October 1st to 31st Major and Important news items from each day click link to find more news for that day
October 11908 The Ford Model T introduced to the public
1910 Los Angeles Times building is bombed
1918 Lawrence of Arabia Forces capture Damascus from Turkish forces
1946 Mensa Created
1962 First Broadcast Of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
1964 Shinkansen network of high-speed railway lines opens in Japan
1971 Walt Disney World Resort Opens Orlando
1975 "Thrilla in Manilla" match Muhammad Ali beats Joe Fraser
1982 Epcot Opens Orlando , Florida
1985 Brixton Toxteth and Peckham Riots In UK
2005 Suicide Bombers Strike Bali
2009 Earthquake Sumatra
October 21944 Warsaw Uprising Ends
2005 Ethan Allen capsizes on Lake George
October 31955 "The Mickey Mouse Club" begins on ABC
2002 Sniper Attacks "Beltway Sniper." Washington DC
October 41927 Work Begins On Mount Rushmore
1957 The Space Race begins with Sputnik Launch
1970 Janis Joplin, is found dead
2002 John Walker Lindh is sentenced to 20 years
October 51962 Beatles Release First Single "Love Me Do"
1999 Train Crash Paddington, London
October 61926 Babe Ruth sets new record
1927 "The Jazz Singer" Premiers
1973 Yom Kippur War / Arab Israeli War Begins
1981 Anwar Sadat Assassinated
October 71919 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is founded
1959 Southend Pier Fire
1982 Musical "Cats" Opens On Broadway
1985 Achille Lauro Hihack
1985 Tottenham Riots London, England
Born in October
Julie Andrews
Born: 1st October 1st, 1935, Kulm, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Donald McLean
Born: 2nd October 1945
Simon Cowell
Born: 7th October 1959 Brighton, East Sussex
John Lennon
Born: 9th October 1940 Liverpool, England
Died: 8th December 1980, New York City, New York
Paul Simon
Born: October 13th, 1941, Newark, New Jersey, United States
David Dwight Eisenhower
Born: October 14, 1890, Denison, Texas
Died: March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C.
Lee Iacocca
Born: 15th October 1924, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Tom Petty
Born: October 20th, 1950, Gainesville, Florida USA
Died: October 2nd, 2017, Santa Monica, California, USA
Johnny Carson
Born: 23rd October 1925 Corning, Iowa
Died: 23rd January 2005 Los Angeles, California
Keith Urban
Born: 26th October 1967 Whangarei, New Zealand
Bill Gates
Born: 28th October 1955 Seattle, Washington
Jonas Salk
Born: 28th October 1914 New York City, New York
Henry Winkler
Born: 30th October 1945 New York, U.S.A.
1969 Days of Rage riots in Chicago
2004 Martha Stewart Found Guilty and Sentenced
October 91936 Hoover Dam Starts Producing Electricity
1967 Che Guevara Executed
2006 Google announces the purchase of YouTube
October 101913 The Panama Canal joined the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean
1957 World's First Nuclear Accident Windscale
October 111921 Sleeping Sickness Deaths Increase
1968 Apollo 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral
1975 Saturday Night Live premiered
1982 The Mary Rose Raised In The Solent
October 121931 Johnny Weissmuller is chosen to play Tarzan
1962 The Columbus Day Storm strikes Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
1978 Sid Vicious Arrested For Murder
1984 Conservative Party Conference Bombing Grand Hotel in Brighton
2000 The USS Cole attacked by two suicide terrorists
October 131958 Paddington Bear Books Released
1960 Nixon - Kennedy Debate TV
1966 Strict New Apartheid Laws Take Effect In South Africa
2005 Apple introduce new iPod
October 141920 Wall Street Bombing
1928 Okeechobee Hurricane Strikes Florida
1932 Mahatma Gandhi begins his hunger strike
1997 Steve Jobs Returns to Apple
October 151924 Chinese Tong Wars in New York
1928 "Graf Zeppelin" completes it's transatlantic flight from Europe to America
1940 Charlie Chaplin's satirical comedy The Great Dictator opens
1973 Iceland / Britain Cod Wars
1987 The Great Storm of 1987 Strikes UK
2003 Staten Island Ferry Accident
From 1960s Homes Prices Page
1961Mansfield Ohio
Ranch Home Brick Exterior Large Living room open fireplace built in oven and range 3 bedrooms 1 1/2 baths full basement with recreation space$26,500
