Event of Interest
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience forms with Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell
Jimi Hendrix
Murder of Interest
1978 Sid Vicious charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen
Sid Vicious
Event of Interest
1987 George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"
George Harrison
- 1989 Musical "Buddy" with Paul Hipp premieres in London
- 1993 "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
- 1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances
October in History
Jazz Singer Sounds Death Knell for Silent Movies
The Jazz Singer was premiered on this day and audiences were thrilled to hear Al Jolson talking. The pioneer film spelled the end for the silent-movie industry.
October 6, 1927The Great Stand on the Ugra River
On one side of the Ugra River stood the Mongol Golden Horde, on the other, Ivan III, Grand Prince of the rising Muscovy Principality. At stake, everything.
October 8, 1480Grim History of London's Speakers' Corner
Nowhere in England is the principal of free speech embodied more than at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. But this right was won through death and protest.
October 14, 1855Hurricane on the Way? Don't Worry
A cosy assurance from a BBC weather forecaster for viewers not to worry about an impending storm has gone down as the most spectacular mis-forecast in history.
October 15, 1987
