Events in History
Battle of the Somme
Oct 5 Adolf Hitler is wounded in the left thigh by an exploding shell during the Battle of the Somme
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- Oct 7 The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island, and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters
- Oct 14 Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.
- Oct 14 The Perm State University was founded in Russia.
Event of Interest
Oct 16 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic in the US at 46 Amboy St, Brooklyn
Margaret Sanger
Meeting of Interest
Oct 16 T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) meets with Fasal Hoessein
T. E. Lawrence
- Oct 17 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
Event of Interest
Oct 19 France extends formal recognition of the Provisional Government in Crete proclaimed Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Venizelos
Event of Interest
Oct 22 US suffragette Inez Milholland collapses during a speech in Los Angeles (dies weeks later). Her last word's are to President Woodrow Wilson “Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?”
Inez Milholland
Woodrow Wilson
- Oct 24 Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont
- Oct 26 American sex educator Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
- Oct 27 Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.
- Oct 28 Australian government holds a national referendum seeking support for the proposal of compulsory conscription; it is rejected
- Oct 31 Clare Kummer's play "Good Gracious Annabelle" premieres in NYC
Birthdays in History
James Herriot
Oct 3 James Herriot [Alfred Wight], English veterinarian and novelist (All Creatures Great and Small), born in Sunderland, County Durham (d. 1995)
James Herriot
- Oct 4 Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer
- Oct 5 Douglas Ranger, British surgeon, born in Furness, Lancashire (d. 1997)
- Oct 7 Walt W Rostow, American economist (Politics & Stages of Growth), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 8 Spark Matsunaga, United States Senator from Hawaii (1977-90), born in Kukuiula, Hawaii (d. 1990)
- Oct 14 C. Everett Koop, 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)
- Oct 16 George Turner, Australian author (d. 1997)
- Oct 18 Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire
- Oct 19 Toby Rowland, theatrical manager
- Oct 22 Michael F Howard, British Major-General (Gold Stick to the Queen)
Francois Mitterrand
Oct 26 Francois Mitterrand, 21st President of France (1981-1995), born in Jarnac, France (d. 1996)
Francois Mitterrand
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Oct 17 Cartoonist Rube Goldberg (33) weds Irma Seeman
Rube Goldberg
Deaths in History
- Oct 2 Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
- Oct 16 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73
- Oct 21 Karl von Storgkh, premier Austria, assassinated
- Oct 26 Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader, dies at 83
- Oct 28 Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau), dies at 77
- Oct 28 Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891)
- Oct 31 Charles Taze Russell, American founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses (b. 1852)