Videos from This Day In History with a brief description together with this day in history date in October where the video can be found.
1st October : The Shinkansen ( Bullet Train ) Introduced Japan 1964
1st October : Walt Disney World Promo 1971
2nd October : Warsaw Uprising 1944
2nd October : The Tonight Show Johny Carson 1962
3rd October : Soweto Riots South Africa 1985
3rd October : Mickey Mouse Club 1955
4th October : Mount Rushmore Singers
4th October : Janis Joplin
5th October : Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969
5th October : Harry Truman 1947
6th October : The Cold War and American Fall Out Shelters 1961
6th October : Pope John Paul II
7th October : News Clip Describing Achille Lauro Hijack
7th October : Documentary On Southend Pier
8th October : Pakistan Earthquake 2005
8th October : Last Drive In Movie
9th October : Che Guevara, revolutionary 1967
9th October : History Of YouTube 2006
10th October : The Outer Space Treaty 1957
10th October : Elizabeth Taylor Tribute
11th October : The Hunt For The Loch Ness Monster 1987
11th October : Apollo 7 1968
12th October : USS Cole Terrorist Bombing 2000
12th October : Bali Bombings 2002
13th October : Nixon - Kennedy Debates 1960
13th October : Thrust land speed record 1997
14th October : Our Depleting Ozone Layer 1991
14th October : Chuck Yeager breaking the "Sound Barrier" 1947
15th October : Britain and Iceland Cod War 1973
15th October : Charlie Chaplin The Great Dictator 1940
16th October : Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
16th October : Anti Vietnam War Protests 1967
17th October : Oil Crisis Begins 1973
17th October : Bridge on the River Kwai
18th October : Thomas Edison Dies 1931
18th October : John Lennon "Imagine"
19th October : De Havilland Comet jet airliner 1954
19th October : DeLorean 1982
20th October : The House Un American Activities Committee 1947
20th October : Jackie Kennedy
21st October : The Aberfan Disaster 1966
22nd October : John F Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
22nd October : Washington Sniper 2002
23rd October : Hungarian Revolution 1956
23rd October : Dumbo 1940
24th October : Black Thursday 1 week before the Wall Street Crash 1929
24th October : Concorde 2003
25th October : Famine Ethiopia 1984
26th October : Photos of The Dark Side Of The Moon
26th October : Era Of The Graf Zeppelin
27th October : Marilyn Monroe The Seven year Itch Trailer 1954
27th October : King Edward and Wallace Simpson 1936
28th October : Spanish Civil war 1936
29th October : Wall Street Crash 1929
29th October : Hair
30th October : War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast 1938
30th October : Tony Bennet
31st October : Indira Gandhi Assasination 1984
31st October : Greenham Common 1982
We have tried to include one video on each this day in history for October , we try to relate the videos to the specific news item in some way , I hope you enjoy the addition of related videos to this day in history.
The year is not always the year of the photogaph but the year where you will find it on that day in history page
1st October Public Domain Photos :
Lawrence of Arabia 1918 General Francisco Franco 1936 Dr J Robert Oppenheimer 1954 President Abdel Nasser 1970 CN Tower 1976 Ross Perot 1992 2nd October Public Domain Photos :
Thurgood Marshall 1967 Rock Hudson 1985 4th October Public Domain Photos :
Marilyn Monroe 1954 Indira Gandhi 1977 Sputnik 1957 5th October Public Domain Photos :
R101 Airship 1930 Machine Gun Kelly 1933 Berlin Wall 1962 Tom Delay 2005 6th October Public Domain Photos :
Babe Ruth 1926 The Jazz Singer 1927 Muhammad Anwar al Sadat 1981 Bette Davis 1989 Slobodan Milosevic 2000 7th October Public Domain Photos :
Learjet 1963 The Jazz Singer 1927 Muhammad Anwar al Sadat 1981 Bette Davis 1989 Slobodan Milosevic 2000 8th October Public Domain Photos :
Martha Stewart 2004 President Bill Clinton 1998 Solidarity Trade Union 1982 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1970 prohibition agents 1921 8th October Public Domain Photos :
Achille Lauro 1985 Che Guevara 1967 St. Paul's Cathedral 1940 Hoover Dam 1936 Neville Chamberlain 1932 10th October Public Domain Photos :
London Eye 1999 Susan B. Anthony Dollar 1978 Spiro Agnew 1973 London Bridge1971 Auschwitz 1944 Panama Canal 1913 11th October Public Domain Photos :
Mary Rose 1982 Harold Wilson 1974 12th October Public Domain Photos :
Grand Hotel Brighton Bomb1984 Columbus Day Storm 1962 Johnny Weissmuller 1931 13th October Public Domain Photos :
