Historical Events
Ethiopian History
Oct 11 Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia rejects a treaty with Italy
- Oct 15 Henry Perky patents a machine he developed with William Ford for the preparation of cereals for food, otherwise known as shredded wheat
- Oct 21 The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
- Oct 22 David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland" premieres in NYC
- Oct 22 In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop, crosses more than 30 meters of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 Liaquat Ali Khan, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-51), born in Karnal, Punjab, British India (d. 1951)
- Oct 2 Fritz Eberhard, [Helmut von Rauschenplat], German journalist, anti-fascist war resistor, and co-signer of modern constitution, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1982)
- Oct 2 Louis Lebeer, Belgian art historian, engraver, and academic, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1986)
Buster Keaton (1895-1966)
Oct 4 American actor and comedian (Navigator, Steamboat Bill Jr, The General), born in Piqua, Kansas
- Oct 4 Giovanni Brunero, Italian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia General classification 1921, 22, 26), born in San Maurizio Canavese, Italy (d. 1934)
- Oct 4 Richard Sorge, German spy for the Soviet Union in Tokyo during World War II, born in Baku, Russian Empire (d. 1944)
- Oct 4 Sergei Yesenin, Russian lyric poet, born in Konstantinovo, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1925)
- Oct 5 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. Army general (WWII) and head of CIA (1950-52), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1961)
- Oct 6 Caroline Gordon, American writer (Green Centuries), born in Todd County, Kentucky (d. 1981)
- Oct 8 Jeanne Gabrielle Willing, Dutch author (Sinner & the Girl), born in Amsterdam (d. 1984)
Juan Perón (1895-1974)
Oct 8 Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), born in Buenos Aires
- Oct 8 Zog I, King of Albania (1928-39), born in Burgajet Castle, Ottoman Empire (d. 1961)
Eugene Bullard (1895-1961)
Oct 9 1st African-American military pilot, flew for France in World War I as part of the French Foreign Legion, born in Columbus, Georgia
- Oct 10 Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor and comedian (The Wrong Millionaire, Secret Svensson), born in Munkfors, Värmland, Sweden (d. 1935)
- Oct 10 Johnny Taylor, Australian cricket batsman (20 Tests; 1 x 100, 8 x 50) and rugby union fly-half (2 caps), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1971)
- Oct 10 Wolfram von Richthofen, German-Nazi military officer (fighter pilot - WWI; Chief of Staff -Spanish civil war; Luftwaffe field marshal - WWII), born in Barzdorf, German Empire (d. 1945)
- Oct 11 Jakov Gotovac, Croatian conductor and composer (Ero the Joker), born in Split, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) (d. 1982)
- Oct 12 Alfred "Tubby" Hall, American jazz drummer (King Oliver; Louis Armstrong), born in Sellers, Louisiana (d. 1945)
- Oct 13 Kurt Schumacher, German politician (Social Democrat Party (SPD) chairman,1946-52). opposition leader, and political prisoner during WWII, born in Kulm, Germany (d. 1952)
- Oct 13 Mike Gazella, American baseball player (NY Yankees), born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)
- Oct 13 Vera [Veronica] Bondam, Flemish actress (Een brief van de generaal), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- Oct 15 Alfred Neumann, German playwright (Devil), born in Lautenburg, Germany (now in Poland) (d. 1952)
- Oct 17 Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (Dances of Women), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1958)
- Oct 18 Raymond Brulez, Belgian author (Appearance at Kallista), born in Blankenenberge, Belgium (d. 1972)
- Oct 19 Frank Durbin, last American veteran of the Battle of Verdun (d. 1999)
- Oct 19 Louis Mumford, American cultural historian, city planner and writer, born in Flushing, Queens (d. 1990)
- Oct 20 Rex Ingram, American actor (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tarzan of the Apes, The Ten Commandments), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1969)
- Oct 21 Edna Purviance, American silent film actress, worked with Charlie Chaplin (The Kid), born in Paradise Valley, Nevada (d. 1958)
- Oct 21 J Delos Jewkes, American light opera, vaudeville, choral (Mormon Tabernacle), film and television bass singer, and actor (Stars And Stripes Forever; The Music Man; The Andy Griffith Show), born in Orangeville, Utah (d. 1984)
- Oct 21 Shukichi Mitsukuri, Japanese composer (10 Haikai de Basho), born in Tokyo (d. 1971)
- Oct 24 Jack Warner [Waters], British actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Christmas Carol), born in London, England (d. 1981)
- Oct 25 Levi Eshkol [Sjkolnik], Israeli PM (MWP) (1963-69), born in Oratov, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1969)
- Oct 28 John Boles, American singer and actor (Babes in Baghdad), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1969)
- Oct 30 Dickinson W. Richards, American physician (Nobel 1956 - development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1973)
- Oct 30 Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist (Nobel Prize 1939 in Physiology or Medicine - first commercially available antibiotic and marketed under the brand name Prontosil), born in Lagow, Brandenburg (d. 1964)
- Oct 31 B. H. Liddell Hart, English military historian and publicist (The Rommel Papers), born in Paris (d. 1970)
- Oct 31 C. K. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), born in Nagpur, Maharashtra (d. 1967)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 Harry Wright, English Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder and manager (established baseball's first fully professional team, Cincinnati Red Stockings 1869), dies of a lung ailment at 60
- Oct 6 Lorenzo Langstroth, American apiarist (invented modern beehive), dies at 84 [1]
- Oct 8 Charles Oberthür, German composer and harpist, dies at 76
- Oct 8 William Mahone, American railway engineer and Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
- Oct 14 Elisha P. Ferry, American politician (Governor of Washington, 1872-80, 1889-93), dies at 70
- Oct 25 Charles Hallé, Anglo-German pianist, conductor and founder (Halle Orchestra), dies at 76
- Oct 31 Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62
