October 1st
- 1553: Mary I Becomes Queen Of England
- 1854: The First Orphan Train Arrives
- 1888: The 'Saucy Jack' Postcard Is Recieved
- 1890: Yosemite National Park Is Established
- 1924: President Jimmy Carter Is Born
- 1935: Julie Andrews Is Born
- 1977: Levittown, New York Opens
- 1977: Pelé Plays His Last Game
- 2017: Stephen Paddock Perpetrates The Las Vegas Shooting
October 2nd
- 1780: John André Is Hanged
- 1869: Mahatma Gandhi Is Born
- 1978: Tim Allen Is Arrested
- 1985: Rock Hudson Dies
October 3rd
- 1226: St. Francis Of Assisi Dies
- 1863: Thanksgiving Becomes An American Holiday
- 1990: Germany Becomes Reunified
- 1995: O.J. Simpson Is Acquitted
- 2011: Lisa Irwin Goes Missing
October 4th
- 1582: The Gregorian Calendar Is Introduced
- 1936: The Battle Of Cable Street Takes Place
- 1957: The USSR Launches Sputnik 1
- 1970: Janis Joplin Dies
- 1978: Contact Is Made With The Korowai Tribe
- 1978: Rocky Dennis Dies
- 1997: The Loomis Fargo Robbery Unfolds
October 5th
- 1813: Shawnee Chief Tecumseh Is Killed
- 1892: The Dalton Gang Is Wiped Out
- 1974: Dave Kunst Completes His Walk Around The World
- 2003: Timothy Treadwell, The "Grizzly Man," And His Girlfriend Are Fatally Attacked By A Bear
- 2011: Steve Jobs Dies
October 6th
- 1866: The Reno Brothers Commit America's First Train Robbery
- 1892: Alfred, Lord Tennyson Dies
- 1949: Lonnie Johnson Is Born
- 2002: Shawn Hornbeck Is Kidnapped
- 2010: Instagram Launches
October 7th
- 1821: William Still Is Born
- 1849: Edgar Allan Poe Dies
- 1950: Mother Teresa Founds The Missionaries Of Charity
- 1965: Myra Hindley And Ian Brady Are Arrested For The Moors Murders
- 2007: Anna Politkovskaya Is Assassinated
October 8th
- 1871: The Great Chicago Fire Starts
- 1871: The Deadliest Wildfire In Recorded History Sparks
- 1873: Ma Barker Is Born
- 1967: Che Guevara Is Captured
- 2001: Linate Airport Disaster Occurs In Milan
- 2004: Martha Stewart Goes To Prison
October 9th
- 1635: Roger Williams Is Banished From Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1963: The Vajont Dam Disaster Kills 2,000 People
- 1974: Oskar Schindler Dies
- 2002: Aileen Wuornos Is Executed
- 2012: Malala Is Shot By Taliban
October 10th
- 1845: The U.S. Naval Academy Opens
- 1861: Fridtjof Nansen Is Born
- 1911: Wuchang Uprising Begins
- 1991: Joseph Harris Murders His Former Coworkers
- 2004: Christopher Reeve Dies
October 11th
- 1138: The Aleppo Earthquake Strikes
- 1809: Meriwether Lewis Dies
- 1884: Eleanor Roosevelt Is Born
- 1899: The Boer War Begins
- 1969: The Killing Of Paul Lee Stine
- 1975: Saturday Night Live Debuts
October 12th
- 1492: Christopher Columbus Reaches The "New World"
- 1810: The First Oktoberfest Takes Place
- 1875: Aleister Crowley Is Born
- 1960: Inejiro Asanuma Is Assassinated On Live TV
- 1978: Nancy Spungen Dies
October 13th
- 1792: Construction Begins On The White House
- 1925: Margaret Thatcher Is Born
- 1945: Milton Hershey Dies
- 1972: Herbert Mullin Murders His First Victim
- 2010: Chilean Miners Are Rescued After 69 Days
October 14th
- 1066: The Battle of Hastings Takes Place
- 1890: Dwight D. Eisenhower Is Born
- 1892: The First Sherlock Holmes Book Is Published
- 1912: Theodore Roosevelt Survives An Assassination Attempt
- 1944: 'Desert Fox' Erwin Rommel Dies By Suicide
- 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins
October 15th
- 70 B.C.E.: Virgil Is Born
- 1888: Jack the Ripper Sends The 'From Hell' Letter
- 1917: Mata Hari Is Executed
- 1946: Hermann Göring Dies By Suicide
- 1966: The Black Panthers Are Founded
- 1970: Leonarda Cianciulli, The Soap-Maker Of Correggio, Dies
October 16th
- 1793: Marie Antoinette Is Executed
- 1854: Oscar Wilde Is Born
- 1859: John Brown Raids Harpers Ferry
- 1869: The Cardiff Giant Is 'Discovered'
- 1888: Jack The Ripper's 'From Hell' Letter Is Delivered
- 1946: Ten Nazi War Criminals Are Hanged
- 1987: Baby Jessica Is Rescued From A Well
