Events in History
Event of Interest
Oct 2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at invitation of Gandhi, arrives in South Africa on a 26-day tour; he also visits Tolstoy Farm
Mahatma Gandhi
- Oct 6 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
- Oct 7 The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
- Oct 8 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War
- Oct 14 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
- Oct 14 Cretan representatives are admitted to the Greek assembly; in doing so the Greek Government challenges the Turkish Government
- Oct 17 Bulgaria, Greece & Serbia declares war on Turkey
- Oct 18 The Treaty of Lausanne ends the Tripolitan War between Turkey and Italy
- Oct 18 The First Balkan War breaks out, with Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed to Turkey
- Oct 19 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
- Oct 20 Cort Theater opens at 148 W 48th St NYC
- Oct 26 Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup)
- Oct 26 Woolwich Foot Tunnel under the Thames river in England opens
Birthdays in History
- Oct 2 Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, English British Army officer (awarded Victoria Cross), born in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England (d. 2008)
- Oct 4 John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer (Baantjer, Pril Geluk)
- Oct 5 Fritz Fischer, German physician and Nazi war criminal, born in Berlin (d. 2003)
- Oct 6 Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator
- Oct 7 Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
- Oct 10 Charles Henry Madge, English poet and founder of Mass-Observation, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1996)
- Oct 14 Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex), born in Chemnitz, Saxony (d. 1984)
- Oct 17 John Paul I [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978), born in Canale d'Agordo, Belluno, Veneto region of Northern Italy
- Oct 25 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley], American country comedienne (Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw), born in Centerville, Tennessee (d. 1996)
- Oct 28 Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (d. 2005)
Deaths in History
- Oct 4 Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
- Oct 6 Auguste Beernaert, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium (1884-94) and Nobel Peace Prize laureare 1909, dies at 83
- Oct 9 Millie & Christine McCoy, American Siamese twins born slaves, die at 61
- Oct 24 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
- Oct 30 James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912), dies at 57