Today in History: October |
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1958 - Guinea became independent. |
| 3 | 1929 - Yugoslavia became the new name of the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. 1990 - Germany reunified. |
| 4 | 1957 - The Sputnik satellite was launched by the
Soviet Union. |
| 5 | 1877 - Surrender of Chief Joseph to the U.S.
Army 1910 - Portugal became a republic. |
| 6 | 1927 - World's First Full-Length Sound Film,
The Jazz Singer Starring Al Jolson, Released 1973 - Start of the Yom Kippur War |
| 7 | 1765 - First Meeting of the Stamp Act
Congress 1949 - Formation of East Germany |
| 8 | 1871 - Start of the Great Fire of Chicago |
| 9 | 1635 - Roger Williams Banished from
Massachusetts Bay Colony 1967 - Execution of Che Guevara in Bolivia |
| 10 | 1845 - Opening of the U.S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Maryland 1911 - Qing (Manchu) Dynasty Overthrown in China 1970 - Fiji Independent 2001 - Representative Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, California) Became Minority Whip |
| 11 | 1899 - Start of South Africa's Boer War 1962 - Pope John XXIII Convened the First Session of Vatican II |
| 12 | 1492 - Bahamas Reached by Christopher
Columbus 2000 - Terrorist Attack of the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen |
| 13 | 1792 - White House Cornerstone Laid 1943 - Italy Declared War on Germany (World War II) |
| 14 | 1066 - Battle of Hastings in the Norman
Conquest of England 1947 - Charles "Chuck" Yeager Traveled Faster Than the Speed of Sound 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 15 | 1914 - Congress Passed the Clayton Antitrust
Act 1951 - Television Premiere of I Love Lucy 1966 - Creation of the U.S. Department of Transportation 1993 - F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
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1793 - Marie Antoinette Guillotined in Paris, France 1916 - First Birth-Control Clinic Opened by Margaret Sanger in New York City |
| 17 | 1777 - Surrender of British General Burgoyne
(American Revolutionary War) 1979 - Mother Theresa of Calcutta Awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
| 18 | 1685 - Edict of Nantes Revoked by Louis XIV 1767 - Mason-Dixon Line Established 1867 - United States Acquired Alaska |
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1781 - Surrender of British General Cornwallis (American Revolutionary War)
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| 20 | 1803 - Louisiana Purchase Ratified by the
Senate 1968 - Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis |
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1797 - Launching of the U.S.S. Constitution, Also Known As "Old Ironsides" 1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar was fought off the coast of Spain. 1959 - Opening of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City |
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1836 - Sam Houston Became the First President of Texas
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1915 - 25,000-Strong Suffragette March in New York City 1946 - First Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York |
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1648 - Signing of the Peace of Westphalia 1931 - Opening of the George Washington Bridge between New Jersey and New York 1940 - Start of the 40-Hour Work Week, Mandated under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 1945 - Official Start of the United Nations 2005 - Death of Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks |
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1415 - Battle of Agincourt 1760 - Coronation of Great Britain's George III 1983 - United States Invasion of Grenada |
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1825 - Opening of the Erie Canal 1881 - Shoot-Out at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, Involving Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp |
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1787 - Publication of the First of the Federalist Papers 1904 - Opening of the New York City Subway (IRT) |
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1793 - Patent Granted for Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin 1886 - Dedication of the Statue of Liberty 1919 - Volstead Act (National Prohibition Act) Passed by Congress 1940 - Invasion of Greece by Italy (World War II) |
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1682 - Arrival of William Penn in Pennsylvania 1923 - Turkey Proclaimed a Republic 1929 - "Black Tuesday" Stock Market Crash (Great Depression) 1966 - Founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW) |
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1534 - Henry VIII Became Head of the English Church When Parliament Passed the Act of Supremacy 1938 - Orson Welles Broadcast of The War of the Worlds 1953 - General George C. Marshall Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
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1517 - Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation by posting his 95 Theses.1864 - Nevada became a U.S. state. HALLOWEEN |
