Historical Events
NHL All-Star Game
Oct 3 13th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 6-1
Music Concert
Oct 4 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad
- Oct 4 First Baseball World Series game played west of St Louis; LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox 3-1 in Game 3; record 92,394 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Oct 4 Netherlands equal best performance against neighbours Belgium; win, 9-1 in soccer friendly at De Kuip, Rotterdam; Piet van der Kuil & Faas Wilkes score 3 apiece
- Oct 4 USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side
- Oct 6 Chicago White Sox beat LA Dodgers, 1-0 in Game 5 of Baseball World Series at LA Memorial Coliseum; World Series record attendance 92,706
- Oct 6 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
- Oct 7 "Happy Town" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 5 performances
Pillow Talk
Oct 7 "Pillow Talk" film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson is first released
Far Side of the Moon Revealed
Oct 7 Far side of Moon seen for the 1st time, courtesy of USSR's Luna 3 space probe
- Oct 8 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 9-3 at Comiskey Park to claim championship, 4 games to 2; MVP: Dodgers pitcher Larry Sherry
Election of Interest
Oct 8 Conservatives led by Harold Macmillan win the British general election
- Oct 8 Michael Flanders and Donald Swann's musical review "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 216 performances
Event of Interest
Oct 9 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton, England
- Oct 10 "Happy Town" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 5 performances
- Oct 10 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki
- Oct 10 Pan Am begins regular flights around the world
- Oct 11 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 12 At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
- Oct 14 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 TV series "The Untouchables" starring Robert Stack premieres in the US
- Oct 17 "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 performances
Event of Interest
Oct 17 Queen Elizabeth II is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse
- Oct 17 Stinchcomb Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks' dedicated
- Oct 19 Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel
- Oct 19 William Gibson's "Miracle Worker" premieres in NYC
- Oct 20 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise
- Oct 20 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast
- Oct 21 Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana
Event of Interest
Oct 21 Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in New York
- Oct 21 Players Association approves 2 All-Star Games in 1960, to be held in KC & NY
- Oct 22 Bob Merrill's musical "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater, NYC; runs for 448 performances
- Oct 23 Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
- Oct 24 US premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert
- Oct 27 Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico
- Oct 28 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
Les Negres
Oct 28 Jean Genet's play "Les Negres" premieres in Paris
Asterix
Oct 29 "Asterix" is first published in the French magazine "Pilote" by Rene Goscinny, illustrated by Albert Uderzo
- Oct 29 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced
- Oct 31 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to USA
- Oct 31 USSR and Egypt sign contracts to build the Aswan High Dam
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 Andrei Vedernikov, Russian road cyclist (first Soviet to win individual amateur road race at World C'ships 1981), born in Izhevsk, Russia (d. 2020)
- Oct 1 Koralia Karanti, Greek stage and screen actress, born in Athens, Greece
- Oct 1 Marcos Alonso, Spanish soccer winger (22 caps; Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona) and manager (Rayo Vallecano, Racing Santander, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valladolid), born in Santander, Spain (d. 2023)
Youssou N'dour (64 years old)
Oct 1 Senegalese singer ("Shaking The Tree"), born in Dakar, Senegal
Fred Couples (64 years old)
Oct 3 American golfer (US Masters 1992; Senior Players C'ship 2011; Senior British Open 2012), born in Seattle, Washington
- Oct 3 Greg Proops, American actor and comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway/), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Oct 3 Jack Wagner, American actor (General Hospital; Melrose Place) and pop singer ("All I Need"), born in Washington, Missouri
- Oct 4 Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist (One Under The Eight, Pet Shop Boys), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
- Oct 4 Tony Meo, English snooker player (British Open 1989; English Pro C’ship 1986-87), born in London, England
- Oct 5 David Shannon, American Caldecott Medal-winning children's book writer and illustrator (No, David!), born in Washington, D.C.
