The Ten Years’ War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
9 October 1986
The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
7 October 1958
The 1958 Pakistani coup d’état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
6 October 1854
In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
2 October 2004
The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK Parkrun has left a lasting legacy by…
1 October 2017
An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.