Jazz Singer Sounds Death Knell for Silent Movies
Oct 6 "The Jazz Singer", directed by Alan Crosland, starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy, released, 1st film with a soundtrack (Honorary Academy Award 1928)
- Oct 7 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
1st Laurel and Hardy Film
Oct 8 "The Second Hundred Years" silent short film released starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - 1st Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team
- Oct 8 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for a 4-0 series sweep
Lou Gehrig AL MVP
Oct 11 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig is named American League MVP; despite hitting MLB record 60 HR's Babe Ruth as a former winner is not eligible
- Oct 12 Hermann Goerner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet
Ban Johnson Retires
Oct 17 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL President
- Oct 23 Town of Netanya, Israel founded by Nathan Strauss
Creole Love Song
Oct 26 American jazz vocalist Adelaide Hall makes her 1st recordings - "Creole Love Call" and "Blues I Love to Sing" - with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey
Maas–Waal Canal
Oct 27 Queen Wilhelmina opens the Maas–Waal Canal between Nijmegen and Heumen
Tito Imprisoned
Oct 28 Josip Broz Tito begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
- Oct 28 KLM airmail plane "Homing Pigeon" arrives back in Amsterdam after the first special round trip flight to the Dutch East Indies
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