Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 6 Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
- Oct 8 Nance O'Neil, American actor (Cimarron), born in Oakland, California (d. 1965)
- Oct 9 Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1947)
- Oct 12 Jimmy Burke, American baseball third baseman Pittsburgh Pirates; coach World Series 1932 NY Yankees; and manager St. Louis Cardinals 1905, Browns 1918-20, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1942)
- Oct 14 Margarete Susman, German-Jewish writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1966)
- Oct 15 Olallo Morales, Spanish-Swedish pianist, composer, conductor, and educator, born in Almería, Spain (d. 1957)
- Oct 15 Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, grandson of Queen Victoria, born in Buckingham Palace, London (d. 1899)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Oct 20 American composer (Holiday Quick Step), born in Danbury, Connecticut
Owen D. Young (1874-1962)
Oct 27 American industrialist (RCA) and diplomat (Young Plan), born in Stark, New York
