Serbia's aspirations towards Bosnia and Herzegovina were thwarted by the Austrian annexation of the province in October 1908, and so the Serbs focused their attention onto their historic cradle, Kosovo and to the south for expansion.

On 8 October 1908, just two days after Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, many men, some of them ranking Serbian ministers, officials and generals, held a meeting at City Hall in Belgrade.

At the same time, in October 1908, Austria-Hungary seized the opportunity of the Ottoman political upheaval to annex the de jure Ottoman province of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which it had occupied since 1878 ( see Bosnian Crisis ), and Bulgaria declared itself a fully independent kingdom.

The very first cartoon, from 31 October 1908, calls the team the Haddocks.

16 October 1908

The date of its première, October 22, 1908, is considered the founding date of Polish film industry.

On 6 October 1908, Bosnia-Herzegovina was declared a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by Emperor Franz Joseph.

* Szeged ( since October 1, 1908 )

On October 7, 2009, a bronze statue of Helen Keller was added to the National Statuary Hall Collection, as a replacement for the State of Alabama's former 1908 statue of the education reformer Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry.

Henry Chadwick ( October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908 ), often called the " father of baseball ," was a sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian.

He went on to be a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in October 1908.

They had two children together, Lev Sedov ( 1906 – 16 February 1938 ) and Sergei Sedov ( 21 March 1908 – 29 October 1937 ), both of whom would predecease their parents.

This lavish production opened on October 20, 1908 in the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, ran for 111 performances, and closed January 23, 1909.

The U-Bahn arrived first, from the south ; begun on 10 September 1896, it opened on 18 February 1902, with a new and better sited station being provided on 29 September 1907, and the line itself being extended north and east on 1 October 1908.

In 1908, Lovett accepted the challenge, and was formally inaugurated as the Institute's first president on October 12, 1912.

* October 26 – Harold Rome, American composer ( b. 1908 )

* October 5, 1908 — Bulgaria declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

* October 27 – Morey Amsterdam, American actor and comedian ( b. 1908 )

* October 9 – Oskar Schindler, Sudetgerman businessman ( b. 1908 )

* October 24 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist ( b. 1908 )

* October 10 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist ( b. 1908 )

* October 15 – Donald Wandrei, American writer ( b. 1908 )

* October 11 – Boris Leven, Russian-born art director ( b. 1908 )

* October 6 – Bette Davis, American actress ( b. 1908 )

The attack started on October 2, 1643, and the Gortonists held out for a day and a night.

In October 2010, John Graham-Cumming started a campaign to raise funds by " public subscription " to enable serious historical and academic study of Babbage's plans, with a view to then build and test a fully working virtual design which will then in turn enable construction of the physical Analytical Engine.

Deliveries started in 2006 with the first aircraft arriving in October 2006.

On 1 October 2007, BBC World News started broadcasting BBC World News America and World News Today at 00: 00 and 03: 00 UKT respectively.

After the coup, Chileans witnessed a large-scale repression, which started as soon as October 1973, with at least 70 persons murdered by the Caravan of Death.

Shortly after Algerian independence, Morocco started a border dispute in October 1963 in which Cuba sent troops to help Algeria ( see: Sand War ).

The High School had rock band KISS visit for Homecoming on October 9 & 10, 1975 after the football team started playing their music in the locker room which led to the team winning more.

In October 2009 a new conflict started in Dongo, Sud-Ubangi District where clashes had broken out over access to fishing ponds.

Publication started on October 6, 1979.

The New York off-Broadway production started previews on October 2, 2006.

Malcolm Willits and Jim Bradley started The Comic Collector's News, the first comics fanzine, in October, 1947.

Following the October 2001 American invasion and the Bonn Agreement the new government under the leadership of Hamid Karzai started to re-establish diplomatic relationships with many countries who had held close diplomatic relations before the communist coup d ' état and the subsequent civil war.

In Nax Mont-Noble, a little ski resort situated on 1300 metres in the Swiss Alps, construction for the Maya Guesthouse started in October 2011.

ITV television has been available on parts of the east of the Isle of Man on 3rd May 1956 when Granada Television transmissions started from the Winter Hill transmitting station, and to parts of the west of the island on 1st October 1959 from the Black Mountain transmitting station in Northern Ireland which broadcast Ulster Television.

On October 12, 1820, Audubon started into Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida in search of ornithological specimens.

Over the next five decades, he created covers for numerous books and magazines, notably Astounding Science Fiction both before and after its title change to Analog ; Mad magazine ( for whom he painted many early covers featuring the iconic character, Alfred E. Neuman ) from 1958 to 1962 ( he started at Mad in February 1957 and by July 1958 was the magazine's new cover artist ; he painted most of its covers until October 1962 ); cover art for DAW, Signet, Ballantine Books, Avon, all 58 Laser Books ( which are now collectors ' items ), and over 90 covers for Ace books alone.

In October 1989, after prayers for peace at St. Nicholas Church, established in 1983 as part of the peace movement, the Monday demonstrations started as the most prominent mass protest against the East German regime.

The Irish Rebellion which started in October 1641 brought the control of the army back into the discussions between King and Parliament.

The service started as a test in November 2002 before it was launched in October 2003 and it's one of the most technologically advanced Internet services in the African continent.

To commemorate this important event, Raghu Deva started the ' Nepal Era ' which began on 20 October, 879 AD.

* The first day of Samhain, officially started at Samhain Eve, at the sunset of October 31.

* 1956 – Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23.

In October 2007, Comcast, one of the largest broadband Internet providers in the USA, started blocking P2P applications such as BitTorrent.

RoboHelp 7 started shipping at the end of October 2007.