It happened in October
Oct 1st, 1908 Model T Ford, which you could have in any colour as long as it ’ s black, is launched.
Oct 19th, 1955 A capacity crowd (including President Hyde) at Dalymount ignores Archbishop McQuaid ’ s call for Ireland ’ s match against communist Yugoslavia to be called off
Oct 3rd, 1975 Dr. Tieda Herrema, CEO of Ferenka, is kidnapped by the IRA, led my Eddie Gallagher and Marian Coyle. He was rescued on 21st October
Oct 23rd, 1771 Benjamin Franklin, American president, meteorologist, composer, chess genius, inventor of bi - focals, the lightening rod, a non - spill soup bowl for sailors, and paper money that couldn ’ t be counterfeited, ends his visit to Ireland
Oct 8th, 1962 Kerrygold butter launched on the world market. It is now a major world brand, and the second largest selling brand of butter in the United States
Oct 22nd, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis kicks off when President Kennedy announces on TV that Russian missiles were based in Cuba.
Oct 12th, 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in Bahamas, thinks he ’ s in India, and calls the first people he meets “ Indians ”.
Oct 25th, 1985 First commercial flight from Knock International Airport, the brainchild of Msr. Horan
Oct 15th, 1995 Seamus Heaney (who may or may not have featured on this year ’ s Leaving Cert paper, won the Nobel Prize for Literature
Oct 26th, 1881 Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday killed by the Claytons at the shoot - out at the O.K. Corral, in Tombstone , Arizona
October Births and deaths 1st, 1930 Richard Harris, actor born 3rd, 1971 Seán O ’ Riada, composer from Naul, dies 5th, 2010 Moss Keane, rugby legend, dies 10th, 1971 Roy Keane, soccer legend, born in Cork 16th, 1854 Oscar Wilde is born 20th, 1999 Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch dies 25th, 1899 Michaál McLiammóir, actor, is born 26th, 1947 Hillary Rodham Clinton born in Illinois Top of the Irish Singles Charts in October 1970 Band of gold, Freda Payne 1975 Hold me close, David Essex 1980 Don ’ t stand so close to me, Police 1985 The Power of Love, Jennifer Rush 1990 I useta lover, Saw Doctors 1995 Fairground, Simply Red 2000 Beautiful Day, U2 2005 Push the Button, Sugababes 2010 Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars 2015 What do you mean ? Justin Bieber 2019 Dance Monkey, Tones and I
So you think you know your music ? These artists had number one hits in the month of October. But who is who ? Answers on page 34
MOON PHASES IN OCTOBER 2020
New moon
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16th @ 20.31
First Quarter
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23rd @ 14.22
Full Moon Blue Moon
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1st @ 22.05 31st @ 14.49
Third Quarter
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10th @ 01.39
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