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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1st of October 0959 | EVENT | Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England. |
| 1st of October 1189 | EVENT | Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre. |
| 1st of October 1553 | EVENT | Coronation of Queen Mary I of England |
| 1st of October 1787 | EVENT | Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn. |
| 1st of October 1791 | EVENT | First session of the French Legislative Assembly. |
| 1st of October 1795 | EVENT | Belgium is conquered by France. |
| 1st of October 1800 | EVENT | Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso. |
| 1st of October 1811 | EVENT | The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| 1st of October 1814 | EVENT | Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring. |
| 1st of October 1827 | EVENT | The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia. |
| 1st of October 1829 | EVENT | South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools. |
| 1st of October 1843 | EVENT | The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London. |
| 1st of October 1847 | EVENT | German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG & Halske. |
| 1st of October 1854 | EVENT | The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing. |
| 1st of October 1869 | EVENT | Austria issues the world's first postcards. |
| 1st of October 1880 | EVENT | First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison. |
| 1st of October 1880 | EVENT | John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band. |
| 1st of October 1887 | EVENT | Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire. |
| 1st of October 1890 | EVENT | The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress. |
| 1st of October 1891 | EVENT | In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors. |
| 1st of October 1898 | EVENT | The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie. |
| 1st of October 1898 | EVENT | Czar Nikolay II expels Jews from major Russian cities. |
| 1st of October 1903 | EVENT | Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series. |
| 1st of October 1905 | EVENT | Frantisek Pavlik is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leos Janacek to the piano composition 1. X. 1905. |
| 1st of October 1908 | EVENT | Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825. |
| 1st of October 1910 | EVENT | Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21. |
| 1st of October 1918 | EVENT | World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus. |
| 1st of October 1920 | EVENT | Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as high commissioner in Iraq. |
| 1st of October 1928 | EVENT | The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan. |
| 1st of October 1931 | EVENT | The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens. |
| 1st of October 1936 | EVENT | Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain. |
| 1st of October 1937 | EVENT | The Japanese city Handa is founded in Aichi Prefecture. |
| 1st of October 1938 | EVENT | Germany annexes the Sudetenland. |
| 1st of October 1939 | EVENT | After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile forces enter the city. |
| 1st of October 1940 | EVENT | The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic. |
| 1st of October 1942 | EVENT | USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong |
| 1st of October 1942 | EVENT | First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet". |
| 1st of October 1943 | EVENT | World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers. |
| 1st of October 1946 | EVENT | Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom. |
| 1st of October 1946 | EVENT | Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials. |
| 1st of October 1947 | EVENT | The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time. |
| 1st of October 1949 | EVENT | The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong. |
| 1st of October 1957 | EVENT | First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency. |
| 1st of October 1958 | EVENT | NASA is created to replace NACA. |
| 1st of October 1960 | EVENT | Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 1st of October 1961 | EVENT | East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. |
| 1st of October 1962 | EVENT | First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
| 1st of October 1964 | EVENT | The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. |
| 1st of October 1964 | EVENT | Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka. |
| 1st of October 1965 | EVENT | Apostasia of 1965, a political move in Greece designed to overthrow the Prime Minister, George Papandreou. |
| 1st of October 1965 | EVENT | General Suharto crushes an attempted coup in Indonesia. |
| 1st of October 1966 | EVENT | West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. |
| 1st of October 1968 | EVENT | The Guyanese government takes over the British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS). |
| 1st of October 1969 | EVENT | Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time. |
| 1st of October 1971 | EVENT | Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States. |
| 1st of October 1975 | EVENT | The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu. |
| 1st of October 1975 | EVENT | Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. |
| 1st of October 1978 | EVENT | Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 1st of October 1978 | EVENT | The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded. |
| 1st of October 1979 | EVENT | The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama. |
| 1st of October 1982 | EVENT | Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence. |
| 1st of October 1982 | EVENT | Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101). |
| 1st of October 1982 | EVENT | EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. |
| 1st of October 1985 | EVENT | The Israeli air force bombs PLO Headquarters in Tunis. |
| 1st of October 1987 | EVENT | The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9. |
| 1st of October 1989 | EVENT | Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership". |
| 1st of October 1991 | EVENT | New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 comes into force. |
| 1st of October 1992 | EVENT | Turkish destroyer TCG Muavenet is crippled causing 27 deaths and injuries, by missiles negligently launched by U.S. aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. |
| 1st of October 1994 | EVENT | Palau gains independence from the United Nations (trusteeship administered by the United States of America). |
| 1st of October 1998 | EVENT | Vladimir Putin becomes a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. |
| 1st of October 2009 | EVENT | The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords. |
| 1st of October 1207 | BIRTHDAY | King Henry III of England (d. 1272) |
| 1st of October 1507 | BIRTHDAY | Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573) |
| 1st of October 1540 | BIRTHDAY | Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617) |
| 1st of October 1577 | BIRTHDAY | Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar and saint (d. 1622) |
| 1st of October 1620 | BIRTHDAY | Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683) |
| 1st of October 1644 | BIRTHDAY | Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682) |
| 1st of October 1671 | BIRTHDAY | Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742) |
| 1st of October 1685 | BIRTHDAY | Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740) |
| 1st of October 1691 | BIRTHDAY | Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768) |
| 1st of October 1730 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Stockton, American attorney and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781) |
| 1st of October 1760 | BIRTHDAY | William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844) |
| 1st of October 1771 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842) |
| 1st of October 1791 | BIRTHDAY | Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859) |
| 1st of October 1800 | BIRTHDAY | Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist (d. 1861) |
| 1st of October 1808 | BIRTHDAY | Mary Anna Custis Lee, American plantation owner and wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873) |
| 1st of October 1832 | BIRTHDAY | Henry Clay Work, American composer (d. 1884) |
| 1st of October 1835 | BIRTHDAY | Adam Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920) |
| 1st of October 1842 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Cros, French poet and inventor (d. 1888) |
| 1st of October 1847 | BIRTHDAY | Annie Besant, British theosophist and feminist (d. 1933) |
| 1st of October 1865 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935) |
| 1st of October 1870 | BIRTHDAY | Josiah Edward Spurr, American geologist (d. 1950) |
| 1st of October 1878 | BIRTHDAY | Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950) |
| 1st of October 1881 | BIRTHDAY | William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956) |
| 1st of October 1885 | BIRTHDAY | Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977) |
| 1st of October 1887 | BIRTHDAY | Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945) |
| 1st of October 1888 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Jordan, American magician (d. 1944) |
| 1st of October 1890 | BIRTHDAY | Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982) |
| 1st of October 1893 | BIRTHDAY | Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974) |
| 1st of October 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistani statesman (d. 1951) |
| 1st of October 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937) |
| 1st of October 1899 | BIRTHDAY | Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950) |
| 1st of October 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966) |
| 1st of October 1903 | BIRTHDAY | Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-born American pianist (d. 1989) |
| 1st of October 1904 | BIRTHDAY | Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979) |
| 1st of October 1904 | BIRTHDAY | A.K. Gopalan, Indian nationalist (d. 1977) |
| 1st of October 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Odon Partos, Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer (d. 1977) |
| 1st of October 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Maurice Bardeche, French fascist (d. 1998) |
| 1st of October 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Yorty, American politician (d. 1998) |
| 1st of October 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Fritz Koberle, Austrian-born physician (d. 1983) |
| 1st of October 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934) |
| 1st of October 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Jose Enrique Moyal, Australian mathematical physicist (d. 1998) |
| 1st of October 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician |
| 1st of October 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Helio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009) |
| 1st of October 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004) |
| 1st of October 1915 | BIRTHDAY | Jerome Bruner, American cognitive psychologist |
| 1st of October 1917 | BIRTHDAY | Cahal Daly, Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop (d. 2009) |
| 1st of October 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000) |
| 1st of October 1921 | BIRTHDAY | James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 1st of October 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Kim Ki-young, South Korean film director (d. 1998) |
| 1st of October 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1st of October 1924 | BIRTHDAY | William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005) |
| 1st of October 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Roger Williams, American pianist |
| 1st of October 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004) |
| 1st of October 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010) |
| 1st of October 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Sandy Gall, Malaysian-born British journalist and newscaster |
| 1st of October 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973) |
| 1st of October 1928 | BIRTHDAY | George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 1st of October 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969) |
