It was reported in October 2011 that the Australian federal government had reached an agreement with all of the states on potential changes to their laws in the wake of amendments to the Act of Settlement.

Vinge's Children of the Sky, " a near-term sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep ", set ten years later, was released in October 2011.

Corn growing at Grafton, Annapolis Valley in October 2011

It was revived in 2011 and new episodes began airing on MTV on October 27 and ended on December 29.

The new episodes debuted in the United States and Canada on October 27, 2011.

On 25 October 2011, Silvio Berlusconi named Ignazio Visco as new governor of the bank, replacing Mario Draghi.

It is held bi-annually, last time October 2009 and next time October 2011.

* On 14 October 2011 Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox resigned from the Cabinet after he " mistakenly allowed the distinction between personal interest and government activities to become blurred " over his friendship with Adam Werrity.

In the issue dated 12 October 2011, there was another revamp.

As of October 2011, previously active units around Abidjan reportedly included the:

In October 2011, unemployment rate was 17. 4 %.

On October 5, 2011 the CRTC released their findings that included consultations with stakeholders from the telecommunications industry, media producers, and cultural leaders among others.

There is, however, a GKOS keyboard application available for iPhone since May 8, 2010, for Android since October 3, 2010 and for MeeGo Harmattan since October 27, 2011.

More substantial plans arose in October 2011 with the ' Fulham Forever ' campaign.

On October 21, 2011 the Cubs officially hired Theo Epstein as president of baseball operations.

On 15 October 2011, Betty Driver, who had played Betty Williams since 1969, died of pneumonia, aged 91.

A census is currently being undertaken from 10 October to 31 October 2011, with results expected to be released in October 2012

On 23 October 2011, Variety reported that Elwes will make his directorial debut with an independent film, Elvis & Nixon.

In 2011, British Prime Minister David Cameron informed the British House of Commons that his proposals to reform the rules governing royal succession, a change which would require the approval of all Commonwealth realms, were to be discussed at the 28 – 30 October CHOGM in Perth.

On 3 October 2011, Chelsea made a proposal to CPO shareholders to buy back the freehold to the land on which Stamford Bridge sits, stating that " buying back the freehold removes a potential hurdle should a suitable site become available in the future ".

In October 2011, the Canadian Federal Government licensed the CANDU design to Candu Energy ( a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin ), which also acquired the former reactor development and marketing division of AECL at that time.

* October 20 – The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is held as a protest march and commemoration of the Stonewall Riots.

* October 11 – The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

Belgrade Pride parade was held on October 10, 2010 with about 1000 participants and while the parade itself went smoothly, police clashed with six thousand anti-gay protesters at Serbia's second ever Gay Pride march attempt, with nearly 147 policemen and around 20 civilians reported wounded in the violence.

On October 27, 1967, the " Baltimore Four " ( Berrigan, artist Tom Lewis ; and poet, teacher and writer David Eberhardt and United Church of Christ missionary and pastor, the Reverend James L. Mengel ) poured blood ( blood from several of the four, but additionally blood purchased from the Gay St. Market-according to the FBI-poultry blood-perhaps chicken or duck used by the Polish for soup ) on Selective Service records in the Baltimore Customs House.

* The Gay White Way Broadway revue opened at the Casino Theatre on October 7 and ran for 105 performances

There's also the Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, held each year in October.

Ensign ( later Lieutenant Commander ) George Henry Gay Jr. ( March 8, 1917 – October 21, 1994 ) was a TBD Devastator pilot in United States Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operating from the USS Hornet ( CV-8 ) in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

On October 21, 1994, Gay died of a heart attack at a hospital in Marietta, Georgia.

The Reverend Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. ( October 1, 1914 – October 10, 1998 ) was an American minister of the House of God.

Marvin Gay was born as one of fifteen children to George and Mamie Gay on October 1, 1914 on a farm along Catnip Hill Pike in Jessamine County, Kentucky and was raised in Lexington.

In October 1983, after months in D. C., Gay returned to the West Adams home located at Gramercy Place where Marvin was staying with his mother.

The date of October 11th was chosen because it was the anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

NCOD is on October 11th because in 1987 people marched on Washington DC for Lesbian and Gay rights, this was the second such major demonstration and started many different organizations.

Gay had been Chief of Staff of Third U. S. Army from February 1944 to October 1945, and then Chief of Staff of Fifteenth Army.

October 31 A-mei performed as the " Rainbow Ambassador " at the Taipei Gay Pride parade, which had 25, 000 participants, setting the record for largest gay pride parade in Asia.

October 30 A-mei served as Rainbow Ambassador a second time for Taiwan's Gay Pride Parade.

It was shown at the Reel Affirmations International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in early October where it received acclamation.

Gay accepted an offer to replace him, and appeared an episode that first aired on October 12, 2006.

His autobiography Just Joe was launched by Gay Byrne in Harry's Bar in October 2011.

* U. S. News & World Report, " Without Nationwide Gay Marriage, U. S. Government Discriminates, October 2011

* Frank Moore retrospective " Frank Moore ", by Andrew Cornell Robinson Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, New York, Gay City News, Volume 2, Issue 41 October 9 – 15, 2003.

Following her success in Maestro, Perkins guest-conducted the London Lesbian / Gay Symphony Orchestra on 11 October 2009, at St Anne's Church Garden in Soho.