Events in History
- Oct 10 Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy
- Oct 10 League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia
Event of Interest
Oct 19 Mao Zedong's army reaches Shanxi
- Oct 20 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
- Oct 20 Anti-fascist People's Front forms in Brussels
- Oct 20 Communist forces end their Long March at Yan'an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence
- Oct 22 Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Oct 23 American mobsters Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot by organized crime hitmen at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey, what becomes known as "The Chophouse Massacre" to prevent them from killing the US Attorney prosecuting Schultz for tax evasion, what becomes known as "The Chophouse Massacre"
Election of Interest
Oct 23 Mackenzie King is elected as Prime Minister of Canada for the third time
Birthdays in History
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935-1967)
Oct 2 Jr., 1st African-American astronaut and U.S. Air Force major, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 3 Charles "Charlie" Duke Jr, American Brigadier General and astronaut (Apol 16), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Oct 7 Thomas Keneally, Australian writer (Schindler's List), born in Sydney, Australia
- Oct 8 Albert Roux, French chef and restaurateur (Le Gavroche, 1st Michelin three-starred restaurant in Britain), born in Semur-en-Brionnais, Saône-et-Loire, France (d. 2021) [1]
- Oct 9 Don McCullin, British photographer, born in London, England
- Oct 9 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in London, England
- Oct 10 André Bureau, French Canadian lawyer and communications executive, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Oct 10 Khalil al-Wazir [Abu Jihad], Founder of Palestinian group Fatah and PLO leader, born in Ramla, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1988)
- Oct 10 Ousmane Sow, Senegalese sculptor, born in Dhakar (d. 2016)
- Oct 12 William Raspberry, American columnist (Pulitzer 1994), born in Okolona, Mississippi (d. 2012)
- Oct 13 Louis LaRusso II, American playwright (Knockout; Lampost Reunion), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 2003)
- Oct 15 Murdo Alex MacLeod, Free Church of Scotland minister, born in Ness, Lewis (d. 1995)
- Oct 18 John B. Coleman, American hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Oct 25 Russell Luis Schweickart, astronaut (Apollo 9), born in Neptune Township, New Jersey
- Oct 30 Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer (The Notebook), born in Csikvánd, Hungary (d. 2011)
- Oct 30 Robert Caro, American journalist and biographer (Lyndon B. Johnson), born in NYC, New York
Deaths in History
- Oct 4 Jean Béraud, French Belle Époque painter, dies at 86
- Oct 10 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1934), dies at 72
- Oct 11 Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
- Oct 20 Adolphus Washington Greely, American Arctic explorer and recipient of the Medal of Honor, dies at 91
- Oct 22 Edward Carson, Irish Unionist politician and lawyer (Irish Unionist Party), dies at 81
- Oct 24 Abe Landau, American gangster (henchman for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 39
- Oct 24 Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], American gangster, murdered at 33
- Oct 24 Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium), dies at 72
- Oct 24 Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, American gangster (accountant for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 44
- Oct 25 Bernard "Lulu" Rosenkrantz, American gangster (chauffeur and bodyguard for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 33
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