Events in History
- Oct 1 The first division of Canadian troops, 33,000 sail for Britain; most Canadians are volunteers, anxious to prove their loyalty to the Commonwealth
- Oct 1 The Prince of Asir, the southern region of Arabia, rises in revolt against the Turks; his actions will inspire other Arab leaders to revolt
- Oct 4 Dardanelles: French & British fleet bombards Turkish forts
- Oct 5 World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill
- Oct 6 The Russians fall back along the Eastern Front in Poland and Galicia
- Oct 9 German troops take Antwerp in World War I
- Oct 10 German forces rout Belgians in Antwerp, Belgium (WWI)
- Oct 11 German troops occupy Ghent
- Oct 12 The First Battle of Ypres begins
- Oct 13 Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which would later be refined into the gas mask
- Oct 13 Pro-German Boers begin opposition to British authority in South Africa
- Oct 13 The Belgian government in exile installed at St Adresse at Le Havre
- Oct 14 German troops occupy Brug
- Oct 15 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21)
- Oct 15 US Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union & strike rights)
- Oct 18 Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany
- Oct 21 Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
- Oct 27 British battleship Audacious sunk by mine
- Oct 28 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea
- Oct 28 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
- Oct 29 Turkish warships storm Black Sea
- Oct 30 Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium), aka 'Wipers' during WWI begins
- Oct 31 Great Britain & France declare war on Turkey
Birthdays in History
- Oct 1 Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and author (The Americans: The Democratic Experience - 1974 Pulitzer Prize)
- Oct 2 Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist and Thelemite occultist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1952)
- Oct 4 Brendan Gill, American critic (The New Yorker), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1997)
- Oct 4 Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
Thor Heyerdahl
Oct 6 Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthropologist and explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku), born in Larvik (d. 2002)
- Oct 11 J. Edward Day, 55th U.S. Postmaster General (1961), born in Jacksonville, Illinois (d. 1996)
- Oct 16 Christian J Modeste, gypsey king
- Oct 17 Jerry Siegel, American comic book writer (co-creator, with Joe Shuster, of "Superman"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
- Oct 17 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
- Oct 21 Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist
- Oct 23 Dick Durrance, American skier, born in Tarpon Springs, Florida (d. 2004)
- Oct 25 John Berryman, American poet (The Dream Songs), born in McAlester, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
- Oct 27 Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (Child's Christmas in Wales), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 1953)
- Oct 27 Stanislaw Brunstein, artist
- Oct 28 Glenn Robert Davis, American politician, born in Vernon, Wisconsin (d. 1988)
Jonas Salk
Oct 28 Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (created the polio vaccine), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
- Oct 28 Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist (Nobel 1952), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
- Oct 30 Marion Ladewig, American ten-pin bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2010)
- Oct 31 Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (The Green Grocer) (d. 1988)
- Oct 31 John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer, born in Westerveld, Netherlands (d. 1995)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Oct 7 Businessman Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (26) weds John F. Fitzgerald's daughter, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (24)
Deaths in History
- Oct 10 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies at 75
- Oct 10 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73
- Oct 10 Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies
- Oct 12 Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (flat-bottomed paper bag), described as a "female Thomas Edison", dies at 76
- Oct 30 Ernst Stadler, German poet (Der Aufbruch), dies fighting in WWI at 31
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