1983 Mobile Phone 1983 14th October Public Domain Photos :
Joan Baez 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr 1964 U2 Spy Plane 1963 General Erwin Rommel or "the Desert Fox,"1944 15th October Public Domain Photos :
Basic Iraq Constitution 2005 Staten Island Ferry 2003 The Flying Fortress 1937 Mata Hari 1917 The Great Storm of 1987 Nikita Khrushchev1964 17th October Public Domain Photos :
Taipei 101 2003 Mother Teresa 1979 Black Power Salute Olympics 1968 New York Worlds Fair 1964 to 1965 1965 Dr. Albert Einstein 1933 Al Capone 1931 18th October Public Domain Photos :
Regency TR-1 Transistor radio 1954 Benazir Bhutto 2007 19th October Public Domain Photos :
Saddam Hussein 2005 The Return of the King 1955 21st October Public Domain Photos :
Mike Tyson 1998 President Ferdinand Marcos 1988 22nd October Public Domain Photos :
Pretty Boy Floyd 1934 CND Logo 1983 French TGV Train 1981 23rd October Public Domain Photos :
Space Shuttle Discovery 2007 Dr Who Tardis 1963 Marshall Tito 1950 24th October Public Domain Photos :
George Washington Bridge 1931 Niagara Falls 1901 Nazi Star Of David 1939 Rosa Parks 2005 25th October Public Domain Photos :
Statue Of Liberty 1977 Airbus 380 2007 26th October Public Domain Photos :
Mad Cow Disease 2000 John McCain 1967 The Beatles 1965 Winston Churchill 1951 28th October Public Domain Photos :
Wall Street crash 1929 Gateway Arch 1965 Scooter Libby 2005 29th October Public Domain Photos :
Cruise Missile 1983 30th October Public Domain Photos :
War Of The Worlds 1938 31st October Public Domain Photos :
Harry Houdini 1926 Mount Rushmore 1941 Lee Harvey Oswald 1959 Joseph Stalin 1961 President Lyndon Johnson 1966
1st October : The Shinkansen ( Bullet Train ) Introduced Japan 1964
1st October : Walt Disney World Promo 1971
2nd October : Warsaw Uprising 1944
2nd October : The Tonight Show Johny Carson 1962
3rd October : Soweto Riots South Africa 1985
3rd October : Mickey Mouse Club 1955
4th October : Mount Rushmore Singers
4th October : Janis Joplin
5th October : Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969
5th October : Harry Truman 1947
6th October : The Cold War and American Fall Out Shelters 1961
6th October : Pope John Paul II
7th October : News Clip Describing Achille Lauro Hijack
7th October : Documentary On Southend Pier
8th October : Pakistan Earthquake 2005
8th October : Last Drive In Movie
9th October : Che Guevara, revolutionary 1967
9th October : History Of YouTube 2006
10th October : The Outer Space Treaty 1957
10th October : Elizabeth Taylor Tribute
11th October : The Hunt For The Loch Ness Monster 1987
11th October : Apollo 7 1968
12th October : USS Cole Terrorist Bombing 2000
12th October : Bali Bombings 2002
13th October : Nixon - Kennedy Debates 1960
13th October : Thrust land speed record 1997
14th October : Our Depleting Ozone Layer 1991
14th October : Chuck Yeager breaking the "Sound Barrier" 1947
15th October : Britain and Iceland Cod War 1973
15th October : Charlie Chaplin The Great Dictator 1940
16th October : Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
16th October : Anti Vietnam War Protests 1967
17th October : Oil Crisis Begins 1973
17th October : Bridge on the River Kwai
18th October : Thomas Edison Dies 1931
18th October : John Lennon "Imagine"
19th October : De Havilland Comet jet airliner 1954
19th October : DeLorean 1982
20th October : The House Un American Activities Committee 1947
20th October : Jackie Kennedy
21st October : The Aberfan Disaster 1966
22nd October : John F Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
22nd October : Washington Sniper 2002
23rd October : Hungarian Revolution 1956
23rd October : Dumbo 1940
24th October : Black Thursday 1 week before the Wall Street Crash 1929
24th October : Concorde 2003
25th October : Famine Ethiopia 1984
26th October : Photos of The Dark Side Of The Moon
26th October : Era Of The Graf Zeppelin
27th October : Marilyn Monroe The Seven year Itch Trailer 1954
27th October : King Edward and Wallace Simpson 1936
28th October : Spanish Civil war 1936
29th October : Wall Street Crash 1929
29th October : Hair
30th October : War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast 1938
30th October : Tony Bennet
31st October : Indira Gandhi Assasination 1984
31st October : Greenham Common 1982
We have tried to include one video on each this day in history for October , we try to relate the videos to the specific news item in some way , I hope you enjoy the addition of related videos to this day in history.
