October 10, 1899 – Isaac R. Johnson patented the bicycle frame.
October 11, 1887 – Granville T. Woods patented the telephone system and apparatus.
October 12, 1904 – Physician, author, educator W. Montague Cobb was born.
October 13, 1579 – Martin de Porres, the first black saint in the Roman Catholic Church, was born.
October 14, 1964 – At age 35, Martin Luther King, Jr., became the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 15, 1991 – Clarence Thomas confirmed as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the second African American to serve on the court.
October 16, 1995 – The Million Man March was held in Washington, DC.