1961
Chicago Illinois
Brick Ranch 3 bedrooms large garage$22,800
1962
Lancaster Ohio
3 bedroom , stocked pond , barn on 20 Acres$3,700
1962
Salisbury Maryland
Ranch Style 3 bedroom , large modern kitchen , living room , carport , utility room, large 100ft X 150 ft Plot$14,500
1978 Pope John Paul II Elected As New Pope
1991 Killeen, Texas Massacres
1995 Million Man March
October 171931 Scarface Al Capone found guilty of income tax evasion
1943 415-km Thailand Burma railroad ( Death Railway ) between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma is completed
1968 Black Power Salute Olympics
2003 Taipei 101 become the World's tallest highrise building
October 181898 The us takes formal possession of Island of Puerto Rico
1922 The British Broadcasting Company Is Formed
1954 Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1 Transistor radio
1968 Bob Beamon breaks the world long jump record In Mexico
October 191947 US minimum wage of 40 cents per hour
October 201955 Final Book Of The Lord Of The Rings Published
1973 Sydney Opera House Opens
1991 Oakland Firestorm
October 211879 Thomas Edison invented a commercially practical incandescent light
1944 First Japanese Kamikaze Attack
1966 Aberfan Disaster buried a junior school in Aberfan, Wales
1986 Antarctica scientists have been studying a huge hole that has appeared in the earths ozone layer over Antarctica
October 221910 Dr. Crippen Convicted Of Murder
1914 First Income Tax Laws
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1983 London CND March
2002 Washington Sniper claims his last victim and Arrested
October 231915 Suffrage Movement March In New York
1941 Dumbo is released
1963 "Doctor Who" Appears On British TV
1989 Phillips 66 Chemical Complex Explosion Houston, Texas
2002 Fifty Chechen rebels storm a Moscow Theatre taking 7,000 hostages
October 241929 Wall Street Crash ( Black Thursday )
1931 George Washington Bridge opened
1945 United Nations is formally established
2003 Concorde makes its final commercial passenger flight
From 1950s Fashions
Dyed Squirrel Clutch CapePrice: $103.50
Brief little cape of fine imported squirrel... fur origin: Russia. Glamorous for the smaller woman over suits, dresses, coats. Graceful back, tuxedo front. Novelty acetate and rayon lining. Brown.
From 1920s Appliances Page
Late Decade Electric Washing Machine
Price: $81.50For the latest and best in washing machine design, this easy to move washing machine features the latest gyrator technology with no center post where clothes can be damaged, the attached wringer is made from the finest semi soft rubber.
1925 Frigidaire
Price: $285.00I included this Frigidaire Electric as the final Electric Item from the Twenties as it was significant in many ways 1. It was made by General Motors not General Electric. 2. The cost was pretty high and I suspect out of most people's reach and 3. It was sold by a dedicated salesman who visited your home rather than through a shop etc.
1944 Japanese deploy kamikaze suicide bombers against American warships
1952 The Mousetrap Opens In London's West End
1970 Pacific Glory Disaster
October 261956 Hungary October Revolution
October 271904 The New York subway opens
1970 Controlled Substance Act Becomes Law Outlawing Cannabis, marijuana, heroin and LSD amongst many others
October 281929 Wall Street crash ( Black Monday ) Through The Next Week
1942 Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) Completed
1965 The Gateway Arch St. Louis, Missouri is completed
October 291927 Italian Liner Mafalda Sinks
1948 Donora Pennsylvania Deadly Smog Cloud
1956 Israel Invades Egypt
1969 The first host-to-host connection over the ARPANET ( predecessor of the Internet ) is made when the first message is sent between two computers at University of California, Los Angeles
1986 M25 Completed In UK
October 301938 War of the Worlds Radio Play Causes Mass hysteria
1974 "Rumble In The Jungle" Muhammad Ali Vs George Foreman
October 311941 The Mt. Rushmore sculpture is completed
1956 Suez Canal Crisis
1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was gunned down outside of her home by Sikh extremists