Historical Events
- Oct 1 LA's Mauricio Cienfuegos and Martin Machon equal the MLS playoff record of 3 assists each as the Galaxy roll to a 6-1 win over the Dallas Burn at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Event of Interest
Oct 1 Vladimir Putin became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
- Oct 2 With his team struggling at 28 for 3, Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh smashes a brilliant 157 to guide the tourists to an innings & 99 run win over Pakistan in the 1st Test in Rawalpindi
Farm Aid Concert
Oct 3 Farm Aid 11 held in Tinley Park, Illinois; performers include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Phish, Steve Earle, Wilco, and Del McCoury Band [1]
- Oct 4 Australian motorcycle racer Mick Doohan wins the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island to clinch his 5th world 500cc championship; all 5 titles are won with Honda
Cricket Record
Oct 4 Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy overtakes countryman Rod Marsh's world record of 355 Test cricket dismissals during 1st Test win v Pakistan in Rawalpindi; catches Wasim Akram off Colin Miller to reach milestone
- Oct 7 Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
Nobel Prize in Literature
Oct 8 José Saramago is the first person from Portugal to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Oct 8 Oslo Gardermoen airport opening after the close down of Fornebu.
Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton
Oct 8 US House of Representatives votes to begin impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton on charges of lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky
- Oct 11 Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people
- Oct 13 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2
- Oct 14 Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Oct 14 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
- Oct 14 NY Islanders beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, to end 11 game winless streak
Murder of Interest
Oct 16 Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a Spanish warrant requesting his extradition on murder charges
Film & TV History
Oct 20 Comedian Richard Pryor is awarded the 1st ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- Oct 21 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat San Diego, 3-0 in Game 4 at Qualcomm Stadium to sweep Padres and win 2nd title in 3 years; MVP: Yankees 3rd baseman Scott Brosius
Agreement of Interest
Oct 23 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat agree to the Wye River Memorandum, resuming implementation of the stalled Oslo II Accord which established a level of self-government for Palestine; signed at the White House, In Washington D.C.
- Oct 24 Launch of Deep Space 1 on comet and asteroid mission
Election of Interest
Oct 27 Helmut Kohl resigns as Chancellor of Germany after 16 years, following a landslide defeat in elections
Music History
Oct 27 The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton
- Oct 28 An Air China (Mainland China) jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
- Oct 29 Apartheid: In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
- Oct 29 ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission
- Oct 29 En route Adana to Ankara, Turkish Airlines flight with crew of 6 and 33 passengers hijacked by Kurdish militant, orders pilot fly to Switzerland. Pilot lands in Ankara tricking hijacker he was landing in Sofia to refuel.
- Oct 29 Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras.
Scientific Discovery
Oct 29 Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
- Oct 31 American jam band Phish performs The Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll" as a musical costume during a show at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada in Paradise, Nevada
- Oct 31 Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 3 Angel Yin, American golfer (US Women's Open 2019 runner-up), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 6 Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
- Oct 17 Erin Kellyman, British actress (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), born in Staffordshire, England
- Oct 18 Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress
Roddy Ricch (25 years old)
Oct 22 American rapper and singer-songwriter (Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial; "The Box"), born in Compton, California
- Oct 23 Amandla Stenberg, American actress (Hunger Games), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 24 Daya [Grace Martine Tandon]. American singer (Hide Away), born in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
- Oct 29 Lance Stoll, Canadian-Belgian F1 racing driver, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Oct 30 Cale Makar, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy, Norris Trophy 2022; Calder Trophy 2020; Colorado Avalanche), born in Calgary, Alberta