Public Domain Photos
1st October Public Domain Photos :
Lawrence of Arabia 1918 General Francisco Franco 1936 Dr J Robert Oppenheimer 1954 President Abdel Nasser 1970 CN Tower 1976 Ross Perot 1992 2nd October Public Domain Photos :
Thurgood Marshall 1967 Rock Hudson 1985 4th October Public Domain Photos :
Marilyn Monroe 1954 Indira Gandhi 1977 Sputnik 1957 5th October Public Domain Photos :
R101 Airship 1930 Machine Gun Kelly 1933 Berlin Wall 1962 Tom Delay 2005 6th October Public Domain Photos :
Babe Ruth 1926 The Jazz Singer 1927 Muhammad Anwar al Sadat 1981 Bette Davis 1989 Slobodan Milosevic 2000 7th October Public Domain Photos :
Learjet 1963 The Jazz Singer 1927 Muhammad Anwar al Sadat 1981 Bette Davis 1989 Slobodan Milosevic 2000 8th October Public Domain Photos :
Martha Stewart 2004 President Bill Clinton 1998 Solidarity Trade Union 1982 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1970 prohibition agents 1921 8th October Public Domain Photos :
Achille Lauro 1985 Che Guevara 1967 St. Paul's Cathedral 1940 Hoover Dam 1936 Neville Chamberlain 1932 10th October Public Domain Photos :
London Eye 1999 Susan B. Anthony Dollar 1978 Spiro Agnew 1973 London Bridge1971 Auschwitz 1944 Panama Canal 1913 11th October Public Domain Photos :
Mary Rose 1982 Harold Wilson 1974 12th October Public Domain Photos :
Grand Hotel Brighton Bomb1984 Columbus Day Storm 1962 Johnny Weissmuller 1931 13th October Public Domain Photos :
1983 Mobile Phone 1983 14th October Public Domain Photos :
Joan Baez 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr 1964 U2 Spy Plane 1963 General Erwin Rommel or "the Desert Fox,"1944 15th October Public Domain Photos :
Basic Iraq Constitution 2005 Staten Island Ferry 2003 The Flying Fortress 1937 Mata Hari 1917 The Great Storm of 1987 Nikita Khrushchev1964 17th October Public Domain Photos :
Taipei 101 2003 Mother Teresa 1979 Black Power Salute Olympics 1968 New York Worlds Fair 1964 to 1965 1965 Dr. Albert Einstein 1933 Al Capone 1931 18th October Public Domain Photos :
Regency TR-1 Transistor radio 1954 Benazir Bhutto 2007 19th October Public Domain Photos :
Saddam Hussein 2005 The Return of the King 1955 21st October Public Domain Photos :
Mike Tyson 1998 President Ferdinand Marcos 1988 22nd October Public Domain Photos :
Pretty Boy Floyd 1934 CND Logo 1983 French TGV Train 1981 23rd October Public Domain Photos :
Space Shuttle Discovery 2007 Dr Who Tardis 1963 Marshall Tito 1950 24th October Public Domain Photos :
George Washington Bridge 1931 Niagara Falls 1901 Nazi Star Of David 1939 Rosa Parks 2005 25th October Public Domain Photos :
Statue Of Liberty 1977 Airbus 380 2007 26th October Public Domain Photos :
Mad Cow Disease 2000 John McCain 1967 The Beatles 1965 Winston Churchill 1951 28th October Public Domain Photos :
Wall Street crash 1929 Gateway Arch 1965 Scooter Libby 2005 29th October Public Domain Photos :
Cruise Missile 1983 30th October Public Domain Photos :
War Of The Worlds 1938 31st October Public Domain Photos :
Harry Houdini 1926 Mount Rushmore 1941 Lee Harvey Oswald 1959 Joseph Stalin 1961 President Lyndon Johnson 1966
October This Day In History
Famine in Soviet Union 1921Germany tells the world the conquest of the Soviet Union is complete only mopping up operation needed 1941
The Space Race begins with the SPUTNIK 1957
Student Unrest in Mexico 1968
Yom Kippur middle East War starts 1973
Students and Residents of South African Townships Battle with Police over Apartheid 1985
Rioting in UK Cities by Gangs 1985
First Leaks about Iran Contra scandal 1986
East and West Germany Unify 1990
Major Holidays In October
Columbus Day U.S.A. Second Monday of OctoberNational Day China October 1
German Unity Day Germany October 3
Thanksgiving Canada Second Monday of October
Halloween October 31
United Nations Day October 24