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25th Sep 1915
In France, the Allies launch an offensive against the German army.
25th Sep 1918
War on Austria is declared by Brazil.
25th Sep 1937
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet in Munich.
25th Sep 1938
Negotiations between Hitler and Czech President is urged by Franklin Rossevelt.
25th Sep 1943
Smolensk is retaken from the Germans by the Red Army.
Regards
Alan
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26th Sep 1580
After a 33 month voyage to circumnavigate the globe Sir Francis Drake returns to Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.
26th Sep 1918
Ernst Udet, German ace brings his total number of downed aircraft during the war to 62.
26th Sep 1940
The underground Cabinet War Rooms suffers a hit during the London Blitz when a bomb explodes on the Clive Steps.
26th Sep 1967
A US peace proposal is rejected by Hanoi.
26th Sep 1983
Stanislav Petrov of the USSR ignores alarms indicating five incoming nuclear missiles. He believes the US would launch much more than five if it was to start a war. His decision prevented a retaliatory attack that would have surely begun a nuclear war between the superpowers.
Regards
Alan
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27th Sep 1916
War on Bulgaria is declared by Constance of Greece.
27th Sep 1939
Warsaw is occupied by Germany as Poland falls.
27th Sep 1942
Japanese on New Guinea, South Pacific are defeated by Australian forces.
27th Sep 1944
German forces rebuff the massive effort by British troops to capture the Arnhem Bridge in Holland, thousands are killed.
27th Sep 1950
Seoul, South Korea is liberated by US Army and Marine troops.
Regards
Alan
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28th Sep 1066
William, Duke of Normandy and soon to be known as William the Conqueror invades England.
28th Sep 1794
Russian-Austrian Alliance of St Peterburg, which is directed against France is signed.
28th Sep 1928
Penicillin is discovered by Alexander Fleming.
28th Sep 1939
Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
28th Sep 2008
First private spacecraft Falcon 1 is launched.
Regards
Alan
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29th Sep 1493
On his second voyage to the new world, Christopher Columbus departs Cadiz, Spain.
29th Sep 1941
Heinrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate undesirables, 30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev.
29th Sep 1943
Mein Kampf, Hitler’s book is published in the US.
29th Sep 1966
The Camaro is introduced by Chevrolet which becomes an iconic car.
29th Sep 1992
The F22 Raptor flies for the first time.
Regards
Alan
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30th Sep 1911
War on Turkey is declared by Italy over control of Tripoli.
30th Sep 1918
Bulgaria pulls out of WWI
30th Sep 1949
From its invasion of Germany, the French army is called back into France.
30th Sep 1949
The Berlin airlift ends.
30th Sep 1954
Nautilus, the first atomic powered submarine is commissioned.
30th Sep 1975
The Apache AH64 attack helicopter makes its first flight.
Regards
Alan
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1st Oct 1839
A punitive naval expedition is sent to China by the British Government.
1st Oct 1908
The Ford Model T hits the market.
1st Oct 1942
In the city of Stalingrad the German army grinds to a complete halt.
1st Oct 1943
Foggia airfield is occupied by British troops as the enter Naples.
1st Oct 1946
Eleven Nazi war criminals are sentenced to be hanged at the Nurenberg Trials.
1st Oct 1947
The F86 Sabre jet fighter has its first flight.
1st Oct 1991
The Siege of Dubrovnik begins in the Croatian War of Independence.
Regards
Alan
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2nd Oct 1879
Austria and Germany form an alliance to assist each other in the event of aggression.
2nd Oct 1909
A new altitude record is set by Orville Wright, flying at 1600 feet.
2nd Oct 1941
Operation Typhoon is launched by the German army, the drive towards Moscow.
2nd Oct 2001
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11 NATO backs US military strikes.
Regards
Alan
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3rd Oct 1739
A three year conflict between Russian and the Turks ends with the signing of a treaty.
3rd Oct 1942
The first successful test flight of a V2 missile is conducted by Germany.
3rd Oct 1944
Athens, Greece is evacuated by German troops.
3rd Oct 1952
The UK becomes the world’s third nuclear power with the successful development of a nuclear weapon,
3rd Oct 1985
Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.
3rd Oct 1990
East and West Germany are reunited as one nation.
Regards
Alan
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4th Oct 1914
London is raided by the first German Zeppelin.
4th Oct 1917
The battle of Broodseinde takes place near Ypres, Flanders, this is the most successful Allied attack of the Passchendaele offensive.
4th Oct 1927
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting on Mount Rushmore.
4th Oct 1940
Hitler and Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass.
4th Oct 1943
Soloman Islands in the Pacific is captured by the US.
4th Oct 1957
Sputnik 1 is launched, beginning the space race.
