Historical Events in October, Month of October Events
Here is a list of some historical events in October. You can learn What major event happened in October?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| October 13, 1983 | Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago. |
| October 7, 1996 | Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. |
| October 4, 1991 | The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. |
| October 30, 1956 | Hungarian Revolution: The government of Imre Nagy recognizes newly-established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads anti-Soviet militias in an attack on the headquarters of the Hungarian Working People's Party. |
| October 24, 1930 | A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era. |
| October 18, 1963 | Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space. |
| October 8, 2014 | Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies. |
| October 12, 1945 | World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. |
| October 16, 912 | Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba. |
| October 11, 1311 | The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311. |
| October 20, 1981 | Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York. |
| October 28, 1918 | World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War. |
| October 16, 1817 | Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela. |
| October 13, 1792 | In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid. |
| October 16, 1968 | Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country. |
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