* October 14-The Tories release an election ad that many see as mocking Jean Chrétien's facial paralysis.

* October 14-The online music store Puretracks launches

* October 6 – 14-The Rainhill Trials, a steam locomotive competition, are run in England and won by Stephenson's Rocket.

* October 14-The world's first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.

* October 14-The British airship R101 makes its first flight, from Cardington, Bedfordshire, over London.

* September 14-The United Ireland movement, which has adopted the title ' Fine Gael ', will contest the general election in October as a political party.

* October 6 – 14-The Rainhill Trials, an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, was run near Rainhill, east of Liverpool, England and won by Stephenson's Rocket.

Although, originally conceived as a children's programme, it quickly acquired a cult crossover following amongst many adults, including future Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman ( as mentioned by Cleese himself in the " Paying my ex-wife " stage performance tour, October 2010 ).

In October 2001, he again released two albums: Songs I Heard, featuring big band re-workings of children's show themes, and 30, featuring Connick on piano with guest appearances by several other musical artists.

Early national attention to trick-or-treating was given in October 1947 issues of the children's magazines Jack and Jill and Children's Activities, and by Halloween episodes of the network radio programs The Baby Snooks Show in 1946 and The Jack Benny Show and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet in 1948.

Edward James " Ted " Hughes, OM ( 17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998 ) was an English poet and children's writer.

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; born October 21, 1929 ) is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction.

Woodrow Wilson " Woody " Guthrie ( July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967 ) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works.

Captain Kangaroo is a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.

Snicket is currently writing All the Wrong Questions, a new children's series that is due out in October of 2012.

On one weekend in October there is a Day out with Thomas from the children's television series Thomas and Friends.

On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights.

* October 25 – The Electric Company, a skit-based children's program aimed at teaching reading skills, premieres on PBS ( 1971 – 1977 ).

* On October 2, 2007, The CW ( WB and UPN's successor ) announced that it would end the Kids ' WB block starting May 2008, due to the effects of children's advertising limits and cable competition, in a joint decision between Warner Bros. and CBS, parent companies of The CW.

* October 16 — Edward Ardizzone, English children's writer and illustrator ( died 1979 )

* October 22-Marjorie Flack, children's author

* October 8 – Roger Lancelyn Green, biographer and children's author

* October 14 – Marcel Aymé, novelist and children's author

* October 4-Margaret Gatty, children's author ( born 1809 )

A free season of events ( Summer on the Hudson ) takes place throughout Riverside Park between May and October and hosts dozens of fun events for all including movies, concerts, and children's shows.

* October 28-Johann Karl August Musäus, German satirist and children's writer ( born 1735 )

In his will, dated 26 October 1908, Grossmith left small bequests to a variety of charities and persons ; 2, 000 pounds, artworks and heirlooms to each of his children ( except that Lawrence did not receive a specific cash bequest ), his son George receiving also " two silver bowls presented to him by Sullivan and Carte the ivory baton with which he conducted the orchestra on the occasion of his said son's first appearance on the stage " in Haste to the Wedding ; and smaller bequests to his children's spouses and his nieces, nephews, grandchildren and some cousins, with the residuary estate shared equally by his children ( although the residuary estate was not large ).

Norman Antony " Tony " Hart ( 15 October 1925 – 18 January 2009 ) was an English artist and children's television presenter.

He also worked with the Knights of Columbus in running children's playgrounds, and was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain on October 4, 1926 by Pope Pius XI.

Paul Biegel ( March 25, 1925, Bussum – October 21, 2006, Laren ) was a successful and prolific Dutch writer of children's literature.

* Homer Hickam, Jr .' s book Rocket Boys was adapted into the 1999 film October Sky.

The third a cappella musical to appear Off-Broadway, In Transit, premiered 5 October 2010 and was produced by Primary Stages with book, music, and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth.

The television, film, book, costume, home decoration, and confectionery industries use this time of year to promote products closely associated with such a holiday, with promotions going from early September to 31 October, since their themes rapidly lose strength once the holiday ends, and advertising starts concentrating on Christmas.

Olson was working on her second book, The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House ( published October 2001 ) at the time of her death.

The book will be released in October 2012 by the Rowman & Littlefield publishing company.

Fern Hill ( 1945 ) is a poem by Dylan Thomas, first published in the October, 1945, Horizon magazine, with its first book publication as the last poem in Deaths and Entrances.

In October 1970, DC briefly retired the circular logo in favor of a simple " DC " in a rectangle with the name of the title, or the star of the book ; the logo on many issues of Action Comics, for example, read " DC Superman.

Brockovich's book, entitled Take It From Me: Life's a Struggle But You Can Win, was published in October 2001, and was on the NYT Business Bestseller's List.

The re-imagining of the vampire continued with the release of Poppy Z. Brite's book Lost Souls in October 1992.

* Classics Illustrated No. 112, The Adventures of Kit Carson ( October 1953 ), is based on John C. Abbott's 1873 book ; the comic book went through nine printings between 1953 and 1969.

( Although this passage was quoted in Stalin's book " The October Revolution " issued in 1934, it was expunged in Stalin's Works released in 1949.

Debuting in August 1952 ( cover date October – November ), Mad began as a comic book published by EC, then located in lower Manhattan at 225 Lafayette Street.

" in a letter to Eduard Büsching ( 25 October 1929 ) after Büsching sent Einstein a copy of his book Es gibt keinen Gott.

" In a review of Goldhagen's book, Mark Riebling counters that Pius used the word " Jew " in his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, published on 20 October 1939.

On October 2008, Scott confirmed that after a 25-year wait for the rights to become available, he was to make an adaptation of the book The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.

In the updated October 1999 edition of their book: ' The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future ',

* Video: Susan Faludi-The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9 / 11 America ( October 19, 2007 ), lecture from 2007 book tour.

Sondheim also wrote some new songs for a proposed Into the Woods film, including one entitled Rainbows, which Sondheim said will be in his second book ( to be published in October 2011 ).

President Ronald Reagan helped to fuel the success of The Hunt for Red October when he announced that he enjoyed the book at a televised press conference, calling it " unputdown-able " and a " perfect yarn.

The first published book to feature Jack Ryan was The Hunt for Red October.

Although the book was published years before Patriot Games, there are repeated references to it, which strongly suggests that The Hunt for Red October was in fact written after the Patriot Games manuscript ( or at least the first draft of the novel ) was completed.

In October 2010, The Best of the Seekers ( 1968 ), was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.

* October 14 – Alan Alexander Milne's book Winnie-the-Pooh is released.

* October 11 – Joe Simon, American comic book artist and writer ( d. 2011 )