* October 18-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French novelist ( died 1803 )

The strip underwent a significant change after Trudeau returned to it from a 22-month hiatus ( from January 1983 to October 1984 ).

Suspension of the writ in Canadian history occurred famously during the October Crisis, during which the War Measures Act was invoked by the Governor General of Canada on the constitutional advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who had received a request from the Quebec Cabinet.

* 1970 – In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (; ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000 ), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.

Trudeau is credited with introducing Canada's " Multiculturalism Policy " on October 8, 1971 recognizing that while Canada was a country of two official languages, it did not have a single unitary culture but rather recognized the plurality of cultures-" a multicultural policy within a bilingual framework ".

Trudeau later ( in October 1975 ) instituted wage and price controls, something which he had mocked Progressive Conservative Party leader Robert Stanfield for proposing during the election campaign a year earlier.

During the October Crisis, Chrétien told Trudeau to " act now, explain later ", when Trudeau was hesitant to invoke the War Measures Act.

Born in Minnesota, Mayor Dennis Trudeau enlisted in the Canadian Army in October 1942 because his family was living in Canada when the war started.

Trudeau spoke on television in October 1980, and announced his intention to constitutionalize a bill of rights that would include fundamental freedoms, democratic guarantees, freedom of movement, legal rights, equality and language rights.

However, before being retired, the fleet had carried such dignitaries as Premier Alexei Kosygin of the USSR on his October 1971 visit to Canada, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on his historic visit to China in October 1973, and Pope John Paul II during his 1984 visit to Canada.

* October 16-October Crisis: Pierre Trudeau introduces the War Measures Act to deal with the FLQ threat.

* October 2-Michel Trudeau, student ( d. 1998 )

* October 6 – Trudeau announces his plan to patriate the Canadian constitution unilaterally

* September 28 to October 3-Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau, former prime minister

*" Impromptu interview of Pierre Elliott Trudeau with Tim Ralfe of the CBC Radio and Peter Reilly of CJON-TV on October 13, 1970 " in Chronologies of Quebec History, Claude Bélanger, Department of History, Marianopolis College.

Trudeau emerged as a prominent figure in his own right in October 2000, after delivering a memorable eulogy at his father's state funeral.

In October 2006, Trudeau criticized Quebec nationalism by describing political nationalism generally as " old idea from the 19th century ," " based on a smallness of thought " and not relevant to modern Quebec.

Segal opposed on civil liberties grounds the imposition of the War Measures Act by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the October Crisis of 1970.

Michel Trudeau ( October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998 ) was the youngest son of the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau.

Ann Noreen Widdecombe ( born 4 October 1947 ) is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000.

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS ( 3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967 ) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

Donald Campbell Dewar ( 21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000 ) was a Scottish politician who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) in Scotland from 1966-1970, and then again from 1978 until his death in 2000.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī, née Nehru ; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984 ) was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms ( 1966 – 77 ) and a fourth term ( 1980 – 84 ).

(; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945 ) was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.

John Mathias Engler ( born October 12, 1948 ) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party.

Ribbentrop was the first politician to be hanged on 16 October 1946 ( Göring having committed suicide before his own hanging ).

Louis David Riel (, ; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885 ) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies.

He was aided by the German priest Ludwig Kaas, who was known for his expertise in Church-state relations and was a full-time politician, politically active in the Catholic Centre Party, a party he led following Wilhelm Marx's resignation in October 1928.

20 June 1926 – 17 October 2001 ) was an Israeli general, politician, and historian who founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party, mainly advocating population transfer.

Sir Ralph Abercromby ( sometimes spelt Abercrombie ) ( 7 October 1734 – 28 March 1801 ) was a Scottish soldier and politician.

Stephen Philip " Steve " Bracks AC ( born 15 October 1954 ) is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 ) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the United Russia since 1 January 2008, and the President of Russia since 7 May 2012.

* October 24 – John Chafee, American politician ( b. 1922 )

* October 12 – Sir Anthony Berry, British politician ( bombing ) ( b. 1925 )

* October 8 – John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician ( d. 1905 )

* October 28 – Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, duc de Feltre, French marshal and politician ( b. 1765 )

* October 17 – Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician ( d. 2007 )

* October 14 – Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1990 )

* October 5 – Elizabeth Azcona Bocock, Honduran politician

* October 7 – Ture Nerman, Swedish politician ( b. 1886 )

* October 6 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician

* October 11 – Austin Currie, Irish politician

* October 6 – Perkins Bass, American politician ( d. 2011 )

* October 16 – Clifford Hansen, American politician ( d. 2009 )