October 1st :
1908 The Ford Model T introduced to the public 1910 Los Angeles Times building is bombed 1918 Lawrence of Arabia Forces capture Damascus from Turkish forces 1946 Mensa Created 1962 First Broadcast Of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson 1964 Shinkansen network of high-speed railway lines opens in Japan 1971 Walt Disney World Resort Opens Orlando 1975 "Thrilla in Manilla" match Muhammad Ali beats Joe Fraser 1982 Epcot Opens Orlando , Florida 1985 Brixton Toxteth and Peckham Riots In UK 2005 Suicide Bombers Strike Bali 2009 Earthquake Sumatra October 2nd : 1944 Warsaw Uprising Ends 2005 Ethan Allen capsizes on Lake George October 3rd : 1955 "The Mickey Mouse Club" begins on ABC 2002 Sniper Attacks "Beltway Sniper." Washington DC October 4th : 1927 Work Begins On Mount Rushmore 1957 The Space Race begins with Sputnik Launch 1970 Janis Joplin, is found dead 2002 John Walker Lindh is sentenced to 20 years October 5th : 1962 Beatles Release First Single "Love Me Do" 1999 Train Crash Paddington, London October 6th : 1926 Babe Ruth sets new record 1927 "The Jazz Singer" Premiers 1973 Yom Kippur War / Arab Israeli War Begins 1981 Anwar Sadat Assassinated October 7th : 1919 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is founded 1959 Southend Pier Fire 1982 Musical "Cats" Opens On Broadway 1985 Achille Lauro Hihack 1985 Tottenham Riots London, England October 8th : 1969 Days of Rage riots in Chicago 2004 Martha Stewart Found Guilty and Sentenced October 9th : 1936 Hoover Dam Starts Producing Electricity 1967 Che Guevara Executed 2006 Google announces the purchase of YouTube October 10th : 1913 The Panama Canal joined the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean 1957 World's First Nuclear Accident Windscale October 11th : 1921 Sleeping Sickness Deaths Increase 1968 Apollo 7, is launched from Cape Canaveral 1975 Saturday Night Live premiered 1982 The Mary Rose Raised In The Solent October 12th : 1931 Johnny Weissmuller is chosen to play Tarzan 1962 The Columbus Day Storm strikes Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia 1978 Sid Vicious Arrested For Murder 1984 Conservative Party Conference Bombing Grand Hotel in Brighton 2000 The USS Cole attacked by two suicide terrorists October 13th : 1958 Paddington Bear Books Released 1960 Nixon - Kennedy Debate TV 1966 Strict New Apartheid Laws Take Effect In South Africa 2005 Apple introduce new iPod October 14th : 1947 Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound breaking the elusive "Sound Barrier", His X-1 rocket plane 2006 United States population reaches 300 million October 15th : 1924 Chinese Tong Wars in New York 1928 "Graf Zeppelin" completes it's transatlantic flight from Europe to America 1940 Charlie Chaplin's satirical comedy The Great Dictator opens 1973 Iceland / Britain Cod Wars 1987 The Great Storm of 1987 Strikes UK 2003 Staten Island Ferry Accident October 16th : 1978 Pope John Paul II Elected As New Pope 1991 Killeen, Texas Massacres 1995 Million Man March October 17th : 1931 Scarface Al Capone found guilty of income tax evasion 1943 415-km Thailand Burma railroad ( Death Railway ) between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma is completed 1968 Black Power Salute Olympics 2003 Taipei 101 become the World's tallest highrise building October 18th : 1898 The us takes formal possession of Island of Puerto Rico 1922 The British Broadcasting Company Is Formed 1954 Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1 Transistor radio 1968 Bob Beamon breaks the world long jump record In Mexico October 19th : 1947 US minimum wage of 40 cents per hour October 20th : 1955 Final Book Of The Lord Of The Rings Published 1973 Sydney Opera House Opens 1991 Oakland Firestorm October 21st : 1879 Thomas Edison invented a commercially practical incandescent light 1944 First Japanese Kamikaze Attack 1966 Aberfan Disaster buried a junior school in Aberfan, Wales 1986 Antarctica scientists have been studying a huge hole that has appeared in the earths ozone layer over Antarctica October 22nd : 1910 Dr. Crippen Convicted Of Murder 1914 First Income Tax Laws 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1983 London CND March 2002 Washington Sniper claims his last victim and Arrested October 23rd : 1915 Suffrage Movement March In New York 1941 Dumbo is released 1963 "Doctor Who" Appears On British TV 1989 Phillips 66 Chemical Complex Explosion Houston, Texas 2002 Fifty Chechen rebels storm a Moscow Theatre taking 7,000 hostages October 24th : 1929 Wall Street Crash ( Black Thursday ) 1931 George Washington Bridge opened 1945 United Nations is formally established 2003 Concorde makes its final commercial passenger flight October 25th : 1944 Japanese deploy kamikaze suicide bombers against American warships 1952 The Mousetrap Opens In London's West End 1970 Pacific Glory Disaster October 26th : 1956 Hungary October Revolution October 27th : 1904 The New York subway opens 1970 Controlled Substance Act Becomes Law Outlawing Cannabis, marijuana, heroin and LSD amongst many others October 28th : 1929 Wall Street crash ( Black Monday ) Through The Next Week 1942 Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) Completed 1965 The Gateway Arch St. Louis, Missouri is completed October 29th : 1927 Italian Liner Mafalda Sinks 1948 Donora Pennsylvania Deadly Smog Cloud 1956 Israel Invades Egypt 1969 The first host-to-host connection over the ARPANET ( predecessor of the Internet ) is made when the first message is sent between two computers at University of California, Los Angeles 1986 M25 Completed In UK October 30th : 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Play Causes Mass hysteria 1974 "Rumble In The Jungle" Muhammad Ali Vs George Foreman October 31st : 1941 The Mt. Rushmore sculpture is completed 1956 Suez Canal Crisis 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was gunned down outside of her home by Sikh extremists These are only a few of the stories included this day in history pages for each day in October , Source: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/october.html
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