Events in History
Event of Interest
Oct 1 Oil field accident costs aviator Wiley Post his left eye, uses the settlement money to buy his 1st aircraft
Wiley Post
- Oct 3 1st congress of Pan European Movement (Pan-Europese Beweging) opens in Vienna
Event of Interest
Oct 9 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Historic Publication
Oct 14 A. A. Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh" released
A. A. Milne
Vladimir Lenin
- Oct 19 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle
Event of Interest
Oct 19 Russian Politburo throws out Leon Trotsky and his followers
Leon Trotsky
- Oct 20 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600
Event of Interest
Oct 22 J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal
Harry Houdini
- Oct 24 Harry Houdini's last performance, at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 26 Arthur Goodrich's play "Caponsacchi" premieres in NYC
- Oct 26 Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga")
Assassination Attempt
Oct 31 Failed assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini by 15-year-old Anteo Zamboni, who was lynched on the spot
Benito Mussolini
Birthdays in History
- Oct 2 Jan Morris, Welsh journalist, historian and travel writer (Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys), born in Clevedon, Somerset, England (d. 2020)
- Oct 5 Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (First ascent of the West Ridge of Mount Everest), born in Arcata, California (d. 1979)
- Oct 11 Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, born in Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Vietnam
- Oct 12 César Pelli, Argentine American architect (Petronas Towers), born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina (d. 2019)
- Oct 15 Ed McBain [Evan Hunter], American writer (Blackboard Jungle), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
- Oct 15 Michel Foucault, French philosopher and historian (The History of Sexuality), born in Poitiers (d. 1984)
- Oct 17 Karl Gordon Henize, American astronomer and NASA astronaut (STS-51-F), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1993)
- Oct 18 Thomas Millar, Australian historian and political scientist, born in Kalamunda, Western Australia (d. 1994)
- Oct 19 Joel Feinberg, American moral philosopher (d. 2004)
- Oct 22 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian
- Oct 25 Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter, born in Peshawar, Pakistan (d. 2007)
- Oct 26 Yuri Aleksandrovich Letunov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Tomsk, Russia (d. 1983)
H. R. Haldeman
Oct 27 H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
H. R. Haldeman
- Oct 31 Jimmy Savile, English entertainer and suspected sexual predator, born in Leeds (d. 2011)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Oct 4 Chemist Irene Joliot-Curie (29) weds physicist Frédéric Joliot (26) in Paris, France
Irene Joliot-Curie
Wedding of Interest
Oct 18 Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh (36) weds midwife Zeng Xueming (21) in Guangzhou
Ho Chi Minh
Wedding of Interest
Oct 19 Pathologist Howard Florey (28) weds Ethel Reed at Holy Trinity Church in Paddington, New South Wales
Howard Florey
Deaths in History
- Oct 6 Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies
- Oct 6 Karel van den Oever, Flemish author and poet (Geuzenstad), dies at 46
- Oct 7 Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist who developed a classification system for mental illness, dies at 70
- Oct 12 Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (Flatland), dies at 87
- Oct 13 Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philological and writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61
- Oct 19 Victor Babeş, Romanian physician and bacteriologist, dies at 72
- Oct 20 Eugene V. Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate, dies at 70
- Oct 22 Jules van den Heuvel, Belgian lawyer and politician, dies at 71
Harry Houdini
Oct 31 Harry Houdini [Erich Weisz], magician, dies in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured
Harry Houdini