Events in History
- 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 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 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 The Belgian government in exile installed at St Adresse at Le Havre
- 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 14 German troops occupy Brug
- Oct 15 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21)
- Oct 15 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)
Thor Heyerdahl
- 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, comic book writer (Superman)
- 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
Jonas Salk
Oct 28 Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (created the polio vaccine), born in NYC, New York (d. 1995)
Jonas Salk
- Oct 28 Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist (Nobel 1952), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
- Oct 28 Glenn Robert Davis, American politician, born in Vernon, Wisconsin (d. 1988)
- 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 44th US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (26) weds John F. Fitzgerald's daughter, Rose Fitzgerald (24)
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Deaths in History
- 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 10 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies at 75
- 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