS
- Oct 5 The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
- Oct 6 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Oct 7 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
Bill Veeck
Event of Interest
Oct 8 Birmingham, Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group
Jackie Robinson
- Oct 8 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
Event of Interest
Oct 9 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
Winston Churchill
Election of Interest
Oct 9 Konrad Adenauer elected Chancellor of West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
- 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 "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
Event of Interest
Oct 16 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)
Fidel Castro
Event of Interest
Oct 19 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
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
Otto Graham
- Oct 25 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
Event of Interest
Oct 25 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th Symphony
Dmitri Shostakovich
- 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
George Marshall
- Oct 31 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium