Oct 10 Death of Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925)

Oct 12 The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched, carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for five days in orbit.

Oct 13 Veselin Topalov wins the FIDE World Chess Championship 205.

Oct 13 The Franco-Indian Lawyers Association is founded in Paris.

Oct 13 Death of Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)

Oct 15 Death of Jason Collier, American professional basketball player (b. 1977)

Oct 15 The referendum on the new Proposed Iraqi constitution is held.

Oct 15 Birth of Prince Christian of Denmark, son of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and his wife Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

Oct 15 Riot in Toledo, Ohio during a Neo-Nazi rally surrounding racial issues; 114 arrested

Oct 15 Qinghai-Tibet Railway completed.

Oct 16 U.S. Helicopters and warplanes bomb two villages near Ramadi in western Iraq, killing about 70 people.

Oct 17 Jens Stoltenberg becomes the Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.

Oct 18 The UN tightens the rules for its staff, following several claims of financial impropriety and sexual abuse.

Oct 19 The Trials of Saddam Hussein begin.

Oct 19 Hurricane Wilma swells into a Category 5 storm.

Oct 19 The Houston Astros won their first National League Championship to advance to their first ever World Series in franchise history.

Oct 20 Hurricane Wilma enters the Mexican Caribbean, passing through Cozumel and then the Yucatán Peninsula, staying over Cancún for over 60 hours

Oct 21 20th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, celebrations held around the United Kingdom.

Oct 22 Tropical Storm Alpha forms making the 205 Atlantic hurricane season the most active on record.

Oct 22 Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a Boeing 737 airliner crashes in Nigeria.

Oct 23 Polish presidential election, 2nd round.

Oct 23 Referendum on the merger of the Kamchatka Oblast and the Autonomous District of Koryakia.

Oct 23 Referendo Sobre a Proibição do Comércio de Armas e Munição no Brasil Guns and Ammo Ban Referendum in Brazil

Oct 24 Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in southwestern Florida as a category 3 hurricane.

Oct 24 Death of Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)

Oct 24 Death of José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (b. 1926)

Oct 26 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for Israel to be "wiped off the map" at "World Without Zionism" conference in Tehran, Iran, and condemns peace process.

Oct 26 The U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 2,00.

Oct 26 The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros in 4 games to win their first World Series since 1917.

Oct 27 Two teenagers accidentally electrocute themselves in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France, leading to widespread rioting.

Oct 28 Vice presidential adviser Lewis "Scooter" Libby resigns after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and making a false statement in the CIA leak investigation.

Oct 28 Death of Richard Smalley, major pioneer in the field of nanotechnology (b. 1943)

Oct 29 A train in Andhra Pradesh, India derails, killing at least 77 people.

Oct 29 At least 61 people are dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in the Indian capital, Delhi. See 29 October 205 Delhi bombings for full details.

Oct 30 Hurricane Beta hits the coast of Nicaragua. It is the thirteenth hurricane of 205, breaking the 1969 record of 12 hurricanes.

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