October 3rd  1977

Indira Gandhi is arrested

October 4th 1983

Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car

October 5th 1965

Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups

October 6th 1976

‘Gang of Four’ arrested in Beijing

October 7th 1942

U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations

October 8th 2003

Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected the governor of California

October 9th 1990

Radio stations around world play ‘Imagine’ honoring John Lennon

October 10th 1846

Neptune’s moon Triton discovered by William Lassell

October 11th 1887

Alexander Miles patents elevator

October 12th 1901

US President Theodore Roosevelt renames ‘Executive Mansion’ ‘The White House’

October 13th 1792

George Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)

October 14th 1991

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 15th 1815

Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St. Helena

October 16th 1964

China becomes world’s 5th nuclear power

October 17th 1959

Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse

October 18th 1945

Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg

October 19th 2005

Saddam Hussein’s trial begins in Iraq

October 20th 1982

Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected

October 21st 1997

Elton John’s tribute to Princess Diana breaks world record, 318 million distributed

October 22nd 1938

Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine

October 23rd 1947

Husband and wife Dr. Carl Cori and Dr. Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes

October 24th 1882

Dr. Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis

October 25th 1932

Benito Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years

October 26th 1951

Winston Churchill re-elected British Prime Minister

October 27th 1982

China announces its population at 1 billion people plus

October 28th 1958

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII

October 29th 1945

1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented

October 30th 1894

Daniel Cooper patents time clock