- Oct 2 A Mayor Richard Caliguiri led coalition of public and private groups committed to keeping the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates in town for at least 5 years reach agreement to buy the baseball team for $22 million
- Oct 2 Detroit 1st baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #40 in Tigers' 4-2 win over Toronto Blue Jays; first to record 40 x HRs in a MLB season in both Leagues
- Oct 4 Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia
F1 World Champion
Oct 6 French McLaren driver Alain Prost clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with a 4th placing in the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch
Sports History
Oct 6 New York Yankees knuckleballer Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games; at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out, beating Toronto 8-0
- Oct 7 Lynette Woodward chosen as 1st woman in Harlem Globetrotters
- Oct 13 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin
Sports History
Oct 14 New York Jets retire Joe Namath's #12 on nationally televised Monday Night Football; beat Miami Dolphins, 23-7
- Oct 16 KC Royals & St Louis Cardinals win their league championships
- Oct 16 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 3
- Oct 16 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2
- Oct 17 Lou Piniella named NY Yankee manager
- Oct 21 Qasim Omar (206) & Javed Miandad (203*) make 397 stand v SL
Sports History
Oct 26 Doug Harvey's #2 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens
- Oct 26 On a poor call in Game 6, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events probably costing St. Louis Cardinals the Baseball World Series; lose 2-1 to KC when leading series, 3-2
NYC Women's Marathon
Oct 27 15th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34
- Oct 27 16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34
- Oct 27 Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
- Oct 27 Baseball World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen
Sports History
Oct 27 Billy Martin is fired by Yankees for 4th time
- Oct 29 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joaquin Andújar is suspended by MLB for 10 games for bumping an umpire
- Oct 31 Last day in Test cricket for Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas
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