October by the Numbers
- 12th Street along which Kansas City’s last operating cable car ran its final route on Oct. 13, 1913, ending 30 years as the city’s mode of public transportation.
- 7: Game seven, held on Oct. 27, 1985, resulted in the Kansas City Royals’ first World Series championship, over the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 36: Years of the American Royal Barbecue, this year being held at Kansas Speedway Oct. 26-30.
- 20 Million: Pounds of candy corn purchased annually in the United States.
- 16: Date of October’s full moon.
- $74: Average amount per person spent by 157 million Americans on Halloween, according to the National Retail Federation.
- 2,185: The size, in pounds, of the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America—as of 2015.
- 14: October date of National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day.
- 1814: Year of Alexander Majors’ birth on Oct. 4. Majors, a successful overland freighter on the Santa Fe Trail, built a noteworthy home in Kansas City and, in 1860, helped found the Pony Express.
- 5-21: October dates when the Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts peak fall foliage.