Events in History
- Oct 1 Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens
- Oct 2 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener
- Oct 6 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
- Oct 15 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
Event of Interest
Oct 30 Jesse James' gang robs bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)
Birthdays in History
- Oct 2 Charles Ricketts, British artist and illustrator, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1931)
- Oct 7 Martha McChesney Berry, American educator who founded Berry School for Children, born near Rome, Georgia (d. 1942)
- Oct 7 Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937)
Oct 12 British Prime Minister (Labour: 1924, 1929-35), born in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland
Deaths in History
- Oct 26 John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803)
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