Events Date 1926 October | History by KabAstro

Wiley Post's Fortunate Misfortune

Oct 1 Oil field accident costs aviator Wiley Post his left eye, uses the settlement money to buy his 1st aircraft

Oct 2 Bert Gibb kicks 9 singles as Hamilton Tigers beat Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 12-10 in Montreal in Canadian Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union opening round
Oct 3 1st congress of Pan European Movement (Pan-Europese Beweging) opens in Vienna
Oct 3 English long distance runner Violet Piercy sets first recognised female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London
Oct 4 Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower

Babe Ruth Hits 3 HRs

Oct 6 Babe Ruth becomes first MLB player to hit 3 home runs in a World Series game as NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5 in Game 4 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis

Oct 7 Actress Theo Mann-Master resigns from stage
Oct 7 Italian Great Fascist Council forms

Colonial Institute

Oct 9 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution

Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Oct 9 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
Oct 10 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 3-2 at Sportsman's Park for 4 games to 3 series victory

Winnie the Pooh

Oct 14 A. A. Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh" released

Walter Johnson Retires

Oct 14 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark

Oct 15 Austria government of Seipel, forms
Oct 15 Philip Barry's play "White Wings!" premieres in NYC
Oct 16 Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
Oct 16 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200

Lenin's Political Testament

Oct 18 Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenin's political testament

Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader Vladimir Lenin

Oct 19 John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle

Expulsion of Trotsky

Oct 19 Russian Politburo throws out Leon Trotsky and his followers

Oct 20 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600

The Punch that Killed Harry Houdini

Oct 22 Boxer J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in his dressing room at the Princess Theater in Montreal. The attack started or helped cause the appendicitis that would take Houdini's life 9 days later.

Magician and Escape Artist Harry Houdini

Oct 24 Harry Houdini's last performance, at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan
Oct 25 Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach & gm of NY Rangers
Oct 26 Arthur Goodrich's play "Caponsacchi" premieres in NYC
Oct 26 Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga")