1911 – Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot
1912 – Pirates Owen “Chief” Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
1935 – Italian army occupies Adua Abyssinia
1946 – 90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
1990 – Solar Polar Orbiter ‘Ulysses’ launched
1996 – Lois and Clark (fictional characters) wed
2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
2008 – MESSENGER spacecraft performs a second Mercury flyby
2010 – Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Instagram
2018 – Australia records the biggest comeback in Rugby Championship history in beating Argentina 45-34 in Salta; Wallabies trial 31-7 at halftime but score 5 second half tries to none to overwhelm Pumas