- 1888 Chicago & All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, NZ
- 1899 Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup
- 1910 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series
- 1910 Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar
- 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
- 1924 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0
Event of Interest
1934 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig sails to Japan for 18-game series against Big-Six University League
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Event of Interest
1935 Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up
Hank Greenberg
NHL All-Star Game
1965 19th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-2; MVP: Henri Richard, Montreal, C
Henri Richard
- 1967 Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's
- 1968 Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)
- 1968 Kenyan runner Kip Keino wins 1,500m gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics in 3:34.91 despite a severe gall bladder infection
- 1968 American Dick Fosbury using his unconventional technique wins the men's high jump gold medal with 2.24m at the Mexico City Olympics; "Fosbury Flop" becomes accepted most efficient technique
- 1968 American sprinter Jim Hines anchors US men's 4 x 100m relay team to win his second gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; with team mates Charles Greene, Mel Pender & Ronnie Ray Smith sets world record 38.24s
- 1968 US men's 4 x 400m relay team of Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James & Lee Evans runs world record 2:56.16; easily beats Kenya & West Germany into the minor medals at the Mexico City Olympics
- 1968 US women's 4 x 100m relay team sets world record 42.88s to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus
- 1968 Margitta Gummel of East Germany throws world record 19.61m to beat team mate Marita Lange by 0.83m and win the women's shot put gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
Event of Interest
1973 President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athlete of 1st ½ century
Jim Thorpe
- 1976 NY Nets Julius "Dr J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers
- 1979 John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1981 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, NJ Nets lose to NY Knicks 103-99
- 1982 Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's
- 1982 St Louis Cards beat Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series
- 1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
NHL Record
1984 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals
Mike Bossy
- 1988 LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's in baseball's 85th World Series 4 games to 1
- 1988 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
- 1990 Cincinnati beats A's, 2-1 in Game 4 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to sweep Oakland and win Reds' 5th Baseball World Series; Reds' pitcher José Rijo MVP
Event of Interest
1991 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna clinches his 2nd straight, and 3rd overall F1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
Ayrton Senna
- 1992 1st World Series game outside of US - Toronto beats Atlanta
- 1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
- 1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
- 1996 Wasim Akram (257) & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wicket, vs Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura
- 1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
- 2001 Despite 20-14 final round loss to Ireland in Dublin, England retains Six Nations Rugby Championship; set new records for points scored (229), tries scored (29) and overall points-difference (+149)
- 2004 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox come back from 0-3 to beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3
- 2007 6th Rugby World Cup Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Springboks fullback Percy Montgomery lands 4/4 penalties as South Africa beats England, 15-6
- 2018 All-England Lawn Tennis Club announces tie break to be used when scores reach 12-12 in deciding set at Wimbledon
October in History
![Hurricane on the Way? Don't Worry]()
Hurricane 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![The Tragedy of Aberfan]()
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]()
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]()
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
