- 1890 Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)
- 1919 Romberg & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show" premieres in NYC
- 1921 Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova" premieres in Brno
- 1942 All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is composer Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory")
- 1961 "Kwamina" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 32 performances
- 1967 "Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances
- 1968 "Maggie Flynn" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 82 performances
- 1969 "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 84 performances
- 1972 "Pippin" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1944 performances
- 1972 "I'm Still in Love with You" 5th studio album by Al Green is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1973)
Event of Interest
1978 Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in NYC
Sid Vicious
- 1980 "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 93 performances
Album Release
1989 George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album
George Harrison
Music Single
1998 Britney Spears releases her debut single "Baby One More Time"
Britney Spears
Music Single
2006 "Irreplaceable" single released by Beyonce (Soul Train Music Awards Best R&B/Soul Single 2007, Billboard Song of the Year 2007)
Beyoncé Knowles
Album Release
2007 "Raising Sand" a collaborative album by rock singer Robert Plant and bluegrass singer Alison Krauss is released
Alison Krauss
Robert Plant
October in History
The Tragedy of Aberfan
One hundred and sixteen young children died on this day when an avalanche of coal tip waste and debris thundered down a hillside and engulfed their school.
October 21, 1966
Jumping Jacques Makes First Parachute Descent
Daredevil André-Jacques Garnerin took to the sky in a hydrogen balloon on this day and after cutting himself adrift performed the first ‘parachute’ descent.
October 22, 1797
Test of Time for the Date of Creation
The assertion by a 17th Century bishop that the universe was created on this day in the year 4004 BC was put to the test in a famous trial in the United States.
October 23, 4004 BC
The Charge of the Light Brigade, a Brave and Foolish Tale
The Charge of the Light Brigade is infamous as an act of bravery in the face all insurmountable odds. An event immortalized in poetry by Alfred Tennyson.
October 25, 1854