Historical Events
Franco's Spanish State
Oct 1 Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain
- Oct 2 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas
- Oct 2 Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject Nazism
- Oct 2 French franc devalued, relatively late and after Britain (1931) and the US (1933)
- Oct 2 New York Yankees score Baseball World Series record 18 runs in an 18-4 rout of rival NY Giants in Game 2 at the Polo Grounds; Yankees win series 4-2
- Oct 3 NY Yankees set new attendance record of 64,482 in Game 3 of World Series at Yankee Stadium; 66,669 following day Game 4; win series v NY Giants, 4-2
- Oct 4 Italian lire devalued
- Oct 4 Record crowd 66,669 packs Yankee Stadium for Game 4 of Baseball World Series; Yankees beat Giants, 5-2; win series, 4-2
- Oct 5 The Jarrow March sets off for London
- Oct 6 Baseball World Series: Yankees beat Giants, 13-5 at the Polo Grounds to win all-New York series, 4-2
Dodgers Fire Stengel
Oct 7 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
Event of Interest
Oct 16 Jean Batten reaches Auckland, New Zealand after flying solo from Kent, England in a record 11 days and 45 minutes
Sports History
Oct 16 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
- Oct 19 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18½ days
MVP Carl Hubbell
Oct 20 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
- Oct 20 Spanish government moves to Barcelona
- Oct 22 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
Statue of Liberty
Oct 28 FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
Red, Hot And Blue
Oct 29 Cole Porter's musical "Red, Hot And Blue", starring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope, opens at the Alvin Theatre, NYC; runs for 183 performances
- Oct 31 The Boy Scouts of the Philippines formed
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 C, Gordon Fullerton, American USMC Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-3; STS-51-F), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2013)
- Oct 1 Duncan Edwards, English soccer midfielder (18 caps; Manchester United), born in Dudley, Worcestershire (d. 1958)
- Oct 1 Edward Villella, American ballet dancer (NYC Ballet, 1957-79), and artistic director (Miami City Ballet, 1985-2012), born in Bayside, Queens, New York
- Oct 1 Stella Stevens [Estella Eggleston], American actress (Girls! Girls! Girls!; The Nutty Professor; Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows), born in Yazoo City, Mississippi (d. 2023)
- Oct 2 Dick Barnett, American basketball guard (NBA All-Star 1968; NBA C'ship 1970, 73 NY Knicks), born in Gary, Indiana
- Oct 2 Ian McLachlan, Australian cricket batsman (Cambridge Uni & SA; 72 FC matches) and politician (45th Australian Defence Minister), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- Oct 2 Johnnie Cochran, American attorney (O.J. Simpson defense attorney), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2005)
- Oct 2 Roger Sainsbury, Anglican Bishop of Barking
- Oct 3 Steve Reich, American minimalist composer (Drumming, Double Sextet), born in New York City
- Oct 4 David Pithey, Rhodesian cricket all-rounder (8 Tests for South Africa), born in Salisbury, Zimbabwe (d. 2018)
- Oct 4 Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer
- Oct 5 Annerose Schmidt [Boeck], East German concert pianist, and educator, born in Wittenberg, Germany
Václav Havel (1936-2011)
Oct 5 Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1990-2, Czech Republic, 1993-2003), born in Prague
- Oct 6 Anna Quayle, British actress (A Hard Day's Night, Stop the World - I want to Get Off), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2019)
- Oct 6 Rob Touber [Noordervliet], Dutch television music and variety director, and record producer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1975)
- Oct 7 Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor (Montreal Symphony, 1977-2002; Orchestre National de France. 1991-2001; Royal Philharmonic, 2009-18), born in Lausanne, Switzerland
- Oct 7 Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Dauriya, Russia
- Oct 8 Carman Moore, American composer, born in Lorain, Ohio
- Oct 8 Peter Swan, English soccer defender (19 caps; Sheffield Wednesday, Bury), born in South Elmsall, England (d. 2021)
- Oct 8 Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist (Tomorrow Show), born in New York City
- Oct 9 Brian Blessed, English actor (King Arthur, High Road to China), born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England
- Oct 10 Artie Dick, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of 60's), born in Middlemarch, New Zealand
- Oct 10 Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007), born in Stuttgart, Germany
- Oct 10 Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here), born in Stockport, Cheshire, England
- Oct 11 Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)
- Oct 12 Tony Kubek, American baseball shortstop (MLB All-Star (1958, 59², 61, 61²; World Series 1958, 61, 62; NY Yankees) and sportscaster (NBC-TV, Madison Square Garden), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Oct 13 Cliff Gorman, American actor (Boys in the Band, Angel), born in Queens, New York (d. 2002)
- Oct 13 Elizabeth Furse, American politician (first naturalized American born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress), born in Nairobi, Kenya
- Oct 13 John Menzies, Scottish publisher and multi-millionaire
- Oct 13 Tony Knapp, English soccer manager (Iceland, Viking FK) and defender (Leicester City, Southampton), born in Newstead, England (d. 2023)
- Oct 15 Kari Rydman, Finnish composer, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Oct 16 Akira Machida, Japanese judge
- Oct 16 Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet-Russian serial killer who murdered at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990, born in Yabluchne, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 1994)
