Portal:Politics/Selected anniversaries/October

• October 1, 1949 – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed.
• October 1, 1982 – Helmut Kohl, described as "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century" by George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, is elected Chancellor of Germany.
• October 4, 1849 – Official founding of the Colombian Conservative Party.
• October 7, 1949 – The Democratic Republic of Germany DDR is established officially.
• October 7, 2003 – Voters recall Governor Gray Davis from office and elect actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to succeed him.
• October 10, 1911 – The Wuchang Uprising starts the Xinhai Revolution that leads to the founding of the Republic of China.
• October 10, 1919 – The Kuomintang of China was founded.
• October 27, 2005 – The political establishment in France is rocked by the spread of rioting among poor immigrant communities in suburbs of the major cities.