Historical Events
Event of Interest
Oct 5 Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices
Women's Social and Political Union
Oct 10 The Women's Social and Political Union is formed by Emmeline Pankhurst to fight for women's rights in Britain
- Oct 12 Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC
- Oct 13 1st Baseball World Series: Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0 in Game 8 at Huntington Avenue for a 5-3 series victory
- Oct 13 Victor Herbert and by Glen MacDonough's operetta "Babes in Toyland" premieres at Majestic Theater, New York City
- Oct 16 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia
- Oct 20 US wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska & Canada
- Oct 23 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery
- Oct 24 First trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1)
- Oct 24 George Sutton becomes billards champion
- Oct 26 Yerba Buena is first Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay
- Oct 30 In violation of their promise to evacuate Manchuria, the Russian reoccupy Mukden and reinforce their troops in Manchuria
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 George Coulouris, British actor (Runaway Bus), born in Manchester, England (d. 1989)
- Oct 1 Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-American classical pianist (Variations on a Theme from Carmen), born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1989)
- Oct 4 Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist, born in Bonaventure, Quebec (d. 1993)
- Oct 4 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian nazi (SS/SD), born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
- Oct 5 M. King Hubbert, American geologist and geophysicist, born in San Saba, Texas (d. 1989)
- Oct 6 Ernest Walton, Irish physicist (Nobel Prize 1951 for work building earliest particle accelerator), born in Abbeyside, Ireland (d. 1995)
- Oct 8 Lina Radke, German 800m runner (Olympic gold 1928), born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1983)
- Oct 8 René Guillou, French organist and composer (L'Autre mère), born in Rennes, Brittany, France (d. 1958)
- Oct 9 Walter O'Malley, American Baseball HOF executive (owner Brooklyn/LA Dodgers 1950-79), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1979)
- Oct 10 Charles Théodore Henri Antoine Meinrad de Belgique, Count of Flanders, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1983)
- Oct 10 Vernon Duke [Vladimir Alexandrovich Dukelsky], American composer and songwriter ("Taking A Chance On Love"), born in Parafianovo, Russian Empire (d. 1969)
- Oct 11 Charles P. Cabell, American military and intelligence officer (US Air Force general; Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1953–1962), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1971)
- Oct 12 Grayson L. Kirk, 14th President of Columbia University (1953-68), born in Jeffersonville, Ohio (d. 1997)
- Oct 12 Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (Story of Louis Pasteur), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1998)
- Oct 13 Jens Bjerre, Danish composer, born in Aarhus (d. 1986)
- Oct 13 Patsy Moran, American actress (Children of the Wild), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- Oct 16 Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (d. 2003)
- Oct 16 Rex Bell [George Francis Beldam], American cowboy actor (Cowboys & Injuns) and 21st Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1962)
- Oct 17 Nathanael West, American novelist ("Miss Lonelyhearts"; "The Day of the Locust"), born in New York City (d. 1940)
- Oct 18 Ambrose Thibodeaux, American Cajun accordionist, also known as Ambrose Sam (d. 1995)
- Oct 18 Emile Enthoven, Dutch composer and lawyer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1950)
- Oct 19 Tor Johnson [Tore Johansson], Swedish wrestler and actor (Bride of the Monster), born in Kalmar län, Sweden (d. 1971)
- Oct 19 Vittorio Giannini, American violinist, composer (The Medead), and educator (Curtis Institute, 1956-64), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
- Oct 20 John Lodge, American actor (Witchmaker) and politician (79th Governor of Connecticut), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1985)
- Oct 22 Curly Howard [Jerome Lester Horwitz], American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1952)
- Oct 22 George Beadle, American geneticist (biochemical genetics - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958), born in Wahoo, Nebraska (d. 1989)
- Oct 23 Milford Dolliole, American pioneer jazz drummer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1994)
- Oct 24 Charlotte Perriand, French architect and furniture designer (Unité d'habitation), born in Paris, France (d. 1999)
Melvin Purvis (1903-1960)
Oct 24 American FBI agent that lead the manhunt for outlaws Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger, born in Timmonsville, South Carolina
- Oct 25 Harry Shoulberg, American expressionist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
- Oct 25 Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1976)
- Oct 28 Evelyn Waugh, English author (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop), born in London, England (d. 1966)
- Oct 29 Vivian Ellis, English composer, born in Hampstead, London (d. 1996)
- Oct 30 Konrad Friedrich Noetel, German composer, born in Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poznań, Poland) (d. 1947)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 Benedetto Junck, Italian composer, dies at 51
- Oct 4 Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880)
- Oct 7 Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)
- Oct 23 Francis Ellingwood Abbot, American theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66
- Oct 26 Herbert Oakeley, English composer, dies at 73
- Oct 26 Victorin de Joncières, French composer (Dimitiri), and music critic, dies at 64
