- Oct 1 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)
Jack Chesbro Victory
Oct 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Chesbro records final victory for the NY Highlanders before waived and claimed by Red Sox; beats Walter Johnson and Washington Senators, 2-1
Ford Puts Millions in the Driving Seat
Oct 1 Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)
Pravda Newspaper
Oct 3 Pravda newspaper founded by Leon Trotsky, Adolph Joffe, Matvey Skobelev and other Russian exiles in Vienna
- Oct 5 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
- Oct 5 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh beats Detroit Tigers, 6-1, his 40th victory of the MLB season; forces AL pennant race to the final day
- Oct 6 Austria annexes Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Oct 6 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant
- Oct 6 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
- Oct 7 Crete revolts against Turkey & aligns with Greece
- Oct 7 Serbia & Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact
- Oct 8 Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant
- Oct 8 NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
- Oct 14 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park, Detroit to clinch 4-1 series win; 6,210 fans is smallest crowd in WS history; Cubs retain title
- Oct 14 Upset over seating arrangements at the Baseball World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that will become Baseball Writers Association of America
- Oct 16 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
- Oct 18 Belgium annexes Congo Free State
Leopold II Sells Congo
Oct 20 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
- Oct 24 Billy Murray hits the charts with "Take Me Outto the Ball Game"
Daily Telegraph Affair
Oct 28 The English Newspaper the Daily Telegraph prints an interview with Germany's Emperor Wilhelm II, who characterises himself as personally friendly to Britain but suggests the German people are hostile, causing uproar in both countries
- Oct 31 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in London
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