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- 1552 Khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of Ivan Grozny.
- 1582 Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days
- 1641 Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal
- 1655 Jews of Lublin are massacred
- 1764 Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- 1783 Jean Pilƒtre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent
- 1789 The first presidental tour-George Washington in New England
- 1815 Napoleon begins his exile on St. Helena, a remote Island in the Atlantic.
- 1829 Astronomer Asaph Hall born. Discovered the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos
- 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, Uebermensch born
- 1846 Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether
- 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard
- 1863 Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on the site)
- 1877 45th Congress (1877-79) convenes
- 1878 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated
- 1878 The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- 1880 K”ln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun
- 1880 Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
- 1881 The first American fishing magazine, American Angler published
- 1883 US Supreme Court Opposes Civil Rights by a narrow decision, which would forbid racial discrimination
- 1885 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of the season
- 1888 The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by the investigators.
- 1890 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham
- 1894 Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying - Dreyfus affair begins.
- 1904 The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) founded
- 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act passed
- 1917 Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris
- 1917 USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.
- 1917 World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.
- 1919 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money
- 1921 Mario Puzo, novelist (The Godfather) born
- 1924 Lee Iacocca, Chrysler magnate born
- 1928 German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ
- 1928 The airship, the Graf Zeppelin completed its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
- 1932 Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- 1934 The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army successfully encircle Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March.
- 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published
- 1939 LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC
- 1939 The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed La Guardia Airport) is dedicated.
- 1940 "The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.
- 1941 Jews caught outside the Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death
- 1941 Visitor posting - Leo B Outin is born
- 1944 The Arrow Cross Party (very similar to Hitler's NSDAP (Nazi party)) takes over the power in Hungary.
- 1945 French statesman Pierre Laval is executed for betraying his country to Nazis in World War Two.
- 1945 Pierre Laval former premier of Vichy France, executed
- 1945 World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.
- 1946 Hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force, committed suicide by poison
- 1946 Nuremberg Trials: Hermann Gring poisons himself the night before his execution.
- 1948 First women officers on active duty sworn in as commissioned officers in regular Navy under Women's Service Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan: CAPT Joy B. Hancock, USN; LCDR Winifred R. Quick, USN; LCDR Anne King, USN; LCDR Frances L. Willoughby, MC, USN; LT Ellen Ford, SC, USN; LT Doris Cranmore, MSC, USN; LTJG Doris A. Defenderfer, USN; and LTJG Betty Rae Tennant, USN.
- 1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt
- 1949 Billy Graham begins his ministry
- 1949 Tripura accedes to the Indian union
- 1951 "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV
- 1951 Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes synthesized the first oral contraceptive
- 1951 Television sitcom I Love Lucy premieres.
- 1953 British nuclear test Totem 1 detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 1953 The first televised weather report airs.
- 1956 William J Brennan Jr appointed to the Supreme Court
- 1957 USS Lake Champlain reaches Valencia, Spain to assist in flood rescue work.
- 1959 "Untouchables" premieres
- 1960 USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) begins successful firing of four Polaris test vehicles under operational rather than test conditions. Tests are completed on 18 October.
- 1962 Byron R White appointed to the Supreme Court
- 1964 Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph
- 1964 Kosygin & Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev
- 1965 U.S. Naval Support Activity Danang Vietnam, established.
- 1965 Vietnam War: The National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam stages the first public burning of a draft card in the United States to result in arrest under a new law.
- 1966 LBJ signs a bill creating Dept of Transportation
- 1969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated
- 1969 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war
- 1969 Vietnam War: Hundreds of thousands of people take part in National Moratorium antiwar demonstrations across the United States.
- 1970 Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt
- 1970 Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17
- 1970 Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
- 1971 The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
- 1976 Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"
- 1976 The first debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R)
- 1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
- 1979 NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier
- 1979 The first Monday Night Footbal game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad)
- 1981 Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California.
