Events in History
- Oct 1 1st postcards are issued in Vienna, Austria
- Oct 5 A strong hurricane known as the Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Maritime Canada. Incredibly British naval officer Stephen Martin Saxby predicted the storm 10 months earlier in December 1868 via astronomy.
- Oct 5 Man-made tunnel under St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota collapses, threatening the Minneapolis riverfront
- Oct 16 Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing
Event of Interest
Oct 18 Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund" (The League of Youth) premieres in Christiania (Oslo), Norway
- Oct 21 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
Birthdays in History
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Oct 2 Indian independence activist and spiritual leader, born in Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India
- Oct 3 Clara Noyes, American nurse (head of the American Red Cross WW1), born in Port Deposit, Maryland (d. 1936)
- Oct 8 J. Frank Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), born in Washburn, Illinois (d. 1967)
- Oct 14 Joseph Duveen, British art connoisseur (Elgin marbles), born in Hull, Yorkshire, England (d. 1939)
- Oct 26 Washington Luís, President of Brazil (1926-30), born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro (d. 1957)
Weddings in History
Victor Emmanuel II
Oct 18 Sardinia king Victor Emmanuel II (49) weds his mistress Rosa Vercellana (36) in Italy
Charles Brooke
Oct 28 Sarawak's head of state Charles Brooke (40) weds Margaret Alice Lili de Windt (20) at Highworth, Wiltshire
Deaths in History
Franklin Pierce (1804-1869)
Oct 8 14th President of the United States (Democrat: 1853-57), dies from severe cirrhosis of the liver, at 64
Edward Smith-Stanley (1799-1869)
Oct 23 14th Earl of Derby, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68), dies at 70
- Oct 24 Joseph Jackson Lister, British optician who perfected the optical microscope by designing the achromatic objective lens, dies at 83
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