6 Oct 1927        ‘The Jazz Singer’ starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy was released, the first film with a soundtrack.
6 Oct 1951        Joseph Stalin proclaimed the Soviet Union had developed the atomic bomb.
6 Oct 1960        ‘Spartacus’ starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier had its premiere in NYC.
6 Oct 1979        John Paul II became the first pope to visit the White House.
6 Oct 1989        Bette Davis died.
6 Oct 2007        Jason Lewis completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
6 Oct 2010        Instagram, the mainstream photo-sharing app, was founded.

7 Oct 1919        KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, one of the oldest existing airline was founded in Amsterdam.
7 Oct 1950        Mother Teresa established the Missionaries of Charity.
7 Oct 1982        The musical ‘Cats’ opened on Broadway and ran for nearly 18 years.
7 Oct 1988        Robin Givens filed for divorce from Mike Tyson.

8 Oct 1927        ‘The Second Hundred Years’ was released. The first film starring Laurel and Hardy.
8 Oct 1945        The microwave oven was patented by US inventor Percy Spencer.
8 Oct 1971        John Lennon released ‘Imagine’.
8 Oct 1982        ‘Cats’ opened on Broadway and ran for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
8 Oct 2003        Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California.

9 Oct 1967        Che Guevara was shot dead.
9 Oct 1986        ‘Phantom of the Opera’ starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman had its premiere in London.
9 Oct 1973        Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced after 6 years.
9 Oct 1991        The first Sumo wrestling tournament held outside Japan took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

10 Oct 1957      A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria caused the  world’s first major nuclear accident.
10 Oct 1964      The Tokyo Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony was the first to be relayed live by satellites.
10 Oct 1969      ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ soundtrack album was recorded.
10 Oct 1975      Liz Taylor and Richard Burton remarried 16 months after getting divorced.
10 Oct 1999      The Millennium wheel was winched into place to become part of the London skyline.
10 Oct 2004      Christopher Reeve died.
10 Oct 2022      Angela Lansbury died.

11 Oct 1968      NASA launched Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
11 Oct 1982      Mary Rose was lifted from the bed of the Solent 437 years after it sunk.
11 Oct 2000      NASA launched the 100^th Space Shuttle mission.

12 Oct 1810      Munich held the first Oktoberfest.
12 Oct 1968      The Summer Olympic Games opened in Mexico City the first in Latin America.
12 Oct 1999      The Earth’s human population passed the six billion mark.
12 Oct 2018      Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.