Regards
Alan
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5th Oct 1962
Manila in the Philippines is bombarded and captured by the British fleet.
5th Oct 1915
Germany issues an apology for the sinking of the British ship Lusitania and the loss of 128 American passengers.
5th Oct 1915
Bulgaria enters WW1, siding with the Central Powers.
5th Oct 1935
Jewish passports are invalidated by Germany.
5th Oct 1943
98 American POW’s on Wake Island are executed by Japanese forces.
5th Oct 1965
Permission to use tear gas in Saigon is received by US forces.
Regards
Alan
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6th Oct 1014
Slayer of Bulgers is the name given to the Byzantine Emperor Basil after the ordering of 15,000 Bulgarian troops to be blinded.
6th Oct 1801
A new constitution is imposed on Holland by Napoleon Bonaparte.
6th Oct 1941
Germany’s offensive against Moscow is renewed.
6th Oct 1973
The Yom Kippur War begins.
6th Oct 1981
Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo.
Regards
Alan
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7th Oct 1571
The Ottoman navy is defeated Lepanto, Greece by a Christian naval coalition, the last great clash of the galleys.
7th Oct 1944
Birkenau concentration camp sees a Prisoner uprising.
7th Oct 1949
East Germany is formed.
7th Oct 2001
Afghanistan is invaded by the US in reaction to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Regards
Alan
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8th Oct 876
At the Battle of Andermach Charles the Bald is defeated.
8th Oct 1690
The Turks retake Belgrade
8th Oct 1855
The Second Chinese War begins with ‘Arrow’, a ship flying the British flag is boarded and the crew arrested by the Chinese.
8th Oct 1912
Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman empire beginning the First Balkan War.
8th Oct 1932
Indian Air Force is established.
8th Oct 1939
Western Poland is annexed by Nazi Germany.
Regards
Alan
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9th Oct 1760
Russian and Austrian troops enter Berlin, the burning of structures begins.
9th Oct 1781
At Yorktown, the Americans surround and shell the British.
9th Oct 1914
Antwerp, Belgium is taken by the Germans after a 12 day siege.
9th Oct 1999
The SR71 Blackbird takes its last flight.
9th Oct 2006
Its first nuclear device is reportedly tested by North Korea.
Regards
Alan
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10th Oct 1733
France declares war on Austria.
10th Oct 1794
At Maciejowice, Poland, Russian General Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov crushes the rebel Polish army.
10th Oct 1911
The Panama Canal is opened.
10th Oct 1941
The German advance on Moscow is halted by Soviet troops.
10th Oct 1953
US and South Korea sign the Mutual Defense Treaty.
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Alan
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11th Oct 1899
South African Boers declare war on Great Britain.
11th Oct 1942
US Cruisers and destroyers defeat a Japanese task force in a night surface encounter in the Battle of Cape Esperance.
11th Oct 1968
Apollo 7 is launched from Cape Kennedy.
11th Oct 1972
On the carrier USS Kitty Hawk a race riot breaks out during Operation Linebacker.
11th Oct 1984
Kathryn Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space from the Space Shuttle Challenger.
11th Oct 2000
The 100th Space Shuttle mission is launched by NASA.
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Alan
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12th Oct 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas.
12th Oct 1702
The French fleet is defeated by Admiral George Rooke off Vigo.
12th Oct 1899
The Anglo Boer War begins
12th Oct 1943
An assault crossing of the Volturno River in Italy is started by the US Fifth Army.
12th Oct 1984
A bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, the IRA’s unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher. 5 killed and 31 wounded.
12th Oct 1994
Contact with the Magellan probe is lost in the thick atmosphere of Venus.
Regards
Alan
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13th Oct 1307
King Philip of France orders members of the Knights of Templar to be arrested, imprisoned and tortured.
13th Oct 1792
The cornerstone for the White House is laid by George Washington.
13th Oct 1943
Italy declares war on Germany.
13th Oct 1944
Soviets occupy Riga, capital of Latvia.
13th Oct 2010
33 miners trappen in a Copiapo mine in Chile are rescued.
Regards
Alan
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14th Oct 1066
King Harold is defeated by William of Normandy in the Battle of Hastings.
14th Oct 1705
Barcelona is captured by the English navy.
14th Oct 1806
At Jena, Germany, the Prussian army is crushed by Napoleon Bonaparte.
14th Oct 1944
Rommel is visited at home by Hitler’s staff and given the choice of public trial or suicide by poison, suspected of complicity in the July plot against Hitler. His choice was suicide.
14th Oct 1962
U2 pilot photgraphs Cubans installing Soviet made missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The Cuban Missile Crisis begins.
Regards
Alan
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