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, 1892 | Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means. |
| October 7, 1477 | Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year. |
| October 1, 1918 | World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus. |
| October 12, 1945 | The Lao Issara took control of Laos' government and reaffirmed the country's independence. |
| October 2, 1970 | An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people. |
| October 15, 1793 | Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried and convicted of treason. |
| October 8, 2005 | The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless. |
| October 4, 1958 | The current constitution of France is adopted. |
| October 29, 2012 | Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. |
| October 1, 1890 | Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress. |
| October 2, 1990 | Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132. |
| October 14, 1912 | Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech. |
| October 28, 1538 | The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic. |
| October 9, 1966 | Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre. |
| October 23, 2015 | The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages. |
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