- Oct 16 Gerardo Gandini, Argentinian pianist and composer (Laberynthus Johannes), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2013)
- Oct 16 Peter Bowles, British actor (I, Claudius; Rumpole of the Bailey - "Featherstone"), born in London, England (d. 2022)
- Oct 17 David Hobson, American politician (Rep-R-Ohio 1991-2009), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Oct 17 Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist
- Oct 19 Dimitrios Stefanakos, Greek soccer defender (7 caps; Olympiacos FC), born in Kalamata, Greece (d. 2021)
James Bevel (1936-2008)
Oct 19 American civil rights activist (Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Direct Action), born in Itta Bena, Mississippi
- Oct 19 Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president (Spellman College)/(Sen-D-KY)
- Oct 19 Sylvia Browne, American author and self-proclaimed medium dubbed "America's most controversial psychic", born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2013)
- Oct 19 Tony Lo Bianco, actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 20 Joanna Simon, American mezzo-soprano (1962-86), and Emmy Award-winning arts journalist (PBS, 1986-92), born in New York City (d. 2022) [1]
- Oct 21 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright (Butley)
Bobby Seale (87 years old)
Oct 22 American political and civil rights activist (Black Panther Party) and author, born in Liberty, Texas
- Oct 22 John Blashford-Snell, British Army officer (founded Operation Raleigh), born in Hereford, England
- Oct 22 Neville E Alexander, South african (10 years in Robbeneiland Jail)
- Oct 23 Barry Sinclair, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (21 Tests, 3 x 100s; Wellington CA), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2022)
- Oct 23 Philip Kaufman, American director (Right Stuff, Henry & June), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 24 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politician (VVD)
Bill Wyman (87 years old)
Oct 24 English rock and jazz bassist (Rolling Stones, 1962-93 - "Under My Thumb"), born in Lewisham, London
- Oct 24 David Nelson, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), director, and producer, born in New York City (d. 2011)
- Oct 24 Rainer Kunad, German composer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1995)
- Oct 25 Alan Smith, English cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests), born in Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Oct 25 Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian (Winston Churchill biography), born in London, England
- Oct 26 Al Casey, American rock and session guitarist (Duane Eddy; The Wrecking Crew), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2006)
- Oct 26 Bruce Belland, American singer (Tim Conway Hour), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 26 Shelley Morrison, American actress (General Hospital, Will & Grace), born in New York City (d. 2019)
- Oct 28 Carl Davis, American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenant's Woman; restored silent film Napoléon; BBC's Pride and Prejudice), born in New York City (d. 2023)
- Oct 28 Charlie Daniels, American country-rock guitarist, fiddler, and singer ("Devil Went Down to Georgia"), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 2020)
- Oct 28 Horst Antes, German painter and sculptor, born in Heppenheim, Germany
- Oct 28 Juan Carlos Harriott Jr., Argentine polo player (Argentine Open C'ship x 20, Hurlingham Open x 15, Tortugas Open x 7), born in Coronel Suarez, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2023)
- Oct 28 Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist ("The Next Hundred Years"), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995)
- Oct 29 Akiko Kojima, Japanese model (Miss Universe 1959 - 1st Japanese and Asian woman to win the title), born in Tokyo
- Oct 30 Polina Astakhova, Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast (5 Olympic gold 1956, 60, 64), born in Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2005)
Michael Landon (1936-1991)
Oct 31 American actor (Bonanza - "Little Joe"; Little House on the Prairie - "Charles"; Highway to Heaven - "Jonathan"), born in Forest Hills, New York
- Oct 31 Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Zhuravka, Voronezh, Russia (d. 2008)
Famous Weddings
Oswald Mosley
Oct 6 Diana Mitford marries Oswald Mosley in the house of Joseph Goebbels with Adolf Hitler as a guest
Famous Deaths
John Heisman (1869-1936)
Oct 3 American football coach (legalised forward pass, originated the center-snap; Heisman Trophy named after him), dies from pneumonia at 66
- Oct 5 J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet, writer and ship's doctor (Seaman's Grave), dies of ill health at 38
- Oct 8 William Henry Stark, American timber industry leader, dies ta 85
- Oct 12 Bernard Bosanquet, English cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies at 58
- Oct 12 Edwin Blashfield, American painter who decorated the dome of Library of Congress, dies at 87
- Oct 19 Lu Xun, Chinese writer of modern Chinese literature, dies at 55
- Oct 20 Anne Sullivan [Johanna Macy], American teacher who educated Helen Keller, dies at 70
- Oct 23 [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80
- Oct 25 Jaime de Magalhães Lima, Portuguese author and poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro), dies at 76
- Oct 26 Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18
- Oct 26 Rodney Heath, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1905, 10), dies of stomach cancer at 52
- Oct 29 Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine), dies at 61
- Oct 30 Lorado Taft, American sculptor (Black Hawk), dies at 76
- Oct 30 Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies
