October in History
Browse 472 historical entries across all 31 days of October — including 158 events, 156 births, and 158 deaths.
Calendar Dates in October
People's Republic of China proclaimed
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu re-elected President of South Vietnam
Nadine Gordimer wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Gregorian calendar is introduced in parts of Europe
Jewell Loyd
First exoplanet discovered
Croatian War of Independence
Operation Southern Move
Knowsley Hall Shootings
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty takes effect
Typhoon Nora dissipates
Columbus reaches the Americas
Loyalist Ceasefire Announced
Battle of Hastings
Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar
China becomes a nuclear power
Lake Burley Griffin Inaugurated
First Cat in Space
Iran–Iraq War: U.S. destroys Iranian oil platforms
Aeroflot Flight 6502 Crash
Battle of Trafalgar
Nixon in China premiere
Amandla Stenberg
Wall Street Crash
Heinrich Himmler orders crackdown on Edelweiss Pirates
Norway dissolves union with Sweden
Rasmus Andersson
Gateway Arch completed
Danielle Hunter
Madrid Conference
EgyptAir Flight 990 Crash
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October Through the Ages
The current DayFacts collection contains 472 historical entries across all 31 calendar dates in October. These entries include events, births, and deaths from the periods represented in the dataset; they are not a complete history of the month.
Browse each date above to see the entries currently recorded, or use the month navigation to move through the calendar.