* Tommy West ( October 1975 – 1976 ) A former British Army soldier, West was already the Chief of Staff at the time UVF volunteer Noel " Nogi " Shaw was killed by Lenny Murphy in November 1975 as part of an internal feud.

In a subsequent plea-bargain, Murphy pleaded guilty to a firearms charge and was sentenced to twelve years ' imprisonment on 11 October 1977.

After its discovery on the morning of Monday 25 October, Murphy and two others were arrested ; but without evidence that Murphy had been party to this crime it was not possible to charge him.

LT Murphy who is the posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor presented to his parents, Daniel and Maureen, on October 22, 2007 by President George W. Bush.

* October 19 – Alan Murphy, guitarist, member of Level 42 and Go West, 35 ( AIDS-related )

* " Murphy: A Maverick Reconsidered ", The Australian, 21 October 1996, reprinted ( 1997 ) 20 University of New South Wales Law Journal 204-207.

Previous chairs of the committee are Tom King ( 1994 – 2001 ), Ann Taylor ( 2001 – 05 ), Paul Murphy ( 2005 – 08 ), Margaret Beckett ( January – October 2008 ), and Dr. Kim Howells ( 2008 – 10 ).

On 17 October 2006 AOL claimed that Brown was having a baby with Murphy.

At a secret meeting on 23 October with U. S. General Mark W. Clark and diplomat Robert Murphy, the invasion was agreed on, but the Americans promised only that Giraud would be in command " as soon as possible ".

Isaac Murphy ( born October 16, 1799 or 1802-died September 8, 1882 ) was the first Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas, and came to power under President Abraham Lincoln's conciliatory policy.

# July 1998 – October 2000 VADM Daniel Murphy Jr

* Patrick Henry Murphy, Jr. ( born October 3, 1961, Dallas, Texas ), 39 at the time of the escape,

William Parry Murphy ( Stoughton, Wisconsin, February 6, 1892 – October 9, 1987 ) was an American physician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple for their combined work in devising and treating macrocytic anemia ( specifically, pernicious anemia ).

George Murphy " Pops " Foster ( May 19, 1892 – October 29, 1969 ) was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass.

In October 1848, in love with Barron's cousin Bridget Murphy and with a plan to wed, Patrick Kennedy decided to follow.

On October 6, 1984 at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium, Game 4 of the NLCS ended when Padres first baseman Steve Garvey hit a two run home run off Lee Smith.

At 33, Murphy was the youngest channel controller in the country, a title he held since launching UK Play at the age of 26, although on 20 October 2005 it was announced that Murphy was soon to leave the channel to work in commercial television.

In an October 2008 cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed Murphy as Secretary of State for Scotland.

Following the election of Ed Miliband as Leader of the Opposition, in the Shadow Cabinet appointments that followed Murphy was appointed Shadow Defence Secretary on 8 October 2010.

Following the 2001 general election he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales, Paul Murphy, and in October 2002 moved with Murphy to the Northern Ireland Office in the same capacity.

At the Battle of Bemis Heights ( Second Battle of Saratoga ) on October 7, 1777, Murphy is reputed to have shot and killed Sir Francis Clerke and General Simon Fraser.

* October 16 – England's first residential university-level women's college, the College for Women, predecessor of Girton College, Cambridge, is founded at Hitchin by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon.

* October 1 – Annie Besant, English women's rights activist, writer and orator ( d. 1933 )

In October 1847, Lucy Stone gave her first public speech on the subject of women's rights, entitled The Province of Women, at her brother Bowman Stone's church in Gardner, Massachusetts.

Stanton seemed to agree ; in an address to the National Woman Suffrage Association ( NWSA ) convention in 1870, on the subject of the women's rights movement, she said " The movement in England, as in America, may be dated from the first National Convention, held at Worcester, Mass., October, 1850.

Emily Wilding Davison ( 11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913 ) was a militant women's suffrage activist.

The royal family was ripped away from their Palace at Versailles, the day after the 5 October 1789 women's march on Versailles.

Olympic women's ice hockey champion Cassie Campbell joined Hockey Night in Canada as a rinkside reporter, becoming ( on October 14, 2006 ) the first woman to do colour commentary on a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast.

The school was established as a women's college by legislative enactment on February 18, 1891 as the State Normal and Industrial School and opened October 5, 1892.

It was also a leader in the women's suffrage movement: The first national convention advocating women's rights was held in Worcester, October 23 – 24, 1850.

When it became clear that the women's remains would never be found without Robinson's cooperation, a compromise of sorts was reached: In a carefully scripted plea in October, 2003, Robinson acknowledged only that Koster had enough evidence to convict him of capital murder for the deaths of Godfrey, Clampitt, Bonner, and the Faiths.

On October 15, 1993 Martin had her first title fight against Beverly Szymansky, for the WBC women's Jr. Welterweight world championship.

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.

In October 1847, she gave her first public speech on the subject of women's rights, entitled The Province of Women, at the invitation of her brother Bowman Stone, to speak at his church in Gardner, Massachusetts.

Having " prepared for death with serenity and an unwavering concern for the women's cause ," Lucy Stone died on October 18, 1893 at the age of 75.

In October 2004, Schyman together with other MEPs of the Left Party proposed before the Riksdag, a national assessment of the cost of men's violence towards women ; furthermore they demanded that the state fund women's shelters.

Marie Carmichael Stopes ( 15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958 ) was a British author, palaeobotanist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of birth control.

Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin ( born October 6, 1973 ) is an American television basketball analyst and former women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ) from 1997 to 2003.

Felicity Willis ( born October 31, 1978 ) is a Puerto Rican women's basketball player.

Angelina Emily Grimké Weld ( 20 February 1805 – 26 October 1879 ) was an American political activist, abolitionist and supporter of the women's suffrage movement.

Lydia Maria Child ( February 11, 1802 – October 20, 1880 ) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist and Unitarian.

* ERRA National men's 6-stage and women's 4-stage relays ( October )

* October 6-Ella Cora Hind, journalist and women's rights activist ( born 1861 )