- Oct 1 KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
Flair Premieres
Oct 3 "Flair!", a daily radio program premieres on ABC radio network with Dick Van Dyke as host
- Oct 3 US sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" premieres in CBS (runs till 1968)
- Oct 5 KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
Spartacus
Oct 6 "Spartacus", directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier, premieres in NYC
- Oct 7 TV series "Route 66" premieres on CBS
- Oct 10 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 12 Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma is assassinated with a sword during a televised debate live on TV by 17-year old nationalist Otoya Yamaguchi
- Oct 13 Third presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood & Kennedy in NY
- Oct 19 KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting
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