Historical Events
Stanford University Opens
Oct 1 Stanford University, California opens its doors after being founded by Leland Stanford and his wife Jane with a $40M donation (1891 dollars), in memory of their son. Among its first graduation class, future US President Herbert Hoover.
- Oct 7 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Hugh Kirkaldy wins by 2 strokes from brother Andrew Kirkaldy and Willie Fernie; last Open contested in a single day over 36 holes
- Oct 12 Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
- Oct 20 1st International 6 day bike race at New York's Madison Square Garden begins
- Oct 25 1st International 6 day bike race (NY Madison Square Garden) ends
- Oct 28 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 2 H. V. Porter, American basketball coach and administrator (created fan-shaped backboard; moulded basketball, rules films), born in Manito, Illinois (d. 1975)
- Oct 4 Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, born near Orléans, France (d. 1915)
- Oct 12 Edith Stein, German philosopher and Discalced Carmelite nun (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), born in Breslau (Silesia), Germany (d. 1942) [1]
- Oct 12 Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1937-39, 1940-41, invasion of China), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1945)
- Oct 13 Bernard IJzerdraat, Dutch resistance leader (De Geuzen), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1941)
- Oct 13 Irene Rich [Luther], American actress (Beau Brummell, Champ), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1988)
- Oct 14 Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist and folklorist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)
- Oct 18 Václav Kálik, Czech composer, born in Opava; (d. 1951)
James Chadwick (1891-1974)
Oct 20 British physicist (Nobel Prize, 1935; discovered neutron), born in Bollington, Cheshire, England
Jomo Kenyatta (1891-1978)
Oct 20 1st Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-64) and the 1st President of Kenya (1964-78), born in Gatundu, Kenya
- Oct 21 Ted Shawn, American modern dance pioneer and choreographer (Dance We Must), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972)
- Oct 22 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Bohemian German composer, born in Josefsthal, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968)
- Oct 22 Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d. 1988)
- Oct 24 Geertruida Magdelena Wilhelmina Bakker, Dutch actress (The Two Orphans), born in Amsterdam (d. 1973)
Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961)
Oct 24 Dominican politician, soldier and dictator of the Dominican Republic (1930-61), born in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
Fanny Brice (1891-1951)
Oct 29 American singing comedian (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (Lucas sequences), dies at 49
- Oct 6 Charles Stewart Parnell, English-Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies of pneumonia at 45
- Oct 11 Irish nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell's funeral held at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, attended by more than 200,000
- Oct 15 Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English writer (Punch), dies at 54
- Oct 15 William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 54
- Oct 16 Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute writer and educator ("Life Among the Paiutes", 1st English narrative by a Native American woman), dies of tuberculosis at 46 or 47 [1]
- Oct 21 Alpheus Baker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 63
- Oct 22 Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
