The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government’s annual budget.
15 October 1888
The “From Hell” letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
14 October 2017
A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others
11 October 1972
A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
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.