October – GoldStar, predecessor of LG Electronics, is founded in South Korea. October 1 Tunisia and Morocco join the Arab League. The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty of Christmas Island from Singapore to Australia. NASA starts operations and replaces the NACA in the United States. October 2 – Guinea declares itself independent from France, rejecting that nation's new constitution. October 4 The new Constitution of France is signed into law, establishing the French Fifth Republic. The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) uses one of its new de Havilland Comet 4s, G-APDB, to make the first commercial transatlantic flight by a jet airliner, from London to New York International Airport, Anderson Field via Gander. October 11 – Pioneer 1, the second and most successful of the 3 project Able space probes, becomes the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA. October 17 – An Evening with Fred Astaire, the first television show recorded on color videotape, is broadcast on NBC in the United States. October 18 – Tennis for Two, a game invented by William Higinbotham and considered to be the first pure entertainment computer game, is introduced at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Visitors' Day Exhibit in the United States. October 26 – A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 makes its first transatlantic flight. October 28 – Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII, as the 261st pope.
October – GoldStar predecessor of LG Electronics is founded in South Korea October 1 Tunisia and Morocco join the Arab League The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty of Christmas Island from Singapore to Australia NASA starts operations and replaces the NACA in the United States October 2 – Guinea declares itself independent from France rejecting that nation's new constitution October 4 The new Constitution of France is signed into law establishing the French Fifth Republic The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) uses one of its new de Havilland Comet 4s G-APDB to make the first commercial transatlantic flight by a jet airliner from London to New York International Airport Anderson Field via Gander October 11 – Pioneer 1 the second and most successful of the 3 project Able space probes becomes the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA October 17 – An Evening with Fred Astaire the first television show recorded on color videotape is broadcast on NBC in the United States October 18 – Tennis for Two a game invented by William Higinbotham and considered .to be the first pure entertainment computer game is introduced at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Visitors' Day Exhibit in the United States October 26 – A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 makes its first transatlantic flight October 28 – Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII as the 261st pope