- Oct 2 NY Yankees win 3rd straight AL East title beating Boston Red Sox, 5-4 in a dramatic single playoff game; Ron Guidry wins #25 aided by Bucky Dent's 3-run homer
Baseball Record
Oct 6 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
George Brett
Event of Interest
Oct 8 American Mario Andretti in a Lotus finishes 10th in the season ending Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit, but wins his first World Formula 1 Drivers title by 13 points from Ronnie Peterson
Mario Andretti
- Oct 10 Yanks & Dodgers play in World Series # 75
Baseball Record
Oct 11 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
Reggie Jackson
- Oct 13 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
- Oct 14 NY Yank Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st & deflects the ball away
Event of Interest
Oct 14 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 NY Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1
Denis Potvin
- Oct 15 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open
- Oct 17 NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
- Oct 17 NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2 in 75th World Series
- Oct 18 NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings
- Oct 22 8th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in her first appearance in world record time 2:32:30
- Oct 22 9th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12
Golf Tournament
Oct 22 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs
Donna Caponi
