- 1915 Louis Kaufmans comedy "Unchastened Woman" premieres in New York City
- 1926 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
- 1948 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1968 WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Television Premiere
1986 "The Late Show with Joan Rivers" premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show
Joan Rivers
- 1996 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback
Album Release
2015 Selena Gomez releases her studio album "Revival", goes to No. 1 on Billboard 200
Selena Gomez
Event of Interest
2017 Producer Harvey Weinstein is fired from The Weinstein Company after allegations of sexual abuse
Harvey Weinstein
October in History
Elvis Comes Fifth in Talent Show
Elvis Presley made his first public appearance as a singer on this day. It did not go well: he came fifth in a local talent show. But he was only ten years old.
October 3, 1945
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