Little Women
Oct 1 "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston
- Oct 1 1st edition of Maasbode published
- Oct 1 St Pancras railway station opens in London, largest single span roof in the world (689ft (240m) long, 100ft high (30m) a high point of Victorian Gothic architecture [1]
- Oct 7 Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens
- Oct 10 1st written account of a Canadian football game
- Oct 10 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
- Oct 17 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
- Oct 21 Severe earthquake at 7:53 AM, centered in Hayward, California
- Oct 22 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant" premieres in NYC
- Oct 26 White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La
- Oct 30 John Menard of Louisiana is 1st African American elected to US Congress
- Oct 31 Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers
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Gangsters
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Industrialists
Suffragists