October 30. Jackie Robinson signs contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945.
October 29. Black Tuesday hits the Stock Market in New York in 1929.
October 28. The Alaskan Highway is finished connecting US mainland to Fairbanks in 1942.
October 27. New York City Subway opens in 1904.
October 26. Pony Express mail service ceases operation in 1861.
October 25. in the Crimean War the Battle of Balaclava inspires the poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade' in 1854.
October 24. Revolutionary activity ramps up as Red Guards occupy buildings in Moscow in 1917.
October 23. Stock market panic begins, bringing on Great Depression in 1929.
October 22. International Meridian Conference declares Greenwich, England the Universal Time meridian in 1884.
