October is celebrated as a month swallowed by the macabre. Halloween is the only thing man seem to pay attention to this season. However, plenty of other historic anniversaries happen every day that people seem to forget about. Here is an event for every important anniversary this month:
On October 1, Henry Ford’s first commercial car, the Model T, was made available for purchase to the masses in 1908. Julie Andrews was also born on the first, and just turned 90 years old!
October 2, the first ever Peanuts cartoon was published in 1950, and Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869.
October 3 is honorary Mean Girls day after the 2004 cult classic film, and on a darker note poet Edgar Allan Poe disappeared for the last time before his death in 1849.
October 4, 1927, Mount Rushmore began production and rockstar Janis Joplin died in 1970.
October 5, The first James Bond movie premiered in 1962 and Kate Winslet, star of Titanic, was born in 1975.
October 6, 1927, the first feature film with synched dialogue was shown to the public and the first recorded train robbery in the U.S happened in 1866.
October 7, East German was founded in 1949.
October 8, The Great Chicago Fire started, which would kill 300 people in 1871, and John Lennon realised his album Imagine in 1971.
October 9, John Lennon was born in 1940 and Yale University was found in 1701.
October 10, Christopher Reeve, the original actor of Superman passed.
October 11, Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884, Cardi B in 1992, and Jerome Robbins, choreographer of West Side Story in 1918.
October 12, Thomas Jefferson wrote his famous love letter in 1786 and Hugh Jackman was born in 1968.
October 13, the White House cornerstone was laid in 1792.
October 14, Pulp Fiction was released to theaters in 1994 and Usher was born in 1978.
October 15, Dolly Parton released Jolene in 1973 and spy/dancer Mata Hari was executed in 1917.
October 16, Marie Antoinette was beheaded in 1793 and the Disney brothers founded their cartoon studio in 1923.
October 17, Al Capone was found guilty of tax fraud in 1931 and Eminem was born 1971.
October 18, Chuck Berry was born in 1926 and Thomas Edison died in 1931.
October 19, The first Blockbuster store opened in Texas in 1985 and Jane Eyre was published in 1847.
October 20, Snoop Dog was born in 1971 and the Sydney Opera House opened in 1973.
October 21, Carrie Fisher was born in 1956.
October 22, Led Zeppelin released their second album in 1969.
October 23, Brittney Spears released …Baby One More Time in 1998.
October 24, Rosa Parks passed away in 2005 at the age of 92, leaving a lasting impression on the civil movement.
October 25, The Rolling Stones appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
October 26, The famous shootout at the O.K Corral in 1881.
October 27, American Poet Sylvia Plath was born in 1932.
October 28, Bill Gates was born in 1955.
October 29, Rebel Without a Cause featuring James Dean released in 1955.
October 30, Gold was found in Montana helping to spur the Gold Rush in 1864.
October 31, Happy Halloween!
For more information visit History.Com or Brittantica.Com
