Panic of 1907
Oct 1 A downturn in the stock market leads to a run on the dollar; US President Theodore Roosevelt later calls on financier J. P. Morgan to help manage the financial crisis
- Oct 1 Plaza Hotel at 5th Avenue & 59th Street opens in New York
- Oct 5 Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) plays first game; Montreal beats Toronto, 17-8 in Montreal
Farman's Biplane Takes Off
Oct 7 France's Henri Farman flies 30m in a Voisin biplane
Transatlantic Wireless
Oct 17 Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland
Ringling Bros. Buys Barnum & Bailey
Oct 22 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus
Admirals
Aviators
Gangsters
Generals
Industrialists
Suffragists