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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.

Public Domain Photos

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



October This Day In History

Famine in Soviet Union 1921

Germany 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 October

National Day China October 1

German Unity Day Germany October 3

Thanksgiving Canada Second Monday of October

Halloween October 31

United Nations Day October 24