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Happy October! What is the first idea that pops into your mind when you think about the tenth month of the year? Halloween, of course, but there is so much more to the month than jack o’ lanterns, costumes and candy than many people realize We thought it would be fun to put together a list of all the events and anniversaries that occurred in October throughout the years:
October 1, 1908: Ford introduced the first Model T car
October 2, 1950: The first Peanuts comic was printed and appeared in seven newspapers
October 3, 1960: The Andy Griffith Show debuted
October 4, 1927: Sculpting begins on Mount Rushmore
October 5, 1921: The World Series was first broadcasted on the radio
October 6, 1889: Thomas Edison showed the first motion picture
October 7, 1916: Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University with a final score of 222-0, one of the most lopsided victories in American college football
October 8, 1957: The Dodgers announce that they will be moving to Los Angeles
October 9, 1888: The Washington Monument is officially opened
October 10, 1979: The Pac-Man arcade game is debuted
October 11, 1939: Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein describing the atom bomb
October 12, 1892: Children in US public school first recited the Pledge of Allegiance
October 13, 1775: The United States Navy is first established
October 14, 1964: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is presented the Nobel Peace Prize
October 15, 1989: Wayne Gretzky became the all team leading scorer in NHL history
October 16, 1923: Walt Disney founded the Walt Disney Company
October 17, 1931: Gangster Al Capone is convicted of tax income evasion
October 18, 2014: Lions Pride will be awarding a Ray Hempel Fellowship at the 27-C1 convention in Wausau
October 18, 1925: The Grand Ole Opry opens in Nashville, Tennessee
October 19, 1985: The first Blockbuster store is opened in Dallas, Texas
October 20, 1803: The US Senate approves the Louisiana Purchase
October 21, 1854: The pioneer of nursing, Florence Nightingale is sent to the Crimean War with a staff of 38 nurses
October 22, 1797: The first recorded parachute jump takes place
October 23, 1946: The UN General Assembly gathered in New York for the first time
October 24, 1861: The first transcontinental telegraph line across the US is completed
October 25, 1936: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini created the Rome-Berlin axis
October 27, 1904: The first New York City Subway line opened
October 28, 1965: The St. Louis Gateway Arch is completed
October 29, 1863: The International Red Cross is created
October 30, 1960: The first successful kidney transplant is performed in England
October 31, 1892: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is first published
A lot of historical events happened in October. Which one surprised you most?
Source:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/octoberinhistory.php
