OCTOBER

Until 10 - World Space Week
5 - Archangel Michael's Day/Mikkelinpäivä
5 - International World Teachers' Day
5 - 100yrs The independence of Bulgaria is recognised

Week 41

6 - Gerry Adams, politician (60)
6 - World Habitat Day
6 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
7 - Thom Yorke (Radiohead) (40)
8 - Bill Maynard, actor (80)
8 - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, recognized by the UN
8 - World Humanitarian Action Day
8 - Yom Kippur begins
9 - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (80)
9 - Jackson Browne, musician (60)
9 - Leif Erikson Day
9 - World Post Day
10 - Aleksis Kivi's Day, Finnish Literature Day
10 - World Mental Health Day
11 - FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
12 - 80yrs An iron lung respirator is used for the first
12 - Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) (60)

Week 42

13 - Columbus Day - United States
14 - 40yrs Jim Hines becomes first man to break the ten second barrier in the 100m
14 - Matthew Le Tissier, footballer (40)
14 - World Standards Day
15 - Chris de Burgh, singer (60)
15 - Jyrki 69, Finnish musician (40)
15 - FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
15 - Foundation of the Black Panthers Day
15 - International Day of Rural Women
16 - Mary Daly, feminist (80)
16 - Tim Robbins, actor, director, and writer (50)
16 - 30yrs Polish bishop is new Pope
16 - World Food Day
17 - George Wendt, actor (60)
17 - 40yrs Black athletes make silent protest
17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18 - 40yrs Bob Beamon sets a world record of 890m in the long jump
19 - 10yrs The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort

Week 43

20 - Viggo Mortensen, actor (50)
20 - 40yrs Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis
21 - Apple Day
22 - Christopher Lloyd, actor (70)
22 - Derek Jacobi, actor (70)
23 - 25yrs US Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb
24 - Take Back Your Time Day
24 - United Nations Day
24 - World Development Information Day
25 - Marion Ross, actress (80)
26 - Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artists (80)
26 - Finland Municipal Elections 2008
26 - Summer time ends, -1 hour

Week 44

27 - Gilles Vigneault, Québécois poet, singer and songwriter (80)
28 - David Dimbleby, television commentator (70)
28 - Greece - Oxi (No) Day
29 - David Remnick, writer and editor of The New Yorker (50)
29 - 10yrs John Glenn becomes oldest person to go into space
30 - 70yrs Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H G Wells's The War of the Worlds
30 - International Orthopaedic Nurses Day
30-16 Nov - Inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Finals
31 - Halloween