October 20. Pope Pius XII issues the Summi Pontificatus encyclical in 1939.
October 19. China enters the Korean War on the side of the North in 1950.
October 18. Mike Ditka is born in 1939.
October 17. Rita Hayworth is born in 1918.
October 16. Pitcher Ellis Kinder dies in 1968.
October 15. Laguardia Airport is dedicated in New York City in 1939.
October 14. Chicago Cubs win World Series, defeating the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in 1908.
October 13. English orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski dies in 1977.
October 12. White House becomes the official name for the Presidential Mansion in Washington, D.C. in 1901.
