The month of October has been home to many historical events over the years. Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in October 1926.

Electrosurgery is performed for the first time on October 1 in Boston. Dr. Harvey Cushing performs the operation, during which he used an electrosurgical device to remove a mass from a patient’s head.

The first in-flight fire in airline history occurs aboard an Air Union airliner on October 2 in England. All seven people aboard are killed, and the plane crashes in Leigh, Kent.

Father Charles Coughlin begins his weekly sermons broadcast on WJR in Detroit on October 3.

Pennsylvania’s blue laws are invoked in Pittsburgh on October 6. The laws, which were initially adopted in 1794, ban all Sunday sports in the city.

On October 6, Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees becomes the first player to hit three home runs in a World Series game. The feat would not be matched for 51 years, when another Yankee, Reggie Jackson, hits three home runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Benito Mussolini declares himself the head of Italy’s national militia on October 9. The declaration gives Mussolini personal command of all armed forces in Italy.

Babe Ruth is caught trying to steal second base with two outs in the 10th inning of Game 7 of the World Series on October 10. Ruth’s caught stealing occurs while Lou Gehrig is in the on-deck circle and is the final out of the Series, which is won by the St. Louis Cardinals.

A notice in the Soviet newspaper Izvestia on October 11 announces that three men, including Leon Trotsky, would be placed on trial for being overly critical of the Communist Party at a recent party conference.

On October 13, the United States Supreme Court rules that government directives to change clocks for daylight saving time are constitutional.

In comments published in the Daily Express on October 13, British Labour Party MP Alfred Salter says that drunkenness is a frequent sight in the House of Commons.

The A.A. Milne book Winnie-the-Pooh is published and released to the public in Great Britain and the United States on October 14.

Thousands attend a ticker tape parade in New York City welcoming Queen Marie of Romania to the United States on October 18.

Charles Edward Anderson Berry is born into a middle-class family in St. Louis on October 18. Berry would eventually come to be known as “Chuck Berry” and become one of the pioneers of rock and roll.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright is arrested at a cottage in Wildhurst, Minnesota, on October 20. Wright, who was staying at the cottage with a Montenegrin woman, Olga Milanoff, who was not his wife, is arrested for adultery.

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, is published on October 22.

On October 24, illusionist Harry Houdini performs for the final time. After the performance, which Houdini delivered in spite of a 104 F fever, Houdini collapsed in his dressing room and was subsequently taken to the hospital.

Pope Pius XI carries out the consecration of six Chinese bishops on October 28. The consecration marks the first time since the 17th century that Chinese Roman Catholics are elevated to the bishopric by the Vatican.

Benito Mussolini survives the fourth attempt on his life in 12 months on October 31. Mussolini is shot at by 15-year-old anarchist Anteo Zamboni in Bologna, but the bullet fails to pierce his body. Police subsequently allow a mob to lynch Zamboni on the spot.