- Oct 5 Maya Lin, American designer (Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Civil Rights Memorial), born in Athens, Ohio
- Oct 5 Troy Luccketta, American rock drummer (Tesla - "Psychotic Supper"), born in Lodi, California
- Oct 6 Brian Higgins, American politician (US Representative for New York, 2005-present), born in Buffalo, New York
- Oct 6 Lai Ching-te, Taiwanese politician (president-elect of Taiwan 2024-), born in Wanli, Taiwan
- Oct 6 Robyn Maher, Australian basketball guard (Olympic bronze 1996)
- Oct 6 Walter Ray Williams Jr, American ten-pin bowler (7x Player of the Year), born in San Jose,California
- Oct 6 [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, American baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox), born in Meridian, Mississippi
- Oct 7 Dylan Baker, American character actor, born in Syracuse, New York
- Oct 7 Jean-Marc Fournier, French Canadian politician, born in Châteauguay, Canada
- Oct 7 Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician, born in Lima, Peru
Simon Cowell (64 years old)
Oct 7 English recording executive and television producer (X-Factor, American Idol), born in London, England
- Oct 8 Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American astronaut (STS 84, sk 97), born in Lima, Peru
- Oct 8 Gavin Friday [Fionán Martin Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Oct 8 Mike Morgan, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Tulare, California
- Oct 8 Nick Bakay, American actor and voice actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch-Salem Saberhagen), born in Buffalo, New York
- Oct 8 Tony Eason, American football quarterback (New England Patriots), born in Blythe, California
- Oct 9 Bill Lee, American politician, Governor of Tennessee (2019-), born in Franklin, Tennessee
- Oct 9 Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician, born in Sochi, Soviet Union (d. 2015)
- Oct 9 Mike Singletary, American NFL middle linebacker (Chicago Bears), born in Houston, Texas
- Oct 9 Thomas Wydler, Swiss drummer (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), born in Zurich, Switzerland
- Oct 10 Bradley Whitford, American actor and political activist (The West Wing), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Oct 10 Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (Electric Landlady), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 2000)
- Oct 10 Victoria Clark, American actress (Kimberly Akimbo - Tony for Best Musical Actress 2023), born in Dallas, Texas
- Oct 11 Bob Inglis, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina), born in Savannah, Georgia
- Oct 11 Michiel Schapers, Dutch tennis star, born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oct 12 Abigail Kingsley Alling, American executive (Biosphere 2), born in New York City
- Oct 12 Anna Escobedo Cabral, 42nd Treasurer of the United States, born in San Bernardino, California
- Oct 13 Gerry Darby, British jazz-soul drummer (Carmel - "Bad Day"), born in England
- Oct 13 Marie Osmond, American pop singer ("Paper Roses"), and actress (Goin' Coconuts), born in Ogden, Utah
- Oct 14 A.J. Pero, American drummer (Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2015)
- Oct 15 Emeril Lagasse, American chef (Emeril Live), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
- Oct 15 Sarah Margaret Ferguson, English Duchess of York, born in London, England
- Oct 15 Todd Solondz, American film director (Welcome to the Dollhouse), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Oct 16 Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer (Architectonics; Magma), born in Kärdla, Hiiumaa, Estonia
- Oct 16 Gary Kemp, British rock guitarist and lyricist (Spandau Ballet - "True"), born in Smithfield, London
- Oct 17 Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
- Oct 17 Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show), born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 2021)
- Oct 17 Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 17 Ron Drummond, American writer
- Oct 17 Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian
- Oct 18 Ernesto Canto, Mexican race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1984; World C'ship gold 20k 1983), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
- Oct 18 Kirby Chambliss, Aerobatic pilot and Red Bull Air Racer
- Oct 18 Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter
- Oct 18 Steve Swayne, Dartmouth Professor
- Oct 20 Janice McCaffrey, Canadian 10k walker (Olympics 25-92, 96), born in Etobicoke, Ontario
- Oct 20 Mark Little, Australian actor and comedian (Neighbours), born in Brisbane
- Oct 20 Shuping Wang, Chinese doctor who exposed China's HIV crisis, born in Fugou County, Henan, China (d. 2019)
- Oct 20 Vasti Jackson, American electric blues guitarist, music director, and record producer, born in McComb, Mississippi
- Oct 21 George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP)
