- Oct 1 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine sets a Baseball World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a 3-2 Game 3 win against NY Yankees at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn
- Oct 1 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
- Oct 1 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Comedy in Music
Oct 2 Victor Borge's one-man show "Comedy in Music" opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 849 performances, a Guinness world record
- Oct 3 7th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1
- Oct 3 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
World Series
Oct 3 NY Yankees legendary center fielder Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam off Russ Meyer; Bronx Bombers hold on to win, 11-7 v Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of Baseball World Series; NY wins series, 4-2
- Oct 3 Ryder Cup Golf, Wentworth: San Snead wins 6 of 7 matches to lead US to 6th consecutive Cup win, 6½-5½ over Great Britain
World Series
Oct 4 50th Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3 at Yankee Stadium for 4-2 series win; Yankees record 5th consecutive WS; MVP: NY 2B Billy Martin
World Record Marathon
Oct 4 British runner Jim Peters sets world marathon record 2:18:34.8 in the Turku Marathon in Finland
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Oct 5 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court
- Oct 5 The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
- Oct 6 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Sports History
Oct 7 Bill Veeck tells St. Louis Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
Alabama Bars Robinson All-Stars
Oct 8 Birmingham, Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group
- Oct 8 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
Guyanese Constitution
Oct 9 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
Konrad Adenauer Reelected
Oct 9 Konrad Adenauer elected Chancellor of West Germany
- Oct 12 US & Greece sign peace treaty (US bases)
- Oct 13 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves patented by Samuel Bagno
- Oct 14 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
- Oct 14 Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die
- Oct 14 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr
- Oct 14 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field, Australia
Event of Interest
Oct 14 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower promises to fire any federal worker taking 5th amendment with regard to communist party affiliation
- Oct 14 WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 John Patrick's play "Teahouse of the August Moon" premieres in New York
- Oct 15 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins
Cuban History
Oct 16 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)
- Oct 18 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
- Oct 18 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 18 WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 19 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
- Oct 19 Dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury is published in the US
Music History
Oct 19 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
- Oct 20 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 22 Laos gains full independence from France
- Oct 23 France grants Laos' sovereignty
- Oct 23 German FR applies to NATO
- Oct 23 WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast
- Oct 24 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
NFL Record
Oct 25 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
- Oct 25 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
Music Release
Oct 25 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th Symphony
- Oct 25 KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, CA (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 26 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field, Australia
- Oct 28 Bud Grant of CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
- Oct 28 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
- Oct 29 A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns
- Oct 30 Dr Albert Schweitzer and US Army General George Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize
- Oct 31 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
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Aviators
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Industrialists
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