| 1st of October 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Sivaji Ganesan, Indian Tamil actor (d. 2001) |
| 1st of October 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician |
| 1st of October 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league identity |
| 1st of October 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver (d. 2009) |
| 1st of October 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002) |
| 1st of October 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006) |
| 1st of October 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician |
| 1st of October 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer |
| 1st of October 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Albert Collins, American guitarist (d. 1993) |
| 1st of October 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Julie Andrews, British actress and singer |
| 1st of October 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Petros Fyssoun, Greek actor |
| 1st of October 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958) |
| 1st of October 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Stella Stevens, American actress |
| 1st of October 1939 | BIRTHDAY | George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005) |
| 1st of October 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor |
| 1st of October 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver |
| 1st of October 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Jean-Jacques Annaud, French film director |
| 1st of October 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Angele Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter |
| 1st of October 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly & the Family Stone) |
| 1st of October 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player |
| 1st of October 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979) |
| 1st of October 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976) |
| 1st of October 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Ellen McIlwaine, American singer/songwriter |
| 1st of October 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Tim O'Brien, American writer |
| 1st of October 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Arneson, American game designer (d. 2009) |
| 1st of October 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist |
| 1st of October 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician |
| 1st of October 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006) |
| 1st of October 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Stephen Collins, American actor |
| 1st of October 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Turner, British bassist/vocalist (Wishbone Ash) |
| 1st of October 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000) |
| 1st of October 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Andre Rieu, Dutch violinist, conductor and composer |
| 1st of October 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Isaac Bonewits, American author (d. 2010) |
| 1st of October 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Randy Quaid, American actor |
| 1st of October 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Jeane Manson, American singer and actress |
| 1st of October 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Elpida, Greek singer (Sokrati, Tora Zo) |
| 1st of October 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Greenway, Canadian musician (April Wine) |
| 1st of October 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive |
| 1st of October 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Pete Falcone, American baseball player |
| 1st of October 1953 | BIRTHDAY | John Hegley, British poet |
| 1st of October 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete |
| 1st of October 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Klaus Wowereit, German politician, Mayor of Berlin |
| 1st of October 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer |
| 1st of October 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Howard Hewett, American singer |
| 1st of October 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Jeff Reardon, American baseball player |
| 1st of October 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Theresa May, British politician |
| 1st of October 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Stelios Mainas, Greek actor |
| 1st of October 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician |
| 1st of October 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer |
| 1st of October 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer |
| 1st of October 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Gerald Scheunemann, German footballer |
| 1st of October 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Rey, Brazilian plastic surgeon and television personality |
| 1st of October 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer |
| 1st of October 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler |
| 1st of October 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer |
| 1st of October 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Walsh, English footballer |
| 1st of October 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Esai Morales, American actor |
| 1st of October 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Jean-Denis Deletraz, Swiss race car driver |
| 1st of October 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Mark McGwire, American baseball player |
| 1st of October 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Hill, British comedian |
| 1st of October 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer |
| 1st of October 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Jonathan Sarfati, Australian chess player, scientist, and author |
| 1st of October 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Andreas Keller, German field hockey player |
| 1st of October 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Cindy Margolis, American model and spokesmodel |
| 1st of October 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1st of October 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Ted King, American actor |