- Oct 21 Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor (The Last Samurai; Letters from Iwo Jima), born in Hirokami, Japan
- Oct 21 Tony Ganios, American Actor
- Oct 22 Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
- Oct 22 Marc Shaiman, American film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Oct 22 Todd Graff, American actor (Five Corners, Dominic & Eugene), born in New York City
Weird Al Yankovic (64 years old)
Oct 23 American accordionist and parody singer-songwriter ("Eat It"; "Another One Rides The Bus"), and actor (UHF; Naked Gun), born in Downey, California
- Oct 23 Sam Raimi, American filmmaker and actor (Spiderman trilogy, Evil Dead series), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
- Oct 24 Michelle Lujan Grisham, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (2019-), born in Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Oct 25 Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter (Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"), born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia (d. 2013)
- Oct 25 Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, conductor, and composer, born in Mortsel, Belgium (d. 2015)
- Oct 25 Marina Minkin, Israeli harpsichordist and teacher (Ad Libitum Ensemble), born in Ukraine
- Oct 26 Brian Bovell, British actor, born in London
Evo Morales (64 years old)
Oct 26 Bolivian politician and 80th President of Bolivia (2006-2019), born in Isallawi, Bolivia
- Oct 26 François Chau, Cambodian actor, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Oct 27 Rick Carlisle, American basketball guard and head coach (Dallas Mavericks 2008-19; Indiana Pacers; NBA Coach of the Year 2002, Detroit Pistons), born in Ogdensburg, New York
- Oct 27 Víctor Luna, Colombian soccer defender (21 caps; Atlético Nacional, América de Cali), born in Medellín, Colombia (d. 2024)
- Oct 28 Neville Henry, British rock saxophonist (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways"), born in England
- Oct 29 Finola Hughes, English actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive), born in London, England
- Oct 29 Jesse Barfield, American MLB outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader), born in Joliet, Illinois
- Oct 29 John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician (President of Tanzania (2015-2021), born in Chato, Tanganyika (d. 2021)
Mike Gartner (64 years old)
Oct 29 Canadian NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Oct 29 Tamar Baruch, Dutch actress (Small Truth, Q & Q), born in Laren, Netherlands
- Oct 31 Ann Henricksson, American tennis star, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Oct 31 Neal Stephenson, American author, born in Fort Meade, Maryland
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 William Bishop, American stage and screen actor (Black Eagle; Adventures in Silverado; It's a Great Life), dies of cancer at 41
- Oct 6 Bernard Berenson, American art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance), dies at 94
- Oct 7 Mario Lanza [Alfredo Arnold Cocozza], Italian-American actor and singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), dies of a heart attack at 38
- Oct 8 Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol), dies at 70
- Oct 10 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, dies at 88
- Oct 11 Bert Bell, American Pro Football HOF executive (NFL Commissioner 1946-59; owner Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), dies from a heart attack at 64
- Oct 12 Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63
- Oct 13 Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer and musicologist (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Oct 14 Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood), dies of a heart attack at 50
- Oct 15 Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880)
Stepan Bandera (1909-1959)
Oct 15 Ukrainian nationalist, leader of the terrorist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B), anti-communist fighter who both courted and was persecuted by Nazi Germany, assassinated via cyanide gas at 50 by the KGB in Munich, West Germany
George C. Marshall (1880-1959)
Oct 16 American general and US Secretary of State (1947-49) who authored the Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953), dies at 78
- Oct 18 Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1928), dies of gun wounds at 61
- Oct 19 Stanley Bate, English composer, dies at 45
- Oct 20 Werner Krauss, German actor (Joyless Street), dies at 75 (b. 1884)
- Oct 23 Gerda Lundequist 'The Swedish Sarah Bernhardt', Swedish stage actress, dies at 88
- Oct 25 Bob Murphy, TV host (RFD America), dies at 42
- Oct 28 Abe Waddington, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 66
- Oct 28 Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1932)
- Oct 28 Egon Kornauth, Austrian classical pianist, composer, and teacher, dies at 68
- Oct 30 Blonde Dolly [Sybille A J Niemans], Dutch prostitute, murdered at 33
- Oct 31 Jean Cabannes, French physicist (b. 1885)
