Historical Events
- Oct 1 Howard Stern adds Baltimore to his radio network (WJFK-AM)
- Oct 1 New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 commences.
- Oct 1 Soviet Union suspends petroleum product exports as its fuel shortages grow
NHL History
Oct 2 NHL #1 draft pick Eric Lindros rejects Quebec Nordiques' offer of a 10 year, $50m contract
Steffi Graf Wins #500
Oct 2 Steffi Graf beats Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-2 in the Volkswagen Cup in Leipzig to become the youngest woman to win 500 professional tennis matches
- Oct 2 Toronto Blue Jays clinch AL East title with a 6-5 win v California Angels; become first sport franchise in history to draw 4 million fans in one season
Country Music Association Awards
Oct 3 25th Country Music Association Awards: Garth Brooks, Tanya Tucker & Vince Gill win
- Oct 4 Delta Center in Salt Lake City Utah
NHL Trade
Oct 4 Edmonton Oilers trade captain Mark Messier (on the team for all 5 Stanley Cups) to the NY Rangers in exchange for Bernie Nicholls, Steven Rice & Louie DeBrusk; Messier leads Rangers to Cup 2 seasons later
- Oct 4 San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe scores club's first goal while Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves
- Oct 4 The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
- Oct 4 Whiteland Janice, driven by Mike Lachance, wins Kentucky Futurity
- Oct 5 Fresno State ties NCAA football record with 49 points in a quarter (2nd), as they route New Mexico, 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno
- Oct 5 Military transport plane crashes at Jakarta, 133 dies
- Oct 5 The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
- Oct 5 USSR reduces nuclear weapons arsenal
- Oct 6 NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
- Oct 6 Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
- Oct 7 Child star Adam Rich (Eight Is Enough) arrested for stealing hypodermics
Event of Interest
Oct 7 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments to her
- Oct 7 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
- Oct 8 Discovery of a African-American cemetery in Manhattan announced - largest and earliest burial ground of free and enslaved Africans in America, later a National Monument [1]
Event of Interest
Oct 8 The Croatian Parliament cuts all remaining ties with Yugoslavia
- Oct 9 "On Borrowed Time" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 99 performances
- Oct 9 Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas
- Oct 9 Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
- Oct 9 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
- Oct 10 Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers
- Oct 10 Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
- Oct 10 US cuts all foreign aid to Haiti
- Oct 11 Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
- Oct 11 Law Professor Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her
- Oct 11 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute
- Oct 12 Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
Sports History
Oct 12 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton Eskimos, 45-38 in overtime
- Oct 12 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
- Oct 12 Professional wrestler Rip is Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush
- Oct 12 Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
- Oct 13 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
- Oct 13 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
- Oct 13 MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 14 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Sports History
Oct 14 NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes 1st NHL player to score his 500th goal, 500th assist, and 1000th point all in the same season
- Oct 15 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as a US Supreme Court Justice (52-48)
- Oct 15 Oh-My-God particle - most powerful cosmic ray ever detected, by Fly's Eye camera at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, measuring 320 EeV - 40million x more powerful than any terrestrial particle accelerator [1]
- Oct 16 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
- Oct 16 George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas
- Oct 16 Jharkhand Chhatra Yuva Morcha is founded at a conference in Ranchi, India.
