<Li> The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the visiting New York Yankees, 7--5 to win the World Series in 7 games (4--3), ending a long run of 29 World Series appearances in 44 seasons for the Bronx Bombers (also known as the Yankee Dynasty). </Li> <Li> October 18--The New York World's Fair closes for the year (it reopens April 21, 1965). </Li> <Li> October 21--The film version of the hit Lerner and Loewe Broadway stage musical My Fair Lady premieres in New York City . The movie stars Belgian - born Audrey Hepburn in the role of Eliza Doolittle (with her singing voice dubbed by Marni Nixon) and English actor Rex Harrison repeating his stage performance as Professor Henry Higgins, and which will win him his only Academy Award for Best Actor . The film will win seven other Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but Audrey Hepburn will not be nominated . Critics interpret this as a rebuke to Jack L. Warner for choosing Ms Hepburn over English singer Julie Andrews . </Li> <Li> October 22--A 5.3 Kiloton nuclear device is detonated at the Tatum Salt Dome, 21 miles (34 km) from Hattiesburg, Mississippi as part of the Vela Uniform program . This test is the Salmon phase of the Atomic Energy Commission's Project Dribble . </Li>

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