Historical Events in October 1974

Oct 2 Hank Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat

Oct 3 Ted Bundy victim Nancy Wilcox disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah

Oct 3 Pele retires as soccer player

Oct 4 John Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album featuring No. 1 single "Whatever Gets You thru the Night"

Oct 5 Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
Oct 6 "Mack & Mabel" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 66 performances
Oct 6 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Sacramento Union Ladies Golf Classic
Oct 6 25th Formula One WDC: Emerson Fittipaldi wins by three points
Oct 7 German Democratic Republic amends constitution
Oct 8 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
Oct 9 Frank Robinson becomes 1st African American baseball manager (Cleveland Indians)
Oct 9 Race riot in Boston due to "bussing"
Oct 9 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to NY Rangers at Madison Square Garden Wash Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak
Oct 9 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 1
Oct 9 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 1
Oct 10 A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley
Oct 10 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles

Oct 10 Labour Party led by Harold Wilson wins UK general election

Oct 10 US Gen George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in US over his treatment during the 1973 World Series
Oct 10 The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and its political wing the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) founded at the Spa Hotel in the village of Lucan near Dublin
Oct 11 A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract
Oct 12 1st time Wash Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
Oct 14 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich

Oct 15 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing
Oct 15 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory (macro molecules)
Oct 15 Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing LA Kings to 1-1 tie
Oct 16 As' Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 & gets the win, 5-2
Oct 17 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 per
Oct 17 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
Oct 17 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
Oct 17 Oakland A's beat LA Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
Oct 18 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121
Oct 18 Andre van de Louw appointed Mayor of Rotterdam
Oct 18 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"

Oct 18 Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists & 12 blocks

Oct 19 Det Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Wash Caps
Oct 19 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
Oct 19 Niue becomes self-govering, in association with New Zealand
Oct 20 1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF
Oct 20 Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center NYC
Oct 21 1st Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 5-0 vs Caps
Oct 21 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cubic Corp Golf Classic
Oct 22 Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
Oct 23 Cubs trade Billy Williams to A's for Manny Trillo, Knowles & Locker
Oct 23 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated
Oct 24 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers)
Oct 25 US Air Force fires 1st ICBM
Oct 25 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad
Oct 25 Wings release "Junior's Farm"
Oct 26 Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
Oct 27 French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:46:24) in Neuf-Brisach, France
Oct 28 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
Oct 28 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
Oct 28 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Oct 29 Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application

Oct 30 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)

Oct 30 The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire