- 1954 1st National Film Awards (India): "Shyamchi Aai" wins the Golden Lotus
Film Premier
1956 "Giant", directed by George Stevens, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean in his last role, premieres in NYC
Elizabeth Taylor
James Dean
- 1960 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Television Premiere
1961 Variety TV show "The Bob Newhart Show" premieres on NBC in the US
Bob Newhart
Film Premier
1963 "From Russia With Love" 2nd James Bond film based on a novel by Ian Fleming, starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi, premieres in London
Sean Connery
- 1979 Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood
- 1983 NBC premiere of true life drama "Adam", based on John Walsh's son's murder
- 1988 NBC premieres tele-biopic, "Winnie", starring Meredith Baxter and based on life of [Gwyanna] Winefred Sprockett
- 1994 MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds meeting to determine new movie ratings
- 2016 Actress Shailene Woodley arrested for trespassing while protesting against proposed Dakota Access Pipeline
Film Premier
2017 "Thor: Ragnarok" directed by Taika Waititi, starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Cate Blanchett premieres in Los Angeles, California
Cate Blanchett
Chris Hemsworth
October in History
Jazz Singer Sounds Death Knell for Silent Movies
The Jazz Singer was premiered on this day and audiences were thrilled to hear Al Jolson talking. The pioneer film spelled the end for the silent-movie industry.
October 6, 1927
The Great Stand on the Ugra River
On one side of the Ugra River stood the Mongol Golden Horde, on the other, Ivan III, Grand Prince of the rising Muscovy Principality. At stake, everything.
October 8, 1480
Grim History of London's Speakers' Corner
Nowhere in England is the principal of free speech embodied more than at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. But this right was won through death and protest.
October 14, 1855
Hurricane on the Way? Don't Worry
A cosy assurance from a BBC weather forecaster for viewers not to worry about an impending storm has gone down as the most spectacular mis-forecast in history.
October 15, 1987