- 2016: Dennis Hof Dies
October 17th
- 1814: The London Beer Flood Takes Place
- 1931: Al Capone Is Sentenced For Tax Evasion
- 1933: Albert Einstein Flees Nazi Germany
- 1972: Eminem Is Born
- 1974: Robert Berchtold Abducts Jan Broberg
October 18th
- 1469: King Ferdinand And Queen Isabella Marry
- 1595: Edward Winslow Is Born
- 1767: The Mason-Dixon Line Is Established
- 1931: Thomas Edison Dies
- 1955: Wayne Nance Is Born
- 1968: John Lennon And Yoko Ono Are Arrested For Drug Posession
October 19th
- 1745: Jonathan Swift Dies
- 1781: British Forces Surrender At Yorktown
- 1796: Thomas Jefferson Is Accused Of Having An Affair With An Enslaved Woman
- 1864: The St. Albans Raid Takes Place
- 1982: John DeLorean Is Arrested
October 20th
- 1548: The City Of La Paz, Bolivia, Is Founded
- 1600: Tokugawa Family Establishes Hegemony
- 1803: The Louisiana Purchase Is Ratified
- 1973: The Sydney Opera House Opens
- 1977: Lynyrd Skynyrd Band Members Die In A Plane Crash
- 2011: Muammar Gaddafi Is Killed
October 21st
- 1805: The Battle Of Trafalgar Takes Place
- 1917: Dizzy Gillespie Is Born
- 1938: Dorothy Hale Dies By Suicide
- 1966: The Aberfan Disaster Takes Place
- 2009: Alyssa Bustamante Murders Her Neighbor
October 22nd
- 1797: The World's First Parachute Jump Is Made
- 1811: Franz Liszt Is Born
- 1934: Pretty Boy Floyd Is Killed
- 2012: Lance Armstrong Is Stripped Of Tour De France Medals
- 2013: Philip Chism Murders His High School Teacher
October 23rd
- 42 B.C.E: Marcus Junius Brutus Dies By Suicide
- 1247: Bethlem Hospital Is Founded
- 1954: Ang Lee Is Born
- 1995: Selena Quintanilla's Killer Is Found Guilty
- 1998: Dr. Barnett Slepian Is Killed By An Anti-Abortion Radical
October 24th
- 1648: The Thirty Years' War Ends
- 1788: Sarah Josepha Hale Is Born
- 1861: The First Transcontinental Telegraph Line Is Completed
- 1901: Annie Edson Taylor Goes Down Niagara Falls In A Barrel
- 1982: Rose Bundy Is Born
- 2005: Rosa Parks Dies
October 25th
- 1415: The Battle Of Agincourt Takes Place
- 1854: The Charge Of The Light Brigade Fails
- 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born
- 1983: The U.S. Invades Grenada
- 1994: Susan Smith Reports A False Carjacking After Murdering Her Children
October 26th
- 1825: The Erie Canal Opens
- 1864: 'Bloody Bill' Anderson Is Killed
- 1881: The Shootout At The O.K. Corral Takes Place
- 1947: Hillary Clinton Is Born
- 1979: South Korea's President Is Assassinated
October 27th
- 939 C.E.: Æthelstan Dies
- 1275: City Of Amsterdam Is Recognized
- 1858: Teddy Roosevelt Is Born
- 1904: The New York City Subway Opens
- 1915: The Endurance Is Abandoned
- 1932: Sylvia Plath Is Born
- 1940: John Gotti Is Born
October 28th
- 1704: John Locke Dies
- 1886: The Statue Of Liberty Is Dedicated
- 1955: Bill Gates Is Born
- 1965: Gertrude Baniszewski Is Arrested For The Murder Of Sylvia Likens
- 1991: The Andrea Gail Sends Its Last Message Before The 'Perfect Storm'
October 29th
- 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh Is Executed
- 1929: The Stock Market Crashes On 'Black Tuesday'
- 1956: The Suez Crisis Begins
- 1969: Bobby Seale Is Gagged During Trial
- 2015: China Ends One-Child Policy
October 30th
- 1485: Henry VII Becomes King Of England
- 1501: Pope Alexander VI Holds An Orgy
- 1735: John Adams Is Born
- 1938: The 'War Of The Worlds' Is Broadcast
- 1961: Tsar Bomba Is Detonated
- 1974: Muhammad Ali Wins The Rumble In The Jungle
- 1975: Martha Moxley Is Murdered
- 2018: Whitey Bulger Is Murdered
October 31st
- 1517: Martin Luther Posts His 95 Theses
- 1905: Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson, The "Harlem Godfather," Is Born
- 1926: Harry Houdini Dies
- 1936: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Is Founded
- 1993: River Phoenix Dies
- 2003: Bethany Hamilton Loses Her Arm To A Shark
- 2005:Teresa Halbach Goes Missing After Visiting Steven Avery's Property
