Events in History
- Oct 5 William Gillette's dramatic play "Secret Service" premieres in NYC
Event of Interest
Oct 6 Filipino nationalist Jose Rizal is arrested en route to Cuba via Spain and imprisoned in Barcelona
Birthdays in History
- Oct 3 Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (Versos humanos), born in Santander, Spain (d. 1987)
- Oct 11 Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1982)
- Oct 12 Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1981)
- Oct 15 Célestin Freinet, French pedagogue & educational reformer, born in Gars, France (d. 1966)
- Oct 22 Charles Glen King, American biochemist and pioneer of nutrition research who isolated vitamin C, born in Entiat, Washington (d. 1988)
- Oct 23 André Lévêque, French engineer, born in Beauvais, France (d. 1930)
- Oct 27 Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1997)
- Oct 30 Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet, born in Tripoli, Greece (d. 1928)
Deaths in History
- Oct 3 William Morris, English artist, writer and socialist associated with Arts and Crafts movement who championed handmade production, dies at 62 [1]
- Oct 11 Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)
- Oct 12 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (Council President of Denmark 1865-70), dies at 78
- Oct 20 Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer, dies at 51
- Oct 21 James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)
- Oct 26 Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)
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