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Pick any day to see notable events, births, and deaths from history.
October is a month of harvests, awareness campaigns, and historic moments. World Mental Health Day falls on October 10; Halloween on October 31 has ancient roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain. The Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded in October 1962. Explore our full historical record for every October date.
Every day in October
1
October 1
435 entries
2017 — An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain,...2017 — Fifty-eight people are killed and 546 others injured in a mass shooting on a country...2015 — Umpqua Community College shooting: A gunman kills nine people at a community college...
2
October 2
325 entries
2016 — Ethiopian protests: Violence breaks out during an Irreechaa festival in the Oromia...2007 — President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into...2006 — Five Amish girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school...
3
October 3
337 entries
2015 — Forty-two killed and 33 missing in Kunduz hospital airstrike operated by Médecins Sans...2013 — At least 134 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.2009 — The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan...
4
October 4
360 entries
2010 — The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35...2006 — Wikileaks is launched by Julian Assange.2004 — SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private...
5
October 5
405 entries
2011 — In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members...2001 — Barry Bonds surpasses Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone...2000 — Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan...
6
October 6
373 entries
2007 — Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.1995 — 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a...1987 — Fiji becomes a republic.
7
October 7
362 entries
2016 — In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to 800.2008 — Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is...2003 — The governor of California, Gray Davis, is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
8
October 8
406 entries
2016 — In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.2014 — Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.2005 — The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII...
9
October 9
357 entries
2012 — Members of the Pakistani Taliban make a failed attempt to assassinate an outspoken...2009 — First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar...2006 — North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
10
October 10
425 entries
2015 — Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara near the main train station leave at...2010 — The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.2009 — Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.
11
October 11
325 entries
2013 — A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily with at least 34 people dead.2002 — A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.2001 — The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
12
October 12
385 entries
2013 — Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province, Peru.2008 — Lithuanian nuclear power referendum, 2008 is performed.2005 — The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè...
13
October 13
319 entries
2013 — A stampede breaks out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district,...2010 — The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the...1992 — An Antonov An-124 operated by Antonov Airlines registered CCCP-82002, crashes near...
14
October 14
392 entries
2017 — A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others.2015 — A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan, kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.2014 — A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of...
15
October 15
384 entries
2013 — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippines, resulting in more than 215 deaths.2011 — The 2011 Global Protests occur.2008 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst...
16
October 16
403 entries
2017 — Hurricane Ophelia makes eerie red sun and yellow sky from Sahara dust and ashes from...2013 — Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos,...2002 — Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the...
17
October 17
377 entries
2003 — The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei,...2001 — Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be...2000 — Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack.
18
October 18
400 entries
2007 — Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime...2003 — Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to...1991 — The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
19
October 19
379 entries
2013 — At least 105 people are injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires.2012 — A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 people in Beirut, Lebanon.2005 — Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
20
October 20
364 entries
2011 — Libyan Civil War: National Transitional Council rebel forces capture ousted Libyan...1991 — A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.1982 — During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are...
21
October 21
357 entries
2005 — Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its...1994 — North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed...1994 — In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
22
October 22
353 entries
2014 — Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,...2013 — The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize...2008 — India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
23
October 23
375 entries
2015 — The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest...2012 — After 38 years, the world's first teletext service (BBC's Ceefax) ceases broadcast due...2011 — A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people...
24
October 24
497 entries
2016 — A Fairchild Merlin airliner on a French surveillance mission crashes in Kirkop, Malta,...2015 — A driver, arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI), crashes into the...2014 — The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission,...
25
October 25
264 entries
2009 — The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.1997 — After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville,...1995 — A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
26
October 26
375 entries
2017 — Royal cremation of Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Sanam Luang, Bangkok.2016 — An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes central Italy.2015 — A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern...
27
October 27
368 entries
2017 — Catalonia declares independence from Spain.2014 — Britain withdraws from Afghanistan after the end of Operation Herrick which started on...1999 — Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan,...
28
October 28
379 entries
2014 — An unmanned Antares rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the...2013 — Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers just...2009 — The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
29
October 29
338 entries
2015 — China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.2012 — Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138...2008 — Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline...
30
October 30
375 entries
2015 — Sixty-four people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in...2014 — Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.2005 — The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World...
31
October 31
370 entries
2017 — A truck drives in a crowd of people in Lower Manhattan, killing at least 8 people.2015 — Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224...2014 — During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight...
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