Events in History
Event of Interest
Oct 7 Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.
- Oct 8 World's most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, launched
Event of Interest
Oct 11 All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina
- Oct 11 Persia signs Pact of Baghdad
- Oct 13 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris
- Oct 17 Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel
- Oct 18 Buganda Agreement between Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda Protectorate, and Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda
- Oct 18 University of California discovers anti-proton
- Oct 25 Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938
- Oct 25 Tappan sells 1st microwave oven
- Oct 26 British troops occupy Saudi Arabian oil field at Boeraimi
- Oct 26 First edition of "Village Voice" (NYC) published
Event of Interest
Oct 26 Ngô Đình Diệm proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as President
- Oct 27 Argentine peso devalued
Nobel Prize
Oct 27 Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Oct 27 Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows & takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo
- Oct 28 Egypt and Saudi Arabia sign defense treaty
- Oct 29 Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
- Oct 29 Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) & 25,000m (1:16:36)
- Oct 30 Businessman and horse breeder William Woodward, Jr. is shot dead by his wife Ann Cromwell after she mistook him for an intruder
- Oct 30 Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 v NZ, the record for a no 8 batsman
- Oct 31 Mgr Alfrink appointed archbishop of Utrecht
Birthdays in History
- Oct 1 Duško Tadić, Bosnian Serb politician and war criminal, born in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Oct 7 Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist
- Oct 12 Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, born in Tkon, Croatia
- Oct 15 Cathy Ladman, American comedienne (Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead)
- Oct 17 Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek politician
- Oct 17 Kerry James Marshall, American artist whose works seek to challenge the marginalization of African-Americans, born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Oct 18 Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician
- Oct 20 David Profumo, English novelist (Bringing the House Down), born in London, England
- Oct 20 Sheldon Whitehouse, American politician (Senator-D-Rhode Island 2007-), born in New York City
- Oct 26 Stephen K Robinson, American PhD, and astronaut (STS 85, sk:95), born in Sacramento, California
- Oct 27 Debra Bowen, American politician, 31st Secretary of State of California (2007-15), born in Rockford, Illinois
Bill Gates (67 years old)
Oct 28 American businessman and billionaire (founder and CEO of Microsoft, richest person in the world), born in Seattle, Washington
- Oct 28 Indra Nooyi, Indian American businesswoman (CEO of PepsiCo), born in Madras, India
Deaths in History
- Oct 4 Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal and supreme commander, dies at 71
- Oct 9 Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal and archbishop of Vienna, dies at 79
- Oct 12 Bernarr McFadden, American physical culture advocate, credited with beginning the culture of health and fitness in the United States, dies of a urinary tract infection at 87
- Oct 13 Manuel Ávila Camacho, 45th President of Mexico (1940-46), dies at 58
- Oct 18 José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and author (The Revolt of the Masses), dies at 72
- Oct 19 Carlos Dávila, President of Government Junta of Chile (1932), dies at 68
- Oct 24 Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, British Anthropologist (Structural Functionalism and studies of Andaman Islanders and Australian Aborigines), dies at 74
- Oct 31 Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist, dies at 74
- Oct 31 William Woodward Jr., American businessman and horse breeder (Hanover National Bank), is shot by his wife after being mistaken for an intruder at 35
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