Historical Events
- Oct 2 NY Hayden Planetarium, 4th in US, opens
- Oct 3 Italy invades Ethiopia, starting the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- Oct 6 Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia
- Oct 6 Market Street Railway, San Francisco, starts using trackless trolley coaches
- Oct 7 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4-3 at Navin Field for 4 games to 2 series win; Tigers win first championship in 5 WS appearances
- Oct 10 Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy
Music History
Oct 10 George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway NY
- Oct 10 League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia
Jubilee
Oct 12 Cole Porter's musical "Jubilee" opens at the Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 167 performances
Event of Interest
Oct 19 Mao Zedong's army reaches Shanxi
- Oct 20 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid
- Oct 20 Anti-fascist People's Front forms in Brussels
- Oct 20 Communist forces end their Long March at Yan'an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence
MVP Hank Greenberg
Oct 20 Detroit Tigers future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BWAA; Boston Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell is runner-up
- Oct 22 Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union
PGA Championship
Oct 22 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 & 4
- Oct 23 American mobsters Dutch Schultz, Abe Landau, Otto Berman, and Bernard "Lulu" Rosencrantz are fatally shot by organized crime hitmen at a saloon in Newark, New Jersey, what becomes known as "The Chophouse Massacre" to prevent them from killing the US Attorney prosecuting Schultz for tax evasion, what becomes known as "The Chophouse Massacre"
- Oct 23 Chicago Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP
Election of Interest
Oct 23 Mackenzie King is elected as Prime Minister of Canada for the third time
Mulatto
Oct 24 Langston Hughes' stage drama "Mulatto: A Tragedy of the Deep South", opens at Vanderbilt Theatre, NYC; runs for 373 performances
Famous Birthdays
Julie Andrews (88 years old)
Oct 1 British Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (My Fair Lady (Broadway); Mary Poppins; The Sound Of Music; The Princess Diaries), born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
- Oct 2 Omar Sívori, Argentine soccer forward and manager (19 caps Argentina, 9 caps Italy; Juventus), born in San Nicolás, Buenos Aires Province (d. 2005)
- Oct 2 Peter Frankl, Hungarian-British pianist, born in Budapest, Hungary
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935-1967)
Oct 2 Jr., 1st African-American astronaut and U.S. Air Force major, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 3 Abdon Pamich, Italian race walker (Olympic gold 50k 1964, bronze 1960), born in Fiume, Italy
- Oct 3 Charles Duke Jr, American USAF Brigadier General and NASA astronaut (Apollo 16), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Oct 4 Eddie Applegate, American actor (The Patty Duke Show), born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
- Oct 4 Eldon Danenhauer, American football offensive tackle (AFL All Star 1962, 65; Denver Broncos 1960-65), born in Clay Center, Kansas (d. 2021)
- Oct 4 Jimmy Orr, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1959, 65; Super Bowl 1971; Baltimore Colts), born in Seneca, South Carolina
- Oct 5 Jimmy Binks, English cricket wicket-keeper (England twice v India 1964), born in Hull, Yorkshire, England
- Oct 5 Peter Brown [Pierre Lind de Lappe], American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful), born in New York City (d. 2016)
Bruno Sammartino (1935-2018)
Oct 6 Italian-American strongman and professional wrestler, born in Pizzoferrato, Italy
- Oct 6 Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
- Oct 6 Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2021)
- Oct 7 Thomas Keneally, Australian writer (Schindler's List), born in Sydney, Australia
- Oct 8 Albert Roux, French chef and restaurateur (Le Gavroche, 1st Michelin three-starred restaurant in Britain), born in Semur-en-Brionnais, Saône-et-Loire, France (d. 2021) [1]
- Oct 9 Don McCullin, British photographer, born in London, England
- Oct 9 Jules Croiset, Dutch actor (Help, Doctor Verzuipt!), born in Deventer, Netherlands
- Oct 9 Paul Barton, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 100; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- Oct 9 Paul Beers, Dutch actor (Mother Courage & Her Children)
- Oct 9 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in London, England
- Oct 9 Tibor Fátyol, Hungarian composer, born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (d. 2017)
- Oct 10 André Bureau, French Canadian lawyer and communications executive, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Oct 10 Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxer (Dartford Destroyer), born in Dartford, England (d. 2012)
- Oct 10 Khalil al-Wazir [Abu Jihad], Founder of Palestinian group Fatah and PLO leader, born in Ramla, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1988)
- Oct 10 Ousmane Sow, Senegalese sculptor, born in Dhakar (d. 2016)
- Oct 10 Paolo Renosto, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1988)
- Oct 11 Frederick Combs, American stage and screen actor (The Boys In The Band), playwright, and director, born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1992)
- Oct 11 Jan van Vlijmen, Dutch composer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2004)
Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)
Oct 12 Italian operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio; The Three Tenors), born in Modena, Italy
- Oct 12 Paul Humphrey, American jazz, R&B, and rock session and touring drummer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)
- Oct 12 Sam Moore, American R&B and soul vocalist (Sam & Dave - "Soul Man"), born in Miami, Florida
- Oct 12 William Raspberry, American columnist (Pulitzer 1994), born in Okolona, Mississippi (d. 2012)
- Oct 13 Alexey Kozlov, Russian jazz-fusion saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (Arsenal), born in Moscow, USSR
