* The Fears of the "Y2K bug fears ," said to be an inability of computers to switch dates to the new millennium, prove to be groundless.
* The [[International Space Station]] is inaugurated.
*Henry Janeway (ancestor of [[Shannon O'Donnell]] manages to convince [[Henry Kathryn Janeway]] to close closes his bookstore so that the [[Millennium Gate]] can be built.
* '''October 11''' – The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.
* '''October 31''' – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.