October 5th and 6th National Archive Primary Source Documents

Dated October 5, 1869, this is the printed patent drawing for a "Flying Machine" invented by W. F. Quinby

During his first papal pilgrimage to the United States in October 1979, Pope John Paul II was welcomed to White House by President Jimmy Carter on October 6, 1979. The two men met privately in the Oval Office for an hour — President Carter’s notes from that historic meeting are shown here.