Events
69 -
Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to
Vespasian, defeat the forces of
Emperor Vitellius.1260 - The spectacular
Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King
Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.1260 -
Saif ad-Din Qutuz,
Mamluk sultan of
Egypt, is
assassinated by
Baibars, who seizes power for himself.1360 - The
Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at
Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the
Hundred Years' War.1593 - Alleged
teleportation of
Gil Perez.
1648 - The
Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the
Thirty Years' War.
1795 -
Partitions of Poland: The
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided between
Austria,
Prussia and
Russia1812 -
Napoleonic Wars: The
Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near
Moscow.
1857 -
Sheffield F.C., the world's first football club, is founded in
Sheffield,
England.
1861 - The
First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the
United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old
Pony Express.
1911 -
Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a
glider at
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.
[1]1912 -
First Balkan War: The
Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the
Serbian victory.
1917 - Battle of
Caporetto starts on the
Austro-
Italian front of
World War I1917-The day of the Russian revolution, The Red Revolution.
1926 -
Harry Houdini's last performance, which was at the
Garrick Theatre in
Detroit,
Michigan.
1929 - "
Black Thursday"
stock market crash on the
New York Stock Exchange.
1930 - A bloodless
coup d'état in
Brazil ousts
Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last
President of the
First Republic.
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."
1931 - The
George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
1935 -
Italy invades
Ethiopia1944 -
World War II: The
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship
Musashi are sunk in the
Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1945 - Founding of the
United Nations1947 -
Walt Disney testifies to the
House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be
communists.
1954 -
Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges
United States support to
South Vietnam1957 - the USAF starts the
X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
1960 -
Nedelin catastrophe: An
R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the
Soviet Union's
Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshall Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash
1964 -
Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the
United Kingdom and becomes the
Republic of Zambia (Southern
Rhodesia remained a colony)
1972 - Loddon Viaduct Collapsed in Berkshire, England, killing 3 and injuring hundreds
1973 -
Yom Kippur War ends
1977 -
Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on
November 11 beginning the following year.)
1980 - Government of
Poland legalizes
Solidarity trade union1986 -
Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an
El Al flight at
Heathrow. After the verdict, the
United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with
Syria, claiming that Hindawi was helped by Syrian officials.
1990 - Italian prime minister
Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of
Gladio, the Italian "
stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary
NATO army.
1995 - A total
solar eclipse is visible from Iran, India, Thailand, and SE Asia.
[2]1998 - Launch of
Deep Space 1 comet/
asteroid mission
2002 - Police
arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and
Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the
Beltway sniper attacks in the area around
Washington, DC.
2003 -
Concorde makes its last commercial
flight, bringing the era of
airliner supersonic transport to a close, at least for the time being.
2006 - Justice Rutherford of the
Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down the "motive clause", an important part of the
Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act.
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