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, 1972 | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23. |
| October 11, 1950 | CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. |
| October 26, 1917 | World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers. |
| October 29, 1863 | Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross. |
| October 8, 1973 | Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions. |
| October 9, 1812 | War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia. |
| October 6, 1995 | The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered. |
| October 24, 1957 | The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar manned space program. |
| October 14, 1968 | Apollo program: The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew. |
| October 6, 1979 | Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. |
| October 27, 2017 | Catalonia declares independence from Spain. |
| October 30, 2005 | The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project. |
| October 6, 1683 | Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. |
| October 16, 1869 | The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered". |
| October 28, 1636 | The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University. |
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