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- 4 October 1974 – American poet Anne Sexton dies by suicide at her home in Weston, Massachusetts
- 10 October 1881 – London's Savoy Theatre, built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte to showcase the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, opens with a production of Patience
- 11 October 1910 – Italian composer and musicologist Francesco Balilla Pratella completes his Manifesto of Futurist Musicians, one of the earliest signs of Futurism's influence in fields outside the visual arts
- 17 October 1896 – The first performance of Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull is booed by the audience, after which Chekhov decides to give up writing plays
- 25 October 1881 – Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (pictured), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, is born in Málaga
- 4 October 1927 - Gutzon Borglum began working on Mt. Rushmore
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- 1 December 1923 – Belgian poet and novelist Virginie Loveling dies in Nevele at the age of 87
- 12 December 1998 – The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is officially opened in Kuala Lumpur
- 22 December 1808 – Beethoven (pictured) conducts the world premiere of his Fifth Symphony at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
- 24 December 1871 – Verdi's opera Aida receives its world premiere at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo with Teresa Stolz in the title role
- 27 December 1915 – Arts administrator and painter Sir Norman Reid, Director of the Tate Gallery from 1964 to 1979, is born in London