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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