Famous Weddings
- Oct 3 American "The Today Show" co-host Matt Lauer (41) weds second wife, Dutch-born model Annette Roque (33) at Presbyterian Church in Bridgehampton, New York; divorce in 2019
- Oct 25 "Punky Brewster" actress Soleil Moon Frye (22) weds American television producer and actor Jason Goldberg (26) at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2022
Famous Deaths
- Oct 1 Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter, social and political activist, takes her own life after a brain disease diagnosis, at 70
- Oct 2 D. French Slaughter Jr, American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1985-91), dies at 73
- Oct 2 Gene Autry, American cowboy singer, songwriter, actor, musician, ("Back In The Saddle Again";"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer") and business tycoon (owner MLB Angels team, 1961-97), dies of lymphoma at 91
- Oct 2 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer (24 hours of Le Mans 1958, 60-62), dies at 74
- Oct 3 Roddy McDowall, British actor (Planet of Apes, Cleopatra, Lord Love a Duck), dies at 70
- Oct 6 Mark Belanger, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1976; 8 x Gold Glove winner; Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 54
- Oct 7 Arnold Jacobs, American symphonic tuba player (Chicago Symphony, 1944-83), and pedagogue, dies at 83
- Oct 8 Anatol Vieru, Romanian-Jewish composer (Ultimele zile, ultimele ore/The Last Days, the Last Hours), and pedagogue, dies at 72
- Oct 9 Beth Bonner, American athlete (WR marathon 1971, 3:01:42; first winner women's division New York City Marathon 1971), dies in road accident at 46
- Oct 9 Ian Johnson, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (45 Tests; 109 wickets), dies at 80
- Oct 9 Robert Allen [Irvine Theodore Baehr], American actor (The Awful Truth, Crime and Punishment), dies from cancer and collapsed lung at 92
- Oct 10 Clark M. Clifford, American lawyer and presidential advisor (US Secretary of Defense 1968-69), dies at 91
- Oct 10 Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler (b. 1957)
- Oct 11 Richard Denning [Louis Denninger Jr.], American actor (An Affair to Remember, The Black Scorpion), dies from cardiac arrest at 84
- Oct 12 Mario Beaulieu, Canadian politician (Senator for Quebec, 1990-94), dies at 68
- Oct 12 Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
- Oct 12 Oldřich Flosman, Czechoslovakian composer (Visions of Michelangelo; Butterflies Don't Live Here Any Longer), dies at 73
- Oct 14 Cleveland Amory, American animal rights activist and TV critic (TV Guide), dies at 81
- Oct 14 Frankie Yankovic, American accordionist known as 'America's Polka King' and winner of 1st Grammy Award for Best Polka Recording, dies of heart failure at 83
- Oct 16 Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer (b. 1943)
- Oct 16 M. Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans], Dutch poet (Phoenix), dies at 89
- Oct 17 Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist
- Oct 17 Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)
- Oct 20 Franz Tumler, Austrian writer (Cloak, Aufruf), dies at 86
- Oct 21 Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, British business executive, dies at 96
- Oct 21 Alexander Cairncross, Scottish economist (Chancellor of Glasgow University), dies at 87
- Oct 21 Francis W. Sargent, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
- Oct 22 Eric Ambler, English author of thrillers and spy novels (Epitaph for a Spy), dies at 89
- Oct 23 Barnett Slepian, American physician, murdered in his Amherst, New York home by anti-abortionist James Charles Kopp, at 52
- Oct 24 Mary Calderone, American physician and founder (planned parenthood), dies at 94
- Oct 27 Gene Taylor, American politician (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973-89), dies at 70
- Oct 28 Ghulam Ahmed, Indian cricket spin bowler (22 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 7/49, 1 x 50; Hyderabad), dies at 76
- Oct 28 James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (The Lion in Winter), dies of a heart attack at 71
Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
Oct 28 English Poet and translator (British Poet Laureate 1984-98), dies at 68
- Oct 29 Paul Misraki [Misrachi], French jazz pianist, songwriter, and film score composer (Jean Renoir), dies at 90
- Oct 30 Bulldog Turner, American Pro/College Football HOF center (Hardin–Simmons Uni; 7 × First-team All-Pro; 4 x Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), dies at 79
- Oct 31 Bernard J. Dwyer, American politician (Rep-D-NJ 1981-93), dies at 77
- Oct 31 Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
- Oct 31 Kenneth Darling, British Army Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, dies at 89
