Editing October 9 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; An accidental bomb explosion triggers the [[Wuchang Uprising]] against the [[Qing dynasty]], beginning the [[1911 Revolution|Xinhai Revolution]]. 
*[[1913]] &ndash; The steamship {{SS|Volturno|1906|6}} catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Siege of Antwerp (1914)|Siege of Antwerp]] comes to an end.
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]] offers to [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]] the throne of a short-lived [[Kingdom of Finland (1918)|Kingdom of Finland]].          
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Cincinnati Reds]] win the [[1919 World Series|World Series]], resulting in the [[Black Sox Scandal]].
*[[1934]] &ndash; An [[Ustashe]] assassin kills King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] and [[Louis Barthou]], Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille. 
*[[1936]] &ndash; Boulder Dam (later [[Hoover Dam]]) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to [[Los Angeles]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Zhengding Missionary Murder|Murder of 9 Catholic priests]] in [[Zhengding Town|Zhengding]], China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
*[[1941]] &ndash; A coup in [[Panama]] declares [[Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango]] the new president.
*[[1942]] &ndash; Australia's [[Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942]] receives royal assent.
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre]] in Korea begins.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Uganda]] becomes an independent [[Commonwealth realm]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the [[Vajont Dam]], killing over 2,000.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: the [[Republic of Korea Army]] commits the [[Binh Tai Massacre]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; A day after his capture, [[Ernesto "Che" Guevara]] is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
*[[1969]] &ndash; In [[Chicago]], the [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "[[Chicago Eight]]".
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[Khmer Republic]] is proclaimed in Cambodia.
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] greets the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] during a private audience in Vatican City.
*[[1981]] &ndash; President [[François Mitterrand]] abolishes [[capital punishment in France]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; South Korean President [[Chun Doo-hwan]] survives an [[Rangoon bombing|assassination attempt]] in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
*[[1984]] &ndash; The popular children's television show ''[[Thomas & Friends|Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends]]'', based on ''[[The Railway Series]]'' by [[Wilbert Awdry|the Reverend Wilbert Awdry]], premieres on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The TV Series|url=https://www.sodor-island.com/the-tv-series|website=Sodor Island Fansite|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', eventually the second longest running musical in [[London]], opens at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]].
*  1986   &ndash; [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] (FBC) launches as the [[Fourth television network|fourth US television network]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fox's Barry Diller Gambles on a Fourth TV Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/05/arts/fox-s-barry-diller-gambles-on-a-fourth-tv-network.html|access-date= 2021-10-05|work= [[New York Times]]|date=5 October 1986 |language=en|last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean }}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Peekskill meteorite]], a {{convert|27.7|lb}} [[meteorite]] crashed into a parked car in [[Peekskill, New York]]
*[[1995]] &ndash; An [[Amtrak]] [[Sunset Limited]] train is [[1995 Palo Verde, Arizona derailment|derailed]] by saboteurs near [[Palo Verde, Arizona]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; North Korea conducts its [[2006 North Korean nuclear test|first nuclear test]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=George W. Bush - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/george-w-bush/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref> 
*[[2009]] &ndash; First lunar impact of NASA's [[Lunar Precursor Robotic Program]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl [[Malala Yousafzai]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army]] launches its [[Northern Rakhine State clashes#2016|first attack]] on [[Myanmar]] security forces along the [[Bangladesh–Myanmar border]].
*[[2019]] &ndash; Turkey begins its [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|military offensive]] in north-eastern Syria.
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Milton]] makes landfall in [[Siesta Key]], [[Florida]], as a [[Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale#Category 3|Category 3 hurricane]], causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after [[Hurricane Helene]] impacted the state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCEI.Monitoring.Info@noaa.gov |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/events |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov |language=en}}</ref>