Portal:Oregon/Selected anniversaries/October

October 1, 1938, the current Oregon State Capitol building is dedicated with speeches by dignitaries including Franklin D. Roosevelt.
October 2, 1867, Willamette University opens Waller Hall, the oldest college building in the state still in use.
October 4, 2002, the FBI arrests four of the Portland Seven on conspiracy charges for attempting to join Al-Qaeda.
October 4, 1963, All-American at Oregon State and NBA All-Star A. C. Green is born in Portland.
October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph surrenders to General Nelson Appleton Miles after leading the Nez Perce on a strategic retreat out of the Wallowa Valley.
October 12, 1962, the Columbus Day Storm does extensive damage in Western Oregon.
October 25, 1906, the vessel Peter Iredale shipwrecks on the Clatsop Spit where it still rests in what is now a state park.
October 28, 1947, Governor Earl Snell, Oregon Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., and State Senate President Marshall E. Cornett all die in a small plane crash in Southern Oregon.