- Oct 16 US Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case
Sports History
Oct 17 Ángel Cordero Jr. is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
- Oct 17 Blue Man Group's 1st performance in New York City
- Oct 17 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
- Oct 17 News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discussing her having a disformed baby
Sports History
Oct 17 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)
My Own Private Idaho
Oct 18 "My Own Private Idaho" directed and written by Gus van Sant starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves is released
The Most Happy Fella
Oct 18 Revival of Frank Loesser's 1956 musical "The Most Happy Fella" closes at NY State Theater, NYC, after a limited run by the New York City Opera
- Oct 18 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Oct 19 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine, 52-30 (6 OT)
- Oct 19 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
- Oct 20 "André Heller's Wonderhouse", starring Billy Barty, opens at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC; runs for 9 performances
- Oct 20 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die
F1 World Champion
Oct 20 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna clinches his 2nd straight, and 3rd overall F1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
- Oct 20 Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
- Oct 21 24 die in a fire in Oakland Calif
Event of Interest
Oct 21 Former California Governor Jerry Brown announces his run for the US Presidency
- Oct 21 US hostage Jesse Turner released from 5 years in captivity in Beirut
- Oct 22 General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
- Oct 23 Clarence Thomas sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice
Event of Interest
Oct 23 Dr Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine assists 2 women to commit suicide
- Oct 24 Brian Friels' stage drama "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at Plymouth Theater, NYC; runs for 421 performances, wins 3 Tony Awards
- Oct 24 Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
- Oct 25 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
- Oct 27 "André Heller's Wonderhouse", starring Billy Barty, closes at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC, after 9 performances
World Series
Oct 27 Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat Atlanta Braves, 1-0 in 10 in Game 7 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome; win 2nd title since move to Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Jack Morris
Music History
Oct 27 Revival of Harold Pinter's stage drama "The Homecoming" opens at Criterion Theater. NYC; for limited run of 49 performances
- Oct 29 American commercial fishing vessel (F/V) 'Andrea Gail' and crew of 6 lost at sea near Sable Island in North Atlantic Ocean; story becomes basis for book and film "The Perfect Storm"
- Oct 29 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
- Oct 30 Colombian government negotiate with M-19-guerrilla
- Oct 30 Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain
- Oct 31 Palestinians attend US mideast peace talks in Madrid
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 7 Morta Grigaliūnaitė, Lithuanian concert pianist, born in Lithuania
- Oct 10 Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer and songwriter ("Lessons To Be Learned"), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Oct 10 Lali Espósito, Argentine actress, singer and model, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Oct 10 Mariana Pajón, Colombian BMX rider (Olympic gold 2012, 16), born in Medellín, Colombia
- Oct 11 Chauncey Matthews, American Juniors singer, born in San Diego, California
- Oct 14 Owen Kline, American actor and director, born in New York City
- Oct 14 Sebastian Zawadzki, Polish jazz pianist, composer of concert and film music (Spirituality; Luminescence), born in Toruń, Poland
- Oct 16 Joshua Crumbly, American jazz bassist, born in Westlake Village, California
- Oct 18 Tyler Posey, American actor
- Oct 20 Mitchell Marsh, Australian cricket all-rounder (Test HS 181, BB 5/46; Allan Border Medal 2023; WACA), born in Perth, Australia
- Oct 23 Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan
- Oct 26 Evan Gershkovich, American journalist (1st American journalist arrested for spying in Russia since the Cold War), born in New York City
- Oct 28 Lucy Bronze, English football player (Barcelona, England), born in Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Oct 28 Molly Ostertag, American cartoonist (Witch Boy books)
- Oct 29 Parris Goebel, New Zealand dancer and choreographer (Savage x Fenty shows), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Oct 31 Jordan-Claire Green, American actress (School of Rock), born in Terceira Island, Portugal
Famous Weddings
- Oct 5 Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
Elizabeth Taylor
Oct 6 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (59) weds for 8th (and final) time to American construction worker Larry Fortensky (39) at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California; divorce in 1996
Steven Spielberg
Oct 12 Steven Spielberg weds Kate Capshaw
Michael Moore
Oct 19 Filmmaker Michael Moore (37) weds movie producer Kathleen Glynn (32)
Clint Black