- Oct 13 Louis LaRusso II, American playwright (Knockout; Lampost Reunion), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 2003)
- Oct 13 Philippine Aeckerlin, Dutch actress (Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs), born in Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Oct 14 La Monte Young, American minimalist avant-garde composer (Compositions 1960), born in Bern, Idaho
- Oct 15 Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter ("Eve of Destruction"), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Oct 15 Bobby Morrow, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay 1956), born in Brownsville, Texas (d. 2020)
- Oct 15 Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director and actor (Witte Waan), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Oct 15 Murdo Alex MacLeod, Free Church of Scotland minister, born in Ness, Lewis (d. 1995)
- Oct 15 Willie O'Ree, Canadian Hockey HOF wing (first black player in NHL Boston Bruins), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Oct 16 Sugar Pie DeSanto [Peylia Marsema Balinton], American R&B singer ("Soulful Dress"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 17 Alan Brown, cricketer (England opening attack Brown & White vs Pak 1961)
- Oct 18 John B. Coleman, American hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Oct 18 Jorge "Jordi" Cervelló, Catalan composer and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain
Peter Boyle (1935-2006)
Oct 18 American actor (Joe, Candidate, Everybody Loves Raymond), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
- Oct 18 Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2021)
- Oct 19 Agne Simonsson, Swedish soccer striker (51 caps; Örgryte IS, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad) and manager (Örgryte IS, BK Häcken), born in Göteborg, Sweden (d. 2020)
- Oct 20 Jerry Orbach, American actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2004)
- Oct 21 (George) Derek Bell, Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist, and composer (The Chieftans; "Three Images of Ireland in Druid Times"), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2002)
- Oct 21 Bobby Few, American jazz pianist and vocalist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2021)
- Oct 21 Don Rader, American big band jazz trumpeter and arranger (Woody Herman; Maynard Ferguson; Count Basie; Les Brown), born in Rochester, Pennsylvania
- Oct 22 Judy Devlin Hashman, Canadian badminton player (World Team C'ship gold US 1957, 60, 63, 66), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (88 years old)
Oct 23 Puerto Rican golfer (Senior Tournament Players C'ship 1986, PGA Senior C'ship 1987), born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
- Oct 23 Jimmy Dale, British-Canadian pianist and orchestra leader (The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour), born in London, England (d. 2017)
- Oct 23 Zbigniew Rudzinski, Polish composer (Mannequins), born in Czechowice, Poland
- Oct 24 Sanford Clark, American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist ("The Fool"; "Son Of A Gun"), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2021)
- Oct 25 Russell Luis Schweickart, astronaut (Apollo 9), born in Neptune Township, New Jersey
- Oct 25 Zdeněk Pololáník, Czech composer and organist, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
- Oct 28 Folke Rabe, Swedish avant-garde composer (What??), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2017)
- Oct 29 David Allen, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 5 x 50, 122 wickets, BB 5/30; Gloucestershire CCC), born in Bristol, England (d. 2014)
- Oct 29 Isao Takahata, Japanese anime film director, screenwriter and producer (Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), born in Ujiyamada, Mie, Japan (d. 2018)
- Oct 30 Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer (The Notebook), born in Csikvánd, Hungary (d. 2011)
- Oct 30 Jim Perry, American baseball player, born in Williamston, North Carolina
- Oct 30 Michael Winner, English film producer and director (Big Sleep, Death Wish), born in London, England (d. 2013)
- Oct 30 Robert Caro, American journalist and biographer (Lyndon B. Johnson), born in New York City
Famous Weddings
- Oct 8 American bandleader Ozzie Nelson marries American band singer Harriet Hilliard (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 4 Barbados Joe Walcott, Barbadian boxer (World Welterweight champion 1901-06; first Black to hold that title), dies in a car accident at 62
- Oct 4 Jean Béraud, French Belle Époque painter, dies at 86
- Oct 4 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1920-26), and pedagogue, dies at 61
- Oct 6 Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83
- Oct 10 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1934), dies at 72
- Oct 11 Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for South Africa), dies
- Oct 11 Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
- Oct 20 Adolphus Washington Greely, American Arctic explorer and recipient of the Medal of Honor, dies at 91
- Oct 22 Edward Carson, Irish Unionist politician and lawyer (Irish Unionist Party), dies at 81
- Oct 22 Komitas [Soghomon Soghomonian], Armenian priest, composer (Patarag), and musicologist, dies at 66
- Oct 24 Abe Landau, American gangster (henchman for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 39
- Oct 24 Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], American gangster, murdered at 33
- Oct 24 Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium), dies at 72
- Oct 24 Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, American gangster (accountant for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 44
- Oct 25 Bernard "Lulu" Rosenkrantz, American gangster (chauffeur and bodyguard for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 33
- Oct 26 Akos Buttykai, Hungarian composer, dies at 64
- Oct 27 Ernest Eldridge, British auto racer (world land speed record 1924 at Arpajon, France; 1 mile −145.89 mph), dies from pneumonia at 40
