Events in History
- Oct 1 National Geographic magazine publishes for the 1st time
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Oct 3 Explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his team complete first known crossing of Greenland interior, arriving in Godthaab
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Oct 15 German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche decides to write his autobiography "Ecce Homo" on his 44th birthday
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Oct 29 Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for British South Africa Company
- Oct 30 John J Loud patents ballpoint pen
- Oct 30 Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland £100 per month
Birthdays in History
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
Oct 14 New Zealand short story writer (The Garden Party), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- Oct 15 S.S. Van Dine [pseudonym for William Huntingdon Wright], American art critic and crime writer (Philo Vance), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1939)
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
Oct 16 American playwright (Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 16 Paul Popenoe, American activist (d. 1979)
- Oct 23 Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Québec (d. 1961)
- Oct 25 François Pauwels, Dutch writer and attorney, born in Amsterdam (d. 1966)
- Oct 25 Nils Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter, born in Bettna, Södermanland, Sweden (d. 1943)
Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957)
Oct 25 American aviator and polar explorer (1st to reach both the North Pole and South Pole by air - disputed), born in Winchester, Virginia
- Oct 26 Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader, born in Hulai-Pole, Russian Empire (d. 1934)
- Oct 26 Runar Schildt, Finnish writer (Segrande Eros), born in Helsinki (d. 1925)
- Oct 31 George Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (Flying the Arctic), born in Hallett, Australia (d. 1958)
- Oct 31 Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1944)
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