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?

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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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