October 4th 1978
Funeral services held for Pope John Paul

October 5th 1965
Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite

October 6th 1991
Elizabeth Taylor weds for 8th time(Larry Fortensky)

October 7th 2001
U.S. launches strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan,in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.

October 8th 1971
John Lennon releases his mega hit “Imagine”

October 9th 1984
Kathryn D Sullivan becomes 1st U.S.woman to walk in space

October 10th 1943
Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China

October 11th 1976
Mao Tse-Tung’s widow Jiang Qing and“Gang of Four,”arrested and charged with plotting a coup

October 12th 1933
Alcatraz becomes a federal prison(unofficially)

October 13th 1953
Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno

October 14th 1980
Bob Marley’s last concert

October 15th 1924
President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument

October 16th 1923
Disney company founded

October 17th 1979
Mother Teresa of India,awarded Nobel Peace Prize

October 18th 1955
University of California discovers anti-proton

October 19th 1879
Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light

October 20th 1864
President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a U.S national holiday

October 21st 1918
Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min

October 22nd  1964
French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize

October 23rd  1918
Actor Charlie Chaplin(29)weds Mildred Harris(17)

October 24th  1984
Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match

October 25th 1960
1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale,New York City

October 26th 1988
Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service

October 27th 1925
Water skis patented by Fred Waller

October 28th 1940
Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence

October 29th 1964
Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York

October 30th 1888
John J Loud patents ballpoint pen

October 31st 1984
Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two security guards