| 1st of October 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Chris Reason, Australian journalist |
| 1st of October 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Christopher Titus, American actor and comedian |
| 1st of October 1966 | BIRTHDAY | George Weah, Liberian politician and footballer |
| 1st of October 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer |
| 1st of October 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Young, American ice hockey player |
| 1st of October 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Pringle, American football player |
| 1st of October 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Rob Collard, British racing driver |
| 1st of October 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Jon Guenther, American author |
| 1st of October 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player |
| 1st of October 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician |
| 1st of October 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Zach Galifianakis, American comedian and actor |
| 1st of October 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Marcus Stephen, Nauruan politician |
| 1st of October 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor |
| 1st of October 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer |
| 1st of October 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Simon Davey, Welsh football manager |
| 1st of October 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player |
| 1st of October 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality |
| 1st of October 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress |
| 1st of October 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Song Il Gook, Korean actor |
| 1st of October 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer |
| 1st of October 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli Author |
| 1st of October 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Esa Holopainen, Finnish guitarist (Amorphis) |
| 1st of October 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Jana Henke, German swimmer |
| 1st of October 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Rachid Chekhemani, French runner |
| 1st of October 1973 | BIRTHDAY | John Thomson, American baseball player |
| 1st of October 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player |
| 1st of October 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Christian Borle, American actor |
| 1st of October 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone) and actor |
| 1st of October 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Sherri Saum, American actress |
| 1st of October 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress |
| 1st of October 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Zoltan Sebescen, German footballer |
| 1st of October 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Kim Suna, Korean actress |
| 1st of October 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic film actress |
| 1st of October 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor |
| 1st of October 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Umit Karan, Turkish footballer |
| 1st of October 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Denis Gauthier, Canadian hockey player |
| 1st of October 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Kona Carmack, American model |
| 1st of October 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver |
| 1st of October 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Leticia Cline, American model and TV personality |
| 1st of October 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Rudi Johnson, American football player |
| 1st of October 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Gilberto Martinez, Costa Rican footballer |
| 1st of October 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Marko Stanojevic, English-born Italian rugby union footballer |
| 1st of October 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Ryan Pontbriand, American football player |
| 1st of October 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer |
| 1st of October 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Julio Baptista, Brazilian footballer |
| 1st of October 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Rupert Friend, British actor |
| 1st of October 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer |
| 1st of October 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player |
| 1st of October 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player |
| 1st of October 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer |
| 1st of October 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer |
| 1st of October 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Mirko Vucinic, Montenegrin footballer |
| 1st of October 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Cain, American baseball player |
| 1st of October 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Guillen, Spanish footballer |
| 1st of October 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer |
| 1st of October 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 1st of October 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Revazi Zintiridis, Greek judoka |
| 1st of October 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Dizzee Rascal, English rapper |
| 1st of October 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Deasy, English footballer |
| 1st of October 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Matthew Gonzalez,American Figure Skater |
| 1st of October 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Sayaka, Japanese singer |
| 1st of October 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Jurnee Smollett, American actress |
| 1st of October 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Justin Westhoff, Australian rules footballer |
| 1st of October 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Ricardo Vaz Te, Portuguese footballer |
| 1st of October 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Lionel Ainsworth, English footballer |
| 1st of October 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer |
| 1st of October 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Cariba Heine, Australian actress |
