Events in History
Event of Interest
Oct 1 US Computer scientist Gary Kildall presents the prototype of his CP/M operating system in his backyard toolshed
- Oct 1 Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington, D.C.
- Oct 3 Watergate criminal trial begins for five advisors and aides of President Nixon
- Oct 5 Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
- Oct 7 German Democratic Republic amends constitution
- Oct 8 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
- Oct 9 Race riot in Boston due to "bussing"
- Oct 10 A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley
- Oct 10 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles
Election of Interest
Oct 10 Labour Party led by Harold Wilson wins UK general election
- Oct 10 The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and its political wing the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) founded at the Spa Hotel in the village of Lucan near Dublin
- Oct 15 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing
- Oct 15 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J. Flory for work on macro molecules
- Oct 18 Andre van de Louw appointed Mayor of Rotterdam
- Oct 19 Niue becomes self-govering, in association with New Zealand
- Oct 20 1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF
- Oct 23 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated
- Oct 25 US Air Force fires 1st ICBM
- Oct 28 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
- Oct 28 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Oct 29 Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
- Oct 30 Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award
- Oct 31 Dutch Marines end hostage crisis in Scheveningen prison
- Oct 31 Ted Bundy victim Laura Aime disappears in Utah
Birthdays in History
- Oct 2 Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect (8 House), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Oct 16 Roman Mars, American radio producer, host and podcaster (99% Invisible), born in Somerville, New Jersey
- Oct 17 Ariel Levy, American feminist writer
- Oct 23 Derek Landy, Irish author (Skulduggery Pleasant series), born in Lusk, Ireland
- Oct 24 Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, son of English prince Richard, born in London
Deaths in History
- Oct 1 Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (discovery of the site of an ancient port city on the island of Thera, in the southern Aegean Sea), dies at 72
- Oct 2 Ina Seidel, German poet and novelist, dies at 89
- Oct 4 Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45
- Oct 6 V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian nationalist, Minister of Defense (1957-62), dies at 78
Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974)
Oct 10 Soviet sniper during World War II known as 'Lady Death' - the most successful female sniper in history with 309 confirmed kills, dies of a stroke at 58
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