Historical Events
- Oct 2 Pitching in his 3rd start in 5 days, Philadelphia Phillies right hander Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 20th century MLB record 16th shutout of year, a 2-0 win v Boston Braves
- Oct 2 Zoological Society of San Diego founded, in San Diego, California
- Oct 4 Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time
Battle of the Somme
Oct 5 Adolf Hitler is wounded in the left thigh by an exploding shell during the Battle of the Somme
Georgia Tech Crushes Cumberland 222-0
Oct 7 Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most lopsided score in the history of US college football
- Oct 7 The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island, and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters
- Oct 10 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3
- Oct 12 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Robins, 4-1 at Braves Field to clinch series, 4-1 and retain title
PGA Championship
Oct 14 1st PGA Championship Men's Golf, Siwanoy CC, Bronxville, NY: Englishman Jim Barnes defeats Jock Hutchison by 1 hole in the 36-hole final
Music History
Oct 14 Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.
- Oct 14 The Perm State University was founded in Russia.
1st Birth Control Clinic
Oct 16 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic in the US at 46 Amboy St, Brooklyn
Meeting of Interest
Oct 16 T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) meets with Faisal I of Iraq
- Oct 17 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
Event of Interest
Oct 19 France extends formal recognition of the Provisional Government in Crete proclaimed Eleftherios Venizelos
How Long Must Women Wait?
Oct 22 Suffragette Inez Milholland collapses during a speech in Los Angeles, California and dies weeks later. Her last word's are to President Woodrow Wilson “Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?”
- Oct 24 Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont
- Oct 26 American sex educator Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
- Oct 27 Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.
- Oct 28 Australian government holds a national referendum seeking support for the proposal of compulsory conscription; it is rejected
- Oct 31 Clare Kummer's play "Good Gracious Annabelle" premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
James Herriot (1916-1995)
Oct 3 British veterinarian and novelist (All Creatures Great and Small), born in Sunderland, County Durham
- Oct 3 María de los Ángeles Alvariño González, Spanish marine biologist and oceanographer, born in El Ferrol, Spain (d. 2005)
- Oct 3 Shelby Storck, American television producer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1969)
- Oct 4 George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
- Oct 4 Jan Murray, American comedian and TV game show host (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2006)
- Oct 4 Owen Tudor Williams, English civil engineer (built UK motorways including spaghetti junction), born in London, England (d. 1996)
- Oct 5 Douglas Ranger, British surgeon, born in Furness, Lancashire (d. 1997)
- Oct 7 Walt Rostow, American economist and political theorist (The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto), born in New York City (d. 2003)
- Oct 8 Spark Matsunaga, United States Senator from Hawaii (1977-90), born in Kukuiula, Hawaii (d. 1990)
- Oct 10 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
- Oct 10 Scott Huston, American composer, born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1991)
- Oct 12 Alice Childress, American playwright, actress and writer, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1994)
- Oct 13 David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone singer (Dutch Radio Chorus), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 2001)
- Oct 14 C. Everett Koop, 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)
- Oct 15 Al Killian, American big band and swing jazz trumpeter, and occasional bandleader, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1950)
- Oct 16 George Turner, Australian author (d. 1997)
- Oct 17 Robert Lowery [Hank], American stage and screen actor (Batman and Robin (1949); Circus Boy - "Big Tim"; The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1971)
- Oct 17 Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, Polish organist and composer, born in Sierpc, Poland (d. 1998)
- Oct 19 David Lewis, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
- Oct 19 Emil Gilels, Soviet concert pianist (Brussels Competition - 1st prize, 1938), born in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1985)
- Oct 19 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), born in Växjö, Sweden (d. 1968)
- Oct 19 Toby Rowland, American theatrical manager (London), b0rn in Libby, Montana (d. 1994)
- Oct 20 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1989)
- Oct 21 Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1974)
- Oct 21 Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Japanese composer and educator, born in Tokyo (d. 1991)
- Oct 22 Michael Fitzalan-Howard, British General (Gold Stick-in-Waiting to the UK Monarch) (d. 2007)
- Oct 22 Sidney Miller, American actor (Here Comes Donald) and director (The Mickey Mouse Club), born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, (d. 2004)
- Oct 24 Pierre Sancan, French composer (Sonatine for flute and piano; La Légende de Icare), pianist, conductor, and teacher (Conservatoire de Paris, 1956-85), born in Mazamet, France (d. 2008)
François Mitterrand (1916-1996)
Oct 26 21st President of France (1981-95), born in Jarnac, France
- Oct 27 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)
- Oct 27 Kazimierz Brandys, Polish essayist and writer, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 2000)
- Oct 28 Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, born in Inverness (d. 1994)
- Oct 30 Leon Day, American Baseball HOF pitcher (9 x NgL All Star; NgL World Series 1946; Brooklyn/Newark Eagles, Baltimore Elite Giants), born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 1995)
- Oct 31 Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2012)
- Oct 31 Ken Keltner, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1937-50, 7x All-Star (Cleveland Indians; Boston Red Sox), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1991)
Famous Weddings
Jack Dempsey
Oct 9 Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (21) weds Maxine Gates in Farmington, Utah
Rube Goldberg
Oct 17 Cartoonist Rube Goldberg (33) weds Irma Seeman
Famous Deaths
- Oct 2 Benjamin Kidd, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies of heart disease at 58
- Oct 16 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73
- Oct 21 Karl von Stürgkh, Austrian nobleman and politician (Prime Minister, 1911-16) who declared war on Serbia, initiating WWI, assassinated while having lunch at 56
- Oct 25 William Merritt Chase, American impressionist painter, and educator (Chase School, now known as the Parsons School of Design), dies at 66
- Oct 26 Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader, dies at 83
- Oct 28 Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau), dies at 77
- Oct 28 Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891)
- Oct 30 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, American composer (The Tragedy of the Deep), dies at 70
Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916)
Oct 31 American religious leader (founder of the Bible School Movement that led to Jehovah's Witnesses), dies at 64
