Third volume in the History in a Year series. October includes daily posts from the Blog of The Conservative Voice, Sydney Conservative, David Daniel Ball. It also includes Wikipedia lists for events, births, deaths and daily holidays and observances. Organised by day, with a forward discussing an aspect of David's Evangelical Christian philosophy. The events are world wide across recorded history. October includes Horatio Nelson's successful attack and death at Trafalgar in 1805, Alexander the Great defeating Darius III at the Battle of Gaugemela (331 BC), or Scipio defeating Hannibal (202 BC). In 1958, NASA was created. In 1962, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson was first broadcast. A mixture of opinion and fact with a conservative point of view.