- 1983 Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)
- 1983 US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport
- 1984 Visitor posting - Jacob and Scotty, cousins, were born 12 hrs and 20 min apart today. The world is richer for you both. - USA
- 1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
- 1985 Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
- 1985 Visitor posting - The Great Ricky was Born in Watts, CA, grew up to an amazing person!!! CLAP FOR HIM. - USA
- 1987 Fiji's governor-general resigns, ending century of allegiance by the South Pacific island to British crown.
- 1987 NFL Players Assn orders an end to the 24 day strike
- 1987 The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
- 1988 Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires
- 1988 Number one hit on UK music charts - Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time
- 1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of 85th World Series
- 1989 Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd
- 1989 South African pres FW de Klerk frees Sisulu & 4 other political prisoners
- 1989 Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer
- 1990 Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
- 1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48)
- 1992 In Russia, Andrei Chikatilo is found guilty of 53 serial murders.
- 1994 Visitor posting - Anna Alegria was born - USA
- 1996 Visitor posting - Leann Marie Crawley was born on October 15th 1996 My pet is a 23 pund cat named scruffy who has gigantic pupils - USA
- 1997 The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
- 1997 The Cyprus-registered Evoikos and an empty Thai supertanker Orapin Global collide in the Singapore strait, causing the worst oil spill in the country's history
- 1997 The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom).
- 1997 Visitor posting - The wonderful Victoria Chinyere Ogbonnaya is born. USA
- 1999 Visitor posting - Oct 15, 1999 Emily Alyse Williamson, the most beautiful, loving and amazing little girl in the world was born.
- 2001 NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
- 2003 China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
- 2003 The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.
- 2005 Iraqi constitution ratification vote
- 2005 Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
- 2006 Visitor posting - Ben and Brandie are married.
- 2007 Sir Menzies Campbell resigns effective immediately as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom.
- 2008 Visitor posting - Global handwashing day was observed for the first time(by kaha Mark Cyprian) - Nigeria
- 2009 A further six people are sentenced to death over ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang region in July.
- 2009 A worldwide media circus surrounds an incident in which a six-year-old boy is alleged to be flying in a homemade hot-air balloon; the boy was later found safe at home.
- 2009 At least 37 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Pakistani cities by militants.
- 2009 Burma and Bangladesh send warships to a disputed area in the Bay of Bengal 50 nautical miles west of St. Martin's Island.
- 2009 Czech President Václav Klaus's disruption of the Treaty of Lisbon is deemed "absurd, irresponsible and damaging to the country" by his predecessor Václav Havel.
- 2009 Finland becomes the first country in the world to declare Internet broadband access a legal right.
- 2009 Militants launch attacks on police in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, in Pakistan, killing 31 people after a week of violence in which more than 100 people died.
- 2009 Narges Kalhor, the daughter of a senior adviser to President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, applies for asylum in Germany.
- 2009 North Korea accuses South Korea of intruding into its territorial waters, further raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
- 2009 Norwegian pop trio a-ha announce they are to split after 25 years together.
- 2009 Palestinians have urged the UN to act to punish Israel for its offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter
- 2009 President of Ireland Mary McAleese signs the Lisbon Treaty after returning from Luxembourg
- 2009 The International Criminal Court opens an investigation into the suppression of an opposition protest in Guinea, in which dozens of people were killed.
- 2009 The U.N. General Assembly elects Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria to the U.N. Security Council as non-veto-holding members.
- 2009 The ruling party in Malaysia, the United Malays National Organisation, announces internal reforms after a series of defeats in local elections.
- 2009 Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee initially argued against awarding U.S. President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2009 Ugandan MP David Bahati proposes creating a capital offence of "aggravated homosexuality" for gay sex with people under 18, disabled people or when the accused is HIV-positive.
- 2009 Visitor posting - Georgous baby Lewis Andrew Gerrie finally arrived into the world - United Kingdom
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