Oct 20 American actress Lisa Hartman (35) weds American country singer Clint Black (29)
- Oct 27 British "Thompson Twins" singer Tom Bailey (37) weds New Zealand visual artist and "Thompson Twins" bandmate Alannah Currie (34) at Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 2003
- Oct 30 American country singer Clint Black (34) weds American actress Lisa Hartman (29) in Katy, Texas,
Famous Divorces
Martin Scorsese
Oct 5 Director Martin Scorsese (48) divorces producer Barbara De Fina (41) after 6 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Oct 2 Dimitrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91), dies at 77
- Oct 2 Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies
- Oct 3 Max Cantor, American actor and journalist, dies of a drug overdose at 32
- Oct 4 Leonard C. Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83
- Oct 6 Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66
- Oct 6 Wendell Phillips, dies at 83 [or 10/13]
Leo Durocher (1906-1991)
Oct 7 American Baseball HOF shortstop (MLB All Star 1936, 38, 40; World Series 1928, 34; NY Yankees, St.Louis Cardinals), manager (World Series 1954 NY Giants) and coach (World Series 1963 LA Dodgers), dies at 86
- Oct 8 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75
- Oct 9 Roy Black, German schlager singer and actor (Kinderarzt Dr Froehlich), dies of heart failure at 43
- Oct 9 Thalmus Rasulala, actor (Blacula), dies of a heart attack at 51
- Oct 10 Stephen J Falat, dies after long illness at 34
- Oct 11 Redd Foxx [JohnSanford], American comedian and actor (Sanford & Son; Redd Foxx Show), dies of a heart attack at 68
- Oct 11 Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)
- Oct 12 Aline MacMahon, American actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92
- Oct 12 Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika), dies at 66
- Oct 12 Sheila Florance, Australian actress (Cactus), dies of cancer at 75
- Oct 13 Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies at 70
- Oct 13 Donald Houston, Welsh actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67
- Oct 15 Hotze de Roos, Dutch carpenter and writer (Chameleon series), dies at 81
- Oct 16 Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer, dies at 78
- Oct 16 Tonny Huurdeman, singer/actress (Frills), dies
- Oct 17 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, American country music singer ("Sixteen Tons"), and actor (I Love Lucy; The Ford Show), dies of liver disease at 72
- Oct 17 J. G. Devlin, Northern Irish actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
- Oct 17 Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, cyclist (7x Tour de France), dies at 57
- Oct 18 Gunnar Sønstevold, Norwegian jazz pianist, and orchestral and film score composer (Litany In Atlanta; The Dorian Cage), dies at 78
- Oct 18 Jan Christiaanse, Dutch university professor, and politician (Senate, 1973-77, 1979-91; resident of Dutch political party CDA), dies at 59
- Oct 22 Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies
- Oct 23 Lance Baker, dies at 31
- Oct 24 Gene Roddenberry, American creator of Star Trek, dies of cardiac arrest at 70
- Oct 24 Leon Clements, journalist (Interlijnen), dies at 43
- Oct 25 Bill Graham, [Wulf Grajonca], German-American impresario and rock concert promoter (Fillmore; Winterland Ballroom; Live-Aid), dies in a helicopter crash in California at 60
- Oct 25 Khigh Dhiegh [Kenneth Dickerson], American actor (Forbidden Nights; The Manchurian Candidate; Hawaii Five-0 - "Wo Fat"), dies of kidney and heart failure at 81
- Oct 25 Margo J. Sylvia (née Lopez), American pop singer (Tune Weavers - "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby"), dies of heart attack and stroke at 55
- Oct 26 Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella
- Oct 27 Andrzej Panufnik, Polish-British conductor and composer (Arbor Cosmica; Sinfonia Sacra), dies at 77
- Oct 27 George Barker, English poet, dies at 78
- Oct 27 Pyke Koch, Dutch magic realism painter (Dolores' Breakfast), dies at 90
- Oct 28 Dudley McConnell, American space scientist, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies at 55
- Oct 28 George Treweeke, Australian Rugby League second rower (7 Tests, South Sydney), dies at 86
- Oct 28 Lydia Hodson Copeland, America's Jr Miss (1972), dies at 37
- Oct 28 Sylvia Fine Kaye, US lyricist and composer, dies at 78
- Oct 28 [Lawrence] G. L. Vitto American DJ and TV host, dies at 69
- Oct 29 Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of a heart attack at 60
- Oct 29 Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies
- Oct 29 Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies
- Oct 29 Mario Scelba, Prime Minister of Italia (1954-55), dies
- Oct 30 Johan Mekkink, painter, dies
- Oct 30 Ken Hardin, producer, dies at 62
- Oct 30 William Shea, American lawyer (instrumental in NY Mets establishment; Shea Stadium), dies from a stroke at 84
- Oct 31 Bert Bertram, Australian actor (How to Steal a Million, Shamus), dies of cancer at 97
- Oct 31 Gene Anderson, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
- Oct 31 Johan Schmitz, actor (Gysbregt van Aemstel/Soldat van Orange), dies
- Oct 31 Joseph Papp, American stage producer and director (Pirates of Penzance; A Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70
- Oct 31 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer, and music critic, dies at 90