| 1st of October 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Charlie Mcdonnell, English videoblogger |
| 1st of October 1997 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Verlinden, New Zealander singer and actor |
| 1st of October 2003 | BIRTHDAY | Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, New Zealander quadruple amputee |
| 1st of October 0959 | DEATH | King Edwy of England |
| 1st of October 1040 | DEATH | Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (Born 997) |
| 1st of October 1189 | DEATH | Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar |
| 1st of October 1310 | DEATH | Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (Born 1257) |
| 1st of October 1404 | DEATH | Pope Boniface IX (Born 1356) |
| 1st of October 1499 | DEATH | Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (Born 1433) |
| 1st of October 1500 | DEATH | John Alcock, English Catholic bishop |
| 1st of October 1567 | DEATH | Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (Born 1508) |
| 1st of October 1570 | DEATH | Frans Floris, Flemish painter (Born 1520) |
| 1st of October 1574 | DEATH | Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (Born 1498) |
| 1st of October 1578 | DEATH | Don John of Austria, military leader (Born 1547) |
| 1st of October 1588 | DEATH | Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr |
| 1st of October 1602 | DEATH | Hernando de Cabezon, Spanish composer (Born 1541) |
| 1st of October 1609 | DEATH | Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer |
| 1st of October 1684 | DEATH | Pierre Corneille, French author (Born 1606) |
| 1st of October 1693 | DEATH | Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (Born 1619) |
| 1st of October 1708 | DEATH | John Blow, British composer (Born 1649) |
| 1st of October 1768 | DEATH | Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (Born 1687) |
| 1st of October 1837 | DEATH | Robert Clark, American politician (Born 1777) |
| 1st of October 1838 | DEATH | Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (Born 1768) |
| 1st of October 1864 | DEATH | Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (Born 1817) |
| 1st of October 1876 | DEATH | James Lick, California land baron (Born 1796) |
| 1st of October 1878 | DEATH | Mindon Min, King of Burma (Born 1808) |
| 1st of October 1885 | DEATH | John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (Born 1799) |
| 1st of October 1901 | DEATH | Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir |
| 1st of October 1913 | DEATH | Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (Born 1827) |
| 1st of October 1919 | DEATH | Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Born 1860) |
| 1st of October 1929 | DEATH | Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (Born 1861) |
| 1st of October 1942 | DEATH | Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (Born 1884) |
| 1st of October 1955 | DEATH | Charles Christie, American film studio owner (Born 1880) |
| 1st of October 1958 | DEATH | Robert Falk, Russian painter (Born 1886) |
| 1st of October 1959 | DEATH | Enrico de Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic (Born 1877) |
| 1st of October 1970 | DEATH | Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (Born 1893) |
| 1st of October 1974 | DEATH | Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (Born 1901) |
| 1st of October 1975 | DEATH | Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (Born 1935) |
| 1st of October 1984 | DEATH | Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (Born 1911) |
| 1st of October 1985 | DEATH | E. B. White, American author (Born 1899) |
| 1st of October 1986 | DEATH | Archie League, generally considered the first air traffic controller (Born 1907) |
| 1st of October 1988 | DEATH | Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (Born 1897) |
| 1st of October 1990 | DEATH | Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (Born 1906) |
| 1st of October 1992 | DEATH | Petra Kelly, German politician (Born 1947) |
| 1st of October 1994 | DEATH | Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (Born 1915) |
| 1st of October 1996 | DEATH | Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (Born 1956) |
| 1st of October 1997 | DEATH | Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (Born 1923) |
| 1st of October 1998 | DEATH | Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (Born 1928) |
| 1st of October 1999 | DEATH | Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (Born 1963) |
| 1st of October 2000 | DEATH | Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (Born 1928) |
| 1st of October 2000 | DEATH | Reginald Kray, British gangster (Born 1933) |
| 1st of October 2001 | DEATH | Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (Born 1919) |
| 1st of October 2001 | DEATH | Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (Born 1921) |
| 1st of October 2002 | DEATH | Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (Born 1908) |
| 1st of October 2004 | DEATH | Richard Avedon, American photographer (Born 1923) |
| 1st of October 2004 | DEATH | Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (Born 1946) |
| 1st of October 2006 | DEATH | Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (Born 1938) |
| 1st of October 2006 | DEATH | Andre Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (Born 1952) |
| 1st of October 2007 | DEATH | Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (Born 1965) |
| 1st of October 2007 | DEATH | Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (Born 1932) |
| 1st of October 2007 | DEATH | Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (Born 1936) |
| 1st of October 2007 | DEATH | Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (Born 1931) |
| 1st of October 2007 | DEATH | Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (Born 1928) |
| 1st of October 2008 | DEATH | John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer and lecturer (Born 1925) |
| 1st of October 2008 | DEATH | Nick Reynolds, American folk musician (The Kingston Trio) (Born 1933) |
| 1st of October 2009 | DEATH | Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and essayist (Born 1921) |
| 1st of October 2010 | DEATH | Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (Born 1938) |